novelCooperation Attack (6)
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And then the grounds were moved after the afternoon break, this time the match of Hikaru-senpai began.
"Mibu Akira. Asamiya Anna. This time we are going to go out to meet the swordsmen. You two, don't allow those Magica Stigma's [armaments] to come out."
While entering the grounds, Hayashi Shizuka said that with a chilly voice.
Even Kazuki, who reinforced his hearing ability, could hear that voice.
"G, got it! E, even without you saying it, we are going to do it for sure ze! Hyahha―!"
Toward Hayashi-senpai, who had the same small build like Karin and a quiet look, Mibu-senpai, who was supposed to be the team leader, responded back with a little shaking in her voice....He caught a glimpse of a strange power balance on that team.
"I know thy name. Thy true name is Baalzebul, every evil was born in the Middle Ages. O disgraced god of harvests, in accordance with my life recover you radiance!"
"Veritas me LiberabitThe truth shall set me free...Thy true name is Prometheus! The proud man is the man who had tasted all suffering! In accordance with my life, show that wisdom!!"
Hikaru-senpai and Lotte performed Access. The Magic Dresses enveloped their bodies.
"I know thy name...Thy name is Astaroth! O Diablosslanderer who is well versed in human's history of sin, show the radiance of the empress of terror's authority!"
"I know thy name...thy name is [Gamygyn]! O depraved fallen angel subordinate to the Lucifermorning star of the dawn, show hell's loyalty to us too!"
Mibu-senpai and Asamiya-senpai too were similarly changed into their Magic Dresses.
In Japan's study of magic, the people changed where they paid respect only toward the Diva's pure strength without paying any attention to the religious good and evil of the Diva. However Mibu-senpai and Asamiya-senpai's Magic Dresses which had black as their basic tone felt like the villain's costume no matter how you cut it. On the contrary, Hikaru-senpai and Lotte, who had silver and pure white as their Magic Dresses' basic tone, looked like they were the ones standing on the side of justice.
"Do your best, Hikaru-senpai!" Among the loud cheering voices, Kazuki also raised up his voice of support.
"Quarterfinals second match, begin!"
At the same time as the teacher's signal, Karin and Hayashi-senpai dashed rapidly toward both swordsmen who were Kamiizumi-senpai and Kimura-senpai.
Both of them were...even though they took along katanas on their hips, it didn't look like they were going to use them at all.
Empty-handed, they're planning to fight completely with Chinese kenpo!
"Can those guys really do that kind of thing!?"
Surprised voices leaked out from the students of the Sword Division. It had seemed like Karin and Hayashi-senpai were plain existences in the Sword Division, but that was nothing more than their fictitious guise. Only Kazuki knew their true identities.
Jūchouho―the speed of the charging Karin, who gained her acceleration power from the earth, was Foresighted by Kamiizumi-senpai. Even while she was taken aback by that unexpected swiftness, she evaded nimbly. It was hard for her to move against Karin who slipped under her bosom while striking with the palm, but that exchange between them was even. However on the other hand―
"Nii-sama, we were had by that girl called Hayashi."
Kanae whispered so. It was not an ordinary matter to make Kanae surprised.
Hayashi Shizuka too was the same as Katsura Karin, she was using Chinese kenpo. However, her way of fighting was different from Karin.
That girl's style was to wait and receive the opponent's attack. When Kimura-senpai swung down her katana, Hayashi-senpai predicted her movement and evaded while putting her palm at where the moving katana was going.
Kimura-senpai's wrist, which held her katana, was settled inside Hayashi-senpai's palm as if it was being sucked in completely.
Right before that happened, Hayashi-senpai stepped on the earth powerfully. At the same time she was grasping Kimura-senpai's arm, she twisted her whole body like a spiral. With all that energy, she crushed Kimura-senpai's arm in her grip.
At the same time, Hayashi-senpai created that ripple of mysterious magic power that spread from her palm.
Her efficiency was even better than Karin. It was a very refined movement.
From the mouth of Kimura-senpai, "AAAAAAAAAA!", a painful scream was released. That one blow was an impossible attack that ignored the defensive magic power.
The spectator seats were stirred from the sudden scream. As long as there was defensive magic power, there shouldn't be any wound inflicted on the flesh. Even though this was supposed to be an absolutely safe mock battle, the only one who could correctly understand the situation before them was Kazuki.
From afar, he could see that it was not a situation where a bone was broken, but Kimura-senpai's bone might be cracked.
