BOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM

  Explosions and shockwaves ruptured the ground, the winds shing out with every csh and the ground shook at every wave. There was a storm of mana and ruin, the symphony of death pying heavily in the air.

  Ptinum streaks bolted across the ground and all sorts of colors fshed in every sed. Mana gathered into intense orbs of light, sug everything towards the ter until the air started to howl and bellow, pulsing and shining violently.

  The orbs were broken and mana burst forth like a storm, several beams raining down on the ground like a downpour or death aru, craters appearing oer another and pilrs of smoke rising towards the sky.

  ?? ?? ??Barrier!?? ?? ?? ［Yuna］

  She raised her hands and a storm of mana densed into several yers of tough and resilient barriers. They overpped atop one another and stopped the torrent of beams and bsts ing her way.

  At the same time, she swiped her hands and her daggers disappeared. The very moment, one of her started to glow, a magnifit staff appearing in her hands. It was the same ptinum color as the dragons above her, glimmering so brilliantly.

  She focused her mind and calmed her breathing, the staff glowing a gcial blue color and the winds arouarting to freeze. Even the ground was not spared, a thin yer of frost and ice slowly creeping in towards all dires.

  BOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM TACK TACK TACK

  The barrage of death was soon over and the barriers were lifted. The dragons rushed towards the young elf, but before they could even do so, a ringing sense of danger swept towards them, fpping their wings hastily as they made their retreat.

  She brandished the staff and diamond dust appeared all of the sudden. The whole ground was covered in frost, the winds trembling from the cold. Those dusts covered inting storm and shed out everywhere, cold winds darting everywhere.

  The snow and ice swirled some more and turned into gigantic spear of deep blue and pure white, swirling like tornadoes and howling out like hungry wolves. It was made of pure frost, able to freeze anything at the slightest of touches.

  There wasn't just one, but a whole 13 of them. Normally, it would have been hard to pull off, but with the assistance of the Diviaff, Yuna is able to save 12 spells and use it for a ter time. That very time is now!

  ?? ?? ??Endless Frost: Khione!?? ?? ?? ［Yuna］

  Her cold voice rang out and the spears bolted all over the pce. With how blue and fast they were, they would seem like lightning bolts at the same time, chasing down the dragons who were p torrents to the young elf.

  "You're not going anywhere!" ［Yuna］

  Some tried to maheir way out of the raging spears, but with the activation of her "Authority", she trolled the spears from a long distance, making them sing and dan her tune, not missing even a single beat.

  All the High Dragons could do was hide and run away. They were much weaker than Yuna, so there was no way they could front the spears of ice head on. Only Sirius had the capability to do so, creating illusions to fuse Yuna.

  "Eldest Sister, thank you very much!" ［Pro］

  "You thaer. For now, focus otle before you." ［Sirius］

  "Uood!" ［Pro］

  All Sirius did was nothing more than make a myriad of illusions, but for Yuna who doesn't possess the same eyes as Grey, it was a tricky situation. She even gave them some mana to make deteg the real ones even harder.

  There was also o panie of the HIgh Dragons were injured, but with the help of Kentaurus, healing a big wound or two wasn't too hard. The only problem was that when he heals others, he wastes a lot of mana. A massive lot of mana.

  BOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM

  Of course, they didn't just stay still ahemselves be hunted down. They also fought back, slowly but surely crag down on the number of massive spears as much as they could, a downpour of ice raining down the ground.

  The whole battlefield had turo hell once again, explosions akin to nuclear strikes ringing out everywhere. There was dust, debris, smoke, and vapor everywhere, the o terrain down riddled with craters and gashes.

  "Capel! Watch outー !!!" ［Vega］

  ??Death's Maw!?? ［Yuna］

  Capel heeded Vega's call as quickly as she could, but unfortunately for her, she wasn't quiough. All she could do was move her body slightly away from Yuna, the tter appearing out of this air and brandishing her daggers.

  Her daggers cut through the pretty ptinum scales of Capel and her wings were almost crippled at the deadly flow. She spiraled out of trol and almost crashed towards the ground, Yuna disappearing soon again.

  CRACK CRACK CRAMMM

  An explosion of frost echoed all of the sudden and the whole ground was covered in ahicker frost all of the sudden. Frozen fauna appeared oer another, from blue grassy fields al, the way to frozen opies. All were present.

  Yet as much as how beautiful the forest was, it was also just as dangerous. Capel, who was now close to the ground, had beerained by gcial blue vines and its thorns locked on it like a predator which just captured its prey.

  It was an area which spread hundreds of meters, making the ground Yuna's own domain. The moment one nds on the ground would be the moment they will be fihey would be as good as out of the match.

