One-way traffic

"Thank you for your hard work."

The victorious dolls quickly returned to the blonde girl's side.

While singing and dancing, they still did not put down their weapons.

The real reason was that a pack of jackal demons emerged once again from behind the woods.

"Aren't you going to give up yet?"

The scene before her eyes did not deter the girl.

"Even though they've clearly witnessed the gap between them, they still refuse to give up. Ah, while their spirit is good, they're still just monsters without true intelligence... Isn't that a bit too much?"

No matter what, no matter how many monsters like this come, they won't be a match for this girl.

She had originally considered that in this isolated place, if she wanted to fight someone, she would have to follow a specific set of combat rules, but now it seemed that there was no need for that at all.

They are merely mindless monsters; there's no need to overthink it.

then.

Just as the blonde girl was preparing to put an end to it all.

From the distant horizon, a strange sound seemed to be coming.

Boom——! ! !

Then, under her gaze.

The trees in front were simply torn up.

"Huh…?"

The puppeteer girl instinctively frowned, looked up, and found that the sky seemed to have turned pitch black.

That's not actually the case.

The root cause of this is simply that something has blocked out the sky.

A shadow so huge it was unimaginable.

"Well?!"

What is this...? It's huge...!

By the time the girl came to her senses, something was already hurtling towards her.

It is a giant tentacle.

Boom! The ground cracked open, and the corpses of the jackal demons that had been lying on the ground were all pierced through.

Consequently, even the aftershocks instantly blasted away the remaining jackal demons.

The blonde girl landed slowly with the help of the dolls around her.

However, the expression on her face had completely changed.

"What is that? A monster? No... this aura is definitely not that of an ordinary monster!"

Only at this moment could she finally see clearly what that enormous figure was.

On its forehead, eight scarlet streaks of light and countless tentacles all shimmered with a dark red glow.

That's a spider.

However, in the girl's memory, there should never be such a huge and terrifying spider in this world.

Even monsters are the same.

Boom!! The spider's antennae slashed in this direction. Although the girl easily dodged the attack, the aftershock still caused the tree trunk behind her to explode.

She could see exactly who was at the spot where those tree trunks had fallen.

They were the four people who didn't have time to escape.

"Come on, you're kidding!"

"No!!!"

A tremendous roar exploded outwards, followed by tentacles that seemed capable of devouring everything in an instant.

bang——

At the critical moment, a radiant light appeared.

What the four teenagers saw when they opened their eyes was an unbelievable scene.

Countless puppets gathered at the front, forming a huge army.

In a formation resembling a magic circle, the puppets managed to forcefully withstand the unimaginably massive and terrifying limbs.

"The blonde...older sister..."

"Didn't I tell you to leave here... Human children are such a hassle."

Boom! The puppeteer girl who arrived at the scene raised her hand, and some invisible force was poured into it, directly repelling the tentacle.

Fluctuations in magical power.

"Don't look back."

The girl turned around, a stern look flashing across her face.

"Turn around and leave here immediately."

Without further hesitation, the four of them ran swiftly back the way they came.

Next... all we need to do is take care of this guy, right?

"…Huh?"

However, it cannot be manipulated.

Even though he had exercised his will, the puppets still did not do what he had asked them to do.

the reason is simple.

"what…"

Upon closer inspection, the dolls' bodies were covered with a layer of white mucus.

It's like the slimy substance of spider silk.

It was precisely because of those thick spider silks that the puppets completely lost their ability to move.

Oops…

"Shanghai, Penglai!"

She cried out sweetly, but then she discovered that her two beloved dolls were also entangled in the monster's spider silk.

And the next one will be her.

Boom! Immediately afterwards, the path behind them was blocked by one of the spider demon's enormous tentacles, while its remaining torso was mercilessly lifted up.

hiss----!!!

The piercing sound made the girl involuntarily cover her ears and close one eye in pain.

Right at this moment.

A strike she was completely unaware of came directly towards this side.

“Shit!”

The next blow was no joke at all.

Even if one's identity is not human, being hit head-on by that power would definitely not end well.

However, I was unable to take action in such a short time.

The blonde puppeteer girl could only stand there, watching the enormous torso hurtle towards her.

—Is this the end?

Click.

Then, everything became quiet.

As if her body had been crushed into mincemeat, everything fell silent, and the giant spider demon stood frozen in place, staring down.

"…Huh?"

The blonde girl stared ahead, her eyes widening involuntarily.

In front of.

There seemed to be a patch of grass where the tentacle struck.

But those seemingly inconspicuous clumps of grass directly intercepted the spider demon's enormous body.

Bang——! !

It was a crisp sound effect I had never heard before.

With a sound effect of unknown origin, the spider demon's body instantly twisted, and a huge reaction force instantly shook its own body apart, causing it to contort.

Boom! The spider demon, over five meters tall, collapsed to the ground in an instant, kicking up a cloud of dust.

But the blonde girl looked in that direction with a look of astonishment.

It wasn't just a simple patch of grass.

"That, that's a person?"

Yes.

A figure lay on the inside of the grass.

Pure white, as if it were separated from the rest of the world, a white that amazes people.

At the same time, the girl instinctively sensed something unusual.

It was as if this unconscious body represented something ominous.

That seemed to represent the encounter between chance and inevitability.

Chapter 402 That Profound Awakening

hiss--! !

The spider's roar came again, and when he came to his senses, the huge body had already stood up again, and was attacking him directly with its unimaginably large branches.

No.

Its purpose should have been the figure lying on the ground.

The blonde girl, who was standing right next to her, noticed everything in an instant.

"Danger…!!"

If it were just a matter of a moment, I could simply run away.

If you can draw the other party's attention, you can take the opportunity to escape without worrying about what happens next, and the monster will not chase after you.

Although it's unclear exactly how strong that monster is, based on the situation just now, dealing with it won't be an easy task.

But the puppeteer girl did not do that at all.

Was it because of his own pride? Or because he couldn't bear to see someone die in front of him?

In any case, at this moment.

Without hesitation, she stood in front of the unconscious figure.

"Curse the 'Hōrai Doll'—!!"

She read out the name of the move.

Those are unique techniques called spell cards.

Boom! A powerful laser beam erupted from the front of the doll, instantly blocking the spider demon's massive body.

but.

"How...could it be...so huge—!"

Even in the midst of a direct confrontation, the two forces still exhibited very clear conflicts.