“Whoa, close, close!”
“Are you all right, Miss Angel!?”
Angel dodged a charge by the water loong, and waved at the concerned Sakura to show she was all right.
They talked as they watched their opponent that moved away from them.
“It only rushes forward like that. Its moves are straightforward and it’s not fast enough that we can’t dodge, but…”
“The water current protecting its body is dangerous. Our attacks will not reach the loong.”
The four legged water loong only attacked by charging forward with its sharp horn.
That was easily dodged, but the issue was that attacks bounced off the water enveloping it when they counterattacked.
Zaraki created loong, and he instinctively knew Sakura and Setsuna’s magic items were his weakness, so the loong also knew to deal with them.
Both jumped as the water loong charged again, and discussed how to fight this opponent with an annoying characteristic.
“We cannot continue this way forever, we will run out of stamina and find ourselves unable to dodge it.”
“Then… We just have to face the risk and strike it.”
A prolonged battle would put them at a disadvantage, so they had to take the offensive.
With that decision made, Angel turned her hammer upside down, put it on the ground, and glared at the water loong while putting her foot on the head of the hammer.
“Sakura, I’ll do something about the water! You finish off the water loong!”
“D-do you intend to take it head on!? That is too dangerous!!”
“I know, but I gotta do it. We’re not gonna win if we don’t believe in each other.”
“…!!”
Angel said to Sakura as they saw the water loong prepare to charge at them, and Angel got ready to stop it.
Sakura gulped, still feeling guilty over staying quiet about Raiha’s secret, but Angel turned to her and spoke.
“Trust me. I’m gonna give you an opening to finish it off. And… I trust you, Sakura. You’ll finish it off for sure.”
“…Understood!!”
They believed each other… Sakura accepted what Angel said, and steeled her resolve with that trust.
She believed Angel would do something about the water armor protecting the water loong, and set her heart on responding to her trust as the water loong charged at them.
“Guuuuuuuuuuuush!!”
“It’s coming! Are you ready, Sakura!!?”
“Yes… My life is in your hands!”
Both increased their vitality and magic energy as the water loong howled and dashed wildly at them.
The moment the water loong got in range as it pounded the ground, Angel opened her eyes wildly and moved.
“Seventh Seal… Bamboo Blowpipe!!”
The hammer on the ground changed shape into that of a bamboo blowpipe used to stimulate a fire.
She stepped on it hard, and rather than wind, crimson fire was expelled from the mouth, which engulfed the water loong.
“Guush!?”
This caught the water loong off guard, and the expelled flames evaporated its water.
It realized the armor protecting it disappeared, but still charged at Angel to skewer her with its horn. But suddenly, something hit its large body and sent it flying.
“Gu… sh…!?”
“…Warped water loong. Your life cannot be allowed, and Sakura Amamiya will send you to the underworld.”
Sakura danced silently with naginata in hand.
The bubble she created enveloped the water loong, lifted it, and sealed its movements.
The sins of the life that should not be were cleaned, as the miko danced to show respect for the loong’s life, and held her naginata tightly as she swung it horizontally.
“Water Loong Dance ・ Performance –『Little Mermaid』.”
“Goboh…!?”
The water loong’s throat was slit without a sound.
Blood poured out as it failed to let out a proper voice, and its lifeless body turned into bubbles as it decayed.
Sakura let out a deep, deep breath as the tension was lifted, and when she raised her head, she saw Angel sitting on the ground, also relieved of her tension.
Angel looked back at her, an embarrassed smile formed on her face, and she spoke to Sakura.
“I didn’t tell you something important.”
“What is it, Miss Angel?”
What could it be at a time like this, she thought, but figured it was something that had to be said precisely at a time like this.
Sakura lent a hand as Angel lifted her heavy butt off the ground, and Angel smiled at Sakura as she spoke.
“You don’t have to call me Angel, call me An. I say that to my close friends.”
“F-fu…! I see. Then Miss An! Very well done!”
“You too!”
Both responded to each other’s trust, and shook hands after achieving victory.
Meanwhile, Melt and Setsuna’s fight was also reaching its conclusion.
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