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After leaving No Name's main building, Noah and the others headed straight to an open area outside the gate.
Noah and Kudou Asuka faced each other, separated by quite a distance.
Of course, for Noah, that distance could be reduced to zero in less than a second.
But Noah's goal was not to defeat Kudou Asuka. He wanted to see her power.
Raising his head to look at Kudou Asuka standing opposite him, Noah spoke.
"Then, Asuka, try using your Gift."
"Try using it?" Kudou Asuka looked troubled.
"But my Gift is clearly ineffective against you, isn't it?"
"But you said that the individuals you can control aren't limited to humans. You can control animals and plants too, right?" Noah explained.
"Then you can try seeing whether you can control things other than living beings."
"Things other than living beings?" Kudou Asuka was slightly taken aback and spoke hesitantly.
"How am I supposed to control things other than living beings?"
"Your Gift can control individuals, but it is not certain that those individuals must be living beings." Noah folded his arms and looked at Kudou Asuka.
"If your Gift is control, then you should be able to control things other than living beings as well. Like this."
Having said that, Noah closed his eyes and softly chanted.
"—With these words, I provoke the gods in the heavens. I wield this magic power, chant this spell, and make all things in the world bow and kneel—"
The light, spiritual words spread through