At the same time as Nainiae put the ring on her ring finger, a terrifying pillar of fire erupted from the floor where the blood-stained man was standing and attacked him.
“Kugh, kuughh! Khuugghh!”
The man, who had been engulfed in the pillar of fire and charred, hurriedly ran out of there and rushed straight to Nainiae.
“Kakkkk!”
There’s a chirping sound, and the man’s skin, which hadn’t been cut even by Ian’s sword, began to emit smoke as if it were burning firewood.
“The more you hold on, the harder it will be.”
Nainiae advised the blood-stained man that it would be easier for him to just give up. Then, she flicked her fingers from time to time.
BANG!
BANG!
Each time the blood-stained man took one step closer to Nainiae, a huge pillar of fire rose from the floor he stepped on.
“Keek! Keekk!”
The man was screaming while being hit directly by the pillar of fire several times. He staggered with smoke as if his mouth were a chimney, and then rushed at Nainiae again.
“Garden tiger moth…”
[T/N: Garden tiger moth is mainly used for a person who falls into temptation and pays a high price. Other than that, it is also used as a metaphor for those who walk into ruin on their own feet or score suicide goals.]
Nainiae murmured pitifully as she looked at the blood-stained man rushing at her and moved behind the man’s back using teleportation.
“Kekk?”
Nainiae, who he thought had almost caught, disappeared in an instant and appeared from behind. The panicked, blood-stained man rushed back to her again.
“Puppet…”
It’s almost impossible to catch Nainiae, who was murmuring softly, with his hands.
“Tool…”
If he managed to catch up with Nainiae, who was dodging by teleporting, the man’s hand would be blocked by an invisible, transparent barrier, and he could no longer move forward.
“Kekk! Kakk!”
Next, if Nainiae counterattacked with magic inside the barrier… The man could only dodge the magic she shot in a hurry.
BANG!
BANG!
Not only flame-based magic but also ice-based magic that slowed movement. She even used invisible wind-based magic or telekinesis-based magic.
“…kekk!”
A storm of icicles pouring around, wind hammer swaying with a terrifying roar, the ground wriggling and creating concrete thorns, transparent hands holding down his shoulders… Because of that, the man, who had to receive a few more magics, couldn’t stand it any longer and eventually knelt down.
“Now, live as a person.”
To put an end to the man who was on his knees, Nainiae raised her right hand and created a gigantic spear.
“Mister, please kill me.”
The voices of the children from Riley’s previous life memories, who told him to kill them, could be heard in Nainiae’s ears… tears were forming around her eyes and she didn’t even realize it herself.
Don’t hesitate, Nainiae.
There’s no one else who can make this man comfortable but you…
Although Nainiae thought so, she couldn’t easily throw the spear she had made in front of him.
“…”
Thinking about how Riley felt when he wielded his sword at the children in the past… She, who shed tears without realizing it, was hesitating.
“I’m sorry. Except this way…”
“Wait, please wait!”
Nainiae had to stop herself from throwing the fire spear because Priesia standing in front of her all of a sudden.
“…Ms. Priesia?”
Priesia, who hastily stopped Nainiae by dropping the beret she was wearing on her head, carefully opened her mouth.
“Nainiae, first of all… calm down.”
Priesia, who looked at the wall of fire that hadn’t yet been extinguished, told Nainiae to calm down first. As she talked, Nainiae let out a short sigh.
“…I’m sorry.”
Realizing that she was about to make a decision on her own without hearing Ian and Priesia’s opinions by moving arbitrarily, Nainiae used different magic to extinguish the fire spear.
“Kekk!”
At Nainiae’s gesture, shackles of light appeared on the blood-stained man’s neck and wrists who had been kneeling, tying him up.
“My emotions got me.”
“Why were you so enraged? It’s not like you.”