Meanwhile, Nanoha's situation was not much better.
"Fire—!"
Watching the Shadow Monsters closely pursuing her, Nanoha gave a sharp cry and swung the staff in her hand behind her. A line of mysterious text appeared on the ruby at the tip of her staff, followed by the emergence of a Magic Circle. Several Magic Missiles flew out of it and shot toward the enemies behind her.
"Bang bang bang!!"
The Magic Missiles struck their targets, but they did not seem to do much damage. They merely slowed the monsters down somewhat, allowing Nanoha to seize the opportunity to head in another direction.
What should I do? What should I do?
"Yuno, do you have any good ideas?"
"I don't know what those things are either!"
In response to Nanoha's question, the ferret perched on her shoulder shook his head.
"I suspect they're native monsters of this world. They may have been drawn here by the magical power of the Seed of the Holy Stone! We should find somewhere to destroy these monsters!"
"I already tried, but it didn't work!"
Hearing Yuno's suggestion, Nanoha shook her head as well. Since she did not need to protect others like Sakura did, she had already tried fighting back when she was attacked. However, she discovered that these strange Shadow Monsters were extremely powerful. At least, the current Nanoha had no way of dealing with so many of them.
She had originally wanted to escape their hunt, but what Nanoha had not expected was that these monsters would pursue her so relentlessly...
Now Nanoha was completely out of options. She might have been talented and brave, but she was still only a third-grade elementary school student—a little girl!
"I-I also..."
But that ferret had even fewer ideas. He was only... a little stronger than