Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

Neither side took any action, but instead looked for an opportunity to launch an attack. Li couldn't hold back any longer and simply did just that.

"distortion".

Bao Xiangli, out of sight, twisted and extended a "black hand" to push down the girl named Chaoyin. Ning seized the opportunity to release a large amount of magic, without even needing to chant, directly using the power of words to unleash a magic circle instantly.

Chaoyang raised her black shield and placed it directly in front of Chaoyin. A black halo emanated from the shield, blocking all the magic. She had seen this move before and already knew how to counter it.

"distortion".

He directly created a magic circle that completely covered the black light, absorbing all the magic. Then, he opened a very small magic circle on the other side of the shield as an exit, concentrating his power to strike.

"...Drink!" Chaoyang slammed his shield into the ground, the black shockwave shattering the magic circle and disrupting the magic, thus dispelling the spell.

Ning was slightly surprised, but she didn't panic. Instead, she created an ice wall on the spot and ice spikes on the side facing them. Li used his powers to manipulate space, pulling with his hand to forcibly move the twins' space towards him. If they crashed into each other at this speed, they would definitely be pierced.

However, Chaoyang simply rammed into him with the sharp edge of his shield, while Chaoyin, after adjusting his stance, used Chaoyang's body as a springboard to leap into the air, raising his spear and charging in.

"I won't let you near!"

After transforming into a magical dragon, Treasure Box Ritsu directly smashed into Asakura in mid-air. Asakura used a recovery technique to roll twice on the deck to avoid further damage. Treasure Box Ritsu pounced on it and bit down with the dragon head formed by her magic, but was heavily swept away by the shaft of the spear.

"Hey!? What is this?!" Chao Yin panicked because she had never seen such a monster before.

"Ah, that's also 'me,' so it's still two against two, and all reports and appeals will not be accepted."

Dragon King Li revealed a mischievous smile and used his dragon-transformed arm to grab the rising sun that had broken through the ice wall and was rushing towards him.

Chapter 21 Darkening

After grabbing the shield, she forcefully restrained Asahi to prevent him from pulling it back, and swung her Dragon Fist, intending to smash his head in one blow. Asahi decisively released the shield, then dodged the punch to the side, and retaliated with a powerful strike aimed straight at Ryou's chest, catching the shield that flew up as Ryou was knocked back and released his grip.

However, Ryuou Ri's attack did not end so quickly. While retreating, she still released magic that connected to the treasure chest Ri, which served as a mobile warehouse, and took out a revolver, firing six shots in quick succession.

"Ha! It's a gun? How could such shoddy technology possibly hit me?"

Chaoyang confidently dodged six bullets. Although he was surprised that this gun could fire in bursts like his colleague's, the opponent's mediocre marksmanship made him lower his guard.

In fact, there was a seventh bullet—

Boom-!

"—?!"

Chaoyang felt a powerful force slam into his abdomen, and he was thrown back by the thing, even vomiting up his stomach contents. Where did this attack come from without warning?!

After rolling twice on the ground and regaining his balance, Chaoyang subconsciously looked at his abdomen and saw a small slime. The slime jumped arrogantly and then suddenly punched him hard with an uppercut.

Slime—!?

"How was it? Getting knocked away by a slime felt pretty good, didn't it?"

Unbeknownst to them, Ning had already gotten so close. In her palm was a ball of multicolored magic. The violent fluctuations made Chaoyang stand up immediately and jump to the side to dodge the ball of magic Ning had thrown.

The magical energy exploded violently, causing all the elements within it to rage and engulf the rising sun. Chao Yin swept aside the treasure chest that had been restraining her with a single spear thrust, then leaped into the raging magical energy. From that moment on, the tide of battle suddenly turned.

bump--!

The black shockwave reappeared, scattering all the magic surrounding the twins. The two stood unharmed on the deck, but the guns were now mounted on their shields. They gripped the shields and pointed the gun tips at Ning.

"Be proud, you ants," Chaoyang and Chaoyin said in unison. "You can be proud to have driven us to this point. Die."

Black and white light flashed alternately. Just as Ning was about to dodge, he found that his feet were stuck to the deck and he couldn't move them at all. The black and white light burst out suddenly, and both of Li rushed in front of Ning. The two Li melted together and completed their full dragon transformation, revealing the original form of the 'Time-Space Dragon King'.

With silvery-white scales, cherry blossom-colored dragon horns, and a majestic figure, the master of time and space—Li—transformed into the form of a dragon king. Although she was still very young in her newborn form, she crossed her wings together as a shield to block the stream of light, protecting the immobile Ning behind her.

"Li! What are you doing barging in here?!" Ning shouted, both shocked and furious. "Get out of the way! What are you doing?!"

"That's a holy sword, isn't it?! Even without my demonic eyes, I know getting hit by it would be terrible!" Rin shouted back, "Shut up!! I'll block it for you!!!"

"Ah, how tenacious!"

