Volume 2 - CH 371

9-5. The Familiar Shadow

The enemy receiving Uchikage’s attack and the enemy standing up normally after receiving Yurie’s blow.

No one can match that speed, and anyone who stands up unscathed from that state is unbelievably tough.

Is it possible for a magician to be so nonchalant after being hit by a physical attack?

They did not answer any of our questions.

It would have been easier if they had told us at least a little bit.

Well, I guess there are no assassins who talk about themselves.

I wonder if they are assassins, though, since they attacked us in broad daylight.

“Houen.”

“I know …… now I can only fight with ordinary spearmanship. If I use my skills, this place will burn down. …… Even Ouren’s skills are all huge stuff.”

“There are water bullets, but the visitors haven’t escaped yet. ……”

For now, I’m holding up my Kageorochi and Houen is just holding up his spear to observe what’s going on.

I thought a quick attack would end it, but this …… is not good.

The fact that Alena’s heavy weight isn’t working in the first place is a weird situation in itself.

In addition, the other robed figure in the rear.

He hasn’t moved a single step yet.

Not knowing what kind of skills the other party has, I don’t want to make a bad move, but …….

At this point, there is no way out of this situation.

I set my sights on the enemy in the rear.

I’m going to use a variation of Tenwari with Kageorochi.

It’s less powerful, and whether or not it hits depends on my skill, but as long as the opponent isn’t moving, the probability goes up.

If he is the one who is stopping Alena’s heavy weight, I want to get rid of him as soon as possible!

“[Tenwari]! Thrust version!”

With a small step, I unleash Tenwari.

The attack goes toward the enemy.

The robed figure, realizing that he was being attacked, raised his arm heavily and muttered a skill.

“[AIR SHIELD].”

Suddenly, three air shields were deployed around him.

The three shields were white in color, which was quite obvious.

Three of them moved in front of him, blocking my Tenwari.

One cracked, and another one got cracked, and then it completely lost its power and disappeared.

It seems Kageorochi is still not powerful enough.

“He has defensive skills! And it’s a deployable type!”

“Thanks for the information, Ouren-san! Jigal-kun! Lead the evacuation!”

“I’m on it!”

“Good!”

Alena, whose skills did not work, was working with Jigal to evacuate those who could not move quickly or were injured.

Alena is not used to this kind of thing, so she manages to do it under Jigal’s direction.

There would be no problem leaving the others in charge of the area.

If possible, I wanted to push them out with an attack now …….

It seems they won’t let me do it that easily.

Besides, the person who I attacked just now has the skill to deploy a shield.

If the situation became dangerous, there was a possibility that he would immediately deploy his shield in front of his companions.

I wanted to finish him off first if possible.

“……”

“This guy is …… tough ……!”

Uchikage’s side seemed to be in a tight battle.

If he can’t finish the job with a single shot, that means the opponent is quite or really strong.

Just as before, none of his attacks weren’t able to reach the enemy.

Thanks to Uchikage, we can focus on shield skill holders and the magicians.

“Houen, you are in charge of guiding the evacuation.”

“That’s fine! And sorry, I’m counting on you!”

Houen’s skills may cause more damage, so I’ll have him leave as soon as possible.

While Uchikage is dealing with the dual sword user, I, Yurie and Roze will take out the shield skill holder and the magician.

Thanks to Alena and Jigal moving quickly, the visitors are almost gone.

With this, I can use my skills.

But that magician is a nuisance.

There is a high possibility that my magic skills will be cancelled out.

That meant we would have to fight in close combat. ……

“Though I’m not very good at melee …….”

I have an automatic skill called defensive penetration.

No matter what kind of defense they have. I can inflict damage.

I have already confirmed this with Reizen.

But first, I have to tell them …….

I’d like to try using the skills I’ve acquired in my evolution!

“Cover your ears!”

Everyone who responded to my words covered their ears, keeping their distance from the enemy.

I stepped into the room and took a deep breath without checking it.

“[Roar]!  ─!”

Although a voice should have been uttered, it was a muffled sound that could not be heard by the human ear.

But those who heard the voice were struck with a thump in their bodies.

It is the same kind of shock that one feels in the pit of one’s stomach when one hears a big drum.

And then, their bodies stop moving.

Their fingertips can move, but no other parts of their bodies are able to move at all.

The three enemies could not hide their surprise at this occurrence, but this was an opportunity.

“Good! Yurie! Throw me to them!”

“Finally!”

“Ehh”

What an instant reply just from the guy who told her to throw him..

Aren’t you being too ruthless?

I don’t know if my legs can get to them fast enough, you know?

It’s also true that I didn’t know when this skill would be deactivated, so I wanted to quickly decide the match.

I think about such things as I am being thrown away, but for now, I dispel the thought and stare at the enemy.

I look at the momentum of being sent flying and the timing of hitting my opponent. ……

”[Wave Fist]!”

First, I hit the nearby sorcerer.

“Goeeh,……!”

“TAKE THAT F*&*er!”

The impact was doubled and the sound of bones shattering was clearly heard, followed by the pudgy sound of something crushing inside.

It wasn’t a pleasant sound, but the magician fell to the ground, vomiting blood profusely.

Uchikage also seemed to notice that his opponent was acting strangely, so he stepped forward at once and dug his claws into his opponent.

The force of his attack was powerful.

His muscles bulged and his claws cracked a little from his clenched fist, making a squeezing sound.

Gritting his teeth, he swung the claw with all his might, with all due respect to the warrior who was able to endure so much.

“Zeii! Yaaaah!”

“Gagh!”

BHAM! Bham! Bham!

The blown out body continued to smash through the walls, and although it finally lost its momentum at the eighth building, it was strong enough to dent the walls of the ninth building significantly.

To anyone who could see it, that would be enough to understand that the enemy was dead.

All I could hear was the sound, and now I went to finish off the shield skill holders nearby.

The effect of the roar still seemed to be working, so I went on to try to use my Wave Fist to perform the Internal Shock on my opponent.

However, the effect seemed to wear off at that point.

BHAN! BHABHABAN!

The enemy deflected the full force of the Internal Shock with his rear fist, and twisted his body, which had dropped to just below the ground, to perform a leg sweep.

“Ugh!”

I fell because I couldn’t keep up with the instant movement and tried to get up immediately, but the enemy’s attack was faster than that,…….

“[Explosive Fist]!”

“Explo-?!”

Boom!

A sharp impact pierces through my abdomen.

Though not actually penetrated, all the air in my lungs was pushed out, and the heat from the explosion hit me this time.

“Ouren-sama!”

“Ouren!!”

I heard a voice calling me from afar, but the current blow was more than enough to blow my consciousness away.

However, the blast exposed his face a little.

He was still wearing a mask, so I couldn’t see his true face, but his sad eyes and short black hair were all too familiar.

In my fading consciousness, I have to ask myself a question.

(Reizen? Why ……?)

With that, my consciousness faded into darkness.