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A sword being thrust toward me.
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I keep catching the tip of the sword with my eyes as it approaches me.
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I've been trying to move my body with my magical power, but it seems to be moving very slowly.
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I try to move my body as fast as I can, but I can't move at all.
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It must be the effect of the ring's charm.
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As far as I could see, there was no magic circle on the ring, so it might have been made in the labyrinth.
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I thought about such things as I watched the attack coming every moment.
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"Kyu!"
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And just as the attack was about to reach me, I was covered.
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It was a Valkyrie.
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A Valkyrie with bright red fur bursts into the room and rushes toward the men with swords outstretched.
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The Valkyrie's body had been strengthened by [Physical Reinforcement], and the man she hit was sent flying away.
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"Well done, Valkyrie!
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Apparently, the ring's effect does not extend to the mouth.
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Though his limbs and torso are immobile, he is able to speak.
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With the help of the Valkyrie, he is saved from a critical situation.
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Taking advantage of this small window of opportunity, they launch a counterattack.
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"It's disguise, Norn!"
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Norn reacts to my words.
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But it is not the fresh-blooded Norn who is protecting Mitya.
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It is the Norn that I still hold in my hand.
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I spoke to him.
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The Norn reacts to my words.
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The sword Norn is formed from my blood, which is itself Norn.
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It is the original red sword now.
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But I could change its shape.
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Using this property, the sword in his hand begins to change.
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From the shape of a sword to that of armor.
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And the armor covered my body.
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It's a disguise.
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It's a kind of magic that temporarily covers my entire body with blood armor.
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It would simply increase my defense, but that's not the point now.
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The blood armor enveloped my whole body, and the armor itself moved by the will of Norn.
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......Good.
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It seems that my body is not forced to stay in place, just that I can no longer move it of my own will.
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If that were the case, my whole body might have made a cracking sound when the armor started to move, but it didn't.
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Though he cannot move of his own will yet, he is able to cope with his opponent's movements by having his armor move for him.
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"Go for that man, Norn. Do something about the ring."
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Even now the Valkyries are fighting the other men.
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Thankful for this, I instruct Norn not to head that way, but to go for the man with the magic ring a little further away.
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As soon as he hears the voice, his armor starts to move.
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I have been experimenting with this armor disguise for a while now, but this is the first time I've used it in a real battle.
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It felt quite strange since my body was not moving at all, but I let Norn take care of it and surrender myself to him.
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"Shit. How can you move?
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The other party shouted when he saw me suddenly start to move wearing bright red armor.
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Perhaps he had absolute faith in the power of the ring.
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Perhaps he did not expect me to start moving, or perhaps he was completely late in dealing with me.
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The man who reacted one step late to my approach still attacked me.
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Once again, he raised his whole body's magical power, stepped forward sharply, and thrust.
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Norn does not avoid the attack at all, but rushes straight into it.
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Even though he is armored, how can he take a thrust as it is?
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Thinking so, I took charge of the defense.
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I can't move my body yet.
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But it seems that he can control his magic just as he can control his mouth.
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I let my magic flow as I watch my opponent's attack.
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The thrust is aimed at my left chest, where my heart is located.
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He seems to have mastered swordsmanship in spite of taking hostages and using a magic ring, and he maneuvered his sword precisely to strike me in the vital spot without wavering.
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But it was also easy to see his aim.
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He concentrates all the magic power of his body on the left breast surface of his armor to prevent the sword from being thrust toward his heart, and concentrates it on a single point to increase his defense.
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The sword and the armor collide with each other with a clanging sound.
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The opponent must have thought that his attack would be successful because his whole body power had been enhanced by his magic power.
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But my defense won out.
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I had no wounds at all, thanks to the extreme protection I had built up only where the tip of my sword hit.
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Meanwhile, Norn kept moving my body with my armor.
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My opponent's thrusts were unsuccessful, leaving him in a state of limbo.
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Then Norn clenched his fist and struck me.
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His fist with a strong back slammed into his opponent's face and blew him away.
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Not yet. Break the ring!
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The blasted opponent hits a nearby battered building.
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The blow catches him in the face so good that it shakes his brain.
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He tries to get up, but his hand on the ground is not strong enough, and his arm is crumpling down.
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However, my body is still motionless in spite of such a state.
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It seems that I can't recover just by inflicting a wound on my opponent.
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Does the effect of the ring disappear after a certain period of time, or does it disappear when the opponent's magic power ceases?
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I don't know how it works.
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But I chose to destroy it for the quickest solution.
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It seems a bit wasteful, but I order Norn to destroy it.
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With these words of mine, Norn approaches the man who has collapsed and is unable to get up, and steps down on him.
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A cracking sound is heard and the ring is broken.
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Thank God!
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The effect seems to have been properly dissipated with the breaking of the ring.
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My body instantly regained its motion, as if my previous condition had been a lie.
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I continued to move my legs as if to check my condition.
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I moved my right leg wide and kicked him in the jaw.
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I'm all right.
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I was able to move my legs exactly as I wanted to move them.
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Seeing the opponent silenced by the kick, I could confirm again that my body is back to normal.
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He checks his opponent who has been silenced by the kick to the jaw and then looks backward.
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There stood Norn, a fresh-blooded soldier in armor, together with Valkyrie.
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It seemed that Norn, who had hidden Mitya in a safe place, had entered the battle and had already defeated many others.
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But there are still some of them left and they are fighting.
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Seeing this, I headed that way too.
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