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[Victory! The Red-Haired Princess's complete victory!!!]
In the battle between Baili and Loki, both the team battle and the individual battle ended in a short time.
Orario's strongest familia appears incredibly weak in the face of the newly appointed guild master... Maru...
Chapter 111 The Challenge of LV7! The Envoy Descends! Baili Experiences the Fun of Aha! (Part 1)
"Great!"
"So cool, Lady Rias."
"As expected of Rias."
As Rias left the battlefield and returned to the viewing tent where everyone was, Koneko, Asia, and Akeno Himejima, who had come to greet her, all praised her.
They had just watched the entire battle, and Orario's genius swordswoman was no match for Rias.
If Rias hadn't held back initially and not gone all out, the battle would have ended within the first three seconds...
Looking at the crowd surrounding her, Rias had a smile on her face.
Her gaze fell on the kitten.
"After talking with Baili-kun, I realized that there is more than one way to use the power of destiny; just like the cat's previous battle, it can also be regarded as a kind of magic to enhance combat ability."
"What I did before? Does that mean I wrapped the flames I had originally released around myself?"
"That's right, you haven't forgotten, have you?"
"No, I just didn't expect to be imitated by Lady Rias... I've always been looking at Lady Rias's back as I move forward."
After receiving help and becoming a demon, Toujou Koneko has always followed Rias as a member of Rias's familiar.
Now that she's the one leading the way, she's still getting used to it.
Rias maintained her smile and spoke gently.
"You and I have embarked on the same path of destiny. In this respect, there is no distinction between one before and one after the other; we are people who move forward together."
"But I'm much later than Lady Rias."
"This small difference has no impact, because fate is fair to everyone."
"Is that right?"
The kitten tilted its head, its gaze fixed on Baili.
Bai Li, who was not far away, naturally overheard the girls' conversation, so he nodded.
"No matter who you are, or who came before or after, the path you embark on will treat everyone equally."
At least for now, Baili has no intention of favoring anyone.
The girls were treated equally, regardless of their age ("383").
If I had to point out the differences...
It's probably because everyone's stamina varies when replenishing mana, resulting in varying amounts of mana at this point.
"Can I use my abilities on myself like I do on Kitten or Rias?"
Yotsuya Miko had participated in team battles and seen individual battles, so she couldn't help but be curious.
Her ability allows her to analyze enemy weaknesses and pinpoint the most vulnerable spots to strike.
Such a targeted strike will ignore all defenses.
Its weakness is that it cannot hit high-speed moving targets with 100% accuracy.
Therefore, Yotsuya Miko tends to cooperate with Yukino in battle.
After all, Yukino's Memory Cat can launch attacks from different angles, directions, and positions.
Long spears that thrust outwards, blades that slash horizontally, short swords that strike head-on, and even long-range arrow shooting—these are all fighting styles that Yukino can create.
Moreover, those recreated memory attacks can be regenerated immediately even if they are destroyed by the enemy.
Given the above premise, it can be said that Miko Yotsuya's abilities were able to shine because of Yukino's cooperation.
If it were just her alone...
Miko Yotsuya imagined herself fighting against Ais Wallenstein in place of Rias.
First, she will lock onto the enemy, mark the parts most prone to damage, and then attempt to attack them.
However, the problem lies here...
Miko Yotsuya doesn't believe she can keep up with Ais's speed.
Especially when she saw Ais instinctively dodge Rias's berserk attack, Miko felt that she had no chance of hitting the mark.
It's like someone holding a deadly weapon aiming at a fighter jet flying in the sky.
Victory can be achieved once the target is hit.
only……
There's a high chance the other party will slip away.
Once it becomes like that, one's abilities will be useless...
"If you inflict it on yourself, wouldn't that turn your entire body into a weakness?"
Upon hearing Miko's words, Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but make guesses from her own perspective.
If marking an enemy's weakness could be done, and applying it to oneself would have a similar effect...
"Um... Mr. Baili, can this power of destiny we possess also have a negative impact on ourselves? Can't everyone use it to strengthen themselves like Neko and Rias-neechan?"
"I think it's better for you to explore it yourselves."
Baili did not give a definite answer.
However, there are indeed individuals who have been negatively affected by the Star God.
For example, a life endowed with abundant gifts may have a lifespan that exceeds the limits of nature, and its body may undergo numerous miraculous transformations—this is called an abundant evil.
For example, consider a group of pitiful people who have lost their reason for existence under the shadow of nothingness IX. Their existence gradually fades away, their skin rots, their endocrine system goes haywire, and they lose their memories and senses. In dreams and hallucinations, they witness their own figures disappearing into black holes—the self-destructing ones.
As for how the girls should use their powers, Baili believes that they should find the answer themselves.
Unlike Yotsuya Miko's doubts, Sakurajima Mai was quite satisfied with the current situation.
"I've always used my abilities on myself. When I attack an enemy, I release them, which is the exact opposite of your abilities."
"The current Memory Cat is powerful enough in my opinion, especially with the help of Miko-kun."
Yukino Yukinoshita had no intention of using her abilities on herself.
but……
She had considered it before.
For example, you can treat the warrior recreated by the Memory Cat as a spirit behind you and fight alongside it.
However, this approach required taking the risk of going to the front lines and wouldn't increase the rewards, so Yukino quickly gave up on it.
Hestia, who was standing to the side, joined in the conversation after hearing the girls' conversation.
"Since you're curious, why not just give it a try? There shouldn't be any risk, right? We don't know what kind of power Baili gave us, but trying it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
The Blue Ribbon Goddess then posed several rhetorical questions.
Hephaestus, standing to the side, was watching her.
"I think you'd better not join in the fun. The power that Baili-jun gives to everyone is completely different from the level of adventurers on our side; it's many times stronger."
"What are you saying, Hephaestus? The goddess is meant to guide everyone~"
"They are not members of your clan."
"Xiao Mao and the others are from Baili, and I am Baili's friend, so everyone is my friend too!"
Hestia looked at everyone with a smile.
Himejima Akeno nodded.
"We're already friends."
"See?"
Upon hearing the reply, Hestia put her hands on her hips and looked at Hephaestus with a smug expression.
Hephaestus responded with a wry smile.
She hoped that she could be as cheerful as Hestia.
In that case, it wouldn't be possible for Demeter to get there first, would it...?
Hephaestus sighed inwardly as Demeter stepped forward beside her.
"I also think it's worth a try. While everyone is training, I can have someone make some delicious bento boxes for them."
"Before this...did everyone forget something?"
Hestia pointed to the battlefield below.
"The war game between Baili and Loki is not over yet."
Before the Blue Ribbon Goddess finished speaking, Loki, whom she had just mentioned, appeared in Baili's field of vision.
Loki, who used to be surrounded by many people, is now all alone.
She squinted, raising her right hand, which held a jug of wine, high.
"We apologize for disturbing you, Chairman Baili."
"Have you come to surrender?"
"Haha, I'd like to, but it's impossible now, because things have already progressed to this point."
Loki walked through the girls and came to a distance of a hundred miles away.
Although Loki, whose entire clan had suffered a complete defeat, had lost his previous arrogance, he appeared relatively relaxed.
"President Baili... the girls around you are staring at me so intently, it's kind of scary."
"If you strike up a conversation with them normally, I think everyone will be very friendly."