Boom!

  Professor Raelingrim’s attack hurtled toward her once more.

  Alicia gritted her teeth, forcing back the agony, and fled in a desperate dash toward a certain direction.

  “Oh~? Still trying to run? Where do you think you can go!”

  Boom——!

  A faster attack struck Alicia,

  sending her body flying through the air toward a specific spot.

  Raelingrim followed unhurriedly behind her......

  Boom! Boom! Boom......

  Water column attacks rained down relentlessly from behind. Alicia dodged and weaved as best she could, pushing herself onward in her flight.

  The Gulos agents wanted her alive—she knew it boded no good,

  but right now, it was her only lifeline.

  Boom——!

  Once again, Alicia was sent crashing into a wall, then crumpled to the ground.

  “What are you clinging to?”

  Raelingrim’s figure drew closer,

  his magic striking Alicia repeatedly as he advanced,

  keeping the force just enough to wound but never to kill.

  “You want to escape so badly?”

  “Keep running then. You’re already at the camp’s outermost edge. One more step, and you’ll be free. Get up and run!”

  “You’re absolutely right......”

  Alicia lifted her head slowly, staring at him.

  “But I never intended to escape alone.”

  “Miko——!!!”

  Boom——!!!

  With Alicia’s thunderous cry, the buildings behind her shattered into dust in an instant.

  “ROAR——!!!”

  A terrifying roar shook the forest to its core.

  A colossal bear emerged behind Alicia.

  Raelingrim stared up at the beast in stunned silence.

  “I-It’s the Tyr......”

  “Raelingrim——”

  Alicia smiled, mouthing the words clearly at him:

  “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!”

  Boom——!

  In the next moment, a figure shot into the sky like a meteor, soaring over the entire camp before crashing into the distant forest......

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  “ROAR——!!!”

  Then, a deafening roar erupted from the camp, unleashing a violent gust that threatened to tear all the structures from their foundations.

  BOOM!!!

  Gigantic plumes of dust billowed across the camp.

  “Ah——!”

  Screams filled the air as figures and debris alike were sent flying in all directions.

  “Enemy attack! Hurry! Stop the intruders!”

  Hordes of Gulos agents converged on the scene,

  raising their weapons and locking onto the dust cloud, ready to unleash a concentrated barrage the moment the attacker emerged.

  Then,

  a massive head poked out from the swirling dust.

  “......”

  The crowd fell deathly silent in an instant,

  every single one of them staring dumbfounded at the creature before them.

  Its cold, terrifying eyes surveyed the crowd as if sizing up prey.

  “ROAR——!!!”

  Only when the howling gale of its roar swept past their ears did their brains finally kick back into gear.

  “I-It’s the Tyr...... Tyr......”

  One agent stared at the colossus in sheer terror, his voice reduced to incoherent stammering,

  before finally managing to form a complete sentence:

  “IT’S THE TYRANT GIANT BEAR——!!!”

  BOOM——!!!

  With a single swipe of its paw,

  the Tyrant Giant Bear tore up nearly a hundred meters of ground in front of it.

  Agents farther away scrambled for their lives in a panic.

  “Run for it! It’s the Tyrant Giant Bear!”

  “This can’t be happening! Why would the forest’s deepest-dwelling overlord be here?!”

  BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!

  Screams and the rumble of destruction echoed throughout the camp.

  The Tyrant Giant Bear was an unstoppable war machine, laying waste to everything in its path.

  “Charge, Big Bear!”

  Two girls sat on the bear’s back, and one—with cat ears—waved her right hand, directing the Tyrant Giant Bear’s attacks.

  “Crush them——!”

  “ROAR!!!”

  Just then,

  a Fire Column streaked toward the Tyrant Giant Bear from the distance.

  THUD!

  Sensing the danger, the Tyrant Giant Bear slammed its paw into the ground.

  A towering rock formation erupted beside it in an instant.

  BOOM!!!

  The Fire Column collided with the rock formation, triggering a massive explosion.

  “Hmph!”

  In the next moment, a figure flew into view.

  “A mere beast dares to ruin our plans! You’re asking for death!”

  “Watch out, Big Bear! Their leader is here!”

  Miko shouted a warning from the bear’s back.

  “ROAR——!”

  The Tyrant Giant Bear let out a menacing roar at the fire mage who had appeared,

  then swung its claw at him in a swift strike.

  Seeing the attack coming, the mage summoned a burst of flames on his left side, darting away just in time to avoid the claw’s path.

  BOOM——!

  The instant he dodged, the ground where he had stood was torn open by an unimaginable force, carving a gash hundreds of meters long.

  The fire mage’s face paled.

  He knew instantly that this creature was far more dangerous than he had thought.

  He shouted urgently:

  “What are you waiting for! Attack together!”

  “......On my way.”

  Boom!

  As soon as the words left his mouth,

  giant Wind Blades descended from the sky, slashing toward the Tyrant Giant Bear with the force to cleave it in two.

  The Tyrant Giant Bear sank its body downward,

  but after a moment of shaking, it stood tall again,

  not a single scratch marring its back......

  “It’s no use......”

  A figure descended from the sky to land beside the fire mage, his voice grim:

  “The Tyrant Giant Bear’s defenses are too strong. Only a Fifth Circle attack could hope to harm it.”

  “Then use a Fifth Circle spell!”

  The fire mage snarled:

  “I’ll hold it off! You prepare the magic!”

  Boom!

  With that, the fire mage shot toward the Tyrant Giant Bear like a flaming meteor.

  “Got it!”

  The wind mage behind him nodded, immediately beginning to chant the incantation.

  A powerful mana fluctuation surged forth from the tip of his wand......

  “You beast—die!”

  The fire mage roared, unleashing a flurry of magical attacks at the Tyrant Giant Bear.

  A sea of flames swept toward the colossus.

  The Tyrant Giant Bear opened its jaws, taking a deep breath, then——

  “ROAR——!!!”

  Boom!

  A terrifying shockwave instantly annihilated everything within hundreds of meters ahead.

  The fire mage’s attack was scattered to the winds, and he himself was sent flying backward.

  After hurtling a great distance, he forced himself to halt his momentum, then charged forward once more.

  The Tyrant Giant Bear’s patience had worn thin with this persistent nuisance. Its eyes glowed crimson with rage.

  It rose to its full height, raising both massive claws high above its head.

  Boom——!

  In an instant, the ground before it was torn apart as if sliced by countless giant blades, leaving behind a web of jagged gashes.

  “Damn it! Are you ready yet?!”

  The fire mage, who had narrowly avoided the attack, snarled in frustration.

  “It’s done!”

  On the other side, a gigantic magic circle unfolded before the wind mage.

  He aimed the magic circle directly at the Tyrant Giant Bear.

  “Perish! Sky Tremor——!”