—So hot! So rough! It hurts!
The screams coming from every part of her body tornted Ai Mulian's nerves.
Many of her bones had already cracked, and the large area burns had scorched her skin and flesh black. Her damaged armor had completely lost its protective ability, occasionally leaking out arcs of electricity.
Although she had instantly raised her Territory's strength to the maximum, directly taking Ryougi Yutsuki's certain kill strike head on had still brought her close to death.
However, when she realized that all of this was pain given to her by Ryougi Yutsuki, Ai Mulian could not help lifting the corners of her mouth.
"Hahaha—amazing, absolutely amazing! This is Yutsuki-san's killing intent! Yutsuki-san's full strength! Do you see this, Yutsuki-san!? In order to savor every happy instant you gave , I successfully survived!"
This blood covered madwoman showed not the slightest appearance of soone near death. Instead, she cheered wildly like a fan who had received her idol's autograph.
…
(Does DEM not have even a few normal people?)
Standing not far away, Natsumi thought with a face full of dark lines.
This Wizard who claid to love Ryougi Yutsuki was not soone she had never t before. Wizards who could fight Spirits one on one were already few in number, and Ai Mulian's combat style stood out even among them. During the strategy eting, Yutsuki had especially emphasized that Ai Mulian was extrely troubleso, and that her only target was Yutsuki herself. Unless necessary, everyone else should avoid fighting her as much as possible.
Of course, even if Yutsuki had not said that, Natsumi had no interest in provoking Ai Mulian. The mory of this Wizard placing a laser blade against her neck a month ago was still fresh in her mind, frightening her so badly that she had nightmares for a while afterward.
(Looks like she fought Yutsuki and lost…)
Looking at Ai Mulian covered in wounds, Natsumi secretly guessed in her heart. Honestly, Natsumi was sowhat surprised. In her impression, Yutsuki had always known where to draw the line. For Ai Mulian to force her to use such heavy force, it seed Ai Mulian had indeed successfully provoked Yutsuki's anger.
(This person really is strange. She says she love Yutsuki, but she ran to DEM and opposed her instead. Normally, shouldn't it be the opposite? I really don't understand her brain.)
Natsumi sighed in confusion. Just as she was struggling over whether to secretly observe from here or capture the other party and bring her back for treatnt, Ai Mulian seed to sense sothing and turned her head toward Natsumi.
Their gazes accidentally t. Then Natsumi saw the other party smile and move her lips.
Lucky~
Instantly, a chill spread across Natsumi's entire body. She trembled like a hamster targeted by a venomous snake.
(She found !)
The mont that thought erged in Natsumi's heart, Ai Mulian vanished from the crater. After several bursts forward, she closed the distance to Natsumi. Her movents were so fast that she did not look like a person heavily injured and near death at all.
Natsumi hurriedly tried to summon Haniel. But in the next second, she finally rembered that her spirit power had already been emptied. In her panic, she stumbled and fell sitting onto the ground.
Seeing Ai Mulian approach her, Natsumi instinctively closed her eyes.
"Hmph!"
Just as Ai Mulian was about to grab Natsumi, a disdainful snort suddenly sounded. A laser blade nad WolfTail bit toward Ai Mulian. Ai Mulian instinctively turned and dodged, avoiding the fate of being cut in half at the waist.
However, the ponytailed girl clad in dark blue armor had no intention of letting Ai Mulian go just like that and pressed forward aggressively.
Clearly, Ai Mulian, who was heavily injured, could not possibly be a match for the girl. After several battered exchanges, the girl swung her light sword, and Ai Mulian's right arm flew high into the air along with spraying blood.
"Kuh—"
Ai Mulian gritted her teeth and swung her body, using the blood to obstruct her opponent's vision. Taking advantage of that instant, she widened the distance and forcibly drove her Territory to stop her bleeding.
"To still move like that while heavily injured—your skill is indeed impressive. As expected of DEM's rising star."
Wiping the blood from her bangs, Mana spoke with displeasure.