  "The Mistress got you too, huh, Capel..." ［opus］

  "I-I'm really s-sorry... I-I-I was careless..." ［Capel］

  "It's fine, Capel. We aren't really in a position to scold you." ［Arcturus］

  Well, it wasn't just Capel who was taken out by Yuna's area-trolling tactics, but opus, Arcturus, and Aar as well. They were all lured into the Winter Forest and forced to be taken out after taking a substantial amount of damage.

  Normally, with Yuna only on par with Sirius, it would have been difficult to take on all the familiars, but with Yuna usiriple" of her authority, she boosts her strength to be on par with that of Disaster-Css, giving her a more equal advantage.

  In exge, she has to drink one elixir oer ao recover her mana. She had to drink whenever she was free and make sure to watch out for the enemy. It was an exhausting task which required a lot of mental power.

  "Everyone sure is having fun, huh..." ［Grey］

  """Master!"""

  "Yo, everyo seems like Yuna's been a little rough with you." ［Grey］

  Said Grey as he approached the familiars and casted some healing over them. Their wounds aren't very deep and the familiars aren't very hurt, but there was o be cheap about it. It was better to keep them in tip-top dition.

  Just a couple seds ter and all their wounds were healed, and all their blood and fluids have also been repced. All that's left to do is have them rest for some time and everyone would be good as new. Grey's healing is also top-tier.

  "Thank you very much, Master. That was very much appreciated." ［Arcturus］

  "Ohh! I feel much better now! Thanks, Master! You're a lifesaver!" ［opus］

  "Sure. Just make sure to rest yourselves. Don't get too excited." ［Grey］

  It has been almost half a month since Grey and Yuna took the honey and maple syrup quest and life has been calm as usual. They were doing their hobbies, doing quests, and enjoying each other's sweet pany.

  Now, Yuna is sparring against the familiars and sharpening her skills. Taking quests was good, but it's still better to test your skills against someone whose level is close to hers. Sparring with the familiar was more than perfect.

  Normally, she would be sparring with Grey, but Grey has been w on a certain project for quite some time now. He has been log himself in his workshop, doing all sorts of things and trying all sorts of experiments. There were also explosions

  "Then, shall we test this bad boy out?" ［Grey］

  Said Grey, whipping out new equipment. There was a tripod which stood about the same height as his eyes, its legs stretched out in differes, bang itself to make the top ft and suitable for pg any obje it.

  He then pced a lensed magic tool, a small box with a handful of buttons all over it, a magis in front, a pair of clear crystals to emit light, and several isters to hold several films on the right. It was the new and improved camera.

  Now, not just taking photographs, it even record videos and audios of various ses and is even packed with a mini projector to review videos ter on. Its films also store high definition videos at a maximum of about 30 minute duration!

  "Ohh! What's that, Master? Is that a neon?!" ［us］

  "Sed Brother, don't be stupid! That's clearly a camera, right, Master?!" ［Vega］

  "It seems like the Mistress has beaten you as well, Vega." ［Arcturus］

  "Hehehe! The Mistress is just to. Her attribute oppresses mine." ［Vega］

  And now, even Vega has joihe list of defeated dragons. Like Capel, she was caught by Yuna's Winter Forest and suffered some light injuries. Grey quickly casted healing spells on her and relieved her of the pain and irritation.

  "Vega's right. This is a camera, but! It's very different from the camera you've seen before. This one is an eveer version, you see..." ［Grey］

  Expined Grey, obviously proud of his creation. It was one which took him quite a lot of time, effort, and headaches. And now, he's finally pleted it. The only thing is, it is much more expensive pared to normal cameras... Over a dozen times, at that.

  It was difficult to make the camera capture several dozen photos a sed, but that was quickly overe by improving the material of the film to be more resilient with the use of alchemy and ging the speed of the magic circuits which takes photos.

  The insanely difficult part was matg the audio of the video into the captured ses. It was difficult to capture the exact same sounds, filter out various rubbish, and tie it to the films as the same item. There just wasn't a ruo help.

  Fortunately enough, Grey was a Tier-8 Enter. If there was no ruo fit his use, then all he o do was make a new one. He weaved several circuits together to create a couple new runes with meaning and funs to fit his needs.

  Using those new runes, Grey theed a braype of film paper to inscribe those runes and make it hold the audio along the moving pictures. A tad bit of fiddling ter, and Grey was finally able to plete the camera.

  "Well, it might be hard to uand for now... It would probably be better to just see it in a, rightー" ［Grey］

  CRASH BOOOOOOMMM BOOOOOOMMMM THUD

  And just as Grey finished his expnation, another one of the familiars was bsted off towards the ground by Yuna's most powerful spell, the Winter Forest embrag her soon after, ice taking over her whole body like a deadly poison.

