"Why did it suddenly start snowing?" Emilia lifted her head and looked at the snow swirling in the sky, her face full of doubt, as it wasn't the season for snow.
"Perhaps because the barrier has opened, and some hidden sequence of spells has been activated." Ayanokouji said.
All of this was Roswaal's doing, but revealing this fact wouldn't mean anything to the camp.
Roswaal was still useful, so he would keep him around, at least for now.
Of course, this was only temporary.
When Ayanokouji had drained all of Roswaal's value, then there would be no possibility for him to survive.
After all, Roswaal was a major obstacle for him.
When Roswaal was no longer of use, he would discard him.
"I see!" Emilia nodded in understanding.
She felt that what Ayanokouji said seemed to make sense, so she stopped thinking about the reason for the snowfall.
"Can we go now… After all, I don't see any rabbits…" Otto hugged his shoulders and said with a shiver.
"Otto, don't be impatient." Roswaal said with a smile.
Everyone heard a sound in the distance.
Ayanokouji lifted his head, his eyes fixed on the horizon in the distance, and a white figure slowly emerged.
The Great Rabbits arrived as scheduled.
Ayanokouji chose this location because the terrain was higher and there were no obstacles in the field of vision, allowing him to see the surroundings very clearly.
"They're really here!" Emilia was surprised.
She didn't expect that the Great Rabbits, one of the three Mabeasts, would actually appear before her, and it seemed to be rushing towards her with a very clear purpose.
"Is it because the Sanctuary barrier has opened?"
Ayanokouji said, but he knew in his heart that the Great Rabbits were looking for targets based on the amount of magic power in the target's body, and prioritized targets with the most magic power.
Now in the Sanctuary, the people with the most magic power were here. There was no doubt that they would be the target of the Great Rabbits.
"There are so many…"
As Emilia spoke, she immediately raised her hand, and countless large ice piles appeared in the air, each over ten meters long.
Roswaal watched from the side. He couldn't help but turn his head slightly to the side, sighing inwardly at how much Emilia's power had changed.
"I won't let you come!" Emilia said loudly.
She wouldn't allow the Great Rabbits to hurt Ayanokouji, nor would she allow the Mabeast that had harmed the world for four hundred years to continue to exist.
As Emilia was about to launch an attack, Ayanokouji stretched out his hand and stopped his opponent: "It's not urgent yet."
Although Emilia didn't know the reason for doing this, she still obeyed his orders and stopped.
"Otto, can you try to communicate with them?" Ayanokouji asked.
If possible, it would be good to be able to use the Great Rabbits for himself.
Although the possibility was relatively low, he still had to try.
"Okay, let me try!" Otto patted his chest, then walked towards the Great Rabbits that were coming like waves, and activated Divine Protection. Then, his nose bled, and he collapsed to the ground.
"Are you alright?" Emilia immediately ran over anxiously.
"No, I'm fine. It's just caused by excessive use of the Divine Protection effect." Otto wiped his nosebleed, immediately stood up, and said with a serious face, "They are not ordinary animals or Demon Beasts… The whole group only has one voice, which is 'hungry'! There is no possibility of communication at all, they don't even have any rationality at all, and are only dominated by the most primitive desire of hunger!"
"Understood." Ayanokouji nodded.
Although he had no way to communicate and couldn't use them for himself, it was enough to confirm what Daphne had told him before, that "the Great Rabbits don't have the wisdom to prevent their existence."
The lack of intelligence meant they had no hunting skills. When they saw prey, they would simply rush towards the target through the shortest path, regardless of whether there were other obstacles in the way.
This was also the reason why Ayanokouji asked Roswaal to use magic to create a large hole beforehand.
This hole was the grave where the Great Rabbits were buried.
"Lia, apply a layer of ice around the inside of this hole!" Ayanokouji immediately ordered.
"Yes!" Emilia immediately nodded excitedly.
Although she didn't know what Ayanokouji wanted to do, she had great faith in him and immediately followed his orders.
She raised her hand, and magic spells surrounded her hand, and then a layer of ice adhered to the inside of the hole, like a coffin made of ice.
At this time, the Great Rabbits were already rushing towards them, and they could all see the greed in the eyes of this seemingly harmless Mabeast.
But this kind of unintelligent creature only saw its prey itself, and was completely unaware that there was a hole between its group and its sight.
They all fell into the hole, which was more than ten meters deep.
Although they fell into the cave and many rabbits turned into mush, many members were still able to move after falling into the hole and rushed towards their prey.
However, because Ayanokouji asked Emilia to apply ice around the hole, the environment around the hole became very slippery, and the Great Rabbits, who couldn't fly, couldn't jump out at all.
The most terrifying thing about the Great Rabbits was their large number and their powerful ability to split, but the individual concerned was very weak and posed no threat at all.
"Is this the method used?" Roswaal's eyes narrowed slightly, and he realized what the other party's purpose was.
When Ayanokouji didn't choose to leave the Sanctuary immediately but prepared to stay here, Roswaal was still a little confused and couldn't understand the meaning of this risky behavior.
But now, he realized that Ayanokouji had already made a plan in his mind to eliminate the Great Rabbits.
This man is truly terrifying.
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"I understand Ayanokouji's thoughts."
