Lucas glared at the demigoddess as he stopped her attack as he was pushed a bit backward by the force of the attack. While the demigoddess herself was surprised that he blocked it.

'He blocked my attack. And at the speed he reacted to it. He seems to have good training.' The demigoddess thought to herself.

She then jumped backwards and stood on the ground before charging at Lucas. She did a wide swing from the left but Lucas managed to block it as well. He then attacked her which she blocked with the broad side of her blade. She grit her teeth when she blocked it.

'Hmm, he is strong as well. Guess I shall use my true strength against him.' She thought as she jumped back making distance between the two of them.

"Rejoice mortal, for I shall use my true strength against you." The girl declared to him.

"Oh really? Let's see then." Lucas said as he got ready.

'So she was holding back after all. Let's see how strong she actually is.' Lucas thought seriously.

The demigoddess smiled and then shot towards Lucas as she kicked a dust cloud. Lucas widened his eyes for a second before narrowing them and then swung his sword in front of him. His blade met the girls as she appeared before him. This time he slid back a bit from the force of the strike while sparks appeared when their swords met.

'Well, she's strong all right.' Lucas thought as he held him ground.

He then increased the strength in his arms and then pushed her backwards. She did a summersault in the air and landed on the ground. She crouched before she appeared before him again and swung her sword. He reacted immediately as his blade met hers as sparks were created from the friction. But this time Lucas didn't slide backwards, rather it seemed that he had managed to cancel out the attack.

"What?" The girl said surprised that he didn't move.

Lucas smirked when he heard her as she looked at him. He threw her back again with her landing safely on the ground as she looked at him surprised.

"What's wrong? Surprised that I managed to cancel out your attack?" Lucas asked as he twirled his sword in his hand.

"Hmph! Maybe you are stronger than those bandits. But in the end I am superior to you." The girl said haughtily.

"Then I guess it's my job to knock you down your high horse." Lucas said as he got into his stance.

The girl got ready as she looked at him. Then the next second he appeared right in front of her poised to deliver an attack. She widened her eyes and barely managed to block the attack, but the force from the strike made her slide back a bit. This caused her to widen her eyes.

'H-How? He appeared right in front of me! And the strength of this attack is big!' The demigoddess thought with an alarmed look.

"Surprise." Lucas said with a smirk before pushing his sword forward.

The demigoddess put more strength as her sword was pushed a bit backwards. She couldn't believe that a human was able to push her sword back. Every human she had fought wasn't as strong as he is.

'He's stronger than the humans I have fought before. Much stronger. But I can't lose. I'm a demigoddess, I can't lose to this mortal.' The girl thought stubbornly as she grit her teeth.

She then put more strength and pushed her sword forward. She smirked at him but that smirk soon disappeared when he manoeuvred his sword and moved her blade to her left. He then broke the blade lock and kicked her in the stomach using his left leg.

"Wha—!?" She let out when she felt his kick on her stomach.

She didn't have any kind of armor on her so the kick met her stomach at full force. The attack sent her tumbling backwards but she managed to recover in a few seconds. Lucas meanwhile was looking at her seriously.

'Compared to Master who could cancel out my attack with his sword she doesn't seem to really know how to use her strength properly. Then again, me and my master had reached Peak Human Condition from all the training the both of us did. I mean, I have a very fit and powerful body from the training I did and that is not counting the magical strengthening I can do. The fact that she is able to contend with me while still being inexperienced shows that she is quite strong.' Lucas analysed as he looked at the demigoddess seriously.

"You! How dare you kick me!? I'll show you my strength mortal!" The girl said angrily.

Her eyes glowed a yellow hue as an aura appeared around her. Lucas widened his eyes when he saw it before he narrowed his eyes. The girl then disappeared and appeared before him but this time Lucas blocked her attack but was pushed back a bit. His muscles strained a bit from the force of the attack but it was for just a second.

He moved his sword in a downward angle which caused her sword to move in that direction as well. But the girl retracted her sword and swung again but Lucas parried it. Then the girl started to dish out attack after attack while Lucas parried them. She was using more of her strength which caused a few dust clouds to appear from the attack.

'She is using more strength now. She doesn't have much skill but she compensates for it with more power. Guess I have to respond in the same way.' Lucas thought seriously.

He blocked her strike and then let go of his sword. Her eyes widened when he did it as his sword circled her blade. Lucas grabbed it's hilt when it came to the left and did a wide swing using his left hand. The girl adjusted her sword and managed to block it as sparks were created while she felt vibrations from her sword. Lucas meanwhile narrowed his eyes when he saw a small crack forming on his blade.

'Damn it, I have to end this fight fast or my sword will shatter.' Lucas thought to himself seriously.

His eyes glowed a purple colour as his sword disappeared in a purple glow which surprised the girl. His sword then appeared in his right hand as he swung in the anti-clockwise direction. The girl hastily guarded against it only for the sword to disappear again.

'Is he using magic! But I thought only the court mage of the kingdom knew how to use it!' The girl thought alarmed.

She then swung her sword at him but Lucas smirked before he disappeared in a purple glow from in front of her. She widened her eyes before she felt an attack from behind her as she turned around and blocked his blade. Lucas vanished again and appeared behind her and she swung her sword at him. But her sword batted away his while he was nowhere to be seen.

Then he appeared beside her and then grabbed her right arm and picked her over his head and slammed her on the ground. The force was strong enough that a little dust cloud appeared from it.

"Gahah!" The girl let out as felt pain at her back.

She let go of her blade which vanished in yellow light while Lucas summoned his sword to him and pointed it's tip at her throat as he sat on her stomach. The girl was wide eyed when she saw his blade at her neck while Lucas had a smirk.

"So, why don't we have another talk. I'm sure you can be more civil after this. Right miss demigoddess?" Lucas said with a smirk at the girl.