Meruin remained calm. There was a reason why she, the one with the least fighting strength, had said 'feel free to begin at any time' - since the moment she had pulled out her book, the battle had already began for her.

A reactive shield made of papers with glowing runes boxed Meruin from all sides and flew beyond the dust cloud the top peeled off and gave Meruin room to see. She was trying intensely to form a plan in her head, but this was her first ever fight, and she was finding it a bit difficult to maintain composure.