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Iris stood in front of the group with a smug look.

"You need a test subject for your assessments? Leave it to me! I'm tougher than anyone and not as tough as Lady Elizabeth, I'm definitely the best dummy!"

She smiled enthusiastically, Dora looked at her with disgust and rolled his eyes.

"No thanks."

"Huh? Why??? I'm the only person stronger than you, and I said first!"

"Please stop this, we get nothing by arguing, sounds familiar."

"... You didn't forget?... But I said sorry... What more should I do." She looked away, clutching her sword to her.

"Hm? Actually, that might be a good test." Midgard looked up.

"Mid, I'm trying to get revenge."

"I know, honey, but look at it this way, she is the perfect person to assess your level, the D-rank you could compete with a talented C-rank boy, maybe the C-rank you could defeat a B-rank genius."

She looked at the others who agreed.

Dora frowned and glanced at Iris who turned pink with emotion.

"It's not a question of level, it's a question of self-respect! I could test my talent differently!"

Iris flinched and looked down in pain.

Midgard crossed her arms, annoyed.

"And how? You cleared these Rifts solo like a walk in the park, what makes you think you won't do the same with the C-Rank Rifts? Or maybe you'll use a student weaker than Thomas?"

"You're not allowed to fight students either!" Candace groaned, soon supported by Mercy and Solaria.

"It sure would be a big fight, I mean, don't ya want to see what ya can do?"

"Yeah, my wonderful fighter, wouldn't this be the perfect opportunity to determine who is the strongest?"

Everyone gathered around him, forcing him to make this decision, with Zuri delivering the final blow in her own way.

"You are the best meat."

"Oh my God..."

A little later, Dora and Iris faced off in the arena.

The group stood at the edge of the field, silent in front of these two behemoths.

"Wait... Since his fight with Thomas affected the entire arena, are we really safe if these two fight now?" Moonra asked.

They looked at each other, then at Eryl.

"I doubt my shield will be enough this time, but I don't think it will get out of hand."

"You young people worry about everything, Elizabeth will intervene if things go south."

Elizabeth nodded and clenched her fist, worrying Freya about her own mentality.

In the middle of the field, Dora frowned more and more while Iris showed signs of joy.

"I should just refuse... It doesn't even sound interesting."

He sighed, not understanding the true meaning of this feeling.

From his point of view, he hated Iris, so he didn't want to fight her, but he didn't realize that something bigger was alerting him about the girl in front of him.

"Alright, then! Now that we're good, we MUST fight!"

"Who said we were good?"

"... How about I give you a free punch?"

Dora placed his hands on his hips, stretching his neck.

"A free punch, huh? Are you assuming I'll need one?"

"Huh? No, I didn't say that to offend-"

A powerful punch to the jaw silenced her.

The shock echoed throughout the arena, leaving the spectators paralyzed as they watched Dora in front of Iris whose head was turned to the side.

"There, free punch."

He squeezed his hand, looking at her, but the next moment he opened his eyes wide.

Iris placed a hand on her reddened cheek and turned around.

"Haha, good one, got me good, you little rascal, but I deserved it."

She laughed and raised her sword, with a determined smile.

"I guess we're even now? Can we then forget the past?"

Dora frowned and jumped back.

He looked at her for a few seconds, troubled by her reaction.

(I'm sure I could break everything with one punch before evolving... how did she...)

He was in a state of intense thought, what he was seeing was an obvious anomaly.

It was clear that as a B-rank, Iris was leagues above, but she took a punch from a Sin Avatar without even being thrown and without defending herself.

In comparison, he played with Thomas before he used his star power.

"Can we start now? I'll be serious, okay? Use... Wait, maybe I'll go small first, I've waited too long to get this over with."

Veins appeared on Dora's forehead.

"Who does she think...