Miracle Summoner

"Boom—!"

In the middle of the cedar forest, a thunderous roar erupted abruptly, shaking the heavens and earth.

At the heart of the cedar woods, the entrance to the Blood Temple suddenly exploded, triggering a maelstrom of mana and kicking up endless dust as fierce winds howled.

Amidst the dust, a figure trailed blazing sparks, retreating at high speed from the temple, shooting into the air.

Rozen soared into the sky, carried by the black feathered mantle fluttering around his body. Sparks followed in his wake, and his eyes turned downward, cold and sharp.

Down below, divine energy swirled chaotically as a massive figure emerged from the sandstorm, stepping out from the temple.

Rozen could see the entity clearly.

It was a goddess.

A terrifying goddess.

"Are you the human who dared act so presumptuously within my temple?"

With a voice that seemed capable of freezing one's blood, the goddess appeared from the sandstorm and the shattered temple.

"Whoosh—whoosh—"

A pair of giant wings, like bird feathers, flapped behind her massive form, suspending her in midair.

"Rumble—rumble—"

A heavy tail rumbled against the ground, echoing with deep booms.

The being that appeared before Rozen had a colossal form: humanoid upper body, serpentine lower body, wings on her back. She stood over ten meters tall, her full length over a hundred meters. Her hands resembled beast claws, and her long purple hair billowed in the wind.

Looking closely, that purple hair was actually composed of serpent strands, each one like a massive viper, continuously hissing.

She was a true Beast Goddess—both deity and monster, a towering monstrosity whose very aura distorted the air and shook the entire cedar forest.

She hovered before the temple, raising her head to glare in Rozen's direction.

"—!"

In that instant, Rozen felt his entire body freeze, as though his blood had stopped circulating, paralyzing him midair.

"Clang!"

A delicate silver ring on his left finger suddenly lit up.

"Boom!"

The black feathered mantle fluttered with a shockwave, sending sparks scattering.

Rozen felt a warm flow surge from both Kinu and Gyokuto, and the paralysis was immediately dispelled. His blood began to flow again, and he regained movement, continuing his ascent.

This phenomenon awakened Rozen to the truth.

"A Mystic Eye?"

Indeed.

Just now, Rozen had been afflicted by the Beast Goddess's Mystic Eye.

It seemed to be a type of eye that could bind the body and distort all things.

Fortunately, Gyokuto neutralized the eye's ability, and Kinu shielded him from its effects, freeing Rozen from its grasp.

But this outcome caused the Beast Goddess to first be stunned, and then enraged.

"I see now. Protected by divine beings, are you? To think you would help a mere human. You dare call yourselves gods?"

With that, the goddess didn't even bother continuing the conversation. Her serpent hair began to writhe.

Each strand of her purple serpent hair rose, aiming toward Rozen in the sky, and opened its mouths.

Vast amounts of mana gathered in those serpentine maws, condensing into beams of light that blasted forth from her hair like mana cannons.

"Watch out!"

"Those attacks contain extremely high mana readings!"

"Each blast is equivalent to a Noble Phantasm-level strike—don't get hit!"

Inside Chaldea, the voices of Olga Marie, Da Vinci, and Roman echoed urgently and anxiously.

But Rozen needed no reminder—he already understood. Each of those blasts, while not quite equal to full anti-army Noble Phantasms, were incredibly powerful. Combined, they would come dangerously close.

Yet Rozen did not dodge. Instead, as he retreated through the air, he raised a hand full of spirit talismans.

"Order!"

Rozen unleashed all the talismans in his hand, sending them spinning and circling, all activating at once.

These talismans included the complete Five Elements Talismans.

In a split second, flames, torrents, stone, and metal blades emerged, only to be absorbed into the Earth Talisman.

In the blink of an eye, Rozen had completed a Five Elemental Cycle.

But rather than generating Wood from the Earth Talisman as expected, it instead gave rise to thunder and lightning.

Rozen had invoked Lightning Magic.

Derived from Wood, the Thunder absorbed all the talismanic power and transformed into a storm of divine lightning. Like the hammer of a thunder god, it crashed down upon the Beast Goddess.

At the same time, the goddess's mana cannon struck Rozen.

"BOOM———!"

With a deafening explosion, both the airborne human and the emerging Beast Vassal Goddess were struck by each other's attacks simultaneously.

"Gah! Ahhh!"

The Beast Vassal Goddess was engulfed in thunder, her body scorched as if roasted alive, screaming while smoke rose from her.

"Hah!"

As for Rozen, although caught in the blast, the black feathered mantle flared dramatically, shielding him completely. Only a few black feathers scattered like falling ash.

Both combatants landed their hits, but the outcomes were worlds apart.

Rozen, protected by Kinu, emerged unscathed.

The Beast Vassal Goddess, unprepared for Rozen's reckless counterattack, suffered real injury.

It wasn't fatal.

But it infuriated her.

"You dare… human!"

With a roar, she flapped her wings, stirring up a violent storm and launched into the sky, chasing after Rozen.

"Hmph."

Rozen stared at the towering, mountain-like figure thundering toward him. Her approach sent shockwaves through the air, her presence overwhelming.

Yet Rozen showed no fear, only cold disdain.

Killing intent radiated from him.

Recalling the cocoons he'd seen in the temple, Rozen gazed at the enraged goddess as if already witnessing her corpse.

He couldn't forgive her.

"You think you're the only one who's angry?"

Rozen's voice rang out.

"I only intended to infiltrate and investigate, then plan a strategy. But congratulations—you've changed my mind."

He raised his hand again, clutching another handful of talismans.

"You call yourself a goddess and sneer at us as mere humans."

"Let me tell you something."

"Many gods have fallen at the hands of humans. Many gods have been slain."

"And unfortunately for you—"

"You're about to join them."

With that, Rozen flung the talismans without hesitation.

Another explosion shook the heavens.