Brilliant lightning spread out from beneath Mikoto Misaka's feet.
Like a scene out of myth brought to life, the instant the thunderbolt descended from the sky, radiance carrying endless heat raced out in all directions.
Her surroundings had already become scorched earth. Even the steel buried deep underground glowed a searing red.
"Is this guy... a monster?"
Yet despite having created this apocalyptic scene with her own hands, Mikoto Misaka's expression only grew graver.
"So that unusual power is what you call Magnetic Field Power? It's a lot more interesting than I imagined."
At the center of the sizzling inferno, Accelerator let out a mocking laugh.
Lingering gales swirled around his white hair, while beneath his feet ran a river of steel glowing as red-hot as lava.
Yet even in this apocalypse, he remained completely unscathed.
She had put everything into that strike, but it hadn't hurt him at all.
The implications of that fact made Mikoto Misaka's brow furrow deeply.
"Not coming at me again? It's not often I get interested, Number Three!"
Accelerator casually brushed the dust off himself and grinned viciously.
As though flaunting his power, he didn't even bother moving, merely stamping his foot where he stood.
Yet that simple action put Mikoto Misaka on full alert. Her long legs beneath her safety shorts kicked hard against the ground.
Ash flew everywhere in an instant. With a sharp crack, the path beneath her feet shattered as though struck by a shell.
Using the recoil, the girl floated into the air and landed on a brick attached to rebar that had suddenly risen on one side under magnetic force.
Though her foothold was no larger than the tip of the rebar, Mikoto Misaka stood firmly on it.
Back when she had only her Esper Ability, she had