Imitation of Eternal Darkness

A black sun suddenly appeared in midair.

But it was not the sun. That celestial body, filled with light and heat, could not possibly appear black in this world. Besides, this thing was clearly far smaller than the sun.

It was a "black hole" only the size of a wheel, appearing out of nowhere in the sky.

Its center was pitch-black, as though it could swallow every color. Its edges were irregular and glimmered with a faint, mysterious blue light, seemingly drawn by some inexplicable force that barely kept it in a circular shape.

For some reason, it felt perfectly suited to an environment called "night."

It was as if anything that approached it would be dragged into black nothingness!

"!"

Anleisi abruptly retreated through the air, staring intently at the thing. The membrane of light covering her body seemed to flicker.

She sensed an unprecedented threat from this magic called [Imitation of Eternal Darkness]. Wait, this was magic, right?

But she could not retreat now, because—

Her body burst forth with an even more intense radiance than before. A halo made of Holy Light suddenly formed behind her, then violently trembled before shooting into the sky and turning into a rain of light projectiles!

They were so densely packed that, once they fell, they could plow through all of Haipa Town twice over!

This was an offensive spell Anleisi had been charging ever since transforming. In game terms, it counted as one of her ultimate moves. She normally used it on the front lines, but this was the first time she had used it in an unexpected encounter like this.

She simply called the move [Holy Light Carpet Bombing]. Once she began preparing it, she could not cancel it—mainly because the magic power spent on it would not be