As we return to Roselle, Runebelle, and Risebelle, we find them in the Mystical forest where Risebelle and Runebelle were resting in Kintovar’s tanks, left behind by their creator.

  Risebelle emerged from the tank. She stretched her limbs and replied to Roselle, “I’m gd to be okay too, Roselle. Kintovar’s teology is something else. She mao cut dowime we o rest ianks by a huge amount.”

  Roselle nodded in agreement, her i blue eyes wide with wonder. “Yes, it’s incredible. She always thinks of everything, doesn’t she?”

  Together, they watched over Runebelle.

  As they watched over Runebelle’s recovery, Roselle couldn’t help but feel a sense of hope and all at once. She opened her eyes wide and pced her hands gently oank, “I hope Runebelle recovers soon. It’s hard to see her like this.”

  Risebelle spoke with a touch of annoyance.

  “Careful, Roselle. Yoing to get the tank dirty like that.”

  Roselle quickly withdrew her hands and nodded, “Sorry, Risebelle. I just wao be okay...”

  Runebelle’s eyes slowly opened, she found herself surrounded by the familiar surroundings of Kintovar’s tank. The green substahat had enveloped her moments ago had vanished, leaving her feeling refreshed and renewed. Her gaze nded on the figure standing in front of her, and it was Roselle, her i blue eyes filled with warmth and .

  Runebelle’s memories fshed back to her first awakening, the moment when she had e ie was Roselle who had been the first person she saw back then, even before her eyes met Dr. Kintovar. A sense of e and familiarity washed over her as she looked into Roselle’s eyes once more.

  A small smile graced Runebelle’s lips, and she softly whispered, “Roselle...”

  As the tank opened, Roselle couldn’t tain her excitement and relief. She immediately jumped onto Runebelle with a tight hold on her. . She spoke fast, her words tumbling out in a rapid torrent of emotions.

  “Runebelle! Thank god you’re okay! I was so scared when you went down to 0%, and I didn’t know what to do, but I promised myself that if you woke up, I’d make you smile more, and I wao show you how I practiced magid maybe y together when this is over, and,and—”

  Risebelle interrupted “Hold on, Roselle, slow down! You’re talking way too fast for Runebelle to catch up. Let her have a moment.”

  Roselle paused at Risebelle’s urging. Runebelle took a deep breath, feeling the weight of the moment. She turned her eyes downward, gatherihoughts aions. With a gentle afelt tone, she spoke, “Thank you, Roselle. I... I…really appreciate your and all that you’ve done… you too Risebelle…It’s….good to see you both again.”

  Risebelle couldn’t help but feel a warmth in her heart as she observed Roselle and Runebelle’s toug reunion. She watched them for a while, a blush gradually f on her face. Her serious demeanor struggled to tain the emotions bubbling within her. Finally, she cleared her throat and folded her arms, trying to maintain her posed front.

  “Alright, you two. That’s enough seal moments for now. e here.”

  Runebelle and Roselle exged a gheir smiles evident. They moved toward Risebelle.

  Roselle nodded with focus in her i blue eyes. She khey were on the brink of success, and she was ready to give it her all.

  Runebelle, although she remained sad, also readied herself for the uping battle.

  Risebelle began to talk to them, but her tone was anding,” Before we head to the final battle, and by that I mea maractor, we have an issue to deal with. ”

  Roselle and Runebelle, alerted by Risebelle’s words, turheir attention to her.

  “What’s wrong, Risebelle?” Roselle asked, in her i blue eyes.

  Risebelle gred over to the bushes and then while turning her eyes, she shouted into the forest.

  “Show yourselves, mages! We know you’re there!”

  The forest remaiill for a moment, and then, one by one, mages began to emerge from their hiding spots, their faces filled with surprise. They had hoped to catch the sisters off guard, but Risebelle’s sharp senses had foiled their pns.

  As the mages emerged from the shadows, their surprise evident, the sisters kept their guard up, ready for any frontation. Risebelle’s anding tone had forced their hidden adversaries into the open.

  An, with his fiery-red hair and striking appearaepped forward. He maintained a calm appearance.

  “Impressive work taking down those Maractors,” An began. “But you ’t leave this pce alive. The Magical Academy ’t afford to let you roam freely, you know…”

  Risebelle’s gaze remained fixed on An as she spoke. “We know you led this group here, and if you mao sneak up on us like this, it means you’ve known about this pce for a while. I would have sensed your presence earlier. So, why didn’t you destroy Kintovar’s teology when you had the ce? You could have avoided fighting us and wipe us out while we were in recovery.”

  “You’re right,” An admitted, “we’ve known about this area for some time. But our primary was capturing you and preventing you from further disrupting our operations. Destroying Kintovar’s teology wasn’t our priority. We’re here to elimihreat, and that threat is you.”

  Risebelle’s suspi deepened as she listeo An’s expnation. Something didn’t add up. With a raised eyebrow, she replied, “Are you an idiot? If your primary goal was to capture or eliminate us, you had the perfect opportunity when I arrived carrying my unscious sister Runebelle. You kneere vulnerable at that moment, a you didn’t strike. What’s the real reason you’ve been following us and waiting for this moment?”

  An’s calm demeanor remained intact as he respoo Risebelle’s question.

