-769- The power of the three sisters

"That automaton..."

At this moment, whether it was Edmund, Glendan, or Io, all of them looked at Komurasaki.

The three could feel that Rozen injected very little magic into Komurasaki, yet there was an extremely subtle fluctuation emanating from her.

This fluctuation instantly spread around, shrouding the entire plaza with an extraordinarily wide range, though not reaching the extent of the "Multi-Controller" covering the entire Machinart city. Nevertheless, it was still formidable enough to envelop the entire plaza, equally terrifying.

Initiating such astonishing magic, Rozen had only infused a small amount of magic into Komurasaki, leaving her astonished and then entranced.

"Ah, it's amazing... so amazing... this feeling is the first time...!"

Komurasaki uttered strange sounds, causing Yaya's pupils to darken, and Irori's charming face to blush.

However, Edmund, Glendan, and Io couldn't underestimate Komurasaki at all.

Because no one realized what had happened.

Yet, this was the true ability of Komurasaki.

The bewitching effect of the magic called "Yaegasumi" manipulated the cognition and even the senses of the surrounding soldiers.

Perhaps, in the eyes of others, the soldiers' attacks seemed to pass directly through Rozen's group. In reality, it was just the soldiers' sense of direction and vision being distorted, causing everyone's awareness to unknowingly deviate.

So, it appeared that the soldiers were firing all those bullets directly at Rozen's group, but in fact, they all went in a different direction, hitting the surrounding comrades who had formed a encircling circle, causing all the soldiers around to be hit and fall.

The same applied to those mechanical dogs.

Even though the self-awareness of those mechanical dogs was very weak, probably not enough to be manipulated, or perhaps they had no sensations to be manipulated, but they were still being controlled to attack by the soldiers who were lying on the ground enduring the pain of being shot.

"As long as their cognition is distorted, it's only natural that their attacks would go astray.

Of course...

"Want to do whatever you want with just this level of ability? You're really overestimating yourself."

Rozen reached out with another hand, placing it on Irori.

"If you want to do it, you should at least be at this level."

With that, Rozen once again mobilized a negligible amount of magic from his surging inner power. Along his own arm, he injected it into Irori.

"Hum...!"

Irori immediately opened her eyes, emitting another wave of energy, causing the temperature of the entire space to drop.

Moreover, it instantly dropped to the kind of cold that reaches the freezing point.

"What... what is this...!?"

"No... no, please...!"

"Ahhhh...!"

One after another, the surrounding soldiers uttered exclamations and cries of despair.

"Creak, creak, creak..."

In a clearly audible sound of condensation, each soldier, drenched in blood, saw the ice gradually climbed up from the soles of their shoes, freezing them into ice.

Irori just stood quietly in place, neither emitting cold air nor causing snowfall. A silent and invisible winter approached every soldier in the army, freezing them on the spot.

Thus, the screams ceased.

Thus, silence enveloped the surroundings.

On the plaza, only statues of ice remained.

Some maintained the appearance of being drenched in blood, some preserved the look of extreme terror and screams, some had faces full of despair, and some even reached out towards Edmund and Glendan as if seeking help. Each one maintained such vivid poses, frozen into ice sculptures.

This scene filled the silent plaza with a terrifying, eerie, and dreadful atmosphere.

"————"

Io was already stunned.

"————"

Glendan's face revealed astonishment.

"————"

Cold sweat appeared on Edmund's forehead.

"Is this... my 'Himokagami'?"

Even Irori herself, who couldn't believe what she had done, looked at her own hands with disbelief.

Obviously, like Komurasaki, Irori was displaying the true capabilities of "Himokagami" for the first time.

Being able to deprive heat at the atomic level, Irori, as long as she stood still and exerted all her strength, could easily turn the entire Machinart city into a huge ice sculpture. Not to mention, if Irori wished, she could disperse the atoms under her control at any time.

In other words, Irori had the ability to instantly destroy an entire city.

Thus, she could truly be considered the strongest among the "Setsugetsuka" series in terms of combat power.

The so-called 'Oborofuji' is no match for Irori.

However, only those who have mastered 'Mind's Eye' can unleash Irori's true power, making it impossible for Irori to easily use such terrifying abilities.

Only Rozen effortlessly achieves this.

"Now this is the qualifications to do whatever you want, Your Highness."

Rozen mockingly spoke these words and finally infused magic into the automaton he was most familiar with, Yaya.

"Give him a lesson, Yaya."

Rozen gave a casual order.

"Yes!"

Receiving Rozen's magic, Yaya's entire body surged with astonishing power. With a kick to the ground, a powerful gust of wind erupted, like a fierce cannonball, rushing towards the wide-eyed Edmund.

At that moment...

"Your Highness! Please step back!"

Standing in front of Edmund, Glendan let out a low growl with a solemn expression, bursting with tremendous magic power.

"Oh?"

Rozen rose in surprise.

Because the magic power emanating from this elderly general was no less than that of the headmaster he considered a cunning fox.

A magic power comparable to the strongest magus of the 19th century was released from this general.

Following that, a young man with a knife silently darted out from the side, absorbing all of Glendan's magic.

That was none other than Glendan's automaton.

"Stop her! Sylphid!"

Under Glendan's command, the automaton named Sylphid drew the sword at its waist.

Then, this automaton dispersed like smoke and reappeared silently next to Yaya, who was rushing out like a wild horse.

"...!?"

Without any hesitation, Yaya spun around and delivered a kick in the direction of Sylphid.

This kick happened to intercept the merciless slash of Sylphid's military knife.

"Dang—!"

In a crisp sound, Yaya's boot collided with the sharp military knife.

"Bang—!"

Under the terrifying power of Yaya, the military knife directly exploded, and fragments scattered everywhere.

Sylphid's magic clearly had no boosting effect on attack power, and the military knife was an extremely ordinary weapon that couldn't withstand Yaya's strike.

In this situation, Yaya's dazzling kick landed on Sylphid.

However...

"Swoosh!"

Sylphid suddenly disappeared.

"Boom!"

Yaya's strike hit empty space, causing ripples in the air.

At this moment, Sylphid reappeared abruptly.

However, this time, it appeared behind Edmund and Glendan, vanished with both of them, and then reappeared on the deck of Daedalus.

"Spacial Transfer...!?"

Yaya was surprised.

Yaya, who had once battled against Magnus' Kamakiri, seemed to believe that this was Sylphid's magic.

"No, it's not Spacial Transfer."

Rozen, who possessed 'Mind's Eye,' instantly saw through Sylphid's power.

//// The general's name was Glendan.... I couldn't find it yesterday but found it today after researching about Edmund... man I hate when this happen..////