The tide turned into ice spikes and surged toward the shadow.
Beneath Skadi's feet, flames suddenly began to rise as well.
The two attacked at the same time without prior coordination.
A massive formation appeared on the ground, but then Abyssal Mark covered the earth, immediately pinning down the active formation.
The shadow immediately abandoned the spell.
Then, more halos appeared behind it.
Ice. Fire. Lightning. Poison.
In an instant, countless types of attacks seemed to flash into existence.
But corresponding halos also appeared around Skadi.
Skadi was using pre-cognition.
The shadow's Servant noticed this as well and kept changing its methods of attack.
No matter how powerful a magecraft spell was, it could be broken.
"Magecraft, when all was said and done, was merely a trick of the eye. Once its secret was exposed, magecraft was no longer miraculous. I see. That was why magecraft could not be known by others. That was why it was called 'magecraft.'"
Skadi understood.
Once magecraft was elucidated, it would lose its effect.
This was even more true for a Heroic Spirit named after "magecraft."
"...I see. Though you wore the skin of a Caster, you were actually an emotionless response mechanism."
Skadi saw through her opponent.
"But unfortunately, before the Great Flock, no principle was impossible to elucidate. Therefore—I am your, magecraft's, natural enemy."
The Abyss of Magecraft
What Skadi said was not entirely correct.
But the atmosphere was right. Saying something like that at a moment like this made her seem cooler.
What mattered was not what the real world was truly like, but how the world before the audience was constructed.
The purpose of Skadi's analysis was to make the audience realize just how cool she was.
After all, that was what the market research said.
The audience wanted to