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Rider: (Level 70)
The tips of the sharp spikes collided with the wall of iron sand, setting off an endless shower of sparks and a ceaseless clanging of metal. The piercing friction echoed through the air, making everyone's eardrums ache.
Holding the sharp spikes attached to chains, Rider kept pouring strength into the iron-sand wall before her, as though that wall were her mortal enemy.
Unless she pierced straight through it, she would not give up.
Seeing this, everyone who knew the situation became certain that this materialized Heroic Spirit truly had not a shred of reason left.
If she had retained normal judgment, Rider would never have stubbornly fought against a wall.
"So this is the embodiment of a hero from myths and legends...?" Blue-white electricity danced across Mikoto's body, while black waves of iron sand churned around her. Looking at the guard covering Rider's face, embedded with a grotesque eyeball, Mikoto was deeply disappointed.
"If the heroes of myth and legend looked like this, that would be truly disappointing..."
As soon as she finished speaking, a violent mass of blue-white electricity surged up like a shockwave and exploded outward.
Bang...
The current slammed into Rider without obstruction, turning into blue-white whips that lashed wildly at Rider's slender body amid crackling electric sounds.
At once, a scorched smell rose from Rider's body. Wrapped in crazily coursing blue-white currents, she let out a scream.
Before Rider could react, the iron-sand wall in front of her suddenly twisted.
A cylindrical pillar jutted sharply out from one corner and smashed heavily into Rider.
Thud!
"Gah..." Rider let out a beastly cry as her body was violently sent flying. She crashed into a distant wall and was buried