Chapter 38
As the shattered shackles fell to the ground, one of the three people on the execution rack, the pink-haired girl, was freed.
I was secretly alarmed! This is bad. That “Shadow Parasite Line” Le Gelei Si, the one who can manipulate shadows, has been freed?
“You two little things really are troublesome.” Sister Phylicia waved her hand, and the flames converging from thin air formed a battering ram, smashing into the black and white sword spirits.
As the two girl-shaped sword spirits were sent flying by the overwhelming impact, Sister Phylicia charged toward the blonde boy, “Twin Swords” Rhode, at extreme speed.
“I don’t have time to play with your two swords right now. I’ll prioritize finishing you!”
I saw a sword condensed from flames appear in Sister’s hand!
“Shadow Transfer—”
Swoosh---!
Sister was now standing under the execution rack, having swapped places with the pink-haired girl.
“What an interesting magic.”
Sister understood instantly, smiling coldly. “It’s about time for the execution, isn’t it?” She gave a light wave of her hand, and the other two execution racks burst into flames.
“You demon!”
“Twin Swords” Rhode tried to charge over but was yanked back by the pink-haired girl.
“Don’t be rash! I’ll transfer them!”
“Don’t worry about us---! You all run! You must carry on our mission of justice---!” the yellow-haired girl on the execution rack shouted, the flames about to engulf her.
“Today, none of you are getting away.” This time, Sister Phylicia placed both hands on the ground and activated her magic---a nine-headed hydra condensed from flames rose from the earth!
At the same time, the pink-haired girl randomly selected two people from the onlookers and used “Shadow Swap” on them and her two comrades on the execution racks.
“What are the soldiers doing? They still haven’t evacuated the onlookers?” Sister Phylicia said coldly. At the same time, the nine-headed hydra, with the force of a volcanic eruption, spat fireballs at every single member of the “Seven-Leaf Tree” organization!
Boom---! Boom---! Boom---! Boom---! Boom---! Boom---!
“Twin Swords” Rhode, “Shadow Parasite Line” Le Gelei Si, and the yellow-haired girl and black-haired boy who had just been rescued from the racks were all struck by fireballs! The pitiful “King of Assassins,” who had just climbed out of the “大” shaped crater, was smashed right back in by another fireball. And that “Punisher,” who had been repeatedly trampled by horses, had just lifted his head when he was ravaged by a fireball again.
“Dammit! With the leader gone, we’re no match for her at all—!”
“Where is the leader?”
“She was smashed into the horizon by that girl with the hammer—”
“Dammit---! She’s not here at a critical time like this—”
“Let me tell you the truth: the one who sent ‘Death’s Blade’ flying with one hammer blow is my little sister,” Sister Phylicia said proudly. At the same time, the nine-headed hydra in front of her spat out a second wave of fireballs---!
“Tila! Misu! Cover us!” “Twin Swords” Rhode shouted for his sword spirits.
The silver-haired girl, Misu, opened her arms wide, taking the brunt of the fireballs for everyone. It was an extremely tragic sight!
The black-haired girl, Tila, charged at Sister Phylicia, her hand-blade chopping down violently! But Sister just lazily leaned to the side and dodged it.
“I’ve already seen through your attack. I can’t even be bothered to use elementalization.”
As her voice fell, Sister grabbed Tila’s arm and viciously stomped her into the ground—!
“No--- Tila!” “Twin Swords” Rhode watched helplessly, his eyes filled with heartbreak.
“What did I say just now? I really want to snap you,” Sister Phylicia sneered, tossing Tila’s arm, which had reverted to a broken sword, aside.
“I refuse to believe that evil can triumph over justice!” The yellow-haired girl raised her right hand high and activated her magic! A long-prepared giant armored fist materialized in the air and smashed down toward Sister Phylicia!
Sister Phylicia kicked the broken, reverted Tila aside, then waved a hand! A flame battering ram collided head-on with the fist! In an instant, the fist was smashed to smithereens.
“I won. Does that mean I’m the one who’s justice?”
Faced with Sister Phylicia’s terrifying power, the pink-haired girl, “Shadow Parasite Line” Le Gelei Si, had an expression of terror on her face.
“This is bad… Since Yelijia isn’t here, and we’ve been successfully rescued, let’s temporarily retreat!”
Seeing the situation was dire, she used her “Shadow Transfer” magic on every one of her comrades, swapping their positions with the scattering onlookers in the distance.
“I told you, today, none of you will escape!”
Sister Phylicia started to pursue them, but found that the pink-haired girl had used her “Step on Shadow” magic on her, holding her in place. This crucial move from the pink-haired girl bought time for her comrades to escape.
“That really is an interesting magic.” Sister Phylicia locked her killing intent onto her.
“I will not let you take one more step!”
As her voice fell—the pink-haired girl erupted with astonishing blue magic power! The sheer force of it looked as if she was about to release her entire life’s worth of magic at once—
I watched as her blue magic gradually deepened, transforming into purple!
“Oh? You broke your limit when cornered? Your magic power went from 4th-tier to 5th-tier?” A smile of interest appeared on Sister Phylicia’s face.
“‘Scarlet Flame’ Phylicia! This is my ultimate magic, born from my resolve! I refuse to believe I can’t wound you—”
The pink-haired girl poured all her magic into her trump card, “Parasite Shadow Demon”! Her shadow rose from the ground. The shadow summoned this time was stronger than ever before.
“Since you’re already at a dead end, what are you hesitating for? Fuse!” her shadow said, in her exact voice.
“My thoughts exactly!”
The pink-haired girl’s figure overlapped with her shadow. The purple magic power that erupted after their fusion finally managed to stir the hem of Sister Phylicia’s clothes.
“Just because you’re determined doesn’t mean you have the strength to defeat me. Today, I’ll let you know what true despair is.”
Sister Phylicia instantly erupted with—silver magic power, the threshold of the abyss!
“Let me see… your final death throes!” Sister Phylicia charged forward, grasping the sword condensed from flames—!
The silver magic power and the purple magic power collided violently—
BOOM---!
Right then, the magic in Lian Qi’s hand exploded!?
“Eh!? Lian Qi, y-your explosion magic hit Qifeng!” I was so frightened I was stammering.
“It’s done. The ‘Death’s Blade’ magic curse attached to Qifeng’s wound has been destroyed.”
Lian Qi herself let out a deep sigh of relief.
“Eh!? R-really?”
I was so moved I was on the verge of tears. I didn’t know how I could possibly repay her.
There was simply no way to repay her!
“Aren’t you going to hurry up and heal her wound now?” Lian Qi reminded me.
“Right! I know!”
I touched my face. Eh? Where are my tears? Why, at a time like this, do I not have a single tear?
I glanced around. Although we were outside, Sister Phylicia’s shield phalanx was concealing us. I probably don’t need to worry about what I’m about to do being seen by outsiders, right?
Because the situation was urgent and I was extremely nervous, I couldn’t worry about that much—
I said, blushing:
“I’m… going to kiss your chest now.”