(Thank you very much to 'Yume no Shouyou,' 'Rejedo Ultraman,' and 'Lei Xiang' for the rewards!)
"Boom—!"
In the woodland late at night, a violent boom suddenly rang out, badly startling the magical beasts patrolling and guarding the area. They immediately began roaring in fury.
This was because that violent boom had come from the only tent they were guarding.
"Bang—!"
Before the magical beasts could converge on the tent, the tent, as large as an ordinary house, suddenly exploded into countless scraps of cloth that scattered in every direction with wisps of smoke trailing behind them.
Within the exploding tent, two figures flew backward away from each other at tremendous speed, as though they repelled one another.
"Thud—thud—thud—!"
Amid heavy stomps, one of the two figures flying backward repeatedly planted his massive feet against the ground. As he crushed explosion-like craters into the earth, his backward momentum gradually slowed. Once he finally steadied himself, the burly, bear-like man raised his head, revealing a face alternating between blue and black, filled with furious rage.
"Whoosh—!"
Before the other figure flying backward could hit the ground, she was caught in the arms of a figure descending from the sky with pure white wings on her back. After circling once, she landed beside three other figures who had appeared there at some point.
Needless to say, they were Shokuhou Misaki, Kinuhata Saiai, Takitsubo Rikou, Frenda, and Astrea's group!
After the muscular man had been poisoned, it was Kinuhata Saiai who launched the surprise attack against him.
Moreover, it was Kinuhata Saiai, whose strength had risen by another level under Takitsubo Rikou's ability enhancement.
The afterimage that had appeared before Kinuhata Saiai launched her attack had been Shokuhou Misaki's doing.
More accurately, it had not been an afterimage at all. It was merely