1972 the 1972th episode



The first place Vichela headed was, of course, the place of adventurers under attack by tentacles.
 In today's underground space, however, many people are acting in small groups, with pink tentacles stretching out of cracks in the space attacking each other.
 If Ray had seen this, he would probably have been a little surprised.
 When Ray fought this tentacle yesterday, he didn't pretend that each tentacle was going in a different direction, he was targeting only one spot with all his tentacles.
 ...however, what Ray saw was a red cloth that had lost its ego, and a man who was trying to escape from the tentacles, and the tentacles had attacked him, so perhaps... it was just a coincidence.
 At any rate, it's not very interesting for Vihela to say that her enemies are dispersed.
 It was also a disadvantage that it took a lot of time to go to each place to help them.
 Still, Vihela does not stop, but first launches an attack on the nearest tentacles.

"Huh!"

 First of all, it's a little bit of research, and instead of doing anything in particular, it's a straightforwardly.
 A fist blow released without creating a magic claw hits the middle of the tentacles that were about to attack the adventurer with a spear, and the tentacles naturally miss their aim and touch the floor.

(Oh, you said you'd skin and bones just by touching it, but nothing special would happen on the floor.)

 Shake your body and move with a momentary surprise at what you see.
 Then the next moment the tip of the tentacles thrusts straight into the vihela, like a shot of an arrow.
 an attack by a different tentacle rather than by a forced diversion of aim
 Vichela avoids such a tentacle blow with just a slight shake.
 ...bold...or perhaps too bold to describe the tentacles that take away the other person's flesh and fluid just by touching them.
 How much courage do you have to have to do to imitate them?
 The rescued adventurer simply admires Vihela's movements.
 Vichela, who avoided the tentacles' attack in a single piece of paper, wields her right hand to the tentacles... not the tip, but the body, as a snake would call it.
 Instead of the fist blow I just mentioned, I created a magic claw on the back of my hand and used it to strike.
 It was originally a magic claw with considerable sharpness, but with considerable resistance, he managed to cut it off halfway.
 The amputated tentacles, too, soon fade into dust, as Ray had heard.

"I see,"

 They look at the magic nails for a moment, but the next moment they move again to avoid the attack of the tentacles and wield the magic nails again.
 Perhaps because it was the second time, I was able to cut off my tentacles more easily than before... ...but I still felt more resistance than Ray, who had been cut off using death-size.

"Once you get used to it, you'll be able to fight quite easily."

 The adventurer was shaking his head silently, muttering Vichela.
 As if to say that only a few people, including Vihela, can do so easily.
 Nevertheless, they didn't say anything because they knew Vihela was helping them and they didn't want to interfere with the fight.
 While the adventurer watches silently, the Battle of Vihela enters a new scene.
 Now that we have seen the effect of the magic nail attack, we will move on to the skill of Vihela, the magic hand.
 It was a tentacle that could be applied to a slim liquid, thereby reducing the sharpness of the knife, but what would happen if it were destroyed from the inside instead of from the outside?
 With that in mind, gently reach out, avoiding the attack of the tentacles.
 Vishela didn't want to touch the liquid on the surface, but there's nothing she can do to check the effectiveness of her hands.
 I'll definitely wash my hands after this battle.
 With this in mind, they gather the magical powers in the body and activate the hands of the magician.

"Huh!"

 With a sharp cry, the hands of the magician, as Vichela had expected... or no, worked better than I had expected.
 The inside of the tentacles burst, and pieces of flesh were scattered about them, but for some reason the impact moved along the tentacles that had not burst and toward the cracks in the space.

"Gyo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!"

 From the rift in the space, a strange cry, or shriek, echoes through the underground space that Vihela has never heard before.
 The tentacles, which stretched out from the rift of the space and each attacked the adventurers and guards, stopped by the screams... but the movements of the tentacles did not allow the adventurers and guards who were fighting to escape from the underground space.
 There is no doubt that this is the best time to escape.
 But why don't you run away...it's not that you don't run away, it's that you can't run away.
 Adventurers and guards are desperately trying to move themselves, but they can' move.
 I couldn't move from the moment I heard the cry... or the scream.
 The only thing that can move is Vihela.
 Of course I can't move as usual, but I would still have been more fortunate than others to move.

(Sett also had this skill, but I wonder if it's the same as that one.)

