The Strange Cat from Fuuto

Before Alex could even react, she was placed in the arms of the sage, Dimu Zou. The sage placed his hand on her face, and after a flash of magical light, Alex fell unconscious.

The unconscious Alex slumped limply in the arms of the sage, Fumiko. The sage carefully placed him on the bed as if he were a precious treasure and covered him with a quilt.

"call..."

The sage, Fumiko, pulled down the gauze curtain, his hands behind his back. Medusa watched the sage's retreating figure, feeling inexplicably uneasy and...apprehensive.

"Medusa, how long have you been by my side?"

Upon hearing the sage's question, Medusa bowed respectfully and said, "It has been almost a year since I met you!"

"A year has passed, how time flies. I still remember how dismissive you were of me at the beginning, but now you're capable of standing on your own." The sage, Fueki Kanade, turned slowly and walked to Medusa, a hint of感慨 in his voice. "And you've matured even more!"

Looking at the sage Dimu so close to her, Medusa's breathing became slightly rapid, her eyes filled with excitement.

"For the past year, you've searched for the [Gate] for me, helped me spawn the Phantoms, and done everything in your power to fight against the mages." The sage, Fueki, sighed and placed a hand on Medusa's shoulder, saying with satisfaction, "You've truly worked hard!"

"Besides, you are my most important subordinate, and no one can replace you!"

Upon hearing the words of the sage, Medusa, trembling with excitement and her face flushed, lowered her head, almost unable to control herself as she tried to hide her embarrassment.

The Sage Flute Player slowly circled around to Medusa's back, and during this process, the hand on Medusa's shoulder remained completely still.

Just as the sage Diemu arrived behind Medusa, a flash of light appeared on his other hand, his palm disappeared and extended forward, transforming into a sharp longsword.

"Pfft!"

The longsword pierced through his back and emerged from his chest, with dark purple blood flowing down its blade.

"puff!"

Medusa stared in disbelief at the sword pressed against her chest, then slowly turned to look at the Sage Fueki Kanade. A cold, triumphant glint in his eyes, the Sage Fueki Kanade said softly, "However, all of this ends today!"

"You have perfectly fulfilled your duties, so I... no longer need you!"

With a flick of his arm, drawing his longsword, the sage Fumiki took two steps back, and his body twisted and transformed back into his original form.

"Am I not your most valued subordinate?" Unable to maintain her monstrous appearance any longer, Medusa clutched her chest wound and staggered backward. "Why are you doing this to me?"

"Didn't you say that yourself?"

“That’s right, but I don’t need you anymore!” The flute, resting on his waist with his right hand, sneered, “You are just a tool to me. No, all the Phantoms are my tools. Your only purpose is to find new magicians for me.”

"Now that I've achieved my goal, I could have spared your life, but..."

With a flush of anger flashing across his face, Fueki Zou roared, "How dare you lay a hand on Alex, how dare you lay a hand on my daughter!"

"So, you'll die here today!"

With his right fist clenched, Fueki Kanade placed it on his waist. "Change Now!"

A golden magic circle emerged from the air, passing through Dimu Zou's body, and magic robes, magic garments, and armor appeared on his body.

"It was all a lie, a lie!"

"I trusted you so much!" Medusa's eyes were filled with despair and sorrow as she roared madly at the flute player, her grief growing ever stronger: "I loved you so much!"

"I'm sorry to say, I've always treated you as a prop!"

Raising his flute sword, Hamor's White Demon slowly walked towards Medusa, raising his arm high and then bringing it down heavily.

A golden sword light appeared out of thin air and struck Medusa in the chest.

Medusa stared blankly at the sword light flashing on her chest, her eyes blinking. A single tear welled up from the corner of her eye, slowly sliding down her cheek and landing on the ground.

Tears fell from the sky to the ground, but then a hand reached out and caught them between its fingertips.

"Oh dear, isn't that a bit too heartless of you!"

A tall, slender figure suddenly appeared, his right fingertips twirling a teardrop, while his left hand casually grasped the sword light in front of Medusa, crushing it to pieces with a slight squeeze of his fingers.

"If you don't want it, don't waste it like this." After Miku preserved Medusa's teardrop, he simply pulled her into his arms: "Give it to me!"

"who are you?"

With a wary step back, Fueki Kanade held his sword horizontally in front of his chest, facing Miku directly, and a great sense of crisis arose in his heart.

One wrong move and you'll perish!

"Well, I'm not in the mood for joking around with you right now, so I'll just give you a parting gift!"

Miku, who was holding Medusa, flipped his hand, and a fireball resembling a solar panel materialized out of thin air.

