“Is this your first time casting cooperative magic? Basically, we form the magic power into predetermined shapes.”

Damn it. What she was asking me to do wasn’t easy.

“Power of two, lend your strength to support them! Re-spin the threads of fate and turn their defeat into a victory!”

I could feel Sadeena rapidly forming the pieces of the puzzle and converting each one into the language of magic.

“Here, let me see that, little Rock. I’ll help you with it.”

She started working on forming the block that I had been trying to shape. Although, it wasn’t going as smoothly as hers, since it was a section that would normally be up to me to complete. Still, what was this feeling? Something about what Sadeena was doing felt really similar to what Ost had done. When I thought about that aura, a blurry image of one of the pieces Ost had shown me came into sight for a split second.

“If you don’t stop getting distracted and finish this soon, little Raphtalia will be in trouble, you know?”

Raphtalia and Filo were still putting up a good fight, but it was probably only a matter of time before that changed. I could see Murder Pierrot reeling in the weapons that had been thrown at us and trying to swing them around with the thread. Right now, I needed to focus on this magic, and after that we’d just have to figure out a way to overcome this opponent, even if by brute force.

“Dragon Vein! Hear our petition and grant it! As the source of your power, we implore you! Let the true way be revealed once more! Give us the power to overcome the obstacles before us!”

Sadeena completed the cooperative magic and raised her left hand into the air. Dark clouds began to form above us, and the sound of thunder echoed throughout the arena.

“Oh? So this is the magic we ended up with, is it?”

“Descent of the Thunder God!”

Without even trying, the name of the spell came out of my mouth at the same time Sadeena shouted it. A target icon appeared in my field of vision.

“Little Rock, I’m sure you know who we should target with the magic, right?”

“Yeah . . .”

Without hesitating, I chose Raphtalia. Sadeena must have agreed, because she pointed her finger at Raphtalia. The thunderclouds moved over to the air above Raphtalia and lightning came crashing down.

“Ahh!”

Raphtalia shouted out in surprise.

“Now . . .”

She had left herself open, and Murder Pierrot’s thread shot out toward her. But the thread bounced off, unable to wrap around her. And that wasn’t all.

“Ugh!”

With a loud crackle, Murder Pierrot received a strong electrical shock and reeled back slightly.

“What . . . is this?”

Raphtalia was standing there with a shocked look on her face. I couldn’t blame her—I felt the same. Raphtalia’s whole body was surging with electricity, after all.