Kiruya busted down the wall,pletely enraged from being burned. It was evident from the scorched fur all over her body that it had caused her significant damage.


    With another roar, she conjured up 4rge tornadoes that began to rip the mansion to shreds. Debris got flung across the room and was about to hit Luna, but Himeko conjured a fire barrier, turning anything that came close to ash.


    As for ra, nor and Silver, they all dodged the debris as they moved closer towards Kiruya. Silver stuck to hiding in the shadows, while nor relied on pure agility as well as conjuring tree roots to protect herself.


    ra flew through the air, although not without resistance from the tornados. Still, she was able to overpower the tornadoes through sheer strength and even boost herself forward.


    Being the closest, Kiruya locked onto ra first and leapt towards her. At the same time she had her tornadoes close in on ra, leaving little room to escape. Kiruya came through the only opening left, her jaw wide and about to mp down on ra.


    "Using the same attack won''t work, you dumb, oversized cat!" Before Kiruya could close her jaws, ra lodged the hilt of her whip des in between her teeth, forcing them open. With her weapon in contact with Kiruya''s face, ra then discharged lightning from her des.


    A shock shot through Kiruya''s body, breaking her control over her tornadoes. This made for an opening, and so ra flew towards the ground while pulling Kiruya along with her.


    ra aimed for a shadow on the ground and mmed Kiruya into it. Silver then made his move, using his shadows to entrap Kiruya in chains. nor also followed up with her own restraints, making it impossible for Kiruya to move.


    ''Do I kill her?'' ra had the perfect opportunity to kill Kiruya right then and there. Despite already making up her mind, now that she had the chance, it was difficult tomit.


    ''She already made herself clear from the beginning. I want there to be a different oue, but there are more important people that I wish to save.'' Getting rid of any hesitation, rabined her whip-des into a sword and aimed for Kiruya''s neck.


    Kiruya tried to let her wind go wild, letting out shes of wind in every direction, hoping to break the restraints. However, with thebined power of Silver and nor, it was practically impossible. Anything she broke through would simply be reced instantly.


    It did slow down ra as she flew in for the strike, but once she had the right angle, she moved at lightning speed. There was no time for Kiruya to react or try to block it, as ra was just too fast.


    "Sorry Kiruya." ra felt the weight of killing Kiruya, knowing there was no turning back.


    Kiruya, in thest breath of her life, looked directly into ra''s eyes with contempt. Even in herst moments, she showed neither fear nor regret, seemingly making peace with her uing death.


    "KIRUYAAAA!!!" A scream suddenly echoed from outside. ra turned her head in response, only to find a hand grabbing her face. She didn''t know what happened and before she knew it, she was alreadyunched into the wall.


    It was Freja who broke off from her battle to help Kiruya, but she was toote. She ripped away the restraints while trying to heal Kiruya, but it wasn''t working. Once this realisation dawned upon her, her anger red so high it became palpable, her mana visibly raging around her.


    She then mmed her fists into the ground and somehow forcefully pulled Silver out of the shadows by the neck.


    Himeko and nor instantly sprung into action, dashing forward to get Freja away from Silver. However, before they could reach him, Shaman and Elysia came flying out of a portal next to Freja.


    "Get away from our son!!!" Screaming in unison, they channeled their mes and kicked Freja in tandem. Sessfullynding their kicks, they got her to let go of Silver, who instantly retreated to the shadows.


    As for Freja, she slid back on her feet from the impact and spat out a bit of blood.


    "You''ve done it now. I was secretly nning to make you all pets on a leash, but now You will share her fate instead!" Freja was furious and the mes that burst around her body reflected that.


    "It''s not our fault you decided to fight instead of listening to reason." Shaman also shared a simr anger, as Freja just threatened Silver''s life. For Elyisa though, her fury reached another level as her body naturally changed into her bloodline form in response. Blood red mes coated her hair as her fangs became more prominent.


    "If you just listened to me, then there wouldn''t be a problem!" Freja, in the blink of an eye, appeared right in front of Shaman and Elysia. Freja''s ck sword dragged behind her, preparing for a clean cut. However, as she tried to sh, her de got caught in some roots.


    "Go!" nor had attempted to restrain Freja, slowing her for a fraction of a second for Shaman and Elysia to react.


    Elysia took out her spear and thrust straight for Freja''s neck, hoping to kill her instantly. Shaman, with Kotetsu, grazed past Freja''s face before shing it across her chest.


    With two fatal blows iing, Freja forsook her sword and used her hands to grab the iing des instead. Once again, time froze and the damage was reflected onto them, but strangely enough, a cut remained on Freja''s cheek when time resumed.


    She quickly wiped her hand over to hide her injury, but the motion didn''t escape Shaman''s notice.


    Elysia quickly used her healing me to recover the damage and was about to charge back in when a message appeared in front of her.


    [I''ve figured it out, Freja''s time stop isn''t a perfect spell. It may stop time, but she isn''t able to do anything except move to a different position. Also, the reflection of damage just now applies to her as well, so if we damage ourselves it would go back onto her.] Shaman had broadcast her findings to everyone else, which was news for most.


    Shaman had made a slight cut on her cheek to test a theory and noticed just then that her cut appeared on Freja.


    [Time magic since when?] nor responded withplete shock. For her, it was no less than ancient magic that was said to have been lost.


    [Don''t say anything, we need to figure out how to abuse it without killing ourselves , not to mention figure out the conditions to activate it in the first ce.] There was still the question of what triggered the process and whether Freja could control it directly.


    [This sounds like there''s an artefact at y. Like mine for example. It controlled the mind, but Freja might be in possession of a time-rted artefact.] Himeko surprisingly messaged everyone without trouble, bringing up something they hadn''t heard about for months.


    "Enough, I know you are using the system to talk!" Freja conjured two ck fireballs in her hand and threw them directly at Shaman and Elysia.


    Elysia dodged, while Shaman entered her portal and appeared above Freja. Shaman shed down with Kotetsu covered in stardust, but aimed for a non-fatal blow to her shoulder.


    Freja expected a fatal hit, so she tried to spin around and block it, but miss-calcted where it wouldnd. Her forearm was then split open by Shaman, but time didn''t freeze and Freja winced while jumping back


    [Don''t mind the new person who is about to join us.] While Freja was distracted healing her arm, Elysia had spent the time to form a magic circle that opened a portal.


    Shaman raised an eyebrow, as a tiny girl with white hair and over-the-top vampire attire came through the portal.


    [She''s Alice, who is technically my great great however many times grandmother, only when she was younger. I''ll exinter.] Elysia dropped a bombshell of information, but all that mattered was that she was an ally.


    Freja turned her head to see who the new presence was and she looked rather shocked.


    "How… is she alive?" It seemed that Freja had recognised Alice, which really shouldn''t be possible. Only those who''ve lived for a very long time or had a hand in her imprisonment should be aware of Alice after all.


    "Hmm? Just one person? Elysia, are you sure you want my help?" Alice floated around yfully while looking down at Freja, who had confusion all over her face.


    "You wanted some fun, right? I''ve had enough of your bickering, so why don''t you fight her for a change?" This entire time, Elysia had Alice in her head, badgering her to open up a portal until she finally reached a breaking point.


    "Hehe~ fine." Elysia had filled Alice in while she made the portal, so there shouldn''t be any surprises.


    "Tch, I don''t know how you created a fake, but you won''t disgrace Alice''s name!" Freja gave away a tiny bit of context, raising some more questions.


    "I don''t know who you are, but I''m as real as I can be." Alice took out dual des that were connected by a chain, ready to face Freja alongside everyone.