The battle continued as Fang Zheng activated recording mode, aiming at the Bartholoi’s battlefield.
Bartholoi was the core of this war.
The Bartholoi family stands at the pinnacle of magicians. Frankly speaking, they are the kings of magicians. That’s also why Fang Zheng did not agree with ASSASSIN’s suggestion; indeed, using the doomsday weapon to blast the Clock Tower to rubble and then pulling the nearly dead Bartholoi from the ruins is easy.
But that wouldn’t destroy the old era.
Why do the historical rebel armies always capture the emperor alive when overthrowing the old dynasty?
Because the dead don’t have persuasiveness!
Therefore, capturing footage of Bartholoi is necessary; it will be useful in the future.
Now, they could only rely on themselves.
Bartholoi was formidable, arguably the strongest in Type Moon besides Mages, likely only rivaled or surpassed by Aertulky and her sister. Hmm, let’s keep her sister out of this for now; even though they are sisters, Arcueid didn’t really show much strength...
But, what of it?
Hana and the others learned magic from the Main World and signed contracts to beco Magical Girls, so the odds should be about fifty-fifty. Next, it depends on how they respond.
"Distort!"
Just as Ryougi Shiki was about to be swallowed by the swamp, an invisible force condensed on her body and then tore apart the heavy soil and rock. Freed from the bind, Ryougi Shiki leaped out of the mire in haste. Seeing this, Bartholoi squinted and raised the whip in her hand.
"Magic Missile Storm!"
At the sa ti, the radiant magic missiles exploded from Hana’s hand, which had finally arrived, whistling toward Bartholoi. Watching the gleaming magic missiles, Bartholoi didn’t even flinch. She just stood there, swung down her whip, and the missiles released by Hana vanished into smoke.
Simultaneously, Bartholoi flickered in motion, and everyone saw a blur. In the next mont, she appeared before Hana, throwing a punch at her chest.
If this punch landed, Hana might have been lucky to escape with more than half her life. Yet, after all, she’s a mage.
"Boom!"
Before Bartholoi’s fist could land, a giant golden hand descended from the sky, slamming her into the ground. anwhile, Hana quickly retreated, opened her right hand, and swiftly traced a magical aura through the air. Followed by a matchless chill, nurous enormous ice spikes descended, shattering everything before them into fragnts.
However, before the ice storm could entirely end, a violent gale rose, sweeping everything away. Bartholoi appeared within the whirlwind, ignoring the following golden hand. Her right hand clenched into a fist, and she punched toward Hana!
Just in ti, as Bartholoi’s fist approached Hana’s body, a layer of stone skin suddenly enveloped Hana. But at that mont, Bartholoi’s fist struck Hana.
In the anti, a flash of black light.
"Boom!!!"
With a sound akin to a missile explosion, Hana was blown away, flying over ten ters before crashing heavily to the ground. When she got up again, the stone skin on her body shattered.
"Are you kidding ? It collapsed with just one hit?"
Seeing this, Misaya, who cast the Stone Skin Technique earlier, was stunned. The Stone Skin Technique was her strongest protective spell at her rank, yet it only blocked one punch. How monstrous is this woman?
However, before Misaya could ponder further, Bartholoi, after punching Hana away, flashed before her again with another punch!
Fortunately, as a Protection Class mage, Misaya was prepared. When Bartholoi attacked again, a shimring shield appeared with an azure magical glow, pushing Bartholoi back. Concurrently, Ryougi Shiki leapt from behind Misaya, slashing her knife toward Bartholoi without hesitation!
But Bartholoi rely waved her hand, flinging Ryougi Shiki away. Soon, the glow of the magic crest flashed by, and the sharp Sword of Light pierced through Ryougi Shiki’s body, pinning her to the ground.
"Whew..."
From afar, Akiha arrived and breathed a sigh of relief, lowering her right hand. If she hadn’t used an illusion technique to save Ryougi Shiki at the last second, things might have worsened.
But the situation didn’t improve; Bartholoi grew more frenzied in battle, and the girls could only rely heavily on magic and their Magical Girl powers. Hana focused on output, while Akiha and Misaya provided support, Fujino controlled the field, and Ryougi Shiki...she wanted to attack, but couldn’t find an opening.
Although Bartholoi spoke as if Ryougi Shiki was useless, she remained wary of the Eye of Direct Death, giving Ryougi Shiki no chance to exploit.
Amid this standoff, the situation beca deadlocked.
Bartholoi was indeed imnsely strong, yet the spells from Hana and the others weren’t trivial. Among them, Hana and Misaya had nearly reached the cusp of the Fifth Ring Spell, and besides Ryougi Shiki, the others had successfully advanced to the Fourth Ring.
It’s worth noting, only Ryougi Shiki was still a Level Three Transmutation Mage.
"This can’t go on."
Seo Shizune, who connected the entire field, felt anxious.
"I just asked, and Little Hong said this fight is entirely up to us; no one else will intervene!"
"What do we do then? With this one’s power, we probably can’t capture her even with more people."
Hearing this, Hana grew more anxious.
"Little Hong said we can do it; let’s think of a way..."
"My Eye of Direct Death...can’t get close to her unless everyone diverts her attention."
For the first ti, Ryougi Shiki set aside her deep-seated pride. Previously, when her team encountered Bartholoi, everyone except Ryougi Shiki was annihilated in an instant. Even Ryougi Shiki herself did not benefit much; the biggest flaw of the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception lies in Ryougi Shiki’s limited field of vision. Even with enhanced perception and speed granted by transmutation magecraft, she couldn’t address everything.