"Don't die!"

"Otherwise, I'll be bored if no one plays with me!"

Miku casually tossed the energy blast behind him, his figure fading and disappearing like a bubble.

Meanwhile, Fueki watched helplessly as Miku's energy blast flew toward Alex. From his perception, once the energy blast detonated, everything at its center would be annihilated.

"Alex!"

As she ran quickly toward Alex, Fueki Kanade placed her hands on her waist.

But the next second, the sun fell to earth!

.....

In the forest outside Torii-zaka, a giant sphere of light expanded, engulfing and annihilating everything around it, turning it to ashes.

Miku, holding Medusa in his arms, appeared on the treetop of a large tree on the edge of the suburbs, standing on a leaf at the very top of the tree as if he had no weight at all.

"Hehe, will I be able to survive?"

"I'm really looking forward to it!"

Miku touched the fangs on his chin, lightly touched a leaf with his toe, and disappeared from the spot once again.

Chapter 71: Recruiting Medusa and causing chaos in Regio!

"Huff, huff, huff..."

The seemingly endless sound of the wind kept passing by Medusa's ears, and the scenery in front of her rushed past.

"arrive!"

Miku, who had stopped on a rooftop, chuckled and put Medusa down: "How are you feeling now?"

"How about it?"

Medusa staggered two steps after leaving Miku and walked towards the railing, letting out a bitter laugh as she asked, "Feelings?"

Do you think I feel anything right now?

Medusa turned her head with a miserable and sorrowful smile on her face. Being stabbed in the back by the person she trusted and loved most was tantamount to destroying her entire world.

Since her birth, the first person she encountered who could understand her was the sage Fueki Kanade, and she gave herself completely to him.

Trust, loyalty, responsibility, and everything else!

"In the end, she's still a woman!" Miku sighed softly as he looked at Medusa's sorrowful smile.

No matter how fierce, ruthless, or cold-blooded Medusa was, no matter how powerful she was, she was still a woman!

No woman can escape the shackles of emotions!

No matter how cold and ruthless a woman may be, her emotions will always be her greatest weakness!

This is also her biggest weakness!

With that thought in mind, Miku adjusted his mindset, putting aside his pity and sympathy for Medusa.

If I handle it well, this woman will become my sharpest weapon!

"I don't feel anything..."

With a soft sigh, Miku crossed his arms and slowly walked towards Medusa. Now, all he had to do was become the only pillar in her heart after her beliefs were shattered.

"Then you are truly pathetic, betrayed by the person you trusted most, and everything you believed in was false, all just an illusion."

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Miku, smacking his lips, leaned against the railing, observing Medusa's expression, which was a lifeless, deathly gray.

"Tsk, it's probably going to be ruined!"

With a sigh of inward admiration, Miku reached out and pulled Medusa into his arms. He gently lifted Medusa's chin and spoke in a low voice, "Then let me ask you, you..."

"...Don't you want revenge?"

"To avenge this sword wound, let him taste what it's like to be stabbed through."

Don't you want to?

Miku's soft whispers were like the devil's murmur, constantly tempting Medusa. A glimmer of light appeared in Medusa's eyes, but her expression quickly dimmed again: "It's no use, he's too strong!"

"Strong?" Miku tilted his head and scoffed, "Do you think he's stronger than me?"

"you?"

As Medusa stared intently at Miku, a glimmer of light slowly appeared in her dark eyes.

Knowing it had worked, Miku put his arm around Medusa and turned to the side, pointing to a location in the suburbs, saying, "Look over there?"

"Where?" Medusa's eyes widened slightly as she looked in the direction Miku pointed.

This direction is where the sage Dimuzo hid in the grotto, but now that place has been reduced to a sea of ​​fire.

With her sharp eyesight, she could easily see the horrific scene over there: thick black smoke billowed into the sky, and flames, like a tidal wave, greedily licked and devoured everything around them.

The ground was scorched black, and in some places it had even melted, just like magma from the Earth's core.

“Do you know?” Miku chuckled as he slowly twirled Medusa’s long hair. “Destruction is the most exhilarating thing. Everything that has been built up over decades or even centuries, at the cost of enormous human and material resources, can be destroyed with just a small spark.”

A flame flickered on Miku's finger, burning Medusa's hair to ashes as it burned, and like a campfire in the night, it dispelled the darkness in her eyes.

"It can be completely destroyed!"

"Destroy..."

Medusa murmured dreamily as she gazed at the flickering flame at Miku's fingertips.

“Yes, destruction!” Miku continued, moving the flames in front of Medusa. “Destroy everything he cherishes!”