Hoshino did not shout, "Become a star!" because that would have been far too silly and sweet, completely at odds with her arrogant image.
She grabbed Saria's tail. A Vouivre's tail really did feel wonderful. Its scales were finer and smoother than a snake's, like cool, dry leather. Touching it was practically addictive.
Unfortunately, she could only stroke it for that brief moment.
The next instant, Saria was flung away without any power to resist. Hoshino tilted her head, mockery glinting in her crimson eyes.
Because this was an independent space under her control, she was the law here. Hoshino could do whatever she pleased.
Even comic-book effects like this were no trouble.
Saria would be thrown out, turn into a star, then crash heavily to the ground. Perhaps she would even leave a human-shaped crater, with the outline of her tail imprinted clearly within it.
Hoshino shaded her eyes with one hand and narrowed them, seemingly trying to make out Saria's trajectory as she fell.
Her aim was quite accurate.
Saria had been thrown in exactly the direction Muelsyse was fleeing. Walking through the endless cold rain, she must have sensed the foreign object falling from the sky.
What a pity.
If she had kept walking forward, they could have collided.
Hoshino shook her head and slowly sat down, patiently awaiting her next hunt. When the time came, she would ride the Xuanyuan Sword like a skateboard, streaking across the sky like a dark crimson meteor and bringing despair down upon the two below.
Hoshino also knew they would never submit.
But forcing flowers that would never bow their heads to lower them like wheat stalks was not without its own amusement.
As for the reward...
Another form of Fenghuang Down, The Mortal Realm Is Hard to Cross. Honestly,