After the match between Marallda and Racheal had ended, Racheal was being treated by some medics. Suzuha walked up to the medics "Is she alright?", she asked, the medics replied "Surprisingly enough, she is. Although her ribs seem to have cracks on them and her arms feel weak. If I may ask, what kind of blow was she dealt with?". A nervous smile curled on Suzuha's face, she explained "Well, how do I put it? Have you ever been crushed by an elevator on steroids before?", the medics asked "Um... what?", Suzuha shyly replied "Nothing! Nothing at all.". The medic then got up and explained to her "We might have to take this girl to the hospital ourselves. She hasn't sustained much at all, but she seems pretty weak and unresponsive right now.", Suzuha complied "Please do.", the medic team carried Racheal along with them. Meanwhile, at the spectators area the gilrs watched from, Yuki turned to Marallda "Marallda, see what you've e done? You hit Racheal so bad that only God knows how long it would take her too stand.", Marallda replied as her face rested on the railings "Shut up already.". Suzuha sighed and then got all the girls attention "Hey girls, listen up. Congrats on you all for completing the elimination rounds, evem the one's who lost, you fought well. Good job. Although there's one more person who hasn't fought.", Suzuha pointed out to Astera "Astera Katakuri, is the only person who hasn't fought here.". Mio paused for a moment and thought to herself "Wait a minute, that's true. Everyone of us has fought except her.", Gwen also thought to herself "Yeah, that's right. That Katakuri girl hasn't fought at all. Wait a minute, everyone here has fought except her, is it possible to pick someone who has won or lost a match to fight a candidate who hasn't fought at all?", Suzuha then explained "I am the referee, and my jobs is to take charge of everything that happens in this exam. Regina Starfall would go up against Astera Katakuri!". The girls were stunned, Mio was already confused "Huh? But Regina already fought Lydia yesterday. It doesn't make sense for her to fight again today.", Regina walked past Mio and was making her way to the battle stage. Regina had a straight forward look on her face, Astera looked for a moment before taking a sigh "Whatever.", she muttered, and in an instant, she appeared right at the battle stage before Regina did. All the girls seemed slightly alarmed by this, Lydia thought to herself "Wait a minute, that was way too fast. For a moment, her energy disappeared and she reappeared right down the battle stage. It doesn't make sense, even invisiblility techniques can only dim a person's energy presence to a point where pin pointing the opponent would be impossible. But she.... she made it so that her energy dissappeared. I know how Astera battles because myself and Racheal have seen her fight her on a number of occasions, hell we've both fought her when we were little. But still, who is this girl?". Regina walked up to the battle stage, she had a straight forward look on her face, no anger nor emotion, just a face that was indifferent. Gwen looked at Regina and Astera as they stood face to face against each other, her eyes narrowed "Something doesn't feel right at all.". Yuki thought to herself "Something feels a bit off. And I don't really like it.", Marallda and Rem just watched without saying a word. This was going to be a fight between a tactical, powerful and very deadly sword master vs a properly trained assassin who had her mind and body prepared for anything.
END OF CHAPTER.