Ice Flowers

It is unclear whether the Calamity of Norwich possesses consciousness, but if it does, its anger towards the Fairy Britain has reached its peak, and it will destroy Norwich and the fairies before it, even in the end.

Hundreds of enormous hands opened simultaneously, gathering immense power within them, mixed with a curse that would kill any fairy who touched them. Moreover, their form continued to grow taller, almost covering the entire Norwich.

Like a withered sunflower.

This thing only needs to fall to smash Norwich to pieces.

Ash's gaze fell upon the ever-growing Calamity, which now towered above the wall of Calamity Ash had created. Even now, it showed no signs of slowing down, its massive hand outstretched, aimed at every direction of Norwich.

"I didn't expect it to reach this level. It seems my previous assessment of Cernunnos was wrong."

She murmured to herself, and just then, her massive body broke through the dark clouds. Norwich, which had been shrouded in darkness for days, finally saw the sunlight.

However, the sunlight did not shine upon Norwich; only shadows, the shadows of Calamity, remained. A pure disparity; even if it were destroyed, the mere fall of this behemoth would be enough to annihilate Norwich.

At this moment, the sounds of the fairies fleeing and making a ruckus ceased. Many fairies, looking at the Shrouding Heaven and Blotting Out the Sun figure, knelt on the ground, crossed their fists, and fell into prayer.

"Your Majesty... we beg you to show your divine power and save us..."

"Child of Prophecy, Child of Prophecy, you can definitely stop it, you definitely can! The Child of Prophecy will come to resolve the Calamity, there is nothing to fear."

Among them, a shoemaker fairy's prayers differed from the others. He did not pray to the Child of Prophecy or the queen, but to the savior from hundreds of years ago, whom he had actually met and even made shoes for.

"Savior, Savior Ash, please save us, just as you have done before..."

On the shore, the croaking of Mors could still be heard, as if it were hitting something, thump thump thump. Ash didn't even glance at Mors beside her, letting it futilely crash against her defenses.

Just then, a person landed beside Ash. It was Mash, who was holding a shield. Ash's eyes narrowed sharply as she looked at the huge shield.

"Um, is this defensive spell limited to this point? That guy... is already twice as strong."

Hearing this, Ash seemed to react in a daze. A complex mix of emotions and confusion flashed in her eyes as she asked the girl before her, "That's enough with the defense. What do you want to do? You shouldn't be here with me now; you should be protecting yourself as much as possible."

This is self-evident. Just like when facing a hurricane, the correct mindset is to try to save yourself and protect your property and companions as much as possible.

Now, Mash should go to Ritsuka's side and deploy her shield.

Mash, however, looked worried. She raised her head and gazed at the lofty shadow of Calamity in the distance.

"I want to protect everyone as much as possible..."

"Are you an idiot? Or are you out of your mind? Why bother with those fairies who have nothing to do with you? There are so many other more worthwhile things to do at a time like this, yet you choose to raise your shield for these fairies, just because of their few hypocritical flatteries?"

Ash suddenly roared at Mash in front of her. Seeing Mash acting like this because of a few words from the fairies, she seemed to see the foolish self she once was, who thought she could save them and that the fairies were worth saving.

Mash was utterly confused. The person before her was protecting the city, yet he was reprimanding her like this. But she looked at her shield, which was now emitting a faint glow. She gritted her teeth and rushed straight towards the Wall of Light.

Bearing Sheffield's expectations, she couldn't stop, and the amnesiac girl couldn't bear to watch the whole of Norwich turn to ashes.

"Idiot..."

She lightly touched the incantation mark near her ear and whispered:

"This can't go on. It's unrealistic to compete with the branches of Cernunnos in terms of sheer size. The only way to stop this thing is through the Water Mirror."

She communicated with Bai Mo through communication Magecraft, and Bai Mo simply replied, "Preserve yourself. This guy seems to have changed his target; at least for now, he doesn't have the power to destroy this Daichi."

Ash nodded, completely accepting the outcome. But Bai Mo's next words made her brow twitch.

"I will do my best to prevent this thing from causing further damage. There are still many non-fairy humans in this city."

"... Alright, leaving this city here will save me the trouble of rebuilding it in the future. Do you need my help?"

"Yes, ash trees, can they bring rain?"

Ash was somewhat puzzled. Rain? This puzzled her, and at the same time, a sense of curiosity arose in her heart.

"Then you've come to the right person. I grew up in the Rain Clan."

With a gentle wave of his staff, specks of azure light rose from the waves and ascended into the sky. Bai Mo, amidst the clouds, watched the enormous Hand of Calamity. In this scene, Norwich was like a fish on a chopping board, while the Calamity held a knife in one hand, ready to disembowel him.

The inky black light converged, illuminating the Bai Mo above, and that faint voice echoed in my ears once more:

"Accept your judgment..."

A bright light shone from his palm, hundreds of beams of light were about to tear the entire Norwich to shreds, but in front of him, in Bai Mo's hand, Magnetic Field Power gathered like a vortex, and a sphere the size of an eyeball condensed in his palm.

"They will be put on trial, but not now. There are still quite a few humans in this city. If you just kill them like this, I'll have a real headache."

As Bai Mo spoke, incredibly, the Calamity before him seemed to hear his words and paused for a moment.

Even the light in the palm seemed to stop, and a hint of surprise flashed in Bai Mo's eyes.

Is this guy someone you can communicate with?

But the next moment, the ethereal voice solidified. "Humans... Waaah... Waaah... My priestess..."

A burst of dark light erupted, accompanied by a mournful cry. Bai Mo sighed softly, then tightened his grip with two fingers, causing the object in his hand to make a crisp sound.

Above the rain clouds in the sky, a bright blue arc of light suddenly appeared.

Countless cold flowers bloomed, and the entire sky transformed into a world of ice and snow in that instant, layer upon layer of condensation and diffusion. The final blow from those giant hands was instantly frozen by the power of frost.

Then, like a cannon with a blocked barrel, immense power erupted in the sky, resembling a dazzling black ice flower in full bloom.

Bai Mo watched as the thing completely lost its life and fell straight down.

If nothing unexpected happens, this thing will disintegrate during the process and fall into the previous abyss, but it will inevitably scatter a lot of curses.

But now Bai Mo had no intention of intervening. The curse was ineffective against humans; it was a curse specifically targeting fairies. As for the curse that they were meant to bear, let them bear it.

He stepped aside, letting the thing fall.

But the next moment, beneath the trajectory of that collapsing, enormous object, a figure stood atop the wall of light.

The shield crashed down, releasing a dazzling light, and behind the shield-bearer, a city wall suddenly appeared. Tristan, standing nearby, widened his eyes in shock.

He would never mistake that city.

"This is too reckless. This isn't an attack; it's just heavy pressure. That child can't take it."

Tristan immediately said, Ritsuka shouted at Tristan beside her, "Oh no, Mash must not have recovered from the influence of the Bewildering Misty Forest. She must have been deceived by those fairies."

Tristan, can you shoot me with your bowstring? I can't leave Mash to face this alone!

"Shoot it? Okay, I'll give it a try."

Tristan, who was well aware of the bond Master and Mash, nodded. The bowstring, like a spider's web, created a line, and Tristan grabbed Ritsuka, the bowstring gently wrapping around her waist.

"Wait a minute, this is too reckless!"

Before Artoria could speak, Ritsuka shouted, "Let's go!"

With a single twang of a bowstring, Ritsuka shot upwards like an arrow.