Tike could absorb moon magic power through "Moon Breathing," just like his mother, the Moon Dragon God Selene. But as long as there were water elements around, he could also use a special breathing technique to convert these elements into his own magic power, thereby significantly enhancing his strength.
In other words, rainy days were also Tike's home field!
With the operation of Water Breathing, water elements from the air began to surge frantically into Tike's body. His originally slightly weak aura also climbed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Feeling the astonishing changes occurring in Tike, the originally contemptuous and disdainful look on Blake's face finally gave way to a trace of surprise.
(This brat can actually absorb water elements to enhance his magic power. Could he be using God Slayer Magic like that idiot Zancrow? No, it's a bit different...)
Blake was quite interested in Tike's true identity, but Tike had no intention of continuing to tangle with those people. He stacked his hands, chanted a spell, and released a brand-new magic he had just imagined.
"Water-Make: Water Dragon Bullet!"
A blue water dragon condensed from high-pressure water currents rushed out from in front of Tike, roaring as it charged toward the living puppets, tearing them to shreds in an instant.
Seeing her puppet army so easily defeated by Tike, Blake was somewhat surprised but not flustered. Instead, the corner of her mouth curled into an even more amused smile.
"Interesting. It seems I underestimated you, brat."
She licked her lips and withdrew the slender finger she had placed on Chill's forehead.
Blake had erased the weak interference and regained control over Chill's consciousness.
Now, Chill was once again the most powerful slave in her hands.
"Go," Blake commanded haughtily. "Let this princess see your true power after being enhanced!"
"Roar—!!"
The red-haired uncle let out a low roar. His clenched fist, accompanied by the sound of breaking air, smashed ruthlessly in Tike's direction!
Even with the enhancement from Water Breathing, Tike couldn't claim he could block this uncle's fist.
During the day, this uncle's strength was only a hair's breadth below Mom Ur's. Now, under the enhancement of that strange magic, his power had surged to surpass all the humans Tike had seen so far.
But Tike had absolutely no need to clash head-on with him.
"Water Mirror!"
He decisively sent the wildly charging Uncle Chill far away. Immediately after, he activated Space Magic again, teleporting directly in front of the instigator, Blake!
Thud!
His hard forehead slammed fiercely into the body clad in the black dress. Taking advantage of the momentum, he pinned her down, pressing a wooden branch that had slipped from his small sleeve coldly against her fair neck.
"Turn the uncle back to normal! Or I'll kill you right now!"
Facing the imminent threat of death, Blake showed no fear whatsoever. She looked up at the little boy straddling her, the corners of her mouth curling slowly into a contemptuous smile.
"No—way~"
"Then die."
Tike couldn't be bothered to waste any more breath on this stench-emitting person. He just wanted to end all this quickly. If he delayed any longer, he really wouldn't be able to stop himself from vomiting on her.
Just as Tike was about to act, a gust of wind suddenly struck from behind him.
It was Chill!
Chill, who had been teleported outside the town by Tike, had rushed back in such a short time!
"Water Mirror!"
Tike had to temporarily abandon his attack and quickly activate Space Magic, teleporting Chill away again.
Seizing the moment of Tike's distraction, Blake exerted force abruptly, reversing their positions and pinning Tike beneath her.
"Hehe~"
Blake laughed triumphantly. Her slender fingers, carrying hair-raising magical fluctuations, reached toward Tike's forehead.
"You become my pawn too!"
She had changed her mind.
Tike's performance just now was very dazzling, and according to the information she read from Chill's memory, he also mastered extremely rare Healing Magic.
How could she easily kill such excellent material?
She wanted to add him to her "collection," make him kneel on the ground every day like the lowliest slave, and devoutly lick her toes!
Thinking of this, the smile at the corner of Blake's mouth became increasingly evil. She hesitated no longer and used "Human Subordination" directly on Tike!
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On the other side, Alice, with her scanning system activated, confirmed the surrounding environment. Her extended mechanical arms firmly held the three little girls, including Erza. Driving the steel wings on her back with full power, she flew them away from the town.
But for this small mechanical cat, flying with three children at once was indeed a bit of a stretch.
Plus, they had been eating the delicious food created by Tike's magic recently. Those foods were much better than anything they had eaten before, causing their weights to increase slightly, adding to Alice's burden.
After flying for a distance, Erza sensed her struggle and whispered, "Alice, put us down. Let us walk by ourselves."
Alice shook her head, wanting to persist a little longer, but her internal power system couldn't keep up with her will, and her energy output began to become unstable.
Helplessly, Alice had to slowly lower her altitude and place the three girls smoothly on the ground.
The little girls stood there, looking worriedly in the direction of the town, where explosions could still be heard.
Yukino clutched the hem of her clothes tightly, a tremor in her voice: "Brother Tike... will he be okay?"
"He'll be fine, Yukino." Kagura clenched her small fists, suppressing the anxiety in her heart, and comforted, "Tike is so strong; he will definitely defeat those bad guys!"
"That's right. Tike isn't an ordinary human child; he is..."
Beep beep beep—!!
Just as Alice was about to say something to comfort them, the danger radar installed on both sides of her head suddenly emitted a piercing alarm, warning her that an extremely dangerous target was approaching rapidly!
But strangely, her scanning system showed everything around was normal, with no trace of any enemy.
"What's going on?"
Just as she was puzzled, a white light instantly crossed a distance of several thousand meters, coming straight for Erza!
"Look out!"
Alice didn't have time to think. Instinctively, she extended her mechanical arm and shoved Erza, the target of the attack, violently aside!
Squelch!
In the next second, the white light struck Alice precisely, leaving a scorched hole in her pink metal body, exposing the sparkling circuit boards inside.
Erza belatedly picked up Alice. Looking at her flickering eyes, tears instantly welled up.
But before she could express her grief, a cold, gloomy voice suddenly rang in her ear.
"Yo, pretty fast reaction, little kitty."
Erza immediately looked over and saw a strange white-haired man appearing in front of her at some point.
This man emitted an extremely uncomfortable aura, as if he had just crawled out of a pile of dead bodies.
"Who are you?"
The corners of the white-haired man's mouth slowly split open into an extremely exaggerated smile, as if his entire face was about to tear apart.
"Currently, I am—Wright."