As the heavy attack came down, scarlet runes surfaced across Ivette's body. The instant the bear's paw fell, she reluctantly cut off the data transfer and raised a hand to block.
But unexpectedly, the bear beast possessed astonishing strength. Even after enhancing her physical power with Life Magic, she was still sent flying, crashing into the composite metal wall behind her and leaving a clear dent.
Amid the dust, Ivette calmly rose to her feet. Her body felt only a slight ache, but her expression grew faintly grave. She had assumed this giant bear summoned from nowhere was, at most, a minor monster, yet its actual combat power far exceeded her expectations.
Only because she herself was extraordinary and possessed a top-tier defensive spell based on Force Field Magic had she withstood it. Anything else, even an armored vehicle, would likely have been slapped into a lump of scrap metal by that brute force.
Just what was this bear beast?
Could it be a super-biological weapon secretly developed by Spirit Vine Company?
By now, the commotion outside had grown increasingly intense. One could imagine that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Shuttlecraft were circling near the top of Green Light Tower, while fully armed combat squads descended from the sky, smashing through windows and flooding inside. For some reason, however, they only held the exits and did not enter.
Ivette decided to end this quickly. Looking at the struggling bear beast, she raised her hand. Beneath the main control room's broad dome, one Rune Ring after another appeared. Torrents of multicolored elemental energy surged from them and bombarded the bear beast.
Yet under Imogen's cold gaze, the bear beast actually withstood the concentrated barrage. It broke through the spreading elemental mist and pounced again.
Yes, like Ivette, this bear beast possessed a