"[Burn, O flame-]"
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As the fallen spirit spread her arms, she grinned wickedly and began chanting a spell of magic.
"Magic? It can actually use magic? I've never heard of a monster being able to use magic before!"
On the front line, Tiona, Tione, and the others, who were battling against the worms and Violas, were struck with horror. Their hearts trembled, and even their battle movements faltered.
If a single chant wasn't enough to be sure, then in the very next moment, when a deep purple magic circle more than 20 meters in diameter unfolded, everyone was truly thrown into terror!
They saw it… a complex, overlapping ring of circles, exuding a crimson aura and color, rising from the ground, one above, one below, while crimson magic essence wrapped the woman's body completely.
And with her chanting, endless magic power gathered, condensed, boiled, and seethed!
The torrent of magic gathered by that disaster-class circle, which nearly filled their entire vision, already made the ground quake violently.
Seeing the enemy's actions, Finn and Riveria's expressions twisted.
"Monsters driven only by primal instinct and desire, knowing only to plunder, destroy, and devour, how could they possibly use magic?"
As a mage, Riveria understood magic better than anyone!
Magic had always been synonymous with reason and wisdom. It was something utterly incompatible with monsters.
"Even if its former self was an spirit, this is far too irregular!"
"Fron!" Finn quickly turned and shouted to the blond youth.
"[Dance around spirit of the atmosphere, lord of light.]"
"[Contract with the guardian of the forest, and envelop us with the song of the land.]"
"[Surround us become a great barrier of forest light and protect us - my name is Alf]"
"[Via Shilheim!]"
As Fron finished chanting the name of the spell, a radiant golden barrier engraved with intricate patterns descended from above!
"Everyone, retreat into Fron's barrier! Riveria, keep chanting another barrier spell!"
"I understand! Lefiya, use bombardment magic to interrupt its chanting!"
"Yes!"
"Raul, Alicia, Anakitty, Elfy, unleash your magic swords on the woman's body!!!"
"Y-yes, understood!"
"Shine forth, Lightning Cutter!" ×2
"Burn it all, Flame Lion!" ×2
The supporters drew their strongest longsword-type magic swords and unleashed massive beams one after another!
"BOOM BOOM BOOM, !"
Without suspense, the magic sword attacks slammed into the enemy's upper body!
But that wasn't all, Lefiya, who had already completed her chanting and was holding her magic in standby, also launched her wide-area annihilation magic!
"[Fire Javelins!]"
"BOOM BOOM, !"
Hundreds of blazing projectiles rained down from the sky, converging with the light cannons of the magic swords, striking the fallen elf without hindrance.
The destructive brilliance shredded at the enemy's armor, explosions roaring skyward and obscuring everyone's view!
"It hit!"
"Did we succeed?!"
The bombardment's brilliance lit up the entire 59th floor.
But the result shook everyone's hearts with horror and deep doubt.
For before their eyes, the monster's lower half, unfurled its calamity-shrouded petals and formed them into a wall of despair before the upper body that grinned and kept chanting.
That wall of despair blocked all their magic bombardments and sword-fire.
The adventurers' combined might smashed against it, causing roaring blasts and violent shockwaves, ear-splitting booms and blinding flashes of magic.
But… it did not inflict even the slightest damage on the chanting enemy herself.
"What?! The monster's lower body actually has such defensive armor? Are you kidding me?!"
"Not even a scratch? That was Lefiya's magic combined with top-class magic swords!"
Everyone understood what this meant. Lefiya's bombardment was on par with a Level 5's power, yet it couldn't harm the enemy at all. Their defense was clearly irregular, beyond reason.
"We can't stop it, we'll have to defend with everything we have!"
Finn's face twisted as he barked a command: "Everyone fall back, into Fron's barrier!"
Knowing what was about to happen, no one hesitated. They pushed back or cut down the monsters before them, then retreated at full speed, gathering inside Fron's barrier.
Meanwhile, for safety, Riveria was chanting another barrier spell and keeping it in standby!
"Why?!" Lefiya still couldn't recover from the shock, her unstoppable magic had done nothing. Since becoming a mage, this was the first time…
But… the battle would not stop just because an elven girl lost heart!
"[Burn, burn, burn, vortex of flames, crimson wall, roar of inferno, grant me the storm's power to seal this world!]"
"[Burn the skies, burn the earth, burn the seas, burn the lakes, burn the mountains, burn life itself, reduce all to scorched earth, and roar with grief and rage for my fallen hero (beloved), ]"
"..." Hearing the terrifyingly fluent chant, Fron's face twisted.
"Is this a spirit? Such speed in chanting."
"And… not just a normal chant, it's an ultra-long chant!"
An ultra-long chant, that meant the enemy's magic was truly disaster incarnate!
Only magic of overwhelming, irregular might required such an advanced extra-long chanting.
In the entire labyrinth city, those capable of using ultra-long chants could be counted on one hand!
And this enemy not only used it, but combined it with incredible speed, such a skill that even Riveria, the city's strongest mage, could only sigh in awe!
But at that moment, no one noticed Fron's golden eyes, where twin azure rings flickered.
"Perhaps… the harvest this time will far exceed my expectations!"
As he fixated on the enemy, hungering to seize that high knowledge, calamity descended!
"[In my name as a proxy, I command, grant me the name of Flame Spirit, Incarnation of Fire, Queen of Flames, ]"
As the ultra-long chant, accelerated by her speed, neared its final verses, the entire floor fell silent!
Finn, Gareth, and Riveria's faces twisted, eyes locked on what would happen in the next second.
Ais, Tione, Tiona, and Bete tensed their faces, hearts pounding violently, spirits shaken.
Anakitty, Alicia, Lefiya, Elfy, Raul, and the other supporters huddled together, ready to give their all, to protect the last of their supplies and potions, even at the cost of their lives.
And then, before everyone's eyes, the fallen elf unleashed the spell she had long prepared!
"[Storm of Inferno (FireStorm) -- !!!!!!]"