The defense personnel wizards drew their existence swords from the scabbards at their waists; they swung their swords at the phoenix, firing a barrage of magic spells shaped like flares and hitting the phoenix, causing fire, ice, or wind explosions all over its body. However, the Phoenix leader did not flinch and stayed focused on pursuing its target.

The Phoenix opened its beak, and a wisp of fire began to form; it then shot a huge fireball from its beak toward Daganzo, Furano, and Alton before it. The fireball shot quickly; they realized this and immediately evaded to the side. The fireball hit one of the skyscrapers, destroying several parts and surprising them. Alton’s expression turned serious.

“The Phoenix attack power is much greater than those automatons.”

Behind his mask, Daganzo’s expression turned serious.

“Who knows how long this gigantic Phoenix automaton will chase us.”

Behind the Phoenix, dozens of defense personnel chasing it were shocked when they saw the Phoenix’s attack hit one of the skyscrapers. One of the defense personnel communicates via his single earphone.

“Phoenix leader attacked a skyscraper, request back up to take care of the building.”

Back at the destroyed library building, the defense personnel almost finished extinguishing the fire blaze. One of them replied.

“Understood, sir.”

They divided their teams, and some of them then rode their flying broomsticks toward the skyscraper building.

Back to Daganzo, Alton, and Furano, they rode their flying broomsticks through the night sky covered with glass walls magic spells, trying to get away from the Phoenix leader chasing them. Alton appeared to realize something.

“When I fought automatons before, it took them a while to track me every time I went out of the line of their sight.”

Daganzo nodded.

“Alright, let’s try hiding.”

Daganzo, Alton, and Furano rode their flying broomsticks to one of the other skyscrapers near them, then headed to the back of it. The phoenix leader flew after them toward behind this skyscraper, but they had disappeared, causing the Phoenix to hover in place while flapping its gigantic wings in confusion. The Phoenix looked around momentarily and then flew away from the skyscraper; defense personnel flew after it while keeping their distance and attacking with magic spells again.

Back to Daganzo, Furano, and Alton, they were inside this skyscraper, in a wide corridor with a high ceiling, with a row of framed glass panes on the left, and a building wall on the right, and a row of large rectangular block-shaped concrete pillars along the middle of the corridor.

Alton and Furano hid on one of the pillars on the left, while Daganzo hid on another pillar on the right. They vigilantly observed the Phoenix leader, who finally flew away. Alton was slightly surprised.

“It worked; if it flies far enough, it won’t be able to track us anymore.”

Daganzo and Furano nodded. Daganzo smiled.

“Good job, Alton.”

Alton was slightly surprised; he then smiled and nodded. Daganzo and Furano then observed the situation outside the windows again. Alton looked at Furano with a cheerful smile.

“Furano?”

Furano turned to Alton. Alton smiled.

“Let’s do our best.”

Furano smiled and nodded.

“Of course, Alton.”

Alton watched Furano curiously; he then smiled.

“You have a lovely smile.”

Furano was surprised; she then smiled.

Outside the building at quite a distance. The Phoenix leader flew with its gigantic wings and then appeared to realize something; it then turned around, startling the defense personnel who were chasing from behind, and they immediately flew away to evade. The Phoenix flew back toward the previous skyscraper, opening its beak, and a wisp of fire formed. The Phoenix then shot a huge fireball toward the building.

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Some time ago. Inside the skyscraper, Alton, Furano, and Daganzo could see quite clearly in the distance that the Phoenix leader was turning around and flying back toward this skyscraper because of the glowing red patterns all over its body. Alton was surprised

“Unfortunately, it hasn’t flown away until we’re out of its tracking range.”

Daganzo nodded.

“We have to go now.”

Alton and Furano nodded. They got on their broomsticks, flew down the corridor to the right, and realized from the view outside the row of framed glass panes next to them that the Phoenix leader was shooting a huge fireball at this skyscraper, surprising them.

They pointed their swords, handguns, and soul daggers toward the front and used Shatter Magic Spells on the framed glass panes before them, creating cracks that spread rapidly. They penetrated the broken window panes into small granules easily. Soon after, a fireball hit this skyscraper and caused a huge explosion, destroying the corridor they had just passed through. Alton, Daganzo, and Furano speed up their flying broomsticks to get away.

