Chapter 148: Is it funny that the conspiracy failed?

Night fell, and a full moon leaped into the night sky, completely enveloping the entire Tsumuguri City under its bright moonlight.

Miya and Elsa, who had long since finished setting up the fifth location, followed the last instructions left by the Ice Wolf man and arrived at the center of the clearing, seemingly waiting for something.

Suddenly, the collars on their necks emitted a strong light, and a powerful force erupted from within, causing the collars to tighten.

Miya and Elsa instantly wore looks of disbelief. They frantically grabbed at their collars, trying to pull them off, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t release the shackles around their necks.

Gradually suffocating, they finally exhausted all their strength and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

The surroundings fell into an unprecedented silence.

However, the peace didn’t last. From the shadows of a nearby corner, the Ice Wolf man suddenly emerged.

“What’s going on? Why didn’t the Earth-Splitting Magic activate? There’s nothing wrong with the placement! Why is this happening?”

He walked out of the shadows with a look of shock, approaching Miya and Elsa as if to confirm something.

Earth-Splitting Magic, as the name suggested, was a grand spell capable of splitting the ground apart.

If all five Earth-Splitting Magic circles placed on the perimeter of Tsumuguri City were activated simultaneously, the entire city would fracture and separate into different directions.

The resulting massive fission would utterly tear apart the large defensive barrier covering Tsumuguri City.

At that moment, the Ice Wolf Clan’s strike force would use a pre-arranged World-Crossing Gate to burst into the city from the demon territories thousands of miles away and begin a massacre.

That had been his plan. However, as the moon rose and he issued the command to tighten the collars, the expected image of the city splitting apart failed to occur.

Unable to contain himself, he emerged from the shadows to check which part of the plan had failed.

However, something he never expected happened…

“As I thought, you never intended for us to live from the start!”

Hearing this voice, the Ice Wolf man trembled as he turned his head.

He was horrified to see that Miya and Elsa, who should have been unconscious from suffocation, were now standing up miraculously.

“What? How are you still standing? Shouldn’t your life force have been drained by my collars?”

“Hmph, a collar of this level was easy for me to dismantle in just a few moves.”

Saying this, Elsa gently touched the collar around her neck. Instantly, the collar cracked in two, clattering to her feet like a piece of scrap metal.

Seeing this, the Ice Wolf man’s eyes widened in shock, as if he found it hard to believe what was happening before his eyes.

“Your scheme to use Earth-Splitting Magic to destroy our defensive barrier—I figured it out long ago. And I informed my companions about it quite some time ago. No doubt they have already reached the other magic circle locations and stopped the other catgirls from following your deceptive orders.”

“Your companions…”

“Oh, right, I forgot to tell you. I’m not some catgirl; I’m a genuine witch, the chief disciple of the Sun Witch, Mashiro. Elsa is the name!”

Saying this, Elsa pulled a new magic wand from her dimensional space, pointing it at the stunned Ice Wolf man.

The previous wand had been broken by the Ice Wolf man’s foot and was useless, but that was no problem for Elsa. She had more than one spare wand stored in her dimensional space. Being the royalty of the Kingdom of York, she was just that wealthy.

Hearing Elsa reveal her identity as a witch, veins popped on the Ice Wolf man’s forehead.

“You! How dare you sabotage our Ice Wolf Clan’s revival plan? I don’t care which witch you are; I will kill you this time!”

With that, the Ice Wolf man rushed quickly toward Elsa.

His speed was like a flash of lightning, giving Elsa no time to react.

However, compared to the last time, the situation was completely different.

Just as the Ice Wolf man was about to reach Elsa, she swung her wand and blocked his attack on the spot.

“What?” His swift strike was easily blocked by this “kitten” calling herself a witch. A look of shock flashed across the Ice Wolf man’s face.

The corner of Elsa’s mouth curled up slightly.

She had completely figured out why she couldn’t use magic during their first encounter.

Because her body had turned into that of a cat, her magic circuits had naturally changed. By trying to use magic in a human way, the spirits naturally wouldn’t respond to her call.

Fortunately, Elsa had now completely grasped the difference between a cat’s magic circuits and a human’s. By slightly adjusting the flow of magical power when casting, she could perform magic almost as well as before.

Of course, even though Elsa could now use magic again, facing an Ice Wolf Clan’s attack alone was still a bit challenging.

After all, the opponent’s speed was terrifying. So, she had set up many invisible ice barriers nearby earlier. No matter how fast this guy moved, he wouldn’t be able to avoid all the ice barriers and was bound to bump into them repeatedly.

Things went exactly as Elsa expected. Although the Ice Wolf man’s movement speed was very fast, it was limited to straight lines. In this courtyard full of obstacles, he couldn’t move freely, like a car stuck in a parking lot.

Blocked repeatedly by the ice walls, the Ice Wolf man couldn’t help but curse Elsa loudly.

“Damn you! I’ll tear you to pieces!”

“Hmph, you won’t get the chance!”

Elsa swung her wand directly upward. Instantly, the surrounding ice walls quickly moved toward the Ice Wolf man, surrounding him completely like an Eight-Gate Golden Lock formation.

“You think you can trap me with this? Are you kidding me?”

The Ice Wolf man roared and delivered a heavy punch to the ice wall in front of him, instantly shattering the surrounding walls.

However, this was Elsa’s hidden killing blow.

The shattered ice walls turned into tiny, sharp ice crystals. Instead of being blown away, these crystals hovered in mid-air for a brief half-second before shooting toward the Ice Wolf man once again.

The massive volley of ice crystals turned the Ice Wolf man into a pincushion.

“What…” The Ice Wolf man hadn’t expected Elsa to have such a move. After a look of shock, his body slumped heavily to his knees, motionless.

“Hmph, now you’ve seen my strength!” After dealing with the Ice Wolf man, Elsa lightly clapped her hands, as if the battle hadn’t quite satisfied her.

Miya cautiously approached. Seeing the Ice Wolf man lying motionless on the ground, her gaze shifted to Elsa, who had saved their five-catgirl group.

“Can we really go back home now?”

“It’s true! The ‘Master’ who wanted to kill you has been dealt with. No one will stand in the way of your freedom to go home. But since it’s so late today, you should get some rest. I’ll personally take you home tomorrow! While I’m at it, I’ll see if your village is truly full of catgirls as you say!”

Elsa put her hands on her hips and smiled confidently at Miya.

Seeing the smile on Elsa’s face, Miya’s tension finally relaxed.

“Misha… no, Miss Elsa, thank you for your help! If it weren’t for you, we would have probably died in this strange city today.”

“Not at all, it was just a small favor. Alright, it’s getting late. Let’s hurry and meet up with the others.”

“Mhm!”

Miya nodded gently, then prepared to leave the empty courtyard with Elsa.

However, before they could take a few steps, Miya, who happened to look back, suddenly wore a look of horror. She quickly gave Elsa a violent push.

“Miss Elsa, watch out!”

Before Elsa could react, a sharp claw sliced through the air in front of her, cutting three clean slits across her collar.

If it weren’t for Miya’s forceful push, her neck would have likely been sliced open by that sharp claw.

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