This can't go on; we'll lose sooner or later.
We have to force him out!
"You want to provoke me..."
Matoro's voice suddenly began to change, shifting position with practically every word, making it impossible for Renedia to pinpoint him.
"It's useless. I'll keep my eyes on you, and when you let your guard down, that's when you'll die. Your death will be the best counterattack. No matter how you try to provoke me, I won't fall for it."
Unable to out-taunt him, she decided not to bother, pretending the little brat was just farting. As long as she won, she'd figure out how to torture the little brat later.
"Fuck your mother, haven't you seen a dead person? You dare appear in front of me, I'll show you what a corpse is! You think I can't see you just because you're hiding, and you think all I have are skills? I've got the Sage with me!"
Renedia focused her gaze, becoming more and more concentrated, yet her mouth remained unforgiving, "We'll wait here. Either I find you and bash the shit out of you with a hammer, or the Sage finds me and punches it out of you either way, your shit's coming out with your head today!"
Despite her foul mouth and rage, deep down, Renedia stayed calm because the Sage was terrifyingly strong.
She knew as long as she didn't mess up, the enemy was doomed eventually.
Once he found her, it didn't matter if he was invisible or not; he would kill her outright.
Until then, she just needed to keep cussing him out.
"Hahaha, the King is the strongest; he is this country's deity. You're just a group of Pirates, mingling with the offspring of criminals. Soon enough, you'll follow the criminals' footsteps and be executed by the King!"
Bam!!
Renedia followed the voice and swung her hammer again, smashing through a corridor wall.
Simultaneously, some daggers flew down from above, appearing over Renedia's head. The propulsion force counteracted their descent, and this also prompted her to move aside, leaving the daggers to fall harmlessly to the ground.
But this sudden maneuver brought a look of joy to Matoro's face as he descended from the sky.
I've found a weakness!
This brat cannot handle attacks from above.
So...
Disguised with his surroundings, Matoro landed on the ground, then leaped back up over Renedia's head, each hand clutching a dagger. His eyes turned vicious as he thrust downward with force.
He intended to use the foul-mouthed brat's head as a dagger stand, filling it with daggers.
But just as he was plunging down, a long hammer struck his small body with tremendous force, slamming him from mid-air to the ground heavily.
Bam!!
The enormous force rattled Matoro's head, blood oozed from his eyes, and a large gush of blood spewed from his mouth. Unable to maintain his ability, he became visible.
"I guessed right!"
Renedia bared her small tiger teeth, a wild look in her eyes, "You'd definitely go after my weakness to attack. Well, now I'll shove your head up your ass!"
The moment she dodged the falling daggers, she knew something was up.
The power she wielded wasn't without flaws. The downward pull was Earth's gravity; though it negated the daggers' force, it couldn't make that force disappear, forcing her to maintain it constantly.
To conserve stamina, she had to move and release the ability.
That was her weakness.
The enormous force was beyond her capacity to cancel entirely due to underdeveloped Ability Development, and the forces borrowed from the sky were similar; she couldn't completely nullify them either.
Yet it was an opportunity; the guy would definitely return to the sky seeking a flaw. All she had to do was attack at that time.
Just like this!
"Impossible..."
Matoro struggled to speak, holding his hands over his head, trying to block the forceful Sheep Horn Hammer, "How did you know when I would attack? It's impossible!"
Renedia was taken aback, and inexplicably, a red dot flashed across her excited eyes.
She really didn't know when he would attack, but she had a feeling, knowing the bastard was above, so she struck.
"Mind your own business how I knew. You're finished, anyway!" Renedia shouted, her small hand sparking with electricity, channeling it to the Mechanical Hammer transformed into a Sheep Horn Hammer.
"Power Shock!!"
As long as the hammer's mass was sufficient, Renedia could apply unlimited power until her stamina ran out, and this exerted force could surpass anyone's!
Boom!!
Under the gradually increasing pressure, Matoro's head was slammed into his body by the hammer face, creating a pit at his feet, which expanded into a semicircle, engulfing Matoro entirely, raising a cloud of dust.
Renedia shortened the Mechanical Hammer, transforming it back into a regular long hammer resting on her shoulder, sneering at the dust cloud, "I said I'd shove your head in, and I did. Did you think I was joking?"
That quality of body couldn't withstand her attack.
Similarly, Renedia, if she lost, would be the same. However, she won, and that was all that mattered.