And it seems my taunt paid off as the empress suddenly unleashed her bloodlust, which I fought back with my own.
Though, I was immediately pushed back again as her power was too overwhelming.
"Seems I still have a way to go," I chuckled before waving her goodbye with one of my stiff hands and then exiting the tent.
"You dare test me?" The empress said, but I had already quickly shuffled away before she could call me back into her tent.
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A few days later, just as I had finished my workout, the guards came to pick me up, and as I was only in a tattered bra and underwear, they blushed profusely.
"Geez, can't a girl get some privacy," I muttered, and they quickly turned around as I got ready for the next match that I was kind of nervous about.
Today, I was facing off against number seven, who also wields the power of ice, but her ice is special as it has the properties of fire.
