Nana had practically lost all of her ability to use magic. Since she couldn't accumulate any magical power in her artificial body, she could only use the magical power her living parts generated as she got it. Moreover, since she had few living parts the magical power she did accumulate was little. Because of that, she could only use the most basic of magic in her current state.
But if her weapon could accumulate magical power, she could make full use of the generation she still had. And if that wasn't enough, she could also use spiritual energy. With that idea in mind, Nana's guns, Over the Rainbow, were made.
The grip of these guns continuously absorbed Nana's magical power and the spiritual energy generated from the artificial limbs generator. When fully charged, the guns had about 15 shots each. Even if she used up all of those, with enough time, she could fire them again. Moreover, she could also use bullets that only consisted of spiritual energy, and while the power was reduced without any magical power, she could continuously fire without fear of running out thanks to the generator. Nana fired bullets with magical power to break through defenses and then only relied on spiritual energy bullets.
“Nanaaaa!!”
“You've gotten ridiculously fast since the last time we met, Maya!!”
Nana rapidly fired spirit bullets, bullets consisting of only spiritual energy, at Maya. This was because a large amount of bullets were required to hit Maya when she was moving so fast. She couldn't use magic bullets, bullets with magical power mixed in, as there was a limit to how many she had.
“It's just perfect to defeat you and that boy, don't you think!?”
”It's certainly troublesome!”
Nana tilted her head to the side, and moments later, Maya's blade passed through where her head had been.
I've fired that many bullets and not a single one has hit!!
Nana had splendidly dodged Maya's attack, but she was marveled by Maya's strength. Nana had a combat mode built into her body, but that was just a secondary mode. Her new body had been made prioritizing her ability to live a normal life. Maya on the other hand had gotten a body made primarily for combat, and in that regard she exceeded Nana.
“But I have all kinds of things too!”
Nana spun her body around and pointed her left hand towards Maya. As she did a glowing red ball of fire appeared in front of her hand. While small, it was still a fireball spell.
“Magic!?”
”Amplifier!!”
Next Nana made the gun in her right hand shine and a glowing magic circle appeared in front of the fireball. At the same time she ordered the fireball to launch. The fireball was launched at the same speed as her bullets and passed through the magic circle. When it did, the fireball grew one size larger, swelling up into a normal size. When that fireball exploded it would hit a wide area. It should be an effective attack against Maya who moved swiftly.
“Quick Cast – Anti Magic Shield!!”
Sensing danger, Maya suddenly incanted a defensive spell. A small wand was stored in her left arm, and while Maya had lost her ability to accumulate magic she could still use spells, though not in succession.
What is going on!? Nana shouldn't be able to properly use magic!!
Thanks to Maya's defensive spell, Nana's attack disappeared before it exploded. However, instead of attacking, Maya distanced herself from Nana for a moment. Her fighting style up until now had assumed that Nana wouldn't be able to use magic, so she needed to rethink how she would fight.
“I'm surprised... I heard you couldn't use magic anymore”
Maya sent a glance full of both surprise and bitterness at Nana.
Darkness Rainbow had left Nana be because they had determined that she could no longer use magic and had to retire as a soldier. However, what just happened in front of Maya's eyes turned that assumption on its head. She couldn't hide her surprise.
“I can't now either”
”Quit lying. Then what was that Fireball? I don't want to hear some lame excuse of it just being a trick”
“Thanks to all kinds of tools, I'm able to use magic on the same level as a normal person. Well, in that sense it's a trick”
Nana showed off her left arm and gun as she spoke. Actually, by using the power of what was built into her left arm and her gun, she was able to use magic. Maya narrowed her eyes and stared at Nana.