(Heartfelt thanks to 'World's End Ballad', 'Hongchen Dream', 'Wufeng Haotian', 'Yuhei Matsuri Tsuki', 'Yang Hehe', 'You're Quietly Watching Me Update', '2001tianzhai', and 'Powerless' for their tips!)
"Boom—!"
Bright fire surged throughout the graveyard, turning crimson flames into towering waves of heat that completely engulfed Noah.
Scorching flames burned at the center of the graveyard, abruptly raising the surrounding temperature until even the air became searing hot.
"Hahahahaha—!"
With one arm twisted at an impossible angle and blood continuously spilling from her mouth, Clementine laughed shrilly like a madwoman.
"Die, you bastard—!"
As she laughed wildly, Clementine kept twisting the stiletto in her hand, her expression savage.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!"
Amid a relentless series of explosions, bursts of astonishing flame erupted one after another from Clementine's stiletto, spreading blazing firelight and scalding heat in every direction.
Seeing this, Khajit, who had been stumbling backward in fear of Noah, was overjoyed.
Clementine's weapon had been enchanted with an additional spell that could store magic.
This enchantment could accumulate various spells and store them all within the weapon, allowing Clementine's stiletto to cast different kinds of magic. It was an exceptionally unusual magical item.
However, the magic stored in the weapon was like ordinary consumable magical items: every use depleted it. Unless new magic was infused into it, there was no way to replenish the stored spells.
Now, Clementine had released all the Third Tier Fireballs stored within the stiletto at once.
Bombarded point-blank by so many Third Tier spells, Khajit refused to believe that anyone could survive unscathed.
Unfortunately, the delight on Khajit's face quickly froze.
Because within the surging, burning flames, a shadow quietly emerged.
"Whoosh—!"
From the lava-hot flames, a hand suddenly shot out at an astonishing speed.
Clementine, immersed in the thrill of inflicting violence, did not