(Heartfelt thanks to Yume no Shouyou, npctaojie, and Yunqi Qinggu for their rewards!)
(As expected, Miku, despite having such an amazing figure, wasn't as popular as the utterly adorable Yamai sisters. The moment the story got to Miku's part, the rewards dropped across the board. I'm dizzy...)
A dazzling sword light flashed past like a fleeting meteor, cutting through the airflow beneath the crushing atmospheric pressure as it slashed forward with a piercing shriek!
For a moment, Miku thought her vision had gone awry and she was seeing things, but the warning bells ringing wildly in her heart told her that it was absolutely not an illusion!
It was a real attack!
"Ah~~~"
The instant she realized that, Miku decisively opened her mouth, and a high note filled with spiritual power howled out from her lips. It spread outward in ripples, forming a barrier of sound waves before the incoming sword light and shielding Miku within it.
The next moment, the dazzling sword light crashed into the rippling sound-wave barrier without hesitation!
"Riiip..."
With a crisp tearing sound, the sound-wave barrier Miku had hastily erected was sliced apart as easily as rotten wood, making her expression change drastically.
Yet the dazzling sword light clearly had no idea what it meant to show mercy to a delicate beauty. It tore through the sound-wave barrier, split the air, and, before Miku's horrified eyes, slammed heavily into her abdomen!
"Bang..."
"Ah..." A sharp pain exploded in Miku's abdomen. The next instant, she was sent flying backward and crashed into the massive body of Gabriel behind her, crying out in pain.
"Oh?..." At that moment, a somewhat displeased voice sounded from in front of Miku.
"After cutting through the barrier, it no longer had enough power to cut through the Astral Dress? You really