When the two Magic Bullets, different in form but incredibly similar in nature, collided, no excess energy leaked out at all, apart from the ripples constantly trembling across the outer shell of the pillar of light.
For an AT Field, which could withstand even attacks from gods, this was an utterly unbelievable sight, but Roland knew it was no illusion.
To break through an absolute territory, aside from overpowering it with strength far beyond its own, the best method was to neutralize it with another AT Field.
Aoko Aozaki could actually turn an AT Field into material for a Magic Bullet?
No... more importantly, where did this thing come from?
The neutralized AT Field kept transmitting certain unusual emotions to Roland: childlike affection, respect, admiration, and a sort of mirth like laughter over a prank.
Moreover, unlike his own AT Field, the absolute territory Aoko Aozaki had borrowed actually carried a hint of this world's Mystery.
Turning a newborn legend into Mystery was one of the properties of the First Magic, and only a [Witch] could accomplish that.
Roland finally knew where that peculiar stirring had come from. Without bothering to withdraw the attack in his hand, he simply stopped feeding it power, and the Magic Bullet, like a pillar of light, fell downstream onto him.
Yet nothing happened.
This pillar of light, which had annihilated everything it touched, also seemed to encounter some irresistible attack.
Like an illusion that had never existed, the entire pillar of light vanished just as it was about to pass through Roland.
"How surprising. Even if that strike couldn't defeat you, it should have knocked you underground."
A voice full of mockery descended from above. Aoko Aozaki looked down at Roland, a trace of surprise in her cool voice.
"I'm the one who should