“The phone call was unavailable.”

Looking at the phone in her hand, Ai Li frowned. She originally wanted to call Nangong Na Yue to inform her of the situation here, but she couldn't get through at all. The phone seemed to have crashed and stayed on the current interface. No matter what Ai Li did, there was no response.

"Anyway, let's go to the Iwatodai branch first."

So far, Ai Li has not figured out what happened to the 12th artificial island, but she can sense a breath similar to the one used by the Red World in Shana's world. From the current point of view, the situation on this artificial island is very similar to that time. It's just that the seal in Shana's world was created by the Red World, and you can find the person by following the seal. But this strange barrier seems to be completely integrated with the entire artificial island, and the source cannot be found at all.

For the time being, no enemies like Phosphorus or the Crimson World were found, so Ai Li put aside her doubts and walked towards the Iwatodai branch according to the address.

Fortunately, the Iwatodai branch was not far from the station, and it didn't take long for Ai Li to arrive at the gate of the Iwatodai branch. It looked like an apartment building, and the whole building was dark, as if there was no one living there at all. Ai Li reached out her hand, pushed open the door, and walked in.

"ah."

However, just as Ellie walked into the hall, she saw a girl who looked about her age standing in front of the reception desk. She was wearing a black school uniform, her dark brown hair was tied in a ponytail at the back of her head, and she was wearing red headphones. She looked quite lively.

When she saw Ai Li appear, she was also startled. She turned her head curiously and looked at Ai Li and asked.

"Are you a resident here too?"

"I'm here to look for someone... who are you...?"

"My name is Shiomi Kotone."

The girl smiled brightly at Ai Li and introduced herself.

"I'm going to live here from today... maybe?"

"Live here?"

Hearing the girl's answer, Ai Li was stunned, and the girl nodded.

"Yes, I plan to transfer to Gekkoukan Branch School, so I'll be staying here... Um, aren't you a student at Gekkoukan Branch School?"

"I am……"

“Who is it!!”

However, before Ellie finished her words, a voice suddenly rang out. The two raised their heads and looked towards the place where the voice came from. At the staircase leading to the second floor, a brown-haired girl wearing a pink sweater was looking at them nervously with a pale face. Her breathing was quite rapid, and her chest rose and fell. Then the girl raised the gun in her hand... and pointed it at her forehead.

"???"

Seeing this scene, Ai Li and the girl named Shiomi Kotone were both shocked.

Big sister, let's talk it over. What's wrong with you? Are you so confused that you want to commit suicide?

"etc!"

At this moment, a steady female voice suddenly came, and then another woman who looked slightly older than the brown-haired girl walked out from behind. She looked at Shiomi Kotone carefully, and then looked at Ai Li.

"Are you Miss Silver Witch?"

"Yes, you are a member of the Iwatodai branch?"

Ai Li's appearance is so conspicuous that it is impossible to mistake her for someone else. Even without a photo, one can recognize her immediately by just saying she has white hair and red eyes.

"call……"

Hearing this, the older woman with long red hair breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hello, nice to meet you, Ms. Airi. I'm Mitsuru Kirijo from the Iwatodai branch of SEES. Actually, we invited you to come here..."

“Boom boom boom!!!”

However, before Kirijo Mitsuru finished her words, hurried footsteps were heard again outside the door, and then a young man with short silver-gray hair suddenly broke open the door and rushed in, stumbling to the ground.

“Akihiko!!!”

Seeing the boy, Kirijo Mitsuru rushed to his side and helped the boy, who was covered in bruises, up.

"What happened?"

"I encountered a powerful creature, something I have never seen before! You will be shocked when you see it!"

"Is this the time to talk about this?!"

Kirijo Mitsuru scolded the boy while helping him sit on the sofa next to her. At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a suit also hurried down the stairs.

"Sanada-kun, are 'they' coming?!"

"Yes, but not the usual kind..."

“Boom!!!”

Before the boy could finish his words, the entire apartment building suddenly shook, as if something terrible was hitting the building, and the brown-haired girl looked around anxiously.

"What's going on? Are you kidding me?!"

"Now is not the time to talk about this!"

Kirijo Mitsuru was obviously the leader of this group. She shouted, calmed the panicked crowd, and then immediately began to assign tasks.

"Yue Yu, take this girl to seek refuge. Miss Ai Li, I know you have a lot of questions in your heart, but now is not the time to answer them. We are in trouble, please lend us a hand!"

"OK!!"

Hearing Kirijo Mitsuru's order, the brown-haired girl hurriedly grabbed Shiomi Kotone, who hadn't figured out the situation yet, and hurried to the back, while the middle-aged man in a suit also hurried upstairs. At this moment, the crashing sound outside became louder and louder. Finally, with a loud bang, the originally closed door was directly smashed open, and then a strange monster appeared in front of Ai Li and others.

"What the hell is this?"

Looking at the monster in front of her, Ellie couldn't help but be surprised. The monster in front of her was as tall as two people. It looked like a black slime, but on the body of this "black slime", there were more than a dozen arms holding sharp blades. Not only that, one of the hands was holding a smiley mask in front of it, and it looked like the mask was the face of this monster.

Next to this monster were several smaller monsters of the same shape, but compared to that monster, these monsters only had two arms and were not very fast.

"What the hell is this?"

Ellie asked the question without stopping her movements. She raised her hand, and soon, an atomic beam mixed with lightning whizzed past and hit the bodies of the black shadow monsters in front of her. But to Ellie's surprise, as soon as her atomic beams hit the monsters, she saw a translucent black barrier appear outside their bodies, completely invalidating her attack.

