“Whoosh—!”
The wind whistled past her ears.
“Thump, thump—thump, thump—thump, thump—”
Her heart pounded in her chest.
Feeling the scenery rushing by, herself being carried forward in Shien’s arms, leaping through the air, Melika’s heart raced, and her face flushed red like a tempting peach.
However, Melika was completely oblivious to this.
Her mind was in a daze.
She could only cling to Shien’s neck, her gaze fixed on his face, close at hand, as if she couldn’t process what was happening, feeling dizzy.
In this state, Melika didn’t hear a voice calling out.
“Melika! Push him away…!”
Jenom chased after them on the ground, watching Shien leaping through the trees, and Melika, nestled in his arms, not resisting at all, her face flushed red. Jenom was furious.
What made her even angrier was that Shien, while leaping forward, glanced back at her, a smirk on his face, and said,
“Save your breath, violent elf girl. Melika is already mine.”
These words shocked both elven girls.
“I… I’m Mr. Shien’s…!?”
Melika felt like her happiness came too suddenly, making her even more dizzy.
Jenom, on the other hand, couldn’t help but explode.
“Who are you calling a violent girl!? And who’s yours!?” Jenom shouted angrily, ignoring the startled looks of the surrounding elves, “Give Melika back to me!”
Saying so, this elven girl finally lost control, raised her short staff, and began chanting in a voice filled with rage.
“—This is the breath of the heavens—”
“—Crimson fire spirits, transparent logic, rise with this prayer as fuel—”
This was also a spell Melika could use, the most powerful wide-range attack spell among the intermediate fire spells.
“[Heaven Fire]!”
Jenom unleashed the spell without hesitation. A vast magic power swirled in the air like a storm, transforming into a rain of fire that fell from the sky.
“What!?”
“Jenom!?”
“What are you doing!?”
The surrounding elves, seeing the descending fire rain and sensing the powerful magic power, were shocked and panicked.
“Holy shit, this girl is going all out, huh?”
Even Shien was stunned.
This wide-range spell, falling from the sky, not only targeted Shien, but also the surrounding buildings, streets, and everything else, turning them into targets of the meteor shower-like fire rain.
“Boom!”
A firebolt struck a tree house, igniting it instantly, engulfing it in flames.
“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” …
Soon, the other treehouses, streets, glowing trees, stalls, and various objects were also struck by the fire rain, igniting one after another.
Naturally, Shien was also targeted.
With the protection of [Inner Manifestation of Heaven’s Decree], he could ignore these magic attacks, but he was carrying Melika and couldn’t let her be affected by Jenom’s magic.
Shien also chanted,
“[Bestow: Dispel].”
Shien used the Dispel Bestowal Magic, and ripples of magic power spread from his body.
“Fizzle!”
The fire rain touched the ripples, reaching Shien, but was instantly extinguished like it had been doused with water, vanishing into thin air.
Shien broke through the rain of fire in this way and continued forward.
“Stop!”
Jenom had been regretting her impulsive actions, but seeing Shien break through unharmed, she continued to chase after him without hesitation.
“What are you doing, Jenom!?”
“Ah! My tree house is on fire!”
“Quickly extinguish the fire with magic!”
“What’s wrong with Jenom?”
The surrounding elves, looking at the burning street, cried out in dismay.