Ch. 97 Her verbal onslaught had been ineffective

Her verbal onslaught had been ineffective; instead, Wilden had been heavily injured while trying to buy her time.

If only battle could resolve the issue, Mia would never run away.

Behind Mia, a shimmering golden phantom tree suddenly sprouted from the ground, its rapidly growing branches casting a golden glow over her head.

A grace overflowing with power.

Mia glanced sideways in surprise; she saw the golden Erdtree Crest before Melina just as it dissipated, Melina still holding her hands in a Prayer gesture.

“Please, have no worries about what lies behind you,” she whispered from behind Mia.

Mia nodded.

The girl raised her staff; she decided to no longer hold back.

Across from them, Morgott’s pupils shrank instantly upon seeing the golden phantom tree born from Melina’s Prayer.

Mia was in no mood to address his shock or confusion now.

As expected, if you want to persuade an enemy, you should beat them down first.

The glintstone of her staff traced an arc before her.

At this moment, along the path traced by the bright glintstone, dense points of light were appearing continuously at millisecond intervals.

In an instant, Mia had created a curtain of stars.

Every point of light was a Glintstone Pebble.

If the mana of an ordinary glintstone sorcerer was like a trickling stream, slowly filling the energy in their mana circuits before a spell could be released…

…and if their focus only allowed them to complete a single casting of one spell at a time…

…then Mia’s power was as surging as stormy waves, and her focus allowed her to function like a multi-threaded computer.

In just a flash, dozens—hundreds—of mana projectiles condensed into form from the points of light.

This was the strength possessed by the disciple of the The Witch of the Magic Blocks!

‘Go—’

The girl shouted in her heart.

The already formed pebbles flew out first, while more points of light continued to take shape around Mia in an unbroken chain.

The pebbles flew toward Morgott like raindrops.

In mid-air, the blue pebbles became enveloped in yellowish-white flames.

Like meteors falling in broad daylight.

Yet they flew parallel to the ground, straight ahead.

The meteor shower of daylight almost completely covered the width of the bridge, bringing lethal intent to everything standing upon it.

Even Morgott didn’t dare stand on the bridge and rely on defense to tank the incoming Ignite pebbles.

In his perception, the moment Mia unleashed her magic, she transformed from a dwarf into a giant.

This was the true power the girl displayed.

Was it something Morgott could rival?

Of course! Morgott was, after all, Margit.

Even if Mia was also a demigod, the trials and years Morgott had endured in The Lands Between were countless times longer than hers.

Although Mia possessed the potential of a demigod, in the end, she was still just a “baby.”

But Morgott still felt a sense of threat.

He didn’t think it wise to rely on defense to face this unknown magic head-on.

Morgott leapt, intending to use the jump to soar over the countless pebbles rushing at him from below.

Mia had long anticipated that Morgott would try to jump to avoid the incoming swarm of pebbles.

Waving her staff again, yellowish-white Fluorspar Meteors appeared one after another, surging toward Morgott in mid-air.

They tracked Morgott’s trajectory to crash into him.

Reaching the peak of his jump, a thick, long Golden Spear condensed in Morgott’s hand, which he then hurled.

At that moment, Mia saw a ring of airflow explode from the tip of the spear as it left Morgott’s hand!

With a boom, the Golden Spear pierced through the Blazing Meteors.

Like a meteor striking the earth, the pierced Blazing Meteors erupted with all the energy they contained.

A violent explosion occurred in mid-air, with burning glintstone fragments scattering alongside white smoke and dust.

The leading Fluorspar Meteors were caught in the explosion, their unstable mana triggering a series of sympathetic detonations, but this was not the end for all of them.

Mia had released a total of twelve Blazing Meteors!

The remaining majority whistled silently through the flames, diving downward.

Having thrown the Golden Spear in the air, Morgott landed back on the ground due to the reaction force.

Before his swaying robes could settle, the Blazing Meteors pounced from above.

He swung his scepter with all his might, shattering the foremost meteors, but Morgott himself was swallowed by the explosions.

He couldn’t shatter all the meteors with a single blow.

Before the flames could dissipate, Mia channeled her mana again, and a super-sized Great Glintstone Pebble, half as large as her, appeared.

Also turning yellowish-white and carrying a burning trail, it zipped toward Morgott with a whoosh.

When the Great Glintstone Pebble possessed the speed of a Swift Glintstone Pebble in Mia’s hands and was further imbued with raging flames…

…its power was enough to destroy buildings.

But this one missed its mark.

Because she released the blazing Great Pebble while the flames from the meteor explosions hadn’t yet cleared, Mia hadn’t seen Morgott’s actual position.

The blazing Great Pebble grazed Morgott, brushing aside the flames obscuring her vision as it flew further.

Boom—

It crashed into the mountain where the City-Passing Tunnel was located.

No metaphor needed; this thing’s power exceeded that of a stone thrown by a trebuchet.

After the explosion, rubble from the mountain fell with a clatter.

Morgott didn’t spare a glance for the missed attack; he charged at Mia once more.

Of course, compared to when the battle began, he looked much more disheveled now.

The hem of his mana-resistant robes was now speckled with sparks.

The scepter Morgott held, seemingly made of wood, had cracked at some point, revealing its hidden core.

A dark purple Cursed Sword!

‘Her spells are exceptionally troublesome; I must find a way to close the distance…’

This was what Morgott was thinking.

“Margit, the Fell Omen”, who wandered throughout The Lands Between hunting the Tarnished, possessed the speed of the wind!

Leaving nothing in reserve, he arrived before Mia in an instant, swinging the eerie Cursed Blade at the girl!

‘So sudden!’

Morgott was right in front of her, and the Cursed Blade in his hand already had an extremely long reach…

At this moment, it was clearly impossible to retreat unscathed!

Even if she tried to dodge, she couldn’t completely exit the attack range before the Cursed Blade touched her body.

Instinctively, Mia tried to block with the longsword in her left hand.

But she was still a step too late.

Squelch—

The sound of flesh being severed was negligible beneath the whistle of the weapon cutting through the air.

Her hand!

Mia watched helplessly as her left forearm, along with her hand and the Golden Longsword, left her body.

Blood sprayed out wildly.

The pain didn’t strike as expected, but as a furious counterattack, a yellowish-white mana blade instantly formed at the tip of the stargazing staff in her right hand.

Even if she had to suffer a thousand losses to deal eight hundred to the enemy!

Such a resolve to perish together was something only the undying Mia—aside from a death-sworn warrior—could muster.

The suddenly appearing mana blade, carrying intense heat, swept toward Morgott; the latter was startled and immediately retreated.

The mana blade sliced through Morgott’s robes; after one missed swing, Mia’s mana sustaining the Celerity Blade surged further.

The yellowish-white blade suddenly extended significantly, changed direction, and slashed at Morgott again.