With just one move, one could already see Pigeon's swordsmanship.
Such a level, perhaps even more difficult than Cheluci's clothing, even Erza might not be able to achieve it.
"There's nothing that this girl cannot cut through."
Pigeon deftly sheathed the sword, and countless feathers fell like petals around her.
If it were traditional orchestral music accompanying, rather than a noisy electric guitar, it might be more tasteful.
"Stone Beetle, Crimson Vine, Azure Floating Cannon, Shadow Wolf!" Rhode wasn't in the mood to watch Pigeon pose.
At his command, the sand sprouted with vines like snakes, coiling forward.
Before the two could react, two Stone Beetles burrowed out from underground, biting at their lower backs.
The vines on the ground climbed up their ankles, swiftly binding their legs.
Two Azure Floating Cannons circled behind, firing lasers at their backs.
Four Shadow Wolves lunged, with two at the sides and two at the front, aiming for their throats.
Pigeon unsheathed her samurai sword, and in a moment, she had cut through the vines entangling herself and Eagle.
The two Stone Beetles were also split in half, and after becoming four, they dove underground again.
Eagle wasn't idle either, a mad expression on his face as he fiercely strummed the guitar strings.
His black hair extended, ensnaring all four airborne Shadow Wolves, flinging them at the two Floating Cannons behind.
The blue laser pierced through the Shadow Wolves' bodies, and the Floating Cannons were smashed down, disappearing one by one.
The venom sprayed by the Magic Swamp Frog was once again absorbed by Eagle's long hair, rendering it ineffective.
"Not using direct sonic attacks, but manipulating the hair through music?"
Rhode carefully observed the rhythm of Eagle's strumming and the movement of his hair, making a simple guess.
"Just in case, perhaps Earth Magic could be used to block the ears first."
Blocking the ears can't completely isolate sounds, but it can render Sound Element magic ineffective, just like casually wearing spectacles can negate magic cast through sight.
It's unscientific, but quite magical.
The downside is losing the aid of hearing, naturally putting one at a disadvantage in battle, sometimes even struggling against weaker opponents.
"If it's Sound Element, I can think of a way." Mira stopped Rhode's actions, stepped in front of him, and stretched out her arm, "Receive: Demon Lalabai!"
A flash of light enveloped Mira, her casual attire transforming into a brown coarse dress. Mysterious blue-purple patterns appeared on her bare shoulders.
She stood barefoot on the beach, wearing a wooden three-eyed demon mask on her face.
"Sleep~ sleep~ obediently sleep here~ the little bed is filled with roses~♪"
Mira's lips moved softly, spreading gentle sound waves imbued with a peculiar magic forward, enveloping Pigeon and Eagle.
Pigeon suddenly felt a surge of overwhelming drowsiness, her eyelids heavy as if weights were hanging on them.
She resisted the urge to sleep, swinging her sword to shatter another feathered flying knife descending from above, though this time not as neatly as before.
"You understand music too?!" Eagle's words came out raspy, almost as unpleasant as his erratic guitar.
"Come and enjoy, this is a concert from hell! DEATH ROLLAWAY!"
His fingers trembled rapidly across the strings, and although it was just a guitar without an amplifier, it blared with deafening roars!
"Hey—ya—!!!" Eagle strummed the guitar while wildly shaking his head, his long hair spinning into a black spiral above him, "Come on! FUNKY—GIRL!!!"
If Mira's singing was like a gentle mother softly singing a lullaby into a child's ear, Eagle's screeching and guitar sounded like a suona band being shoved into one's ears.
The peaceful and harmonious atmosphere was instantly shattered, and a sense of agitation and destructive desire was stirred from the heart.
The rejuvenating effect was unmatched.
The previously drowsy Pigeon now felt not the slightest bit sleepy, calmly dealing with the chaotic blue-purple small insects.
"Eek haha—I'm quite fond of you, it's decided, you'll be today's nightmare!"
Eagle laughed a bit crazily, sticking out his tongue long. He abruptly strummed the guitar strings, producing an ear-splitting friction sound, "Rock Nightmare!"
"Roar of the Mountain Dragon!" Rhode couldn't just stand by and watch his opponent power up, and spewed out breath like a storm of rocks.
The Stone Beetles emerged, regardless of timing, either ramming Eagle's lower back or biting his guitar.
Two Two-headed Wolves lunged recklessly, one to disrupt Pigeon, the other to bite the guitar.
The Beaked Birds, unable to fire feathered flying knives temporarily, dove down like flying knives themselves.
Even the two Magic Swamp Frogs leapt, crashing their plump bodies towards Pigeon and Eagle.
The Tree Monster and Golem likewise abandoned the wheezing owl, charging towards Eagle.
This was the highest priority command—protect the mistress.
The wild creatures couldn't outpace sound; the sound from that special guitar poured into Mira's ears like two streams of water.
Mira let out a muffled groan, the third eye on her forehead gleaming, but her expression quickly calmed, showing no significant impact.
She reminded, "Be careful, it's a mind control magic through sound."
But her warning was a bit late, as the guitar sound had already stopped.
Faced with the numerous fierce attacks, Pigeon this time couldn't fully guard Vidalus.
She first swung her long sword, splitting Rhode's breath, causing the rock storm to divide into two, blowing towards the back sides.
The beach was carved into two deep trenches, even exposing the ground beneath, with fine sand on the 'island' in the middle gently flowing to the sides.
The twelve Beaked Birds diving down from the sky were all slashed one by one.
All the Stone Beetles were split open but transformed into smaller Mini Stone Beetles, biting at Eagle's popliteal fossa and ankles.
The Two-headed Wolf lunging at Pigeon was slashed across both necks, disappearing immediately.
The other Two-headed Wolf bit one head onto Eagle's shoulder, the other onto the guitar neck, while it was entangled with hair.
During the struggle, the guitar was already starting to break.
The two Magic Swamp Frogs descending from above were only slightly evaded, as the Golem's fist and Tree Monster's claws came down, having to deal with these big fellows first.
"Clang!" Pigeon's lightning-fast stroke, accompanied by a crisp sound, perfectly severed a fist of the Golem, the cut smooth as a mirror.
Eagle's hair barely managed to coil around the Tree Monster's claw, but was unable to completely block it, being shoved back with a slap, crashing into the Magic Swamp Frog behind.
One Magic Swamp Frog's tongue wrapped around Pigeon's sleeve, yet was cut off by her sword again.
The dark purple venom staining the sleeve caused Pigeon to frown slightly, decisively slashing the sleeve off, but her arm already felt a slight prickling pain.
The other Magic Swamp Frog's tongue coiled tightly around Eagle's neck, pulling hard.
The stinging sensation of venom on his skin, combined with the choking feeling of being strangled, caused him to moan 'ho-ho' from his throat.