Toward Kimura-senpai, who endured the pain and restored her stance, Hayashi-senpai mercilessly let loose a kick.
Against Kimura-senpai who fell down on her backside, that dangerous palm was once more directed at her...
"Stop! ...O god of whirling sky's will! Gather in my hand, grant me the authority of judgment! O radiance of royalty's divine gift, become a splendid and dazzling drawn bow! Lightning Line!"
However, Hikaru-senpai fired a lightning arrow at the critical moment.
Hayashi-senpai sensed it just right before and she swiftly leaped back.
"Yoooooo Prince-sama-chan! Your opponent is me zee! ...Expelled from the crack of sunlight covered earth, O ugly beast smearing its lips with gore! Set free the worried pig on the surface with that big mouth! Snake Dragon's Large JawDragon Bite!!"
Coming from Hikaru-senpai's side, Mibu-senpai invoked her Summoning Magic.
The earth was split, from there a fierce face of a black dragon's head came out. Its big mouth split open up and down like a crocodile and headed towards Hikaru-senpai.
"O stream of atmosphere, converge on this body, become the storm that rejects the resented person! The eye of the typhoon is my throne! Storm Fort!"
Hikaru-senpai immediately chanted defensive magic of the storm. The large dragon kept its big mouth opened while it was losing to the pressure of the storm area and was slowly being pushed back. Finally it used up its summoning energy and vanished.
The magic user Mibu-senpai was also blown away into the air.
Hikaru-senpai fired one shot, two shots with the lightning bow in her hand toward Mibu-senpai. Even that girl couldn't dodge in the air, "Gyaa!" she raised such voice and got blown away.
"...Even though I said to restrain the Magica Stigma."
Hayashi-senpai, who was obstructed by Hikaru-senpai, whispered with a flat tone of voice.
Kimura-senpai fixed her stance while her arm was suffering in pain.
―On the other side, Asamiya-senpai was aiming for Lotte.
"Right now sins are overflowing on the earth! O great arms of the god of death, O arms of fallen angel that sneers at the hollow faith, grasp the scythe of soul and reap the sins of this land! Empty Sky Revolution of God of Death's ScytheSpinning Death Scythe!"
Asamiya-senpai invoked her magic―a giant scythe floated at her side, as if it was held by unseen hands. It glided through the air with its blade aiming at Lotte.
"O accumulating wisdom throughout human history, become many piles of armor that protect my body! Heavily, thickly, reject all brutality! Seusenhofer!!"
Lotte summoned a mobile armor with Prometheus' defensive magic. It repelled the blow of the giant scythe.
While her small body staggered from the impact, Lotte fired a volley of gatling bullets from the [Mitrailleuse] that was equipped in her right hand. There was no person who could try to dodge and run away from that gatling gun.
"Ngagugugugugu!" Raising a yell, Asamiya-senpai was thrown back by the bullets.
"I reached my hand to the height of Babel and become the oppressor! O lightning, in accordance with my life, praise the brute force of the human race! Blitzkrieg!!"
Furthermore, on the electromagnetic gauntlet of [Collider Field] at Lotte's left arm, a lance unit was added and equipped.
"Prometheus...chargeschuu―bb!"
With the lance that was filled with electricity, Lotte pierced Asamiya-senpai vigorously.
"FUGOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Huge blue defensive magic power was scattered, Asamiya-senpai was blown away with a muffled scream.
Seeing that situation with a side glance, Mibu-senpai clicked her tongue "Che!".
"Reaching the past from the future, O goddess that accepted the slander of man...change that darkness into deadly poison and spit it all around! Let us slander all those foolish people!! Poison Argument!!"
Mibu-senpai made Astaroth's avatar emerge, spraying poisonous black bubbles everywhere.
That magic was also shown in the first match. The black bubbles discerned between allies and enemies and flew only at Hikaru-senpai's team.
"Storm Fort!"
Hikaru-senpai spread out a large defensive magic of storm as if to wrap up both swordsmen on her team.
That magic could be applied to not only a person, but it looked like it could be magnified so the effect radius could even include up to two people. The black bubbles looked weak against wind, all of them were blown away in all directions and repelled.
However―the defensive radius couldn't spread to Hikaru-senpai herself and Lotte. Even armored, Lotte couldn't defend against the poison. Both of them were afflicted with poison.
"The situation looks bad right now...even if Kimura-san has to be sacrificed so that she leaves the stage, maybe Hikaru-chan should have protected herself."
