Even though the Church High-Ring Arcanists who did not understand the Rapid Spell reacted swiftly, nearly half of them were sent plummeting toward the ground by that speeding figure's attack.
The prepared Miss Unicorn jabbed forward, and a magnificent stream of holy white light carved a clear white line across the sky above Vesta City. Yet among the citizens enjoying the lively celebration below, only a few noticed the unusual sight. Soon afterward, colorful fireworks erupted throughout the city, and they stopped paying attention to the strange lights from just now.
The mysterious Twelve-Ring Arcanist who had appeared from the dragon beast's back was incredibly fast. Even the witch in unicorn form could not make out her appearance, only determining from the fact that the Witch Curse had not been triggered that the other party was female.
She had clearly evaded the unicorn's area attack, but then crashed head-on into the attacks of the remaining Church Ring Arcanists still in the sky after the earlier assault.
Though they did not understand the Rapid Spell, they used their extensive combat experience to compress her movement range with area-of-effect thaumaturgy.
As fireworks rose from the ground one after another, the somewhat disheveled Twelve-Ring Arcanist amid the successive explosions in the sky finally triggered the Defense Ritual above the city again under the assault of combined thaumaturgy cast by multiple people. That dragon beast could withstand the ritual's counterattack centered on five churches, but she could not.
As a dense golden net flashed through the night sky, the Twelve-Ring Sorceress, bombarded by an enormous amount of spirit, finally exited her accelerated state, allowing everyone to see her.
She looked to be in her forties. Her naturally curly black hair had been braided into thirteen strands, with metallic clock hands tied to the end