Just as I had expected, Phoenix was SpiCa's trump card. When the assault force simply couldn't break through, she was sent to blast open a breach.
She was a bomber that was hot in every sense of the word.
The burning phoenix, crowned with a sun, beat her wings and instantly scattered vast swaths of magical fire phosphor. Carried by the scorching wind, it poured through the opening into the Enheria Stronghold in great quantities, even reaching the corridor outside the Proxy's office...
Then.
Everything in sight became a sea of fire.
Witches burned, witches were blasted off their feet, and witches scrambled to fight the fires and rescue others.
The entire Enheria Stronghold descended into chaos, yet even so...
"Miluno, did you know? During World War II, LeMay Barbecue killed more people in Japan than those two nuclear bombs did..."
The Proxy merely closed the door to keep the fire phosphor from drifting inside.
"Is this really the time to talk about that?"
"Miluno, are you worried about the fire?"
She turned around and clasped her hands behind her back.
"Enheria has a comprehensive disaster prevention system. The disaster control team will handle the fires... Attention, all combat teams! Have all noncombatants withdraw to headquarters. Close the isolation doors to prevent explosions from reaching the core area... We need to stay calm and think about how to counterattack."
She issued those orders in the middle of speaking.
"Withdraw? You're abandoning the positions at the entrance?"
"Don't be so impatient. Everything is still under my control. Inviting them inside is one way of defeating them... Besides, they can't get in themselves, can they?"
As she spoke, the Proxy turned and headed toward the more enclosed bedroom.
"Where are you going?"
"To change my clothes. It's about time I took to