A Crushing Defeat

Within the royal chamber, Red Rain and Mia had both fallen onto the ground; their faces pale as the effects of their short-term power-up had a faded, returning them to their normal state.

With a cough, Red Rain wiped the corners of his mouth that flowed with a strange kind of bluish gold blood, her face even paler than before as she looked at her trembling palm that had markings that wriggled as if they had a life of their own.

'My backlash might last a little while longer than the norm. It seems that forcing open a weakness into something beyond my level is truly too taxing. I hope that at least Wild Silver was able to land a hit...'

Red Rain thought to herself as her eyes shifted towards the scene in front of her; Mia also shared similar thoughts; through using her ancestral blood, she had ignited her true potential before its authentic awakening. Thus, she wasn't feeling much better.

"Sister will be mad...'