The Best Combination, Saiba

(Babaluno)

"Ceruno!"

The slightly dark-skinned, white-haired witch spread her arms wide and pounced on my bubble in a starfish shape. She bounced up and down twice, but this also made the bubble fall faster, eventually landing in front of the imprisoned "Great Blood".

However, Terra's power can still be transmitted, so it's not a big problem. The "Great Blood" that was imprisoned has already stopped thrashing about.

"Ha, well done! They actually locked up 'Black Pool'?"

Miluno hugged me and said this, but unlike before, she no longer moved with that clumsy sluggishness; she had truly returned to her own body.

"The 'Great Blood' cannot fly. Until Sirius and the others reclaim the Engine Department and restart the City School, I intend to keep an eye on it from here."

Is it 'blood'?

Miluno knowingly.

"However, the 'Supreme Council' won't just let us leave. Look, a group of enthusiastic fans have come to welcome us!"

Noticing the fall of the "Great Blood," the Monster and witches near the north side of the City School jumped down from the City School, and even the enemy's lurking figures could be seen at the edge of the Betelgeuse's Great Crater...

There are quite a few of them!

The "Supreme Council" is more powerful than we thought; the troops they handed over to Daddy were just a small portion of cannon fodder.

"What should we do? We can't beat them on our own, can we?"

My magic focuses on defense, while Miluno, though swift, lacks area-of-effect damage and ranged attack methods.

Miluno hugged me tightly from behind and whispered in my ear.

"Don't worry, our combination is invincible."

Her composure gave me courage; with Miluno by my side, I felt as if I could defy the entire world...

Moreover, she said "we".

There are more than just two people here: Ceruno, Barbara, Miss Terra, and also Miluno and Mono... and perhaps even some Azura?

Although there are only two of us, each of us is not an independent individual. The power of the fusion of multiples brings about geometric growth in strength, and this qualitative change cannot be compensated for by quantity.

Therefore, these so-called Monster and witches are not worth taking seriously at all!

Miluno grasped my hand holding the Trident, her magic flowing like a mighty river into my wand, merging seamlessly with my spells and creating a new transformation...

At the moment of release, the ruby at the tip of the spear shone with a dark golden brilliance. Bathed in this light, every Monster and witch within sight was frozen in time by the bubble.

"See? Ceruno, when we're together, we can even stop time for the enemy." Miluno's tone was very proud.

Time and space.

The combination of these two spells creates such a powerful effect that not only the Monster and witches near "Great Blood," but even the enemies at the edge of "Betelgeuse's Great Crater" were turned into specimens by the time-stopped bubbles.

"Wow, that's amazing! We're not just super strong, we're incredible!"

I was genuinely surprised. I think I now understand the meaning of the saying that confidence is built on strength.

"Miluno, you must have used up a lot of magic power, right?"

"Hmm? It's not much compared to the results achieved."

Miluno replied mysteriously, "The magic I infused into the bubbles isn't time stop, but simply time deceleration. Every enemy you enchant with a bubble is slowed down by more than a hundred times; one second equals two minutes of time. That's practically time stop."

As she spoke, she drew her weapon and walked towards the nearest Monster.

"Wait, are we still going to kill them after all this?"

"Of course, they are our enemies. You should stop being so naive. Maintaining this number of bubbles is very mana-intensive for us... Compassion and forgiveness are based on strength, and we don't have that strength yet."

I understand what Miluno means.

But if I were to take someone else's life, I still couldn't do it as easily as she did... No, it wouldn't be easy for Miluno either, would it?

She just had a greater sense of awareness than I did.

"I see."

Suppressing the trembling in my wrists, I gripped the Trident tightly.

A rumbling sound came from below the City School. Sirius and Miss Metal had finally recaptured the Engine Department and the Power Crystal.

They succeeded.

A few minutes later, the City School finally took off.

Miluno sheathed her short sword; she was covered in blood... the blood of her enemies.

"Once we reach a certain height, 'Great Hemostasis' will no longer be able to land at the City School. At that time, I'll carry you up there."

I'm about the same.

The Ruby Trident's ability to cut through hair and slice iron silently makes it a deadly weapon against enemies who can't fight back. It can even pierce through the cockpit of Miluno's bipedal mech, which requires some effort to use.

If I were truly determined to deal with these enemies, I might be even more efficient than Miluno.

"Hey! You two, it's about time you came up!"

Only when the City School flies up can you see that a large hole has been opened below the City School by the "Great Blood". It drilled into that hole and broke through to the surface. At this moment, Quanyin- san waved to us from a distance through that hole.

"They're here!"

Miluno responded, and without caring how dirty we were, she picked me up by the waist.

"Let's go back."

"I... I can walk by myself."

Perhaps due to the Crystallization effect, the bruises on the "tree roots" no longer hurt.

She replied, "I'm just hugging you to reward myself. You've always been treated like a teddy bear by other people, but I've never received this treatment..."

"You've been holding him while you sleep all night, haven't you?"

"Think about it carefully, who was hugging whom?"

"Hmm..."

Because Ceruno's sleeping posture is rather unrestrained and free-spirited, even if she falls asleep in a stable position, she might wake up with her head at the foot of the bed, or wrapped around Miluno like an octopus... Whenever this happens, Miluno wakes up before getting up.

She was afraid of waking me up...

Wearing a gravity-blocking bubble, Miluno leaped hundreds of feet high, even kicking the cage of "Great Blood" to propel herself like a rocket to the edge of the City School.

Standing in the Garden District, looking down at the increasingly smaller Black Mud below.

Part of, perhaps the largest part of, our "Great Will"... Did we defeat such an opponent?

"Even if it's a stationary target, you'll get tired of constantly chopping at it..."

Miluno stretched her stiff arms, and her gaze toward me gradually turned serious.

"Ceruno, promise me one thing."

"Huh?"

"Please stop using the power of Earth's Will. I really don't want to lose you..."

Oh, so that's what we were talking about.

"I know."

Unless absolutely necessary... I don't want to disappear.

Let's leave the Crystallization here for now, Miss Terra?