  “What if I told you what I was impressed by your coordination? You mao take down the Maractor and make your escape before we could apprehend you. But I wao ensure my enemies were at full strength before I ied them. Now that you’re here, there’s no escape.”

  The mages behind him nodded in agreement.

  Risebelle couldn’t help but chuckle at An’s response. “Well, I have to say, An, you’re different from anyone we’ve entered from the Magical Academy. Most would have taken the opportunity to eliminate us when they had the ce. Hell, if I was in your shoes, I would have chosen to elimihe e any opportunity. It just goes to show idiots think.”

  An’s remained cool going as far as to brush one hand along his red hair as he replied, “What I say? I’m a nice guy.”

  Risebelle couldn’t help but chuckle at An’s response. “A nice guy in the magical academy? Now that’s something you don’t hear every day.”

  An merely shrugged.

  “I like to give people a ce. Is that s?”

  Risebelle giggled at An’s response. “Well, you certainly are an anomaly among mages from the Magical Academy, Mr. ‘Nice Guy’. Such a nice idiot.”

  An remaioic as he tinued.

  “I know you and your sisters don’t show mercy, but I’m not you. I have my own way of dealing with things, you catch my drift? Now enough chit-chat.”

  Risebelle’s chuckles had subsided, and her face turned serious once more as she listeo An’s words. Roselle and Runebelle exged gnces, both equally surprised by Risebelle’s uncharacteristic rea to the situation.

  An raised a single finger, pointing it at the three sisters.

  “My name is An. Remember this name, for it will be the st you hear before you’re ied by my fmes.”

  With a swift, decisive motion he unleashed his magical power and fmes erupted around him f a bzing inferno that enveloped the area. The iy of the fmes sent waves of scorg heat throughout the Mystical forest and the mages prepared for what they believed would be the final frontation with Risebelle, Roselle, and Runebelle.

  Roselle, Risebelle, and Runebelle evaded the charging mages and fired their shots with precision. They were baffled by the fact that none of their attacks seemed to ect. It was as though the mages possessed an uny ability to dodge their every move.

  The mages with An charged forward, fmes erupting from their hands, the forest seemed to ignite around them. Fire roared, and the temperature skyrocketed as they unleashed their fiery onsught.

  Roselle, Risebelle, and Runebelle quickly moved to evade the ining fmes, their agility and coordination allowing them to weave through the fiery barrage. They raised their ons, aiming to terattack, but something strange happened. Despite their precise aim and well-aimed shots, their attacks seemed to pass through the mages without making tact.

  fusion and frustration washed over the sisters as their shots missed their targets. The mages tiheir relentless advaheir fmes growing ever closer.

  Risebelle moved swiftly through the dense forest barely making a sound as she weaved betweerees. Five mages pursued her, but she had a pn to lose them. She ducked behind a thick trunk, her breath held as the mages approached. They looked around, fused by her sudden disappearance.

  Taking the opportunity, Risebelle attempted to switch her on to silencer mode, hoping to catch them off guard. With a deep breath, she fired a shot in their dire. However, to her shock, all five mages reacted with incredible agility, dodging the attack effortlessly. Risebelle couldn’t believe her eyes and shouted in frustration.

  “Impossible!”

  How did they do that? Her outburst alerted other nearby mages, and now she had even more eo tend with. Risebelle knew she had to ge her position quickly to avoid being overwhelmed.

  Roselle found herself under a relentless assault from a group of mages. She fired shots from her massive on, but to her dismay, she couldn’t nd a hit on any of them. Fire bullets rained down on her, and she needed a way to protect herself.

  Thinking fast, Roselle eled her yellow lightning magiing a protective barrier of crag energy around her body. It helped to reduce the damage from the ining fire attacks. With a fierce look her eyes, she fired off lightning shots at the mages, but they mao evade every single one.

  Frustration welled up within Roselle as she struggled to make her attacks ect.

  Runebelle ursued by a horde of mages. She grew even sadder when she saw their numbers. They unched bsts of fire at her, but she repared. She summoned her three pilrs, fog on the fire element to absorb the ining damage.

  Feeling the heat, Runebelle retaliated with a barrage of magic shots from her on. They shot out with incredible speed, but despie this, the mages dispyed astonishing agility, evading every shot. Runebelle couldn’t hide her surprise and disappoi at the fact that her attacks missed their marks.

  As the three sisters found themselves surrounded and utack, they ended up standing back to back, their looks refleg frustration and sadness.

  “Something is clearly wrong here,” Risebelle began. “ either of you tell what’s happening? How are these mages dodging our attacks so effortlessly?”

  Roselle and Runebelle exged puzzled gnces. Each sister mirrored Risebelle’s fusion. This situation was unlike any they had entered before and it left them all feeling uneasy. It should have been simple to just shoot and eliminate a mage who was not on their level. If that’s true, then how were they managing to dodge them? What strategy did they use? Why ’t they nd their shots when they aim so precisely? It seemed like a gigantiigma.

  An’s chuckle echoed through the forest, and his imposing presened over the three sisters. While he didn’t say a word, his demeanor exuded an intimidating aura.

  Risebelle turo her sisters.

  “Stay sharp, both of you. This fight is far from over. We o figure out what the hell is going on with these mages and find a way to kill them. Let’s stay focused and watch each other’s backs.”

  Roselle and Runebelle nodded in agreement. They stood back to back. Would they be able to overe this battle?