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Chapter 98 - A Desperate Struggle Entangled in Magic Threads

"Don't you dare think this is the end—!"

Mel Aria's eyes shone with madness. As her hands thrashed wildly through the air, the taut magic threads rapidly extended, tangling together and enveloping the surroundings.

Suddenly, a massive shadow rose from the floor. A section of the stone wall began to move, and chunks of rock, manipulated by the magic threads, started to writhe as if they were alive.

"Rock Puppet Soldiers, materialize! Appear!!"

With a dull roar, countless rocks formed into bodies, taking the shape of giant puppets and charging toward them. Their rugged rock skin was like a fortress itself. A single blow would inevitably shatter a part of one's body.

Amy readied her sharp spear.

"D, they multiplied again...!"

Tiris also tightened her grip on her dagger, her sharp gaze tracking the movements of the rock puppet soldiers.

"The target is the base of the magic threads! If we don't cut them, this will just repeat!"

The two attacked from the left and right with exquisite timing. The spear bit into the gaps between the rocks, and the dagger severed the knots of the magic threads.

But even when the rock puppet soldiers fell, they regenerated immediately, rising up as if they were an infinite source.

"They won't stop! But we can't give up!"

Answering Amy's cry, Tiris also readied her sword and stepped forward.

At that moment, a low groan echoed from behind them.

"――――!"

Turning around, they saw a horde of Mel Aria's human puppets closing in from behind.

"Kyaa!"

One puppet attacked Amy, while another slipped past Tiris's side, attempting to circle around behind them.

"Damn it, they're splitting us up!"

Amy kicked a puppet away with her spear, and Tiris quickly swung her dagger to block its advance.

However, the puppets coordinated their movements one after another, moving like living soldiers.

"No matter how many times you cut them, as long as the threads are connected, I won't give up...!"

Mel Aria's voice echoed with a freezing coldness.

"These magic threads are my lifeline. They're my everything...!"

The giant rock puppet soldiers, the persistent human puppets, the attacks of the magic threads. The battlefield descended further into chaos.

Amy and Tiris stood back-to-back, repeating a dizzying exchange of attacks and defenses.

"Now, we can do it! Aim for the base of the magic threads!"

Spear and dagger exploited a momentary opening, sharply slicing through the tangled threads.

The moment the magic threads were severed, the rock puppet soldiers crumbled and stopped moving.

"Alright...!"

But Mel Aria had not given up.

"This isn't the end... It's not over yet...!"

Her madness burned even brighter as she began to formulate her next plan.