The beast tamer exiled from the hero’s party and the cat eared girl from the strongest race meet
“The spirits who govern earth, water, fire, and wind. I, your kin, make this wish. Wield your power and strike down the enemy of the world.”
Even Al-san, who could cast super-tier magic instantly, had started chanting!?
“What is yours is mine. What is mine is yours. Body, heart, and soul—let us unite all as one and walk together.”
Al-san’s chant continued.
A three-dimensional magic circle unfolded around her, as if embracing her.
Countless particles of light appeared and slowly converged together.
I could feel an overwhelming power.
Just watching made my knees want to give out…
Such was the crushing pressure radiating from it.
There was no mistake.
Al-san’s words hadn’t been a bluff…
She truly intended to cast ultimate-tier magic.
“…Hehe.”
For a brief moment, Al-san glanced at me and gave a small smile.
That just now…
Could that have been a signal?
“Alright.”
Understanding Al-san’s intent, I returned Kusanagi to its first form and charged at Mona.
I spun the double saber, slashing alternately with both blades.
Like recreating a raging storm, I continued attacking without giving her any chance to counter.
“Kh… you little…!!!”
As expected of her.
Mona blocked and deflected every single attack I threw at her.
Still, the composure on her face was gone.
For the first time, she looked flustered…
Cold sweat trickled down her face.
Her gaze kept flickering behind me… toward Al-san.
Even stubborn Mona probably couldn’t survive something like ultimate-tier magic.
She clearly wanted to rush over and interrupt the spell immediately…
But I wouldn’t allow it.
I’d buy enough time for Al-san to finish her chant!
“Damn it, you’re in the way!”
“Well, that’s the whole point.”
“How carefree can you be!? If that thing goes off, you won’t come out unharmed either! This is magic powerful enough to reshape the terrain itself!?”
“Then it can defeat you.”
Mona probably wasn’t lying.
But I trusted Al-san.
Even if she was angry about being called an old lady, she wouldn’t drag me into it.
She’d definitely prepare a safe zone properly.
“Perish, perish, perish. Let neither body nor soul remain—not even fragments. Return all creation in heaven and earth to ashes.”
…She will, right?
Hearing such an ominous chant made me feel just a tiny bit uneasy.
“Damn it, I’m done playing along with this!”
It seemed Mona had given up trying to interrupt Al-san’s chant.
Instead, she tried to flee.
But I wouldn’t allow that.
I launched Aegis’s wire and tangled it around Mona’s legs.
Then I manipulated gravity to drag her back to the ground.
“Kuhhh!?”
“Sorry, but I can’t let you escape.”
If possible, I wanted to capture her and force some answers out of her…
But if that wasn’t possible, then I’d finish her here.
“Rain, launch that fool into the sky!”
“Understood! Gravity reversal!”
Keeping the wires wrapped around her, I reversed the gravity affecting Mona.
“W-wah, waaaah!?”
Mona fell upward into the sky at tremendous speed.
And then, right before Al-san…
She was forcibly moved into the perfect position.
The two locked eyes.
“Tell me, Mona.”
“Y-yo, Al.”
“You certainly said quite a few things about me, didn’t you? Calling me an old hag, saying I lacked maturity despite my age, that I was insolent, that I had no charm…”
“I didn’t say that much!?”
“And as for old debts… I am not satisfied unless I repay what’s done to me in kind.”
“N-now, calm down, Al. I didn’t mean any—”
“And so… disappear.”
Al-san delivered those final words in an ice-cold voice.
“Heaven and Earth Collapse… Paradise Lost!!!”
In that instant, a sun manifested upon the earth.
An unimaginable inferno raged wildly, swallowing everything whole.
Then a blizzard swept forth.
Brilliantly colored ice danced through the air, freezing everything solid.
Next, a tornado that pierced the heavens erupted.
Layer upon layer of wind overlapped, shredding everything apart.
Then the earth itself rose up.
Massive rocks over a hundred meters tall rampaged violently, smashing everything away.
And finally, a pure white light descended.
It was like divine judgment from the heavens.
The world was dyed white…
The light converged into a single point…
GOOOOO… GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
A colossal explosion.
The impact was so violent it felt as though the world itself was trembling.
The blast blew away all the surrounding clouds, staining the sky blue once more.
The earth shook, the seas raged…
It was like a natural catastrophe had occurred.
And then…
“…Whoa.”
The terrain had changed.
Even though we had deliberately moved Mona into the sky to avoid collateral damage…
The spell still affected the surroundings, leaving behind a gigantic crater like a meteor had struck the earth.
“Mmhm!”
Amid all that, Al-san proudly puffed out her chest in satisfaction.
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