That sounds a little awful, but... well, now isn't the time to worry about that.
"But these tentacles seem a little too big. Forget a magical girl—even a three-eyed giant hooking up with another guy probably couldn't take them, right?"
At that thought, Fang Yuxuan froze.
"Wait... switch the positions. If the three-eyed giant were on top... Eugh!"
Disgusted by her own imagination, Fang Yuxuan shuddered. Even the corners of her mouth went stiff.
Sun Tree!
...Though the name felt strangely familiar, she could leave that little detail alone for now.
The important thing was figuring out how to buy time.
Her eyes darted left and right as she kept watch. Even with electromagnetic echo waves, she still wasn't used to relying on them entirely
to control her perception. For now,
her eyes remained her main source of information.
She stared hard at her surroundings, turning one question over and over in her mind. But the giant tree clearly didn't have much
patience. It ignored the cold
jokes she'd thrown at it and attacked again!
Boom!
A thick root came down like a gust of wind. Fang Yuxuan instinctively leaped back, dodging it, only for seven or eight roots behind her
to whip upward
and crash down!
"Tch!"
Fang Yuxuan's heart sank. Still airborne, she had nothing to push off of,
let alone any way to dodge.
"Rail...!"
Fortunately, she was no amateur. She had never faced this exact sort of attack, but
years of fighting had taught her, almost
down to her bones, how to deal with danger.
She thrust out a hand and pulled a fistful of gleaming silver coins from inside her coat. At the same time, fierce blue lightning
erupted around her!
Bzzzzzt!
The coins scattered through the air. The girl twisted sharply in midair to