How did I turn my victim into a phoenix-like hero?

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Hertanid's nonchalant remark.

"You're still so ruthless... Hertanid, can you pull off a few more unseen attacks? Just cut off his legs so he can't escape."

"Ruthless... You still have the nerve to say that to me. Sure, you can, but your magic supply is very slow right now. I estimate it'll take another 20 seconds before you can swing as fast as before."

"Not at that level of speed? He would have dodged it."

After this round of exchanges, Katia deeply understood how fast her opponent was, so fast that even Hertanid almost couldn't keep up.

but it does not matter.

I have 20 seconds left. If I can hold out until then, I'll have the strength to fight back.

If a man can be cut by a demonic blade, then his defenses shouldn't be that strong.

It can be defeated.

Just as Katia was switching Hertanid to defensive mode—

“Hah——?!”

Katya felt a sense of foreboding playing in her mind.

Henson pulled out three more tree branch-shaped items from his pocket, identical to the ones he had just taken out.

"I need to finish quickly... there are still 8 left... 15 seconds... that's enough time for me... to complete my mission..."

Henson used his remaining left arm to pull back.

"...I knew it tasted like fermented herring from a 50-year-old can. That man had more than one. Don't touch any of these scraps; those with weak minds are easily consumed."

Katya didn't really listen, racking her brains for a solution.

8 rounds.

If this man could fire eight shots in a row at the same speed as before, Katya wasn't confident she could dodge them all, at least not with her slowed-down body. The force dissipation speed of the friction couldn't keep up, and she would definitely get hurt.

By the way, why not just have Hertanid transform into Elulu and have her fight Henson?

Just hold on for 15 seconds...

"I'm fine, but we're magically connected. If you're slow, I can't be fast either."

damn it!

Katya prayed for her body to recover quickly, even if it was just a millisecond faster!

Henson's arm shot out afterimages as he threw it.

Three shots in one go!

Katya's focus was incredibly intense. She desperately used her talent [Friction] to accelerate the flow of S33 gas within her body, but the black meteor was already upon her, and the Demon Blade's blade attempted to intercept its trajectory—

The black meteor changed direction.

“——??!”

In Katya's view, the dark tree branch abruptly turned 45 degrees to the left and flew straight out of the platform.

Soon after, a strong wind blew against my face, and I caught a loud bang in my left ear.

The sound source is about 20 meters away.

"AT Position Defense".

A slightly bored girl's voice.

Katya barely managed to turn her neck and eyes to look in the direction of the sound.

Under the streetlights in the darkness, the dust from the impact dissipated, revealing a girl with light golden hair.

With a small leather shield in his left hand and two ice creams in his right, he licked the strawberry-colored ice cream while a chocolate ice cream dangled between his fingers.

She looked at the ice cream with a regretful expression as she slowly walked towards the platform:

"There seems to be dust on the ice cream... Sister Tia, what are you doing, playing Street Fighter?"

When the second attempt failed, Henson took it out of his pocket, preparing for a third attack.

At the same time, Hill sounded the wolf sirens.

Beep beep beep—!!!

The piercing alarm blared, attracting the attention of many passersby.

"Uh..."

Because of the sudden noise, Henson's hand slipped, and the dark branch fell to the ground.

“Hill…”

The piercing sound didn't affect Katya much; the time she gained allowed her to recover almost completely, and she loudly reminded her:

"You—don't come any closer! Call the tuner!"

9 seconds left.

"...Truly...surprising..."

Whether he was marveling at Hill's skills or the anti-wolf alarm, Henson, knowing he was attracting a lot of attention, had no choice but to retreat.

He had just stepped one foot back.

"Both sides, stop!"

A deep, resonant voice, a tall man in a gray-black uniform, the tuner appeared at the ticket gate on the platform and raised his hand to the two.

A transparent wall made of dark purple hexagons stood in two separate sections in front of the two people.

In short, Katya shouted first:

"That person belongs to the Fallen Order, be careful!"

The tuner narrowed his eyes slightly.

Henson acted faster than his opponent.

He secretly hid his hands behind his back, crushed all the black branches in his hands in one go, and crushed all the branches under his feet, which then disappeared with the wind.

What kind of attack method is it?

Katia kept a close eye on Henson through the protective barrier.

Her body was finally able to move, and she held her sword horizontally in a defensive stance to prepare for Henson's next attack.

However, Henson's actions were completely unexpected.

Henson raised one hand and knelt on the ground beforehand.

"I'm sorry... Mr. Tuner... it's my fault... I acted impulsively."

He was sweating profusely, and explained to the tuner with a wry smile.

"—?"

Katya looked puzzled.

The tuner glanced at the severed arm on the ground, approached the two, and the three of them stood in an isosceles triangle formation, with the tuner standing at the most acute angle.

"You know him?"

The tuner faced Katya, his tone flat and indifferent.

"No, it was the first time I met him. He told me his name was Henson... Ah."

Katya saw Henson shrug with his remaining left hand, revealing a helpless smile.

She realized why Henson had crushed those dark, gritty branches.

I couldn't help but click my tongue in amazement.

He destroyed the most direct and compelling evidence!

There was a tuner present, so we couldn't kill him.

"Wow, you're here so fast! Hill didn't even call before you arrived. Uncle, you're so tall. So the Tuners aren't just made up of pretty girls."

Hill approached Katia and remarked on the tall tuner's imposing stature.

He glanced at Hill, said nothing, and instead accessed the information on his tablet.

"Such a cool and aloof character. Here, this is your ice cream, Sister Tia, and this is a recovery potion."

"Eh? Th-thank you. Hmm! I can drink it myself!"

Katya, holding an ice cream in one hand, was given a blue Hawaiian-flavored recovery potion by Hill.

Hill also used a towel that could quickly absorb liquid to wipe Katya clean, making her look brand new, as if she had never been injured.

The tuner raised his hand to Hill, and a dark purple wall stood before her.

"Huh? What are you doing, uncle? Hill and Sister Tia are together."

“Because she said this person is from the Fallen Demon Society, just in case, you also need to be quarantined... Also, I’m only 24, not an old man.”

The tuner kept his eyes fixed on the tablet, and casually placed a light blue barrier around the entire station.

It serves both to prevent people from getting close and to prevent those inside from escaping.