[The Demon King!
Ever since they had become Magical Girls, the Demon King had been nothing more than a legend. Now he sat openly above them all!
He truly lived up to the title of king. Merely sitting there and looking down at them, he exerted tremendous pressure.
The weaker Shiori and Kanon bent beneath it. Shiori, already drained from the earlier fight, even dropped to one knee.
That alone showed how crushing the pressure was.
Luna fared a little better, but she could barely move under its weight.
The other Magical Girls appeared unaffected. With Shining 2 active, they could ignore the Despair Magic radiating from the Demon King.
But the problem was...
This was merely the aura he gave off without trying.
"Heh. Magical Girls really do get worse with every generation."
The Demon King watched their reactions and gave a cold laugh.
"I thought an enemy capable of provoking a response from the Despair Will would be formidable. But it turns out... even the strongest of you amounts to no more than this."
His gaze fell on Xiao Qiu.
Without rising, he lifted his right hand and pointed a finger at the sky.
A pitch-black spear appeared above his fingertip.
Without warning or another word, he turned his finger toward Yu Muqiu and flicked it. The spear vanished from the air!
BOOM!!!
An explosion erupted where Xiao Qiu stood. A haze of magic spread outward and swallowed her figure.
Only then did Xiaoxia and the others realize what had happened. They spun toward her.
"Xiao Qiu!!!"
Chen Xiaoxia shouted, cold sweat running down her forehead.
What... just happened?
She searched her memory, trying to reconstruct the moment.
Before anyone could react, the spear had crossed the distance and reached Xiao Qiu!
Chen Xiaoxia had not seen its