Su Wanyue’s disciple was named Ikeda Ai.
Their meeting was by chance.
Su Wanyue discovered her while on a mission in an island country.
Both of her parents had died in that Witch attack.
She was left alone and wanted to jump off a building to commit suicide, but Su Wanyue saved her.
Over time, under Su Wanyue’s influence, she also became a Hunter.
Su Wanyue also took Ikeda Ai as her disciple and taught her all of her skills.
Su Wanyue didn’t expect that in just a few years, Ikeda Ai could reach the finals in the Capital City tournament.
“And the other is the favorite to win this duel tournament, the Sky Spear Hunter who is rumored to have defeated a Great Witch!”
The host’s voice came through the screen.
Ikeda Ai stood in the arena, gripping her Soul Weapon [Judgment], ready to strike.
Ikeda Ai’s Soul Weapon [Judgment] was a black tang dao, and her fighting style was exactly the same as her teacher Su Wanyue’s.
It emphasized striking first, using the range advantage of the tang dao to aggressively suppress the opponent.
Ikeda Ai had actually heard of her opponent Audrey Sutherland before.
The opponent’s Soul Weapon Sky Spear was a long spear with an ornate design full of natural aura, and according to rumors, she was someone capable of defeating a Great Witch, meaning she had likely already touched the threshold of divine miracles.
After her teacher mysteriously disappeared and was branded by the Capital City with the stigma of colluding with Witches, she had been searching for information all over the country while continuously honing her own strength.
But even so, the gap between her and the person before her was still immense.
But she couldn’t lose.
She had to win the tournament championship and prove with victory that her teacher was never a traitor to humanity.
“Begin the match!”
The moment the host gave the order.
Ikeda Ai immediately lunged straight at Audrey.
Ikeda Ai launched a fierce attack against Audrey, planning to use the advantage of striking first to create an opening in her opponent.
At first glance, the situation seemed favorable for Ikeda Ai, as Audrey could only keep swinging her spear to block Ikeda Ai’s onslaught.
But Ikeda Ai on the battlefield clearly felt the terror of her opponent.
‘So fast. No, what’s terrifying is her reflexes.’
Each of Ikeda Ai’s attacks was effortlessly deflected by Audrey.
At the same time, Audrey seized a pause in Ikeda Ai’s continuous attacks.
The spear swung down.
But Ikeda Ai still dodged it with a spinning turn.
Su Wanyue, watching from outside the screen, knew that if Ikeda Ai didn’t look for a change, she would definitely be the one to lose.
None of Ikeda Ai’s attacks hit, yet her opponent could precisely grasp her mistakes.
Audrey could quickly see through Ikeda Ai’s attack patterns and gradually take control of the entire match.
The reason Ikeda Ai was struggling wasn’t that her martial skills were lacking.
The real reason was simple.
Audrey’s strength was simply too strong.
“Oh, Ikeda Ai’s blade finally caught Audrey!”
The blade Ikeda Ai swung collided with Audrey’s spear.
Ikeda Ai used the recoil to flip her wrist, precisely tilting the tang dao to knock Audrey’s spear aside in an instant.
“Hey, hey, you’re wide open!”
The next moment, Ikeda Ai took the chance to swing her blade again, the light of the knife slashing straight at Audrey’s abdomen.
Just as it seemed Ikeda Ai was about to end the match, Audrey’s body suddenly twisted with a speed that even Ikeda Ai couldn’t react to.
“What?!”
‘How is that possible… Can someone be this fast?’
Before Ikeda Ai could recover from the shock.
Ikeda Ai, struck in the chest, was sent flying.
It was a kick from her opponent.
Immediately after, before Ikeda Ai could steady herself, her opponent charged again.
After barely blocking one blow, Ikeda Ai swung her blade to counterattack.
Even when Ikeda Ai increased her speed, she still couldn’t injure Audrey.
‘A feint?’
Ikeda Ai hurriedly jumped back to evade, but it was too late.
***
“Let’s congratulate Miss Audrey on her victory in the match!”
“So Miss Audrey won after all. What an intense match,” Su Yao remarked.
‘An intense match?’
No, in Su Wanyue’s view, it was simply a one-sided massacre by Audrey.
But even as a former Hunter, she wasn’t sure she could achieve that sudden burst of speed.
It was almost like…
“It’s almost like magic, isn’t it?” Serafica pointed out Su Wanyue’s conjecture.
“But here in Jianghai City, we have no way of knowing the truth,” Su Wanyue replied.
But regardless of Audrey’s strange performance for now.
This defeat must have been a huge blow to Ikeda Ai.
After all, in Su Wanyue’s memory, Ikeda Ai was a very proud child.
Unfortunately, her current state made it hard to reveal herself.
Su Wanyue could clearly sense that every time she used a Witch’s power, her connection to her male body grew weaker.
Perhaps one day, she would only be able to exist in the form of a Witch.
But this gave rise to even more problems.
The relationship between Witches and Hunters could not be reconciled.
She could imagine that if she stood before Ikeda Ai in her Witch form and told her she was her teacher.
Then what would come would surely not be a hug of recognition, but blades drawn against each other.
Just as Su Wanyue was worrying about her bleak prospects, she was interrupted by a suddenly ringing phone.
It was Fang Yao calling.
“Squad leader, we may have found a clue about the Witch Alliance. An informant spotted a location where Witches have been appearing.”
“Where?”
“The Cathedral.”
***
Su Wanyue and Fang Yao arrived in front of the Cathedral.
Su Wanyue had been to the Cathedral a few times.
Looking at the Cathedral decorated with exquisite carvings, Su Wanyue felt uneasy.
As expected, anywhere connected to religion never brought anything good.
However, inside this magnificent building, there was no one.
“Did they flee?” Fang Yao asked from beside her.
“Probably not. Not to mention whether the Witches in that alliance have reached Blazing Sun Level or not. Even if they have, these fakes couldn’t learn Space Jump Magic.”
“Serafica, scan this building.”
Logically, holding the authority of omniscience and omnipotence, Serafica should have easily known the whereabouts of those Witches.
But a city-wide detection magic would consume too much magic power, tantamount to directly announcing to the Capital City that a Great Witch was hiding in Jianghai City.
However, Su Wanyue’s current strength was far from truly reaching the Great Witch level.
So if she attracted the Capital City’s attention, the outcome awaiting Su Wanyue would be dying before even achieving anything.
“It’s Space Magic. There’s a hidden room underground.”
Su Wanyue quickly received Serafica’s response.
Under Serafica’s decryption, a pitch-black tunnel entrance soon appeared on the ground.
Staring at that darkness, a chill ran up Su Wanyue’s spine, feeling as if she had opened Pandora’s box.
“Sister, is that you?”
A familiar girl’s voice came from the entrance.
Looks like we came to the right place.