**VWOOM!**
Akira's body sliced through the air in a flash of motion so fast that it was as if she had teleported. The distance between herself and Mara—who had been positioned quite a distance away from her after the previous exchange—disappeared in an instant.
Mara's eyes widened as she realized what was happening, but there was no time to react.
**WHAM!**
The kick Akira delivered to Mara's torso was unlike anything she had experienced during their training. This wasn't a careful blow delivered to teach a lesson—this was a strike meant to be used in a real fight.
Mara's body arced through the air like a projectile, sailing high into the sky. After a moment, she disappeared into the clouds, her form growing smaller and smaller as she rose higher and higher.
"*Iron Co—*"
