"Has Grimoire Heart really become this full of itself? You dared to openly hurt my woman while I was within reach. Are you—" The faint azure magic swirling around Achill instantly turned blood-red and surged outward, enveloping him in an aura of savage bloodlust. His long hair and haori fluttered without wind. His icy eyes fixed on the direction Bluenote had flown as he roared, biting off each word, "That eager to die?! Huh?!"
As he roared, powerful blood-red magic gathered in his left hand again. He leaned forward and shot straight toward Bluenote like a sword, reaching the rock face Bluenote had crashed into in an instant!
"Die!" His right hand clamped onto the Moon White Scabbard of the pale, moon-white blade at his left hip. With a furious roar, he drew it! A cold, brilliant streak of snowy white flashed past, instantly cleaving the enormous rock face clean in two—
At the same time, he slashed his left hand downward, sending the powerful blood-red magic gathered there crashing into the two halves of the rock!
Rumble—!
An enormous cross, one stroke white and the other red, flashed before him. Amid the deafening roar of shattering stone, the massive rock face was utterly destroyed, blasted into chunks of rubble.
"Achill!" Only then did Le Qi and the others, stunned once again by the fierce succession of attacks, finally recover from the joy of his arrival. They stared at his back, their faces filled with surprise, delight, and excitement.
The instant his attack exploded, Achill pulled back to avoid the dust. At the same time, he rapidly swung his blade, cutting apart every stone flying toward the others.
He landed beside Mira. Looking at her lying on the ground, still unable to stand yet smiling up at him, Achill drew