Kaguya-senpai whispered such a thing calmly. But for better or worse, Hikaru-senpai was not a person that could make such a decision like that. Even himself, could he decide something like that...he probably couldn't, Kazuki thought inside his heart.
"Soaring wings, glaring eyes, invading world-destroying conflagaration―manifest the authority of god right here, as the agent of civilization, deeper and deeper, I'll advance! Deep Striker!!"
Lotte equipped a thruster system to her back and soared to the sky so that she wouldn't inhale even more of the poison. The machine's movement compensated for her body, which was staggering from the nerve poison. Even her sight and other senses that grew hazy from the poison should be compensated for by the radar unit that was loaded in the flight unit.
After fixing the electromagnetic lance securely on the machine arm, Lotte prepared a charge toward Asamiya-senpai and took a nose dive.
"Soul of the dead gathered by the God of Death's calling voice, armor my body, turn this body into hell's tormenting devil...the trump card against heaven is right here! Black Titan!!"
Black mist was coiling about around Asamiya-senpai. It coagulated and transformed into a black giant.
"ACHOOOOOOOU!"
Asamiya-senpai's yell shrieked while blocking Lotte's charge, which had surpassed the speed of sound.
However, even though the charge was blocked, Lotte had the superiority in the way of the elements. Electricity was produced from the tip of the lance, pouring damage directly into Asamiya-senpai, who was at the center of the black mist.
"Ju ju ju ju ju, just this much, won't work―!"
Even while she was shocked by electricity and defensive magic power was shining inside the black mist, she pushed down that recoil by willpower and struck Lotte with a giant fist.
Against the severe blow, Lotte was sent flying while her armor was smashed up.
Lotte soared high to the sky once more―she was once again going to make a decisive charge in a nose dive toward Asamiya-senpai. This was the highest level of magic that Lotte could chant. Asamiya-senpai blocked the assault and hit back while eating the electric shock.
And then finally, both the giant body made from black mist and Lotte's armament were both pulverized into tatters and vanished.
Lotte, who was staggering from the poison, and Asamiya-senpai returned from the poor condition and glared at each other.
"Lotte-chan and the others became wrapped up in melee combat, didn't they?"
Kaguya-senpai muttered. Whoever won this fight...they wouldn't recover completely for the next fight.
"I ascertained the human's nature with my own eyes. Thy bowel is hell's crucible, the vomited slander become the indictment toward the children of heaven and men. Fill the earth with anguish of the end! Snake Dragon's Emesis of Ruinous ScreamApocalypse Venom!"
Astaroth, who was straddling a giant lizard emerged at Mibu-senpai's side. Red and black liquid was spewed out from the mouth of that giant lizard onto the surface of the ground.
...A different kind of poison!?
Astaroth―This influential empress of hell was a [poison user] Diva. She created even more nightmarish and vicious poisons inside the body of her lizard servant that couldn't be compared even against the artificial combinations of all poisonous substances.
That black and red vomit passed through the allies without effect, pouring only to those who had been confirmed as the enemy by the empress of hell.
"Storm Fort!" This time too Hikaru-senpai protected the frontline swordsmen and received the poison herself. Lotte also couldn't defend herself against the poison. Both of them were afflicted with two different kinds of poison.
Even though both of their magic powers were in the situation where they weren't doing anything, it was gradually beginning to decrease. The poison this time was a poison that gradually erases magic power. The situation would increasingly become worse if this became a protracted battle.
"...Hand down lightning to my body and grant me the godspeed of lightning's will...wake up the sleeping lion! Ride Lightning!"
Hikaru-senpai circulated accelerated electric currents through her whole body. The electric signals that ran in the nervous system revitalized the body and the mind, negating the effect of the nerve poison. And then with the accelerated movement, she hit Mibu-senpai hard.
Mibu-senpai tried to handle the attack with Chinese kenpo's movement. However Hikaru-senpai's full speed was not something that could be defended just from offhand training of Chinese kenpo.
There was no doubt that Hikaru-senpai, who thought that a protracted battle would be unfavorable, was trying to decide the match in one go.
"O flow of the atmosphere, stretch out to my hand, become the spear to repel the resented person! What is extending to my hand is the tip of the storm!! Ayamur!!"
Hitting while chanting a spell, furthermore that hand gripped the repulsing spear tightly. Mibu-senpai, who kept getting hit by Hikaru-senpai was blown away even further from the storm creating spear.
"I'll come to help you now, Tomomi-chan!"
And then Hikaru-senpai attempted to go help Kimura-senpai, however―,
"Kimura Tomomi, that's the end!"
