"Phew... Finally, that's wrapped up."
Airi looked at the Imaginary Tree's soul sealed within her palm and slowly let out a sigh of relief. The advantage of SLB was that no matter how hard you blasted away, nobody would die. The Imaginary Tree probably never imagined it would be defeated by such a "kid-friendly" skill.
The reason the Imaginary Tree had fallen for it was simple: Airi had cast [Quadruple Existence]—but in truth, all four were her duplicates. When casting Quadruple Existence, Airi's true body remained hidden. It could be considered a trump card, since anyone who saw a spell like [Quadruple Existence] would naturally assume one of the four had to be the original. They would never imagine that all four were duplicates.
In fact, that was precisely why the Imaginary Tree had been fooled. It had judged the fourth duplicate at the rear to be the original and unleashed its ultimate move, never expecting Airi to be waiting on the other side for it to walk straight into her trap.
But the real problem came next.
"What am I supposed to do with this...?"
Looking at the devastated core on the verge of collapse, Airi helplessly pressed a hand to her head.
Despite what she had said before, Airi obviously could not just watch the Imaginary Tree's core collapse completely. But figuring out how to repair it was truly a huge problem.
Just as she had said before, the Imaginary Tree's Soul Power had been depleted by all the reckless meddling of the people in its world. Honestly, after things had gotten this bad, even Airi had no idea how to clean up the mess.
In any case, she should go back and report the situation first.
When Airi left the divine realm and returned to the Valley