Fundamentally, Charlotte is not a warrior. She never was one.

  Rather than fighting honorably one-on-one, she would overwhelm her opponent with firepower.

  In other words, she is a mage.

  Charlotte snapped her finger. Silver swords with golden edges pierced To'eva, but this time, it just moved forward as it regenerated through the attack.

  Then the golden chains of Nature bind its arms and legs.

  The wyverns in the sky held their position, then they unleashed blue beams of atomic fme upon the Fragment of the Universe.

  "By the Decree of the Argent Monarch—", Charlotte raised her hand, "Your Finality is here."

  Marmyadose came out of the ground, Charlotte immediately pulled Fallen Starlight back into her hand. She dropped the rifle into her Inner World.

  From the sky, streaks of light— numbering in the thousands.

  Now, To'eva began to dodge, sensing the danger coming its way. But at the same time— it opened its cws wide, and it sshed the space in front of it—

  Marks that threaten to destroy reality shot out. Kalpas used their chains to pull themselves away while Avalon scattered. But the Argent Monarch did nothing.

  She can see the attack coming, with her speed she can definitely dodge. But no, she chose to stand still.

  Gripping the greatsword with two hands, she let out a short breath—

  CLANG!!

  And she parried the attack, sending the reality-rending cws back toward To'eva.

  "Are you good?", she asked her sword for a brief moment before running in a circle.

  Her hands are trembling from parrying the attack. But she still smiles.

  Because her Halo was shining Azure and Silver. In a second, she had adapted to the feeling. And most important of all, she was having fun.

  Countless streaks of light pierced through the Fragment of the Universe. More and more hit it, like stringing up a puppet, till it could no longer move.

  Then the monster screamed, rippling through reality itself. Charlotte rolled on the ground after being hit by the attack, Solomon was torn up a bit from the shockwave alone.

  She clicked her tongue after seeing her damaged clothes, but a smile was still on her face.

  Then she summoned Ouroboros Omniscia, letting it sink into the Argent World of Chalk. She also threw Gatine in.

  Eight of the high-rise buildings transformed into psma cannons, crackling with electricity as they began to charge up.

  To'eva convulsed, trying to escape the incoming attack.

  But a creature wearing red fur and scale stopped it, pinning it in pce. The body of the Magnum Opus, the final form of the Philosopher's Stone. Avalon bites down on the monster, breathing out radiation into it.

  "Charlotte, do it.", a bird flying next to her called out.

  With a snap of her finger, all eight cannons fired. And at the same time, she threw Marmyadose at To'eva.

  The beams of light and the Sword of Heroes hit the Fragment of the Universe at the same time. The sunlight that carries the power of Order and Judgement burns through the form of the monster, yet her aim was not its physical form.

  What she aimed for was its very Soul— and the power of Eldritch light opened the path for the Sword of Heroes, stabbing right through the monster's core - the Fragment of the Universe.

  "Huh—"

  Before Charlotte could even see, To'eva was right in front of her. And its fist nded on her chest—

  BOOM!!!

  An explosion rang out, knocking both of them away. To'eva's right arm was blown to smithereens, but its arm naturally regenerated.

  However, it was not the same for Charlotte. She was coughing up blood while holding her chest, breathing raggedly. That punch was enough to shatter her armor, but fortunately, it rebounded some damage. Her ribs were shattered and her organs were messed up, almost turned into a smoothie.

  But most damaging, To'eva touched her Soul. With all three parts of her existence connected, all that damage to her Soul also affected her Body and Mind.

  Up until now, To'eva had been accumuting damage. From the Eldritch Gods, from the Records. All of that damage done to it was for a purpose.

  One of its Attributes, Retribution, had activated. So too Judgement and Entropy. One to damage her Soul, one to touch her Soul, and one to mess with her Soul.

  Entropy went wild, Charlotte's halo flickered and her power began to go awry. The Argent World of Chalk began to shake. Charlotte fell to one knee as she bled.

  Immediately, Kalpas intercepted To'eva. Landing a punch into the monster, sending it into a building.

  "Come to me.", they chanted and held their hand out, "Lance of the World - Rhongomyniad."

  The ground split open, revealing a spiraling nce of gold and silver. Its branches began to wrap around the Acting Ego of the World.

  The power of Storm condensed around the nce, and they thrust it forward into the hole in To'eva's chest. Then the wind burst forth, slicing the monster into pieces.

  Boom!!

  It brought Retribution down upon Kalpas, smming the Records of Nature into the ground. Then, its fourth and final Attribute was activated.

  Darkness swirls around where To'eva hit. Kalpas immediately Repce their body with a puppet, reforming in another location.

  Void, the Attribute Tiamat also possessed. Being the Child of the World, Kalpas knew very well what it could do. To Return everything to Null - that is why Tiamat can handle the Rifts in reality so easily. Kalpas can shrink the Rifts, but not fully close them. That Attribute can nullify anything it touches.

  They tighten their grip on the Lance of the World. They saw the Sword of Heroes— but Kalpas did not pick it up. They cannot if the sword is unwilling to.

  Plus, they cannot hold the weight of the World in their hand— that is how much responsibility Kalpas had.

  Before Kalpas returned to action, a cross between a wolf and a monkey came in, swinging its cws at To'eva. Avalon had decided to join in.

  With some breathing room, they turned to Charlotte, who was still bleeding. Roots wrapped around Charlotte, Kalpas began to pour the essence of the World into her and siphon away the madies affecting her. Slowly, her body repairs itself. But she was not fully operational yet. She needs rest.

  A flock of birds burst into fme, burning the monster in radiation fire.

  To'eva fluttered its wings, turning this into an aerial battle. But the domain of the sky belongs to birds, to beasts, to Avalon.

  Wyverns flew around, masterfully dodging the Retribution of the Fragment of the Universe. All the while breathing out burning fmes of radiation.

  Even if one gets hit, another will be repced. And the hivemind just becomes stronger.

  A neverending stream of beasts whittling down the monster undeserving of life.

  This is how the Records of Beast fight.

  As they remember, everything has a breaking point. Even those who seem invincible.

  If quality beats quantity, then there was not enough in number. If quantity beats quality, then there was not enough refinement. This is what the Records of Beast embodies, both quantity and quality.

  With each blood sacrifice, they become stronger, and more experience is gained.

  Yet their firepower was not enough to kill To'eva.

  And out of all three Records, only one possesses that kind of firepower.

  "Kalpas...", Charlotte muttered as she stood back up, her eyes shining Rose Compasses in Azure. In the time she was heavily injured and the time for her to recover— she kept on calcuting, finding possibilities. To defeat the Fragment of the Universe once and for all.

  "Avalon..."

  She calmly took out Ouroboros Omniscia and Gatine from her Inner World. She recalled Quirinus and Marmyadose to her side, and she crossed her arms.

  "Kalpas, use your authority as the Ego of the World to drain away its power. Avalon, keep on bombarding it with radiation...", Charlotte cshed her sword and nce together, and both of them began to burn with Malice and Delusion, "I will keep it in pce."

  A bold decration for someone who was downed in one hit.

  But Charlotte was the only one who could deal significant damage to it. She just has to be careful with tackling Retribution.

  If anything arises, Avalon will take the hit for her.

  With the Argent World of Chalk turning the monster into chalk, the roots of the World stripping it's power away, and the radiation poison decaying its flesh.

  Once again, Charlotte stood on a favorable and familiar battlefield.

  With her strongest ally.

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