Just before she could do that, the voice of the referee teacher sounded out.
"...My bad, but it's already over."
Hayashi-senpai's palm strike had already erased Kimura-senpai's defensive magic power as she writhed in pain. Even though normally, you had already won when the opponent's defensive magic power was gone, Kimura-senpai, whose whole body was covered with wounds from having her flesh beaten up in bad taste leaked out a pained moaning voice.
"YOU BASTAAAAARRDD!"
The enraged Hikaru-senpai swung down her repulsing spear silently!
"Black Titan!!"
However Asamiya-senpai, even while being exhausted from her fierce fighting with Lotte wore the black mist on her body once more as she covered for Hayashi-senpai, blocking the attack with that giant body.
"Blitzkrieg!!"
From the back, Lotte prepared her electromagnetic lance and charged.
The lance pierced deeply in the giant's back, pouring electricity into the internal part.
"A, ASSHOLEEEE..."
That instant, Asamiya Anna's magic power decreased to dangerous levels.
She was already on the verge of magic intoxication. Kazuki could clearly sense her condition.
Even the black giant's body couldn't be preserved anymore and was starting to flicker and vanish like a heat haze.
"D, DON'T MESS WITH MEEEEEE! ME AND ANEKI'S MILITARY RULE IS STARTING FROM NOOOOOOWW!!"
But Asamiya Anna shrieked with a voice so loud; as if it would rip her own throat.
The moment she screamed, her magic power, which should be empty already, exploded, overflowing throughout her whole body once more. Receiving a new supply of mental strength, the vanishing black aura was regenerated once more and re-materialized.
"...Such a thing!? How!!"
Lotte's eyes opened wide in shock. There was no doubt that she had also believed the opponent to be defeated already.
The arm of the black giant body mowed Lotte's small body down.
"Charlotte Liebenfrau, that's the end!"
In a reversal, Lotte's magic power hit rock bottom with that attack. She, unavoidably, exited the stage.
"Wait a second! Isn't there something strange just now!? This is not something that someone can get through with willpower! For sure, just now...Asamiya Anna's magic power should have become zero!"
"R, right...I felt it too."
Hearing Kazuki's words, Kaguya-senpai also expressed her agreement as if doubting her own eyes.
"FUNGAAAAAAAAAA! ACHoOOOOOOOO!!"
The revived Asamiya-senpai screamed as if she was going crazy while waving about both her legs and arms. Kamiizumi-senpai, whose fight with Karin was unfolding into an even battle, was sent flying. Even for the former vice-president of the Sword Division, if an interruption butted in right in the middle of an even battle, then she would be helpless to do anything.
"Kamiizumi Iori, that's the end!"
Kamiizumi-senpai's magic power hit rock bottom too. In the end, Hikaru-senpai was alone.
"...How dare you!"
Hikaru-senpai thrust at Asamiya-senpai with her spear. The body of black mist was destroyed.
"I said it already that your opponent is me, right―! Dragon Bite!!"
Mibu-senpai's magic was invoked. A giant dragon's head appeared from the flank and came attacking.
"HaAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
However Hikaru-senpai, who had superhuman abilities from Ride Lightning, released a series of thrusts with speed that couldn't even be caught by your eyes.
(DOSUDOSUDOSU!) The large jaw of the dragon that was opened wide, the upper part, the bottom part, the inner throats, all were gouged with countless holes consecutively. The dragon's neck became covered all over with holes like a lotus root and terminated.
"I, impossiblee―! How the hell did a bastard like you have battle strength like that!?"
"That's why I ordered you to not let her get a weapon!"
Hearing Mibu-senpai raising such a yell, Hayashi-senpai threw a scolding at her.
In a flash, Hikaru-senpai got near Mibu-senpai and released a series of thrusts like a meteor shower. Her speed had already transcended what human eyes could perceive. Countless lines of light pierced Mibu-senpai over and over again.
"GAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGA―!!"
Each of those blows possessed the destructive power that were produced from the Sacred Treasure that was produced from Summoning Magic. Helplessly Mibu-senpai's magic power hit rock bottom. Kazuki sensed it happened. Without doubt she had no magic power left.
"Do, don't think you can beat me just with that muchhh!! YOU HONOR STUDENT-CHAAAAAAANN!"
However, with a scream filled with fighting spirit, the magic power that was supposed to be dried up already welled up explosively from the depth of Mibu-senpai's body....An obviously strange thing was happening right now.
"Karin, after this I'll leave it to you two, 'kay."
