Illya's counterattack was only the beginning.
As Magical Girls, whether Sakura, Nanoha, Fate, or Akemi Homura, they had long trained in the Night of the Witches and experienced all manner of battles. This kind of melee was naturally child's play for them. Illya used Phantasm Install, while Nanoha's choice was even simpler.
She flew straight up!
She actually flew!!
Watching Nanoha soar dozens of meters into the air, the mages below could only stare at one another in bewilderment, having no idea what to do.
Although mages of the Main World possessed all sorts of miraculous powers, flying... remained a difficult problem for most of them.
Though the Fly spell itself was only a third-circle spell, Transmutation System mages could use "Swift Fly" to reduce it to second-circle, or even make Fly permanent on themselves.
But the problem was that it was still a spell.
That meant if someone cast Dispel Magic while you were flying... you had to pray that your body was sturdy enough, or that you had time to cast Feather Fall before hitting the ground.
Moreover, Fly was not particularly fast. At most, its speed was not much different from that of a helicopter.
But Nanoha?
She could dogfight an F22 in the sky!
Fighting her in aerial combat—wasn't that just courting death?
Of course, if everyone united against her at this moment, they might actually have been able to take to the air and challenge Nanoha. But the problem was that this was a melee. Everyone around them was an enemy. If they flew up, who knew whether someone would stab them in the back?
So now... what were they supposed to do?
Watching Nanoha leisurely drift through the sky, the mages on the ground could not help but fall into a dilemma.
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