Of all the creatures present, the only one who could react in time was Black String Moon, who had remained intensely focused on him.
The threads under her control immediately swarmed toward the Mechanical Maiden's wrist.
But just then, the thread around her little finger suddenly tightened. She felt the signal Lynn had sent her.
They had discussed this beforehand.
At a critical moment, if he tugged on the thread connecting them, he was telling her...
Don't intervene!
And because of that brief hesitation, the razor-sharp Monomolecular Sword sliced into Lynn's skull as easily as cutting through vegetables.
[Ding! You have suffered a fatal blow. The Doll Substitute's curse effect has activated! Doll Substitutes remaining: 3] [Ding! You have suffered double the pain and torment. Your M charge has reached max!]
At that instant.
Lynn's vision suddenly went black, but just as his consciousness dispersed, it swiftly reassembled.
Where the Monomolecular Sword had struck, Lynn's body abruptly vanished, leaving only a decapitated rag doll that fell to the ground with a giggle.
The Mechanical Girl instantly turned her head, her icy gaze snapping onto a direction several hundred meters away.
The Doll Substitute's special effect had resurrected him a full five hundred meters away.
And that was Lynn's plan!
He knew that fighting this Mechanical Maiden, whose strength far surpassed theirs, head-on was meaningless.
They had to kite her!
Only by taking that tactic to its absolute limit would they have even the slightest chance of defeating her!
"Miss Doll!!"
Lynn shouted, wrenching off the Plague Doctor Mask. His pitch-black Curse Eye sent black capillaries spreading across half his face, making him look as hideous as a Vengeful Ghost.
At the same time, Black String Moon's threads reached the Mechanical Maiden's wrists and body.
Crack, crack, crack-
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