Chapter 58

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"Hah, hah……"

Ruby tossed Amethyst aside. She had grabbed her by the collar and driven her fists into her face again and again, until Amethyst’s once-neat, cute features were battered and bloody beyond recognition.

A wooden wolf caught Amethyst on its back as she went flying like an empty can. Its hard wooden back was covered with soft, leaf-like padding, making it clear that it had been prepared for exactly this purpose.

"Tch…."

Daisy, sitting atop another wooden wolf, reached out toward Amethyst. Healing light flowed from her hand, rapidly mending Amethyst’s battered body.

Ruby wasn’t stupid enough to stand there and watch. But the moment she tossed Amethyst aside, a massive wooden dragon lunged at her.

- Rooooar!

It was the wooden dragon Peridot liked to summon, the one she considered her strongest summon. Ruby couldn’t evade its charge and was swallowed in an instant.

Immediately afterward, a sword of flame shot through the dragon’s tightly closed jaws...