Magical Girls Exposed!

She looked in surprise at Ayaka charging toward her, then at her newly awakened Shining 2 form, an unreadable emotion in her eyes.

"She actually awakened... at a time like this?"

Seeing Ayaka like this brought someone's silhouette back into the Fear Demon's memories.

But this time, it was not her little sister. It was someone else—the person she... hated.

Boom!!

While the Fear Demon was lost in her memories, Ayaka had already reached her.

Gripping her shield with both hands, she swung it like a heavy greatsword, slashing at the Fear Demon with its slightly sharpened edge.

The Fear Demon raised a hand to meet the attack. Her arm, covered in demonic markings, collided with Tsukinomiya Ayaka's attack in midair, producing a deafening crash.

And that was only the first blow.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

Ayaka swung her enormous shield relentlessly, putting almost her entire body's strength into every strike aimed at the Fear Demon's vitals.

Yet the Fear Demon merely raised her hands to respond, catching every attack Ayaka brought down.

For some reason, the collisions between arm and shield sounded like exploding shells. One pursued and the other retreated, covering several miles in mere moments.

"Just... die!!!"

With anger surging through her heart, Ayaka's presence almost overwhelmed the Fear Demon's for an instant.

Seeing that the Fear Demon did nothing but defend, Ayaka turned her shield again and slammed it down, smashing it hard into the ground!

Thud!

The instant the shield struck the ground, an enormous ring of spectral images appeared above its silver-gray surface.

That spectral image split into countless pieces in an instant, forming enormous shield walls that completely enclosed the Fear Demon.

Shield joined shield, blocking every escape route the Fear Demon had. Only the sky remained open, with a massive gap overhead.

But