"Attacking its body bit by bit won’t work. Its weak point is the head!"
Licorice declared that with a tone full of confidence.
She sounded awfully sure of herself.
Where on earth did she even get that kind of information?
"How do you know that?"
"Fufufu, there’s nothing impossible for the great Licorice-chan!"
That’s… not an answer, you know?
"I mean, most living creatures die if you crush their heads, right? That thing’s probably no exception."
"Well, I guess that’s true, but still..."
So it wasn’t some kind of deep insight—she was just stating the obvious.
I might’ve been an idiot for being impressed with her, even for a moment.
"But there’s no way I can reach it!"
"It’s fine. I’ll make you a foothold."
"A foothold?"
"No time to explain! Just go with the flow—improvise!"
"That’s asking a lot!"
But still…
Licorice says unreasonable things all the time, but she never says anything reckless.
She only says that because she believes I can do it.
Then—I have to live up to that!
"Here we go!"
"Ready when you are!"
"Mmm… take this!"
At Licorice’s shout, plates of compressed air formed in midair.
They lined up like a spiral staircase, leading up toward the water god’s head.
"Take this!"
Using those plates of wind as footholds, I jumped.
Then jumped again.
And again.
Leaping over and over, I climbed the sky.
"Impudent insect!"
The water god spun around, scattering the wind platforms.
But there was no need to panic.
"Heheh, something like this can’t stop the genius, beautiful, magical girl Licorice-chan!"
New plates of wind formed immediately.
She really said “girl” twice, didn’t she?
I couldn’t help but mentally point that out as I kept running upward.
"Grr… Do not approach me!"
The water god, now both angry and flustered, twisted its body again, shattering the wind plates.
It tried to blow me away in the process…
But there’s no way I’d get hit by something like that.
Sophia is a thousand times faster than this.
I dodged easily—
—and stepped right onto the newly formed wind plate without missing a beat.
Just a little farther to the water god’s head!
"A mere human… You dare mock me!!!"
"—!?"
With a furious roar, the water god arched its massive body backward.
Its whole frame trembled as it gathered power—
"GRAAAAAAAAH!!!"
Then, with a second roar, it spewed water from its mouth.
The water had been compressed to the limit; its power made the very air tremble.
A piercing ring echoed in my ears.
The massive torrent—brimming with destructive force—raced straight toward Licorice and me.
"Licorice!"
"Ah, right!?"
I called out a request—
—and a heartbeat later, the water blast came crashing down on us.
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