Seeing Touko collapse after being struck by Aoko's fist, Beo unconsciously clapped his hands lightly: "Amazing, Aoko, what a beautiful punch. Now I'm sure, I really can't beat you."
"Hmph! You can praise me more, Beo. How about you just leave that foolish Touko and become my familiar instead?"
Aoko laughed, then looked towards Naoki who was descending.
"By the way, how's Touko? Dead?"
"My senses tell me she's dead, but she can still be saved."
Saying this, Naoki laid Touko on the ground.
"But what confuses me now is that Master is basically immortal. Maybe she's already using another body and is on her way here. If I save this Master, the existence of two Masters simultaneously might cause problems."
Although Naoki didn't think that two Toukos would fight just over who was the original.
Hearing Naoki's words, Beo approached and sniffed Touko, then said: "Save Touko, she's still alive. Her doll can only move when this active body is completely dead."
"Tch, not dead? Is Touko's skin that thick?"
Aoko felt that her punch just now was no joke, but it didn't even kill her?
'One can only say that the quality of Master's dolls is very high.'
Laughing awkwardly, Naoki placed his hand on his chest. A faint golden light appeared as if from underwater, slowly rising from his chest and falling into his hand.
"A scabbard?" Aoko frowned, "This is?"
"Avalon. The scabbard of King Arthur in legend."
This was given by Merlin to Naoki before leaving for Merlin, as a reward for his achievements in the 'Festival' ranking, as well as a protective charm for him—he said he got it from Morgan—according to Merlin, he might face danger here, and with this scabbard, he wouldn't need to worry.
The scabbard only appeared for a moment, then turned into golden light and disappeared into Touko's body. And at the very next moment, the face that was completely ruined by Aoko's punch recovered with speed visible to the naked eye, like time reversing, and within a few breaths, it had fully healed.
Opening her eyes and sitting up from the ground, Touko looked around slightly confused. When her gaze fell on Aoko—
An arm instantly lifted, slender fingers quickly inscribed a Rune in the air, and blazing flames instantly engulfed Aoko's entire body. However, at the next moment, the exploding Mana directly extinguished the flames.
"What are you doing!"
"Tch, without a catalyst, its power is too weak." Touko clicked her tongue, "Sorry, my hand slipped. I originally wanted to use a refreshing Magecraft, but I accidentally used an incinerating Magecraft instead."
"You jerk... this was definitely intentional!"
"You were the one who punched me in the face first, how dare you say that?"
"That's because you were the one who annoyed me first! So many years have passed, and your mouth still begs to be punched!" Aoko raised her fist again, "Damn it, I shouldn't have let the junior save you; it would have been easier if I had just added one more punch."
"Save me... ah, right, I remember." Touko touched her chest, "Boy, what did you use on me just now? Even I could recover."
"King Arthur's scabbard, Avalon."
"Oh... eh?"
Touko was instantly shocked.
As someone who liked to collect holy relics, she had certainly heard of Avalon. A few years ago, there were rumors that Avalon had been found, and she had even considered buying it.
But now that thing was inside Naoki's body?
"Can it be taken out?"
"Yes. But I have to take it out myself; external intervention won't work."
"You gave it to me?"
"How could I! I'll teach you how to take it out at the hotel later; I'm still going to use Avalon myself!"
Touko immediately scoffed, then stood up and patted the dirt off her body: "In that case, you two continue fighting; no one has won yet, right?"
Fight again?
Aoko and Naoki exchanged glances. Naoki cleanly raised both hands: "In that case, I surrender. Miss Aoko is truly too strong; I might be able to hold her off for now, but defeating her is clearly impossible."
The quality of his long-range attacks was not comparable; in close combat, he could at most draw, although there was still the trump card of the Fairy Armament. However, seeing Aoko's relaxed attitude, she definitely hadn't used her full strength. If they continued fighting, Naoki would most likely lose.
"Don't be so humble, junior!"
Aoko smiled as she patted his back.
"Your talent is very similar to mine; if you train seriously, you definitely won't lose to me—by the way, how about you become my disciple? I'll teach you my reliable Magecraft."
"Eh?"
Naoki was unconsciously surprised—Aoko was going to teach him?
Unconsciously, he looked towards Touko, and as expected, her face was already as black as charcoal.
"Hey, Aoko, I can't just let your words slide."
Pulling Naoki back to her side, Touko coldly glared at her younger sister.
"This boy is now my disciple; it's a bit much for you to suddenly snatch him away from me."
"But isn't Touko not a close-combat type Magus? If it's delayed any longer, the junior's talent might miss its best development period, and it will be difficult to train him then." Aoko smiled, "Well, I'm too lazy to argue with you, Touko. Besides, neither of us ever wants to give in to the other; how about we let the junior decide for himself?"
Instantly, Naoki felt a deadly gaze from Touko.
"Boy!"
Like a vise, Touko's hand gripped Naoki's shoulder tightly.
"Which one do you choose?"
"Master, how little faith do you have in me?" Naoki sighed helplessly, then said to Aoko, "Please forgive me, Miss Aoko, I have no plans to leave my Master at the moment. Please allow me to decline your offer."
"I see... you really are a good child."
Aoko felt a little regret; she actually quite wanted to teach Naoki, a Magus who was almost exactly like her in the past. But since he refused, what else could she do—
Heh!
Touko's cold laughter, full of smugness and mockery, immediately caught her eye.
"Turns out it's better to just kill Touko and then snatch the junior—Touko, what are you so proud of!"
"Really? I'm just smiling happily because my disciple is too considerate."
"Master... please don't play around in dangerous areas."
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Meanwhile, in a small alley in Misaki Town.
Looking at several corpses with extremely dry bodies, as if their blood had been completely sucked out, Shiki unconsciously laughed.
"Interesting... vampires?"