They stood at the two vertices of the triangle, surrounding Kouki, Ryuutarou, and Ling.

Kouki's performance remained dysfunctional due to his mercy towards his enemies, while Ryuutarou's negative emotions irritated him and prevented him from fully unleashing his powers. For Suzu, the barrier restricting their movements was no longer cooperating properly because of their unusual movements.

However, as long as Kaori, Shizuku, and Tio cover most of the area, the only things left to deal with are the front and the top. And the top...

“Drink aa ...

Shia unleashed a powerful attack, sending pale blue-white waves radiating outward, sending all the "half-humanoids" that were about to attack Kouki and the others from the air flying. Kaori's face lit up with a smile, and she looked up.

"Shia!"

"I'm in charge of the upper level!"

Shia seemed to have turned back and chosen to fight alongside Kaori and the others. As for the reason... from her flushed cheeks, the glance she gave Tio, and her rabbit ears with excellent hearing, one could probably guess.

Thus, the super offensive base was completed.

Even though the "Demi-Humanoid" was a monster modeled after the "Apostle of God," its capabilities were ultimately a degraded version of the "Humanoid." While sheer numbers were certainly her strength, she nonetheless...

Even so, being a "half-human" was no longer enough of a test for them now.

A total of fifty "humanoids" are equivalent to fifty "Apostles of God".

They all rushed out with afterimages.

At the same time, compressed corrosive black smoke descended, and black shells as big as fists rapidly approached Hajime and Yue.

For some reason, Hajime didn't evade the attack, but instead took out a large shield from his 'treasure chest' to defend against the black cannonballs.

The massive shield not only obscured Hajime but also Yue's figure, acting as an umbrella to block the corrosive rain.

"It's not that easy for you to break through."

The corrosion seemed to intensify due to the compression. The black smoke shells corroded the surface of the shield in an instant, leaving it ragged and mottled.

The "humanoid" charged towards the immobilized Hajime.

Then——

“—‘Bad Tribulation’.”

A heavy pressure descends from above. The pressure here is not mental pressure, but physical supergravity.

Looking closely, Yue's figure appeared far above. She had been hiding behind Hajime until just now, so why was she now above him? — Hajime revealed the answer.

Hajime didn't resist the pressure that was crushing even himself, and he dropped down while storing the large shield in his 'treasure vault'. As he fell with the 'humanoid' that was charging at him, Hajime turned his back to the membrane that was rushing in behind him, shining brightly - the 'portal'.

That was the "portal" that Yue used and left behind.

The reason why Hajime didn't avoid the corrosive rain and chose to defend with a large shield was to prevent the enemy from seeing Yue use the "portal" to transfer, and at the same time, he was also planning to go around above the "humanoids".

The top and bottom swapped positions instantly, and this time, it was Hajime who started to rain heavily from above the "humanoid".

It was a rain of exploding shrapnel dropped by fifty cross-shaped floating guns.

If he didn't have to operate the combat function, it would be easy for Hajime, who was in the "Instant Light" state, to remotely control fifty cross-shaped floating guns.

Suddenly, the field was filled with fiery red flowers.

After all, the "humanoids" possessed powerful mobility, capable of producing multiple afterimages. Almost all of them flew through the hail of deadly bullets, heading towards the sky.

That being said, the humanoids didn't seem to escape unscathed either. Approximately seven of them were knocked underground by the previous attack, and many of the flying humanoids were also severely injured.

As if responding to the previous attack, the "humanoid" concentrated its corrosive bombardment into an extremely thick spear and fired it upwards from below.

"—[Calamity]."

If the moon is the mother planet, then the evil stars orbiting it are the guardian satellites. The evil stars create a supergravity field, attracting corrosive bombardments and deflecting them from their orbits, preventing them from harming any part of the mother planet.

At this moment, three "humanoids" flew over, and red flashes broke through the air at the same time.

Yue used his fingers to direct "Misfortune", deflecting the trajectory of the bullet that Hajime shot at him.

As a result, the deflected bullets hit the three rapidly approaching "humanoids" as if they had been pre-set as a target.

"—[Flame Bullet]."

