It wasn't that they had lured it into a trap. Rather, Shinatsuhiko had trapped them in the Imaginary Space, and one outburst had nearly wiped them all out.
It had a brain.
Shinatsuhiko was much larger than when they had first encountered it. Enormous power gathered in the violent winds around its twelve wings, which were covered in deep-purple patterns.
It was charging its ultimate move, intending to completely annihilate this space in one strike.
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What should they do?
She could only watch helplessly as the twelve tornadoes Shinatsuhiko had charged came crashing down. There was nothing she could do.
The effects of her equipment had been suppressed—or rather, Shinatsuhiko was resistant to Honkai weapons. Kiana, who had intended to rely on her equipment's power to win, was left with a blank mind.
This was reality, not a game.
There was no health bar above Shinatsuhiko's head, and she didn't even know what abilities it had gained after merging with the Honkai.
Winds sharper than blades cut into her body. Yet before the tornadoes could completely descend, before she could brace herself and stand up, the ground vanished beneath her feet, and she fell hard once more.
She returned outside.
The sky was still filled with clouds swept along by streams of cyan wind, and the surrounding ruins remained unchanged.
"It's too strong!"
Sirin coughed several times and used her blade to support herself as she stood. Like Kiana, she was covered in wounds carved by the wind, and blood had dyed large patches of her clothes red.
"It must be trying to wipe us all out in one go, which is why..."
As soon as she finished speaking, a huge claw tore open the space above them. Violent winds swept over