Koutarou's and the others imagination had been spot on. Darkness Rainbow was trying to use their ritual in the large basement of an abandoned mansion on the edge of the city. Darkness Rainbow had erased the memories of many building owners, and this was one of them.
“...Blue-san, how is it going?”
”It's activating properly. It's rapidly absorbing the life force from the flowers”
After seeing Crimson, who had gone to save Maki, off, Dark Green and Dark Blue continued their work on the magic circle. Just a while ago it had been completed and the two were currently testing it. They left a bouquet in the center of the circle and activated the ritual, and the flowers wilted before them. The life force and spiritual energy was being deprived of them by the spell.
“The spiritual energy capacity is functioning normally, same with the converter. There are no problems”
“That's good. Then we can go ahead as planned”
In a few seconds the bouquet had completely wilted away, turning into dried flowers. The ten children would be drained the same way and be used as an energy source for the ritual.
“It's still too early to be relieved. This is where you come in”
”That's right. I'll do my best”
Why had Crimson and Green taken Blue with them? The answer was in the type of magic that Blue specialized in. She was skilled at summoning magic. Using magical power to bend space-time, summon objects and creatures from afar, or sending them away. The large-scale ritual they were going to cast was actually a summoning spell.
Koutarou and the others were strong. However, they had one obvious weak spot. That was that there were only nine of them. Even if they used their captive Maki as well, that was still just ten. If they attacked more than ten places, they wouldn't be able to cover them all. For that sake, they had to summon ten demons, and that's why they had kidnapped ten children. While Koutarou and the others were dealing with the demons, they could carefreely go and occupy room 106 and its magical power.
“I'll bring the children over. Blue-san, you begin on preparations please”
”I understand. I'll leave the children to you”
The ritual should take about three hours. Since this was a ritual that took a lot of time, various preparations were necessary. Not only did tools need to be prepared, but since they couldn't eat or drink for three hours, they'd need to do so beforehand. Since this took a lot of time and physical strength, it was a difficult role.
“Oh?”
Green was headed towards the corner where the children had been caged, but she stopped halfway there and looked at the passage that lead to the surface.
“What is it?”
”It looks like Crimson is back”
Being specialized in fortune telling, Green wasn't just good at future forecasts, but at information gathering as well. She had cast a surveillance network on the entire building, and she could detect anyone approaching. That surveillance network had caught Crimson.
“But that's strange. She's walking so slowly...”
Eventually Crimson got close enough to not only be sensed, but to be visualized as well. In that moment, Green's expression completely changed.
“Oh no, Crimson is badly hurt!! Blue-san, you come too!!”
”Yes!!”
The two were supposed to continue their ritual spell, but upon learning that Crimson was hurt, they stopped their preparations and headed towards Crimson.