Chapter 856
A crowd had gathered in the community plaza, with several bodyguards working hard to maintain order.
Jordan fought like a fierce tiger descending a mountain, while Mira moved with the light, agile grace of an ape. With every swing of their arms, the sharp whistle of their punches sliced through the air.
The flurries of blows multiplied, growing faster by the second, churning the air around them and whipping up sudden gusts of wind.
More and more spectators stopped to watch, whipping out their phones to record the spectacle. A few of the more tech-savvy onlookers even started live streams on Solflare Vibe, instantly pulling in massive numbers of followers.
Everyone was familiar with Mira and Owen, but this was the first time they had seen Jordan.
“Whoa, that’s Mira’s master! Look at him, he looks so cool! His skills are insane p>
“Hurry up and record this! Post it online, it might hit the front page p>
“What a visual feast. This is better than a concert! Keep recording, I need to save this p>
Watching the scene unfold, even Owen felt a twinge of jealousy. Mira’s martial arts had improved at a terrifying pace.
Honestly, he was glad he had secured her affections early. If someone else had snatched away such a brilliant woman, he would have regretted it for the rest of his life.
Eventually, Mira began to lose ground. Her current stamina still fell short when matched against Jordan.
“Owen, join in p>
Jordan barked an order.
To their shock, even facing a two-on-one assault, Jordan handled them with effortless ease.
Grandma Eleanor had also come down to watch. Zane brought a chair for her, while Mrs. Higgins and Rachel supported her on either side.
“Look how amazing our Mira is! She’s traded so many blows with her master without losing p>
“Our Mira is a genius. There’s nothing she can’t do p>
Rachel chimed in.
If Jordan had fought Mira alone, she would have lost even if he fought with one hand tied behind his back. But Owen was a top-tier expert. Tag-teaming the old man meant Jordan’s stamina finally started to wane.
The two exchanged a glance and managed to fight Jordan to a draw.
The martial arts test finally came to an end, leaving the crowd completely captivated. Someone even shouted, “When’s the next match p>
Silas Vane bluntly replied, “TBD p>
Did they think this was a concert tour?
Back at the house, the three of them freshened up and changed into clean clothes. Rachel had already prepared hot tea, fruit, and pastries.
Only then did Jordan speak up. “You don’t need to hold back. On the battlefield, a loss is a loss; it’s no big deal p>
“I’m perfectly happy losing to my own apprentices p>
The master wasn’t petty enough to throw a tantrum over a spar.
“Oh, so our Mira can actually beat you p>
Grandma Eleanor said with a warm smile.
“Grandma Eleanor, I can’t beat him. Even if there were two of me, I’d still lose p>
“Owen and I barely managed to secure a win together, and that was only after wearing him down p>
After all, Owen was a master in his own right.
As a woman, Mira naturally possessed less raw physical strength, forcing her to focus on speed and agility. Fortunately,
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her to compensate for her physical shortcomings.
Over the rest of the weekend, Mira was buried under a mountain of backlogged work.
Previously, Owen had taken on many of the responsibilities that typically belonged to the board chair.
Now that the CEO position had changed hands, Mira’s workload within the group had doubled.
And she couldn’t just pass off these specific tasks to anyone else.
On top of that, she had to finalize the upcoming paid music releases and hand them over to Kieran Holt.
Once the legal department cleared the copyrights, the tracks would be sent to the artists for rehearsals.
This year, Mira didn’t sing a single
one of the ten tracks, primarily due to a lack of time, Come Monday, she to
had headfirst back into her
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studies.
Every student accepted into Aethelgard University was incredibly gifted with the fierce competition her rankings would plummetif she didn’t put in the effort.
Mira was human, not a god.