"…Hmm? This looks familiar."

Looking at this scene, Ellie couldn't help but frowned. She remembered that not long ago in the Shensheng Lake, the knight riding a dragon and the witch in a cloak seemed to have used this trick to resist her magic attack.

Is the Fantasy Breaker of this world so worthless? It's fine if the protagonist has it, it's fine if the boss has it, but now even the monsters have it?!

Is Fantasy Breaker so insignificant in this world?

Although in fact this skill itself is not very impressive, it is just that the magicians in Academy City are stupid...

But Ellie had long been accustomed to this. After seeing that magic and superpowers were ineffective, Ellie decisively reached into her skirt, then took out a 40MM grenade launcher, aimed at the monster in front of her and pulled the trigger.

"boom!!!"

A huge explosion sounded, accompanied by smoke and dust, and the monster in front of him was instantly torn apart, but soon, it twisted again and returned to its original shape.

"It's hard to defeat it with weapons alone!"

At this moment, Kirijo Mitsuru also hurriedly stood up, holding a silver-gray pistol in her hand. Then Kirijo Mitsuru raised the pistol - not at the monster in front of her, but at her own head, and then pulled the trigger.

"Persona!!"

Along with Kirijo Mitsuru's cry, a mysterious, glowing female figure appeared in front of her. Then the woman raised her hand, and the next moment several icy spikes appeared out of thin air and smashed down at the monster in front of her.

Although they both looked like magic attacks, Kirijo Mitsuru's attacks were not invalidated like Airi's. On the contrary, the ice spikes shot through the monsters' slime-like bodies with ease, causing them to scream miserably. However, the giant monster in the lead did not stop. It suddenly stretched out its arms, and sword lights instantly chopped the woman summoned by Kirijo Mitsuru, tearing her apart. Kirijo Mitsuru also screamed, flew backwards, and fell heavily to the ground.

"Mizuru!!!"

At this time, the young man who was covered in bruises also stood up, shouted loudly when he saw this scene, and then he picked up the same silver pistol and pointed it at his head.

"Persona!!"

Soon, a figure with long golden hair and a right hand that looked like a syringe appeared in front of the short-haired boy. He rushed towards the monster and collided heavily with it.

This is... magic? No? A seance?

Looking at the scene in front of her, Ellie was also thinking and studying their tactics quickly. She could feel that these people's attacks were not as simple as magic attacks. On the contrary, they summoned spirits to fight through their spiritual will. To some extent, this was very similar to the paladins or priests in religion summoning the incarnations of gods to fight on earth.

In other words, the action of pointing guns at their own heads just now was a ritual of sacrifice, and they themselves were the sacrifices, using this sacrifice to communicate with the gods and gain their power to fight?

It's a bit like an unfinished version of Servant Summoning.

In other words, the reason why they were able to harm these monsters was not because of magic or spiritual power, but because of divine power?

Although it is only a trace, it is also divine power.

What on earth is this monster? Can it only be harmed by divine power?

Forget it, let’s think about these later, let’s solve the problem at hand first.

The short-haired boy was still holding on, but he was already covered in wounds and it looked like he couldn't hold on for much longer. Thinking of this, Ai Li slowly closed her eyes and clenched her hands.

If it is a spirit summoning, then you can try it yourself!

With magic power as the source, communicate with the root of the world, entangle the seven days of the three great words, and appear through the wheel of suppression, the guardian of the scales -!

“Bang, bang—!”

Suddenly, at this moment, everything in front of me suddenly became pitch black.

Then, a shining light gradually emerged.

When Ellie opened her eyes again, she found herself sitting on the sofa. Behind the round table in front of her sat an old man in a suit with a bald head, white hair, a long nose like Pinocchio, and round eyes.

The whole room was like a huge elevator with several large doors standing on the side. Above the old man's head, a round clock was spinning rapidly.

"Welcome to the Velvet Room. My name is Igor... nice to meet you. I never expected to meet such a guest. It really went beyond my expectations."

"Where is this place?"

Ai Li glanced around and asked, and the old man chuckled and answered in his slightly hoarse voice.

"This is a place between dreams and reality, between spirit and matter. Originally, this was a room that only people who had completed a 'contract' in some form were qualified to visit... So, your arrival really surprised me."

"I don't remember who I signed the contract with."

Ellie shook her head slightly, but the old man continued without changing his expression.

"But no matter what, from now on, you are the guest of this 'Velvet Room'... You are shouldering a huge destiny that I cannot imagine. I think you will need my help..."

As he spoke, the old man stretched out his hand. As he moved, a ray of light slowly fell like raindrops, and then turned into a card.

It was a strange card, depicting a woman lying down and seven dark figures, with a dark pot-like object on top. Below the card was a large "XI" written on it.

“This is really…”

Looking at the card in front of him, the old man showed a surprised expression, but soon he looked at Ellie again and smiled again.

"Then, my friend, my work is done... Please... go and face your fate."

The surroundings became dark again, however, this time was different from before, Ellie could feel the power responding to her from the realm record tape through the guidance of magic!

She slowly opened her eyes and looked forward. At this moment, she heard a scream and the short-haired boy was knocked aside again. The huge monster waved its arms and pounced on them.

At the same time, Ellie raised her right hand, and as she moved, the tarot cards that the old man had called out before appeared out of thin air and fell into Ellie's hand while spinning.

Then, Ellie crushed it with force.

"Persona!!"

As Ellie called out, icy air swirled and exploded with her as the center. The biting cold turned into snowflakes, covering everything in front of them in white.

Then, a girl in a white robe with a giant bear behind her slowly appeared above Ellie's head.