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The giant golden wolf, with elegant steps, leisurely walked out from the dark corner of the old school building.
The silvery-white moonlight, with the golden wolf's emergence, shone down on its wolfish body. Under the blessing of the moonlight, its already-golden fur glowed with a faint golden light. The giant wolf seemed to be wrapped in a golden aura, filled with a solemn and sacred air.
Beo leisurely stepped on the snow and approached Aoko, its steps silent, leaving no paw prints on the snow. Not even the melted snow it stepped on rippled.
As a naturally-born Phantasmal Species, Beo was born with the ability to blend in with its environment. This innate unity with nature greatly enhanced its abilities as a jungle hunter.
If it hadn't made a sound, it probably could have approached Aoko without a sound. But Touko's call, and its own purpose, had made it abandon the option of a sneak attack.
"Long time no see, big sister," a childish, boyish voice slowly echoed in the air.
The childish voice sounded as if it were fawning over Aoko.
Its tense four limbs, and the ferocious fangs revealed by its grinning wolfish mouth, showed Beo's true intentions.
To 'eat' Aoko.
"It's you, mutt,"
Aoko raised an eyebrow and said with a displeased expression. If not for this golden wolf's sneak attack last night, which had sealed her movements, how would she have suffered such a cruel torture?
Beo stopped, its wolfish face turning even more ferocious at Aoko's 'mutt' address.
"Big sister, the meat on your neck is delicious," Beo licked the corner of its mouth, a look of savoring on its face. A golden aura erupted from its huge wolfish body, and its gradually-bending four limbs and tense muscles showed that it was about to hunt.
"Is the blood hole I poked in your neck healed?" Aoko tossed her hair, her face full of mockery, and the magical power that had turned into an electric arc wrapped around her entire body.
A mutt wants to compete with her in a shouting match? Who was afraid of whom? A person and a dog, while confronting each other, were verbally mocking each other.
"..." Alice was silent. Though the other party was an intelligent Phantasmal Species, the fact that Aoko was arguing with a dog shocked her.
Touko walked to her first 'corpse,' crouched down, and took out a cigarette and a lighter from the pocket of her green leather coat. After taking out a cigarette, she said to Alice, "Want one?"
"...No," Alice said, her expression impassive as she looked at Touko, her tone flat as she refused.
The Giant of the Bridge, beneath the snow, moved its huge stone arm and once again grabbed at Touko. The Rose Hound, floating in the air, rolled its misty body and came rolling towards the 'food.'
"In the end, she's just a girl who hasn't grown up. She really has no taste." After lighting the cigarette in her mouth, Touko, with the cigarette dangling from her lips, her right hand on her hip, said with a look of pity and sarcasm.
Suddenly, Touko's expression changed. With a look of apology, she said to Alice, "Oh my, with that guy's personality, Alice should have been deflowered, right? She can't be considered a little girl anymore."
Alice's face instantly turned cold, and she violently swung her slender, long right arm.
With a roar—the Giant of the Bridge attacked Touko from underground—and sharp teeth quickly emerged from the floating Rose Hound.
Thwack! Thwack! Boom!!!!!!
Two explosions and a roar suddenly sounded.
A huge fireball cut through the night sky and slammed into the 'Oil of the Moon,' which was floating dozens of meters in the air.
The fire-fearing Oil of the Moon, upon discovering its natural enemy and realizing it couldn't dodge, made a split-second decision and jettisoned all of its outer shell, launching its core into the high sky.
The next moment, the remaining outer shell was blasted to smithereens by the flames summoned by the rune.
Then, two flasks containing a golden liquid exploded in front of and behind the Giant of the Bridge's arm and the Rose Hound's white mist.
"Ah ah ah ah~"
"Ugh!!!!"
Two mournful cries suddenly sounded.
The Giant of the Bridge, hidden underground, was quickly corroded by the golden liquid and could only let out a series of muffled cries from underground.
The Rose Hound—floating in the atmosphere—was blasted by the explosion from the flask, losing most of its body. It could only drag its broken body and float back to Alice's side, drilling the container that held it.
Though the three great familiars had been instantly defeated, Alice's face was still as placid as ever.
Though the three great secret treasures were broken, it was only a superficial injury. It hadn't hurt their bones. It just needed some time to recuperate.
And what Touko had thrown out were two bottles of Phantasmal Species blood, processed with all sorts of magical materials.
The blood of a Phantasmal Species was not something cheap. It was the foundation of its body. Such a precious thing, a Phantasmal Species could only be drawn once in several hundred years at most.
And Touko, to seal Alice's fairy tale familiars, had unhesitatingly consumed two bottles of blood. The price was much more painful than Alice's.
"As long as I achieve the result, the price doesn't matter," Touko replied with a nonchalant puff of smoke.
"Well then, now we just have to wait for the result over there," Touko's lips curved into a faint smile, and she turned her gaze to the person and the wolf who were fighting on the side.
Alice was silent. She had tacitly accepted the fact that she had become a bystander. But her vigilance against Touko had not diminished in the slightest. While guarding against her, she shifted part of her attention to Aoko.
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At the same moment Touko launched her attack.
The giant golden wolf launched its charge.
Its tense hind legs slammed into the snow, and the huge force of the impact instantly created two huge holes in the snow, sending up a large spray of snowflakes and sand.
Beo lifted its forelimbs, and ferocious claws were revealed on its paws. Under the reaction force from the collision of its hind limbs and the earth—the golden wolf seemed to have transformed into a laser cannon, shooting straight for Aoko.
Her enhanced azure eyes could clearly see the chillingly sharp claws in the laser. Just one look, and Aoko knew that the claws could tear her body apart with ease.
"Since my current physique is not enough—then I'll strengthen it to death!!" Aoko gritted her teeth, and a huge amount of magical power came from her abdomen. The azure electric arc on her body continuously increased, and in an instant, her physique had been tripled.
With her multiplied physique—the She-T-Rex Aoko and the golden giant wolf engaged in a life-or-death battle.
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Watching the figure, which had paid a huge amount of magical power to strengthen its body, and was now faintly suppressing Beo.
Alice and Touko, who were watching from the sidelines, frowned slightly.
"Aoko's magical power, when did it become so much?"
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