As he watched the Star-Devouring Whale charge towards Lord Neuvillette without hesitation, Mr. Yuto's eyes flashed with understanding.
He first weighed the purplish-red longsword in his hand, then transformed into a streak of lightning and rushed towards the Star-Devouring Whale.
Almost the next second, Mr. Yuto arrived beside the Star-Devouring Whale, which was charging towards Lord Neuvillette, and then drew his longsword without hesitation.
Buzz—
With a sword cry, the longsword, as if stained with fresh blood, instantly unsheathed accompanied by a dazzling flash of lightning.
Mr. Yuto once again used his tried and true "Thunder Blade."
Due to the relatively close distance, this "Thunder Blade" struck the Star-Devouring Whale with almost no energy loss.
Boom—
"Roar!!!"
After taking Mr. Yuto's "Thunder Blade" head-on, the Star-Devouring Whale let out a roar of pain.
Perhaps because it was originally a creature from beyond this world, this strike did not cause any obvious wounds.
But the indirect damage caused by the lightning... was indeed tormenting this monster.
However, this strike did not slow down the Star-Devouring Whale's charging speed; in fact, the intense and prolonged pain accelerated the Star-Devouring Whale's movement.
Watching the gigantic whale gradually approaching him, Lord Neuvillette's eyes flashed with a hint of apprehension, then he quickly extended his right hand, condensing the profound magical array of that time.
Buzz—
Accompanied by the buzzing of a light blue glow, a triangular protective magical array engraved with profound runes appeared before Lord Neuvillette.
Almost the instant the array formed, the Star-Devouring Whale, which had accelerated due to Mr. Yuto's attack, immediately crashed into it.
The moment Lord Neuvillette's defensive array touched the Star-Devouring Whale, the defensive array, which had been flickering with light blue light, began to flicker more intensely.
As the collision time between the man and the whale grew longer, the frequency of the defensive array in Lord Neuvillette's hand flickering also increased, and finally... it completely shattered.
Bang—
With the sound of shattering glass, the magical array in Lord Neuvillette's hand completely broke, transforming into specks of light blue luminescence and disappearing into the Opera House.
The Star-Devouring Whale clearly did not gain any advantage in this exchange either; the pain brought by the Thunder Blade was still tormenting it.
"Roar!!!"
A whale's roar, tinged with pain, echoed through the Opera House, and the Star-Devouring Whale immediately turned its head and charged towards the entrance of the Opera House.
Watching the Star-Devouring Whale rapidly charging towards them, the eyes of the Fontaine citizens who had not yet fully evacuated flashed with terror, and they then scrambled on all fours towards the Opera House entrance.
At this moment... what they were thinking about was not The Prophecy, nor the Assistant Administrator who suddenly appeared, much less the battle between the Traveler and the Assistant Administrator—
—but rather regretting that their parents hadn't given them four legs.
"Waaahhhh!!!"
"Wh-what is this thing?!"
"Mommy!!!"
"Is th-this also part of The Prophecy? Is being eaten by a monster also part of it?!"
As the distance between the Star-Devouring Whale and the citizens who had not yet escaped the Opera House grew shorter, and as the enormous Abyss maw was about to open,
A purplish-red shadow leaped out from the spatial rift.
Almost the moment this purplish-red shadow leaped out, Mr. Yuto had already arrived near the Star-Devouring Whale.
Paimon, floating beside Lumine, squinted hard at the two indistinct figures in the distance, seemingly wanting to see what was happening with those two figures.
After a good while, the movements of the two shadows slowed down slightly, which allowed Paimon to catch key information.
"Eh?! Lumine! Look, it's the Vanguard!"
Paimon shouted loudly while shaking Lumine, who had just staggered to her feet, as if she had seen a sight she would never see in her lifetime.
Lumine gave her guide a helpless glance, then fixed her gaze on the two shadows.
With his Vision's power sealed and his Evil Eye shattered by Mr. Yuto's sword, Tartaglia at this moment... was fighting entirely on the strength of his Demon King Armed and physical prowess.
Tartaglia held a purplish-black double-pointed spear, retrieved from who knows where, and charged towards the Star-Devouring Whale's head while brandishing the spear.
"Hah!"
With a sharp cry, Tartaglia's double-pointed spear fiercely stabbed into the Star-Devouring Whale's head, then he used the momentum to leap up and stab its back again.
Almost at the same time Tartaglia launched his attack on the Star-Devouring Whale, Mr. Yuto also reacted.
He, who had been standing not far from the Star-Devouring Whale, instantly transformed into a purplish-red stream of light, manipulating the turbulent water element elemental energy in the Opera House to attack it.
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