Except for Akino Sakagami, the personalities of the other girls leaned toward the fiery and bold side.
The "Gyaru Trio" and Yuki Shinomura, who had once disguised herself as a Blonde Guy to target Ethan, were naturally ruthless. Sakura Miyajima, having honed her swordsmanship, also did not lack decisive killing instinct.
Even Yui Obata and Misaki Shinohara, both key players in the basketball club, were known for their aggressive prowess on the court.
Looking at the eleven beautiful girls inside the house, Akira Miura's eyes turned red with jealousy. The intense envy made him subconsciously ignore the unusual things Ethan had displayed.
"Three Masters, hurry and strike! So many beauties, enough for us to play with for a long time. If we rotate through them..."
"Shut up, you idiot."
Akira Miura had lost his mind, but the three B-rank Yōkai had not.
As Lena Hamasaki and the others released their aura, the Yōkai's faces turned incredibly grim.
Eleven B-rank supernatural beings, all of them beauties. In any other situation, they would be ecstatic, but with this group of powerful beauties as their enemies, their hearts instantly sank to the bottom.
Now, the three finally realized the meaning behind Ethan's strange behavior and the purpose of that camera.
Their target was not only not an ordinary person but a super-powerful being whose strength they couldn't even see through, at least an A-rank.
The moment he realized the danger, the gold-rimmed glasses man immediately dialed his boss's phone, notifying the sole A-rank Great Yōkai of the Miura Corporation.
Ethan saw this action but had no intention of stopping it.
The 'justification' was already secured. Now it was up to him when to strike. Everything the opponents did was futile. Like crickets in the autumn, they wouldn't be able to hop around for much longer.
"Alright, the barrier is set. You may engage."
At Ethan's command, the eleven beauties, grouped by their respective cliques, faced off against the three B-rank Yōkai.
The Takamine mother and daughters took on Nue (the Nue yōkai). The group of four, including Lena Hamasaki, took on the muscular Kuma (the Bear yōkai). Sakura Miyajima, accompanied by Yui Obata, Akino Sakagami, and Misaki Shinohara, focused on the gold-rimmed glasses man, Baku (the Baku yōkai).
Excluding the Takamine mother and daughters, the other two groups had a clear division of labor: two main attackers, one scout/analyst, and one support, perfectly utilizing their individual talents.
The three B-rank Yōkai had more combat experience than the girls, but under such a siege, with the unpredictable Ethan observing them, they quickly fell into a complete disadvantage, struggling even to defend themselves.
Especially Nue, facing the mother and daughters with their impeccable coordination, he couldn't hold on after just a few minutes.
This was particularly true as Kasumi Takamine fully utilized her Magic Affinity talent during the fight.
Struck again by Kasumi Takamine's crimson flame, Nue tumbled several times on the ground.
"What are you standing around for?! Get up here and help!"
After getting up, he furiously looked at the SPs, who were also covered by the barrier. Although he knew these men would only be throwing away their lives, he still ordered them coldly.
The men in black suits exchanged glances. They had experienced supernatural battles many times, but never on such a grand scale. In this chaotic melee, a slight mistake could mean death.
After some hesitation, they still joined the fight.
Partially due to professional ethics, but mostly out of fear of retaliation from the three Yōkai later.
Of course, a slight fantasy remained in their hearts: if they won, they could also get a piece of the action.
The eleven beauties in the field were goddesses they could only dream of touching in this lifetime. If they could embrace one...
The SPs brought by Akira Miura for this plan were naturally his close confidantes, and they were no strangers to bullying and assaulting people.
Ethan hadn't originally intended to deal with them specifically, but since they got involved, he had no reason to hold back.
His eyes chilled, and he said to the girls, who were fiercely engaged in battle, "No need to hold back. Take care of all of them."
"What a shame, it's ending so quickly~"
"Then let's take care of these annoying pests first."
"Akino, can you do it? Do you need my help?"
Amidst the girls' chatter, the SPs soon all lay motionless on the ground.
The three B-rank Yōkai, seeing the situation take a turn for the worse, exchanged looks and, steeling their resolve, simultaneously activated their bloodline talent: Rage.
With three strange beast-like roars, three half-human, half-beast monsters appeared before everyone.
