"Ahahahahahahahaha!"
Inside the building, Natsumi had transford part of the steel frawork into a telescope and was laughing as she admired her own masterpiece.
"You saw my true form. Don't think any of you will get to keep living peacefully!"
She watched Shido panicking in confusion, but she did not notice that, below the building, darkness was spreading out from a small warehouse.
"Eh?"
It was not until a black ray pierced through her body that Natsumi clutched her bleeding abdon, still unable to understand what had just happened.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
After that, a burning pain made her scream.
[!!!]
At so point, the air around her had been covered in darkness, like night itself. And she was quietly floating in the sky, like a Demon King descending upon the world.
[Who are you?]
Natsumi looked at the girl floating in the sky, wearing a jet black long dress that resembled widow clothes, and also called to mind a fallen angel or a black bride. The pain was so intense that she could not even voice the question. Black spirit power continued to cover the surroundings, hiding the girl's face within it and making it impossible to see clearly.
"…Satan…"
Beside her, black block-like objects transford into huge [wings]. At the tips of those wings, black light began to gather.
"Ah… ah…"
Natsumi let out a helpless groan. There was no doubt that the girl before her was a Spirit, and that she was releasing killing intent without holding anything back.
[Is she an assassin sent by Shido-kun?]
She thought.
Whether that was true or not, Natsumi was already badly wounded and unable to control Haniel. She understood that her ti had co.
"Pierce it, Rhongomiant!"
However, the spear of light that raced in from the edge of the sky temporarily saved Natsumi from the black Demon King's hands.
The Wizard wearing a white gold CR-Unit, Ellen Mira Mathers, flew between the black Spirit and Natsumi. Ellen glanced at the heavily wounded Natsumi, then focused her attention on the black Spirit before her.
Originally, she had only co under Ike's orders to capture Witch. Yet on the way here, she had witnessed the extrely abnormal sight of Spirit fighting Spirit.
However, there was no ti to consider the reason. After the black wings turned into shields and blocked Rhongomiant, they began firing deadly lasers at Ellen.
"You go retrieve Witch. Leave that Spirit to ."
[Ah… so these people didn't co to save …]
Seeing the cold look in the white gold Wizard's eyes, as well as the expressions of several Wizards who arrived late and seed to be on her side, Natsumi understood. They had not co here to save her on purpose.
[Of course… no one would co to save .]
She laughed at herself, then resigned herself and closed her eyes.
"Natsumi!"
At the very mont the girl had completely given up hope, Shido's voice reached her ears.
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Ti rewound to several minutes earlier.
Beep—beep—beep—!
An ominous alarm sounded through Shido and Mikoto's earpieces.
"What happened, Reine-san?"
The two exchanged a glance, and Shido asked uneasily.
[A new spirit power reaction has appeared near Natsumi, Shin.]
"Kurumi? Or is it a new Spirit?"
Mikoto asked. Natsumi's situation was still unresolved, so whether it was Kurumi or a new Spirit, neither was sothing they wanted to see right now.
[Judging by the wavelength, it is not Kurumi. Also… the spirit power value is negative… It is likely an Inverse.]
Reine's news made Shido and Mikoto feel as if they had been thrown into an ice cellar. An Inverse. That was the ominous thing Mikoto herself had experienced not long ago, born from a Spirit who had fallen into extre despair.
"We have to hurry, Shido."
They no longer needed Reine's guidance. Not far ahead, they could see an extre darkness. Most likely, that was the work of the Inverse Spirit.
"Yeah."
Shido nodded. Behind them, Tohka, Yoshino, Kaguya, Yuzuru, and Miku were following.
When everyone arrived at the scene, they saw countless wings dancing through the sky, as well as DEM's Ace Wizard, Ellen Mathers.
[What a ss…]
Mikoto quickly analyzed the situation on the field. Ellen's target was the Spirit flying in the sky. Because the distance was rather far, and black spirit power was swirling around her, they could not clearly see that Spirit's appearance.
On the other side, Natsumi was already badly wounded and was currently being captured and evacuated by several DEM Wizards.
"Let's save Natsumi first, Shido!"
Mikoto knew what kind of terrible fate would be waiting if Natsumi fell into Westcott's hands. She said it without the slightest hesitation.
"Miku, please find a safe place and support us with your song. Tohka, Kaguya, Yuzuru, Yoshino, and Yakumo-senpai, please lend your strength!"
Shido nodded.
"Mm!" x6
The Spirits nodded and each began to move.
"Haa!"
Tohka raised Sandalphon and slashed at the Wizards.
anwhile, Yoshino froze the ones who tried to use their Territory fields.
After realizing Yoshino's ability, the Wizards dropped their defenses. However, that gave Kaguya and Yuzuru an opening, and the twins whipped up a hurricane that blasted the enemies away.
"Are you all right, Natsumi?"
With Mikoto's help, Shido reached Natsumi's side.
"Shi… do…-kun…"
The wounded witch had never imagined that Shido would co to her side at a ti like this—and that he had co to save her.
"She's badly hurt. Reine-san, prepare the teleportation system imdiately… Danger!"
Mikoto, who had been speaking with Fraxinus, suddenly noticed that the black Spirit fighting Ellen had aid part of her Angel, those pitch-black wings, at them.
Boom!
Mikoto deployed a barrier and blocked the Spirit's attack.
"Uwaa! What is with this black one!?"
"Confusion. Why is she attacking us?"
Kaguya and Yuzuru dodged the dark rays with their speed. On the other side, aside from Miku, who was hiding and singing a song to boost their power, Tohka and Yoshino also found themselves in danger.
"What exactly is going on? Why would that Spirit…"
Mikoto frowned. She could understand the black Spirit fighting Ellen. After all, Ellen Mathers was a woman who could be called a public enemy of Spirits. However, what surprised her was that the other party was splitting off part of her firepower toward them, even though they held no hostility toward her at all.
A Spirit was attacking other Spirits. Aside from special cases like Kurumi, who needed to gather spirit power, Mikoto could hardly imagine any possible motive.
"Could she be rampaging unconsciously?"
That possibility did exist, but more than the reason, what bothered Mikoto was that Spirit's appearance… She felt as though she had seen it sowhere before.
"Shido, we're retreating!"
Several more wings flew over, and the black rays made Tsukuyomi crack. Natsumi's transformation had not been undone yet, so Mikoto was currently under the double debuff of being in loli form and having her power sealed. Even with Miku's buff, it was only a drop in the bucket.
"But we can't just ignore Ellen! If this keeps up, that Spirit might get captured by Ellen!"
Shido said anxiously.
"If Ellen is willing to keep fighting after seeing us retreat, I'd be more than happy."
Mikoto shook her head.
From earlier until now, Ellen had long since noticed their existence. The reason she had not attacked was entirely because she had no leeway to split her attention in front of that black Spirit.
Facing such a powerful opponent, even the extrely confident Ellen Mathers would not choose to continue fighting with Fraxinus present.
Otherwise, Mikoto would not mind having Kotori fire a blast from the magic cannon while they were locked in battle, teaching Ellen the aning of "when the crane and clam fight, the fisherman wins."
"…I understand."
Shido nodded. Though he was very worried about the black Spirit, their own side was not in an easy situation either. Even he could feel that, if the loli ford Spirits faced that Spirit's Angel carelessly, they might lose their lives.
And so, after glancing at the white gold Wizard and the black Spirit still fighting in the sky, Shido and the others were teleported to Fraxinus and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.
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