This is her Teigu.
Demon God Manifestation: Blood of the Devil!
It is forged from the blood of a super Danger Beast said to reside in the Arctic, and it is less like a Teigu and more like a bloodline potion concocted by a witch.
Just a small sip,
as long as one can resist the soul and mental attacks of the super Danger Beast's lingering will and not go insane, they can gain the ability to control ice.
However, before Este's appeared, everyone who drank the Blood of the Devil had gone insane.
Even a small sip was enough to overwhelm them with the super Danger Beast's lingering aura.
Until Este's appeared,
she not only became the Teigu User of [Demon God Manifestation: Blood of the Devil], but she also directly drank the entire jar of Danger Beast blood!
And [Maha Patala] is her strongest move as a Teigu User,
capable of freezing time.
Although it doesn't last long, within the frozen time, no living being can perceive the passage of time, nor can they move freely, as if time has stopped.
Therefore,
Este's, in a sense, is an invincible existence in the entire Imperial Capital and the world.
She hadn't used her time-freezing ability in a long time,
but the prey before her was quite impressive!
Este's walked forward leisurely, her long, slender legs treading on the ground, and the entire space was frozen into an icy blue.
Hum.
She extended her arm, and a bone-chilling ice blade condensed in her palm.
As if toying with her prey, the tip of the blade aimed at Erza's chest.
Clang.
The Heaven's Wheel Armor, imbued with rich magic, shattered the ice blade.
Este's licked her lips, her eyes growing more excited, and she immediately changed her stance, bypassing the protective parts of the Heaven's Wheel Armor.
"You can't kill her, stop now."
A clear, cold voice suddenly rang out,
and Este's wrist was grabbed by the figure who had been observing the battle.
She tilted her head slightly,
and saw a woman dressed in a white top and red hakama, resembling a shrine maiden.
Her long black hair, bright dark eyes, and fair, delicate oval face made her look extremely elegant.
Yet, her eyes held a very complex emotion.
Este's didn't understand,
as a ruthless hunter, she had never displayed such an expression as the person before her, so she couldn't comprehend it.
Full of sadness and melancholy, yet soft and resolute?
A strange woman.
"Who are you?"
Este's frowned deeply, a hint of tension even appearing in her eyes.
It had been a long time since she felt this way,
somewhat like when she was a child, a frail figure hunting powerful Danger Beasts on the ice plains that were difficult to contend with—it was an instinctive sense of danger.
What was noteworthy was that
the ancient bow and arrow on the shrine maiden's back, although it didn't look like a Teigu, and she had never heard of a bow and arrow type of Teigu...
it exuded a very strong sense of danger.
Most importantly,
the other party was able to move freely within her [Maha Patala] frozen time, undisturbed?
"My name is Kikyo, and I am a traveling shrine maiden."
Seeing that Este's no longer struggled, Kikyo released her wrist.
Her gaze was clear and cold, like a divine statue that had long resided in a temple, never touching the mortal world—ethereal and beautiful, yet showing little emotion.
"There's a very powerful energy inside her body... not spiritual power, but it makes her body very strong."
Kikyo reached out, her fair, soft fingers gently touching Erza's Red Hair.
This was her perception.
"You can't kill her. If you stop now, you can avoid the conflict that will follow."
Kikyo said calmly, "Our situation should be quite special; it's not what we imagined. Let's sit down and discuss it properly."
In fact, she was also very confused at the moment.
Having just been resurrected by the ghost woman Ritou, she, in her deceased state, inexplicably arrived in this place.
The strange girl in steel armor,
the woman who can freeze time,
everything was completely different from her experiences in Musashi Country during her lifetime; the magic and the bloodline power from the super Danger Beast were very strange.
In her familiar world, there was only spiritual power and demonic power.
Therefore,
she boldly speculated that this was a very strange place, and perhaps they weren't even from the same place.
Whoosh...
The icy blue frozen time receded like a tide.
Erza, regaining consciousness, saw that Este's, who had been maintaining a safe distance, had already come to her side,
and was holding a sharp ice blade,
apparently intending to pierce her chest.
Beside her,
stood a beautiful witch who looked like a pretty figurine, showing no emotions.
She quickly distanced herself.
"Teleportation magic?... No, the surrounding space is confined?"
Erza's combat awareness was extremely high; in just two seconds, she figured out the opponent's ability.
Such a terrifying ability,
compared to her, Gray was just a child playing with ice; she could even freeze space and thought.
"Thank you, Figurine Miss, I mean... Witch Miss!"
Judging by her posture, it was the witch in the red hakama who, unaffected by the spatial freeze, stopped the other party?
Erza showed a friendly smile,
her dazzling Heaven's Wheel Armor, her Red Hair that conveyed a sense of warmth, and her delicate, beautiful face.
This smile even made Kikyo feel a sudden brightness.
But... what is a figurine?
Is it a peculiar term?
Indeed... the Ice Woman, the Armored Woman, and herself, it's highly likely they come from very distant places.
Kikyo possessed exquisite beauty, powerful strength, and wisdom that made her a formidable witch, rarely seen in centuries.
It was precisely because people like her kept appearing that
humans were able to survive in the Warring States period, ravaged by demons.
"Waaah... Waku waku, I really shouldn't have eaten Tsugiko's liquor-filled chocolate cake; I'm having such a strange dream!"
A little girl in a noble school uniform, with pink shoulder-length hair and cute emerald eyes,
got up from the ground in a daze, yawning.
She was having her lunch break at school, and before sleeping, she ate the liquor-filled chocolate cake that Tsugiko had said was disgusting but actually hadn't touched, just given to her.
The sweet, alcoholic filling made Anya's head spin, and she quickly fell asleep.
When she opened her eyes again,
she saw three beautiful older sisters, whose looks were no less than her mother's, huddled together, their eyes almost sparking with conflict.
Ice blades, bows and arrows, armor...
It was like a fairy tale on TV.
"Hahahahahahaha, I want to torment them!"
"The Red Hair armored woman!... And the witch who is as lifeless as an ice sculpture, I wonder if they'll show expressions of pain when tormented by my torture?..."
Anya's bewildered gaze fell on the well-proportioned ice-blade woman,
and she instantly shivered.
Her remaining sleepiness was scared away; such a crazy laugh, she actually had a Hobbies for tormenting people.
What a scary dream...
Something's not right.
Anya squinted, looking sly, and rubbed her chubby hand on her chin, thinking, "If it's a dream, Anya should be able to wake up now."
She turned her head to look at the harmlessly beautiful witch sister beside her.
"Should someone like me, who has already died, truly remain in this world?"
Anya's tender face instantly froze.
Besides the crazy woman, there's a ghost too?
She subtly, but actually very obviously, covered her head and lay on the ground.
Her aristocratic academy teachers had taught her that if she had a nightmare, she should hold her breath; when her body clearly realized that something couldn't exist in reality, she would suddenly wake up.
Anya held her breath,
until her face was red and she was almost out of breath, then she cautiously lifted her head.
Three icy gazes were all fixed on her, unblinking.
It's over...
Anya was in big trouble.
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