Chapter 108
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It takes some time to fully grasp the situation.
Mika is there, her face pale, barely able to fight.
Next to her is Angelica, continuing her incantation.
Her long-chanted spells are all one-hit kills.
And there’s Eris, fighting desperately to hold the line, clashing swords with the boss multiple times.
The battle between the three of them seems precarious, as if the balance could collapse at any moment.
And the biggest problem is the embodiment of nightmares wielding overwhelming destructive power right before my eyes.
Crystal Doll – that’s the name of the boss they’re facing.
「No way-」
I don’t even have time to think this must be some mistake – I feel a chill run down my spine.
「Aaaaaangiiieeeee!! Stop the incantation!!」
My attempt to stop her is in vain, and she completes her chant-
「Fire God’s Throw」
Angelica’s super-high-level magic activates.
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For some reason, I suddenly remember.
It’s from when I spent time with Angelica.
We once talked about how 「even diamonds, as hard as they are, can’t withstand extreme heat, let alone minerals and crystals.」
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Eris senses the magic activating and quickly retreats from her position.
In an instant, Angelica’s killing blow rushes towards the boss – and is reflected.
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The one in the path of the reflected magic is – Eris.
The flames, which never extinguish until they’ve burned their target to ashes, explode repeatedly as they approach Eris.
Blown away by the force of the explosion, Eris can’t even stand. There’s barely a moment’s respite before the flames engulf her.
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Autobahn activated.
───I stretch out my thoughts.
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In the almost frozen stretched-out time, I start activating Autostrada del Sole. Meanwhile, I continue thinking.
To be honest, this is the worst-case scenario.
Fire God’s Throw – it’s one of Angelica’s most troublesome spells, along with Thunder Claw.
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There are two troublesome points.
First, the perpetuity of the spell.
Second, the high difficulty due to the precise control required.
First of all, her spell, like Thunder Claw, has several characteristic mechanisms built into it.
Angelica has skillfully laid out high-concentration fire mana throughout the boss room. Moreover, she’s cleverly manipulated it to spread around the boss without dispersing. Each individual piece is at the level of a beginner’s magic, but their number reaches the high hundreds.
Controlling all of these – you can imagine how difficult that must be.
And this is the core of the Fire God’s Throw spell.
The perpetuity of the spell is achieved through a mechanism where, when the vast amount of fire mana spread out disappears, it’s automatically replenished with mana from Angelica, the caster, and the spell is reconstructed. This allows the magic – Fire God’s Throw – to activate semi-permanently as long as her enormous mana lasts.
Furthermore, by incorporating information about the target when activating it, it can sense the enemy’s presence and continue to burn perpetually until it destroys them, leaving no blind spots.
At the point when Angelica activated Fire God’s Throw this time, the target was the Crystal Doll.
Now that it’s been reflected, the targets of Fire God’s Throw are – the six of us facing the Crystal Doll.
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Autostrada del Sole activated – without hesitation, I scoop up Eris in front of me.
I immediately set her down next to Sensei and move to intercept Fire God’s Throw.
However, its force is now far beyond what we can handle against the Crystal Doll.
「Rain!!」
Not knowing if it will work against the perpetual flames, I unleash one of my light magic spells in countless numbers.
───Roooooooooar!!
The flames roar, their momentum undiminished.
Waaah!!
Confirmed no damage!!
Of course!
Stupid, stupid, stupid me!
Just because I threw light into the flames doesn’t mean it’ll work!!
This is bad! This is bad!
The only ways to stop this spell are to burn the target to ashes, overwhelm it with external force, or – have the caster cancel it themselves.
To communicate my intentions, I check the distance to the flames and temporarily deactivate Autostrada del Sole – to improve the situation
「Sensei, please take care of Eris!!」
I call out to her with all my might.
「Angieee!! Cancel the spell!!」
But this was my grave mistake.
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For Angelica, there wasn’t nearly enough time to understand what had happened.
My strong call came when she was already off-balance. Suddenly recognizing the gravity of the situation, she completely lost her composure.
At that point, the spell that should have required precise control completely slipped from her grasp.
As a result – flames erupted from all over the room, and from beneath her own feet – Angelica herself –
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