Working With Phantoms

Harsh Input, Harmful Output

Madran then heard what sounded like a Startle, with her looking over at Yorick to see that he had the effects of Rosana's signature spell.

"Oh, uh, thanks to Excite! Ok, do your thing!"

Yorick then knocked the Scathachs over with a Heat Wave, with them quickly disappearing behind Madran.

"Hah! Eat my-"

"On your flank, Fwoosh!"

Madran spotted a Scathach prepping another attack next to her, only for it to fall over due to being petrified.

"Oh, thank you, Beauty!"

"No problem!"

Suga and Sheila had pulled up next to Madran and Chicory.

"We're about halfway there, so keep focused, you two!"

"Gotcha. This is pretty fun, to be honest."

"Yeah, I agree."

Madran then looked ahead to see a handful of Belphegors standing in the way, with Madran quickly taking them down with a few Explosions in order to clear the path. Then, after taking a few turns down the hall, Madran spotted an Alilat floating from side to side but keeping up with them.

"Ok, everyone, heads up! We have a slight problem here!"

The Alilat then attacked with a Megidola, which Madran managed to avoid before retaliating with an Explosion, which the shadow avoided.

"Crap! Hey, my Alilat, go!"

Madran then brought forth her Alilat, who slowed the opposing shadow down with a Debilitate. After that, Suga and Sheila battered the enemy with a Glimmer Gust, with Rosana finally stopping the shadow in her tracks with a Petrifying Gaze.

"Ok, nice job, everyone! Let's keep going. We're almost there!"

The group then sped ahead as Madran spotted a Guedhe with a few Thunderbirds. The Guedhe appeared to be floating on his cane, whilst the Thunderbirds simply levitated.

"Guys, heads up! Here comes probably our last obstacle!"

Madran and Chicory then sniped one of the Thunderbirds down as the Guedhe began to attack with a variety of curse spells that created massive pillars of dark energy that Madran had to avoid. As the group took a turn, Madran and Chicory took down the next Thunderbird with another fusion spell as Sheila attacked the Guedhe with a Kougaon, which slowed him.

"Nice hit, Beauty!"

"Thank you. Prithivi, keep it up!"

Madran watched as Prithivi precariously danced around between the gaps on the vehicle she was on as she battered the shadow with more attacks. Then, once Rosana took the other two Thunderbirds down with another Petrifying Gaze, Persephone knocked the Guedhe into a wall with a Twister and finished him off with a Hell Butcher between her, Dharma, and Yorick.

"Outstanding job, team! We've made it to the other end, by the way."

Madran then saw the exit and stopped her vehicle, with everyone else doing the same and getting out.

"Ok, are we all doing well? Any injuries that need healing? Anyone?"

Madran looked around to see that everyone was fine and nodded.

"Well, I don't know where to put these things, so..."

Madran began to scan once more as Suga stretched and de-summoned Persephone. Then, after everyone else did the same, Madran concluded her analysis of the area.

"So, we can park these in here!"

Dharma then tapped the wall next to Madran, with a door forming and opening up. Then, everyone took their vehicles into what seemed to be another space like the one they had got the mobile circles from before their daring adventure down the hall.

"Um... Fwoosh, are we just supposed to leave these here?"

"No, that's not the case."

Madran then looked over to see Philemon, Maya, and Elia standing in a corner of the room.

"Oh mom- I mean, Jury!"

"Yep. We made it here, and we've also found out what to do with those odd vehicles. Come, check this stuff out."

Madran's team then joined back with Philemon's group as they approached a large cubby big enough to fit one of the circles.

"So, once we put those bad boys in, they get registered. We managed to obtain keycards as well, so they work like a charm."

Madran then scanned her card and put her and Chicory's vehicle into the storage unit, with it vanishing and a screen that read "REGISTERED" in large blue letters popping up. Suga, Sheila, and Rosana also did the same.

"So, did you guys pair up?"

"Yep. Rumor and I buddied, and Butterfly went alone. It was pretty fun, kinda like those games I liked to play with my brother back when I was younger."

"That's cool. I finally got to try out my newest shadow, Alilat, and she surprisingly has Debilitate."

"That's quite useful. Well, Butterfly created a Velvet Room link while we weren't looking, so let's get back home, ok?"

"Ok. Good work today, team! Uh, dismissed...?"

"Yep, you got it right. See ya."

The group then went back into the Velvet Room and dispersed, leaving behind the incredibly fun circle racing for the day.

END OF CHAPTER 123

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That's all for this chapter! If any of you know how Okumura's palace goes in the P5 game, then rejoice, because I'm scrapping that. I can't wait to show more of my new idea! I hope that you all enjoyed. I'll see all of you guys next time. Bye!