Right now, Sakura and the others were already in danger.
"Kero, what should we do?"
With the Shield Card deployed, Sakura clutched her staff and spoke uneasily. This was not her first battle, but the spirits of the Clow Cards had generally been fairly gentle. These terrifying black monsters were clearly different. Sakura did not know what they were, but she could feel the brutal, ferocious killing intent they radiated.
"Ugh... let me think, let me think..."
Kero, speaking in his Osaka accent, was pacing anxiously in circles. If he could return to his true form, he would have been confident in wiping out these monsters that had come from who knew where. But without the Clow Cards, he was just a flying stuffed toy with no real power to speak of.
If it had only been Sakura, she might have been able to escape. But Tomoyo was with her too.
"Kero! The shield looks like it's about to fail!!"
Then, an even worse situation unfolded— the barrier protecting the three of them began flickering continuously, while Sakura gripped her staff tightly, her face showing increasing strain.
"This is bad, she's almost out of magic power!"
Kero was shocked when he saw this. Of course he knew what was happening. Sakura had already used up a considerable amount of magic power while capturing the Clow Cards earlier. Then these Shadow Monsters had attacked them, and now her magic power was about to run dry!
Bang!!
Another Shadow Monster slammed heavily into the barrier before recoiling backward. Although the Shield Card blocked its attack, that blow seemed to be the final straw. With a sharp cracking sound, the barrier suddenly shattered, and Sakura cried out as she fell backward onto the ground.
"Sakura!!"
Tomoyo hurried to Sakura's side at once. By