(Many thanks to 'ghjcjjc', 'npctaojie', 'Yunqi Qinggu', and 'Mo Ling Yiyu' for their rewards!)
Tengu City, on a certain street...
Amid the bustling crowds, a slender figure weaved through passersby at astonishing speed, racing toward her destination so fast that the pedestrians around her widened their eyes in shock.
That person was Ellen, who had exhausted every possible method to escape from Ratatoskr's secret facility!
And Ellen's destination was the AST garrison where Westcott was stationed!
Compressing her Territory around her body, Ellen sprinted toward her destination at the greatest speed she could manage without equipping a CR-Unit, all while gritting her teeth tightly.
After all, Ellen had to return to the AST base before Ratatoskr's pursuers caught up with her. Only then could her safety be guaranteed.
Otherwise, even if Ellen did not care about Ratatoskr's people, once those few beings she feared arrived, she truly would have no way out.
As she thought that, Ellen felt a surge of stifled frustration.
As the world's strongest magician, an invincible existence until now, when had Ellen ever imagined that one day she would be reduced to becoming someone else's prisoner and fleeing under pursuit?...
But there was no helping it. Among the beings Ellen now regarded as enemies were people she had no choice but to fear.
Itsuka Shido!
Nangong Nayue!
Itsuka Kotori!
Those three had once defeated her instantly, cleanly, and without taking a single scratch. With Ellen's power, she had no means of resisting them at all!
Thus, Ellen could only suppress the frustration and humiliation in her heart, grit her teeth, and hurry toward the AST base.
However, whether she could reach the AST base before the enemy caught up with her at her current speed was still unknown...
"No choice..."
After glancing around, Ellen suddenly darted