The dark gold Sunlight Gun fired. Nearly frozen time began to flow again along the golden trail carved by the shot, as though a thunderclap had awakened slumbering time. With a dull boom, the materialized spearhead collided head-on with the crystal barrier before the Ancient One. Fine cracks appeared, and amid a roar, the spear pierced the barrier—only for the Ancient One to tilt his head aside and evade it.
It grazed the Ancient One's face and continued shooting backward. The streaks of golden lightning produced during its flight even scorched the white hair beside his face black.
"Come!"
Iluna leaped into the air with one foot on the ground. The dark gold spear that had missed returned to her hand, and she immediately threw it a second time. Only then did those astonished by her performance react and join her in besieging the Ancient One seated on the throne.
"Ah~"
The tiny elf, who had just relied on the crown's power to turn into a mosquito and evade the Ancient One's palm strike, finally fell from the sky and was caught by the Great Elf below. Emilia had never tried turning herself into such a tiny creature before. Dazed, she felt as though she had nearly believed she really was a mosquito just now.
The Great Elf, meanwhile, looked at Iluna's back and complained:
"Since I'm here, she'll definitely be fine. What are you so worried about? I'm obviously the protagonist this time, Iluna. What exactly did you see in my eyes just now? Aren't you the Balanced Chosen One? I knew uncontrolled power was no good at all."
The green leaf pattern on the back of the Great Elf's hand flickered, as though responding to her claim that it was "no good." After speaking, the Great Elf looked