Infinite Gandr Reflection Barrier
The Infinite Gandr Reflection Barrier is essentially a half-finished, impromptu Magecraft Barrier created by Naoki. Its ability, as the name suggests, is to reflect. Once it touches the barrier itself, it will bounce back according to the laws of physics.
And each shining "star" is actually a pre-designed Gandr. Naoki only needs to channel his Mana, and it will activate instantly.
And so—
*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!**BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!**BOOM!* *BOOM!*
Thousands of Gandr fell consecutively like meteors. A blue meteor shower completely engulfed Beatrice and Angelica. Although with their abilities, they wouldn't be hurt by a Gandr of this level, but the sheer number...
*BUM!*
With a single hard impact, all the falling Gandr were deflected. Before Beatrice could even catch her breath, the deflected Gandr, after touching the Great Hole's stone wall, actually returned along the same path, shooting back towards Beatrice with even greater speed!
'Annoying!'
There were so many of them, and even if they were hit or deflected, they would return again, with even faster and stronger speed and power!
Truly annoying!
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On the other hand, unlike Beatrice who was struggling from all sides, Angelica's condition was much better. The Class Card she used was Siegfried, a hero from Norse mythology, who possessed an overpowered defense that could nullify all attacks below rank B.
Therefore, she didn't need to deflect Gandr like Beatrice at all. She directly faced the rain of Gandr and fought against Naoki.
*CLANG!* *CLING!* *CLANG!* *CLING!*
The sounds of clashing swords were incessant. Facing the continuously swinging Balmung, Naoki changed his hand into a palm, deflecting each sword swing with extreme precision.
'This man...'
After withdrawing her sword and attacking again, seeing the attack deflected once more, Angelica couldn't help but frown.
"Facing me yet still holding back, are you underestimating me?"
"In that case, shall I get a little more serious?"
As he spoke, flames suddenly blazed in Naoki's palm, instantly expanding into a massive wave that directly swallowed Angelica, who was nearby.
*SSSTTT!*
The white silver sword immediately sliced through the wave of flames. Angelica coldly glanced at Naoki, but when she looked, Naoki, who had been in front of her, had already disappeared.
'Where—behind!'
*PU-CHI!*
Something pierced her back.
Gripping the Class Card within Angelica's body, Naoki forcefully pulled it out: "Siegfried, a hero from the North, whose body became impervious to swords and spears after bathing in dragon's blood. Unfortunately, during that bath, a spot on his back was covered by a leaf and remained untouched. Hence, that became his sole weakness."
"You..."
"If you want to fight me, you'd better bring out a Class Card I don't know at all, for example, your genuine creations, like Siegfried, Gilgamesh, and..."
Turning around, instantly grabbing a simulated Holy Sword to parry a crashing Mjolnir, Naoki smiled, looking at Beatrice.
"—Magni, son of Thor."
"All these Class Cards I already know, to be honest, are less challenging."
"So noisy... if you can, just do it!"
Powerful lightning exploded around Beatrice. She didn't care at all that Angelica was still lying beside Naoki; she immediately summoned a thunderstorm with maximum power under normal conditions.
The turbulent lightning instantly raged within the Great Hole!
After kicking Angelica somewhere, Naoki immediately swung his sword cleanly towards the approaching thunderstorm; a wave of flames of the same scale instantly erupted!
*CRASH!*
Thunderstorms and waves of fire, a flood of elements instantly filled every corner of the Great Hole. The surrounding dome and stone walls, due to the rampage of this elemental flood, were filled with many visible cracks.
'It feels like it's going to collapse... fighting in a place like this makes it hard to control my power.'
This was only one clash, and the Great Hole was already starting to give out. If it happened a few more times, Mount Enzou might directly collapse and form a pit.
In that case...
*ZING!*
A blood-red light suddenly ignited.
Accompanied by his hair turning long and golden, Naoki suddenly dispelled the simulated Holy Sword in his hand, directly catching the full-force Mjolnir with both hands. Then, with a single swing, Beatrice was sent crashing into the wall along with Mjolnir!
*CRASH!*
A strong vibrating sound echoed throughout the Great Hole.
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Impossible.
This was the only thought Beatrice and Angelica had at that moment.
In a clash of strength, Magni, the son of the Thunder God, was actually defeated? This fragile human, in terms of strength, was actually stronger than a god?!
How could this be!
*WHOOSH—!*
While Beatrice was still in shock, Naoki's figure reappeared in front of her, stepping on her head.
*BAM!*
The stomp, as if an earthquake, directly shattered the entire floor of the Great Hole, turning a flat piece of ground into a hollow pit. And as the direct object of this stomp, Beatrice's chest was directly crushed into a large hole. Although she had used her arm armor to defend before being stomped, Arcueid's absurd power still crushed all her resistance.
Unhesitating destruction!
This was Arcueid with 70% of her power!
"That ended quite quickly."
Seeing Beatrice, who died on the spot from her chest being stomped in and returned to being a doll, Naoki bent down to retrieve the Class Card, then turned to Angelica, who had been kicked into a corner: "Judging by your expression, it seems you didn't expect the situation to turn out like this."
"That's right, in your world, the Great Source has dried up, and perhaps the Mage Association no longer exists. Plus, there aren't many Magus families in Japan. After a thousand years of dominating alone, the Ainsworth Family must have forgotten what it feels like to lose."
"How does it feel?"
"There's no feeling. I'm just a doll; I've forgotten what emotions are." Angelica's voice had no emotional waves. "But you're wrong about one thing. The Ainsworth Family wasn't defeated; you merely defeated us. To defeat the Ainsworth Family itself, you alone wouldn't be able to do it."
"Because of Darius Ainsworth, is that it?"
Naoki smiled, then looked at the spot where Angelica and Beatrice had appeared earlier, and just like before, the light symbolizing spatial transfer was already glowing there.