Those Contending For The Future

The group battle between Leohart and Ramsus's forces finally begins. After Mio wins the first match, Maria enters the arena for the next round. Her opponent is Lars. Maria uses her enormous power to face him in close combat, but she fails to overcome the gap in experience and magic power, and gets driven into a corner by Lars' clever attackes. What does Maria pull out in hopes of overturning the battle...? Meanwhile, the demons lay a cowardly trap for Kurumi.