The angry roar from Ancient Claw was akin to the battle horn being sounded.
Hearing Law's words, Ging and the others immediately entered combat stance.
From the left direction, the killing intent emanating from the three magical beasts was so solid it seemed to physically remind them.
Law watched the direction the roar came from, took a piece of Lichen, put it in his mouth to chew, then said, "Then, I leave it to you."
Before his words faded, he headed towards Ancient Claw's location.
Everyone watched Law's departing back. Stargie and the others, who had fought most of the day earlier, all took Lichen and put it in their mouths.
The attacking magical beasts were very strong. Just their Manifested Aura was no weaker than the Ant King Meruem and the Royal Guards. As for their physical toughness, it was impossible to judge before fighting.
The only basis for judgment was Giles's statement.
In any case, in this situation, there was no need to think about conserving Lichen consumption. Even if the replenished Nen overflowed, it didn't matter. Restoring their own condition to peak was the priority.
"I'll take one opponent," Ging suddenly said.
As the team's second strongest member, his words naturally wouldn't draw objections.
Nobunaga had considered his own shortcomings, knowing he needed at least one person to team up with him. The teammate was obvious… Uvogin.
After Ging said he'd take one opponent, Nobunaga immediately looked at Uvogin, about to ask Uvogin to team up when Uvogin spoke first.
"Nobunaga, you and I will take one together."
"Huh?"
Nobunaga looked surprised, not expecting the battle-loving Uvogin to actively propose teaming up.
Uvogin didn't look at Nobunaga's expression, staring intently at the left side where killing intent came from, saying gravely, "The enemy is strong. If you can't kill the enemy with one slash, you'll die. With me here, we can avoid that situation as much as possible."
Nobunaga listened, his lips curling silently. He didn't say much, just nodded.
Normally, encountering a strong enemy, the battle-loving Uvogin would only think of solo combat. But he wasn't simply single-minded… he'd decide based on the situation.
He clearly had a basic judgment of the magical beasts' strength, considering his companions' safety, which made him choose to team up against his nature.
"Not changed at all."
Nobunaga's right hand rested on his sword hilt, thinking silently.
In battle, Uvogin had always been the most reliable person to entrust one's back to.
In the past, and now.
"Then the remaining one will be handled by me and Stargie." Biscuit glanced at Giles, then looked at Stargie.
Noticing Biscuit's gaze, Stargie lightly nodded, immediately summoning a black stone harp out of thin air.
Actually, she believed she alone could handle one magical beast, but they outnumbered the enemy, so two against one was unavoidable.
Giles silently watched the several people who had already assigned opponents, his heart inevitably wavering.
There were only four enemies, and they were all taken by Law's group.
In this situation, did he have reason to leave the team and quickly search for Kincaid and the others' whereabouts?
"Giles, you said there were five magical beasts that attacked you, right?" Ging suddenly said.
"..."
Giles froze, then nodded silently.
Ging glanced at him, then looked towards Law's direction, Nen surging around him. Simultaneously, he said, "We still don't know the whereabouts of the fifth magical beast. It's a threat regardless. Could you handle it for us?"
"You..." Giles's eyes contracted slightly, 'Had my thoughts been seen through?'
Ging's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he said calmly, "I'll head out first."
Giles couldn't follow Ging's conversation at all, utterly bewildered.
Meanwhile, Law headed straight for Ancient Claw. Along the way, among the three magical beasts who had fallen to the left labyrinth passage earlier, the lizard-featured magical beast suddenly leaped up from a 'T'-shaped corner, attacking Law in mid-air.
Law sensed the lizard magical beast's attack immediately but didn't even glance at it.
Seeing this, the lizard magical beast's killing intent intensified, thinking inwardly: 'You'll pay for your arrogance!'
But the next moment, he found his body gradually fading, suddenly stunned.
Before he could think what happened, his surroundings underwent a drastic change.
Simultaneously, on the rooftop, after saying those words, Ging's body gradually faded, disappearing from the spot.
He had used his ability to pull the lizard magical beast attacking Law into his game space.
Ging's disappearance made Giles's eyes change, but Biscuit and the others showed little reaction, actively attacking the remaining two magical beasts.
Seeing this, Giles quickly understood the earlier phenomenon might be Ging's Nen Ability.
'Conjuration or Emission-type spatial ability...'
He stood alone on the building rooftop, watching the actively attacking few, his heart immediately conflicted.
In the game space, Ging watched the lizard magical beast he pulled in, hands in pockets.
The scene chosen for this game was a desert at night.
"Victory condition is... surviving water?" Ging smiled.
Outside the game space, Law proceeded unimpeded to a position above Ancient Claw.
The noise from inside the building never ceased, and Ancient Claw hadn't emerged yet.
"Noisy."
Law slightly frowned, took a Chasefire Stone from Kuro's space, unceremoniously chipped off a small piece, and threw it into the building's hole below.
After several breaths, raging flames surged from inside the building, forming a fire pillar dozens of meters in diameter.
Law stepped in place in the air, less than two meters from the fire pillar, yet completely unaffected.
As the fire pillar surged out, the angry roars from Ancient Claw stopped.
The temperature contained in the Chasefire Stone's fragment was certainly incomparable to the International Permit Agencies' flame ammunition.
Even so, Law didn't think a mere Chasefire Stone's fragment could kill Ancient Claw.
Law coldly watched the fire pillar about to dissipate its last bit of heat, suddenly took out Shin, gripped it in his palm, retreated some distance, landing on a building rooftop not far away.
Simultaneously, a figure shot out from the fire pillar… clearly Ancient Claw, covered in scorch marks, looking quite disheveled.
He didn't emit meaningless angry shouts now, only charged towards Law on the rooftop with blood-red eyes, speed quite fast.
'It seems I overestimated you.'
Law watched Ancient Claw, who had no tactics, just blindly charging with rage. As his eyelids lowered slightly, he sidestepped, avoiding the downward-charging Ancient Claw.
While dodging the knuckle bones, he slashed at Ancient Claw's abdomen.
Silently, Ancient Claw, who had charged past Law forward, was split in two.
'Attack power increased...?'
The flesh on Ancient Claw's cheeks twitched, his heart filled with shock.
He knew his body was cut in half but felt no pain, and not a drop of blood splattered.
In that brief moment, he suddenly calmed down.