The battle erupted and fully unfolded in an instant.
Fujimaru Ritsuka did not need to prove anything to this Solomon King whose true identity was unknown. Whether she was humanity's best Master or its worst, she was the only one who could stand here and fight now—so she would stand here.
That was the decision Fujimaru Ritsuka would make.
But Mash and Lawrence were clearly extremely dissatisfied with the words of this false Mage King.
"To hell with your 'humanity's worst Master'!"
Mash roared furiously, using her shield to bat away one of the striking appendages before spreading a shield of light to block the beam fired by that Demon God Pillar-like entity.
"What kind of person our Master is—you have no right to judge her!"
Whoosh—
Lawrence brought her hands together, then shoved them sharply forward—
A thick gemstone mirror layered itself over Mash's shield. Mash naturally understood Lawrence's intentions and slightly adjusted the angle of her guard. The beam was reflected straight back, blasting into the ground at Solomon's feet and erupting in an explosion.
"We came all this way to the Throne of Jade, not to listen to you sneer at humanity." Lawrence's gaze was icy as dozens of rotating gemstone blades appeared around her.
The gemstone blades were not particularly powerful—one could even say their lethality was weak—but as tools for covering attacks, they were more than sufficient.
The gemstone blades flew out toward the Demon God Pillar-like things surrounding the Mage King, drawing away some of their "attention."
Fujimaru Ritsuka clenched her fists and moved upward between Mash and Lawrence.
Arash had just been summoned, and the destructive force of that Noble Phantasm had been tremendous. It suppressed every attack hurled at them and destroyed a considerable portion of the Demon God Pillars' bodies, but