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[X] Try to protect Reisen.

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"Your Outsider weapons won't work on me," says the stranger as he raises his weapon. "Not in my territory."

Suddenly, he pierces the trident deep into the earth. The ground rumbles as a terrible crimson energy engulfs the whole area. A single, blinding red flash fills the Forest of Magic, and in the next moment, they find themselves standing in the same clearing, but the whole place is tinted with the sick color of blood.

"I'll start with the rabbit girl," whispers the stranger. "I'm a monster, after all."

He licks his lips as he turns around to face the lunarian. Before Grimnír can react, the stranger raises his weapon toward the woods behind him. Several runic circles begin materializing around the stranger. Countless black spears begin to form around the glowing command runes. For a moment, the stranger hesitates.

"Welcome to my Scarlet Paradise," he whispers.

Suddenly, the black spears vanish, leaving the stranger standing alone with the trident. The sky begins to grow dark as they watch. Then, thousands of spears start falling from the heavens. The cursed weapons tear the forest apart as they crash into the trees.

Then, a single white speck begins to fly out of the chaotic black and red. Reisen barely dodges the swift projectiles that easily destroyed a section of the Forest of Magic. She manages to weave in and out of the barrage completely unscathed. All throughout the attack, she manages to maintain the device pointed at the stranger. Grimnír sighs in relief.

"Impressive," says the stranger. "Fast little rabbit, isn't she? I wonder how fast she can outrun a true predator..."

The stranger raises his trident high into the air before thrusting it deep into the earth. The forest rumbles again with the impact. Then, dark shadows begin seeping out of the crack in the ground. Slowly, they begin to take the form of red-eyed wolf-beasts.

"Tear her apart," whispers the stranger.