"Her magecraft is so powerful, and her reactions are so quick. I think we really have no way to..."
"........."
Everyone discussed for a long ti but couldn’t co up with any good ideas. At this mont, Fujino suddenly brightened up.
"But no matter how strong she is, she’s still a Magician, right? That ans she likely has that thing called a Magic Crest? Is a Magic Crest considered a kind of magic artifact?"
"This......"
Faced with Fujino’s question, the girls were also stunned. The question was so outlandish that they couldn’t imdiately respond.
"Perhaps we could try... if a Magic Crest is considered a magic artifact, then I might be able to disable it! Even if it’s just for an instant, if it loses its effect, perhaps we can subdue her!"
"Let’s give it a try!"
At this mont, Hana also made up her mind.
"As long as we can hinder her for a second, we’ll imdiately put the Anti-Magic Handcuffs on her. By then, even the most powerful Magician won’t have any moves left!"
"Take action!"
As an action-oriented person, Hana didn’t hesitate at all. After making the decision, she shouted loudly, then raised the dual guns in her hand.
"Scorching teor, full field coverage mode activation!"
With Hana’s roar, the two guns in her hand instantly disassembled and reassembled into several Floating Cannons, then began to wildly unleash all their firepower into the battlefield before them. At the sa ti, Hana quickly cast a spell, summoning Fireballs and hurling them in all directions.
For a mont, the battlefield before them was filled with explosions and assaults everywhere, with countless smoke and flas completely enveloping Bartholoi.
However, in the next mont, space began to distort, ripping through the air as blades roared across the entire field. But Ryougi Shiki had already rushed forward, her small knife slashing down again toward the pitch-black spatial blade, dissipating it. But this ti, Bartholoi did not continue to dodge; perhaps she was already tired of playing house with these young girls here, so this ti, Bartholoi went straight for a lethal move!
She flashed past, her right hand glowing with magecraft brilliance, striking directly towards Ryougi Shiki’s head. At the sa ti, the surrounding space began to distort and shatter again, clinging to Ryougi Shiki’s body like a Black Hole.
"Photon Spirit Spear!"
Just as Bartholoi was about to decapitate Ryougi Shiki with a single strike, a lightning-imbued spear suddenly flew in from the side, directly hitting Bartholoi’s right hand and skewing it. Nonetheless, Bartholoi’s expression remained unchanged, and she retaliated with a spinning kick, sending Misaya, who was holding the spear tightly, flying with a scream.
But this gave Fujino an opportunity.
This was the opportunity she needed.
"Twist!"
Invisible power re-erged, firmly binding Bartholoi. The imnse power began to warp, attempting to tear the woman before her to pieces.
But, sothing that was deadly to countless Magicians—the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception—didn’t seem to affect Bartholoi. She just stood there, her whole body emitting a radiant glow from her Magic Crest, resisting Fujino’s Mystic Eye.
"Ugh... Ah..."
At this mont, Fujino was also struggling, clenching her teeth as her glowing Mystic Eye trembled unceasingly. The strength of Bartholoi’s power far exceeded what Fujino could imagine; she could even feel as if her Mystic Eye was being held by the enemy and slowly twisted.
Blood trickled down the corner of her eye, sliding down her cheek; the scalding heat almost seed to burn her brain. Yet even so, Fujino continued to grit her teeth, forcing herself to move her fingers, chanting the final incantation. She then raised her hand and pointed forcefully at Bartholoi.
"Magic Dispel!!"
An erald green beam shot out from Fujino’s fingertip, hitting Bartholoi. At the sa ti, Fujino finally lost consciousness and slowly collapsed on the ground.
However, her plan finally took effect.
"Ahhhh!!"
Mystic power instantly dispelled the Magic Crest’s activation, and the recoil was excruciating for Bartholoi—just like a car moving at two hundred kiloters per hour abruptly slamd on the brakes. The imnse rebound of Magic Power suddenly broke through the boundaries of the body, bursting forth.
With a scream, Bartholoi dropped to her knees, her body erupting in sprays of blood. At the sa ti, the magic that bound Ryougi Shiki lost control and vanished without a trace.
"Now! Quickly, Akiha, Shiki!!"
Shouting loudly, Hana dashed over in a single bound, grabbing Bartholoi’s right hand, then took out the prepared Anti-Magic Handcuffs and swung them fiercely onto Bartholoi’s wrist!
"Let go of !"
Despite enduring excruciating pain, Bartholoi did not give up, roaring as she delivered a heavy punch directly to Hana’s face. But even with a broken nose, Hana still held tightly onto Bartholoi’s arm, swinging the Anti-Magic Handcuffs in her hand, trying to cuff the enemy before her.
"Seize!"
anwhile, Akiha rushed over as well. She shouted, and her originally pitch-black long hair instantly turned fiery red, floating forward like tentacles, tightly binding Bartholoi’s body. Seizing this opportunity, Ryougi Shiki also pounced from the other side, bringing down the Anti-Magic Handcuffs in her hand with force.
"Click, click!"
The two pairs of pitch-black Anti-Magic Handcuffs snapped onto Bartholoi’s wrists just like that.
And with that, the reign of the Monarch of King’s Landing Magical World, ca to its end.
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