Sky Striker Ace, but Symphogear

Tiger sharks, black widows, goshawks, hornets—an assortment of mimic animal companions kept appearing from the black mist, enduring the barrage of fire as they lunged at Chris from every direction.

After gathering enough combat data, Raye had roughly determined what it would take to kill her opponent.

Then, under the cover of the animal companions, she stepped forward and swung her blade. A red flash swept toward the girl's neck from her blind spot.

If destroying the heart did not work, then she would destroy the neck. No matter how powerful a creature was, it should surely die once its head was severed.

"Damn it!"

Chris noticed Raye's movement and tried to dodge, but a goshawk seized her shoulder, a shark bit down on her calf, and the poison that had been steadily injected into her made it difficult for her to move for the moment.

"It's over."

The blade rushed toward her neck, about to behead her for certain.

But her body suddenly stiffened. Movement became difficult, as though every action had to bear the weight of a mountain.

"This is... from my senior?"

Looking at the sharp blade pinning Raye's shadow, Chris realized that the reinforcements she had been waiting for had finally arrived.

"Chris-chan, are you okay... Eek, Chris-chan, you're so hot!"

A yellow figure rushed over. After scattering the mimic animals around Chris, she discovered that Chris's body was burning hot.

"I'm fine. More importantly, we need to take this chance to finish Raye... Wait, what is she doing?!"

Grateful for Hibiki Tachibana's timely support, Chris anxiously wanted to decide the battle.

But when she turned her gaze toward Raye, who had temporarily been restrained by Tsubasa Kazanari's Shadow Stitch, she noticed a new change appearing on Raye's body.

"Threat, threat, threat level rising! Alert, requesting