"They really let Xiao Mi off earlier! Xiao Mi is about to cry!"

Despite shouting, the three of them still prepared for battle.

Oscar shouted:

"Help me create an opening so I can stab her directly with the Black Umbrella! Meredith! At my signal, unleash Black Sky Poverty once more!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Silver Feather's meteor shower flew over immediately.

Miledi and the others split up and fled in three directions.

The meteor shower fell where the three of them had been a moment before, making a sound unlike that of feathers and raising a cloud of dust.

There was a sound like the air breaking, and Esther flew out from the dust, her initial target seeming to be Oscar.

Oscar leaped back in the air, simultaneously unleashing his Black Umbrella to unleash his Eighth Style, "Spiral Flame." This advanced fire-attribute volley of hellfire shot out in a spiral trajectory.

Esther did not dodge or evade, but crossed his two swords as a shield and moved forward in a straight line to break through the fire bombardment.

“Wow!?”

The black umbrella was bounced away by the greatsword, and Oscar was forced to raise his hands. Then Esther's second greatsword slashed towards his body.

"Don't even think about it."

Natsu appeared behind Esther, then grabbed the back of her head with his large hand and teleported her along with him. The next moment, they were in mid-air, facing the ground, and Natsu threw Esther face-first into the ground.

“—[Sky Shock]!”

In addition, space vibrations were added, emitting a strong shock wave starting from Esther's head.

Esther tilted her head and glared at Natsu.

"!"

I thought that even if I couldn't destroy the head, I could at least cause a concussion, but such a plan seemed too naive.

Niz felt something was wrong, and the next moment, countless silver feathers shot out from a very close distance.

“Guaaaaaa!?”

Although he managed to avoid being shot into a honeycomb by teleporting, Natsu was covered in blood the moment he reappeared.

"Natsu!?"

"Leave me alone! I'm not fatally wounded!"

Esther flew up. Then, Meredi's six "Misfortunes" surrounded Esther from all sides and from above and below, a pulling force from all directions. But as long as one side was deliberately weakened—

「!?」

Esther herself flew off in an unexpected direction.

"Even if I can't suppress you, as long as the direction of gravity is unstable, it will be difficult for you to fly!"

Esther's body flew left and right, up and down. A silver light emanated from her body, and then a sea of ​​fire, large enough to cover the sky—the highest-level area attack magic, "Fire Wave," surged in all directions.

The three of them immediately defended themselves against the flames in their own ways.

"Oops--"

Esther broke through the sea of ​​fire and appeared beside Oscar. She pointed the tip of the Great Sword of One at Oscar, made a bow-drawing motion, and stabbed Oscar with the sword.

The Ten Styles of "Holy Absolute" that was fully deployed began to crack and could only block it slightly.

Then the greatsword pierced through the barrier and pierced Oscar's side.

“Wa ...!”

The flames of "Fire Wave" disappeared after the effect time ended, and then Oscar was seen being stabbed by a greatsword in the air.

“Oh!”

“Oscar!!”

The cries of Meredith and Natsu echoed all around.

"Take care of one person first."

Esther raised her second greatsword, having narrowly avoided the first blow. The momentary pause caused by the Tenth Style of "Holy Slash" allowed Oscar to take evasive action, and the black coat controlled by the sensor stone redirected the greatsword, allowing Oscar to avoid the fatal blow.

Even so, the greatsword's blade was halfway stuck in his side, and he couldn't dodge. No, it was Esther who wouldn't let him dodge. He saw another greatsword about to strike him down.

"That's not necessarily true."

Oscar fully activated the auxiliary function of his black boots and hugged Esther's body. The weakness of the greatsword is that it cannot withstand close-range attacks. As long as he gets close to the opponent, the greatsword becomes difficult to swing.

However, this only made his injuries worse, and Oscar almost lost consciousness due to the pain.

"Useless resistance—"

"Miledi! Natsu! Please!"

Oscar yelled, unleashing all the metal wires from his black gloves, wrapping them around himself and Esther. He then flung out his black umbrella, letting it float in the air. After turning it around, he unleashed the Tenth Style of "Holy Suppression" on himself and Esther, using the protective barrier as a cage!

Esther transformed the greatsword into a sword, and his hand changed into the shape of a hand knife.

However, before stabbing Oscar with the knife——

“——『Black Sky Poor』!!”

The black star of disaster enveloped Oscar and Esther. Even an apostle of God would need to concentrate to destroy this secret. In other words, the star of disaster could temporarily trap her.

Of course, Oscar, a flesh and blood body, could not be safe and sound, but when "Black Sky Poor" was launched, Niz rescued him by space transfer.

