At the top of a tall building near the intersection, hugging a bag of popcorn, Merlin watched with great interest the two people who had been trapped in a different world below.
"Hmm~ By using an illusion to transfer the mana of this intersection to any other intersection, and sensing Naoki's arrival, the Magecraft will automatically activate. Although the theory is a bit strange, the result seems quite good."
"But even though this can summon a wild hunt, since there's no additional storm field attribute, its strength will be weaker. I wonder if this can serve as a test? Or should I add a bit more spice?"
As Merlin pondered whether to increase the difficulty of Naoki's challenge, the rooftop door behind her suddenly opened, and the person who entered casually sat down beside her.
"Watching the show? Give me some popcorn."
"Okay, director Morgan."
Merlin pulled out another bag of popcorn from who knows where and tossed it to Morgan, smiling, "I made a slight modification to your Magecraft, you don't mind, do you?"
"Of course not, the goal is to test him, you're actually helping me, but if you plan to continue with that behavior, I will object."
"Ah, for testing purposes, isn't the harder the better?"
"If he does what I planned, I won't stop you, but he's still too weak now."
Morgan looked towards Naoki and Gray: "Now that the Mystic Eyes are not functioning, he can only rely on half-baked elemental Magecraft, plus the little girl as a burden. If you increase the difficulty further, he will really die."
"Our own behavior actually contains a bit of intent to kill him or are you feeling sorry for him?"
"No."
"Hmm~" Merlin chuckled with a hidden meaning, then took some popcorn and put it in her mouth, "Alright, let's keep the difficulty as it is for now, let's see, to what extent Naoki's strength has reached."
"Oh, do you want cola?"
"Yes."
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Seeing the Black Dog appear in front of him again, standing two heads taller than him, Naoki unconsciously glanced back at Gray behind him.
Unsurprisingly, her face already showed an expression of fear.
'After all, she's just a six-year-old girl, even though she can fight against Servants in the original work, but now...'
Adjusting his breath, Naoki handed the bag in his hand to Gray: "Gray, you go ahead with these items, I don't know if you can get out of this barrier, but run as far as you can, make sure you're safe."
"I-I know. Wait, what about you?"
"I'll buy some time here, don't worry, I'll be fine."
Patting her head, Naoki said to Add: "Add, keep an eye on Gray, don't let her get lost, I don't want to have to look for her in the alleys later after the fight."
"You're annoying!"
"Annoying is how it should be."
Naoki smiled, then stood up and turned towards the Black Dog that was eyeing him from a distance. He didn't know if it was a wrong feeling, but he felt that the Mana emitted by this Black Dog seemed weaker than a week ago.
'Even so, it still seems hard for me to fight it...'
His Mystic Eyes ability wasn't functioning, all that was left was martial arts and elemental Magecraft, and Gandr whose effectiveness was uncertain.
"ROARRRR—!!"
A wild roar suddenly interrupted Naoki's thoughts, the sound wave full of magic even physically disturbed, the strong wind rolled up by the sound wave directly shattered the ground, swallowing many small stones like a shock wave hitting him!
"[Earth, rise!]"
Pressing both palms firmly on the ground, the magic circuit connected to the earth, an earthen wall immediately stood in front of Naoki, but just as the earthen wall stood.
*BANG!*
An attack like a battering ram directly shattered the earthen wall! Then immediately enveloped Naoki's entire body, many small stones like rain shot at his body, many bleeding wounds were carved by the edges of the small stones, the brutal strong wind directly blew him into the air!
'This is crazy! What kind of power is this!'
After a moment of shock, Naoki directed both hands to the ground again: "[Wind]"
The atmosphere scattered in the surrounding space immediately gathered under Naoki under his control, although he couldn't float, but just to slow down the impact of the fall.
"ROARRR—!"
The Black Dog's roar sounded again! And just as he heard the roar, Naoki's magic circuit suddenly stopped working momentarily! Although it quickly recovered, but because of this momentary pause, the elemental Magecraft that had just been activated directly failed!
The roar of a beast can dispel evil spirits, causing the mana transformed by the opponent through the magic circuit to disappear, disrupting the spell.
'Damn it!'
Falling from a height of five meters without any protection, this would definitely result in death or serious injury!
Elemental Magecraft activated again – no, it's too late!
Seeing the ground getting closer, Naoki unconsciously wanted to close his eyes, but at that moment, the large figure of the Black Dog suddenly appeared in his sight, then the sharp black claws quickly enlarged in front of his eyes!
'This beast is going to crush my body!'
*BANG!*
Along with the loud crash, Naoki was directly hit by the claw to the ground and slid to the side of the road, a ten-meter-long ditch was directly carved into the road!
And hearing this loud crash, Gray, who hadn't run far, unconsciously turned her head and saw.
"Brother!!"
A scream almost like a wail came out of her mouth, without thinking she immediately turned around and prepared to go back!
"Hey hey hey Gray! Don't do something stupid like going back and dying in vain! He is stupid, but why are you also stupid?"
"But brother he—"
"That's why he's stupid!" Add almost shouted, "Hey, bro! Has your body been too long without moving that it's rusted? Hit by such a slow and weak punch, you're really stupid!"
"Haven't you understood your own strength yet? King Arthur!!"