Chapter 69 - The Duel
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"What Miss Holy Ghost, I'm just an undead now."
Miss Shermonster patted her grey dress and then picked up the bow that I had just used as an offering.
"Eh~ Did you use this bow as a medium to summon me out? It's a good thing I've been using it long enough, or you might have summoned the last snow elf that used this bow."
"Really?... that only means I'm lucky. Well, let's stop chatting for now... it's a big crisis in the Aether Empire... unless we kill that guy, the Aether Empire is going to be in trouble."
As I said that I pointed to the nearby Sesshoumaru who was hanging in the air wrapped in a spell.
"Oh, he's not from our empire ah, what's happening ah?"
"Simply put, this unknown man who was dying of some disease wanted to prove that he could summon the strongest ghosts, and then he came here, a place with a passage to the Abyss. But he has companions, as seen before."
Naturally, I'm talking about the merchant I met before.
"Because they said that they could summon the strongest ghost as a help... so... the people of the Rosend Empire financed all the props for summoning ghosts... also Including covering up my arrival to the Aether Empire. Right now their army is gathering inside the forest in the east... they'll probably attack when they see the success of the summoning..."
"It's true, that one called the Rosend Empire is eyeing the Aether Empire. But that's not a problem we're going to dwell on, before Princess Xue'er said that the imperial army was gathering towards the capital, so naturally it should be fine when the time comes... Right, this isn't the time to talk about that. Saito, hurry up and tell me exactly how to remove the spell charm from your body."
"Mas. Break!"
Saito hadn't said anything yet, but Miss Shermonster, who was next to him, took out another bow straight away, and after pulling it out, three vertical scratches and three horizontal scratches overlapped at the top of the bow and arrow, and then shot out violently at Saito!
In an instant, the spell on Saito's body went straight to ashes and smoke!
"Goodness, Miss Shermonster you actually know the Yin-Yang technique?"
"That ah... a seemingly enthusiastic uncle taught me~ He said that girls are dangerous out there, so just use this skill if you meet something unclean."
Hey hey hey, what do you creatures inside the abyss usually do? If you really want to talk about it, you're all dirty things, right? Are you sure you're okay with this?
And....
"By the way...is the guy who taught you a full body crimson? The Resistance?"
"Eh? Do you know The Resistance too?"
"I knew it..."
The Resistance would probably cry to death if he knew that the reason why his spell was broken was because he taught a young girl the art of Yin and Yang.
But now wasn't the time to continue chatting, so I came directly in front of Saito with a flash.
"Well, do you have any last words?"
"Take care of my daughter!"
"Huh? Are you kidding me?"
"Yes, I'm just teasing you."
The corner of my mouth twitched.
"You know I hate anything bloody and violent."
"Are you saying you're not going to kill me? Kill me to..."
"Eternal Freeze Woe."
In an instant, Saito was iced directly into the icicle by me, and the movement remained the same.
The blood bar, which was already nearing its limit, began to decrease rapidly, and since the opponent didn't struggle, it quickly became empty.
Although I hate bloody violence, there are plenty of ways to kill you without bloody violence.
"Did you just kill him like that?"
Miss Shermonster, who was next to him, came up suddenly and asked.
"Otherwise, he also said that if I don't kill him that ghost will continue to do evil, so there's nothing I can do about it. Although I also want to say something like 'I must save everyone', I can only say that I know my abilities well enough to not give myself such an unattainable task."
"You're really realistic~"
"Recognizing reality is a necessary skill for survival."
I spread my hands.
"What about the next one, by the way? Is it any wonder I have to kill myself to send you back..."
"What are you talking about? Is that how you want me to go back?"
Miss Shermonster said with a very disgruntled puff of her lips.
"Ah, yes, speaking of which, this side is where you're supposed to be. But now you..."
"It's undead la, but it seems like I'm immune to light magic oh."
Miss Snowmist said with a smile.
"It seems like it's because I was a snow elf before I became an undead, so I'm resistant to light magic."
"That attribute is really similar to me..."
"What did you say?"
"It's nothing, I'm saying that your attribute feels like it belongs to the taboo range oh, don't let those radicals know only."
Like me, the existence of light and undead mixed together is a taboo among taboos, and similarly there's the type of darkness and light mixed together.
If the church knew about it it would definitely be wanted straight to death ah.
"I still know about this kind of thing la, but yeah, everyone in this country should know that I'm dead, so it's still dangerous to appear... But, let's talk about this kind of thing later, even though Saito is dead, the clouds in the sky mountain haven't changed..."
"Eh?"
I looked up and indeed, the dark clouds in the sky hadn't receded at all. Now that Saito is dead, if the summoner is dead then why hasn't the summoned summoner been repatriated yet?
That's not the right plot, director! Shouldn't this be the end of the box plot?
"Watch out!"
Suddenly, Miss Shermonster rushed to my side and grabbed my collar and jumped straight out, and the next loud bang, a giant sword was plunged straight into the altar where I was just standing.
There's no attack prompt? Why? Is the attack warning system down again?
Then, a large red figure jumped straight down and grabbed the giant sword on the ground.
