Above Emilia, Puck once again unleashed a barrage of ice spikes at Elsa. Without time to charge, Puck couldn't release another large-scale ice spike attack at the moment.
Facing Puck's continuous ice spike assault, Elsa agilely performed consecutive backflips, dodging all the spikes.
"For a girl, you're quite familiar with combat!" Seeing this, Puck remarked with a sigh.
"Ara~ It's been a while since I've been treated as an ordinary girl." Hearing Puck's words, Elsa, having put some distance between them, steadied herself and effortlessly swung her dagger, deflecting Puck's attacks.
"In my view, most enemies are like infants. However, you, in particular, make me feel pity." Puck spoke flatly, his words carrying the pride of the Beast of the End.
"To receive praise from a spirit, I'm flattered." Elsa, constantly dodging and defending, appeared remarkably composed.
However, compared to Puck, who merely floated in the air continuously releasing ice spikes, Elsa needed to constantly jump and dodge or use her dagger to shatter the spikes.
Takeru remained standing calmly in place. For Takeru, whether it was Puck or Elsa, if he willed it, he could instantly kill them.
However, both their combat abilities were quite decent in this world, so Takeru was intentionally collecting information on this world's power levels.
After a stalemate for a while, Elsa spoke again: "And here I was, eagerly looking forward to the fight. You're so heartless."
"This is the burden of being a popular male. Girls won't let me go, but staying up late is bad for the skin. It's about time to end this play." Hearing her words, Puck spoke indifferently.
As his words fell, Elsa shattered two more ice spikes. Just as she tried to move from her spot, she found her right foot frozen to the ground by ice. Seeing this, she was taken aback.
"I don't just randomly scatter ice, you know." Seeing this situation, Puck, looking confident of victory, slowly landed on Emilia's shoulder.
"Did I fall into a trap, I wonder?" Hearing his words, Elsa still seemed somewhat composed.
"Good night." Hearing her, Puck had no desire to converse further. As he spoke, cooperating with Emilia, they conjured a thick ice pillar that charged straight towards Elsa's location.
Takeru stared at this giant ice pillar. This skill was quite similar to the Gray Horn he learned from Esdeath, but both Takeru and Esdeath could use it with far greater ease and power than these two.
Yet, at the critical moment, Elsa dodged the ice pillar's attack by jumping away from the spot.
"Ah, wonderful! I thought I was going to die." Her eyes were dark, but Elsa still spoke with a bewitching tone.
The reason she could dodge was that she directly tore off the skin of her sole, forcibly freeing herself from the ice. Now, her sole was bleeding profusely.
"Eh?!" Seeing this, Felt was utterly shocked and somewhat unable to accept it. She hadn't expected Elsa to be so cruel even to herself.
"No matter what, you're a girl. I can't approve of this method." Seeing Elsa's state, Puck sighed.
"Puck, can you still hold on?" Hearing Puck's words, Emilia asked worriedly.
"So sorry. I'm very sleepy. I underestimated her a little. My mana is depleted, so I'm about to disappear." Hearing Emilia, Puck rubbed his eyes.
"We'll figure something out later. Rest now. Thank you." Hearing Puck say this, Emilia spoke directly.
"If anything happens to you, I'll abide by the contract. In case of an emergency, summon me even if it costs soul power. Takeru, I leave Emilia to you." At the last moment, Puck directly looked at Takeru, who had been exceptionally calm from the start.
Saying this, Puck turned into light and dissipated...
"Disappearing? What a shame." Calmly watching the dissipating Puck, Elsa directly swung her blade, cutting off a piece of ice and placing it on her injured sole, freezing the wound.
After treating her wound, Elsa burst forth with incredible speed again, charging at Emilia.
Emilia, having lost Puck, seeing Elsa's explosive speed, had no time to attack Elsa and could only defend passively. The situation had reversed in an instant.
"Well, it's my turn to act." Seeing this, Takeru spoke softly.
"Wait... l-let's run away!" Hearing Takeru's words, Felt bit her lip and tightly grabbed Takeru's arm.
The earlier battle between Elsa and Puck made her realize the woman before her was not someone she could deal with. So now, seeing Puck out of the fight, she felt like fleeing.
Under normal circumstances, she would have left without a word. But after her earlier interaction with Takeru, she was deeply worried Takeru might get hurt.
"Don't worry. I'm very strong." Hearing her words, Takeru gently ruffled her hair to reassure her.
Looking at Takeru's confident smile, Felt could only slowly release her grip.
As Felt let go, Takeru sensed Emilia was struggling to hold on. In a flash, as if teleporting, he positioned himself directly in front of the rapidly moving Elsa!
Then, under her horrified gaze, he directly grabbed her head with his right palm and pressed it lightly towards the ground.
Thud!
A collision sound rang out. Elsa's head collided fiercely with the ground, creating a small crater.
As Takeru released his hand, blood slowly flowed from Elsa's head, and blood dripped from the corner of her mouth. Her gaze at Takeru still held disbelief.
The sudden turn of events left Emilia, who was still defending with difficulty, and the worried Felt stunned. Neither had expected Elsa to seem so powerless before Takeru.
However, after Takeru released his hand, Elsa quickly rolled and stood up, simultaneously putting distance between herself and Takeru.
"Impressive. You're still not dead after that."
Seeing her severely injured but still not in mortal danger, Takeru remarked with a sigh.
To avoid her head exploding outright, Takeru had naturally held back a bit. Yet, he hadn't expected that to save her life.
"Cough, cough... Who are you? I've... I've never heard of you." Looking at Takeru, Elsa spoke painfully. If she weren't already not human but a vampire, she would have definitely died from that earlier blow.
"Ask in hell." Hearing her words, Takeru lightly shook his head.
"Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!" Quickly forming hand seals, Takeru spewed three terrifying fire dragons from his mouth.
Then, under Elsa's horrified gaze, the three fire dragons surrounded her. Amidst her screams, they burned her to ashes.
As the fire dragons dissipated, in her place, apart from a large crater and scorched earth, there was no trace of Elsa. Clearly, she had completely vanished in the earlier incineration.
Seeing the commotion Takeru caused, Felt and Emilia were left speechless, looking at Takeru as if he were a monster.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Seeing the two, Takeru said with an amused smile.
Hearing Takeru, the two were at a loss for words.
"Alright, Felt, hand over the insignia." Seeing the two speechless, Takeru directly said to her.
"I know." Hearing Takeru say this, Felt this time very readily took out the insignia.
Takeru looked at the glowing insignia in her hand, not saying much. Felt, after handing the insignia to Emilia, had a hesitant look.
"What's wrong? Is it about the holy gold coins? But remember our deal. From now on, you can't keep stealing. That behavior is really bad and also very dangerous." Seeing her expression, Takeru directly took out the large bag of holy gold coins.
"It's not that!" Hearing Takeru's words, Felt spoke somewhat agitatedly.
"Hmm? What is it then?" Hearing her, Takeru was puzzled.
"Why are you so good to me?" While Felt enjoyed Takeru's doting on her, she was also worried. It was too sudden, feeling unreal.
"How should I put it? I guess you just remind me of my little sister." Hearing her words, Takeru thought for a moment and spoke.
"Little sister?!" Hearing Takeru's words, Felt was stunned.
"Mm-hmm. But she's not in this world." Takeru said directly with sadness.
Miu truly wasn't in this world, she was in the main world!
But hearing Takeru say this, Emilia and Felt assumed Takeru's sister had met with misfortune. The two fell silent.