[OP: ]
On one side, El was thanking Nes while hugging her, and on the other side, Lucy was backed off to a wall, looking back at his opponent with a defeated smile.
"You are a strong swordsman, Ras."
His sword was not in his hand anymore, he had raised his hands, it was a clear indication of surrender, and his opponent bought it happily.
"You are too, Lucifer. It was an enjoyable match."
His opponent had put his sword back, or it had just vanished the way it had come outta nowhere so, he did the same and put it back in his sheath. And then he extended a hand to the opponent, a little happy smile present on his face.
He had won the duel, though he had to resort to the power that he wanted to avoid using in a place like this, he certainly won the battle.
He didn't even have to actually use the active ability of that powerful skill, the opponent recognized the lethal power of that skill from only its initialization.