Tiamat's Death? Part Two (Continued)

Super-tier magic had extremely long casting times and cooldowns. The casting time could be skipped with items, but the cooldown could not be canceled.

Until that cooldown had passed, she could not use any super-tier magic again.

"Is it really okay to tell me something like that?"

"It won't affect the outcome anyway." Aya displayed a level of calmness beyond expectations.

The fox said, "You really do know your place."

The gap in strength was simply too vast. With [Reverse Summoning] sealed, Aya had no possibility of escaping Tamamo-no-Mae on her own.

If she had been given a month, she could have raised an army of magical beasts capable of contending with Tamamo-no-Mae, or even finding an opportunity to surround and attack her.

But right now, Aya had nothing.

"Still, you should feel honored. You forced me to use a method like [Return to the Past] to make sure I killed you," the fox said.

However, from another perspective, [Return to the Past] was an absolutely invincible method with no possible countermeasures.

The moment Tamamo-no-Mae decided to do this, everything was over.

Or rather, the moment Fujimaru Ritsuka saw Aya's death through her future-sight Clairvoyance, everything had already been decided.

Aya's death was a reality confirmed by the entire world.

"[Return to the Past]... it's practically cheating," Aya murmured. "That isn't your own ability, is it?"

"...How did you guess?"

"It's simple. If you yourself could use [Return to the Past], wouldn't you have done so from the very beginning?" Aya said. "But you didn't. That can only mean [Return to the Past] requires certain conditions to be fulfilled."

Tamamo-no-Mae showed a puzzled expression. She did not understand what meaning there was in Aya saying these things now.

"Since earlier, I've kept seeing strange images. If I'm not mistaken, they're