"So you want me to have a sparring match with Eva?" Daniel asked in surprise as he looked at the woman in front of him.
"That’s right. She knows that you’re stronger, but I want her to truly experience the difference," Evangelin nodded indifferently.
Ever since that girl became her disciple, she had been growing more arrogant day by day. She no longer considered anyone from the younger generation her equal. While that wasn’t exactly wrong, and maybe she truly had no rival among them, such arrogance could cause severe damage to her in the future.
Daniel was the only member of the younger generation who was stronger than Eva. And the difference between them was not small at all. The gap between the two of them was like the difference between heaven and earth.
This was the perfect opportunity to break Eva’s pride. The girl knew Daniel was stronger than her, but there was a huge difference between knowing something and experiencing it.
"I don’t mind," Daniel agreed. He also wanted to see what level that girl’s abilities had reached.
He had fought the Hero of Destiny before, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to see how strong that man’s possible successor was.
Evangelin waved her hand, and suddenly the space around them changed. The next moment, Daniel found himself inside a completely white empty space.
To his surprise, Eva was standing in front of him.
"What am I doing here?" the girl looked around in confusion. Just a moment ago, she had been training alone in her room.
How did she suddenly end up here?
"You will have a fight with that boy. If you win, I will grant the wish you have always kept hidden in your heart," Evangelin’s voice suddenly echoed in her ears.
"Master? Why so suddenly? And he’s stronger than me," Eva replied, confused.
However, no voice answered her after that.
"...Ah, I guess there’s no other choice," she looked at the boy in front of her.
"It was your master’s idea," Daniel shrugged.
"No problem. I’ll use all my power. I hope you’ll do the same."
"..."
For a moment, Daniel didn’t know what to say. If he used all his power, he doubted this girl would last even a moment.
He sighed and chose not to do that. He didn’t even plan to use his sword, since that could be dangerous.
It had also been a while since he properly tested the power of his fists.
Eva took a deep breath. The energy of the Law of Destiny wrapped around her body like invisible threads. Her gaze was serious, but deep in her eyes there was excitement for competition.
"Let’s begin." Eva took the first step.
[ Thread of Predicted Strike ]
The threads of destiny calculated the next few moments. She predicted Daniel’s movement path and threw a fast punch exactly at the spot where he was supposed to appear.
But Daniel didn’t move at all.
Eva’s fist hit his chest.
A dull sound echoed.
And nothing happened.
Daniel’s body didn’t move even a centimeter.
"Huh?" Eva’s eyes widened slightly.
The next moment—
Boom!
Daniel’s fist struck directly into her stomach. There was no special technique and no complicated movement. Just a simple punch covered in the Law of Thunder.
Thunder exploded inside her body.
She was sent flying several meters back and rolled across the white surface. She stood up with a muffled cough. Her lip was split.
"From the very beginning...?" she muttered.
[ Fate Reversal Step ]
Destiny altered the damage she had taken. The blow was rewritten as a "temporary error," and part of its effect was erased.
She attacked again, this time faster. Multiple punches in succession, each targeting different possible futures.
[ Hundred Diverging Fates ]
In Daniel’s vision, Eva’s body split into dozens of images, each representing a possible attack path.
But Daniel simply stepped forward.
The Law of Death surged around his fists.
He punched forward.
All the images disappeared. Only Eva’s real body remained, and Daniel’s fist struck her directly in the face.
The sound of bone cracking echoed in the white space. Her body spun and hit the ground.
Blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. She stood up with difficulty. Her breathing was heavy.
She knew she would lose.
But not like this.
Not to the point where she couldn’t even leave a small scratch on him.
She clenched her teeth.
[ Fate Binding Field ]
The space around Daniel locked. His future was tied to a path of defeat. In all possible outcomes, he was supposed to receive the next blow.
Eva rushed forward with all her strength.
But at that moment, Daniel’s eyes flashed.
Thunder burst from his hands. His speed exceeded the framework of destiny’s prediction. He moved out of the field’s range with a speed that even such a weak application of destiny could not record.
He appeared behind Eva.
His fist descended, this time combining the Law of Thunder and the Law of Death. The energy of death directly struck her life force.
Eva let out a short scream as she was slammed into the ground. The white surface cracked.
Her body trembled.
But she still didn’t give up.
She activated her final skill.
[ Destiny’s Last Stand ]
All the future paths in which she lost were compressed into a single path, a final punch. A strike backed by her entire destiny.
She charged at Daniel with a shout. This was her strongest attack. In fact, she had worked very hard to create this skill and had received a lot of help from her master.
Space twisted.
But Daniel simply raised his fist.
He didn’t activate any special skill. Just a punch.
Thunder danced over his skin. Death flowed deep within his bones.
The two fists collided.
A moment of silence.
Then an explosion.
Eva’s arm broke at the forearm. The energy of destiny shattered. Her body was thrown back like a lifeless doll and crashed onto the ground.
The space fell silent again.
Eva lay on the ground. Her body was covered in bruises. Her bones were broken, and her breathing was unstable. She stared at the white ceiling.
She knew she would lose.
But not this absolutely.
Not without even once forcing him to get truly serious.
Not with all her Law of Destiny skills destroyed like a child’s game.
She expected defeat.
But not humiliation.
Not to be suppressed from beginning to end like a complete beginner.
Tears gathered at the corner of her eyes, not from pain, but from shattered pride.
Daniel stood over her.
"Why is she crying?" he wondered to himself. Had he gone too far? But he had only used the most minimal level of his power.
In truth, Eva was not weak. As the only disciple of the strongest woman in the world and the descendant of a true hero, even though she was only Rank A, she could defeat a False S Rank and might even be able to fight a real S Rank Awakened.
But Daniel was a monster. An Anomaly.
He was also Rank A, but even peak S Rank beings were not his match.
"I thought so. He is not the true Fallen himself," Evangelin murmured to herself as she watched their fight.
Naturally, teaching Eva a lesson was only part of the reason she wanted this fight to happen. She had another reason as well.
She wanted to confirm something, something that old man had told her.