He didn't deliver a final blow to the Red Wings members on the ground, nor did he say anything disheartening to them. He simply left. Was it excessive arrogance, or self-confidence?
"Hmph… Hmph… You… You bastard!!!" Nagi was still panting, scarlet blood at the corners of his mouth. The right side of his body had a large hole from the Origin Mage's previous attack, and blood continuously flowed from the wound down his right arm. But he still climbed up from the ground. His anger made him forget the pain in his body; his mind was filled with the opponent's words.
"Leave the rest to me! Everyone," he said, blood spewing as he spoke. Although still covered in blood, now was not the time for him to fall.
"No way! Nagi! Your body now…" Al said with difficulty. With Yoshino, who was responsible for healing, not here, he couldn't move at all. But thinking about how the other party had just said he killed Yoshino, his eyes dimmed. Why did that child have to face such a terrifying enemy alone? "The opponent's strength is so abnormal, you simply…"
"Al, use all your remaining magic power to heal me." Nagi picked up his magic staff again and said resolutely. "I just need to hold on for thirty minutes."
"But… but with such a makeshift healing…" Al said with some hesitation. Nagi's body was completely unable to fight the enemy right now.
"There are no 'buts'! Al! Just do as I say!" Nagi said, panting, "If we don't stop him, this world will disappear… And this guy! This bastard dared to kill Yoshino! How could he bring himself to kill such a cute and kind Yoshino! I absolutely cannot forgive him!" Nagi said fiercely. During the time he spent with Yoshino, he had already come to see her as an important companion! He absolutely would not let this damned guy get away with killing such a kind Yoshino!
"Sigh~ Forget it, since you say so, I can't stop you. Then use this thing." Al smiled bitterly, taking out a rhombus-shaped crystal from his embrace and handing it to Nagi. "This is a crystal Yoshino gave me before for healing in case of emergencies. It contains magic that can heal any wound instantly. Since you're going to deal with such a terrifying enemy, you can use it. Don't worry about side effects, but Yoshino consumed half of her energy to create this crystal. She might be able to heal you."
"…Yoshino." Nagi stared blankly at the crystal Al handed him. He hadn't expected Yoshino to have thought so far ahead. Then Nagi crushed the spirit in his hand, and an angelic phantom appeared before everyone. The angel then spread its wings and emitted light that shone upon Nagi. After the light from the angel dissipated, all of Nagi's injuries vanished.
Nagi put on his mage's robe again. Just as he was about to head to the altar, Ferris slowly stood up: "Heh heh… All right. Nagi, I'll go with you too."
"After all, my injuries are the lightest of everyone's. If we don't stop them here, the world will return to nothingness. Even if it's very difficult, I still have to deal with them."
Seeing the two about to leave, Lacan, who had struggled to get up, yelled, "Wait for us! He's too terrifying! He's different from us! You'll die! Now we should go back and regroup."
"idiot, won't that be too late? Lacan! That's not like you!" Nagi turned around and said to Lacan, "My truly invincible life as Nagi Springfield is about to begin! I am the unrivaled 'Man of a Thousand Curses'! I will not lose!" Then, without looking back, he flew directly into the depths of the palace.
"Damn it! That is... something very bad! I knew it the moment I saw it. Every cell in my body is screaming at me that it's very bad! I have to run away with all my might!" Lacan, his face covered in cold sweat, had stopped bleeding with AVLUC's help, and his broken arm was wrapped in bandages.
"It's not that the strongest swordsman, Lacan, can feel how terrifying that thing is just by his skin." AVLUC praised Lacan's intuition slightly.
At this moment, Konoe Eishun, who was severely injured, slowly regained consciousness. "Ugh! Na... Nagi... No! I need to go help them now!" With that, he struggled to sit up.
"You can't move around! Eishun! You have lethal injuries right now!" AVLUC said angrily, while treating Konoe Eishun's wounds.
"If my deduction is correct, no one in this world can defeat that thing... that monster."
After a bloody battle unknown to outsiders, Nagi and Seguto defeated the 'Origin Mage'. Just as they relaxed, a figure suddenly appeared in the distance and shot a thin black line at the relaxed Nagi. With Nagi's current body, there was no time to dodge; he could only watch helplessly as the black line shot towards him.
"O Ice Spirit bathed in aurora, please lend me your exquisite skill, and build an eternal crystal wall!" At the critical moment, a figure appeared in front of Nagi, blocking him. Under the opponent's spell, a huge ice wall appeared in front, blocking the attack for Nagi.
"Yoshino! Are you alright?" Nagi looked at Yoshino in front of him with surprise, the news of Yoshino being alive filled him with joy.
"I'm sorry for making you worry, Nagi. I managed to heal my fatal injuries with Sister Kurumi's power, but it took a while, so I only just got here." Yoshino, holding twin guns, explained to Nagi while looking seriously at Seguto in front of them. "What should I call you now? Seguto or Creator?"
"Hehe~ So the original owner of this body was called Seguto? But you can call me whatever you want." 'Seguto' chuckled and said.
'Indeed, has it come to this in the end?' Yoshino thought with some regret, gripping the twin guns in her hands.
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