Those were fifty flaming bullets, each compressed from Azure Flame to the size of a bullet. This was Yue's original magic, capable of compressing and splitting the highest-level fire magic, Azure Flame, explosively increasing its number and destructive power. Any ordinary magician witnessing such a feat would surely scream. As for the name of this magic being a basic one, that was beyond comment.

As if returning the favor for Hajime's bullet, Yue fired fifty flaming bullets straight at Hajime.

Hajime put away the cross floater and rushed towards Yue.

He even used his "Aero Power" to create ripples in the air, and simultaneously threw the Crescent Moon Wheel in front of the incoming flaming bomb.

In the air, the center holes of half of the crescent moons face forward, while the other half face other angles.

The result was self-evident. Using the full moon's 'teleportation' function, the blue flame bullets struck the 'humanoids' approaching from the left, right, and bottom of the moon.

Although two of the "humanoids" managed to dodge, one was too close to the moon and was pulled by the supergravity field. As its movements became slow, it was accurately hit by the blue flame bullet.

Furthermore, after Hajime completely dodged the barrage of Azure Flame Bullets, the several "humanoids" chasing after him also became bait for the Azure Flame Bullets.

Hajime continued forward, passed Yue, and punched the approaching "humanoid".

It was a combined technique of 'Vibration Shatter' and 'Magic Shock Wave', unleashed from the prosthetic arm. The 'humanoid' was struck before it could even use the corrosive black smoke, its hands, which had been crossed for defense, shattered along with them.

Before Hajime could retract his fist, another "humanoid" figure approached from the left. The afterimage created by the four arms looked like the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara.

Hajime passed the Donald in his right hand under his left armpit and fired towards the back.

Even in that state, the 'humanoid' was still able to evade the railgun's attack by spinning, but for some reason, Hajime's gaze had shifted to another 'humanoid' flying from the right.

Instead, the vampire princess looked at the humanoid figure to her left, who, while dodging, reached out to Hajime. Yue, in turn, thrust out a finger pulsing with golden electricity and poked the humanoid figure's temple.

In an instant, a strong lightning strike was produced, and then the bombardment of thunder burst out.

The humanoid's head was completely destroyed, and it didn't even have time to scream.

At the same time, the "humanoid" on the right that was originally planning to attack from both sides was also destroyed by the electromagnetic cannon's continuous fire at extremely close range because Hajime ignored the enemy in front of him and attacked him.

"What happened to your Tianlong?"

"...The opponent's movements are too agile, and his huge body is a disadvantage. Don't you even understand that?"

The enemy launched a fierce attack from the sky. Hajime and Yue nimbly separated, allowing the enemy to pass between them. At the same time, the gravity ball stopped the enemy in front of Hajime's eyes, and the electromagnetic cannon blasted it without delay.

"Didn't you break down your magic into smaller parts earlier? Instead of using the Five Heavenly Dragons, use the Ten Thousand Heavenly Dragons."

"...This is so inefficient. Are you an idiot? Do you want to die?"

The two glared at each other and eliminated the enemies approaching from behind.

"If you say so, then you must have an 'efficient method', right?"

“…So what?”

"If you have any, take it out and use it, okay!?"

Hajime shouted as four arms attacked him. He blocked them with Donal, Hulak, and the Cross Floater, and used Kongo to defend against the corrosive black smoke.

Then, Yue moved down and up, passed under Shi's crotch, and fired the Blue Flame Bullet.

The humanoid tried to leap back to dodge, but Hajime, while teleporting Hulak into the Treasure House, grabbed him with his prosthetic arm and held him in place, making it impossible to evade. The Blue Flame Bullet pierced through his crotch and through his forehead.

Without even considering the outcome of the previous battle, Hajime fired a shot in the back. A "humanoid" that was about to charge at Yue who was standing on his hands and knees was instantly killed by the electromagnetic cannon.

"...I'm preparing now, because it's a very difficult spell."

Yue leaned against Hajime's back and said with an unhappy look on his face.

Apparently, she had been preparing for her ultimate move, so she hadn't used any large-scale magic. She seemed to be allocating most of her consciousness to "imagination composition," using it to construct magic.

