The Comet Leaping Across the Battlefield

"Th-That's incredible..."

Elsewhere, Ais had already struggled to her feet and gathered her companions together. When she witnessed Leo summon the Twelve Star Beasts and suppress the Tainted Fairy, the shock in her heart escaped her lips.

The Tainted Fairy that had single-handedly swept through and defeated the entire main force of the Loki Familia was being firmly suppressed by Leo alone, and was even being purified, on the verge of destruction...

That magic... that power...

Was that Leo's full strength at this stage?

So he had already become this strong—stronger even than her...

Ais was deeply moved and shaken. For a while, she stood there dazed, unable to speak.

Yet Ais failed to notice that Leo, holding Starlight high, had gone deathly pale. His forehead was drenched in sweat, his eyes filled with exhaustion, and his entire body swayed as though he were about to collapse.

No, he was not about to collapse. He had already collapsed.

Just as Virgo Star was about to completely purify the Tainted Fairy, Leo could no longer hold on. His body swayed, and he slowly fell to the ground, crashing into the dirt.

"Bzz."

The twelve Star Beasts, like natural disasters given form, turned translucent at that moment. Then they all shuddered, dissolved into Demonic Power light that shook the air, and vanished without a trace.

"What?"

Ais was startled by the sight.

"Gurgle, gurgle."

The remaining flesh of the Tainted Fairy, which had nearly been purified, began to writhe. Like a tumor of flesh, it started regenerating at a frightening speed. "Leo!"

Ais could no longer spare attention for it. She rushed to Leo's side and lifted him into her arms.

His complexion was still terrible, and he had completely fallen unconscious.

This was...

"Mind exhaustion!"

In an instant, Ais understood everything.