1

————

The streets are shaking.

The kinetic energy carried by the charge of several heavy Dark Spirits shook up the sand and dust on the ground. In addition, countless backup Dark Spirits followed the queue, crushing the debris in the way.

"quick……"

"..."

Staggered flame beams radiated out and swept across the blocked shield surface, but amid the scattered sparks, Dark Spirit still kept moving forward at its original speed.

"...That's a false guardian!"

"No matter what, I won't run away!"

"cut……"

Hetty raised her hand, and then the defender in the center of the forward seemed to have encountered great resistance. It had no choice but to put down its shield, and its huge body slid forward under the influence of inertia.

"Bypass their shield attacks!"

"..."

Bypass the shield...?

…

————

The telekinetic shock wave spread from the gap in the stopped guard's shield, directly breaking the joints connecting it to the shield.

Then swirling flames ignited from the feet of the other two approaching guards, quickly covering their bodies.

——————

Under the burning heat, the guards finally became confused.

While slowing down, they began to attack anything that looked like a target within the blurred field of vision, and the flames that continued to spread formed a wall of fire, blocking the ordinary dark spirits that followed.

"Miss Joyce! Now..."

"Just Hetty! Don't waste your time on meaningless titles!"

The guardian who had lost half of his shield due to the telekinesis blast struggled to rush out of the flames, but was immediately suppressed by Hetty, and several flame rays condensed penetrated its body.

"Too many, this is just the forward team, let's go!"

"No, now is a good opportunity to retreat. I'll take you away!..."

"..."

Servais, who ran forward, directly carried Hetty on his back. This time there was no resistance from her, so the overall speed was much faster.

"you……"

"Don't move yet."

…

The two supporting defenders broke into the wall of fire and rushed towards the retreating two people. Hetty, who noticed it, raised her hand and tried to stop them forcibly.

"Need not."

"What……"

"..."

Wide cracks began to spread across the ground.

In the distorted vision, the streets collapsed on a large scale, and the flames soared from the potholes, shaking and covering the dragged down defenders and all the dark spirits that followed the encirclement.

"...This should be fine. Let's leave now."

"..."

Did the high temperature cause the road surface to collapse...

Really...

…

"I really underestimate you..."

Looking at the sea of ​​​​fire in the distance, Hetty forced a smile.

2

Far away, an armored vehicle with optical camouflage turned on broke into the wreckage. A large number of staggered and collapsed buildings blocked the street, and there were not many routes available for driving.

…

What happened.

How could such a big dark spirit appear...

Erica was sitting in the car. The black hole from before was still releasing dark spirits, and the rocks covering the ground made the already difficult journey even more bumpy.

…

"..."

The speed of the armored vehicle continued to slow down, and finally it was blocked in front of an insurmountable obstacle and could no longer move forward even half a step.

"hateful……"

"..."

Can we just abandon the armored vehicles?

It shouldn't be damaged...

…

Never mind.

Erica unfolded her visor and quickly jumped out of the car. There were no dark spirits searching around, so it was a good time for her to enter the battlefield.

…

"...?"

Before she could climb over the wreckage, a pink-haired girl wearing black and red armor in the distance attracted her attention. The other person seemed to be an Ashes combatant, with a full-coverage visor covering her face, leaving only

The reddish glow of the sensor.

…

survivor?

"Hey!...Are you a survivor?"

…

"You're not hurt, are you?"

"..."

The girl walking slowly did not respond to her, so Erica could only get as close as possible to see more of her condition.

"Are you okay?"

"……Um."

"Do you know what happened over there?"

"have no idea."

"Eh..."

Before they exchanged a few words, she turned away and wanted to leave in the opposite direction.

"...Don't leave yet. There are still so many dark spirits over there. We should hurry up and provide support."

"You go ahead."

"...?"

"..."

"...You are a combatant! How could you..."

"you……"

He actually ran away.

…

Not looking like he was fighting at all, the dissatisfied Erica could only watch the opponent's back go away, gradually disappearing around the corner of the ruins.

"coward……"

…
To be continued...