For some reason, Hayashi-senpai and Karin stopped fighting at that point. They stepped back to a deeper part of the grounds.
"You guys, what are you planning! Why are you not going to fight yourself!?"
Seeing that, Hikaru-senpai tried to give chase.
"Spinning Death Scythe!"
The scythe that Asamiya-senpai summoned came attacking as if to obstruct Hikaru-senpai's path.
Senpai blocked it with her spear, but her body that was afflicted with poison staggered.
"MOVE!" Even while staggering, Hikaru-senpai thrust at Asamiya-senpai using her spear.
Furthermore, even while fighting in close-quarters with her spear, senpai had been chanting her spell for a long time.
"Know the fury of god with the roar of the sacred flame! The roar of the sky, all of it resided in this hand, grant me the hammer that smashed the world! Break apart the boundary! Yagrush!"
In her left hand, she grasped the wind element spear, and in her right hand, she grasped the lightning element hammer tightly. A battle style that truly symbolized her as the contractor of Baal.
When that hammer was raised overhead, the sky raged thunderously. Gigantic thunder clouds were created above Hikaru-senpai's head.
"I have had enough with you guys already! Get smashed up...!!"
That large hammer was brought down onto Mibu-senpai and Asamiya-senpai. A storm of electricity broke out where the hammer fell. A giant explosion broke out with light and sound as if it would burn the spectators' retinas and burst their eardrums.
When the light settled down, a giant crater with a diameter of several dozen meters was gouged in the ground. Inside it, Mibu-senpai and Asamiya-senpai were collapsed. Naturally, their magic power was supposed to be dried up already.
However...even so, the two stood up unsteadily like ghosts.
Despite bearing the amount of damage to the degree that it wouldn't be strange for them to fall into magic intoxication not only once, but two or three times, vivid magic power was regenerated on their whole body.
"My, my head hurts―...but I won't lose―...hyahha―...!"
"So tiresomeee... But, but, it's after this you know, anekiii―...!"
The ones who felt a shuddering chill running through their body was not just Kazuki. The students in the guest seats had already forgotten to raise any cheers. They were just watching the ground while holding their breath.
"Stop the match!"
At the side of the ground, an old man's hoarse voice was resounding.
Headmaster Amasaki and the other teachers were struggling with each other in an argument.
"There is obviously something strange that is going on, don't you see! Forfeit the match!!"
"On what basis can you say such an unfair thing!?"
The one who replied back was a man with glasses on his slender face. That man was board chairman Takasugi.
"Isn't there any obvious foul play that is happening here!? As I thought, you are showing favor to particular students, aren't you headmaster!!?"
Headmaster Amasaki was grinding his teeth while he drew back.
Certainly...there was no suspicious [action] at all.
However, there was obviously a relation with a Diva's power with this situation.
"This is, as I thought, the deed of the Divas that are contracted with Katsura Karin and Hayashi Shizuka?"
"Eh? Those two are swordsmen right?"
When Kazuki whispered so, Mio turned and looked up at him.
"Yes but...those two, at the very least Katsura Karin is contracted with an unknown Diva."
Kazuki, who had been attacked by Karin, held a conviction in that fact.
"However, those two didn't show any sign of chanting Summoning Magic..."
"Then, is it [Divine Protection]?" Kazuha-senpai answered in a sigh.
"Divine Protection?" Kazuki spontaneously asked back.
Words he didn't have any recollection of...No, he had heard it before just once.
"Divine Protection is the manifestation of a Diva's power in a different shape from the Summoning Magic. Those Divas like Japan's Solomon's 72 Pillars that are contracted with multiple humans and have [weak relationships] with each other cannot really manifest it. But those like me and Futsunushi no Kami, who have a deep contract one-on-one, can manifest it. And then the contractor and possibly the comrades in their surroundings could be granted with a special effect. For example, if it's Futsunushi no Kami...he can grant me and my comrades a Divine Protection to [use the Battou Kaikon of Sacred Treasures that have the form and nature of katana masterfully]."
"The power of Divine Protection, you don't need some procedure like Summoning Magic to use them?"
"Just as you understand from seeing how Kohaku used her Sacred Treasures, it's basically invoked continuously without any pause."
"There is really that kind of thing?"
Even Lotte, who could operate all kinds of machines when she obtained Prometheus' cooperation, that blessing probably should be called Divine Protection too.
"But Divine Protection that can revive humans who had used up their magic power completely for however many times, no matter how you see it, that's just too powerful..."
Futsunushi no Kami's avatar emerged out beside Kazuha-senpai.
