Although Charlotte's defensive Device was powerful, every defense had its limits. Stella simply had not used her true strength before. After Charlotte and Rinna Kazamatsuri had been cleared from the field, Stella turned her gaze toward the clown, Hiraga Reisen, who had barely made a move since the beginning. As for Tsuruya Mikoto, the Frost Smirk, Stella had never paid her much attention.
"Looks like it's too late."
"Indeed. Miss Corday completed her task perfectly. Thanks to her, all the preparations were completed just now." The clown Hiraga Reisen curled his lips into a silent, mocking smile. The next moment, he raised his right hand high, and something strange happened. In an instant, the sky above the entire arena darkened.
"Why did it suddenly get dark?"
"What is that?"
As everyone looked up at the sky, they discovered a massive shadow overhead. The crowd immediately cried out in alarm, then saw things falling from the sky and landing in the arena. Only then did they see what they were: all kinds of objects, including cars, buildings, and even train cars.
"What? The things falling from the sky are combining! And from the shape... it's a person! A humanoid! They've formed a giant puppet!"
Even the commentator was startled by such a bizarre sight. However, as a professional commentator for the league, he quickly regained his composure and began explaining.
"Deus ex Machina. It looks like a giant robot. Pretty cool, right?" As the massive puppet, over fifty meters tall, took shape, the clown Hiraga Reisen's smile grew even brighter. This was his Blade Art. Since it required a vast amount of material to gather together, he had been using his ability to collect objects from the surrounding area ever since the match began. Fortunately, this place had once resembled a