"As expected, they're only half-bloods. But that Rage is truly a useful talent, even if the side effects are significant."
Looking at the three Yōkai, who instantly shifted from defense to offense, wiping away their previous weakness, Ethan secretly praised them.
This Rage skill was a characteristic of Yōkai. Most who reached B-rank could master it.
And Ethan's very first opponent after mastering Magic Power had almost turned the tables using this very skill, so he was intimately familiar with it.
After discovering the three were Yōkai, this factor had naturally been considered, and the girls had already been given the relevant information.
"It's Rage, Yukina. Retreat first."
"Senpai Sakura, be careful."
"Mom, we'll hold him off. You recover some Magic Power first."
The three groups instantly adjusted their response. The light pink Magic Power around Yukina Sasaki's fists and feet instantly turned crimson red. Her full Physical Vitalization ability was active. With the assistance of the other three, she dodged their strongest attacks and began to constantly circle and maneuver.
Sakura Miyajima held her sword horizontally, continuously blocking attacks, with Akino Sakagami assisting in the defense.
Yui Obata focused on spotting openings, and Misaki Shinohara commanded her familiars to continuously harass the enemy, lessening the burden on Sakura Miyajima's defense.
The Takamine sisters used all their Magic Power to enhance their bodies, fully utilizing their excellent athleticism and coordinated teamwork to play keep-away with the black-feathered bird-man, Nue.
Kasumi Takamine, meanwhile, stood at a distance, occasionally firing off an attack spell at the bird-man when he wasn't looking.
The initiative in the battle remained firmly in the girls' hands.
Ethan nodded in satisfaction, his attention entirely focused on the battlefield. The moment an error occurred on either side, he would intervene immediately.
Though it was a trial by fire, he wouldn't, and couldn't, simply watch the girls suffer severe injury or face a threat of death.
As the siege dragged on, and the duration of their Rage continued to increase, the three B-rank Yōkai gradually began to despair.
Rage was powerful, but once the skill ended, they would be fish on the chopping block, with no chance to resist.
They had tried to escape, but their attacks didn't even ripple the barrier. They had no choice but to continue fighting fiercely.
After about a quarter of an hour, Kuma, who had transformed into a black bear, was the first to collapse. Like a chain reaction, Nue and Baku quickly slumped onto the ground.
With the Rage skill depleted, the life signs of the three B-rank Yōkai instantly plummeted, nearly vanishing.
Looking at the three half-blood Yōkai who had returned to their human forms, the girls also breathed a sigh of relief. Being pushed hard despite ganging up on a single opponent had been stressful for them.
Ruri Kurumisaka wiped the fine sweat from her forehead. "Phew~ That really wore me out."
"Don't let your guard down. These three guys are still holding something back."
Lena Hamasaki's emerald eyes flashed with light. "They're probably hoping to sneak attack us when we relax our vigilance."
On the other side, Yui Obata, who specialized in detection, nodded and added, "They are secretly using control-type magic. They probably want to seize a hostage when we're not paying attention."
With their last resort exposed, no matter how unwilling the three B-rank Yōkai were, they could only close their eyes and await the judgment of fate.
"Kill them."
Ethan was very satisfied with the girls' performance. He walked up to the three Yōkai and coldly pronounced their final fate.
Faced with Ethan's icy killing intent, the three arrogant and overbearing B-rank Yōkai finally began to panic. The muscular brute was the first to beg for mercy.
Seeing this, the other two quickly followed suit.
But no matter how pitifully they begged, the girls' hearts remained unmoved.
Thinking about the information Ethan had shown them recently, and looking at the three feigning remorse, the girls' killing intent actually grew even stronger.
The fate of the women who had fallen into their hands was truly horrific, to the point where "a fate worse than death" was an understatement.
The two scantily clad girls beside Akira Miura were already the lucky ones.
But even those two sisters had their families destroyed, were conditioned into disposable flesh-toys, and had to endure the shame and abuse of their tormentors every day.
They had thought of suicide, but if discovered, an even more inhuman torture awaited them.
If Ethan had not been strong enough, they would have almost certainly been tortured to death after tipping him off this time.
In truth, if Akira Miura hadn't underestimated Ethan, they wouldn't have even had the chance to give the warning.