The tentacles threw me straight into the teleportation magic circle,
so fast that neither Master nor I, as Transcendents, could react in time.

Crackle.
[The Gate expands to consume divine power….]

…A barrier!?

To make matters worse, a barrier formed around the magic circle.
It was solid, clearly designed to keep everyone but me out.

The moment I saw it, I gave up on being rescued.

Grind.

…Looks like I’ll have to handle the boss fight alone.

It reminded me of that A+ Gate from the day Alice and Solip were filming the eye drop commercial.
…