At that moment, a distance from Yue's front, a "humanoid" figure could be seen forming a magic circle. As an expert in magic, Yue considered the magic circle dangerous, and a strong sense of crisis surged within him.

Furthermore, in front of Hajime, a group of deliberately dispersed "humanoids" approached like scattershot, all of them shrouded in corrosive black smoke.

——Want accuracy.

——I want annihilation power.

The moment Yue and Hajime thought this to each other, they ignored the crisis in front of them and turned to face the back.

At the same time, they had absolute trust in their hearts, as if doing so was a matter of course, and they didn't worry about what was happening behind the scenes at all.

As if looking in a mirror, the two of them each showed their backs to the other—they just switched the direction they were facing.

"You wish."

"...Don't even think about it."

As soon as they finished speaking, they immediately used their best moves.

Magic also has a "core," which is usually invisible. If this "core" is destroyed, the magic's structure will be dissolved and collapsed. However, the Magic Eye Stone can see through this "core."

Hajime's incredibly accurate shooting destroyed the magic that the "humanoid" had just cast.

On the Moon's side, a black vortex of evil stars was created. As the second guardian satellite of the mother planet (the Moon), the evil star attracted and devoured all enemies - this was the gravity magic "Absolute Disaster".

Even if the flying corrosive shotgun shells were spread out, it would be useless as they were all forcibly attracted to one place and swallowed by the black gravity ball.

"Okay, there are probably about thirty left."

The "humanoids" distanced themselves and began to circle around. It seemed their overwhelming offensive had been thwarted, causing the enemy to become slightly more cautious.

Hajime tapped Yue's shoulder with Donal and said:

"So Yue, how long will your special move take?"

"...Well, if Hajime protects me, it'll only take twenty seconds."

Hearing her answer, Hajime smiled.

"Has the spell been lifted?"

“…Hmm, Hajime too?”

"Yeah, it's not to the point of disgust. I just think you're an annoying and arrogant person."

“…That’s too much, wuwu.”

"Eh!? Is it necessary to react like that!?"

He had expected Yue to turn against him, but unexpectedly, he heard Yue crying sadly, and Hajime turned around to look. It was a taboo to look away from the enemy during battle, but this also proved that he was very panicked, so he couldn't help but look back.

And the weeping moon is——

“…Hehe, Hajime is panicking.”

"..."

It seemed like she was just playing a prank.

A vein popped up on Hajime's forehead, but for some reason he couldn't stay angry at Yue.

Perhaps it was because Yue looked at Shi with eyes that were both happy and joyful, which made Shi's heart beat so fast that he was speechless.

"Hurry up and get ready."

"……Um."

Hajime sighed. Yue's smile was enough to shut him up. Hajime could only helplessly look back at the enemy.

Yue did something that was forbidden on the battlefield—he closed his eyes.

Even the others could see that Yue was in a deep state of concentration, she had completely given her life to Hajime.

Shi felt that his heart was like a colored painting, gradually changing color.

The heart that originally went from white to black, from light to darkness, has now turned the other way around, from black to white, from darkness to light.

The 'humanoids' seemed to have decided on their next move, as a few of them remained while the rest attacked Hajime and Yue.

An astonishing number of corrosive whirlwinds and artillery shells approached.

"I won't let you touch a single hair of Yue's—[Limit Breakthrough: Domination]."

Red magic transformed into a tornado, connecting heaven and earth. With [Limit Break: Overthrow], at this very moment, Hajime's abilities expanded fivefold.

It was an overwhelming torrent of magical power, so vast it couldn't even be described, releasing shockwaves in all directions. This was because Hajime had added a "Magic Shockwave" to the torrent of magical power he had unleashed when he activated "Limit Breakthrough."

The approaching black smoke was blown away in an instant.

Even if it's Shi, there's a time limit for using this skill. Once the effective time is up, he'll feel intense fatigue and will be temporarily unable to move.

However, Hajime wasn't worried at all, because her partner would take over. She had a hidden magic that could put an end to everything.

Then there was no need to think about what would happen next.

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