Boom!
Another cannon blast ca down, striking the barrier with enough force to destroy everything.
Although Mikoto had regained consciousness, the situation was far from optimistic. Rather—it was only getting worse.
"Ugh… I can't focus my power…"
Mikoto clenched her teeth.
Because of the earlier inversion, she seed to have recovered all of her spiritual power. However, the injuries she had suffered from the airship's initial bombardnt were affecting her ability to use it.
At this, Mikoto could only sigh in admiration. As expected of Tsukuyomi's Ara-mitama, the strongest and most battle hardened of the Four Souls. Even while dragging around injuries this severe, she had still looked completely unfazed.
However, that was not the real problem.
Unlike Mikoto, who had recovered her full spiritual power, the Spirits who had spent so long fighting the Ara-mitama Tsukuyomi, Origami, and the airship were beginning to run out of strength.
Even if Mikoto's Tsukuyomi could defend against the enemy's attacks, without the Spirits as combat power, it was nothing more than a one-sided target.
[What should I do?]
Mikoto searched for a way to seize victory in this hopeless situation.
[At the very least… I need to hit that airship with a reflected attack.]
She thought.
As long as she could deal with that airship, they would be able to free up their hands to restrain Origami and help Shido complete the capture.
[But…]
Looking at the platinum airship in the distance, Mikoto groaned inwardly.
That airship's mobility was completely absurd. It could even move horizontally to the side. She had already tried several tis to reflect its cannon fire, but the other side had dodged her attacks with ease.
[In that case, should I deal with Origami first after all?]
But Origami had already broken free of everyone's control and was now flying high in the sky.
Trying to seal her inside the barrier again would be incredibly difficult. Rather, Tsukuyomi being able to attract the firepower of those wings and prevent Tengu City from being ravaged by the Demon King was already a blessing amid misfortune.
"Shido…"
In her line of sight, Shido was trying to approach Origami, only to fail again and again because of the interference from the wings.
Even if Mikoto wanted to use the torii gates to send Shido directly before Origami, the inversed Origami, having been sealed once already, seed to instinctively choose to keep her distance from the barrier even without conscious thought.
The current situation was—although they were not in imdiate danger, their position worsened with every passing second.
[We can't just keep this up and see who runs out of spiritual power first, can we?]
Mikoto thought with a wry smile.
[Well… using the Yata no Kagami to reflect the enemy's attacks is certainly a good idea. But if you ask , that is not its correct use.]
At that mont, a voice echoed in Mikoto's mind.
"Tsukuyomi?"
[Ti is short. I'll teach you a thod capable of breaking the current deadlock…]
Mikoto closed her eyes and listened to Tsukuyomi's voice.
Then—
"Shido! Everyone!"
She called everyone back and said:
"I have an idea. Please help !"
"What is this?"
Inside the airship, Ellen looked at the Spirits and revealed a doubtful expression.
The Tsukuyomi that had covered the entire High Platform Park was gradually shrinking, transforming into a robe of night that wrapped around Mikoto's body.
"Is she trying to run?"
Ellen had seen that state before. It was a mode that sacrificed defensive power in exchange for mobility.
In other words, Yakumo Mikoto's spiritual power might be running low, and she was preparing to flee from this place.
"I won't let you escape!"
She drove Goetia forward, intending to chase Mikoto, who was fleeing toward the other side.
"Zadkiel!"
However, amid a violent tremor, ice began forming on the underside of the airship.
"Hermit? Annoying pest!"
Yoshino's power was seriously interfering with Goetia's territory.
However, that was not a problem. Even if Ellen could not catch up, at this range, she was confident she could hit Mikoto directly.
She controlled Goetia, and its powerful main cannon began to converge energy.
"Raphael—El Re'em!"
"Raphael—El Nahash!"
A chaotic hurricane shook the hull. Although the movent was not large, it was enough to knock the main cannon off course.
Boom—!
A scorching energy stream brushed past Mikoto from less than several ters away. But as long as it did not directly hit, even Tsukuyomi in robe state was enough to defend against the heat it produced.
"Berserk…"
Ellen's expression turned ugly.
It seed the Spirits had changed tactics. Instead of gathering around that inversed one, they had begun actively interfering with Goetia.
Although Ellen wanted to destroy these Spirits first, if she did that, Mikoto might use the chance to escape.
"Guh…"
For a mont, the strongest Wizard was forced into a difficult choice.
At the sa ti…
"Gabriel—March!"
Natsumi used her Angel to imitate Miku's voice.
"Gabriel—Rondo!"
anwhile, Miku herself used a wall of sound to restrict Origami's movent.
Although that restriction would not hold for long, it was enough.
Because—
"Shido!"
"Yeah, let's go, Tohka!"
Shido and Tohka looked at each other.
Identical greatswords appeared in their hands—Sandalphon.
"Sandalphon—!"
"Sorry, Origami!"
Two powerful slashes shot forth along the paths of their greatswords, blowing away the wings that tried to transform into shields and violently striking Origami's spiritual barrier.
Although they failed to injure her, that had never been what Shido and Tohka intended.
Their goal was to blow Origami toward the airship.
"Thank you, everyone!"
At that mont, Mikoto had already switched positions with Origami.
The three points of Origami—Mikoto—Ellen, which had previously ford a straight line, had now changed into the arrangent Mikoto—Origami—Ellen.
And that was exactly the situation Mikoto wanted to see.
Which should she deal with first, Origami or that airship?
The answer was simple.
Just deal with them both at once.
"Tsukuyomi!"
The night took physical form as a divine realm. Mikoto stood before the shrine hall and looked at Origami and the airship, which the Spirits had forced into a single line, then raised her right hand high.
"Exorcism Arrow—Yata no kagami!"
In an instant, the shrine hall began to crack and crumble into particles, gathering in Mikoto's left hand and taking the shape of a bow.
anwhile, the Yata no Kagami flew into the air and embedded itself into the sun-wheel rising behind Mikoto, blooming with intense light.
In the night sky of the divine realm, an illusory moon poured down pure moonlight. That light gathered in the mirror, then transford into a silver arrow and descended into Mikoto's raised right hand.
"Hah…"
Mikoto set the arrow to the string and drew the bow.
She exhaled lightly, aid at Origami and the airship in the sky, and released her hand.
The arrow flew with a sharp sound, transforming into silver moonlight that painted a dazzling trajectory through the night sky as it rushed toward the enemy.
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