The Strange Cat from Fuuto

With a sigh, Miku picked up his long scythe, tiptoed, and jumped into the magic circle, sinking into it.

After Miku jumped in, the three magical rings closed again and landed on Serena, like a safety lock, firmly restraining the collapsing Serena. This prevented her from dying of despair before Miku could defeat the Phantom.

Inside the deep passage, Miku fell in freefall, surrounded by shimmering light. Upon closer inspection, this light was actually Serena's past memories.

"Damn, I'm stuck!" Miku, who was inexplicably stuck during his fall, struggled for a while before finally managing to see the entrance to his inner world.

"Now I understand what 'the initial narrowness is the only way to make it passable' means!"

After landing, Miku brushed off non-existent dust from his body before taking in the surrounding scenery and environment.

Everything in sight was grayish-white, and everything appeared to be solidified.

Whether it's the rolling white waves in the distance, the white seagulls frozen in mid-air, or the flowers and grasses swaying in the sea breeze.

Everything was frozen in time, becoming an eternal scene.

In front of Miku, two figures, one large and one small, nestled together. The smaller figure could be vaguely identified as Serena, while the other, needless to say, was Serena's father.

Holding a bag of flower seeds, Serena nestled in her father's arms with her eyes closed, her little face filled with reluctance and sadness.

Her father's face showed the same expression, only with an added hint of determination!

"Crack!"

This scene, which resembled a beautiful painting, suddenly cracked open with a hideous fissure, revealing the faint outline of a ferocious monster within.

"Oh!"

A black claw covered with black scales the size of a washbasin emerged from the crack and gripped heavily on one side of it.

Three sharp claws, gleaming with a dark, faint light, were embedded deep within, and the enormous monster emerged from them.

"Roar!"

The monster that appeared in front of Miku had a pair of bat-like fleshy wings with holes on its back, a long neck covered with dark scales, and dark eyes filled with coldness and evil.

Two strong hind legs supported its massive body, and black saliva, laced with poisonous smoke, flowed from its enormous snout covered in fangs.

What appeared before Miku was a black venomous dragon!

"You couldn't wait any longer after seeing me arrive!"

Miku sneered as he spun the long scythe in his hand. Before he arrived, this black poisonous dragon was clearly lurking in the deepest part of Serena's inner world, slowly and rapidly devouring everything about her.

If Miku had arrived even a moment later, Serena would probably have been completely devoured by the poisonous dragon, leaving only an empty shell.

"Roar!"

The venomous dragon, its head raised, roared at Miku, and clearly visible ring-shaped ripples, filled with black, foul-smelling venom, surged towards Miku.

Miku nimbly dodged the venom spewed by the dragon by leaping backward on tiptoe. The venom, upon landing, displayed a corrosiveness even more terrifying than aqua regia; a mere speck of it corroded a pit into the ground.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

The sound of venom corroding the ground echoed in his ears. Miku's expression was slightly solemn. This behemoth was undoubtedly a top-tier Phantom on par with his White Tiger and Fajie's Demon Dragon.

"This is really a bit difficult!"

With a swift swing of his arm, leaving a bloody slash, Miku leaped to the side. His thick, long dragon tail swept across the spot where he had just stood, carrying immense power.

"It seems only a monster can defeat a monster!"

After taking off a ring from the long chain on the left side of her waist, Miku put it on the middle finger of her right hand.

"Tiger Rise!"

As Miku's magic surged, a magic circle with white tiger stripes was projected into the air, from which a fierce tiger with black fur, white stripes, piercing eyes, and a white forehead leaped out.

What are you doing?

The white tiger that emerged from the magic circle glanced at Miku, a strong smell of corn odor wafting from its mouth.

"I was sleeping soundly over there, why did you drag me here?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Miku leaped onto the white tiger's head, crouching down as he shouted, "First, bite this lizard with the hole in its wing to death!"

"I won't do it!"

The white tiger tossed Miku aside with a flick of its head, then leisurely settled down on the ground. "You hit me whenever you wanted, locked me up whenever you wanted, and now you've dragged me out to fight for you? How can you be so shameless?"

"Hey!"

Seeing the White Tiger slacking off, Miku gripped his long scythe and caught the dragon's claws as it slashed down. He understood why the mage in the early game had to rely on his motorcycle to control the dragon. The White Tiger's personality and reaction showed how difficult it was to subdue the Phantom.

Without the starlight cage set up by the memory, and without the deterrent power of the memory, the white tiger's lazy and uncooperative attitude really made Miku grit his teeth in anger.

"I refuse to believe I can't handle you!"

With a fierce determination, Miku leaped high into the air, crimson smoke rising from his long scythe, and eyes filled with boundless malice appeared out of thin air.

