"Be destroyed! Be destroyed beneath my Dragon Slayer Magic!"
Serena frantically unleashed his magic power, transforming it into violent, destructive force that crashed forward. He had gone all out, intending to defeat Eclaire with this move.
The light of magic became a devastating torrent, finally erupting into dazzling brilliance like a Nuclear Bomb exploding. The night instantly turned as bright as day, as though the sun were shining right before them, soaking the entire world in white light.
The blinding radiance made Erza and the others shut their eyes involuntarily.
"Ugh... ngh..."
Even closing their eyes could not block out the piercing light. Lisanna and the others were even forced to turn their heads away.
No one knew how long passed before the brilliant white light finally faded.
Serena had returned to his human form. The magic power around him had clearly weakened by a large margin; he had evidently overexerted himself and poured everything into that last attack.
At this moment,
he stared fixedly at the sky directly ahead, his eyes filled with disbelief and refusal to accept what he saw. "Impossible. This is impossible..."
In the sky before him, a mass of scorching golden flames still hovered there, maintaining the shape of a Phoenix.
Eclaire was simply bathing in the flames, floating barefoot in the air. Her slender legs were pressed tightly together, the toes of her right foot resting against her left ankle.
Her expression was utterly calm. There was not the slightest sign of injury anywhere on her body, and even her clothes had suffered little damage. Even her magic power felt unchanged.
Compared to Serena, whose presence had clearly weakened—
the difference between them was immediately apparent!
"She took my attack... Impossible... This is absolutely impossible! Even a real Dragon couldn't completely withstand my attack...