Back to the Phoenix leader chased Daganzo, Alton, and Furano; its flying speed gradually became faster, and it would soon catch up with them. Furano looked back momentarily and was surprised, then focusing toward the front again.

“The Phoenix is closing the distance with us.”

Daganzo and Alton looked back momentarily and surprised. Daganzo turned toward Furano and Alton.

“Let’s split up to avoid it.”

Alton and Furano nodded. The three then changed their respective flying directions. The Phoenix was confused and decreased its flying speed as it observed them momentarily and changed its flight direction toward Alton. Riding his flying broomsticks, Alton looked back momentarily and realized the Phoenix chased him; he then communicated with the others via a single earphone in his left ear.

“Why am I the one being chased by that Phoenix?”

On the other location, Furano appeared to realize something.

“The Phoenix probably prioritizes pursuing existences from outside the universe.”

On the other location, Daganzo stopped his flying broomstick and looked toward the Phoenix in the distance.

“Try to evade it, Alton. If it gets too close, we gather again to confuse it.”

Alton smiled.

“Okay, leave it to me.”

Alton flew dive down, and the Phoenix leader also flew dive down to chase him. Alton managed to distance himself from the Phoenix leader with his maneuver.

As Alton approached the road surface, the Phoenix leader, who had a gigantic body, adapted to the situation, spread its gigantic wings to slow down its flight, and distanced itself further from Alton. After reaching an average of two stories in building height, Alton changed his flight direction forward, over the top of the road. The Phoenix leader spread its wings, flapped them strongly, soared at a height higher than the average building here, and then changed its flight direction forward to chase Alton. Because of its expansive wingspan, the Phoenix couldn’t get close to Alton, who was flying above the road between the buildings, although it could catch up with Alton and fly above him. Alton looked up, shocked to find the gigantic Phoenix flying above him as he thought.

“For a creature that size, it flew very fast….”

The Phoenix leader opened its beak, and a huge wisp of fire formed inside its beak; the light from the fire illuminated the road below it. The suddenly bright atmosphere surprised Alton; he looked up and found that a huge fireball had formed in Phoenix’s beak, shocking Alton. The Phoenix shot the fireball, but Alton managed to evade it. The fireball hit and destroyed the road, and several cars that happened to be parked nearby also exploded and destroyed, enlarging the explosion.

Dozens of defense personnel flew after the Phoenix; dozens of other personnel joined them from the right and left. One of the defense personnel who had just arrived communicated via his single earphone.

“Sorry, we just arrived.”

His comrade replied.

“Help us stop that Phoenix, by any means necessary.”

The defense personnel nodded.

“What about the targets from outside the universe that the Phoenix was chasing?”

The defense personnel’s expressions turned serious.

“We’ll focus on the Phoenix leader first as the main threat.”

Defense personnel drew their swords from the scabbards at their waist and then cast various magic or elemental magic spells, repeatedly firing at the Phoenix, such as Ice Blast. Still, it only froze the Phoenix’s body slightly, and then it shattered before it could spread further. They also cast Fire Blast, Wind Blast, etc., but these magic spells don’t even affect the Phoenix at all. One of the defense personnel communicates via his single earphone.

“How can we stop this creature?”

His other comrade answered.

“The Researcher Division is still looking for a solution; we can only try to continue attacking it as long as it’s still affected by the magic command to hunt for existences from outside the universe.”

His comrade’s expression turned serious, and then he nodded.

On the other hand, the Phoenix leader opened its beak and breathed a powerful burst of fire, burning along the road and several cars that happened to be parked or passing by, as well as several parts of the surrounding buildings. Defense personnel immediately tried to save the person trapped in their car.

The Phoenix’s burst of fire was powerful and broad, causing Alton to be almost unable to evade. Alton’s expression turned serious as he thought.

“I have to get away.”

Alton slowed down, suddenly stopped his broomstick, and then dived upwards to increase its flying altitude. The Phoenix leader immediately changed its flight direction and then chased Alton. In the distance, Daganzo and Furano rode their flying broomsticks toward the Phoenix and saw dozens of defense personnel chasing and continuing to attack the Phoenix with magic spells to stop it.