“Ugh, cough cough!”

"You want to die, idiot!"

Although it was only for a brief moment, Oscar was indeed exposed to Meredith's secret technique, and blood flowed from Oscar's eyes, ears, nose and mouth. The hand that Niz used to hold Oscar was also injured, and a large amount of blood flowed from the wound.

"But we did catch her."

Oscar raised his hand, and the black umbrella immediately responded to its owner and returned to Oscar's hand. Oscar then put his left hand in front and his right hand behind, posing as if he were drawing a bow, just like Esther just now.

"Natsu! Open the portal!"

"Understood!"

A portal appeared in front of Oscar, the exit at the location of Esther's heart behind him. Oscar sharpened the tip of his umbrella to a needle-like sharpness, and then thrust it out with all his strength.

There was no armor in front because when Oscar hugged Esther just now, he had used Alchemy to open a hole in that part of the armor.

The tip of the umbrella pierced the snow-white skin.

But it couldn't go deeper because the tough flesh blocked the piercing tip of the umbrella.

"How about this!"

Oscar activated the launching mechanism of the umbrella tip, and with the sound of impact, the umbrella tip pierced deeply into Esther's body.

Then, the electric shock came towards Oscar through the steel cable connecting the umbrella tip and the black umbrella.

"We're going to retreat!"

Niz immediately closed the portal, leaving behind the umbrella tip and the steel cable, and transferred Oscar and the black umbrella to the ground.

“Ugh, cough cough!”

"Oscar! Cheer up!"

Oscar paid a heavy price for his desperate act. His injuries were very serious, especially the wound on his side, which kept bleeding.

"no problem."

Oscar gritted his teeth and used his black umbrella to cast a fire magic spell, immediately pressing the fiery part onto the wound. Using his ultimate move to burn the wound and stop the bleeding, Oscar clenched his teeth, a cry of pain coming from between his teeth.

"Aoh, are you okay!?"

Meredith's voice sounded like she was about to cry, but Oscar did not answer her question. Instead, he asked her:

"That guy!? How's that guy doing!?"

"Huh? That's... weird? My power surpasses hers?"

Meredith immediately sensed something was wrong. Previously, Meredith's squeezing power had been inferior to Esther's breaking power, but now it surpassed hers.

"Is it possible to get rid of her like this?"

"No, this will only prolong her time!"

Meredith was about to cry.

"I think so."

Oscar was sweating profusely, a wry smile on his face.

"But at least we've trapped her. Now onto the second phase, Natsu."

"Okay, what do we do?"

A simple sentence proved Natsu's trust in him.

"Take me to the crater of Mount Red Dragon."

"Leave it to me."

Natsu placed his hand on Oscar's shoulder.

"Miledi! We'll be back soon! Until then, I'll leave that guy in your care!"

"Alright, let me show you a woman's courage! I'll do it all on my own!"

The next moment, Natsu and Oscar arrived at the familiar balcony deep in the volcano.

"Natsu, while you're recovering your mana, I need you to perform two long-distance transfers."

Natsu nodded silently and drank the magic recovery potion.

Oscar was almost losing consciousness due to the pain and bleeding, but he still endured it and took out all the chains.

"Alright, let's go get some extra-large attacking tools."

After saying this, he threw the five chains into the lava.

On the battlefield after Oscar and Nez vanished, Meredith felt her magic power dwindle by the second. It was a countdown to death. When the countdown reached zero, the Grim Reaper's scythe would slice through her defenseless neck.

But surprisingly, she didn't feel uneasy.

In the darkness ahead, Esther was staring at Meredith.

Seeing those emotionless eyes, a smug smile appeared on Meredith's face.

"You're quite a bit weaker now. Did Ao's hug make your legs weak?"

Miredy said jokingly.

Although Meredith knew that Esther was probably affected by the umbrella tip shooting, she still couldn't help but say it.

The star of misfortune made a disgusting sound, and it seemed that the restraints on her had reached their limit.

“!…Oh, Na-chan.”

Meredith called out their names.

At this moment, Meredith suddenly felt a light above her, so she looked up at the sky.

"? Stars? If so, they're pretty big..."

Seeing the shining stars in the sky, she couldn't help but wonder, are there such shining stars in that place?

And just when she was wondering.

"...Huh? It seems to have gotten bigger."

Meredy broke out in a cold sweat and her cheeks twitched.

She stared at the star and thought: No way?

"No no no no no! It's falling! The stars are falling!"

It wasn't a meteor shower. It was actually a giant, flaming rock falling down, less than twenty seconds after it hit the ground!

Even Meredith was flustered.

Just now.

"Miledi!"

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