Vroom, vroom, vroom!
At this moment, Rover and Lynae were sitting on a single motorcycle, speeding away from the academy with the Void Worm in pursuit.
“How did you get here?!”
Lynae clearly hadn’t expected Rover to appear by her side and carry her away, escaping the Void Worm’s attack.
“That’s the question I should be asking.”
Clearly, Rover hadn’t expected Lynae to choose to give up on escaping and stand in front of her classmates to ensure their safety.
“Haha, once I snapped out of it, I realized my body had already moved on its own…”
Lynae scratched her head from the back seat, speaking humbly.
“Next, we need to lead the Void Worm to the Defense Array.”
Rover looked at the monster following closely behind, her expression resolute.
Because a portion of her frequency had been devoured by a Nihility Melody before she arrived at Lahai-Roi, this Tacet Discord creation was particularly obsessed with her.
However, this had now turned into an opportunity.
Thanks to this, she could successfully draw the big guy’s attention.
At the same time, Megumi was moving at full speed along the Void Worm’s path.
But at the moment, one thing was making it difficult for him.
That was the speed.
Although this motorcycle was also produced by the academy like Lynae’s, its speed was far inferior to hers.
“Tsk, who knew the wisdom of a delinquent student would actually be so useful at a time like this?” Megumi teased with a frown.
It was a pity he didn’t understand the motorcycle’s construction; otherwise, he could have modified it and infused it with Cursed Energy to make it faster.
But there was absolutely no time for him to teach himself now…
Vroom, vroom!!
“Hmm?”
Just as Megumi was feeling troubled, he found that the motorcycle beneath him was speeding up?
Biu~
While Megumi was wondering why, he followed a sudden notification sound and looked at the motorcycle’s display screen.
There was a pink-haired pixel girl waving at him, seemingly encouraging him.
“Help from the academy? Just in time. Then, while I have the chance…”
Vroom!
As he spoke, Megumi twisted the motorcycle’s handle hard, pushing its speed up another notch.
By now, Lynae and Rover had already finished dividing their tasks.
Lynae was responsible for pinning down the Void Worm, while Rover took the opportunity to activate the various Defense Arrays in different directions. Read this novel at novelping.com for the best experience.
“Tch, this equipment consumes more Resonance Power than I imagined…”
Lynae, who was “racing” the Void Worm in the desolate lands, took a breather during a gap.
Although the academy’s new equipment could indeed cause some damage to the Void Worm, the consumption of Resonance Power was a bit too high.
If this continued, Lynae felt like she was about to [Overclocking].
But the Void Worm didn’t care about any of that.
It only knew that when the enemy was at their weakest, it was the best time to attack.
“Roar!”
So, after letting out a loud roar towards the sky, it crawled at full speed toward Lynae’s position.
Boom!
Finally, the giant worm burst out of the ground, its momentum looking as if it were determined to return its anger and the damage it had received several times over to the girl before it.
Whoosh!
“Jade Dog! Nue! Tengu Eclipse!”
Just then, a voice familiar to Lynae rang out from a distance, but arriving even faster than the voice was a strange creature.
It was a giant wolf-dog the size of an adult, with wings, and its front wolf paws replaced by eagle claws.
“Awoo!”
At that moment, the creature slammed with all its might into the Void Worm’s position.
Vroom!
Vroom!
“Let’s go!”
Megumi rode his motorcycle to Lynae’s side, calling for her to leave.
“Yeah!”
Lynae didn’t dally either, immediately riding alongside Megumi toward a safe location.
Although Lynae still had many questions for him, they would have to wait until after this crisis had passed.
Rip!
Behind Megumi and Lynae, the fusion shikigami Megumi had summoned—which looked like both Jade Dog and Nue—had already been destroyed by the Void Worm.
“Megumi! Your summoned creatures…”
Glancing back and seeing the fusion creature destroyed, Lynae quickly warned Megumi.
“No matter!”
Megumi said, temporarily switching the motorcycle to autopilot, and then once again made the hand signs for summoning Jade Dog and Nue.
Instantly, another creature identical to the previous fusion shikigami flew out from the shadows, charging toward the Void Worm.
This was the method Megumi had come up with on the way to pin down the giant monster.
An Extension Technique of the Ten Shadows Technique, named [Tengu Eclipse].
Once the original shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique are destroyed, they disappear forever, but the fusion shikigami Megumi created himself were not subject to this rule.
By taking certain characteristics of Nue and Jade Dog and fusing them, he created a fusion shikigami with Nue’s speed and flight, as well as Jade Dog’s strength.
The advantage of doing this was that because they wouldn’t be completely destroyed, Megumi could summon a large number of these fusion shikigami to pin down the enemy as long as he had sufficient Cursed Energy.
The disadvantage was…
Rip!
“Awoo…”
Just as Lynae and Megumi were trying to regroup with Rover, the fusion shikigami Megumi had previously summoned was destroyed by the Void Worm again.
Although Tengu Eclipse was called a fusion shikigami, its true power was not as great as the original shikigami.
For example, this fusion shikigami did not inherit Nue’s lightning or Jade Dog’s sense of smell.
“So how are we going to defeat the big guy behind us?”
Megumi asked Lynae while maintaining his hand signs and concentrating his Cursed Energy to summon more fusion shikigami.
He had only just arrived on the battlefield, and since he didn’t have a Terminal to contact them, there were many things he didn’t know yet.
Hearing Megumi’s question, Lynae briefly introduced the combat plan to him.
“In short, once Rover activates the Defense Array, we can take down this big worm in one go while it’s weakened and bound!” Lynae said focusedly.
She felt that with Megumi’s help, this operation should be completed successfully.
“Understood!”
After summoning multiple shikigami to entangle the enemy, Megumi and Lynae sped up, heading toward the final Defense Array.
The Void Worm behind them seemed to feel that the ants around it were too many and too annoying, so it simply stopped conserving energy.
“Roar!!!”
After letting out a loud roar, it ignored the biting and attacking of the surrounding shikigami, gathered energy in its mouth, and finally aimed at Megumi and Lynae not far away.
“Tch! Block it!”
Megumi gave an emergency order, making a large number of shikigami block the Void Worm’s muzzle.
Boom!!
Because the Void Worm’s energy cannon was blocked by the numerous shikigami in front of its massive maw, it exploded inside its own mouth.
“Roar!!”
The Void Worm began to roar in pain.
Although Megumi’s fusion shikigami were wiped out by the attack, the Void Worm also took significant damage from the internal explosion.
“The effective damage is high, it can be emulated…”
Lynae seemed to have gained inspiration from Megumi’s command; after murmuring to herself, a look of determination appeared on her face.