At this moment, these 'children' were very welcoming of Kaito's arrival.
Just like they had previously welcomed the mages who came here to remove the magic books.
They were very hospitable to everyone, without any malice.
They could be said to be quite cute, laughing and giggling, seemingly carefree every day.
But...
Their life force quickly dissipated, then turned into magical power and vanished from this world.
"Sorry."
"Even I cannot save you."
"And you don't even have souls inside your bodies. You are merely physical lifeforms with a little bit of consciousness."
"No, to be precise, even your consciousness was created by Rennala."
Like writing program code into a doll.
Kaito closed his eyes, then opened them. The spear swung down...
They were life, but not life.
Life created using the Great Rune of the Unborn could never be complete.
Perhaps, if Rennala were in her prime, she could have tried, but now she was weak, her mindset was broken, she was insane. How could she possibly create true life?
Additionally.
The sorceress Ranni also knew her mother Rennala's condition, but facing her mentally unstable mother, she couldn't persuade her successfully. She had to use magic to conjure a Full Moon projection and attach it to Rennala's body.
If anyone threatened Rennala, it would emerge to protect her mother.
If possible, the sorceress Ranni wouldn't want this either.
Unfortunately, she also had her own mission, to fight against the injustice of the Erdtree. Painfully, she could only seal the castle here at the Raya Lucaria Academy, imprisoning Rennala inside.
Hoping that one day she would find her way home from the end of the eternal night, find the right direction...
"Ugh——!"
A cute child died at the tip of Kaito's spear.
After its death, it bled, but its entire body quickly turned into magical power and dissipated.
They wouldn't even leave a corpse behind.
Through this strike, Rennala, who had been silently holding the amber egg, slowly raised her head.
But her eyes remained hollow, devoid of any luster.
No anger, no other emotions. She just looked silently at Kaito.
Even as Kaito killed the other children, each turning into magical power and vanishing, she remained the same.
Perhaps, because so many were killed, it finally touched her heart. Unfortunately, she still didn't attack Kaito. Instead, she silently hugged the amber egg and began to create new life.
From infant, instantly turning into cute little children, then using magic to create mage robes for them to wear.
Repeating this process, she created many children in a short time.
But these children no longer laughed and giggled. They began to see Kaito as an enemy, using very simple magic to drive him away.
"..."
Seeing this, Kaito couldn't help but sigh.
Raising his left hand, a large number of rock spears appeared. With a gentle wave of Kaito's left hand, all the children were instantly killed by his rock spears.
After the rock spears vanished, the children vanished too.
In an instant, the entire vast hall lost the figures and voices of the children.
Seeing this, Rennala finally showed a hint of anger towards Kaito.
Just as Kaito rushed in front of her, ready to pierce her body with his spear, a large magic shield enveloped her directly.
Like the moon, she slowly rose from the ground.
...
And then, nothing.
Even like this, she still chose not to attack Kaito, but used this moon-like magic shield to protect herself.
Kaito's next few attacks were also easily defended by the magic shield, unable to cause any damage at all.
Kaito stood atop the magic shield, looking down at the Lady Dimitrescu-like Rennala and shook his head helplessly.
In his right hand, he gradually condensed a Vortex Vanquisher. After a long period of condensation, this spear was far beyond the rock spears he casually created.
Then, he thrust it with all his might into the moon shield. As the spear tip and shield violently clashed with magical power, Kaito injected a trace of divine power into the Vortex Vanquisher.
Bang-!
Cracks appeared in Rennala's moon shield.
Then, it began to craze extensively.
Finally, the moon shield shattered completely. Rennala slowly raised her head. Just as the spear tip was about to pierce her hat, Kaito flew.
Well, Kaito flew.
But to be precise, he was sent flying by a powerful magical shockwave.
Kaito wasn't seriously injured either. After a cool spinning somersault in the air, he landed steadily on the ground.
Rennala didn't descend from the air either. She slowly extended her right hand, and then, glintstone magic as brilliant as starlight appeared.
In an instant, hundreds and thousands of 'stars' were born.
This display far exceeded the magical display in the game.
Now, Rennala finally showed initiative to attack, but no matter how you looked at it, it was mainly to drive Kaito away, not to kill him.
Unless Kaito was so weak that even after Rennala held back an ocean's worth of water, he still got killed.
"Rennala, I sympathize with your situation, but continuing like this will never allow you to achieve your wish."
"Radagon is actually Marika. And she, or he, has been using you from beginning to end."
"..."
Before Kaito finished speaking, the starlight attacked him like meteors.
He has to say, this magic was truly beautiful, truly brilliant, and its attack power was far stronger than its magical appearance suggested.
Starting, Kaito created a rock wall, blocking a large number of starlight attacks. The remaining starlight then curved around, intending to continue attacking Kaito.
Unfortunately, he had already left his original spot and reappeared before Rennala.
He reached out, trying to grab the amber egg in Rennala's arms, attempting to take it away.
The importance of this amber egg went without saying. Kaito's action once again angered Rennala, and a hint of murderous intent finally appeared in her vacant eyes.
Once more, she sent Kaito flying.
Then, with another wave of her hand, even more starlight appeared, not only more powerful but also faster, and even capable of exploding.
Kaito dodged within the hall. The starlight that missed Kaito either automatically turned to continue pursuit or, unable to turn in time, crashed elsewhere, causing violent magical bombardment.
Under such conditions, Kaito wasn't troubled. He once again appeared before Rennala and this time thrust the Vortex Vanquisher.
The target was not Rennala, but still the amber egg in her arms!
Finally, after three or five attempts to strike at her 'child', a glimmer of lucidity returned to Rennala's eyes...