A moment later, Lola appeared in the great hall of the imperial palace.
Setting strength aside, Fairy Dragon Miss's peerless beauty alone was enough to draw everyone's gaze. Yet Pargoris clearly had no eye for female beauty; he merely scrutinized Lola with an appraising look.
Fairy Dragon Miss appeared utterly composed—or, more accurately, naturally airheaded. You can glare all you want; I'll stay blank all I want.
"Sure enough, the peak of the Kingdom stage. Very good." Sensing the fluctuations of power from Lola, Pargoris's eyes lit up, and he made no attempt to conceal his admiration. "Lola, attack me once with all your strength."
Fairy Dragon Miss seemed not to have heard clearly. "What?"
The Dragon Emperor was exceedingly patient and repeated himself. "With all your—"
The instant Pargoris opened his mouth, Fairy Dragon Miss abruptly launched a sneak attack.
In the blink of an eye, her body transformed into structures like rippling water. Almost at the same time, Pargoris and the throne behind him were frozen into an ice sculpture.
Instant freeze.
Several elders proficient in elemental power, including Meriya, could tell that this seemingly simple strike was profoundly mysterious. It contained not only the "freezing" of the water element, but also the "solidification" of the earth element. The two elemental powers had stacked together flawlessly, unleashing several times their usual might.
Before most of the elders could react, a bolt of purple lightning carrying terrifying power pierced through the ice sculpture, shattering it completely.
Everyone was startled, but Pargoris's body had not been reduced to powder along with it. What had shattered was merely a humanoid shell.
A "ball" appeared in the Dragon Emperor's hand—a sphere of light constantly wreathed in lightning. It was precisely Lola's strongest attack.
No one found this result surprising. Pargoris was the