"....."

The Queen of Spirits, in her armor of leaves and tendrils, observed the shimmering energy prism protecting the "error" in front of her in a dome of anomalous nature.

(This confirms that the suppression capability is effective)

Initially, the Queen was not entirely sure about the effectiveness of her restrictive powers upon seeing the "error" face-to-face, so she launched a probing attack.

(He has completely taken a defensive stance)

Seeing how the "error" seemed to place himself in a defensive position, the Queen analyzed him without looking away, maintaining her calm in the face of the horror she saw.

(It's much worse than I imagined...)

The Queen could not help but feel surprise at what her "eyes" were showing her, as this was due to the fact that every race possesses inherent characteristics that all its members share.

For example, Elves share aesthetic beauty and exceptional longevity, while on the other hand, Succubi, although composed only of the female gender, and Incubi, composed of the male gender, share the ability to easily evaluate, with a single glance, an individual's sexual experience, virginity, and other factors in the sexual sphere.

(…That form)

And just like other races, the Spirits also had their own inherent characteristics, among which was what is known as the Elemental Eye.

(Is it so abstract that it defies all natural classification?)

This sense naturally allowed spirits to see the essence of the soul that makes up every being, granting them a deep understanding of the true nature of others.

"You... What exactly are you...?"

The Queen focused her Elemental Eye on the being in front of her and observed something at that moment that, even despite her experience, was capable of making her shudder.

"I have a better question! Who are you?!"

The essence of the "thing" in front of her was a terrifying amalgam that shone like a fragmented prism, intertwined with webs of power and all kinds of beings within it, fluctuating unstably and in constant mutation, as if it were on the verge of an imminent cosmic collapse.

"You are more than you appear to be."

The Queen, completely ignoring the question, tightened the vines around her, understanding that her first attack had been just a prelude against a being whose mere existence was an existential threat.

"Of course she's ignoring me!! How do these kinds of things keep happening to me even though I'm not doing anything wrong?!"

On the other hand, Mireya, inside his defensive dome, sighed with deep irritation, shouting full of exasperation.

"Die."

(CRUUNNCH, WSSHHH, GRRRRRSH!!)

"?!"

However, the Queen of Spirits gave him no time to continue, because after seeing the instability of the "thing's" essence in front of her, she decided that the elimination had to be immediate.

(SHHHLIK, WHIP-WHIP!, CRUNNCH-TUMPH!!)

Her power concentrated, and instantly, all the surrounding vegetation attacked at the same time.

(Rush-Crac, Zzzzzzt, SWOOP-GRRRSH!!)

Entire trees moved like snakes, thick vines turned into whips, and both thorns and moss solidified into projectiles that lunged against the energy barrier, completely engulfing it.

"Silver, Goldie..."

(BOOOM-SSSHH!!!)

At that moment, the protective dome was devoured by the mass of wood and leaves...

"...."

Faced with the scene, the Queen held her breath, awaiting the dissolution of the "error."

(VRRRRUMMM!!)

... However.

"?!"

Just when it seemed like the vegetation had completely swallowed him...

(WHIRRRRRR, ZZzzzzzzip!!)

... A sharp, growing hum began to crackle.

"DOUBLE RESONANCE!!"

(KABOOM, FWOOSH-CLANG!!)

And with a shout that echoed from inside the entanglement, followed immediately by a massive burst of gray flames and golden light that erupted from the center of the vegetation, pulverizing the branches.

(FWOOOSH-BLAST!)

"!!"

Raising her guard, the Queen witnessed the massive roar of the column of fire and light rising and expanding toward the sky.

(SHHHHHH, Rrrrooooaar!)

Feeling the thunderous sound of hot air pushing and throwing all the surrounding vegetation at high speed.

"HERE WE GO!!"

When the burst finally dissipated, it was revealed...

"It's our turn!!"

... The figure of a silver knight in silver armor, cape, and golden embroidery, shining in the neutral of the clearing, surrounded by the eight shikigamis (paper men) who now glowed enveloped in a boreal aura like a rainbow around him.

"I have no idea who you are..."

(ZIIIP! WIING!)

"...."

Following that, the Queen, feeling the knight's gaze despite the helmet, witnessed the manifestation of a silver sword with golden embroidery, which he firmly held with one hand, while the other did the same with a shimmering shield.

"... But I will make you pay."

The transformation and defense had not only repelled the assault, but had proclaimed the start of the true conflict.

"You will make me pay...?"

In response, being targeted by the sword's edge, the Spirit Queen took advantage of her opponent's apparent distraction, who seemed to have lowered his guard.

(CRUNNCH-TUMPH!!)

To attack from behind using massive roots that surged from the ground.

(Clash, Clash!!)

However, at the moment of impact, the Knight's golden cloak moved with an independent and subtle control, deflecting the root attack to the sides.

"!!"

(WHOOSH!)

Immediately afterward, the Knight propelled himself with a burst, leaping toward the Queen, enveloped in an aura of pulsating gray flames.

"It is you who must pay!"

(SHHHLIK, WHIP-WHIP!, CRUNNCH-TUMPH!!)

Reacting instantly, the Queen grew a dense wall of giant plants and tangled logs, blocking the Knight's path to create critical distance and prepare for another elemental attack.

"We won't allow it!"

(SLASH!!)

However, the Silver Knight did not stop and unleashed a quick aerial slash: an arc of gray flames cut through the plants without any resistance, splitting the vegetal wall into two charred halves.

"What?!"

And so, the speed of the attack took the Queen by surprise, who could not dodge in time, being cleanly sliced in half.

"How dare you!!"

But the Queen of Spirits was the essence of life itself.

"Impossible?!"

