As Ara and her troops pursued Cornell towards Bredon, she recalled the last battle she fought against Cornell and his slayers in the past. It was a battle where Ara painstakingly planned on her own to kill every single one of the men who raped and killed Anne in their previous life.
Afterwards, Ara went after Cornell in the palace, she was confident she could win then, every advantage was in her favour, and her sword fighting skills was at it's peak. But yet...
She was beheaded and killed by Cornell. She would never forget those final moments when his blade cut through her flesh. Compared to then, she was in a worse position now. She hadn't recovered fully, nor slept well recently, not to mention her condition. While she was much stronger than when she first returned to the past, she wasn't confident enough to say that she could beat Cornell now.