It was like light blooming in the darkness, a violent white radiance.
Victoria felt as though she had looked straight into a blazing sun. Her body swayed, and her forehead throbbed.
And this was with Vanessa's back to her. If she had not been behind Vanessa, but facing her as an enemy instead...
She shuddered involuntarily.
The enormous monster opposite them thrashed its tentacles as it charged wildly toward them, an evil gleam in the rows of tiny eyes on its head.
It paid little attention to Vanessa's attack, merely closing half its eyes.
Yet, in the next instant, the huge monster abruptly froze.
As though electrocuted, it stopped moving, its entire body trembling incessantly.
The white radiance, seemingly solidified, crashed down over its head like surging lightning!
But it had been struck by [Spirituality Pressure] while running at full speed. Its movements had stopped, but its momentum had not disappeared.
It continued stumbling forward along its previous trajectory, like a ball of rags someone had thrown. As it tumbled, an unknown number of its tentacles snapped, and wounds large and small were gouged into its body.
By the time it reached Vanessa, it no longer looked like a monster, but a heap of mangled flesh.
Behind it lay a deep furrow plowed through the ground, filled with dark blood and flesh.
Victoria stared blankly at Vanessa's back.
The power of that spell had far exceeded her imagination.
Even standing behind Vanessa, she had felt that instant of searing heat.
Victoria considered herself fairly familiar with Vanessa.
Low rank, a Path related to [Spirit Vision], fond of reading, and possessed of an absurdly powerful talent for finding clues in books.
Victoria knew about Paths related to [Spirit Vision].
Their abilities mostly leaned toward support. Their effects were good, but their