Defense personnel rode their flying broomsticks and chased the gigantic Phoenix leader automaton from behind, attacking it with various magic spells like Fire Blasts, which created fire explosions, and Water Pierces, which shot sharp stakes as hard as bullets, most of which hit the Phoenix easily because of its gigantic body, but didn’t affect it at all. Defense personnel being chased by the phoenix also attacked the phoenix behind them with magic spells as they divided their attention toward the front.

The Phoenix tried to bite one of the defense personnel using its sturdy metal beak. Still, the target managed to evade, causing the Phoenix to change its focus to another target before it and continued. Defense personnel keep on managed to evade the Phoenix attacks until only one defense personnel was being chased by it. Because there is only one target, when this defense personnel manages to evade being bitten by the Phoenix’s beak, the Phoenix still targets him. He continued moving forward while firing Fire Blast magic spells at the Phoenix, but they didn’t affect it. His expression turned serious.

“What kind of magic spell that can stop this Phoenix?”

The Phoenix accelerated its flight speed and flew above the defense personnel, caught him off guard. The Phoenix again tried to bite the defense personnel from above; he was shocked and immediately evaded, but the Phoenix managed to bite the back of his broomstick and shattered it. Its beak also hit the defense personnel’s back quite hard and caused his sword to slip from his grasp, and he fell. The Phoenix continued to fly forward and looked confused, then changed its target to another defense personnel in the distance. Back to the falling defense personnel, he fell freely at a height equal to a skyscraper and could not use magic spells because he didn’t carry his sword.

Alton, Daganzo, and Furano rode their flying broomsticks and flew at a long distance from the defense personnel, then saw him fall. Behind his mask, Daganzo’s expression turned surprised.

“Let’s help him first.”

Alton answered.

“Understood.”

The three accelerated their flight toward the defense personnel. Daganzo and Alton aimed their swords and soul daggers at the defense personnel and cast Levitate magic spells but failed to hit him because of the far distance. Furano concentrated.

“Levitate.”

The patterns on Furano’s handgun glowed; she then aimed her handgun at the falling defense personnel and fired it. Because Furano used the handgun of Spellcaster, her accuracy increased, and the magic spell was able to hit defense personnel. The falling defense personnel’s body stopped suddenly, only a few inches away from the sidewalk surface, shocked him. Not long after, the defense personnel’s body fell safely to the sidewalk.

Not long after, Daganzo, Alton and Furano arrived near the defense personnel sitting and breathing heavily; his attention then turned to Daganzo.

“Thank you for saving me.”

Daganzo shook his head.

“She was the one who saved you.”

Furano was slightly surprised. The defense personnel looked at Furano; his attention was immediately drawn to the handgun of the spellcaster in Furano’s hand, which surprised him slightly, and he realized that Furano was the defense personnel's previous target. The defense personnel’s expression looked guilty.

“Even though we previously pursued you as a target, thank you for helping me.”

Furano smiled.

“Of course, aren’t we supposed to help each other?”

The defense personnel was surprised; his expression then looked guilty again.

“You are right....”

Alton’s expression turned curious.

“Can you tell us what happened? What exactly is that gigantic Phoenix automaton?”

The defense personnel nodded.

“Of course. The Gigantic automaton is called the Phoenix Leader and functions as a Magical Energy carrier that powers other, smaller Phoenix automatons. The Phoenix leader was mean to did not intend to attack but experienced a malfunction that caused it to attack instead.”

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Behind his mask, Daganzo’s expression turned curious.

“How to stop this Phoenix leader automaton?”

The defense personnel looked doubtful.

“Unfortunately, we, the defense personnel, don’t know that either. But I hear that the Researcher division was trying to find a solution for it.”

Daganzo nodded.

“Okay, thank you for your cooperation. We have to go.”

The defense personnel nodded.

“I will tell them about your actions in helping me; maybe there will be good changes.”

Furano and Alton smiled, as did Daganzo behind his mask. Defense personnel then also smiled. Alton, Furano, and Daganzo got on their broomsticks and were ready to go. Defense personnel appeared to realize something.

“Wait.”

The three turned toward defense personnel; he looked at Daganzo with a curious expression.

“Have we met before?”

Behind his mask, Daganzo was slightly surprised as he thought.

“We ever met before when I was still a defense personnel member, but we are from different squads....”

