The sudden attack forced Erald Sparrow to abandon her plan to continue the assault. She used her magic power to perform a swift ukemi in midair, spinning her body and pounding heavily on the spider spear with her gauntlet, narrowly avoiding the attack from below.
However, this did not an the end of the crisis. The Remnant Beast in front of her was aware that the Magical Girl had been affected by the rules, and naturally, there was no reason to stop there. The Remnant Beast quickly caught up, attempting to pursue Erald Sparrow.
In the critical situation, Lantern tily intervened, taking Erald Sparrow's place, and the two Magical Girls fought as they retreated, finally managing to fend off the Remnant Beast's round of attacks.
Only, the Magic Silk on Erald Sparrow's elbow remained unattended to.
In the lulls of combat, she repeatedly tried to cut the Magic Silk that bound her, attempting to break free, but to no avail. The Magic Silk created by the rules was completely unaffected by her magic armor or her magic power.
What was more important was that, as she saw clearly the Magic Silk on her arm, she realized that it seed to be identical to those that bound Cat Tail and others. This finally made her understand the aning behind the Spider's words before transforming, "personal experience".
The previous Cat Tail Squad had apparently also fought against the Spider, and the reason the whole squad fell to it was clearly that they had not overco the Remnant Beast's rules.
Even for herself, after her elbow was entangled by the special Magic Silk, not only was it difficult to fold and move her arm, but even the circulation of magic power there beca very sluggish.
"How's the situation?" Lantern, seeing Erald Sparrow's grim expression, couldn't help but ask, "Can't you get rid of it?"
"I'm afraid we need to think of another approach,"
Erald Sparrow gave up dealing with the Magic Silk on her body, taking a breath, "We need to figure out its rules first, otherwise even our attacks will be restricted."
The Magic Silk on her arm had appeared while she was attempting to pursue the Remnant Beast. Although she didn't know whether the two were related, it didn't prevent her from being cautious beforehand.
"But..." Lantern started, then paused, anwhile glancing up at the spider web in the sky.
Erald Sparrow followed Lantern's gaze upward, only to see that the magical power fluctuations of Cat Tail and the others on the spider web above were becoming fainter.
With their magical power perception as Magical Girls, it wasn't hard to track the movent of these magical energies: all were being drawn along the Magic Silk into the body of the Remnant Beast.
Clearly, due to the exhaustion from the previous fight, the Remnant Beast had sped up the rate at which it was absorbing magic power. And at this rate, Cat Tail and the others would likely die of weakness before the fight was over.
Erald Sparrow fell silent.
She wasn't without a plan for victory in her heart, but speed and sureness obviously couldn't be attained at the sa ti.
If she wanted to ensure that she and Lantern both defeated the Remnant Beast in front of them unscathed, she must not act rashly; she had to observe the opponent's rules clearly before finding an opportunity to attack.
If she wanted to save Cat Tail, she certainly wouldn't have the ti to slowly figure out the rules; she could only adopt a more aggressive approach.
"Lantern, let's split up."
After weighing her options, she spoke up again, "You go up to save them; I'll deal with this Remnant Beast below."
"Eh? That's not a good idea!"
Lantern quickly shook her head upon hearing this, "Senior, you've already been influenced by its rules. If soone has to stay, it should be who is in a better state!"
"You've just been seriously injured, how good could your condition be?"
Erald Sparrow glanced at her, "And you've already lost to it once before, I can't trust you to handle it alone."
"But..." Lantern wanted to object, but Erald Sparrow didn't give her the chance to argue.
"Don't waste ti."
Pushing Lantern away, Erald Sparrow assud a combative stance facing the Remnant Beast that was about to attack again from the air, "Without the troubleso rules, I am confident I can quickly finish it off."
As her words fell, Magic Silk once more shot out from the darkness, Erald Sparrow controlled her magic armor and charged out, once again engaging in a fierce battle with the Remnant Beast.
Blood-red Magic Silk mixed with dark purple magic power entwined with the azure Magic Silk in the lair, her magic-made masterpiece blades clashing intensely with the Remnant Beast's exoskeleton, both sides montarily locked in a stalemate.
Ultimately, Lantern followed Erald Sparrow's commands, putting aside the needless worries in her heart, and flew towards the spider web in the sky. Leaving Erald Sparrow on the ground locked in an incredibly dangerous battle with the Remnant Beast.
The unthinking Remnant Beast couldn't comprehend why the two Magical Girls had split up; as far as it was concerned, with only one Magical Girl remaining in front of it, it was undoubtedly a pri opportunity to quickly kill her.
So, it disregarded the departing Lantern and launched an even more ferocious assault on Erald Sparrow.
Not long after the battle began, Erald Sparrow's arm, which had originally been entwined with Magic Silk, was completely wrapped up, utterly losing the ability to manipulate magic power.
This forced her to abandon fighting with both hands, switching to a one-handed combat in combination with her magic silk threads, but inevitably, this made her fighting style biased towards defense.
With only one hand able to move normally, she had to prioritize keeping the other safe; if both hands lost their ability to act, the situation would beco even worse.
Aside from that, her head hurt.
The side effects of unleashing her magic power at full force were becoming more and more severe, even disrupting her movents several tis. The intense pain made her clench her teeth to avoid crying out in pain; her body's instincts were urging her to finish the fight quickly, but she knew now was not the ti for a quick resolution.
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