Kyonko stared blankly with her mouth slightly open at the monsters that had been swatted flat like pancake dice, the corner of her mouth twitching despite herself. "Th-this really is impossible to solve."
Her gaze shifted to Jiu Ming. As though he had noticed her look, he grinned. Everyone abruptly discovered circles of spiraling black cracks appearing around them. The formed black cracks took the shape of a dome, enclosing everything around them.
"Uh... what kind of move is this?"
Kyonko looked at the black cracks in confusion. She could see that they were not fragmented, but connected as a whole. Put plainly, it was a single rope bent into this shape!
Once the spiraling Gap had formed, it swiftly opened to both sides, changing from cracks into black bands.
"I think I get it." Watching the transparent flames ignite around Jiu Ming as he focused, Kyonko muttered to herself. His intention was already obvious.
"Whew!" Letting out a long breath, Jiu Ming summoned another Gap before him. As he thrust his sword into it, Laevateinn's blade appeared at one end of the spiraling Gap.
"Just as I thought!" Kyonko cried out. Guided by her sixth sense, she quietly grabbed the fur of the Hairball beneath her. From utter stillness to extreme motion, Jiu Ming's body tightened like a spring twisted several times over, and he put all his strength into sweeping the weapon in his hand in a wide arc!
The blade exposed from the spiraling Gap instantly completed its prearranged track. Its thick blade smashed every approaching monster to pieces, while the airflow it drove formed a whirlwind that swept up the twisted monsters continuously closing in.
"Wah! He only swung his sword once—this is a little too outrageous, isn't it?" Feeling as if she herself were about