Counterattack! The Black Dragon!

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What is that black lizard anyway?

Suddenly appearing and spouting whatever it pleases.

Then saying Die just because I was disappointing?

What is that black lizard anyway?

Dont mock me.

How dare it treat my life that way.

Dont mock me, dont mock medont mock me!

The black dragon, an embodiment of injustice.

Facing that overwhelmingly superior existence that struck her with death the terminus of life.

What surfaced in Emis heart was not despair.

Nor regret. Nor sorrow.

Joy and delight were naturally absent as well.

It was anger.

Her heart was simply filled with rage.

Anger toward the injustice that was the black dragon.

Anger at her fate forcing such an unjust life upon her.

Anger at her own weakness.

<<<Ive had enough. Die.>>>

With those curt words, the black dragon swung its claws down toward Emi.

But Emi was enraged.

Her anger fueled her, igniting her murderous intent.

The insignificant humans, the merciless monsters, and her insufferable life!

The murderous intent she had bottled up in her small heart, accumulating endlessly, overflowed!

SHUT UUUUP!! YOU DIEEEE!!!

The instant Emi screamed those words, the black dragons claws descended upon her!

But Emionce again nimbly evaded using Grasshopper!

Leaping away, landing!

Then withstanding the wind pressure, the shockwave produced when the black dragons claws struck the ground in her wake!

Emi reinforced the earth beneath her feet as much as possible with Solidify, adhering herself in a crouched stance with Adhesion.

This way, she wouldnt be blown away.

As for handling the shockwave itself?

If she took it directly, no matter how reinforced her body was, she would likely be shredded into pieces.

However, Emi had already acquired a technique to disperse and withstand it.

Mana conversion.

Using her entire body, Emi continued converting and dispersing the encroaching shockwave through mana conversion!

Resisting injustice with the technique bestowed by her revered master! Defying it! Confronting it!

If there had been any observer witnessing this bizarre scene, they would have surely tilted their head in bewilderment.

For amidst everything being blown away, the area around that beast-postured girl alone remained eerily calm, like the eye of a typhoon.

Even if instructed to consciously replicate this feat, the current Emi would likely be unable to do so.

Her instinctive evasive actions committed in the face of mortal peril, consumed by rage, had allowed her to withstand the shockwave through sheer desperate exertion.

Yet Emi swiftly followed up with her next move.

Another leap.

Landing on the black dragons right arm still grounded from its swinging strike.

And running!

Using Silverfish, she dashed up that vertically towering right arm at full speed!

<<<Oh, ohhh!?>>>

It was at this point that the black dragon finally noticed the situation.

<<<Hah, hahaha! So youve finally gotten motivated? Good, good!!>>>

Laughing delightedly, the black dragon swung its right arm, swatting at Emi with its left arm to knock her off.

However, the black dragons body was far too massive.

Compared to the still 7-year-old Emis physique, their size disparity was too great.

The black dragons arms failed to accurately strike her.

<<<Nggh, then how about this!?>>>

The next instant, the countless scales on the black dragons forearm bulged outward as numerous cannon-like protrusions emerged.

These were essentially the black dragons sweat glands.

While the black dragons form resembled a massive winged lizard, it was not actually a reptile.

Unlike cold-blooded creatures, it could perspire.

Moreover, it could freely discharge this sweat as highly pressurized water jets for attacks.

With Emi having already climbed up to its elbow, water cannons capable of piercing rock assailed her!

But Emi refused to stop!

At times lowering her head, at times leaning her body, she evaded the black dragons sweat jets while continuing her ascent up its arm!

Even the mighty black dragon seemed unable to freely manipulate the direction of its ejected sweat.

No matter how powerful, if it couldnt accurately target Emi, those water cannons were useless against her!

<<<Hahahahaha! Truly marvelous! It seems my eye was indeed correct!>>>

Emi had already surmounted the black dragons shoulder, now climbing up its long neck.

Laughing with delight, the black dragon shook its neck left and right to shake Emi off.

But Emi refused to separate from the black dragons neck.

Utterly defying gravity, she continued her ascent.

Emis genius physicality and mana manipulation techniques were fully unleashed in her current hyper-focused state!

Evading the black dragons incessantly firing sweat jets, Emi finally reached its face.

The goal was near.

But what was this goal?

The sole radiant golden star amidst that jet-black night sky of a body.

In other words, the black dragons eyes!

From the outset, Emi had assessed that her attacks likely couldnt pierce the black dragons scales.

However, its eyes were a different story.

Those unguarded golden orbs should be vulnerable to her strikes.

She gambled on that possibility.

Emi had already reached the black dragons right cheek.

Her target was right between its eye and nostril!

While dashing up at tremendous speed, Emi concentrated her magic power into her right arm.

What she would unleash was a Magic Strike.

Quite literally striking with all her mind and soul.

No holding back.

Her opponent allowed no such leeway.

Compared to the black dragon, she was but a speck of dust. Yet for a human, the immense magic power Emi poured into her right arm was utterly abnormal.

Giiimishiii

The air groaned.

Her right arm screamed in pain.

But Emi ignored it.

Instantly closing the gap to the black dragons eye.

<<<Ohhh!? What? What!?>>>

Seeing Emi charging straight for its eye, the black dragon opened it wide in shock.

How fortunate. Dont close it now.

With the momentum from her ascent, Emi struck that small fist carrying all her might directly into the black dragons eye!

That fist was her rage.

Shattering injustice to push forward!

Her way of living itself!

DONOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!!

Emis fist impacted the black dragons eye, the resounding boom following slightly delayed.

The sheer impact force whipped the black dragons face backward, staggering it.

As for Emis state?

Her body had virtually no magic power remaining.

She had poured everything into that one strike.

Maintaining Silverfish was no longer possible.

Stumbling, her feet separated from the black dragons scales as she plummeted straight toward the ground.

And the black dragon?

What of its golden eye that Emi had struck with all her might?

The conclusion?

It remained completely unscathed.