Daganzo answered.

“I won’t answer that.”

Defense personnel’s expression turned slightly astonished. Daganzo turned to Furano and Alton.

“Let’s go.”

The three then rode their flying broomsticks and flew away. The defense personnel watched their departure curiously while holding the part of his body that hurt.

Alton, Furano, and Daganzo rode their flying broomsticks through the night sky covered in Glass Walls Magic Spells while looking around them, searching for the Phoenix's whereabouts. Behind his mask, Daganzo’s expression turned confused.

“We lost track of the Phoenix, let’s land while keeping an eye on the Phoenix direction.”

Alton and Furano nodded. They then landed on the rooftop of one of the skyscrapers, Daganzo took off his mask, then turned to Alton and Furano.

“Let’s divide the direction we observe to find the Phoenix's whereabouts.”

Alton and Furano nodded; they then observed the sky and the city from different directions. Alton turned to Furano and walked towards her while watching her curiously.

“Furano?”

Furano turned to Alton. Alton smiled.

“Isn’t the night sky covered in Glass Walls magic spells very beautiful.”

Furano smiled.

“Yes, if only these Glass Walls magic spells weren’t what trapped us….”

Alton watched Furano curiously; he then smiled.

“You are right.”

Alton looked towards the night sky; Furano watched him curiously. Alton turned to Furano; he then smiled gently.

“Next time, let’s go somewhere together and talk together again.”

Furano smiled and nodded.

“Of course, Alton.”

Alton smiled cheerfully, then showed his little finger.

“Promise?”

Furano was slightly surprised; she then smiled. They then did the pinky promise together while smiling. They then returned to observing the city.

Sometime later, Furano appeared to realize something.

“I see the Phoenix.”

Daganzo and Alton turned to Furano and immediately walked over to her. In the distance, the Phoenix leader was flying and was quite visible due to the bright patterns all over its body. Furano turned to Daganzo and Alton.

“Let’s go.”

Daganzo and Alton nodded. Daganzo put his mask back on. They got on their broomsticks and flew away.

Alton, Furano, and Daganzo rode their flying broomsticks through the night sky covered in Glass Walls Magic Spells as they observed the Phoenix Leader flying in the distance. The glowing patterns all over its body and on the magic core on its chest make it quite clearly visible in the distance. Furano appeared to realize something, she then said through the earphone connection.

“If the Phoenix automatons’ weak point is in the pocket watch merged to their chest, could it be that the Phoenix leader’s weakness is in the magic core in its chest?”

Alton just remembered it and answered through the earphone connection.

“It indeed looks so obvious.”

Daganzo answered through the earphone connection.

“Good idea; we’ll try to focus our attacks on that part.”

Alton and Furano nodded; the three then accelerated the speed of their flying broomsticks.

On the other hand, the Phoenix leader flew very fast to chase the defense personnel and shoot fireballs at them. Defense personnel could evade the fireballs quiet easily, but these fireballs hit the buildings around the Phoenix Leader was flying. The Phoenix leader looked around it alertly, landed on top of one of the skyscrapers, destroyed its surface, and stood on its both legs and wings. Seeing that, defense personnel rode their flying broomsticks, stopped their movements and looked at the Phoenix with serious expression.

“It stopped chasing us?”

Not long after, the Phoenix leader concentrated, and the magical core energy in its chest began to burn and get brighter; the fierce fire blaze spread from the magic core in its chest to the entire of its chest, then spread to the bottom of its neck then to its beak. The Phoenix leader opened its beak, and the light from the burning flame grew brighter from its beak; it then aimed its beak toward a squad of defense personnel in the distance. The Phoenix leader fired a fireball that shot quickly; the defense personnel were shocked, they immediately evaded, and the fireball hit the road surface and caused a huge explosion.

The Phoenix leader opened its burned beak, directed it to the squad of defense personnel in another direction and fired a huge fireball that shot quickly toward them. Dozens of Defense personnel were shocked; they immediately evaded it just a few meters away from them because of how fast the fireball shot. The fireball hit the skyscraper on one of its side parts, causing a huge explosion and destroying the building up to the opposite side. One of the defense personnel’s expressions turned serious; he then said through his earphone connection.

“The Phoenix attacks were getting stronger; we could barely evade them because the fireball shot so fast. Is there still no exact way on how to defeat it?”