The light stream still hadn't receded, and the combined black shield and white spear had disassembled and returned to the two men's hands. They slowly approached the two men who had been swallowed by the light stream, and charged together the instant the light stream receded, dissolving Li's last defense.

"——!?"

The sharp edge of the shield tore open a gash, and the pain, even more intense than when she was struck by the beam of light, assaulted Li's consciousness. In her wavering consciousness, her defenses weakened, and Chao Yin seized the opportunity to rush into her arms and thrust his spear.

Puff-!

The spear tip pierced Li's chest. She did not dodge and remained standing there. Chaoyang, with his shield on top, shoved her aside, and Li, whose dragon form had been deactivated, rolled and fell in front of Ning.

"Li...Li—!"

Ning finally broke free from this sudden control. She hurriedly picked up Li and poured the medicine down her throat without hesitation, but her injuries showed no improvement. Suddenly, Li opened her eyes wide and pushed Ning away forcefully. The spear, which had transformed into a meteor, roared past, and the resulting storm left wounds on Li's body like knives, blowing away a large amount of blood.

""hydrogen--!"

"Don't use that! Absolutely not—!"

Seeing Li getting hurt again and again, Ning lost her mind and uttered the first keyword of the magic she had used back then. However, Li shouted to stop her and wouldn't let her continue.

"It's alright...! It's just a holy sword...!" Rin once again gathered magical power, transforming his hands into dragon forms, and then dispersed the streams of light with a magical shockwave. "Ning—!"

"You're such an idiot—!"

Filled with grief and rage, Ning once again cast magic to suppress the twins, but Chaoyang charged forward with his shield still raised, blocking all the magic. Li, amidst Ning's magic, rushed out and threw a punch from Chaoyang's blind spot.

boom--!

It was just a fist and a shield colliding, yet it produced a deafening explosion that could almost make someone faint. In the intense collision, Ri and Asahi were thrown to the sides. Asahi skillfully dodged the magic and rushed toward Ri, who had been thrown back, raising his gun to deliver the final blow, but instead attracted Death.

"...Do you think you can escape?"

"—!"

Kakakaka——!

Even though he had only heard those whispers, Chao Yin felt a chill as if he had fallen into an icy pool, and it even became a reality—?!

Crash—! ?

what is this? !!

It's so cold...so cold! It's so cold!

An icy pool suddenly appeared out of nowhere on the deck. Before Chao Yin could even touch Li, a cold hand reached out from beneath the pool and pulled her in. She saw a black-clad girl rushing towards her, and the other spells, as if guided by instinct, aimed at her and flew back towards her. She watched as Li flew away in front of her, crashed to the ground, and fell unconscious.

Black hair, eyes like black holes—Chao Yin didn't remember such a person being here… No, there was! There really was! That person had transformed into a vengeful Grim Reaper, bending her scythe and hooking it around her head.

This Grim Reaper held no scythe, yet possessed a dark, magical power; a crimson light shone from her otherwise lifeless black eyes. Chao Yin heard the Grim Reaper's furious whispers.

Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!

"Chaoyin—!"

Chaoyang was also startled by this abrupt scene. When he came to his senses, he wanted to run over to save her, but he was given a cold look by Death. In an instant, countless magical circles surrounded him from all directions, launching an attack that seemed to want to obliterate him into dust.

"Help me, help me—help me, help me, help me! Help me, Chaoyang!"

"Morning Yin—Gurgle!! Ughhhhhh!!!"

Chaoyin's desperate cries for help reached Chaoyang's ears; both of their lives were now in the clutches of death.

Chapter 22 The Demon King Arrives

The dark emotions in her heart could no longer be suppressed. Ning did not try to control them. She simply gave up on herself and let the darkness dominate her. She had secretly sworn an oath in her heart at that time, but now it seemed so ridiculous.

In a sense, Ning bears half the responsibility for Li Hui's current sorry state; she didn't expect the opponent's holy sword to have such power, leading to this outcome.

However... none of that matters. What matters are these twins in front of us.

Unbeknownst to her, the darkness that had swallowed the light had crept over Ning's entire body. Her eyes, hair, and clothes had all turned black, and the black magic emanating from her body emitted no magical light whatsoever. This was not dark magic, but something far more alien.

"Haaah!"

Chaoyang unleashed the full power of his shield, breaking through the magical encirclement, and then charged forward, shield in hand. Ning glanced at him coldly, casually raised her other hand, and pointed a finger at Chaoyang. Nothing strange happened; Chaoyang simply charged... no...

"...What happened?!"

Ning extended only one finger, blocking the rising sun that was charging at full speed with its shield raised. No matter how the sun moved, it couldn't budge Ning an inch. Dark magic crawled from the fingertip up the shield, then wrapped around the rising sun. With a gentle pull, Ning threw the rising sun into the icy pool.

"Why is it so cold?!"

The biting cold almost made Chaoyang faint. He saw that Chaoyin, who was struggling, could no longer speak. Just a moment ago, he was fine, but now he was frozen stiff.

