Battle of Paradise

Through the perspective of her familiars, Touko Aozaki saw Alice Kuonji's mist shield easily torn apart by Beo Ruge.

A massive wound was ripped open in Alice Kuonji's abdomen by the attack, and visible chunks of internal organs splattered out. The girl's slender, delicate body fell to the ground like a tattered rag.

This caused Toko to gasp for breath.

"Beo!" Toko's voice echoed from all directions, "What did I tell you?! You are not allowed to kill Alice Kuonji and Aoko Aozaki! You've violated the contract!"

"So noisy, Toko," the Golden Wolf bared its fangs, saliva dripping between them. Its eyes were filled with lust, murderous intent, and immense greed. Beo Ruge stared at Alice Kuonji's corpse on the ground as it spoke to Toko, "I haven't violated the contract. Take a closer look at this Magus; she's not dead."

Hearing this, Toko adjusted the focus of her familiars and looked at Alice Kuonji on the ground.

She had indeed bled a lot, but a human who was nearly cut in half would clearly not bleed this much.

Alice Kuonji's body emitted a faint blue light, and in an instant, it exploded into a sky full of blue feathers, vanishing from the spot.

"A substitute death Magecraft?" Toko's low voice echoed through the abandoned amusement park, "I truly underestimated you, Alice."

"I should be the one saying that," Alice Kuonji reappeared somewhere on a moon-shaped sculpture atop a building, "Aoko warned me that you might have found a very powerful familiar, but I still underestimated your abilities."

Alice looked down. In her palm lay the small blue bird.

However, its usual cheerful chirping was gone. Its beautiful blue feathers were disheveled, and a large wound had appeared on Robin the Nightingale's abdomen, almost cutting it in two.

Then, the blue bird's feathers gradually faded, turning gray and white, finally transforming into a strange statue that had shattered in the middle.

Alice took out a bag and carefully placed the shattered statue inside, then put it away meticulously.

"Surrender, Alice," Touko Aozaki's voice said, "You've seen Beo's strength. You have no chance of winning. As long as you sign a self-compulsory contract with me, agreeing not to interfere in the battle between me and Aoko, I won't make things difficult for you."

"You truly are a heartless person, Toko," Alice sighed, "What will you do if I refuse to sign?"

"Heh," Toko chuckled in a cold voice, "Witches shouldn't say things like that. If you don't sign, I'll have Beo defeat you, and then I'll seal all your magical power until I defeat my arrogant sister."

"And then?" Alice asked indifferently, "After sealing my magical power, will you leave me here to be fed to stray dogs?"

"..." Touko Aozaki remained silent.

"That's why I say, compared to Aoko, you are truly the heartless one." Alice sighed softly again, taking out a small vial from her cloak with great care, as if it were something extremely precious.

She shook it slightly, and the contents inside also swayed, like some kind of green mist.

Toko observed Alice's actions closely from a distance. When she saw the bottle Alice Kuonji had taken out, her expression immediately changed.

"The situation has changed! Stop Alice Kuonji immediately and don't let her use that thing!" Toko's voice shouted, giving the order. Beo Ruge transformed back into a golden whirlwind and swept towards the girl on the high ground.

At the same time, Toko activated her contingency plan hidden within the abandoned amusement park, which was why the place was called a trap.

These were mystical marks that Toko had personally inscribed in every corner, divine script that she had personally recreated from the annals of history.

Thirty thousand words of Runic script concerning the power of the sun were activated by Toko.

In an instant, the "night" in the amusement park was replaced by "daylight." Alice Kuonji's "Night Banquet" was naturally driven away, because where there is light, there can be no night.

"So brutal, Toko," Alice Kuonji exclaimed, "You two truly are sisters."

The twin little pigs, having just escaped a close call, let out strange "kaka" laughter and fearlessly blocked the Golden Wolf, trying to stop its advance.

"Get out of the way! You broken toys!" Beo Ruge roared and tore apart the twin little pigs, but their remaining remains still managed to impede the Golden Wolf for a brief moment. Their mission was accomplished.

The remains of the little pigs let out eerie, broken final laughter, as if mocking Beo's failure, and turned back into damaged castanets and staplers.

Beo's form twisted, transforming into some kind of fluid, and rushed towards the girl on the moon.

But just as its invincible claws were about to touch Alice's body, a soldier stopped it.

This was an impossible occurrence. Beo was utterly bewildered, wondering how such a piece of junk could possibly stop it, a top-tier Phantasmal Species.

Yet, it happened. The toy soldier, dressed in a ridiculous uniform, held up a shattered dinner plate as a shield, blocking the full-force attack of the Miracle of the Earth, the Golden Werewolf Beo Ruge.

When Beo tried to leap into the air again, things had become unmanageable because it could no longer reach the black-clad girl.

The moon sculpture beneath Alice Kuonji had transformed into the real moon.

A crescent moon, like a small boat, carried the sole owner of this realm, slowly ascending into the sky, looking down upon the earth.

No matter how powerful a Phantasmal Species with three thousand years of existence was, without wings, it could not reach the girl at this moment.

No, it wouldn't be entirely accurate to say it absolutely couldn't reach her. Beo Ruge, with its Materialization of the Soul body, could theoretically transform into any life form on Earth, including birds.

However, it had been raised by a pack of werewolves and was most familiar and accustomed to the forms of werewolves and giant wolves. Without practice, it simply didn't know how to transform into a flying form.

"Retreat! Beo! We are not prepared enough today to deal with that—" Touko Aozaki's anxious voice came from the surroundings, ordering Beo Ruge to withdraw.

But it was too late. The cap of the magic vial was opened.

The Golden Wolf felt the caress of a gentle breeze.

This was a miracle that most Magicians had never experienced, bringing the long-dead and rusted objects back to life.

The sunlight brought by the Runic script was once again obscured by thick fog. "Daylight" returned to "Night." The broken carousel horses turned into pure white unicorns, and the puppets played cheerful tunes.

Alice Kuonji's slender fingers gently brushed them, and the abandoned amusement park returned to a state it had never known before.