Hundreds of fireballs blotted out the sky every second, each one packing the power of a high-explosive grenade.
It was hell on earth.
The roar echoed between the area, turning the ground into a living hell.
Noah maintained this high-frequency output without a change in expression, simply because his opponent had remained unscathed so far.
Hiraga Reizen watched the back of Ouma Kurogane before him and swallowed hard.
"Seriously, he attacked before we even finished talking. Isn't this Calamity guy's temper a little too short?"
"Whoa, that was a surprise. He unleashed such a wide-range attack in an instant."
"That guy has no intention of leaving anyone alive."
"Hey, Amene, can't you do something to stop that guy?"
These seven people, just like Nagi Arisuin, were unique existences in the underground world, each possessing a terrifying ability.
Among them, there is a boy called Amene who's real name was Shinomia Amene.
Being asked by his comrades to do something, he revealed a look of displeasure, his androgynously beautiful face now contorted with disgust.
"Tch, I've been using my ability to wish for Calamity's magic control to fail, but..."
'Damn it, why isn't it working?'
'Could it be that the man's magic control is really that strong? So strong that even my ability to interfere with causality can't affect it?'
"To be able to nullify the Goddess's Grace... that man has some skill."
The clown was displeased.
They had made a dashing entrance, but before they could even finish speaking, they were suppressed by their opponent.
Even worse, none of them could do anything about it.
This wasn't fun!
But it didn't matter.
They had already made their stance clear, so that man should be making his move.
Just as Hiraga Reizen thought.
After realizing the weaklings around him could do nothing, Ouma Kurogane snorted coldly.
He had been using a wind barrier to block the continuous fireballs, not letting a single one through.
This level of power was nothing to him.
However, he couldn't let the stalemate continue.
"Hah!"
A fierce wind surged!
A wall of wind, like a tsunami on land, swept back, deflecting all the fireballs.
Swish!
The moment Noah's attack was interrupted, several silver swords assailed him at once.
"Projectiles, are they?"
Noah waved a single hand, wrapping gravity around his arm, and unleashed it as a Gravity Break sweep.
The instant the silver swords entered a five-meter radius, they were swept away and crushed.
'The thrower is... that small one over there, huh.'
"Appraisal."
Shinomia Amene
Blazer Rank: A
Innate Device: Azure (A rapier with the ability to be thrown and summoned in large numbers)
Noble Art: Causality-Interference Type — Goddess's Excessive Grace (Favored by the goddess of luck, an ability that can grant any wish)
Stats: Offensive Power C | Defensive Power C | Magic Power A | Magic Control F | Physical Ability D | Luck S
...
'Damn.'
After learning about his opponent's ability through Appraisal, Noah couldn't help but curse under his breath.
'The ability to make wishes come true. Is that even fucking possible?'
'Tsk. Calm down.'
Since he was still standing at this very moment, he could assume there was some kind of flaw or limitation to the opponent's ability.
Otherwise, he should have been able to make the bus explode or a meteor fall to crush them.
That is, assuming his opponent's ability was that powerful.
From the fact that he had just thrown silver swords at him, it was clear he couldn't make someone collapse just by wishing for it.
"Everyone, prioritize taking down the enemy over there in the Kyomon Academy uniform," Noah said with a frown.
Almost as soon as the words left his mouth, Toudou Toka, Ikki Kurogane, Shizuku Kurogane, and the others summoned their Devices.
Among them, Toudou Toka gripped the hilt of her sword and aimed at Shinomia Amene, making him into dodging backward.
He asked in confusion, "Why are you targeting me?"
But Noah had no intention of communicating with him as Toudou Toka transformed into a flash of lightning.
"Gale and Swift Thunder!"
It was the Blazer Art she used for high-speed movement.
Swish! Swish!
A ferocious lion suddednly pounced forward!
Riding on the lion's back were a girl wearing an eyepatch and a woman dressed as a maid.
"Fufufu—you two, as weak humans, you dare to stand before my Sphinx? Your courage is commendable!" The girl wore a light, frilly dress and a beret on her head.
She looked like a cute and energetic beauty, but her manner of speaking and tone were...
"Um, you're what they call a 'chuunibyou,' right?"
"Cringe..."
The girl froze for a moment, then blinked and struck another pose and said.
"In any case, you will fall here!"
At this moment, the maid riding behind her on the lion spoke up to clarify, "What my lady means is, 'I'm not listening, I'm not, I don't have it.'"
'Uh— What's with this kid? We're in the middle of a battle, how can she be so flippant?'
"Hmph hmph!" The girl snorted coldly and pointed a finger. "Sphinx! Finish them!"
ROAR!!!
At that moment, as Toudou Toka bypassed the interceptors, her foot slipped.
'Huh...?'
Another figure leaped out, landing in front of Toka.
And at a close distance to Toka at that!
Toudou Toka used her signature technique, the super-electromagnetic quick-draw, without hesitation.
"Raikiri!"
The instant the thunder roared, the person who had intercepted her revealed a strange smile.
Through her sharpened perception, Toka sensed there might be a trap, but since she had already drawn her sword, she still wanted to take down the enemy in one blow.
In that instant, a bizarre distortion occurred between them.
"Impossible...!"
Under Toka's shocked gaze, the Raikiri she had unleashed had no effect.
Not only that, but a fatal pain shot through her body!
Despite being the attacker, Toka cried out in pain as if she had suffered a powerful blow, then collapsed.
The sound caught Noah's attention.
He took the opportunity to Appraise the person with the strange smile.
Her name was Tatara Yui, and her ability was "Total Reflection"!
'Tch.'
'A first-encounter-kill ability, huh.'
'In other words, the President had taken the full force of her own Raikiri with no defense.'