"KAAAAH! YOU BASTARD!!"
Phryne's furious scream echoed throughout the Entertainment District. Her voice was so loud that some of the Amazonesses watching quickly stepped back, afraid of being caught in their captain's rage.
Her face was red with anger and humiliation. She, Phryne Jamil, a Level 5 adventurer, had been beaten like an insect by a man!
This was unforgivable!
"BRING ME MY WEAPON!" She roared in a rough voice.
One of the Amazonesses who had witnessed the scene was momentarily stunned before quickly running off to fetch her captain's weapon.
Meanwhile, Phryne glared at Charlie with pure hatred, her large, bulging eyes wide with fury.
"You're going to regret hurting my beautiful body, brat! I'll make you cry and beg for mercy!"
Hearing those words, Charlie finally raised an eyebrow. He had been ignoring Phryne's nonsense from the start, but now he felt the need to respond.
"Your beautiful body? Are your eyes blind? Or have you never looked in a mirror?"
A group of Amazonesses who heard this stifled their laughter, though some of them immediately turned their faces away, afraid Phryne would unleash her wrath on them.
"YOU...!!!"
Charlie's words triggered a surge of rage in Phryne.
In her entire life, anyone who dared to call her face a frog face had been mercilessly killed by her. She didn't care if they were men or women—she would crush them into pieces!
"YOU'RE DEAD! DEAD!! I'LL DESTROY YOU, YOU DAMN BRAT!"
*WHOOSH!*
Phryne lunged at him, her massive fist shooting forward with enough force to crush a boulder in one hit.
"..."
In the face of the Six Eyes, the enemy's attack appeared slow. Charlie didn't move from his spot, not even changing his expression in the slightest.
And just as her fist was about to hit his face—
"I don't bully unarmed opponents."
*SHIIING!*
The ice sword in his hand vanished in an instant!
Charlie canceled his weapon transformation, showing that he would fight Phryne bare-handed.
However, to Phryne, this was a huge insult!
"FOOL! YOU'LL REGRET THIS DECISION!"
*SHUA!*
Phryne's massive fist surged toward his head, the air around it vibrating from the sheer force.
But the next second, Charlie disappeared from his spot!
"WHAT?!"
Phryne lost her target, and before she could react—
*SWISH!*
*BAM!*
A powerful kick slammed into her side!
"GUHHH!!"
Phryne's body staggered sideways a few steps, the stone floor beneath her cracking under the pressure of her heavy steps.
Her bulging eyes wildly searched for her opponent.
*BAM!*
A punch landed hard on her stomach, lifting her massive body a few centimeters off the ground before she fell back down.
While Phryne relied solely on brute strength, Charlie used precise movements, redirecting her force and striking her weak points with perfect accuracy!
"YOU INSOLENT BRAT!!"
Phryne attacked again with a flurry of rapid punches!
*SWISH!* *SWISH!* *SWISH!*
Unfortunately, Charlie dodged every attack with smooth movements.
He didn't just dodge—he also parried with elegant techniques, deflecting each of Phryne's attacks with incredible efficiency.
Phryne began to panic.
"STOP DODGING, YOU COWARD!!"
"..."
But Charlie remained silent.
He crouched slightly, then delivered a powerful uppercut to Phryne's chin!
*BAM!*
Her massive body flew into the air, flailing before crashing hard onto the ground with a loud thud!
The watching Amazonesses could only freeze in place, unable to believe what they were witnessing.
Charlie didn't take advantage of Phryne's moment of weakness. Instead, he simply stared at her with a cold expression and said, "Give up. You're no match for me."
"GRRR!!"
Phryne roared in fury, her blood boiling.
"DON'T GET COCKY, BRAT! THIS ISN'T OVER YET! DON'T THINK YOU'VE WON!!"
At that moment, one of the Amazonesses who had left earlier returned with something in her hands.
"Captain! Your weapon!"
Phryne grinned wildly as she saw the massive axe handed to her.
"HAHAHAHA! GOOD!"
With glee, she gripped the handle of the weapon with one hand and swung it down to the ground.
*BOOM!!*
The ground beneath her cracked under the weight of the axe.
This weapon was the Great Battleaxe Gorda, a massive axe capable of splitting a giant monster in a single swing.
With her trusted weapon in hand, her confidence soared.
"You know, brat, I was just warming up earlier. But now? Now I'm serious!!" Phryne began to taunt.
"..."
Charlie simply ignored her, raising his head to look at the brightening sky. He estimated it was around six in the morning.
At this point, he knew his actions in the Entertainment District could no longer be hidden from Astrea. However, he wasn't too worried.
Aishia and Est would always side with him, and Astrea might scold him for visiting a brothel, but in the end, she had no right to forbid him.
'After all, I'm not part of the Astrea Familia but the Hera Familia.' Charlie felt more relaxed.
Seeing Phryne still laughing with confidence, he lost interest in this fight.
'It's time to end this.'
Phryne wasn't the type to fight fair.
When she saw Charlie seemingly distracted, she immediately attacked with the Great Battleaxe Gorda!
"DIE, YOU DAMN BRAT!!"
*SWOOSH!!*
The massive axe shot forward at high speed, striking Charlie's body directly!
The Amazonesses cheered.
Phryne grinned wildly.
But—
When she saw the result of her attack, she was stunned.
"WHAT?!"
The Great Battleaxe Gorda had landed directly on Charlie's body, but it left not a single scratch—not even his clothes were torn!
"T-That's impossible...!!"
In disbelief, Phryne swung her axe again.
*SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!*
She struck repeatedly, hitting Charlie from various angles. Yet, the result remained the same.
No wounds. No blood. No effect.
Charlie finally refocused and looked at Phryne with his usual blank expression.
Calmly, he raised one hand.
*CLANG!*
He caught the blade of the axe with his bare hand.
Phryne's eyes bulged.
"Y-YOU... WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
Staring at her without expression, Charlie then said, "Attacks of this level aren't enough to penetrate the Armor of Fafnir."
Phryne didn't understand what he was saying, but her heart began to fill with fear.
"L-LET GO!!"
She tried to pull her axe back, but it didn't budge an inch!
"Sorry, I can't keep playing with you." Charlie said lightly.
"HOW DARE YOU—"
Before Phryne could finish her sentence...
*ZRRRAAAK!!*
An electric current appeared in Charlie's hand as he used Spirit Arts. The current began to flow into Phryne's body!
"UWAHHH!!"
She screamed, her body convulsing violently, but Charlie didn't stop the flow of electricity.
The current, initially low, began to increase slowly... 50 milliamps... 100 milliamps...
Phryne shook even more violently. However, she hadn't lost consciousness yet.
"Interesting. A normal person would die at 100 milliamps. As expected of a Level 5 adventurer, your endurance surpasses human limits." Charlie muttered.
Then, he increased the current further.
200 milliamps... 300 milliamps... 500 milliamps!
"GAAHHH—!!"
*BRAK!*
Finally, Phryne's body collapsed to the ground, her body still smoking and no longer moving.
She wasn't dead, but she had completely lost consciousness.
"Haaah...."
Charlie sighed and released his grip on the Great Battleaxe Gorda, letting the massive axe fall to the ground with a loud thud.
He didn't kill her.
The Guild's rules prohibited adventurers from killing each other, at least on the surface.
Besides, there were too many witnesses here. For now, Charlie didn't want to make an enemy of the Guild.