The beast tamer exiled from the hero’s party and the cat eared girl from the strongest race meet
"Aaaahhhhh!!!"
Altera screamed like a beast as she swung her right hand.
Along its path, a surge of blazing flames was born.
The flames lunged at us like a snake pouncing on its prey.
"Fireball Multi-Shot!"
I launched multiple fireballs, colliding them into the blaze and canceling it out.
At the same time, Yuki rushed forward.
"First Sword… Snow-Moon-Flower!!!"
A barrage of ultra-high-speed sword strikes.
Slashes poured in from every possible angle, unleashing a terrifying series of dozens of blows.
It was a technique strong enough to even halt a Giga-Brand copy.
With this, maybe—but…
Altera surpassed all expectations with ease.
"Huh? That’s all? You can only swing a sword?"
"Tch—!?"
She blocked every one of the dozens of super-fast slashes.
Instantly generating flaming swords in both hands, she caught Yuki’s blades.
Altera’s ability was, as its name suggested, the power to control flames…
But that wasn’t all.
As she just demonstrated, she possessed incredibly high combat capability.
"Hey hey hey, is that really it? Is swinging that sword all you can do?"
"Kuh… you—!!!"
Yuki accelerated his sword even further.
His slashes were now too fast to see.
One after another, he layered more strikes.
"Ahahaha! Yeah, yeah, not bad! You can do it if you try! Since I am fighting you personally, you better entertain me more, okay? C’mon!"
Altera took a few slashes, but didn’t seem bothered at all as she moved to counterattack.
A roar of flames burst upward from her feet.
She wrapped that fire around her fist and threw it straight at Yuki.
"Tch!?"
Judging it too dangerous, Yuki leaped far back to evade.
But…
"Ahahaha! Too naïve!"
Altera swung her fist.
Flames flew off in sync with the motion, chasing after Yuki.
A feint punch—followed by a ranged attack.
She really didn’t play fair.
"Material Creation!"
I created a stone wall in front of Yuki, blocking the pursuing flames.
"Thanks, Rain."
"Her close-combat skills and technique are exceptional…
We should keep our distance and fight from range."
We kept a steady distance, looking for an opening.
Altera’s face twisted in boredom.
"Hey hey, aren’t you going to charge in like before? Let’s keep having fun and slaughter each other!"
"…"
"Hmm? Are you being cautious of me? Well, I guess that can’t be helped. In that case… I’ll start things off, okay?"
Altera grinned and gathered flames into her right hand.
The fire swelled larger and larger, eventually forming a distinct shape—
A sun.
Blazing flames condensed into a single point, swelling outward…
Turning into a massive fireball shining like a miniature sun.
"Prominence Flare."
Altera smiled with pure delight.
"It’s one of my trump cards. Now then… try to stop it, okay? Kyahahaha!!! Go!!!"
The massive fireball was fired.
Just standing near it felt hot enough to burn skin.
It tore into the earth—no, melted it—
And rushed toward us like a ravenous beast.
"Ignition!"
"Second Sword…"
We made our decision instantly.
Dodging or blocking was impossible.
We had no choice but to meet it head-on!
Using the first form of Kusanagi, I loaded a cartridge containing everyone’s power.
"Take this!!!"
"Divine Moon!!!"
Yuki and I unleashed our strongest techniques at the same moment, striking the massive fireball—the sun—head-on.
Our attacks collided—
A blinding flash burst outward.
A moment later, the shockwave and heat exploded through the area.
"D-damn…! Cough, cough…"
"What unbelievable power…"
Yuki and I survived—just barely.
But I had now used one of my cartridges.
Only one remained.
Yuki had also consumed much of his stamina and mental strength; his face was pale.
After everything up until now, we were both battered and worn out.
And yet…
"Oooh, impressive, impressive. You actually intercepted my Prominence Flare. Yeah, I really think that’s amazing. Fufu, I’ll praise you for it."
Altera was barely hurt.
She looked perfectly fine, wearing a relaxed smile.
"Ahh, what a shame. You two could become truly powerful demons. You could even become my personal attendants. Maybe even members of the Four Heavenly Kings? I’m serious."
"So what?"
"Won’t you become mine? It would be so much better for you. You don’t want to die here, right?"
"We refuse."
Yuki and I gave our answer immediately.
Just as we’d already shown.
Becoming an ally of someone like her would be worse—many times worse—than dying.
Not that we had any intention of dying.
"Hmm, I see."
Altera’s eyes turned cold again.
"Well then, whatever. If you won’t be mine… I don’t need you. Just break."
Altera pointed her finger at us.
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