  Not that Yuna would actually kill her anyway. After a couple seds of being uo break free, the Winter Forest loosened up and the ptinum figure could get loose, soon heading back to the losers' area. It ro.

  "Wele back, Pro. You did well. Here, let me heal you." ［Grey］

  "Ugh... Thank you very much, Master... It hurts..." ［Pro］

  "Don't worry about it. It's just a little bit of mana anyway." ［Grey］

  Now, there were only 3 more High Dragons remaining itlefield. It was Sirius who wields Illusion Magic, Kentaurus with his Holy Magid Rigel with his Water Magic. They were all proud Camity-Css Familiars.

  And though the number of Yuna's oppos are decreasing quite signifitly, so was her stamina. Her mind and body are starting to get fatigued from using Authority aock of elixirs are also running out rapidly. It was a battle against time.

  ?? ?? ??Endless Frost: Khione!?? ?? ?? ［Yuna］

  WHOOOOONGGGGG BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

  Yuna fired her gargantuan spears once more, all rushing towards the familiars at tremendous speeds. In respohe familiars also uheir own barrage, beams and bolts fired in rapid succession without rest.

  Siriua once agaied several illusions and made themselves vanish into thin air. She made sure to leave traana behind, maniputing the natural flow to make it harder to predict where their true selves are actually hiding.

  BOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM

  There were only sudden explosions running across the ground, some were real and some were not. The Winter Forest was slowly getting demolished, erased as quickly as they could before they started spreading al, ain.

  All Yuna could do was hide herself along the forest, casting a thin but durable yer of barriers over her body. The enemy was hiding from her sight, so who says she 't do the same. With her "Nihility", nothing was impossible.

  "Mmhmm... Looks like they're doing well..." ［Grey］

  Everyone could only watd behold the devastating csh happening before them. The familiars were now in their wolf pup forms, tg their eyes towards the battle and cuddling up like the little furballs that they are.

  FLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK TACK

  At the same time, Grey quickly set-up the camera, clig buttons oer another and flig the right switches to ge the figuration of the camera. The lenses were unveiled as the shutters opened up, sunlight refleg from the clear gss.

  The battle was already ending, so there was o hesitate. There was er se for a trial shot, Grey yet pressing another button. The timers soon started to beep and the ses were engraved into the film.

  BOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM

  The rain of destru tio pour and more and more areas of the Winter Forest were obliterated, fmes and dust spreading like wildfire. Massive ks of ice flew left and right, the sound of gss and ice breaking pying like musi the air.

  The young dy made her appearance again, and her eyes gleamed coldly like the ice around her. She waved her hand and the Diviaff vanished out of thin air, a pair of glimmers shimmering radiantly as daggers took their pce.

  ??Fading Haze?? ［Yuna］

  It was only a short time when she reappeared and her figure vanished once more. Only a storm of dust, snow, smoke, and mana brewed in the air, dang ever so chaotically in a nd filled with ruin aru.

  Such a strew bigger and bigger, Yuna bolting all over the ptil there was nothi untouched. She once again reappeared, before the crowd and her eyes gleamed blue. A smile appeared on her face.

  SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH

  In all but a single instant, thousands upon thousands of bdes poured out from the young dy's daggers, slig and dig up everything there is to see. Be it the winds or the Winter Forest, everything was diced up without discrimination.

  Yuna may be uo detect the familiars in the wide battlefield, but that doesn't mean she 't hit them. If she 't find them, then she'll just have to make them bleed until they o longer do so.

  She has been sshing and cutting as she bolted across the fields, using her new ability "Phantom Streams" to dey the attacks and activate them in a single instant. She made a of bdes, c as far as the eyes see.

  SLASH GROOOOOAAAAARRRRRR

  And that very caught a massive fish, his pained and agonized roar eg all throughout the fields. It was Kentaurus, the healer of the team. And not just one, but several wounds appeared all over its massive body.

  Yuna didn't waste any more time and darted quickly towards the bellowing dragon, her daggers pointing out towards Kentaurus' ned ready to take out another one. She was now strengthened by the blood she drew, ready to nd a strike.

  "Rest well, Kentaurus. ??Death's Maー" ［Yuna］

  WHOOOOOOONNNGGGGGGGG

  However, it was all a trap. The moment Yuna was attag and uo switto her Phaseless mode, Sirius suddenly appeared out of nowhere, her maws wide open and a storm of mana swirling inside, ready to be fired.

  And fire it, she did. The moment her jaws were at point-bnk range, Sirius quickly bsted a massive beam of mana and light, striking Yuna dead on without any hopes of esg, all matter obliterated without mercy.

