Side Story: The End

"We got it!"

Galan thought to himself.

Right now, he was less than five meters away from the two Copy.

At that distance, he was confident he wouldn't miss.

"Galan! They have some kind of Magic Item that can protect them." Because she was behind the fire curtain, Lucina knew that Galan definitely hadn't seen the attack just now, nor would she know that the other party actually had a life-saving artifact.

If you rashly conclude that you have succeeded, you will likely suffer a great loss.

"A self-protective Magic Item?"

Upon hearing Lucina's voice, Galan immediately became alert.

He looked at the two Copy, but there were no special protective measures around them. It was clear that their protection mechanism would only be activated when he attacked them, triggering some condition.

"Hidden so deeply? No... this Water Mirror Demon can even copy the Magic Item on its body? No wonder..."

Speaking of which, my Alchemy Longsword is quite a special Magic Item.

After thinking for a moment, Galan still chose to charge towards the two, raising his long sword and slashing fiercely.

Even if the other party does have some life-saving measures, they can't keep working like that forever.

Magic Item are ultimately just items, and there are bound to be some limitations on their use or the number of times they can be used in the short term. If you don't take action to assess your opponent's strength, you won't be able to figure out the limits of that Magic Item.

Even if they can block my attacks for a while, they can't keep doing that forever. The only thing I need to be careful about is their attacks during this time.

Galan could sense that the [Fire Phoenix] behind him had changed direction and was flying towards his location.

Even under these circumstances, you refuse to dispel that spell and unleash a new one to deal with me?

"In that case, that spell must be the most powerful spell they can unleash."

His steps faltered slightly, and in that instant, the [Fire Phoenix], which had been some distance behind him, closed the distance again. Galan could even feel his backside burning.

Three meters... two meters... one meter!

With a powerful downward swing of his longsword, the speed was so fast that Lucina and Lia, observing the battle from a distance, could only see a fleeting afterimage and couldn't discern the trajectory of the sword. Clang!

A collision that shouldn't have happened was stopped by an unknown external force just as Galan's longsword was about to strike the Copy's head.

"As expected, they had a backup plan! The longsword simply can't cut through it!"

The burning sensation behind him grew stronger, and his skin burned painfully. He didn't even need to turn around to know that the [Fire Phoenix] was already behind him.

Galan's eyes narrowed, and he immediately used the force of the previous interaction to twist and jump behind the two Copy.

The raging flames didn't have time to change course and crashed into the two Copy without stopping.

At this moment, Galan, who had come behind the two, was able to see clearly through the invisible outline in the flames that it was a circular barrier, which seemed to be the protective shield created by the Magic Device on the other party that Lucina had mentioned.

But right now, this protective shield is working tirelessly to protect them from the very threat they themselves have created. "To protect them from such prolonged exposure to flames, this item must be using up a lot of its durability, right?"

Galan thought to himself that he himself benefited from his position, being protected by the shield in front of him, and was in a vacuum zone where he was not burned by the flames.

"It seems it's not that they don't want to stop the spell, but rather that once the spell is used, it won't stop until a certain limit is reached or a certain goal is achieved."

This is a judgment made by Galan based on the current situation.

After all, even though those two knew he was hiding behind them, they still tried to adjust the [Fire Phoenix]'s flight path, attempting to use this move to defeat him.

However, this magic's flight speed is slower than its own movement speed, so it is absolutely impossible to use this magic to defeat it.

"Looks like that's all they're capable of. I overestimated them before."

Indeed, after seeing the power of this magic at the beginning, Galan had ranked the combined abilities of the two as being on par with Duncan.

However, judging from the current situation, I have overestimated them.

Such a rigid offensive tactic might be quite useful in large-scale wars, but in skirmishes and battles involving small numbers, their clumsy cooperation makes them easy targets.

Galan didn't want to waste any more time. He suddenly sped up and disappeared from the corner of the wall in an instant. The heat wave that followed him caught him off guard and crashed against the wall, instantly turning the entire stone brick into a scorching black.

The two Copy standing in the middle of the corridor realized that they had lost track of Galan. They could no longer find any trace of him. But this was not surprising, because no matter what, Galan's goal had always been them, so he would eventually get closer to their location.

Sure enough, the moment Lucina could spot Galan again, he was already back beside the two Copy, his Alchemy Longsword slashing out without hesitation.

This powerful strike, which had already weakened the protective shields around the two of them after being baptized by flames, completely lost its effectiveness under Galan's strong attack and dissipated as if it had collapsed.

As for Galan, who was directly involved, he immediately felt the difference in the texture of the longsword. "Very good, it seems that Magic Item has finally reached its limit."

Without hesitation, he unleashed three consecutive slashes, cleaving the two who were trying to escape in half at the waist. He then finished them off with a final blow, decapitating one of the Copy who was still trying to retaliate.

"It's over."

He put away his weapons and went to the corner where Lucina and Lia were.

"Phew, thank goodness you arrived in time, otherwise Lia would have fainted from overusing her Mana."

Upon meeting, Lucina told Galan what had just happened. After all, if he hadn't arrived at the right time, based on her earlier deductions, Lia definitely wouldn't have been able to hold on any longer.

Is it that critical?

Hearing her say that