Each time the blade struck, the shield shook painfully.
The scythe form of the Mystic Code ranked second in attack power among the forms available to it. In contrast, the shield now deployed wasn't restricted to just pure defensive power, but held another secret. Though it took some time, in order to buy that time, it took the form of a shield.
Once the blade struck for the sixth time, a wooshing noise accompanied a burst of countless flames erupting from the face of the shield.
"-Reverse!"
Together with my voice, magical energy burst forth from the flames. Though it was of course nothing compared to Rhongomyniad, it was nevertheless a burst of concentrated, high density magical energy. For some types of creatures, like the thorned monster in front of me, it carried a powerful offensive force.
Blasted apart, the complicated network of thorned tentacles fell to pieces, losing its shape.
Case Files III, Chapter 3, Part 6