"En~ So that's it, no wonder it doesn't feel right, so you're the undead holy angel boy that Yuki-sa mentioned earlier. Looks like you're the one who destroyed my spell as well, Yukari."
"Good morning Uncle The Resistance, I didn't think we'd be meeting on earth today~"
"Well~ since it's Yuki-san's friend... Okay, well, I won't kill anyone randomly this time..."
Hey hey hey! Are you sure you're okay with this? It hasn't been that long since Miss Shermonster became undead. Is it really okay for you to live in such harmony?
"That one over there, why do I get the feeling you're thinking of something very rude."
"Not at all, you're being paranoid."
I waved my hand.
"By the way why is it that Saito is already dead, but you still act like nothing is wrong.
"Even if you don't continue to add oil to the oil lamp, the oil lamp can still burn for a while, right?"
"That's right, so what are you going to do now?"
"A fight with you."
"...Eh?"
I think I just heard something really remarkable.
"Wait, you said you wanted me to fight you?"
"Yeah."
"You and I are a bit far apart in strength, aren't we..."
"Well try to find out."
"Can't we just not fight?"
"You'll die if you lose, too, oh!"
Saying that, he raised his greatsword up.
"Hey, hey, hey..."
My knowledge of Demons is limited to Black Leng, and that Black Leng guy... All in all, this guy in front of me is definitely not joking!
"That...you guys..."
"You should find a place to hide first, Miss Shermonster, well, it's going to be dangerous here."
"But..."
"Ah, the worst that can happen is I'll run away, you know I can, don't you?"
Of course, the previous 'escape' at the end of the abyss that was actually a death, but the effect was just the same.
"Then...then please be careful."
After saying that, Miss Shermonster ran away to the side.
"Then next... Well, you're so strong I basically can't hurt you, right? How do you fight this?"
But instead of responding, the other party came straight at him with a sword!
You've got to be kidding me!
Quickly darted to the side, then spread his wings and flew up into the sky.
The Resistance cut off a corner of the altar with a sword, then jumped up and charged at me.
Reason told me that catching his attack was impossible, and if I blocked it with my weapon not only the weapon but also me together would be cut in half right!
"Accelerate, Aurora, Wind Wizard!"
With a flash of green light, I had begun to turn into a green shadow dodging back and forth quickly in the air, with the red Resistancehorn carrying a large sword directly behind me.
"Hey, hey, hey, that doesn't count as fighting, does it? Just running won't do."
"You're kidding! At least you can say something like 'I'll keep my strength down' or something like that, otherwise how are we going to fight like this!"
"Well...I've kept it down, or else..."
Before I could finish, the other party appeared directly in front of me at once! The greatsword in my hand was raised high and aimed at me and slashed straight down!
I quickly pulled out my taijutsu to face it, a pain in the tiger's mouth, the great sword directly cut into the taijutsu actually made the taijutsu directly produce cracks, and my blood bar also slightly decreased.
Is this considered a broken defense?
"Eh? Looks like you're not as strong as you thought you were, didn't I tell you that you and Corina once fought?"
"But I lost..."
"Yes?"
The other party kicked at me as he said that, and I was busy summoning an ice shield.
But the other party's attack kicked straight through the ice shield to my abdomen, and the blood bar went to the bottom, and then I flew out like I was on a roller coaster going backwards.
Busily ordering a recovery potion and then healing at the same time! The blood level started to slowly recover, but then I saw that the other party was actually following me directly after me!
Holy shit! How the hell are we supposed to fight this power differential!
"Ghost Arts. Fury Army Break . Cut!"
The Resistance's even more hideous and terrifying face appeared behind him, and in the same instant, a dense red streak appeared on the sword, which turned into a red shadow and slashed down!
Seeing the other party's attack getting closer and closer, I bit my teeth. I had no choice but to gamble.
"Secret Art . Absolute probability, target, resist counterattack!"
Countless combo symbols flashed in front of my eyes, and I laughed, hitting all the buttons with both hands as if I was playing Taiko Darren like crazy.
Are you kidding me, I'm the highest difficulty clearer, and a QTE of this difficulty is nothing to be afraid of!
As long as the skill kicks in, that's fine!
Seeing that my opponent's sword was about to reach me, my body suddenly moved directly, and I dodged the attack with a reversal of my body directly grazing his blade!
"Eh? You..."
The other side seemed to see that I was abnormal, but my body didn't stop, and I grabbed my left hand directly on top of the other side's left hand, then flipped and got down on my back.
Then, the blasphemer appeared in my hand, and then plunged it right into the back of the belligerent's neck!
Although the entire process was fully automatic, the thought of actually being able to perform such a move made me suddenly feel the urge to become an assassin.
"Ahhhhh!"
The Resistance reaches straight back and grabs it, and I obviously don't finish my move, bracing my hands around his head and then kicking him on top of his sword grip, and then snatching his sword with a downward stroke!
Spinning in the air, I shouldered my sword and faced him.
"Are you...are you a wizard or a swordsman!?"
The Resistance shouted twitchingly from the corners of his mouth.
"...Ghost Arts . Fury Army Break . Cut!"