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"Boost—!"
The moment that voice rang out from the crimson gauntlet, a warning surged through Shalltear's heart.
At Shalltear's level, instincts akin to a sixth sense were more trustworthy than what her eyes could see.
Therefore, the instant that inexplicable sense of danger arose within her, Shalltear raised the Pipette Lance in her hand without a second thought, holding it before herself.
"Buzz—!"
In the next moment, a dazzling vortex of air emerged from the fist wrapped in the crimson gauntlet.
At the same time, the arm covered by the crimson gauntlet suddenly clenched into a fist and slammed heavily toward Shalltear ahead.
Everywhere the fist passed, sonic booms rang out through the air, its momentum terrifying.
That punch tore straight through the air and smashed fiercely into the Pipette Lance Shalltear had raised in time before herself.
"Thud—!"
A tremendous muffled impact, painful enough to pierce eardrums and leave minds blank, resounded across the entire plain.
The astonishing impact turned into tangible force, surging across the ground like a tidal wave.
At the center of that tremendous blast, Shalltear felt an incomparably terrifying force rebound through the Pipette Lance in her hands. Her grip went numb from the shock, and she herself was blasted away by that overwhelming power.
"Guh..." Shalltear let out an unavoidable, faint groan. She only barely managed to adjust herself in midair before landing on the ground.
Even so, the immense force acting on Shalltear sent the True Vampire's feet scraping across the ground, plowing two trenches into it. When she finally came to a stop, smoke hissed from the soles planted within those trenches.
Here, Shalltear's steel-like