The scenery around Cornflower raced forward through her field of vision. In the deserted streets, the massive Aberrant Beast was the only thing in sight.
Despite being nearly thirty meters tall, this Aberrant Beast was exceptionally agile. Especially in a straight pursuit, it was even faster than the two magical girls in flight.
Because of that, even though Cornflower had used Tether to evade its first pounce, it quickly adjusted its posture and once again reached its claws toward the two magical girls in the air.
The slime covering its entire body proved useful at this moment. Not only did it let the creature glide swiftly through streets that were rather narrow for it, as if skating on dry land, but the splashing slime also sprayed toward the two girls at an even greater speed.
Cornflower had no intention of being touched by that strange slime. The charred ground had already shown that the stuff was anything but harmless.
"One."
After explaining her intent to Nina, she did not hesitate to use the ruler in her hand.
She first led Nina out of the path of the incoming slime—the slime had been flung in a wide spread from the start, so there was very little room for them to maneuver without getting a drop on them—then, without disrupting her movements, slowly raised the ruler before her.
"Two."
As they dodged the slime, there were already extremely few places in this space where they could linger even briefly. The few remaining positions had, as expected, become targets for the Aberrant Beast's charge. In fact, if Cornflower could not come up with a response, they would almost certainly be struck head-on by the Aberrant Beast.
Yet Cornflower remained calm to the very end. The ruler shifted continuously within her vision, searching for