"However, trying to ignore and snatch soone right in front of my face… aren't you a little too full of yourself?"
"How could I… Ellen-san ntioned you quite a few tis at work, Takamiya-senpai."
Sweat mixed with blood flowed down from her forehead. A aningful smile appeared on Ai Mulian's twisted face.
"Besides, my target was you from the start."
"Mana! The Sephira Crystal!"
Hearing Natsumi's cry of alarm, Mana lowered her head and looked at her waist. The equipnt pouch that originally held the inverted Crystal was sohow already empty.
"Attacking Natsumi-san was only to shift your attention. Is it because it isn't sothing you normally equip, so you didn't notice, senpai?"
Holding the black gem in her remaining left hand, Ai Mulian said smugly.
"—!"
Mana's gaze sharpened, and she charged toward Ai Mulian to retrieve the Inverted Crystal. However, at that mont, the muddy gemstone suddenly shone brightly, forming a solid shield around Ai Mulian and blocking Mana outside.
Ai Mulian raised her head toward the sky, her eyes filled with fanaticism.
"All right! Let's continue with round two, Yutsuki-san!!"
Imdiately after, muddy sludge surged from the ground, wrapping around Ai Mulian and swallowing her entire body.
…
At almost the sa ti, Fraxinus EX, which had only just ended its overload mode and had not even had ti to breathe, was thrown into chaos by the alarms that followed one after another.
[Large scale spirit power reaction detected. Spirit power category E. Confird as inverted spirit power!!]
[Large unknown organism detected on the surface of Tengu City. Suspected Inverse Spirit.]
[Spacequake reaction detected—]
"Wh-what happened?"
Honjou Nia, who had finally crawled out from under the table, adjusted her crooked glasses and asked with a dumbfounded expression.
[Just now, a DEM Wizard stole the inverted Crystal recovered by Mana and attempted to forcibly absorb it. She has now entered a berserk state.]
Maria gave Nia a simple and clear explanation of the current situation. However, Marina at the side seed to feel that this explanation lacked impact, so she added another sentence.
[To put it simply, Nia, you got NTR'd again.] (TL:kewk)
"…What?"
Nia's expression at that mont was extrely colorful.
To be honest, she was not actually that attached to the Sephira Crystal that had been stolen. After all, she had suffered quite a bit because of Rasiel's ability back then. The Inverted Crystal was harmful to an ordinary human body, and even if Mana had brought it back, Nia had no way to absorb it again.
However, after Marina put it that way, Nia instead felt… extrely uncomfortable inside.
"Um… is the current situation really bad?"
Nia asked uneasily.
[Very bad.]
Maria's expression was serious.
[Humans absorbing an Inverted Crystal is already an extrely dangerous matter to begin with. This Wizard recklessly absorbed it while heavily injured on top of that… If the Inverted Crystal continues going berserk, the scale of the spacequake it produces will be at least S-rank or above. Tengu City and the surrounding mountain area will be flattened.]
[Well, there is another possibility. This Wizard could successfully absorb the Sephira Crystal and beco an Inverse Spirit.]
Marina shrugged.
[But in that case, we will have to face an Inverse Spirit at full strength after losing more than half our combat capability.]
Hearing that, everyone was instantly drenched in cold sweat, nervously staring at the screen.
Ti passed slowly and heavily, second by second. Fortunately, the worst case scenario Maria ntioned did not occur. The values on the detector, which had originally been fluctuating wildly, gradually stabilized. The enormous monster that had been thrashing madly on the ground also slowly withdrew its sludge and tentacles, transforming into a beautiful woman.
"Hoo… we're saved."
Just as everyone let out a breath of relief, Nia gritted her teeth and cursed with a complicated, frustrated expression.
"Rasiel!! You unfaithful man!!"
(TL:I am loving this~, I love this part of the book, Ai Mulian is such an interesting character, in a sense...she really is similar to Westcott, and her 'mini arc' is fun to read too)
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