Chat group, people are in Shadow Reality, they just defeated Shadow

Tanjiro felt a tremendous force coming from the blade, sending him flying.

"What a strange ability."

Stabilizing himself in the air, Tanjiro landed safely. He retreated to Misaka's side, puzzled by what had just happened.

"It's like there's a shield protecting him."

Misaka analyzed, "Is it some kind of telekinesis?"

"Not quite."

Weismann explained, "Kings each possess their own Sanctuary, the essence of which is 'causal distortion,' a deviation from the realistic process and outcome of events."

In this world, no one understands the power of Kings better than Weismann, who researched the Dresden Slate.

Simply put, Kings are protected by fate and have the powerful ability to distort cause and effect.

Under the protection of this power, any means of harming a King will become ineffective.

Bullets and other attacks will be deflected, deadly poisons will lose their potency, and assassinations, ambushes, and conspiracies will be immediately exposed.

Even if someone were to drop a nuclear bomb on a King's head, the bomb would hover in the air, unable to fall or explode.

It can be said that the existence of the Sanctuary protects Kings from any man-made or natural harm.

As for the Colorless King...

The Colorless King is the wild card among the Seven Kings, representing interference and accident.

This is why he was able to seize Weismann's body, setting up a scheme to trap the other Kings.

"Only another King, or the King's most trusted guard, can kill a King."

The term 'guard' generally refers to the clan members who followed the King from the beginning.

This concept is somewhat similar to seppuku with a Japanese katana.

The person committing seppuku cuts open their stomach, but this does not immediately kill them.

To alleviate the pain of seppuku, someone stands nearby with a sword to behead them; this is the kaishaku and the kaishaku-nin.

A guard can kill a King, much like the principle of kaishaku.

When a King continuously uses their power, causing the Sword of Damocles to collapse and fall, the guard must kill the King to prevent the sword from causing greater harm.

"Oh my, oh my."

Kurumi Tokisaki said, "Causality-based abilities, that's certainly troublesome."

"Only a King can deal with a King?"

Misaka expressed her skepticism, taking out a coin and flicking it with her thumb: "Utter nonsense!"

She, Misaka Mikoto, doesn't believe in such absurd things!

Sanctuary, causal distortion, what a joke.

This is completely unscientific!

You say it's magic?

Misaka Mikoto: There's no magic in this world!

"This is?"

At that moment, sensing the terrifying electric current surging from Misaka's body, even Kurumi and Weismann subconsciously took a few steps back.

'Flat-chest discharging girl, she has this trick up her sleeve?'

Looking at the girl she often argues with in the chat group, Kurumi Tokisaki's lips curled slightly: "Interesting!"

"What?"

The Colorless King was also startled by the scene before him.

It's not that he's never seen espers, but this is the first time he's seen someone as powerful as Misaka.

"Using the principle of electromagnetic induction, the game coin is launched at three times the speed of sound (1030m/s)."

Shiro stood behind Kurumi, explaining, "Its power can even carve open the ground along the trajectory of its path, and the strong wind generated by the aftershock alone can surpass the limits of what ordinary wind users can do."

As Shiro explained, the coin, empowered by Misaka's electromagnetic force, had already been launched from her fingertips.

In the next moment, a laser-like orange beam enveloped the Colorless King at a speed he couldn't react to.

Chapter 17: The Sanctuary's Law of Causality (Seeking Flowers)

"Boom!"

The enormous power crushed the surrounding matter, leaving a deep groove in the airship and directly shattering the bulkhead in front of Misaka.

Thick smoke billowed, and electric arcs surged wildly. The power of the Railgun greatly shocked everyone.

"So, so amazing..."

Tanjiro gasped, looking at the destruction caused by Misaka's attack: "Is this Mikoto-nee's power?"

"Mikoto-nee?"

Shiro awkwardly patted Tanjiro's shoulder: "Well, uh, Misaka is only 14 years old."

"Huh?"

Tanjiro's face stiffened. A 15-year-old calling a 14-year-old girl 'nee' was indeed a bit embarrassing.

"But age isn't the problem, after all, she is Misaka."

"Misaka? I see!"

Tanjiro had always been confused by Shiro's nickname for Misaka, but now, seeing that Railgun, he suddenly understood: "Truly worthy of being called Misaka!"

"I told you not to call me Misaka!!"

Mysteriously victimized by Shiro, Misaka turned her head angrily, shouting at the two in dissatisfaction.

