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Energy attacks can be absorbed. Then her weakness is simple, they just have to get physical.
"Livestock? Livestock?!? That would imply that I want to keep any of you around!!!" (Heavenly king?)
She roared ferociously in detestation. Her brows furrowed and her eyes narrowed. Her body doesn't shift, showing absolute control over her own movements. A fearsome embodiment of war with mastery over combat, skills, experience, power, she had everything. Frankly, they would have lost instantly if not for Lastia's automatic activation of {Feed}.
Eterna's suppression is not enough, this heavenly king's power existed on another level compared to everyone else. The observer from beyond the skies was a similar heavenly king, only that because it existed in another dimension, the victory condition of cutting off its connection to this world was way easier. In comparison to the super satellite calamity who existed in our world, but is able to wield her full power without Eterna's suppresion.
Reddish black light soared from her eyes, resembling a mask for her anxiousness. She angered the heavenly king. Realistically, she would be defeated in the next moment, it was impossible for her to take on the grudge of such an old being. That's right... If it could defeat everyone on earth despite being suppressed by Eterna, what's not to say that it is on the same level as that so called goddess? For the modern magical girl, this battle is the same as taking on a deity...
'Yggdrasil's full computing capacity has been rerouted to calculating a victory plan, victory will be redefined to a slim possibility of survival.' (Lastia)
She carefully sets her moves as cold sweat flowed down her back. More dialogue, she needed slightly more time!
"W-what have we done to you! Why do you bear a grudge against our civilisation!" (Lastia)
This will likely anger it, but that's the only way it would willingly talk to her.
"You... I understand now..." (Heavenly king?)
'Answer: fight. This being is infallible to trickery, at least not on a level reproducible by current civilisation.' (Yggdrasil)
She caught on!? What's more, current civilisation? What the hell are you talking about? Humanity has to evolve as a whole to craft a lie that could ensnared this being? Does it have a lie detector?
The only course of action now is to fight, the other party wouldn't take it any other way. If she doesn't move now, she'll be instantly killed without even knowing. The heavenly king(?) arrives in front of her, her hand already outstretched. The momentum of moving closer was enough to split Lastia's head from her body.
"Yggdrasil, energy clone." (Lastia)
Countless doubles showed up as motes of dark red transform into full humanoid bodies. The bodies vanish in the next moment... The pressure exerted by the heavenly king(?) was enough to dissolve them all at once. It expended copious amounts of magical energy, but she needed to be kept alive. More energy clones were formed, magical energy molded to look exactly like her and imitate her magic signature.
Lastia could store her magical energy outside of her body, the opponent couldn't use that to determine which clone is the real body. She adds slightly more energy to some clones to make them stand out and draw attention from her, to which they subsequently get turned into dust by a dirty teal blur. Hundreds and thousands of clones show up. This wouldn't stop until Lastia finds a way to defeat her opponent.
Yggdrasil's calculations couldn't come up with anything, it didn't have enough information to work off of. The only way to get more information was to fight, hence its answer. What's that sound? Incessant knocking over and over like wood blocks...? This sensation... Chattering, her teeth are chattering... She's afraid of dying. In the next moment, she died.
The enemy heard the sound of chattering and the uneven breathing, the clones weren't as afraid... A single punch she could not even react to, and her life was gone. The Lastia that everyone knew was gone.
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Memories were preserved outside the body. The magic energy density of everyone here was the same. Anyone could take over the mental of the 'original'. Though it's a perfect power for Lastia. No existential crisis, no qualms about being used as a decoy destined for death. If the 'original' Lastia who was born in this world always faced 'death' and couldn't be the 'original of the original', then is there any significance in switching over that mantle to another clone now?
It's messed up. It's disgusting. The newly appointed 'main body' wants to puke if she could, though she no longer possessed a physical body. She was no longer a magical girl, only an energy clone. And these clones have to take down the heavenly king with their feeble clone body. Yggdrasil has assumed control over the magical energy and transfered authorisation to her, along with the memories of her 'death'. Plan, use your intelligence. Your wit is the only thing you have left, coincidence, miracle, grasp at anything that's remotely giving a chance of hope.
"What would it take for you to forg-! " (Lastia)
Another clones dies. It wasn't accepting compromise or even dialogue. The good thing was that... Or the bad thing was... Lastia is too far gone. A clone of a clone, the physiological trait of fearing death has inhumanely vanished.
*Chik!*
Christine has woken up, and she snapped a picture with her camera. Her usual magic was useless, the enemy's arcane resistance was too high for debuffs to apply.
In the distance, Taneda climbed on her feet, holding the sword in her palm. Using it as a crutch, she attempted to find her newly sworn enemy.
She bought enough time for the other 2 to wake up. Being preoccupied with the clones has allowed them to safely wake up. However, she sacrificed what could not be taken back. Then... Is her role finally done? Can she go rest...? She's a clone, if she commands Yggdrasil to stop all activities, all of her will disappear... Realistically, would the other 2 fare any better or worse with her around? They themselves... Didn't seem to have much hope of defeating the heavenly king.
It was too strong. 5 minutes left to defeat it, or humanity will fall.
Her ego... It's telling her not to lose. The real Lastia is dead... But she hasn't lost! There's still time. With Christine, there might even be hope.
"Conceptual attack, infinite rays bound to a point, Deity of modernity.{Fleeting light won't stop for you}. " (Christine)
Rivaling concepts of communication, radiowaves against images. Radio waves have upheld eras of innovations... It was a losing battle, but Christine needed to try.