Maria slowly narrowed her eyes as she watched white mist seep from the building she had attacked.
She still had one crossbow bolt left in her hand, but instead of firing it, she swung it around as a weapon.
Beside her, Skullshatterer, whom she had kicked flying, struggled out from the pile of rubble, covered in several more wounds.
Fear spread through him, stimulating his nerves.
His breathing became somewhat erratic.
Although he tried hard to control his breathing, merely facing Maria made his legs tremble uncontrollably.
But...
Glancing at the girl crouching and shivering in the corner, Skullshatterer once again steeled his resolve and stared straight at Maria!
But this time, he did not hesitate.
He decisively raised the grenade launchers in both hands, and his Originium Arts activated instantly!
In the blink of an eye, ammunition poured forth!
Violently unstable Originium Arts began to rage, even triggering explosions in midair!
Thick smoke and dust billowed up at once!
Yet Maria barely reacted.
Those attacks were powerful, but to her, they were merely something she could withstand by taking one or two steps back.
She could dodge, but there was no need.
Standing amid the smoke, Maria watched the shifting dust. After silently sensing it for a moment, she decisively threw the crossbow bolt in her hand to the side!
Bang!
The launched bolt whipped up a gust of wind and, in an instant, pierced Skullshatterer as he attempted to charge through the smoke, pinning him firmly against the wall!
"Urgh!"
The penetrating wound made Skullshatterer cry out in pain, and thin streams of blood seeped from beneath the gas mask concealing his face!
"An interesting tactic, but... tactics are not always useful."
Maria walked toward him calmly, her expression unchanged.
It had to be said that Skullshatterer had