"Roar!"

The venomous dragon, which was being stared at from afar by the eye, let out an uneasy roar, but then it puffed up its wings and charged toward Miku.

The dragon's snout, covered in fangs, opened slightly, brewing a violent dragon breath.

"Roar!"

Miku, who was facing the Poison Dragon head-on, vanished the instant the other side opened its mouth, while the Poison Dragon was facing the White Tiger lying to the side with its eyes half-closed.

"puff!"

Large clumps of foul-smelling venom gushed from the dragon's throat, surging towards the white tiger in a devastating torrent.

You tricked me!

Seeing the venom spraying in its face, the white tiger suddenly stood up and leaped to the side, its tail slashing towards the demonic dragon.

"Oh!"

The demonic dragon, having taken a solid hit from the white tiger's tail, was sent flying. The white tiger snorted disdainfully, "Damn it, you big lizard, you dare to attack your grandpa!"

"Are you tired of living?!"

"Roar!"

The venomous dragon roared at the white tiger and sprang to its feet, charging at the tiger once more. In the blink of an eye, the two enormous beasts were locked in a fierce struggle.

Taking advantage of its size, the white tiger quickly pinned the poison dragon down and beat it, its claws, larger than millstones, slamming down heavily on the dragon's head one after another.

The way he's beating his son looks so relaxed and easy!

They slapped the dragon's face repeatedly, as if it were free.

The venomous dragon, its mouth oozing blood, tried to struggle, but before it could make a move, Miku suddenly appeared and severed its fleshy wings.

“Harvest Start!”

As the magical chanting began, a layer of ominous crimson light spread across the blood-red scythe.

"it's over!"

Miku stomped hard on the dragon's back with his right foot, propelling himself into the air. As he leaped into the air, he aimed his long scythe at the poisonous dragon and used the gravitational potential energy from his fall to spin rapidly.

"bass!"

A cold glint filled with the scent of death flashed by, and the Poison Dragon's struggling movements faltered. The White Tiger also took the opportunity to quickly dodge away.

A thin crack appeared on the dragon's back, extending from its tail all the way to its head.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."

The magic within the poisonous dragon, which had been cleaved in two by Miku, exploded with a deafening roar, and a dazzling firework appeared in Serena's inner world.

Outside, a flash of light appeared on Serena's body, and all the terrifying cracks that covered her body disappeared.

A magic circle appeared from one side of her, and Miku emerged from it, carrying a scythe.

"call..."

Miku chuckled lightly, pretending to touch his forehead, and said, "You really have a big, impressive thing growing inside you!"

Serena, upon waking, did not answer, staring blankly at the charred flower field. Miku, having deactivated his transformation, crouched behind her without saying a word.

After a long while, Serena spoke softly, "Thank you, Miku!"

"It's nothing, we're all on the same side!"

Chapter 53: A meteorite falls from the sky, and clouds stir in all directions!

The living room of the Inamori residence.

The family pendant that Mayu Inamori treasured was now crushed into pieces. Under Mayu Inamori's eyes, which were filled with fear and despair, Medusa smiled coldly.

"Now I have destroyed your pillar of support!" Medusa bent down and grabbed Inamori Mayu's chin: "Fall into the abyss of despair!"

"Sister, Dad, Mom..."

"Crack!"

Mayu Inamori's eyes, now vacant and cracked, reflected the fragments of the pendant like a stagnant pool.

“In this way, your sister will completely disappear.” Medusa stood up, crossed her arms, and walked around Inamori Mayu. “And you will be devoured by the Phantom within you!”

"Become one of us completely!"

Medusa, who was hugging Mayu Inamori from behind, was filled with cruelty. The image that supported Mayu Inamori's inner world suddenly cracked, but at that moment, one of the seals reinforced on her brain silently fell off.

"Mayu, remember this: you are my hope!"

You are my hope!

The image of Misa Inamori holding Mayu Inamori and whispering softly kept replaying in Mayu Inamori's mind. With a determined look in her eyes, Mayu Inamori gritted her teeth and said, "I am my sister's hope. How can I succumb to this despairing illusion!"

A dazzling light flashed from Mayu Inamori's body, which had split open on its back and was covered in spiky protrusions. Medusa gasped in surprise at the sight, "This is..."

"A harbinger of the birth of a magician!"

After the light subsided, Mayu Inamori stared blankly at her hands, seemingly unaware of what had just happened, but she could feel a strange power supporting her.

"Since that's the case, then I'll completely annihilate you!"

Medusa, with a flick of her long hair, transformed into a grotesque figure. Just as she was about to make a move, a white figure flashed in front of her, spun around, and kicked her away.