The banks of the Mion River had become a scorching hell.
Ibaraki Douji no longer needed to restore any magical energy.
The first Command Spell displayed the bearing of an oni king.
The second Command Spell unleashed her full power, leaving nothing alive within her sight.
The third Command Spell made her devour her Master.
Three Command Spells made Ibaraki Douji's magical energy erupt like a volcano, bringing forth tangible, terrifying power like a natural disaster.
"Urgh—ah!"
Diarmuid was flung away by a sweeping wave of flame and crashed to the ground in the distance once more. Ignoring the searing pain, he forced himself to his feet, his eyes filled with shock as he looked at Ibaraki Douji.
He had never encountered an enemy like this.
Neither in life nor after death.
Such a mad Servant, such a mad Master—he had never seen anything like them.
But how could he possibly retreat before an enemy like this—
"That guy said it, didn't he?"
Flames blazed from Ibaraki Douji's eyes. Her reason had nearly vanished completely, and a trace of blood still lingered at the corner of her mouth.
"There's no need for anything alive to exist within my sight."
She gripped the Nameless Bone Blade, her sharp canine teeth bared.
At last, Ibaraki looked like a hideous, frenzied evil oni.
"I can't get revenge on that guy for forcing me to eat that disgusting thing, but—"
"Right now—I'm absolutely furious!!!"
Along with Ibaraki Douji's raging fury, the phantom image of Rashomon faintly appeared behind her.
Then—
Her feet exerted force.
—BOOM!!!
The ground was crushed into a massive crater beneath Ibaraki's tremendous strength. The Bush Fire wrapped around the bone blade was no longer just a few wisps of flame; it tore a huge wave of fire through the air