Meanwhile, Aglea was beginning to lose patience, and she interjected, "Alright, that's enough chit-chat. It's time for you to show me what your time and space magic can do. I'm not going to hold back against you. If you're not careful, you could end up being beaten into a cripple by me."

"Likewise, Senior Aglea. I certainly won't be holding back against you," Erwin said as he adopted a serious expression, and it was clear that he was intent on putting up the best fight possible.

The woman on either side of the competition platform were all frantically praying for his safety.

Onean was looking at the competition platform with tightly furrowed brows, while Lana was staring at Erwin with deep concern in her eyes, terrified that the battle would conclude in an ugly fashion for Erwin.

As for Theresa, she was biting forcefully down onto her own lower lip, completely oblivious to the fact that her teeth were drawing blood.

It seemed that the three women could all see that Aglea wanted to have a serious battle against Erwin, and that she wasn't going to be playing any games.

"This will surely be an interesting clash," the emperor said as he turned to Prince Xar...