Damon had to admit—things weren't looking good for him.
Sure, technically, he could win against Renata… if he went all out, used every skill, every trick in the book. But with so many people watching, he couldn't just unleash everything. Not now. Not here.
He wasn't the only cross-ranker on the field.
Renata was just as dangerous.
After all, she'd fought Lilith—and that was when she'd been an entire rank lower. She'd lost, sure… but surviving that fight had said enough about her power.
But what really unsettled him was her physical strength. Damon had once kicked a Rank 4 Beldam straight into dragon fire. Sure, she'd been caught off-guard—but her entire build was tailored for magical combat, not physical brawling.
Renata, on the other hand?
She met his punch head-on. With her own fist.
He understood now why she was called "the mage who kills mages."
