"Well, you deserve what you got for even thinking of attempting that move. I'm not helping you this time."

Bestie looked on as Ragna's attack completely backfired, angering ??? with good reason. The killing intent in the air was clear enough - he was not going to escape in one piece.

"I'll never understand women..."

He sighed as his nether regions were obliterated by ???'s leg, causing him to howl in pain.

"GAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Taking deep breaths, he croaked,

"There are some places you don't strike, woman... Oh god I can't feel my limbs anymore- OW!"

Shortly after, he was kicked into the air and brutally assaulted by ???'s blade in a devastating combo of stabs and slashes, ending with the very same attack she had used in the beginning as the battlefield was engulfed in white light.

And yet, Ragna still stood... kind of.

"Well, that was quite the experience, watching my body get torn up like this... but playtime's over - you're about to feel true pain."

At that point in time, his body consisted of half a head, a torso and his left arm lying on the ground, unable to move due to a lack of legs while Drakensange lay some distance away. He then began speaking in a mechanical, emotionless voice:

"Damage sustained: 99.9%. Health at critical levels. Current body deemed unsuitable for combat. Creating substitute body..."

Whatever remained of Ragna lit up in flames, sending up a giant column of fire that reached up into the heavens. When the flames dissipated, he now had a body that looked exactly like what he was before, only completely comprised of fire.

"Substitute body creation complete. Current objective..."

He walked towards Drakensange and picked it up. He then slashed the air with it, creating an extremely powerful wave of energy that swept across the battlefield. "...Complete and total annihilation of all enemy threats."

"He disabled his ability to feel pain and emotions, and threw away his useless body in exchange for one made solely for combat..."

Bestie thought with disbelief as she watched the situation unfolding right before her eyes, her hand holding onto her waist, which was injured from one of ???'s attacks.

"Abandoning his humanity to become the ultimate fighting machine, one of his most powerful abilities. I almost never get to see him in a situation that calls for its use... just how strong IS this enemy?!"

Snapping out of her thoughts, she held onto her gun.

"I'd better do something to help him. He might actually end up killing himself in that state..."

Poking the gun's barrel out of the bush, she sprayed the ground near ??? with bullets and granting everyone 1 BC.

<Everyone, I've given you all 1 BC - make the most of it! Now that the enemy's evasion has been lowered, we need to make use of this opportunity to strike her!>

"Homing in on closest hostile threat..."

Ragna raised his hand towards ???. A gigantic runic circle formed in front of him and began to gather energy from its surroundings. Once it had amassed enough, he muttered,

"Destroy."

A massive beam of fire devastated the battlefield, ripping apart the ground as it traveled towards its target.