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"Whoosh—!"
A rain of pitch-black weapons formed from pure shadow tore through the air and, amid piercing whistling sounds, shot in unison toward the streak of light flying out from Vampire Castle.
Seeing this, Pest's heart tightened, and she almost instinctively cried out.
"Watch out!"
Almost the instant those words rang out, the streak of light flying from Vampire Castle halted, and an irritated voice sounded.
"Stop right there!"
Those words actually became tangible ripples, carrying immensely dense power as they slowly spread outward like waves across a lake.
The rippling force swept through space and over every pitch-black weapon formed from pure shadow that was shooting toward the streak of light.
At that moment, as though the entire space had frozen, the black weapons that had shot out like bullets stopped in midair without any warning.
Then, that slightly irritated voice rang out once more.
"Go back!"
Like soldiers receiving an order, every black weapon burst apart, reverting to shadow and flowing backward through the air like streams of liquid. They all shrank back into Leticia's shadow and burrowed into her body.
That unbelievable sight made Pest's eyes widen.
Not only Pest—even Leticia, who was composed of Dragon Remnant Shadow, seemed to have crashed, her entire body frozen in place.
"Buzz—!"
The next second, several profound runes suddenly appeared around Leticia's shadow, blooming with dazzling light.
The light transformed into a black sphere