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The range of long-distance magic depends on how much mana you pour into it.

The farther the spell flies from the caster, the faster the mana bleeds away, until it finally returns to nature.

Five hundred meters—no matter who you asked, no one would believe a magic shot could travel that far.

But Cyclone can’t use magic. For him, as long as someone’s aiming at him, he has to plan to dodge.

So he slipped past the first shot and figured out how the magic projectile was being launched.

Eumerika had the guard behind her form a blue magic sphere, then smashed it with the massive golden hammer in her hands.

This way of “batting” a spell let the caster pour all their mana into forming the sphere, while a second person handled the launch, achieving the longest possible range.

Compared to those random guards grabbing people off the street, the opponent in front of him was clearly way more troublesome.

But Cyclone wasn’t afraid, because he’d seen a possibility.

The moment the hammer struck, the projectile’s path was already fixed. As long as he caught that instant and slipped out of its line, he could dodge it.

Cyclone stared ahead, measuring the distance in his head.

At this speed, if he dodged one more time, he’d be able to cut into the exit on the right before the next shot came.

“Again!!”

Eumerika’s shout was loud enough that even Cyclone could hear it.

Right after, a massive magic sphere appeared behind her.

Cyclone, who didn’t understand magic, misread the shift in the situation.

The more power you poured into a magic sphere, sure, it could fly farther against the rate of loss.

But at the same time, the caster would also factor in other things, like compressing the sphere into a tight ball to cut down air resistance and so on.

Now that Cyclone was closer, of course they’d switch to a more effective attack.

An enormous magic sphere appeared, big enough to swallow the entire street.

“Hahaha!! Let’s see you dodge this!! You ridiculous little rat!!!”

With a flash of her hammer, Eumerika smashed the gigantic blue sphere forward, sweeping across the whole street.

There was no way to dodge, but Cyclone chose to keep spurring his horse, pushing for more speed.

“He’s insane!!! Turn back already!! You won’t make it at that speed!!”

The man yelled from the back, but Cyclone whipped the reins again.

Just a bit more. The sphere was bigger, but it was moving slower.

Just a bit more. At this speed, he could still outrun it.

In this duel of speed, Cyclone seized the advantage.

However, just as Cyclone thought he could slip through, Eumerika vaulted into the air.

Her hammer of justice came crashing down from above, slamming into the ground.

A powerful shockwave blasted toward the magic sphere, striking it and giving the massive ball a second burst of force.

That instant acceleration—Cyclone absolutely wouldn’t make it into the side street in time.

“I told you it wouldn’t work!! You think the Four Saints are idiots?!”

“Shut up!!”

Cyclone shoved the man behind him aside with one hand and once more drove the horse forward.

He wasn’t stupid. He could do basic eyeballing.

He wouldn’t make it. The carriage just wasn’t fast enough.

Even so, Cyclone still believed—believed that even like this, he could get through.

Because Cyclone wasn’t alone.

In the dark night, a figure dropped from the sky.

She wore a fox mask, but that ultra-tight black outfit was enough for Cyclone to know it was Yuna.

Yuna landed right in the projectile’s path, locked onto the timing, and unleashed a gorgeous spinning kick.

Her kick knocked the sphere off its trajectory.

The magic ball slammed into a building to the side. It was technically a support-type slow spell, but with that size and the impact, it still smashed straight through the structure.

In the chaos, Cyclone turned into the exit on the right.

As he passed, Cyclone looked toward Yuna, and Yuna looked back at him.

They had no chance to speak, but they didn’t need words. Their thoughts had already reached each other.

Cyclone never slowed down, leaving Yuna alone on the flattened street as he drove forward at full speed.