Unacceptable

Rumble!!!

The torrent of darkness exploded, sending dust billowing everywhere and blasting a crater over ten meters wide into the ground, swallowing the Beast King from view.

Mira returned to human form, her hair disheveled. After landing, she collapsed onto the ground in a duck-sitting position, her cheeks flushed as she panted heavily as though she had just undergone some intense exertion. Having expended too much magic power, she could not stand for the moment.

"...Is it over?"

Still panting, Mira stared from afar at the area where the Beast King had been.

She had exhausted all her magic power and unleashed everything she had. This should have been enough to take down the Beast King. A monster should not have been able to withstand her frenzied assault.

But—

Almost as soon as that thought arose in Mira's mind, an earth-shaking roar erupted from the darkness and dust.

"Roar!!!"

The battered Beast King threw back its head and roared.

It had not been defeated!

Along with that roar, a small amount of magic power spread out. It did not seem particularly violent; clearly, its magic power had also been greatly depleted, with very little left.

But here was the problem: as the Beast King, even with barely any magic power remaining, its physical body was still incomparably powerful!

Just like Dragons!

Even if their magic power was exhausted, humans could not break their scales without Dragon Slayer Magic. Although the Beast King was nowhere near as terrifying as a Dragon, it still possessed a formidable physique!

With a furious roar, the Beast King emerged from the crater Mira had blasted open. Its savage, enraged eyes glared at Mira as it walked toward her step by step, brimming with killing intent.

"Th-this is bad."

Seeing that the Beast King had not