CH 447

“! Eagle-san, over here!”

“Oh! ‘Heavy Slash’!”

“Hahahahaha! That was light!”

After recovering my magic power, I move in a circle to support Eagle-san while I search for the secret of Kemuda’s skill. But it’s like stopping is all we can do to this guy who seems to be growing inexhaustibly stronger.

“How about at close range!”

I attacked Kemuda, who was guarding Eagle-san’s attack, with Dragon Fang. How about a feint from a blind spot ……!

“It seems like you’re using your head, so you’re not a wizard for nothing? But!”

“Damn, that didn’t work either! Uwah ……!?”

He grabbed my sword with his bare hands and threw it down with all his might! As I regained my position with levitation, I saw Eagle-san’s greatsword catching Kemuda’s side from the edge of my vision.

“Take this!”

“Kuh …… Still resisting, huh!”

“Uoooh!?”

So close ……! He was hit by the hilt of Kemuda’s lance just before he hit into the base, and Eagle-san fell to one knee. But the damage seems to have been done as the blood flowed from the current blow.

“Die!”

“Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten about me!”

“Kid!”

“!”

For the umpteenth time, a metallic sound echoed.

I’ve enhanced my strength so that I can handle the lance with one hand while attacking with magic with my left hand. What is this guy’s weakness ……!

“Kuh!?”

“What’s the matter, your movements are getting slower? The next one will pierce your heart, that way you won’t even be able to use recovery magic.”

I tried to avoid it, but the lance grazed my cheek, and blood spurted out.

“Not yet!”

“Uhn ……!?”

But I didn’t back down, I swung my Sargeblade from the air and sliced through his chest from his left shoulder. Kemuda’s breastplate was split in half, leaving a faint scar on his chest plate.

I was going to cut him up with a return sword, but at that moment he kicked me and I was blown backwards.

“Fuh …… Even I’m surprised to see you go this far. To be honest, I thought I could overrun you all by myself.”

“…… I have taken down the Aiatsubus myself, so I’ll let do this much at least.”

Waving his lance to shake off the blood, Kemuda licked his left thumb and narrowed his eyes. He was shocked to see that even his armor was destroyed.

“‘We don’t have time for chatter!”

“It doesn’t matter how many times a small fry comes!”

“This guy …… he still has this much power ……!”

Eagle-san attacked again, and was surprised when he was easily caught. However, he was too quick to attack from any angle, so Kemuda was unable to make a move on him easily. I was just about to go support him when I noticed something strange.

“…… Hm? Didn’t he suck my blood into his left shoulder just now? He won’t absorb it this time?”

I thought he was getting stronger by absorbing the blood, but is it not ……?

“Fufu …… Fuhahahahaha …… I got you.”

“Gunu, let go!”

“Oh no!”

Kemuda laughs as he captures Eagle-san’s head. Even from my position, I heard a disgusting sound and ran to help him.

“Stop!”

“Kuku …… I’m going to break your neck.”

At that moment, I didn’t miss the dull glow of the lance in his right hand. And it began to absorb the blood that splattered from the wounds I and Eagle-san had inflicted.

“So that’s it ……! ! [Simple Appraisal]”

“You’re still doing this magic!?”

I threw a high-speed fire lance at Eagle-san’s left hand, which grabbed him, and in a panic, he threw Eagle-san away to avoid it. I thought he would regenerate like the Aiatsubus, but I guess that’s not the case.

Anyway, I did a simple appraisal and unfortunately, I couldn’t access it.

It’s partly because my abilities are low, but this is the first time I’ve been unable to access a tool. Perhaps this guy’s skill is–

“…… So it’s not the blood from the wound that’s absorbing the power with [Greed], but the lance that’s taking in the magic of the surrounding humans, animals, and air to strengthen yourself, right? I was looking at it as it looks something similar to the Aiatsubus’, but I never thought the blood absorption was fake.”

“…… You noticed. You really seem to be able to use your head, don’t you? It seems that you are not lying when you say that you have defeated the Aiatsubus. However, it is a little, different from your prediction. I can absorb magic power from anything I grab with my right hand, you know. I can do it with just a piece of stick, you know?”

I see, so that’s the kind of skill it is. But in terms of using the arm, it’s the same as Aiatsubus.

In that case, there is one more thing I’m curious about, but now that I know what it does, I thought that I should quickly end it, so I called out to Eagle-san at once.

“Eagle-san, our target is that Lance only! We’re to going aim at one point only.”

“Alright. I was hoping to leave some energy left, but it looks like that’s not going to happen.”

He spits on the ground and took a forward-leaning stance with his greatsword on his shoulder. I half-armed the Sargeblade and ran out immediately!

“Haaaaaaaaaahhhhh!”

“Ooohhhhhhhhhh!”

“You’re just going to charge in at the end? Don’t think you can beat me, enhanced as I am!”

Of course, that wasn’t the end of us.

“.”

“What ……! If you shoot that at such close range, you guys won’t be safe either! Piercing Spear Fang!”

“Heavy Slasher!”

“Damn you, knight ……! Are you planning to die?”

“No, I’m not ……! How about this!”

“My feet ……!? Oh no, I have to stop the kid–“

As soon as Eagle-san repelled Kemuda’s technique, he stabbed Kemuda’s leg with his greatsword, sealing his movement. He thrusts his spear at me, but right after that, I disappear with my transfer magic. 

“What!?”

“!”

“Gyaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?”

I went out over his head and unleashed a Dragonic Blaze at the right half of his body. It swallowed his right arm as the dragon’s jaws bit into it.

“Ughuaaahhhhhh ……”

Kemuda dropped his lance and fell to his knees. I landed on the ground to finish him off, and from his kneeling position, his bloodshot eyes bored into me!

“You little bastard! Even with my bare hands, I can suck the magic power out of you with [Greed]! Dry up ……!”

“You can still move, you’re just as stubborn as Aiatsubus! Sephiro!”

“!!”

“W-What …… the hell!?”

Kemuda’s hand extended.

Just as he was about to reach me with one fist, Sephiro came out of my pocket and stopped him.

“Don’t tell me, is this a Treant ……? But a sapling like this–“

“!”

Kemuda changes his target to Sephiro and tries to grab him. But then Sephiro’s body glows and the branch becomes a glowing blade.

“Nonsense …… my right arm is ……”

When Sephiro swung the blade down, his right arm was cut in half up to his shoulder, like a fish opening. And then Sephiro pierced Kemuda’s left chest.

“You …… can’t be, are you Sephiroth’s–“

After muttering this, Kemuda stopped moving. The blood that was slowly spreading on the ground announced the end.

“Fuh …… It seems that you couldn’t predict the part about Sephiro.”

“♪”

“You beat him. I’ve been training hard, but he was a tough opponent. I guess I still have a long way to go.”

“These guys are a bit special, so it’s hard to say. He’s probably not dead yet, so Eagle-san, can you take him into custody and monitor him for me?”

“What will you do, Lars-kun?”

“Of course, I will–“

I turn my attention to Makina and Fath-san, who are fighting at a distance.

“She’s next.”

“Be careful.”

I nodded to Eagle-san’s words and drank a magic recovery potion while flying using levitation.

That’s one.

If my prediction is correct, the ten Chief Priests must still be a mystery …… so I put Sephiro in my pocket and made up a surprise attack from above.