One-way traffic

It possesses a power far greater than that of ordinary monsters.

If she had known this would happen, she should have used her strongest move from the very beginning. But the fact that she considers holding back her trump cards when facing any enemy is a characteristic of the girl herself.

It now seems that it was precisely this characteristic that led her directly into the abyss.

Damn it... did I miscalculate one step after all...?!

Click.

Click click click.

"...?"

The blonde girl tried her best to defend herself against the attack, but then she heard a very strange sound coming from behind her.

Like ice breaking.

It was as if something had torn this world apart.

Something is forcibly intruding into this peaceful world from a distant otherworld.

boom----! ! !

At that moment, her power was forcibly terminated.

An immense aura, surpassing everything else at that moment, instantly shattered everything with the aftershocks.

"Whoa—! What…?!"

The blonde girl couldn't help but be shocked again, looking behind her with an incredulous expression.

There.

The pure white figure that had been lying on the ground suddenly stood up.

No… he seemed to be suspended in mid-air in some kind of floating posture.

A posture that completely defies conventional rules.

more importantly.

—Behind it, a pair of black wings, each over a hundred meters long, burst forth.

An extremely oppressive atmosphere instantly enveloped everything.

"—!!"

Without even a moment to breathe, the other person vanished right before my eyes.

Click! !

Immediately afterwards, the sound of something being forcibly crushed was heard.

“nqwmpw kill aodl die ete”.

I heard a sound like distorted radio waves.

She heard words she couldn't understand.

boom--! ! !

Then, the light exploded.

That was the powerful effect of a huge wing striking its opponent in one breath.

Its enormous and frightening body flew out of an area of ​​about ten kilometers due to its excessive speed.

And all of this was accomplished in a very brief moment.

"..."

The blonde girl was completely speechless, instinctively covering her face with her hands, her mouth agape in surprise.

With a lingering, bewildered expression, she stared warily ahead.

Looking at that black lotus monster that seemed to have crawled out from the deepest part of hell.

—Squeak, a sound came from afar.

It's probably a secondary phenomenon caused by the spider demon being knocked away earlier. It's speculated that it might have knocked down some bushes or even crashed directly onto some mountain.

In any case, its ending is already obvious without even watching it.

And so the sudden, terrifying monster was dealt with.

Although he wasn't exactly helpless against it, he was still caught off guard. This monster, which was over five meters tall, didn't even survive for a few seconds in the opponent's hands.

Everything was like a dream, so unbelievable.

Until the next moment.

The shadow in front of me was a figure with massive black wings that shot out from behind, some hundreds of meters long.

He turned around in his direction with the slow, corpse-like movements.

Only at this moment could I see the other party's full appearance.

What came into view was a pair of eyes that were redder than blood.

"what…"

It evokes the eyes of a vampire, but is even more ominous.

The other person's eyes had no whites, only a pure blood red, and one could vaguely see some dark red liquid slowly swirling in their eye sockets. It was a bizarre scene that would absolutely terrify an ordinary person to the point of being stunned.

The other party did nothing.

Simply remaining in one place has brought him an unprecedented sense of oppression.

'Ugh... Hah...'

The blonde girl felt as if her chest was being squeezed tightly, and an extreme sense of oppression and distortion spread from her chest throughout her body.

She even showed a rather painful expression because of this. Even more exaggeratedly, the little dolls that should have been floating around her all collapsed one by one beside her, looking like a school of fish that had been washed ashore by a big wave. They could only stand there helplessly trembling.

The feeling of suffocation has begun to grow stronger and stronger.

'Something must be done...'

Move.

Get your body moving!

Get moving, get moving, get moving—!!

She felt a real scream coming from the inside of her body. She tried with all her might to move out of this unknown fear, but all she could do was make a series of crisp cracking sounds from the joints of her limbs.

If we continue, we have no idea what will happen.

That was a calamity far more terrifying than anything we had ever encountered before.

What will happen to me...? Will I be killed? Will I be killed by the other party like before?

Even though the puppeteer girl wasn't human, she couldn't help but let her mind wander like this. She even vaguely saw that monstrous figure in front of her was slowly approaching her—

thump.

“…Huh?”

No, that didn't happen.

The blonde doll maker girl seemed incredulous that such a thing could happen before her eyes.

That white figure.

As if paralyzed, it simply collapsed on the spot, without causing any major disaster.

The unknown wing, which was over a hundred meters long, also vanished like dark black smoke.

Everything was beyond her imagination. Before she could even process what was happening, the blonde girl felt her body rapidly tilting downwards.

"Woo-haa! Ha...ha..."

Heavy breathing followed.

After the oppressive feeling subsided, the girl, who had previously exuded a quiet beauty like a Western doll, began to gasp for breath.

Sweat had already soaked his forehead and body without him even realizing it.

It's over... completely over...?

"Shanghai...Penglai...how are you...?"

The girl, who had finally recovered, immediately checked on the safety of the dolls around her. Their existence was as important to her as family.

However, it can be confirmed that they did not suffer any physical harm, but only endured mental and psychological pressure.

That didn't seem to be a deliberate action by the other party. In the end, the other party never intended to attack him. The reason for this behavior was probably just because the monster from before was planning to attack him.

Given this situation, leaving him where he is is undoubtedly the best course of action.

After calming down, the puppeteer quickly got up, gathered the surrounding puppets back to his side, and prepared to leave immediately.

but.

But she then noticed some other detail.

What...? The blonde girl blinked in surprise and slowly took two steps closer.

The grass was stained blood red.

The source seems to be that figure lying on the ground.

"Blood? Why...?"

He wasn't injured at all; in fact, he killed the monster with overwhelming force...

However, a lot of blood was indeed flowing from the white-clad man's body, and upon closer inspection, it became clear that his entire body appeared extremely thin.

The limbs, the pure white clothes that seemed out of place in this era, were covered with scratches and tears.

Even the back of his head had a lot of blood.

It's hard to imagine that all of this could have happened just now; perhaps it was the result of a battle with something long ago.

She stretched her hands forward, but then stopped in mid-air.

What should I do?

Should we just leave it as it is? Or should we do something else?

In any case, the overwhelming strength that the opponent had previously displayed was absolutely dangerous. It was one thing to kill such a huge monster in an instant with a single blow, but that power could even create such an unimaginably massive and oppressive aura.

As expected, helping the other party will inevitably lead to some trouble, which is probably a natural outcome.

The puppeteer girl is not human, nor does she need to show so much pity like those humans do; such matters should have nothing to do with her in the first place.

Stay out of it and leave immediately.

Such thoughts kept echoing in her mind.

"...The injuries are very serious."

Squatting beside him, you can see that the person's entire body is covered in horrific injuries, making it impossible to imagine what he had gone through before.

A decision must be made.

The girl finally made up her mind and bit her lip.

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Consciousness has been awakened to some extent.

However, this is not a world that can be understood at a glance.

It was as dark as the infinite universe, stretching as far as the eye could see. Looking up, there was endless night; looking down, there was eternal daylight.

In the boundless darkness, there exists a crimson flame that seems to devour everything, inspiring fear.

What exists in the boundless daylight is a purple lightning that can fill every corner, inspiring awe.

A silver shooting star shone in the distance, but it wasn't as dazzling as anything else.

It exists as a dividing line.

Accelerator stood there.

"...Even if you told me it was a fairy tale, it wouldn't be this bizarre."