Hardly looking like the Sage of Light, Ernika stood there with pure darkness hidden behind her smile.
ā Allow me to repeat myself. You wonāt be leaving this place anytime soon. Especially you, Takaya-kun.
ā Master, stand back.
Light magic has the most applications out of any of the attributes. Attack, defense, recovery, illusions, and others.
ā Cute little wolf, this isnāt about you. Thereās someone that wishes to have a deep conversation with your master. In the meantime, you can come with me and-
Before she could finish, Leonis slashed her in half.
ā HOW dare you mock the image of my wife, Sage of Light. Youāve gone too far.
ā Ouchie ouchie! Leonis-san, donāt be mean.
Ernika, or rather, āFalmeā, was laying on the floor with her face full of blood.
This is what she meant by āhaving some funā.
ā I bet you want to know how Iām acquaintanced with your dead wife.
ā I donāt. The only thing I want is to bash your skull to dust.
ā Woah! Someone woke up on the wrong paw. You see, we were part of the army of the Sacred Land. I knew her face pretty well, but I still wanted to make sure, so I may or may not have taken a peek in her tomb~
ā YOUā¦ I will make sure you perish here and now.
ā Oh how I would like to see you try! Come, my blade!
Since sheās a sage, I thought she would fight using only magic, but Ernika took out a sword from a magic circle.
Her stanceā¦ It reminds me of someoneās, but I canāt quite remember whose.
ā Takaya, leave this to me. Take my daughter and run away.
Itās the best course of action. Even if Mike and Leonis team up, thereās no guarantee that they can beat a sage.
ā Donāt worry. Iāll retreat too if I need to. (Leonis)
ā Okayā¦ Mike!
ā Hold tight! (Mike)
Right after Leonis lunged at Ernika, Mike jumped away with the four of us holding to her.
ā Careful with that! (Ernika)
Regardless of Leonisā astonishing speed, Ernika dodged the attack with ease, as if signaling that the wolf wasnāt even worth trying.
Her eyes were set on me.
ā Ahahaha! Itās been so long since I last played tag! Brings back memories.
Ernika hit Leonis with the side of her sword, who quickly recovered and struck back to try and buy us more time.
His attack was stopped by another sword.
ā I will be your opponent, wolf. (???)
ā Reinforcements!? (Leonis)
A blonde man appeared using teleportation magic and interrupted the fight. His entire body was equipped with silver armor.
ā Lloyd? Why are you here? (Ernika)
ā Donāt worry, I left a little something to replace me. Please let me deal with these insects.
ā Really? Iāll take your word then.
I donāt know who he is, but they seem to be on good terms. Thereās a chance that Lloyd is her disciple.
Leaving the wolf to Lloyd, Ernika leapt towards us.
ā Is that all you got!? Come on, run faster! Iām about to catch you! Hahahaha! (Ernika)
Sheās around 10 meters away from us. Itās impossible for her to reach us.
ā Have a little surprise! (Ernika)
ā !?
The tip of Ernikaās sword stretched far enough to pierce the block of snow right beside Mikeās foot.
I need to do something.
But what can I do?
Why are my abilities failing me?
If my magic circuits had shut off again I wouldāve realized from the horrible pain. There has to be a way to fix me.
(If the problem isnāt within my body, it has to be someone elseās faul-)
A cold chill ran down my spine.
(ā¦No wayā¦ It canāt be)
When? And how?
I was doing totally fine during the fight with Falme (Ernika). How is it possible?
ā Sayonara, Takaya-kun. But donāt worry, you wonāt die. Iām sure Shiori-chan will be looking for you.
Due to the large amounts of snow, we couldnāt realize it in time, but we were standing on top of the gap of a crevasse.
Ernika hit the ground so hard that it made us humans fall down the pit.
ā MASTER!
Mike tried to help us, but Ernika was using her wings to pester Mike.
ā MIKEE!
The four of us fell to the bottom of a block of ice while hearing Mikeās voice slowly fading away.