Sora said to Shiro, when he learned about the Great Rabbits' attributes from Ayanokouji, he also thought about how to deal with the Great Rabbits.
It didn't take long for Sora to come up with a plan. He also knew that it wouldn't take any longer than it took Ayanokouji to find a solution in his mind.
"It was planned from the beginning. Winning over Roswaal, gaining Betty's trust, and training Emilia were all preparations for destroying the Great Rabbits."
"The purpose of this hole is to trap the Great Rabbits inside. Emilia's purpose of making ice is to smooth the walls so that the Great Rabbits can't escape."
"The end is about to come… Trap the Great Rabbits together, then destroy them all at once!"
❰❱SKY SCREEN❰❱
"Lia, increase the height of the ice wall."
After hearing Ayanokouji's order, Emilia immediately made a large ice wall to ensure that the Great Rabbits didn't step on their companions' corpses and jump out of the hole.
Ayanokouji took out his phone and recorded everything that was happening.
The Great Rabbits were not like the White Whale, which could leave trophies after killing. Even if only one Great Rabbit remained, all previous efforts might be in vain, so he used his phone to record all of this: Camp Emilia killing the Great Rabbits.
At this time, thousands of rabbits were trapped in a deep hole, more than a hundred meters long and wide, and more than ten meters deep.
This was the entire group of Great Rabbits, all imprisoned in this ice cage. Even if they had unlimited splitting abilities, there was an upper limit, after all.
Inside the ice hole, these rabbits began to kill each other, eating the flesh and blood of their compatriots, and among the remains of the corpses, they split into countless new individuals.
"Otto, is there anywhere else around that has escaped the net?" Ayanokouji turned and said.
"Understood." Otto immediately ran around, then immediately came back and said, "No more, I don't hear the sound of 'hungry'!"
"Emilia, seal the coffin."
"Yes!" Emilia nodded excitedly and closed the entire hole, turning it into a closed rectangular cube made of ice.
"Good." Ayanokouji then turned and looked at Betty beside him, "Betty, I leave the rest to you."
"Huh! You didn't think about Betty until the end!" Beatrice pouted, but still raised her right hand, ready to unleash magic.
"Because in that show, the one who appears in the finale is the protagonist." Ayanokouji gently touched Beatrice's hair as she was about to use magic.
Beatrice's face immediately turned red, and she coughed a few times.
Now was the chance to show off her power in front of Emilia and Ayanokouji, so she had to cherish it.
"Al Veil!" Beatrice shouted.
A black curtain instantly surrounded and enveloped the entire hole, like a black hole trying to swallow the rectangular body inside.
And the next second, the curtain disappeared, and the ice and the rabbits inside it had completely disappeared.
This was Beatrice's special skill. The ultimate shadow magic unleashed would swallow the target, affect space, and eventually send it to another space.
These rabbits would continue to fight in a different place until the last one remained, then split and eat again, creating an abnormal cycle, and the hunger would never be satisfied.
So far, the Great Rabbits, one of the three Great Mabeasts, had also been successfully eliminated.
"Good job." Ayanokouji put away his phone, stretched out his hand and gently pinched Beatrice's cheek.
The wonderful feeling of plump flesh was something he had never experienced before.
"Nonsense, Kiyo, don't underestimate Betty's power!"
Beatrice immediately puffed out her chest, pretending to be calm, but her face was already red, and the corners of her mouth couldn't be hidden.
"You must have spent a lot of magic power."
"How could it be? This amount is just the tip of the iceberg for Betty!" Beatrice said pretendingly.
Ayanokouji had experienced regression before, knowing that Beatrice was now bluffing and leaving the Forbidden Library didn't amount to much, not to mention she had just unleashed large-scale magic.
"Don't push yourself next time." Ayanokouji said.
But Betty's trust should be able to be gained further.
While thinking about this, he was about to let go of his hand, but Beatrice suddenly reached out and grabbed his hand.
"Well, Betty is very tired today. Don't run around here tonight! You have to tell Betty a story! There will be an extra charge today!" Beatrice said with a serious face, "You don't need to spend much time with me here already."
"Didn't you just talk about the tip of the iceberg? Why are you tired now?" Ayanokouji shook his head, "But that doesn't mean I can't agree to your request."
"That…"
Emilia finally spoke. Ayanokouji realized that Emilia seemed to be preparing something, but… she didn't have the courage to say it yet, but it seemed that she finally made a decision.
"Kiyotaka is my boyfriend now… I heard Ram say that couples should sleep in the same bed…" Emilia was a little confused, but she still said it very seriously, "Betty, I don't think you can enjoy Kiyotaka alone!"
Regarding Ayanokouji, Emilia, who was always easy to talk to, wasn't ready to give in for the first time.
Her words were so loud and strong that Ayanokouji was surprised.
Perhaps it was necessary to learn some knowledge needed when facing multiple members of the opposite sex.
"Do you mean to steal Kiyo from Betty? You're just a girlfriend, and I'm the most important contractor!" Beatrice said with a proud expression on her face.
"That's too shameless! Isn't there a solution?"
Roswaal smiled and shook his head and stood aside knowingly, while Otto struggled to control his expression and spoke to the mosquitoes flying in the air.
"Sorry, mosquito, I think we can't sleep together…"