"Boom—!"
It was an explosion utterly beyond anything Vanir's dolls could achieve by self-destructing.
A blast of fiery breath erupted high in the sky, transforming into surging heat waves that swept in every direction like a crimson avalanche.
The atmosphere being vaporized was only natural.
The temperature rose exponentially as well.
Under that magnificent explosion and terrifying heat, life itself was simply not permitted to exist.
No one knew whether Sylvia had poured nearly all her magic power into it, but the attack had become so powerful that it was almost comparable to Megumin's Explosion Magic, blowing down the scorched, precarious houses throughout Crimson Demon Village on the spot.
At first glance, it seemed as though Sylvia alone had caused this scene.
But the sharp-eyed Crimson Demon Clan noticed something.
"J-Just now, a whole bunch of dolls suddenly jumped onto Sir Black Knight!"
Youyou cried out in alarm, and for some reason, she had even added an honorific to the Black Knight's nickname.
And Youyou was right.
Sylvia's fiery breath was certainly powerful, but it could not have caused such astonishing destruction on its own.
The reason for that destructive power was that, before the fiery breath struck Fang Li, countless dolls had suddenly rained down from the clouds overhead, surrounding him from all sides.
Thus, Sylvia's fiery breath had detonated countless dolls, and combined with the flames' own power, it created such a spectacular explosion.
Against an attack like that, even a legendary Hero or the Demon Lord would probably have been reduced to ashes.
And yet...
"Flash Sheath—Ten Lives..."
The moment that quiet murmur rang out like a thunderclap, something extraordinary happened.
"Clang—!"
A frigid flash of blade light suddenly emerged from the flames. Like a slash that tore through the sky, it flashed once and split apart