After achieving their first victory in the main phase of the group swordsman mech competition, the Swordmaidens gained a crucial boost in confidence.
During subsequent group matches, their mech pilots placed less emphasis on relying on their skill and instead leveraged their teamwork.
Since each of the veteran Swordmaiden mech pilots trained so often together and fought so many pitched battles together, their mutual understanding and trust had reached a degree that their opponents had yet to match!
The fights rarely ended quickly. Their opponents always managed to inflict heavy damage onto the Swordmaiden mechs. In terms of pure skill, the Heavensworders exhibited considerably greater refinement.
It didn't help that the Swordmaidens stubbornly stuck to wielding greatswords despite their lack of fit with the Diligent model.