The onslaught of attacks pushed her back at first, but she managed to begin to hold her ground. At first, the speed and force surprised her, but after gathering her wits, she realized that speed was the main problem.
The actual impact of the hits was rough, but not difficult to manage. She was at the high end of the spectrum for Intermediate Rank and was pushing at the door to a breakthrough.
Whatever rank this boy was, it was enough to hold her off, but she could still win, as long as she kept her guard up. It was not impossible for her to still lose if she faltered.
"[Sword Arts: Heavy Slash]!" Mana wrapped around her blade as she made a powerful downward slash.
The attack missed it's target, but the force of the blow sent a wave of sand off into the distance. This closed off one area of attack since it was likely the enemy would avoid the cloud she had made, meaning she only had to defend three sides instead of four.
