"You're so noisy. If only you, Master, had activated the Command Spell a second earlier."
"The result would have been the same. You should have emerged unscathed the instant the Command Spell moved you into the safe zone, but those lightning bolts kept pursuing you and even tried to drag you back to the center... The enemy probably used a Command Spell to order, 'Defeat Red Saber.' In other words, that part of the command was what injured you."
It had been a full-force strike enhanced by a Command Spell. To counter it, they truly needed the support of a Command Spell as well.
Shishigou Kairi, the Master of Red Saber, had not hesitated in the slightest when using his Command Spell. His order had been for Saber to retreat into the safe zone. This was advanced magecraft that even the Witch of the Age of Gods could only use within her own territory. The only reason a mere magus like Shishigou Kairi could accomplish it was because the Command Spell contained an enormous amount of magical energy.
Even so, she had not emerged completely unharmed.
Caules's Command Spell had likewise warped the concepts of space and even causality, yet Red Saber had ultimately still been struck by Blasted Tree.
However, because the massive magical energy of the Command Spell had been consumed on that aspect, the attack itself had not received any further boost in power. In the end, it had merely left Red Saber seriously wounded. Repairs would take some time, but they would be easy enough to carry out.
"Damn it!"
Caules slammed his fist against the stone wall with all his strength, and blood immediately flowed from the scraped skin. The needle-like pain went completely unnoticed beneath the burning heat surging through his mind. After confirming