A few tenths of a second were enough. That was because the nature of vacuum magecraft was that, once activated, it could be called instantaneous.
But the problem was that activating the Mystic Eyes of Enchantment required eye contact. At the very least... if she wanted to restrict the other party's movements, she would have to endure an attack of the same level herself.
Altrouge considered it for only an instant. For some inexplicable reason, trust made her habitually raise her eyes. In that moment, disregarding the world-destroying spell rushing toward her, she abruptly met Narbareck's gaze, and her left eye instantly turned scarlet!!
"Are you trying to get yourself killed?! Damn it, you—" Narbareck had sensed that something was wrong the moment Rimuru spoke. Now, seeing Altrouge disregard her own life as though she wanted to drag Narbareck down with her, she cursed furiously—
You're the crazy ones, you bastards?!
Yet before she could finish speaking, her mind went blank. It was as if the entire world had been reduced to nothing but Altrouge's... beautiful eye.
The time was brief—perhaps no more than the instant a flash of white light appeared. The next moment, terrifying vacuum magecraft swept in, and Rimuru arrived before the two of them. Taking over from Altrouge, just as Narbareck recovered and tried to retreat, Rimuru suddenly transformed into a wave of blood. While forcibly pinning Narbareck in place, he unceremoniously kicked Altrouge away.
"Eh?!" Before Altrouge could react, pain struck her chest. The instant she was sent flying, it was as though the earth itself had been forcibly squeezed apart by the vacuum. Rubble rolled, and the ground split open!
Even the clouds overhead seemed to have been cleaved in two in an instant—
"Leviathan?!" Seeing this, Altrouge could no longer be angry. Her