"Chaoyin! Chaoyin!" Chaoyang moved his body, which wouldn't obey his commands, and approached Chaoyin. "Wait for me, wait for me a moment, I'll get you out of here right away!"

They never expected the kingdom's resistance to be so tenacious, or even to produce such a figure. But Chaoyang knew they hadn't lost; they still had a trump card to play.

He grasped Chao Yin's cold hand, touched the spear whose surface was already frozen, and made it come into contact with his black shield.

""yin and yang"."

The black and white light spread out once again. Chaoyang found that his strength was gradually recovering, so he rushed out of the ice pool with Chaoyin in his arms. The white spear and the black shield combined to form a huge black and white battle axe.

"Die, you ant!" Chaoyang swung the giant axe down at Ning with one hand.

Ning silently unfurled the black magic circle, beneath which emerged black magic power. It no longer formed any elements, but instead began to devour the surrounding existence, like a void that devoured everything, before colliding with the axe blade.

"You're asking for it!!! Drink up!!!"

Chaoyang exerted all his strength to press down on the giant axe. The black and white rays of light wrapped around the giant axe continued to merge and regenerate, forcibly breaking through the illusory Grim Reaper. Ning was also desperately trying to maintain this unknown magic, but it was being suppressed by the opponent.

The Holy Sword... is it really that powerful?

Ning gritted his teeth somewhat unwillingly, reached out and joined the third operating terminal to increase the magic power, desperately trying to maintain the stalemate.

"...What are you doing...?"

A blood-stained hand grabbed hers from behind, a faint voice brushed against her ear like a gentle breeze, and something warm and soft pressed against her back, a familiar scent enveloping her.

"That's not what I wanted to see... Wasn't it supposed to be two-on-two...?"

The familiar voice touched Ning's heart, and the right gears meshed together again. She gradually regained herself, and the dark magic faded away, replaced by her original magic and another kind of magic. She complained to the person behind her with complicated feelings.

"You slept too long... you idiot..."

"Uh... to be honest, I almost thought I was going to die..." Rie leaned against Ning's back, resting her head on Ning's shoulder, and said, "That was terrifying... Holy Sword... you thought I was going to die just now too, right?"

“No. An illusion. Stupid box.” Ning said coldly.

"Ugh... It's that long-awaited aloof trio... But I don't want to hear this at all right now..." Li complained somewhat unhappily, "Is this how you treat the wounded...?"

"Isn't this how I usually treat you, Miss Injured?" Ning retorted. "You were clearly able to get up, so why didn't you come over and help? Are you lying to me?"

The two spoke slowly under the pressure of the giant axe, but the axe could not advance any further. The two magical forces blocked the blade of the giant axe, as if they were an indestructible proof of the two people's trust.

“Hey… I’m going to report you to Saiwei for exploiting labor…” Li said half-jokingly.

"Why don't you give it a try?"

For some reason, Ning's voice became as cold as before. Was she answering seriously? Sensing the danger to her life, Li Xiang quickly changed the subject, and just then, she saw the thing appear.

"Wait...did you see that thing?" Li asked.

"...Huh?? Wait a minute?? What's that???"

boom--!

A young man in a black trench coat appeared in the air and kicked one of the airships like a soccer ball—yes, literally. He kicked the warship away, and the warship was hurtling towards them at high speed.

Ning immediately gave up resisting, scooped up Li from behind, and jumped out in a princess carry. The giant axe slammed into the deck, and a violent stream of light blasted down the deck.

At the same time, another warship crashed into it, blocking the beam of light. The airship that had acted as a shield was cleaved in two, a veritable air disaster! Fortunately, the power of the beam of light had dissipated.

"Waaaaah!? How could that demon king do such a thing?!" Rin cried out in a panic.

"Although I tried to stop him, the Demon King wouldn't listen at all."

The vampire Aye landed beside the two, deploying an ice wall to block the remaining streams of light. Her presence at this moment meant…

"The time for a counterattack has come! Smash them all!" Demon King Xuanze announced our counterattack with a loud laugh. "Don't hold back! Oh, Dragon King, you've become so miserable in just a short while?"

"You're so late, you dreadful ditch!!!" Li complained without any restraint.

"Haha, is that so? Then I'm sorry," Xuanze said with a smile. "I arrived on time, but I didn't expect you to start fighting so quickly. Well then, I'll join forces with the demons to make up for the missing parts."

“You might not understand what I’m saying,” Aye said with a wry smile. “The Demon King means that he will take revenge for you.”

"Hey! Hurry up and send these two useless ones back!"

"Alright, alright, let's go, you two. We'll leave this place to the Demon King."

Aye took the Li from Ning and helped her fly up. Ning immediately followed and left. They understood that now that the demons had arrived, they could temporarily hand over the battlefield to them.

Chapter 23 Victory in the first battle

In fact, Xuanze knew what was happening here, but he knew very well that it would be pointless for him to go there alone, as the difference in combat strength was too great. He could only hope that they could hold out until the demons arrived.