Marguerite dodges Francesca's throw

Right as Marguerite held it out, the goddess stopped. She twisted her back as if copying Marguerite’s form from when she’d thrown the rock, and, with a swing of her arm, she threw Maiya’s stick.

Marguerite kicked off Clantail’s back to leap upward. The fruit she’d failed to hand to Clantail she chomped in one bite, tossing the stem into the grass. Clantail transformed from a tiger into a snake that shone black, making use of the height difference to avoid the staff.

The form of her throw had made it look as if she’d just given the staff a very light toss. But Maiya’s staff drove through the air faster than the speed of sound, blasting away branches and leaves. The throw was powerful like an automatic cannon shot, breaking thick tree trunks, sweeping up an intense cloud of dust where it landed.

Evasion was the only possible correct answer. But now Marguerite couldn’t give Clantail the fruit, and the most she could do was escape into the trees. Clantail had no resupply.

    - Magical Girl Raising Project: Breakdown, Chapter 10