Volume 2 - CH 447

10-33. The Broken Magatama

(Tokoro POV)

Ouren, Reizen, and Dacia are embedded in the ground.

There is no sign of movement, and it’s doubtful if they are even breathing.

There’s no need to confirm.

I turn on my heel and force the voice of the heavens out of the ground.

He forcefully spews out, and I couldn’t take a defensive stance, experiencing a dull pain.

“…Ouch.”

“I think this much is enough. Let’s run.”

Once again, I lift the voice of the heavens onto my shoulder and try to walk.

But I couldn’t walk.

And then, I heard it.

The sound of bodies rising from the sunken ground.

(Ouren POV)

“Guh… ugh… damn it…!!”

“Are you… okay, Aniki?”

“You truly have high defense… Compared to mine… even when I faced you… this is far worse… 【Dai-chiyu】  …” (Great Heal)

Somehow, I heal my body and stand up.

Hakuryuzen and Kage Orochi have been broken.

But the blade is not shattered…

The guard and scabbard seem unusable, but I can’t just discard my weapons here.

I lightly shake the broken guard of Hakuryuzen.

It doesn’t seem to be a problem for attacking.

I put Kage Orochi, which is dangerous, back into my magic tool bag.

“…A-aniki? I… I didn’t use the substitute skill you know…?”

“Huh?! Seriously? Then why did I…?”

That attack was undoubtedly something that would kill anyone if you were hit once.

Even with my current defense, I wouldn’t be able to avoid a fatal blow without Reizen’s assistance.

But he says he didn’t use his skills.

Crack.

At that moment, the magatama hanging around my neck burst open.

It scatters and falls to the ground.

“…Is it this?”

It was something I received from Irza.

I asked her what kind of magic tool it was, but she didn’t tell me anything.

Maybe it was the right decision not to be told…

At any rate, it seems I was saved.

Clatter, clatter…

Dacia stands up behind me.

After cracking her neck, she cracks her shoulders.

The long sword she had is warped… but it doesn’t seem completely unusable.

“Dacia! You’re safe!”

“I instantly increase my defense. The result was a ’10’. The ten-sided dice came in handy.”

The higher the roll on the dice for stats related to physical abilities, the more effective they become.

It was a complete gamble, but in times like these, the dice provide an answer.

We start from scratch.

We glare at the voice of the earth and immediately activate our skills.

“ 【Ta rensui yari】[ Mizu ryū】 【Kaminari ryū】 【Hi ryū】 【Do ryū】 【 Kaze ryū】  ” (Water Spear volley, Water, Thunder, Fire, Earth, Wind Dragon)

” 【Tachigami】 【Maryoku kyūshū*】 【Torabasami*】” (Mana Absorption, Tiger Trap)

” 【Dice】 【Shunyoku】 【Maken Shūzen*】” (Magic Sword Restoration)

Countless water spears appear, and dragons of the five elements manifest.

The ground moves, setting up various traps, attempting to absorb magic power from the enemy.

Dacia rolls the dice, and the result is 2.

Satisfied with a good roll for a twenty-sided dice, she nodded. At that moment, her long sword returns to its original state, and silver wings gleam.

“Ah, how troublesome… 【Daichi no Mushi】 “

The arm behind her starts moving, and the eight pillars take aim.

The gigantic arm, swinging widely, sweeps away everything as it swings the earth-shattering club made of soil.

But the club flies far away.

Dacia sliced off the part she held with her long sword.

Nonchalantly, she remains on guard while keeping an eye on the surrounding pillars.

Reizen, thinking that he needs to do something about the arm, creates arms with the Land God skill and starts attacking consecutively.

With the trap skill called “Tiger Trap” used on each arm, as his fist lands, sharp-toothed traps bite into the arm.

The power seems considerable, and the arm of the Daichi no Mushi created by the voice of the earth gradually gets worn down.

Dacia and Reizen are somehow managing the arm and pillars.

If that’s the case, I will take care of the two voices with dozens of Multiple Water Spears and five dragon elements.

Using Hakuryuzen to control the dragons and wielding a spear in my other hand.

The number of spears I can perfectly manipulate right now is thirty.

But this time, I’m creating fifty.

We’ll use this as a diversion, with the dragons as the main force…

A large number of spears rain down towards the voices.

Initially, they were all deflected by a single pillar, but I quickly adjusted their trajectory and sent them again and again.

” 【Bakuken】  !”

The voice of the earth uses Explosive Fist towards the pillar.

There was a roaring sound and a blast, but the only thing that was destroyed was the spears.

The water dragon slides across the ground and directs its fangs towards the voice of the earth.

It was about to bite down.

At that moment, the water dragon bursts and scatters a large amount of water around.

The sword of compressed air that the voice of the heavens had is thrown and bursts.

They had seen it being destroyed by Explosive Fist before, so they must have realized that they could still do something about it.

But that’s okay.

The soaked ground is plunged into by the thunder dragon.

Bzzzzzzz!! The lightning runs through the water and strikes the two voices.

“Guuh!!?”

“Ahbh!!”

The voice of the land gets electrocuted, but the voice of the heavens manages to avoid it by floating.

Sealing the voice of the earth is crucial.

It’s more important to chip away her stamina than to quickly defeat the voice of the heavens, who can be defeated easily.

Next, the wind dragon and fire dragon combine and increase the force of the flames to charge forward.

Becoming a tornado of fire, it engulfs the two voices, but since their figures are not visible, it’s unclear if the attack is hitting.

Since it’s an area attack, I think it’s hitting, but even if it hits, they will heal.

The situation is still far from being able to let our guard down.

KABOOOM!

The flames are extinguished by Explosive Fist, and the two unharmed figures emerge from the burning ground.

As expected, it seems this won’t be so straightforward.

“One more attack.”

“Hmph!”

Bam!!

The earth dragon, which was about to devour the voice of the heavens, opens its mouth and attacks, but it seems to have a disadvantage against the voice of the earth, who possesses many earth-related skills.

With just one strike, it is destroyed and turns back into clumps of soil.

” 【 Hakai- 】  … no, this won’t work.”

“Asa. Are we done?”

“Just make sure to keep the energy to run away.”

“Of course.”

With a confident smile, the voice of the earth utters one skill with a gleeful voice.

” 【Tochigami Koroshi】 “ (Land God Slayer)