The beast tamer exiled from the hero’s party and the cat eared girl from the strongest race meet
Flames erupted around us, serving as a makeshift shield.
It wouldn’t hold for long, but it was better than nothing.
"Guh!"
Diving into a storm of magic was practically suicide.
But even so, I couldn’t just abandon Shigure.
We had finally grown closer… and more than anything, if I did, Sakura would be devastated.
"Shigure, grab on!"
"Rain!? You actually jumped in here? Do you have any idea how reckless that is…?"
"No time for that! Hurry!"
Through the raging storm, I somehow managed to grab Shigure’s hand.
I tried to pull us out, but… we couldn’t escape!
"Ahaha! This is hilarious! You just jumped right in? You’re an idiot, aren’t you? You have to be!"
"Damn you…!"
Seizing the opportunity, Lin unleashed a barrage of attack magic.
Not only did she block our escape, but her attacks were precise, dealing serious damage.
I fired back with magic.
To my surprise, Shigure deflected incoming spells with her fists.
That was an insane ability.
Even so, we couldn’t keep up.
Lin’s attack speed was faster, her power overwhelming.
At this rate, we’d be crushed.
"Don’t get carried away…"
"Stay away…"
"From Rain!"
Kanade, Chiffon, and Rifa jumped in to support us.
Kanade hurled nearby rocks, Chiffon cast spells, and Rifa fired blood bullets.
Even so, they couldn’t stop Lin.
She simultaneously attacked us and defended against their strikes.
It was absurd.
Lin’s current power far surpassed even the strongest species.
She might even rival the mythical SS-rank…
"Kuh!?"
No time for useless thoughts.
We had to escape Lin’s relentless bombardment somehow…
But I couldn’t see a way out.
All we could do was hold on and endure.
At this rate, eventually…
"Rain…"
A voice rang out.
Soft, yet clear and resolute.
Filled with unshakable determination.
The owner of that voice was… Nina.
"Stop bullying him!!!"
Nina’s eyes shone—
A blinding light radiated from her entire body.
It was like the sun had descended upon us, so bright I couldn’t keep my eyes open.
This phenomenon… I’d seen it before…?
"……"
When the light faded, there stood Nina—grown into an adult form.
"…Awakening?"
Why now?
I didn’t know the conditions for its activation, so I could only stare in shock.
Rifa, unfamiliar with Nina’s awakened state, was equally stunned.
Elfin and Finia were also taken aback—
"Wait, not this again!?"
Lin was the most surprised of all.
She had seen Nina’s power up close before, and her face twisted in fear.
"Hngh!"
Nina swung her arm.
For an instant, the world blurred.
A fleeting sensation of weightlessness—
And in the next moment, Shigure and I had escaped Lin’s bombardment, now standing beside Nina.
"Nina, how did you… No, we’ll talk later."
I was curious about the reason for her awakening, but now wasn’t the time for that.
The priority was defeating Lin.
"Can you do it?"
"I'm... full of energy!"
"Alright. I'm counting on you!"
"Mm!"
"You little... BRAT!!!"
Lin roared.
Once again, she summoned a phantom beast from another realm and unleashed a massive lightning strike.
But against the awakened Nina, such magic—Ixion Bolt—was meaningless.
"Boop."
With just a small movement of her arm, Nina opened a gaping hole in space before all of us, like a wall.
The lightning was completely absorbed into it.
"Sending it back."
"Guh!?"
Nina swung her arm once more.
This time, a hole opened near Lin, and the lightning that had just been absorbed poured out, raining down upon her.
Lin instantly cast a defensive spell.
However, she couldn’t block all of the supreme-level magic, and some of it struck her.
"You… You’ve gotta be kidding me! You dare defy the great sorceress Lin!? You’re a hundred years too early for that!!!"
Taking damage only fueled Lin’s fury.
At the same time, a storm of icy blades whipped up around her, howling fiercely as if to cut everything in its path.
I’d never seen this spell before, but it was probably another supreme-level magic.
"Hngh!"
Once again, Nina opened a hole in space, swallowing Lin’s attack completely.
However…
"Haha! That’s such a boring trick! You need to learn to do a lot more than just that!"
Lin immediately cast another spell.
A massive inferno erupted, raging toward us with devastating force.
Was this also supreme-level magic?
Casting two at once—this was absurd.
"Nngh…!!!"
Nina tried her best to defend, but even in her awakened state, she couldn’t fully counter the sheer force of Lin’s assault.
The flames were about to strike Nina—
"I… I won’t let that happen!"
Before they could, Finia leaped forward.
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