Even as Nanoha swiftly blasted her path through the swarm of fishmen, it was being refilled, the creatures trampling the unconscious bodies she left underfoot as they moved to bar Youmu's path as well.

She wouldn't be stopped. Whatever terrible thing was beyond this wall of these monsters, she would pierce right through it and take it down. After learning just what these awful creatures did to people, she couldn't allow them even the slightest opportunity to do it to anyone else.

The petite, silver-haired girl slid her feet into a ready position, both hands now on the hilt of Roukanken. Hakuroken wouldn't be much use here, after all, not against flesh and blood opponents who she had no intention of allowing to live.

Youmu sucked air in through her teeth, just as the furthest forward of the fish creatures drew their spears back to toss them towards her...!

She slammed one foot forward, an exploded with motion, a noise like a sonic boom echoing through the caverns. The young half-phantom's movement could only be tracked by what seemed to be a glint of silver light suddenly darting through the enormous crowd of fish creatures, a straight path cleanly through the middle.

She came to a halt on the other side.

Behind her, the bodies of every fishman she had passed beside split apart, falling to pieces with ugly, wet splats and spurts of blood.

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