 The Vihela moves as if it were carrying a lot of weights.
 Towards the end, there is a crack in the space where the previous call was made.
 If the screams that come from a crack in the space stopped everyone's movement, the action would be to cut off the roots.
 In addition, since the hand was more effective against the tentacles than expected, he might have wanted to use the hand directly at the base of the tentacles, rather than at the end of the tentacles.
 However, there was no doubt that this was an act that Vihela could only say was careless.
 If in perfect condition, it could have dealt with any number of tentacles released from the cracks in the space.
 But now the movement is clearly dulled by the cries of the tentacles' Lord, and not quite as usual.
 That's why we have a momentary delay in dealing with tentacles that come out of the cracks in space.
 I always tried to handle the tentacles that had approached me at a perfectly satisfactory speed, but they were still slow.
 ...the unfortunate thing for Vichela was that she was closer to the cracks in the space than she had heard earlier.
 Or, if the situation remained the way it was when you first heard the screams, you might have handled the tentacles well.

"What!"

 The body moves slower than I expected, but I still manage to hit the tentacles with the back of my hand.
 But it's not the kind of movement that Vihela thought she could do, but the kind of movement that she managed to make in time.
 In the current state of Vihela...and fighting at this distance is nothing short of suicide, against such a group of tentacles as the tip of the tentacles could be fatal at the moment if they touch the skin.
 and a great deal of tentacles stretched out of the rift in the space, and they poured straight into Vichela... ...and she would not choose to give up, but would try to wrestle with the tentacles with her present movements...

"Get rid of it, Vihela!"

 Vichela responds semi-reflectively to the shrill cry that echoes through the underground space, which is still audible through the cracks in the space.
 Vihela's feet, which used to be forward and deal with the tentacles, kick the floor and jump back.
 The next moment, something flies and cuts off the tentacles that were about to attack the Vihela in what could be called the space between the Vihela and the tentacles.
 Even Ray's death-size tentacles made him feel a little resistance, but the weapon, which had been extinguished with dozens of tentacles, disappeared the next moment.
 The tentacles... exactly the owner of the tentacles in the rift of space didn't expect their tentacles to be suddenly gathered together and destroyed.
 He did not follow Vichela any further, but stopped screaming that stopped him from moving in the underground space.

"Well, when I came here, I found myself in a more difficult situation than I expected."

 the special ability of the twilight spear that I threw earlier: the ability to come back to my hands.
 Ray mutters as he looks into the underground space, clutching the spear of the twilight that he has used his powers to get back to him.
 The reason why Javis could not be seen carrying him is probably because he left him on the stairs.

"Why are there so many guards here? I think they told me not to go into the underground space as much as possible."

 No one answers Ray's question.
 In the first place, given the size of the underground space, it would be natural to hear Ray's muttering to the adventurers and guards scattered separately.
 Also, Ray didn't mutter to get a clear answer from anyone.


"At any rate, what is the matter?"
"Be careful! The closer you get to the rift in this space, the slower you move!"

 Vihela, saved by a twilight spear, screams as she approaches Ray.
 However, approaching doesn't mean running toward Ray.
 I think it's because you understand that if you do that, you'll be targeted from behind.
 Therefore, it retreats little by little, looking at the cracks in the space.
 I don't know if the alarm worked, or if it was simply because of the hurt of the blow received by the spear in the twilight, but no new tentacles were released from the crack of space towards Vihela.

"All right, then, be careful not to get hurt and come down here."

 Ray responds to Vihela without any particular agitation.
 For Ray, who has the means of a long-range attack, the closer he gets, the stronger the effectiveness becomes, the less threatening it is.

"...but the spear of twilight is a little too much."

 Just because Ray had it in his hand, or because Vihela thought it was dangerous, he threw a spear in the twilight, but the opponent was on the other side of the gap in space.
 The spear in the twilight has the ability to return to Ray's hands at his will, but it is not known whether it will return to Ray's hands if it attacks him beyond the cracks of space... that is, if he attacks an existence in a different dimension from the world in which he is now.
 Then it was only natural to use spears other than those in twilight.
 The mystery ring is full of broken spears, which I had been replenishing after I got them, by the time I got them.
 In that case, as long as the spear was originally obtained for disposable use, there is no problem if it was thrown into a crack in the space.When he decides to do so, he puts the twilight spear in a mistling, and takes out a disposable spear instead.
 Perhaps in response to Ray's movement, the tentacles extending from the cleft of the space gather so that they can move immediately.
 And... who in the world moved first?
 Did Ray throw his spear first, or did the tentacles rush toward him at the same time?
 The consequences of the action, perhaps almost simultaneously, appear between the rift in space and Ray.
 The tentacles move faster, but the speed of Ray's throwing spears is even faster.
 The spear collides with the tentacles quite close to a crack in space, but the spear was originally a broken spear, a spear in twilight... let alone a famous spear.
 Although the tentacles were slightly damaged, the impact completely breaks the tip of the spear.
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