CH 372

“Basleigh-sensei!”

Aiatsubus runs out ahead of me, aiming for Basleigh-sensei. I immediately chased after her, but she was a step faster than me because she had focused her aim. Basleigh-sensei took up the golden hammer in a counterattack stance and attacked the arm with a full swing.

“If I break one of your arms, I’m sure you’ll regret it! [Fatal wound]!”

“Kuku …… Isn’t that skill a bit [Unstable]?”

“Mu ……!”

Aiatsubus thrusts her left hand towards the golden hammer. I thought that there was no way she could stop a full swinging hammer with her bare hands, and also a weapon that has [Fatal wound] activated, but Aiatsubus caught the hammer. After unleashing her skill, Basleigh-sensei narrowed her eyes and tried to quickly get out of the way, but–

“Ah, isn’t your foot [Unstable]?”

“Wawa!?”

“…… kuku …… Now, die.”

“I won’t let you!”

A dagger was swung down on the head of Basleigh-sensei, who was panicking because she was about to fall in a place from nothing, and I cut it from the side, aiming at the flank of Aiatsubus.

“Oops …… Your foot is [Unstable] too.”

“What!?”

Aiatsubus points her left hand to the ground while avoiding my sword, and when she said that, the strength below my knee suddenly loses. Even so, and while twisting in the direction you avoided, you unleash your magic. 

“”

“Kuku, the magic power is [Unstable], you know?”

“The magic dispersed?”

I was astonished to see the water jail disappear with a splash as it rolled around. What kind of skills does she have!?

“Now, now, It’s amazing you managed to shoot magic from that position. But now that I’ve activated [Unstable], you can’t get close to me, you know?”

“Are you alright, Lars-kun?”

“Yeah, thank you, Teacher. It’s troublesome that I can’t figure out what it does …… It’s like magic, but it doesn’t trigger auto-protection, so it’s not recognized as an attack.”

Aiatsubus smiles at us as she plays with her dagger. It’s as if she’s telling us that we can’t see through her expression of composure.

“…… [Simple Appraisal]”

Even if I mutter it quietly.

“Aiatsubus”

That was the only thing I could see. Even with a simple appraisal, it should show something like she’s a member of the Gospel’s Descent, but even that does not, huh.

Basleigh-sensei scratched and scratched, and it looked like she’s joking around, but she’s quite strong. 

“I totally have no idea! Tell me what that skill is!”

“She’s definitely not going to answer, you know!?”

“It’s fine, though? My [Unstable], as the name suggests, is a skill that acts on actions, objects, and the mind. Anything that this left hand touches or is directed at …… Its activation conditions are so varied that it is impossible to foresee!”

She answered normally …… Is she absolutely confident or just an idiot …… She smells the same as Basleigh-sensei, but from the way she moves, she’s strong enough to live up to her title as a Chief Priest.

“Come on, let me play some more!”

“Basleigh-sensei, stand back!”

“Yes, sir! Stacora!”

I’m grateful that she’s not left stubborn at such times, so I looked sideways at Basleigh-sensei, who is standing back, and I shot my magic at the approaching Aiatsubus.

“.”

“I’m not going to be hit by such Elementary magic!”

“I’m sure that’s true, how about this then?”

I used my levitation to fly up into the air and unleash my Hydro Stream on Aiatsubus, who dodged my Fire Arrow and charged at me. 

“I see, so you’ll fly! As I expected, since you’re trying to learn transfer magic! But your magic is [Unstable], and!”

“So you can erase this too ……!? What!?”

The next moment, a Qliphoth grows out of the ground and starts to grow. She grabbed onto its trunk, grabbed her dagger and pounced on it!

“Ahahahahaha!”

“Fall!”

Aiatsubus jumped on me as I was flying. It was definitely me who had the advantage, and I evaded the assault and swung my sword down on her back. I used fireball to burn the Qliphoth that she used as foothold.

“Gah ……!? Ku, kuku …… I caught you …… Ahhh, aren’t ‘you’ [Unstable].”

“A-Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!?”

The moment I slammed my sword down, she grabbed my wrist. Immediately afterwards, my heart rumbled, my concentration wavered, and I fell to the ground. I feel, sick …… It’s noisy ……! But I understand the secret of the skill a little better now, I think ……

“Fuh …… That was quite strong …… If it wasn’t me, it would have been over. Now, it’s a godsend that I can deal with you here since you’re someone as strong as Dibit …… The Lord Founder will be pleased too ……! Special bonus …… Get!”

Kuh …… the headache, I can’t stop the nausea …… the dagger that’s being swung down seems to be in slow motion. I’m wearing auto-protection, but this thing can break it. I raised my arm to guard it somehow, and the dagger went deep–

“Dosseiiiiiiiiii!”

“Gyaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?”

— It didn’t hit me, and Aiatsubus is hit by Radia and was blown away greatly.

“Garrooooooun.”

“T-Thank you for your help, Radia, Dr. Basleigh …….”

“Thanks to Sephiro-kun, the number of Qliphoths has been greatly reduced, so Radia-san was able to come here too! We’re not the only one here, of course! Mu!?”

“Ahahahaha! Interfering me like that ……!”

Aiatsubus is approaching Basleigh-sensei who is standing behind Radia with a crazy smile and shouting loudly. I quickly held up her hammer, but she was unable to reach Basleigh-sensei and was forced to retreat again.

“‘Lars!”

“Machina! So you caught up to us ……!”

It was Makina who stood in front of me as I blew away Aiatsubus and fell to my knees. And soon after, Fath-san and Dibit-san appeared.

“What’s wrong? This is not like you.”

“Disappear with the dust . Your concentration is really weakened …… Is it her doing?”

When I nodded silently to Dibit-san, who burned up the Qliphoth with the strongest magic of the fire magic easily, Aiatsubus got up and laughed at us.

“Ahahahahaha! I guess we’re all here! The numbers of the Qliphoths decreased? Then let’s get some more!”

She threw the seeds in front of us, and just like before, all the Qliphoths came out at once, shaking their branches and attacking us.

“What a nuisance!”

“Lars, can you move?”

“A little ……!”

“All right! Master, take care of Lars!”

“Take it easy! Seiyah!”

Makina called out to Fath-san and slammed her fist into the Qliphoth looming in front of her. At that moment, the Qliphoth shattered, and a shockwave slammed into the Aiatubus, who was about to make a surprise attack from the shadows.

“Gufu!?”

“You’re the mastermind, aren’t you? I’m going to beat the shit out of you instead of Lars, who doesn’t give his all to girls.”

“Ahaha ……♪”

In the second round, Makina ended up confronting her. But before that, I have to tell Makina about the [Unstable] ……!

What a strong Aiatsubus!

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“She’s good …… I think I’ve figured out what the skill is.”

All Chief Priests have these troublesome abilities!