But before Misaka could continue speaking, electromagnetic induction had already detected a gust of wind coming from behind.

"What?!"

Misaka leaped to the side. She looked up and saw the Colorless King charging towards her.

"Unscathed?"

The girl's expression gradually became serious: 'I should have hit him, right?'

'So, that Sanctuary barrier of his can even block my Railgun?'

"Tch!"

Misaka Mikoto: "How annoying."

"Ding ding ding~~"

While dodging the Colorless King's rain-like punches and kicks, Misaka once again took out several coins.

Thus, close-range, high-frequency Railguns were fired in rapid succession!

And this time, Misaka saw it.

An invisible barrier enveloped the Colorless King, blocking all of her Railguns.

All the explosions and lightning were turned into colorless particles by this barrier, making it impossible to cause even the slightest harm to the Colorless King on the other side.

"My ability, it's being decomposed?!"

This scene truly shocked Misaka Mikoto: "How am I supposed to fight him?"

The current Misaka has not yet participated in the subsequent plot, and her combat experience and on-the-spot mentality are still relatively immature.

After discovering that her ability could not harm the Colorless King, the girl already had the idea of retreating.

"Can it nullify energy attacks and physical attacks?"

Kurumi Tokisaki: "Indeed, a very troublesome trick."

Kurumi was not worried about Misaka.

Anyone with eyes could see that the Colorless King's physical skills were terrible, and he seemed to be chasing Misaka, but in reality, he was completely being played by the latter.

The only troublesome thing was the Colorless King's Sanctuary.

The Sanctuary could nullify any harm to the King from the level of cause and effect and concept.

"Then..."

Kurumi smiled and took a step forward: "Let's try this move?"

"City of Devouring Time!"

As soon as the words fell, a dark gray, invisible field unfolded with the girl as the center, instantly covering the entire airship.

"Huh?"

Weismann seemed to sense something. He looked at his body, which was emitting a silver-white light, and then looked at the Colorless King in the distance, who was also emitting a faint glow.

"What's going on?"

Electric arcs crackled on Misaka's forehead, a self-correction caused by her body sensing the interference of some strange power.

"Ineffective?"

"No, it's effective, but it's been weakened a lot, only about 10% of its usual power."

Kurumi frowned deeply. Her City of Devouring Time had successfully captured everyone.

Of course, Kurumi did not absorb the time of her own people, such as Tanjiro. Her target was only the Colorless King.

However, the protection of the Sanctuary was too comprehensive. Even damage on the level of time and space was still somewhat offset.

However, this was not absolute.

Although the worlds were different, Kurumi's spirit power was no weaker than the power of a King.

Therefore, the Colorless King could not completely immunize himself to the absorption of the City of Devouring Time, but only reduced this damage to a relatively low level.

Moreover, also being a Sanctuary, Weismann's Silver Sanctuary was obviously more powerful than that of the Colorless King.

Kurumi had a premonition that even if she fully activated the City of Devouring Time, it would be difficult to shake Weismann's Sanctuary.

To deal with him, the only way was to directly fire the bullets of Zafkiel to offset the Sanctuary's law of causality.

"What exactly is going on?"

"This feeling of something being drawn out of my body."

The Colorless King wanted to chase, but the inexplicable heaviness of his body made him uneasy.

The City of Devouring Time is a barrier-type ability. Once unfolded, it will constantly devour the time of those who step into it, making their bodies heavy, weak, and powerless.

"What did you do?"

Taking advantage of the Colorless King's daze, Misaka retreated to Kurumi's side.

She sensed Kurumi's ability, but didn't know exactly what the other party had done.

"Did it offset my City of Devouring Time?"

Kurumi looked at Misaka with some surprise. The electromagnetic force in the other party's body interfered with the City of Devouring Time, preventing her spirit power from devouring time.

This reminded Kurumi of the AST troops who chased her, whose mechanical armor also had a similar effect, being able to briefly resist the erosion of the City of Devouring Time.

"Misaka's ability is essentially a kind of magic."

Shiro said at this time: "When the barrier of the City of Devouring Time encounters Misaka's superpower, the latter will automatically generate electromagnetic interference to compete with it."

"As for the result, it will be like just now, with slight ability loss of control like a short circuit."

"There's such a setting?"

Misaka had never encountered this situation before.

But since Shiro said it, it must be correct.

This guy is relatively reliable in other places, except for calling her Misaka, which is more annoying.

"Yeah."