Larkspur looked coldly at Sparrow on the ground. As she stepped forward, Fawo Runes flew from her sleeves. Soon, the runes settled around the unconscious Sparrow's neck, coiling around the Heart Gem and becoming a blue pattern like a collar.
But that was not all. Next, she condensed a small Magic Barrier into a dome, sealing Sparrow inside.
This was one of the techniques every Magical Girl under the Investigation Institute had to master, and one that only the Investigation Institute could use: the Anti-Magic Technique.
Its conditions for use were quite demanding. It could only be cast after the enemy's resistance had been neutralized. True to its name, the technique could completely prevent its target from using magic or transforming. Its duration varied according to the caster's magical strength.
Larkspur had no intention of killing Sparrow. Based on the information she had learned earlier, the organization called Claw Mark was a priority target wanted by the Kingdom. Leaving a survivor for the Kingdom should yield quite a bit of information.
Though there were indeed some issues between her and the Kingdom, Sparrow's group had caused such a mess in Fangting City that they had crossed the limit of her tolerance.
If she had still harbored even the slightest misgivings before, she had now made up her mind completely: once this was over, she had to call the Investigation Institute in.
Only after finishing all this did she stagger two steps back and disperse the magic radiating around her.
No one noticed that she was already drenched in cold sweat.
Rather, she felt far worse than she appeared. The searing pain in her head alone made it feel as though her skull were about to explode. The intensity of that pain was enough to make an ordinary person cry out