While Sona was wondering when Rias would finally solve the "roast chicken" issue so she could ask Takumi to come back, Rias suddenly spoke.
"Sona, do you think it was a wrong decision for us not to join the fight?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Sona didn't respond for a moment.
"You can tell just by looking at the field," Rias said with a wry smile.
I originally thought this competition was for Takumi's benefit, but I didn't expect it to put this much pressure on me. Wouldn't it be shameful if I were easily surpassed or even crushed by my own dependents? She directly ignored the fact that her reincarnation attempt had failed; even Ajuka felt the same way.
"Look at the field?" Sona looked toward the center of the clearing.
"Ugh..." Even with her ability to accept the extraordinary, she felt that Takumi's performance was indeed a bit mysterious.
I saw that Koneko and Yura Tsubasa were already lying on the ground at this time, but Takumi hadn't used a ruthless hand; he had only used a non-lethal technique. This was something taught in Ajuka's lecture yesterday: "How to use as little magic as possible to block as much magic as possible."
Maintaining the same ease he had at the beginning, Takumi moved slowly and firmly toward the other side. Whenever Tsubaki Shinra used a magic circle, he gently waved his hand to disperse the generated energy. Sometimes he would even wait for the magic circle to form because he was too lazy to wave; only when she was about to launch it would he disperse the circle in one go.
Seeing that the battle situation on their side was unfavorable, even Kusaka Reya, who was in charge of gathering intelligence and exploring the enemy, joined the attack on Takumi. Reya Kusaka is a second-year student and looks quite cute. She is mainly responsible for gathering intelligence and searching for enemies as a Bishop. She also has a strong attainment in magic. At this time, she had given up the futile act of collecting Takumi's intelligence and directly joined the fray.
She couldn't parse him, she couldn't calculate him—she couldn't analyze anything at all! Unfortunately, even so, for Takumi, there was no difference.
One hundred meters... eighty meters... Takumi's footsteps approached with ease and firmness. He was not in a hurry, nor did he quickly move to Akeno Himejima's side to interrupt her super-large chant. Because... he was waiting.
"Step... step... step..."
As he expected, no one dared to get close to him after he defeated two groups of close-combatants in seconds. At one hundred and twenty meters, Akeno Himejima's chanting was finally completed.
"Tsubaki! Get ready!"
Akeno Himejima knew that Takumi had the ability to move instantaneously and could evade her own attacks, but she still resolutely used this trick! At the very least, if Takumi were to face it, he should be forced to avoid it!
"Good!" Following Tsubaki Shinra's response, a huge mirror appeared in front of her!
This is her Sacred Gear, the Mirror of Remembrance! Tsubaki Shinra, the Vice President of the Student Council and Sona Sitri's first family member, was born into a long-standing family of exorcists. With the "Mirror of Remembrance," she can call forth entities through the mirror. When the mirror is destroyed, the attack is returned to the opponent with multiplied power!
[Super Lightning Strike!]
It was almost condensed to a power level close to the limit of a High-class Devil! A thick electric ray, as if it could traverse the entire world, galloped toward the Mirror of Remembrance held by Tsubaki Shinra!
"Crack!" There was a crisp sound within the Mirror of Remembrance. Then... a lightning strike with double the power was reflected back! It shot directly at Takumi!
Their goal had actually changed. It wasn't about how to defeat Takumi, but how to force him to dodge. Whether it was a Knight or a Rook's melee attack, Takumi easily cracked it head-on. The Bishops and Queens who used magic didn't have the slightest effect; they didn't even have the chance to release their spells! They believed that Akeno Himejima's [Super Lightning Strike] was only released because Takumi didn't intend to interrupt it.
If you can interrupt Tsubaki's magic, you can interrupt Akeno's magic! Their current strength was just between equals. At least! At least force Takumi to avoid it! This was their simple hope.
However... in the face of this lightning strike, Takumi had no intention of avoiding it.
"Takumi-kun, what are you doing?! Why don't you avoid it?!" Akeno Himejima couldn't help exclaiming when she saw her lightning strike reach Takumi's side in an instant.
"Senior Takumi!" Koneko's golden pupils suddenly shrank.
"Takumi! Hurry away!" Sona, who was watching the battle, rushed toward him.
I can understand your magic to disperse a High-class Devil, but you don't need to choose a hard attack—what is going on with an attack that almost surpasses a High-class Devil's limits!
"Don't worry~" Takumi smiled; he only used one of his three incarnations at this time.
"Bang!" Before Sona's almost desperate eyes, the lightning hit Takumi head-on! And Takumi had no intention of evading at all!
At the same time that Takumi was hit, Sona, who was already quite close to him, was inevitably affected by the shockwave. However, compared to the direct attack on Takumi, it was really nothing.
"Sona!" Seeing that Takumi was swallowed by the dazzling thunderbolt and Sona was also injured and blown back, Rias, who was a step slower, hurried toward the center of the blast.
"Takumi... Senior Takumi?" Koneko stared blankly at the dust erupting where Takumi had originally stood. With such a level of attack, even the President would be at risk of losing her life! Senior Takumi had said before that his physical strength was not that great...
"Didn't I say it's okay?" From the center of the lightning strike, amidst Sona's despair and a tiny hint of hope, a gentle voice emerged.
A teenager stepped out from the center of the lightning strike, his fair skin stained with a little dust. He had a pair of dazzling black eyes that seemed able to look through endless stars, but at this time, there was a slight anxiety in them. Perhaps the only thing different from before was that there was a little charred black on his clothing where the lightning hit.
"Sona, you'll be fine soon." Quickly coming to Sona's side, he did not expect her to rush into the blast area so directly. How can you make me bear this...
Shaking his head helplessly, a milky white light appeared on Takumi's hand, gently covering Sona's body.
Incarnation! [Kurma!]
The World Dragon Kurma originated from the second incarnation of the turtle Kasyapa; in mythology, it means the ancient turtle, but in the worldview of the Little Garden, it is the God-King of the Omniscient Realm. Both are Kurma in English. It can be said that the World Dragon Kurma and the ancient turtle Kasyapa are the same existence. Among the ten incarnations that Takumi obtained, the incarnation of [Kurma] includes the power and spirituality of both.
Now he is using the power of [Kurma] to heal Sona. According to legend, when the gods and demons performed the Great Churning of the Ocean of Milk, Vishnu incarnated as a turtle and dived to the bottom of the sea, carrying the Mandara Mountain on his back to use as a stirring rod so the gods could obtain nectar and maintain immortality.
Therefore, the incarnation of [Kurma] also symbolizes immortality and infinity!