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No, even the core was trembling, as if a new life was constantly struggling inside. The smooth surface was protruding outwards one after another.
[No... no!!]
"Hey, hey, are you going to self-destruct?" A drop of cold sweat dripped down Jibril's forehead. She suddenly realized something. "Didn't that weed prevent this?"
Also, where are they?
Jibril, who had used almost all of her spirits, was exhausted at this moment. According to the weed's explanation before they left, she would sense it when the spell formula that was blasted into the core started to work, and she would take care of everything else—so where is she??
The stream of light shooting towards her from a distance gave Jibril a sense of relief, followed by a grunt of dissatisfaction. She had already seen the two of them, sitting on that man's most treasured vehicle.
Crack.
A sound like the shell shattering. There were very obvious cracks, and from the cracks, she could even see a mix of green and white light.
"Ah ah—ah ah ah ah ah!!" Jibril stiffly turned her head to look at the mutating core and let out a wail.
She was almost powerless to resist at this moment. She had clearly completed the mission and won the battle. Would it be too much of a loss to die at this moment from the enemy's final struggle?
Even if it was just symbolic, Jibril desperately flapped her one and a half wings and flew into the distance.
She didn't want such a worthless death! Anyway, that weed said that she would take care of everything else. If she couldn't do it, then she could just mock her well. In short—run now!
"She really won," Su'er exclaimed with a sense of yearning. He had already floored the gas and was flying towards Jibril's direction.
Next to him, Think's eyes were tightly closed. The soulstone on her forehead was shining with a bright light, and several layers of overlapping ring-shaped spell formulas were rising and falling around her.
The battle between Jibril and that Phantasma had lasted for several days. During these days, Su'er and Think's nerves had not relaxed. They were on high alert at the edge of the battlefield until today, when Think suddenly sensed something. She urged Su'er to quickly go to the center of the battlefield, and after getting in the car, she started the remote spell formula operation in advance.
"This must be a Useless victory," Think predicted calmly.
"That's an Phantasma. We should celebrate properly later," Knowing that there was nothing good to say between the Elf and the Flügel next to him, Su'er said with a smile.
The Great Escape was very fast. He had already seen Jibril, and Jibril had also seen him. Then—
"Hey, hey!! Jibril!!"
Bang!!
Amidst Su'er's exclamation, the pink-haired Flügel crashed directly into him. The Great Escape also flipped over in mid-air. Although the Flügel clearly restrained her power, Su'er still felt like he couldn't breathe.
"Ah~~, I'm so tired, Su'er~"
Before Su'er could accuse a certain Flügel of premeditated murder and obstruction of driving, Jibril stretched herself tiredly. Her obviously missing half arm and wing blocked all of Su'er's negative words.
"You're injured?!" He wanted to reach out and touch her, but found that his two arms were being pressed down by Jibril. The pink-haired Flügel lay directly in Su'er's arms, with her other intact arm around his neck.
Think did not speak, nor did she open her eyes. She was now busy manipulating the spell formula that was blasted into the Phantasma's core. The closer she got to the Phantasma's location, the more she could do.
"Can Miss Monster lie down in the back corner? If I'm not mistaken, we should be heading to the core's location right now, right?"
Okay, Think still managed to squeeze out a word of urging in her busy schedule.
"Hmm~~, is that so~," Jibril hummed noncommittally. She raised an eyebrow and said to Su'er, "How is it? Su'er? I'm amazing, right? I defeated an Phantasma all by myself?"
"Ah, you're super amazing," Su'er nodded and gave a heartfelt compliment, "You really worked hard."
"Has a certain monster completely lost her ability to understand language? Is it better to go back and get remade while you can still move?"
"Hoh ho~, it seems someone is getting anxious~, but it's better not to rush over now. Before I came over, that core had already started to crack," Jibril yawned widely and patted Su'er's shoulder, "Don't worry. It's just a small injury. I'll be fine after a good rest..."
Jibril's voice became softer and softer. Her body was also emitting a crystal clear white light. In the next moment, her body, which was in its mature form, once again returned to the loli form that Su'er was so familiar with. Even the clothes on her body changed with her.
"...Ah, she got smaller," Su'er said subconsciously, staring at this scene blankly.
Jibril had just recovered her complete form not long ago and had now returned to the form that he and Think were more familiar with. The only thing that made Su'er feel relieved was that the Flügel's missing arm and wing had grown back... or rather, reappeared after her body shrunk, and were no longer missing.
Think suddenly opened her eyes and looked straight ahead. She didn't even look at Jibril, who was curled up in Su'er's arms. This abnormal behavior made Su'er feel nervous.
"What's wrong?"
"...It's dead."
Think muttered in surprise. She was still staring at the sea surface where Jibril had just flown from.
A few blue and white rays of light shot out from there at an extremely fast speed towards the direction of the land. Before Su'er could wonder what that was, he saw a silent curtain of light spreading, extending between the sea and the sky. The seawater it touched was visibly turning white, and then it disappeared at an extremely fast speed, not knowing where it went. What remained was only an endless void.
There was no sound of an explosion. Even the sound of the waves crashing seemed to have disappeared. The world was like a blue and white silent movie, and there was a distortion at the farthest point - the boundary between the sea and the sky was completely blurred. Su'er seemed to see an invisible existence like a black hole attracting everything around it.
No, to be more accurate, it should be tearing.
A silent palpitation and sorrow suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart. Su'er seemed to hear the sound of something wailing. It was an indescribable feeling, as if the crying was coming from the ocean, from the world itself. So much so that when he came back to his senses, he was surprised to find that his eyes were already full of tears.
"Did you hear that?"
Su'er asked hoarsely.