So in that way, in an instant, the two halves of her body reconnected and regenerated in less than a blink, leaving no scar whatsoever.

"!!"

(BOOOOOOM!!)

And barely finishing her reformation, she launched an instinctive counterattack, releasing a concentrated burst of elemental energy that caused an explosion.

"Tch...!!"

At the last moment, blocking the impact, the Knight raised his shield, covering himself in flames while his cloak shielded him in defense against the attack.

... But.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUMMMMMMMBBB!!)

The impact was brutal; the elemental force overcame the block, and the Knight was sent flying at high speed toward the sky, hitting the solid fog wall that surrounded the entire area.

"Ugh... How can she regenerate?!"

Due to the impact, the Silver Knight floated momentarily in the sky, trying to recover without understanding how the regeneration of an attack capable of nullifying regeneration itself was possible.

(GROOOWL!)

"?!"

However, from the forest, the Queen of Spirits did not waste an instant, sending gigantic dragons of wood and moss that rose from the foliage, their bodies gnarled and covered with verdigris while condensed natural energy accumulated in their jaws.

"Eighth Purity Prism!"

Reacting to the imminent discharge, the Knight raised both hands.

"Third Manifestation: Saw!"

(WHIRRRR! ZSHHHHH!)

And immediately, four of the eight shikigamis surrounding him separated and joined together to spin frantically, forming a humming, cutting disc of boreal energy while the remaining ones did the same on the opposite side.

(FWOOSH! FWOOSH!)

Thus launching the discs powerfully toward the formation of dragons.

(CRUNCH! TZZZTT! CRACK!)

The energy saws upon impact sliced through the colossuses of wood and moss.

(KA-BOOOM! WHOOMP!)

The first saw sliced through two dragons, which crumbled into harmless pieces of splintered wood, releasing the condensed energy in explosions of green steam, while the second saw followed, chopping the third dragon before it could complete its breath attack.

"I must not allow him to breathe!"

After witnessing that, the Queen of Spirits, seeing the effectiveness of the saw attack, understood that conventional defenses would be useless.

(SSHHHH-CLACK!)

Therefore, she attacked again with desperation and numerical power, using millions of vegetal spears that sprouted from every inch of the forest, unleashing them as a frontal wall against the "error," seeking to finish him off before it was too late.

"We are not going to lose like this!!"

(WHOOOOOM! VVRRRM!)

Feeling the threat of imminent annihilation, it was the moment when Mireya stopped repressing himself, releasing a massive aura distortion so vast that it warped the air around him.

"WE WILL NOT!!"

(ZZZZ-FWOOOSH!)

Immediately afterward, he unleashed an aura wave, releasing an energy slash that glowed with fluctuating colors, enveloped in a torrent of gray flames and golden light that adopted the form of a gigantic serpent.

(CRRRUNCH-BOOM! SSSHHH!)

Thus, the energy serpent plunged toward the forest, overpowering and erasing the attack of vegetal spears in an instant.

"I will not allow it!!"

The shockwave thus descended toward the ground, heading directly toward the Queen who was overburdened, dealing with two fronts at the same time, because while fighting, she was simultaneously dealing with a high-ranking divine "interference" that seemed to try to destroy the "cage" she had created.

"I will finish this now!!"

Due to this, the Queen was constantly investing energy and resources in the constant repair of the barrier while facing the "anomaly" with limited resources, because to keep the world safe, she had "isolated" the battlefield.

"HAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

Thus, the Queen of Spirits, refusing to yield with an iron will, converted the entire forest into a gigantic hand. Trunks, earth, and foliage joined together, solidifying into a colossal barrier that rose to receive the impact.

(KRA-KOW! WHOOOMP-CRUSH!)

Starting a collision of opposing forces, beginning a violent struggle that cleared the fog.

(BOOOOOOM! CRACKLE! SHIIING!)

The forest trembled under the immense pressure, and the golden and gray light struggled to pierce the mass of green and brown while the constant collision released waves of power so intense that they continually cleared more and more of the fog that enveloped the surroundings.

(RUUUUUUUUMBLE! ZSSHHH-KABOOM!)

The vision that was revealed showed how the entire area of the forest had been lifted thousands of meters above the earth, turning it into a floating island by the Queen's manipulation.

"RAAAAAAAAAWWWWWRRR!!!"

The massive clash of power made the atmosphere tremble with both sides trying to impose themselves on each other.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!"

The collision was not only physical, as it generated disruptions in the fabric of reality that the Queen of Spirits was forced to repair.

(This avatar.... It won't hold up any longer!)

Using part of her energy, the Queen further divided her already limited resources to actively repair these fissures, preventing the world from being torn apart.

(RUUUUUUUUMBLE! ZSSHHH-KABOOM! BOOOOOOM!!!)

However, this need to balance the battle damage worked against her.

"Vanish!!"

The aura serpent detonated in a destructive power discharge that completely obliterated the forest island, transforming it into a rain of wood and earth debris that fell toward the distant ground.

"!!"

At that moment, having spent the impregnated energies that she had used in the creation of the operative avatar to interfere while her main body remained asleep, the Queen understood that she had been defeated. Her attack had failed, and the intensity of the clash caused her to lose control over the avatar she had created.

(Is this the limit of this form?!)

The Queen had only been able to manifest that temporary body through a limited power core, as she was terribly weak after her abrupt awakening following a sleep that had lasted eons.

(I won't let this end like this!!)

However, refusing to allow the "error" to live, she gathered the few remaining reserves, preparing to implode the avatar she had created along with the error, ready to deal with the consequences of the residual damage afterward.

"Where do you think you're going?!"

But at that moment...

"?!"

... Unexpectedly.

"I know kamikaze moves very well!"

The clash had not yet concluded.