"It's not an impossible matter though. For example, there are also Divas that specialized not in Summoning Magic, but in Divine Protection. Otherwise, if it is just a [simply powerful Diva] that is reigning in the upper part of the mythology's structure, they too could possibly bring about such a powerful Divine Protection as this. Perhaps...that Divine Protection is looking very powerful, but in truth there is a large weak point in it, something like that?"
A simply powerful Diva that reigned at the upper part of the mythology's structure...?
Such a Diva like that was possibly contracted with Katsura Karin or Hayashi Shizuka...?
On the ground, Hikaru-senpai had used up the power of [Ride Lightning] and [Ayamur] and became unarmed. Even while being afflicted with two varieties of poison, she was still standing and facing Mibu-senpai and Asamiya-senpai upfront.
"You all...if I stop...I cannot fight with Kazuki."
"Feh...if you want to try that hard, then how about you try until the last moment?"
While floating a cruel smile, Hayashi-senpai who had stayed back temporarily approached Hikaru-senpai, who was already mostly paralyzed from the nerve poison.
"We are going to play now, Karin."
When Hayashi Shizuka said that, Mibu-senpai and Asamiya-senpai were the ones that stepped back this time.
Karin's fist directly hit Hikaru-senpai's side.
It was a fist that was accompanied with the magic power of Shintoukei. With her step onto the earth and the spiral movement, that strength was magnified.
(Bokii!) A sinister sound rang out and Hikaru-senpai's body jolted.
Something was broken, probably her ribs.
The wrist of Hikaru-senpai, who was staggering from the impact was grasped by Shizuka. The girl released a wave of magic power and she twisted the fist that wrapped Hikaru-senpai's wrist. (Buchii!) Sounds of the tendons getting damaged could be heard.
"UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"Ha...hahahahahaha!"
Seeing Hikaru-senpai scream and fall down, Hayashi Shizuka released a laugh as if she couldn't bear with her enjoyment anymore.
Kazuki's spine froze. Even though she could make Hikaru-senpai use up her defensive magic power until it hit rock bottom if she just hit her normally, those girls penetrated the defensive magic power and hurt the flesh directly.
On the back of Hikaru-senpai, who was leaning forward from enduring the pain, two more fists were striking. As if breaking wooden chopsticks casually, one piece, two pieces of senpai's ribs were breaking.
Hikaru-senpai's scream reverberated.
The students in the stands were looking with eyes as if they were seeing an unrealistic scene performed in a theater. They were looking down in blank amazement. For the humans who were blessed with defensive magic power in their everyday life, this reality was something they were unable to understand. Even the referee teacher, he was making a face that showed his inability to understand what was currently happening. He was showing his lost behavior whether to stop the match or not....Even though this kind of thing had to be stopped an instant earlier!
"Stop it already!!"
Kazuki spontaneously stood from his seat and started to dash heading to the ground.
"...A, Ayamur!"
Hikaru-senpai who was crouching to endure her pain invoked a spell.
And then all of a sudden, she swung the spear with her one remaining healthy hand and launched a surprise attack at Shizuka. That one strike was not filled with strength already. The unsteady and unsure tip of the spear grazed Shizuka's cheek.
Small wind shook Shizuka's hair bangs.
"...You bastard." Inside Shizuka's eyes, a shuddering violent emotion was flaming ablaze.
And then Shizuka's fist was...Hikaru-senpai's chest―her heart was hit.
"...Stop!! Why do you need to go that far!!? Stop―!!"
The only one who understood the meaning of that action was Kazuki. He dashed down the stands while yelling.
"Cut it out already right nowwwwww! M, my head hurts like it will split! I'm already at my limit hereeee! It's the endddddddddddddddd!! Dra, Dragon Bitee!"
However, the one who was screaming was not only Kazuki. Mibu-senpai, who was watching the gruesome tragic event that Karin and Shizuka interweaved from the side for a while, all of a sudden was yelling a spell.
Summoning a dragon's jaw, it crunched at Hikaru-senpai who had no power left to resist already.
But that attack only wounded the defensive magic power, it was still better than having her body destroyed.
Thanks to it, Hikaru-senpai's magic power was finally shaved down until the dangerous area where the match should be stopped―
"...Che. How dull...No, maybe I also played too much."
While clicking her tongue, Shizuka looked down at Hikaru-senpai, who fell as if she was going to crumble.
"That's the end!" After saying that, the teacher who took the role as referee finally blew the whistle that signaled the end of the match in a too late fashion.
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