"In the end, did we still lose?" Looking at the massive light orb that had formed above, AVLUC, lying on the ground, said helplessly, "Will everything we've been through just be a dream? I'm a bit unwilling, we tried so hard. But in the end, we still can't escape the world's destruction? If those people from the Federation could come and help us."
"AVLUC, don't give up so easily!" Nagi, also lying on the ground, covered in blood, said. Having just fought the Creator, he now had wounds no less severe than before. All the magic power in his body was completely exhausted, so he had no strength to stand up. He could only watch helplessly as the orb of light continued to expand.
"Nagi, what's happening now can no longer be solved by mere force. We... we have already lost." AVLUC retorted mercilessly. Even if Nagi had just defeated the Creator, there was truly no way out of this situation. This power that could rewrite the world, if it touched them, they would turn into ashes and disappear from this world.
"Haha… you're right…" Nagi gave two silly laughs, then sighed helplessly as he thought about Red Wings' actions over the years and the current outcome. "But, we didn't do anything wrong. We successfully stopped the Empire's war, and we saved many people who would have been lost in the war. So our actions weren't meaningless! Right?"
"Heh, I guess you're right…" Al sighed, recalling the battles they had fought so far, and silently watched the light sphere expand outwards, about to engulf his body. "Doing so many crazy things with you, that idiot, it was tiring sometimes but I think I was quite happy, and Yoshino didn't die. But this time, no one will survive. It's a bit frustrating, I really thought it would be a happy end. Now it feels completely like a bad end, it's just a pity that it seems like we can't rewind now."
"Cough cough… are you giving up just like that, everyone?!" Just then, Yoshino, unable to watch any longer, stood up. It wasn't over yet! This wasn't the time to give up! Although she could use The Twelfth Bullet to go back in time, her current power wasn't enough to defeat the Creator. But she hadn't revealed her trump card yet, and she was going to save this world!
"Yoshino… even if you don't want to give up, what can you do now? This isn't something that magic can stop. If you get close to that thing, your body will be erased by the light it emits; there's simply nothing we can do." Al said helplessly. Even if magic worked, their current physical condition wouldn't allow them to do anything.
"Don't speak, you are all severely injured. It seems only I can stop this damned 'ritual to return the world to nothingness'." Yoshino gritted her teeth, looking at the giant light sphere in front of her. Now was not the time for her to hesitate. Even if she faced the final ending of date a live again, she would have no regrets, because she saved everyone in Red Wings and the entire Magical World. She believed that this step she was taking was absolutely not wrong!
"Everyone, the time I spent with you all has been the happiest time since I awoke from my thirty-year slumber. Thank you all so much, my companions!" Thinking of the time she spent with Red Wings, Yoshino's voice became choked as she said, "Nagi, Princess Erica is a wonderful girl, you must treat her well. Lacan, fight less in the future, don't always get so many injuries. Al, I won't be able to let you collect my life stories. Eishun, I'm sorry, I won't be able to see you on your wedding day. I had originally thought that after the war ended, we members of Red Wings would gather every few years, but now it seems there's no chance. Everyone, goodbye." Yoshino, tears streaming down her face, spoke to the fallen crowd. Watching Yoshino, who seemed to be leaving her last words, everyone felt an increasing sense of dread.
"Wait, Yoshino. You're not trying to stop this world-ending magic alone, are you? Don't! You almost died just now! If you face this magic alone right now, you'll definitely die! As Nagi Springfield, the leader of Red Wings, I order you not to go!" Nagi, watching Yoshino prepare to leave, propped himself up against a rock and sat up, looking at her seriously. He would not allow Yoshino to gamble with her life, even if the world was facing a crisis of destruction!
"Exactly, Yoshino. It's too much for you to face that thing alone. That's world-ending magic; how can you possibly resolve such terrifying power with just your strength? Don't take the risk, Yoshino. We don't want to see anything happen to you!" Konoe Eishun used his sword to support his body, preventing himself from falling. He was the one in Red Wings who doted on Yoshino the most. He had already come to see Yoshino as his own daughter, how could he bear to watch his daughter take such a risk!?
"But if I don't go, then everyone here will die. I don't want to see you all die, so please let me be willful just this once? Since I've always been so obedient, just let me disobey your command this one time. I'm sorry, everyone. I'm going now." Yoshino smiled slightly at the grim-faced crowd, then used the gravity magic she learned from Al to lighten her body and quickly flew away from here towards the center of the light sphere.
"Yoshino!! Don't go! Cough cough…" Nagi shouted anxiously, but this only brought a mouthful of fresh blood. Although he could no longer concentrate any power, he could only watch Yoshino leave. "Why! Why are you taking such a risk! Come back quickly, Yoshino!?"
"Yoshino…" The rest of the people also looked anxiously into the sky. They knew that with their broken bodies, they simply couldn't stop the girl who had embraced a resolve to die. All they could do was wait. Why could they only watch this Little Girl face this danger alone? They felt so unwilling!
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