The Beautiful Princess's Ring

Suddenly, Shiro turned his head to look out of the valley. "Hmm? It's been triggered? It seems they were prepared all along."

Shiro's Magic Barrier has two triggering methods: one is passive triggering when someone approaches, and the other is active triggering by Shiro himself. He still has some control over the Magic Barrier he sets up.

It's not that Shiro couldn't keep it running continuously; Shiro just felt it was unnecessary, after all, he was still a kind person.

The current situation is that the people of Hoshigakure have triggered the Magic Barrier. Therefore, if Shiro makes a little deduction based on the time, it is not difficult to reach this conclusion.

Furthermore, since Shiro has a certain connection with the Magic Barrier, the activation of the Magic Barrier inevitably attracts some of Shiro's attention.

At this moment, many Hoshigakure also noticed this and together they manipulated the tail-shaped Chakra to attack Shiro!

However, in the face of their attack, Shiro merely glanced at them indifferently, slightly raised his right hand adorned with a ring, and a beam of green light broke through the outer shell of Shiro's Projection, shining forth!

"Angelica Catay! (The Ring of the Beautiful Princess)"

In an instant, the tail-shaped Chakra that was rushing towards Shiro dissipated into mist halfway through its path!

"The Ring of the Beautiful Princess"

Grade: C

Type: Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm / Barrier Noble Phantasm

Range: 1~10

Maximum capture: 30 people

Angelica·Catay

The Magecraft ring possessed by Angelica, the beautiful princess from a foreign land who caused Roland, one of the Twelve Paladins, and his brother Rinaldo to fall in love, has the power to nullify all Magecraft.

Bradamante, who acquired the ring through a series of coincidences, used it to save her lover Ruggiero during a battle against the evil Magecraft Atlante.

At the same time, Magic Resistance skills that were originally at level C will become level A, and they will also gain Magecraft dispelling skills.

However, since Shiro does not Magic Resistance, Shiro only triggered the second effect, namely the Magecraft dispel skill.

Shiro used the skill granted by this Noble Phantasm after its release to simultaneously dispel their Mysterious Peacock Method, which is why Shiro didn't use the Rule Breaker.

While the Rule Breaker can achieve this effect without needing to unleash Noble Phantasm, and may even be more effective, it is ultimately a single-target Rule Breaker, and being a dagger, it's easy to fail in this situation with so many enemies around.

This ring, however, is different. Its Magecraft dispelling skill can dispel the Mysterious Peacock Method over a wide area, making it ideal for this battle.

What followed was a complete massacre.

While having a single, exceptional skill can be incredibly useful, once it's countered, it's a recipe for disaster.

The current Hoshigakure is the most obvious example. After the Mysterious Peacock Method was dispelled, they were almost all in a daze, while Shiro seized the opportunity and rushed straight towards the Hoshikage!

Regardless of how much credibility his title of "Shadow" has, since the people of Hoshigakure have acknowledged it, he is now the backbone of this village. Once he dies, Shiro's subsequent actions will proceed much more smoothly!

The fact that the other party was able to sit in the position of Hoshikage is naturally not simple. Although their methods were a bit foolish, that was due to their limited perspective, not their combat skills.

When Shiro turned his gaze to him, he was already retreating rapidly, while his hands began to Hand Seals quickly, preparing to use the Mysterious Peacock Method again!

The others naturally reacted as well, but none of them stepped forward. Instead, they quickly Hand Seals and casually gathered a little Chakra to stop Shiro.

However, this hastily executed Mysterious Peacock Method had no effect on Shiro at all, and was even very slow. Shiro didn't even need to use the Magecraft dispel; he simply dodged it with a few simple jumps.

However, just as the relay began, Shiro had barely dodged the attacks of numerous Hoshigakure when the attacks of the three elders came in the blink of an eye, and they were clearly stronger than the attacks of the other Hoshigakure!

"Tsk, what a nuisance, deactivate!"

Instead of dodging, Shiro activated his Magecraft dispel skill again, directly negating their attacks, and charged towards Hoshikage!

"It still works!"

When Hoshikage saw that Shiro had broken the Mysterious Peacock Method again, his pupils suddenly contracted. He originally thought that this was a one-time use ninjutsu, or Ninjutsu with a relatively high cost, but who knew that it could be used twice so easily.

Thinking of this, he slightly changed the seal in his hand, abandoning the use of the Beast Transformation, which would involve forming a ferocious beast to attack.

That technique consumes a lot of Chakra; once it's countered, he won't have much left.

After changing his battle strategy, his giant Chakra tail quickly took shape. Just as Shiro was about to release it, to Shiro's surprise, the tail-shaped Chakra did not attack Shiro.

Instead, it quickly shoved into the ground in front of him, and then with a sudden jerk, a huge boulder flew towards Shiro!

Holy crap! There's such a thing?!

Shiro quickly dodged the boulder. Shiro was about to dispel the Mysterious Peacock Method to make the Chakra consume more chakra, while also buying himself more time to advance.

Just as he was about to make a move, he noticed that all the surrounding Hoshigakure were following suit, constantly throwing stones at Shiro.

"Holy crap!"

It's impossible for Shiro to perform a full release again now. The Chakra consumption of that thing is a minor issue; the key is the significant mental strain it inflicts. Shiro can't do it many times.

Therefore, he could only dodge while thinking of a countermeasure, but he still miscalculated. Shiro's understanding of the Mysterious Peacock Method was not high; he was only limited to a few uses and had not thought of this point.

So now the trouble has begun; this is the consequence of inadequate planning.

After dodging for a while, Shiro hardened his heart and decided to use that move. Although it would put a much higher strain on him now, it was better than failing.

Having come this far, how could Shiro possibly give up willingly!

However, just as Shiro was about to make his move, he was interrupted by a flying boulder. This interruption made Shiro calm down a bit, and he rejected the plan.

Shiro's idea was to simultaneously release the Blood Maiden of the Dragon Girl and the Magic Flute of Astolfo, who was being hand-swept, in order to completely defeat them.

However, there is a serious problem: the load is too heavy. It's not a big deal that the Blood Maiden is an E-rank Noble Phantasm. Although the Chakra consumption is a bit high, it doesn't put too much pressure on Shiro's Magic Circuits.

Shiro can still handle it, but once Aso's C-rank Magic Flute Astolfo, Shiro's burden will be huge. You know, he just freed a beautiful C-rank princess!

This level of stress can range from a temporary loss of combat ability to the complete destruction of Magic Circuits, rendering someone useless!

Moreover, even if the latter scenario is less likely, the first scenario is still quite serious. Even if Shiro wipes out all the Hoshigakure, he himself will still lose his fighting ability.

Now that he has no teammates to protect him, he'll truly be leaving his life to fate.

Shiro would never use this, but it did remind him of a tactic he hadn't used in a long time.