"It seemed you really did have backers of your own."
The two brothers had noticed the situation around them as well. They were not panicked; instead, they clasped hands again.
This time, without the island's dense fog obstructing them and with the distance relatively close, Shade could clearly sense that when the two became one whole, even the spirits within them were communicating with each other:
"Thaumaturgy—Mirror Image Bomb!"
"Watch out!"
The brown hair woman abruptly hugged Shade Cat tightly and summoned a transparent shield. Meanwhile, the brothers' bodies instantly exploded into countless tiny mirror fragments. Those sharp shards of glass scattered in every direction at speeds exceeding bullets, and every fragment bore a complete mirrored image of the brothers.
The flying glass shards pierced through walls, embedded themselves in the ground, and even set off continuous ripples across the Witch's shield. Countless rays of light shot out from the fragments, then reflected off other mirror surfaces, expanding the attack over an even wider area.
Those rays were merely ordinary offensive spells, but combined with Thaumaturgy, their effect was extraordinarily exaggerated.
Shade knew that Megan and Audrey did not want their Followers to discover their weakness. Therefore, when Megan's shield shattered and she dodged aside, he also cast Thaumaturgy at the now-doorless frame:
"Moon's Thorn."
A thicket of silver thorns grew from the rain-soaked earth. As it rapidly spread and intertwined, it clattered as it blocked the scattering mirror fragments and shooting rays of light.
Shade could sense that the brothers' main body was hidden in one of the mirror fragments, but there were too many fragments and they moved too quickly. Even he could not locate them within a short period of time.
At the same time, the Sorceresses on the rooftop all leaped down. While intercepting as many