  Light soon dissipated, and what was left was a long and seared scar on the ground. And one might expect to find an unscious Yuna on the ground, but trary to their expectations, there wasn't even a shadow of her.

  "Have you fotten already, Sirius?" ［Yuna］

  The moment she reappeared, she was already below Sirius, her foot pnted firmly in the ground ainum daggers pointed up towards the tter's mouth. Even if Sirius were to use illusion magic, she would still suffer the sharp bdes of Yuna.

  "You're not the only one who use Illusion Magic!" ［Yuna］

  Excimed Yuna as she thrusted her daggers towards Sirius' lower jaw. All she did was scratch her and nded gently on the ground. Sirius had already lost, so there was o harm her too mud make her bleed.

  "It seems like I'm still g, Mistress." ［Sirius］

  "No, it was a good match, Sirius. You did wonderful." ［Yuna］

  "Fufufu! I don't deserve such words... Good luck, Mistress." ［Sirius］

  With her out of the battle, Sirius quickly shrank her body and took her wolf pup form. She soon headed towards where the others were, her wounds and injuries quickly healed by Grey who was now on standby.

  Now, there are only two familiars left itlefield. And with Sirius now out of the match, even if Yuna was already exhausted, it were Kentaurus and Rigel who were at a disadvahey o longer hide themselves.

  Kentaurus quickly healed himself to be in tip-top dition, his wounds disappearing oer another as golden light melded into his body. He was in no way better than Yuna in every parameter, but they still had a final card up their sleeves.

  WHOOOOONNNNGGGGGG

  Without any other choice left, Kentaurus quickly charged up all the mana he could muster and faced Yuna head on. He casted all the holy magic he could, buffing himself to bst the most honorable of attacks.

  In response, Yuna did the same and bolted towards her, ying doworious Winter Forest if ever Rigel were to join the fight. The field was now in her favor and it was only a matter of time before everything was decided.

  FWOOOOSSSSHHH BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

  Kentaurus left his jaw wide open, a torrent of bolts and stars rushing out to get Yuna. They exploded all over the pce, sending tremors through the ground and making shockwaves run amok all over the vast fields of blue and red.

  The Winter Forest was shaken, shards of eyes flying everywhere. However, it was all useless. Yuna didn't eveo dodge. She simply went Phaseless and ignored all the attacks ing her way, heading straight towards Kentaurus' neck.

  Kentaurus soon ran out of mana, and Yuna didn't let the opportunity slip by. As soon as Kentaurus was out of fuel, she immediately leaped into the air, and readied her daggers to be brandished, the glimmer of death in the field of blue.

  "Rigel, now!" ［Kentaurus］

  However, before she could even reach the tter, one of the bolting shards of blue ice suddenly transformed into a dragel had been using his "Shapeshift" all along, waiting for an opportunity when Yuna got careless.

  "Do you think this will work on me?!" ［Yuna］

  No. Rather than Yuna, it seems that it was them who got careless. Befel could even charge his attack, Yuna simply ged her position and trajectory with the help of wind magic, maneuvering herself midair.

  She switched her stand reached her hands out towards Rigel. A massive bde of maended from her dagger and dashed out towards the tter, ly cutting him a deep woundー or so what Yuna expected.

  "Wha...?" ［Yuna］

  In the first pce, Rigel had already been eliminated just a couple moments before. All that was left of him was a trace of his presend a mirage which was now ly cut in half, slowly fading away into thin air like passing lies.

  Sirius was never eliminated in the first pce. She simply used an illusion to disguise Rigel to look and sound like her. The real her was still itlefield, now opening her massive maws and direg a heavy attack towards Yuna.

  BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM

  There was no ce to dodge, and no time left to activate her ability. Yuna received the attack head on and bore the burden of pain and shock. Anashing scar was left in the fields of blue, the young dy bsted away from the attack.

  Yuna nded a little distance away from where she previously was, falling into a deep cushion of id snow. Her eyes were now swirling and her vision was bck, sent towards dreamnd after her body finally felt the exhaustion flood in.

  "M-M-Mistress! I apologize! Please five me!" ［Sirius］

  "Wait for me, Mistress! I will heal you in a moment!" ［Kentaurus］

  They were just battling it out not even a moment ago, but now that they saw Yuna bsted away and lying unscious on the ground, the familiars quickly rushed out and came to her rescue, Kentaurus prioritizing her wounds over his.

  All such ses were recorded in the camera, the lenses capturing all the colors and the film running quickly, imprinting all the preemories before it. Grey's chuckle resounded in the air, his voice recorded before the end button was clicked.

  "I wonder how Yuna will react to this." ［Grey］

  The first filming was a great success!

  CHAPTER 397 END