The Forest Spirit King's (Staff) is a Formidable Foe

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<<<NUARAAAAAAH!!!>>>

Enraged by Emi's single remark, the Forest Spirit King Kokoririon let out a beast-like roar, and while holding the staff in his hands, he rushed towards Emi like the wind!

The flame of murderous intent burning in his eyes was so fierce that Emi, wiping out the faint possibility of "reconciliation" that had remained in her consciousness with her own murderous intent, took a counter-stance!

<<<AAH!!>>>

"Rah!"

And what Kokoririon unleashed was a horizontal sweep aimed at Emi's side!

Emi met it with a blow from below.

With a pleasant *pakinn* sound, the Spirit King's staff once again broke in two, and its upper half was sent flying somewhere.

<<<AAAAH!!>>>

"Rah!"

Furthermore, Kokoririon used the momentum from the horizontal sweep to spin once more, and unleashed another horizontal sweep!

Its trajectory and momentum were exactly the same as before!

Therefore, just like before, Emi struck the staff from below and broke it in half.

"!!!"

And at that moment!

Feeling a presence, Emi raised her arm to protect her head... and immediately after, she felt a heavy impact on her arm.

The one who had unleashed that blow... was the staff.

The upper half that Emi had broken and sent flying in the first blow had repaired itself, autonomously floated up, and attacked Emi!

Which means... it's safe to assume that the upper half of the staff she broke the second time can also act autonomously!

Convinced of that, she glanced around... and indeed, another one was flying towards Emi with a high-speed vertical rotation!

"Rah!!"

Emi, by forcefully swinging the arm that had already received the first staff, sent it flying far away, and then, with her extraordinary kinetic vision, she completely saw through the movement of the second staff, which was rotating at high speed, and grabbed it at the right time!

Then, with a creaking and cracking sound, branches and roots grew from the staff... and tried to entangle Emi!

Their purpose was to restrain Emi's body... or to absorb her magical power?

Either way, it was probably not good for her body!

"RAAAAAH!!!"

Before she could be entangled by the staff, Emi threw it at Kokoririon with all her might!

<<<Haaah!!>>>

Just before that staff could hit him, Kokoririon thrust the lower halves of the staves he held in both hands into the ground and they turned into countless fallen leaves, disappearing from the spot.

And, in the next moment... he appeared behind Emi!

Spreading his arms to restrain Emi's body, he charged at Emi and embraced her...

"RAAAAAAAAAH!!!"

...or tried to, but failed!

Instantly turning around, Emi punched him in the solar plexus, and he was sent flying with a scream.

"Rah..."

To pursue Kokoririon, Emi took a step forward, but... the Spirit King's staves, flying autonomously with a high-speed vertical rotation, blocked her!

"Raah!!"

First, one, Emi deflected the staff that flew from the front.

"Raaaah!!"

Then, the second one, the staff that flew from behind, she also deflected in the same way.

With this, there are no more obstructive staves!

Emi was about to finally take a step to pursue him, but... that judgment was naive.

"Rah!?"

A third staff attacked Emi, aiming for the top of her head!

This means... the staff that Emi had broken in half earlier... the lower half!

Barely reacting to this surprise attack, Emi deflected it, but...

"Raaah!!"

This time, the fourth staff came straight at Emi's heart!

She tried to escape its trajectory by hopping backwards—ta, tata—but the staff followed Emi.

A staff with a tracking function!

"RAAAAAH!!!"

At the last moment, Emi kicked the staff up and sent it flying far away!

Using the kicking motion as it was, Emi spun vertically once... and this time, the first staff she had sent flying attacked again!

"AAAAAAAH!!!"

Emi was irritated and roared!

This Spirit King's staff is such a pain!

It attacks Emi with a disgustingly perfect time lag, pinning her to the spot!

On top of that, it has a strange fragility, so she has to be careful with her counterattacks!

If she makes a mistake and breaks it again, the staff will surely multiply, and Emi will be hit with an even more intense attack!

Undoubtedly, the Spirit King's staff is a formidable opponent!

Probably stronger than the Spirit King himself!

"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE MEEEEEEE!!!"

However, it's not like there's no way to deal with it!

Emi, after casually punching away the Spirit King, who had carelessly attacked her, simultaneously deployed the 【Black Tentacles】 that she had stored away, judging that they would be a hindrance to any possible negotiations and hand-to-hand combat!

From the entire body of the girl with unparalleled beauty, dark black and gruesome tentacles jumped out and swayed!

"I'LL DEVOUR YOU WHOLE!!!"

And in response to those words... the tips of the 【Black Tentacles】 all split open at once.

What appeared... was the external feeding organ, refined by Emi's talent!

The 【Black Extending Jaw】, which clattered its hard fangs!

"Raaah!!"

And Emi's 【Black Extending Jaws】, as if swimming through the water in all directions like sharks, cut through the air and preyed on the Spirit King's staves, one after another!

BAKIN!!

BAKIBAKI!!

While making a hard chewing sound, the Spirit King's staves were instantly devoured and became magical power, which was poured into Emi's soul!

<<<H-HOW DARE YOU!!!>>>

Seeing that, Kokoririon's face turned pale, and he ran to the giant tree that was his dwelling!

And he placed his hand on its trunk... and with a cracking sound, he began to create a new staff!

Branches grew, leaves sprouted, and a staff of a suitable thickness was formed within a few seconds...!

Their number is one, two... innumerable!?

"As if I'd let you!!"

Of course, Emi had no intention of letting him mass-produce those troublesome staves!

Emi, who had started running towards the giant tree, wrapped the 【Black Tentacles】 extending in all directions around her own right arm.

Then, what was formed was a giant arm!

An arrangement of the 【Black Arm】!

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"

Emi, while running, twisted her upper body greatly... adding the momentum of her run to her own physical strength, and as if for a final push, she even added a jet of magical power from the nozzle deployed behind the giant arm!

She punched the Forest Spirit King Kokoririon... with all her might... with a speed that he couldn't escape with teleportation!

<<<UGYOOOOOOOOOOH!?>>>

Receiving Emi's full-power blow... surprisingly, the giant tree, the Spirit King's dwelling, did not break.

It just shook greatly, and scattered a large amount of shining leaves.

However, that very sturdiness became the Forest Spirit King Kokoririon's downfall.

Kokoririon, sandwiched between the giant tree and Emi's fist, had to take the full impact of Emi's blow.

To describe the damage specifically, Kokoririon was punched in the area from his abdomen to his lower body... and that part was completely blown away by the impact of the punch!

<<<Gu, gi, gi... you, you...!!>>>

Kokoririon, with only his upper body from the chest up remaining, fell to the ground with a thud... but still not disappearing, he let out a resentful voice, and in that state, he floated up.