[h2]The Arena[/h2]"Hah, I knew you were going to do that! But this time I'm ready for it, Horseface!" Mordred said as she closed in on Chiron. The Archer's maneuver was far from unexpected now that she had a good grasp of his fighting style. However, he wasn't counting with one thing. Mordred is far crazier and tougher than she looks like.

She didn't even try to dodge his counter, instead driving her chin right into his fist with enough force that she probably got a few broken teeth, if not the jaw, or even a snap neck. However, nothing of this mattered for someone who could keep on fighting even after having the Holy Spear jammed into her guts.

Instead of being thrown backwards, Mordred concentrated all of her power in her back and feet, stomping one of Archer's feet to forbid him from dodging while she drove her Clarent's pommel towards his neck with enough force that probably would get his head to pop off either way and... stopped just one hair's breadth away from connecting letting all the force dissipate in a massive crackle of thunder.

"You wasn't half bad. But, admit it, this one is mine, Archer," Mordred said with a vicious, bloody smile stamped on her face.

[h2]The Pier[/h2]Othis deadpan countenance didn't make it clear whether or not she was impressed by the Professor's display of dapper gentlemanliness. However, she didn't oppose it either, so both archrivals would have to draw their own conclusions of what kind  of impression she got from his introduction.

"I've studied them all, but my favorite is A Treatise on the Binomial Theorem. It's a quite refreshing take on the subject, even if it came at such a late date on the evolution of mathematics," Othis said after being asked about which books she had read. "I have to say that the... applicability of some of them is dubious, them," she added.

"Holmes and I were on our way to investigate the recent reports of incidents in the waters close to the city but, since we run into a fortuitous encounter with such a well-informed person as you. Can I ask you something? You don't happen to know anything about those events, do you, Professor?" Othis asked in her usual blunt manner.