A few minutes before the main group of the Loki Familia arrived, the Loki Familia is being besieged by the new species from all sides and Riveria kept issuing commands to keep the team functioning.
"Close the formation! Don't let a single drop of that liquid through!" Riveria shouted seeing that the formation is already started crumbling, "Leene, Amis, Litt! Take the injured to the rear! Supporters! Take out all the potions we have!
"Anyone who can still move, grab pots, cutting boards! Everything and anything that can be used as a shield!
"Mages! Cast small magics to lighten up the load on the vanguard! However, keep the mind usage to a minimum!" Riveria has her hands tied. She is supposed to be already casting a bombardment spell but she kept stop commanding the others.
'Our vanguard is too weak... The rearguards couldn't do a focused fire on the enemies because they're too close.' Riveria gritted her teeth as she tried to think of a way to push the monsters away with their current members but failed so she could only opt for the next best thing, buying for time, "Finn, Ais, and the others are due back from their quest any moment! We must hold out until they arrive!!! Those who can already move from the back! Get back to front after grabbing a shield!"
Line, who's at the rear, treating the wounded by pouring high-class potion as if it's some cheap water knew that the situation is bad. While the rate of vanguards being sent to the back due to being injured is increasing, the amount that the rearguard and supporters can treat kept dwindling because they're already running low on potions. If this keeps up, sooner or later, the frontline will collapse and the rearguards will be sitting ducks from the corrosive bombs, 'What should I do!? What should I do!!?' Line kept asking herself in panic.
But then, she suddenly remembered the spell she has been working on but fails to realize it each time, 'Should I do it? But if I fail, I'll do more harm... But then again, at this rate...'
However, at the time she's hesitating, it's as if she heard Kisuke's voice, 'Desperate situations call for desperate measures~.'
Line looked around in shock but didn't see Kisuke, 'Of course! Why would he be here? I'm just hallucinating... But I do remember him saying something like that...' Shaking her head, she smiled wryly before clenching her fist and reaching a decision, 'Even if I fail... I trust Riveria-sama would do something before that happens.'
After sending the Adventurer she is treating back to the frontline, Line stood up and closed her eyes while holding her wooden staff close to her as if she's praying. A few minutes later the Mana from her surroundings started circulating around her and a golden magic circle is being drawn in a span of 50 meters in diameter, covering the whole Loki Familia.
Immediately noticing this, Riveria shouted at her, "Line! What are you doing!?" She didn't expect that someone from them would do something reckless when they're already in the middle of a dangerous situation, 'Controlling the Mind directly and trying to cast a spell? Just what is she...' Riveria's thoughts, however, stops as the golden magic circle became increasingly complicated.
'One of the easiest modifications that you could do to your magic is increasing its area of effect. So instead of just healing a limited amount of people, you could heal everyone around you.' Line recalled Kisuke's words. Since that, she has been studying and practicing how can she expand the range of her magic. She was able to find the part where she could modify to increase the range but she hasn't succeeded yet in casting it. Kisuke also told her that she's in the right direction and what she only needs to succeed is more finesse control on Mana.
Ignoring all the distractions around, Line focused only on her magic as she weaved the magic circle. Failure doesn't only mean that she'll disrupt the other members but the resulting Ignis Fatuus of this scale could injure her gravely. And that's another reason why Riveria didn't want to interrupt her.
A minute later, the rate of vanguard being injured increased to the point that Riveria didn't already know what to do but also at that time, Line finished her magic which envelops everyone from the Loki Familia, "Heal!" Opening her eyes and raising her staff she shouted the effect of her magic.
Putting all of her Mana into that spell, she managed to heal every wounded person to a certain extent that they'll be able to join the fight again, "S-she... did it?" Riveria muttered in shock. Although she's capable of control Mana to a certain extent, the only thing she could do with that is to cast a very weakened version of her own magic which is the complete opposite of what Line did, 'How did she...?'
"Thank... good...ness..." Seeing that her magic is effective, Line smiled in satisfaction as she slowly falls down along with her eyelids closing.
But before she could fell on the ground, a hand caught her and Line heard a whisper, "Good work~."
Putting her all into opening her eyes, she looked up to the masked person who caught her. But somehow, this unknown person is giving her a very familiar feeling and after hearing his words, her smile grew larger as she lost her consciousness.
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"Uwah~. That stuff is gross. You could only see that melting slime in porn." Kisuke commented seeing the scene where the Loki Familia's camp, situated on top of a hill, being besieged by thousands of giant caterpillars, spewing out corrosive sludge, from all sides.
"No no no. You could only see that stuff in horror movies! What the hell is a kind of slime that also melts flesh in porn!?" Yoruichi immediately retorted.
"Well, there is some really gross stuff out there, especially in the doujinshi section of porn. I don't know if they have intended audience though."
"I seriously hope none..." Yoruichi shuddered as she didn't know that part of the internet existed, "Anyway, what should we do?"
"Let's help them so that I can send an invoice to the Twilight Manor later."
"Then why aren't we moving yet?"
"I want to see if Arshe-san could do it."
"Arshe? Ah, you mean that Line Arshe that you have been teaching? Where is she?"
"That girl in glasses and braided her who's pouring a potion on her fellow Adventurer."
"Oh... So that's the one... But it seems that she's hesitating a lot."
"I'm giving her a push." Kisuke then sent her a telepathic containing, 'Desperate situations call for desperate measures~.'
After that, Kisuke and Yoruichi noticed that Line became determined and started casting her healing magic with a better range. And Kisuke knew that due to the situation, Line was able to focus more than normal and her previously clumsy handling of Mana became a lot better, but still on the clumsy side. However, that is enough for her to succeed.
As she started falling down, Kisuke used Flash Step to arrive behind her and whispered, "Good work~."
He could see a satisfied smile on her face, but too bad for her, as Kisuke is thinking of making a harder training schedule as she was able to reach a milestone.
A second later, Yoruichi also appeared beside him with Flash Step and both of them startled everyone from the Loki Familia, "Who are you!?" Riveria shouted as she gritted her teeth. She didn't know if the arrival of the strangers is a good or a bad thing for them, but she's already expecting the worse.