'Hahahahaha!　Where do you think you're going, fantasy species!


　The voice was like a thunderclap, echoing through the forest of Titis and to the ears of Goz and the others who were fighting there.

　As Goz swiftly looked up into the sky, he saw the figure of Mitsurugi Sora with a joyful smile and a black sword at his side.

　Did he use his jin to strengthen his legs and jump up, or did he build a foothold in the air and run through the air? Either way, Sora appeared directly above Hydra, furiously thrusting out a cutting edge from a stabbing stance.


''Illusionary One-Sword Style--Mitsu!


　It is one of the basic techniques of the Itto-Ryu style that Goz and his friends are well aware of. If Hayate is the same basic technique as the Flying Slash, then Tagane is the Flying Stab.

　If an expert user releases this technique, it can create a spear-like hole in the opponent's body, but its power is beyond the bare minimum. At the very least, it was not a technique that could be used against the dragon species.

　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're doing," said Klimt and others, but Goz understood Sora's decision.

　Sora had not formally learned the Illusionary Itto-ryu and could only handle the rudimentary techniques. Even those rudimentary techniques are not in my style. It's not a matter of time before you'll be able to use it to your advantage, even if you've mastered the mind attire and possessed a powerful power, there is no way to utilize it.

　It's not a problem if your opponent is a human being, even if he or she doesn't have a strong power technique. This is because you don't need any great moves to decapitate someone or pierce their heart. In fact, both Goz and Klimt were caught off guard by the sky.

　However, it's a different story when dealing with giant monsters like Hydra. Merely slashing and poking will not be enough to do much damage, so a great technique that fully utilizes the power of the jujutsu is inevitably required.

　If you don't have that big move, the only thing left to do is to take your time and shave off the enemy's energy.

　With that in mind, Sora must have used basic techniques such as Hayate, Tagane, or Flame, taking his time to hunt down Hydra. This explains the meaning of the battle that lasted three days and three nights, and why there were only three heads left of Hydra - that was when Goz thought about it.


　The wind blew.


　It was a tremendous gust of wind that ruffled every last hair. It was clearly not a natural wind, but air compressed by a powerful force from above, blowing towards Goz and the others in search of an escape route.

　Immediately afterwards, a hole opened up in Hydra's huge body. The power technique that Sora unleashed was like a giant cone, thrusting into the Hydra's back and twisting it sharply and deeply, gouging out its scales, skin and flesh.


''Kishaaaaah!


　Roars rose simultaneously from the three necks. The volume and urgency of the roar is incomparable to that of when they were attacked by Goz and the others, and it is no longer the scream itself.

　Hearing this, Sora loudly laughed loudly.


''Haha!　What's the matter, don't you fight back!


　Once more. Twice in a row. Three times without stopping.

　In the air and on the ground, the sky continues to shoot at the hydra in rapid succession. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

　I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I'm not the only one who's been in this situation.

　It's not that he was aiming for Ishqa, but that he was acting to escape from his pursuers. It wasn't just Goz, Klimt and Klya realized as well.

　This illusory species was trying to escape from the Mikado Sky.


''Chi, the one in the sky!''


　Klimt moved away from Hydra while clicking his tongue. They are not at all conscientious about Klimt and the others fighting on the same battlefield, and are glaring at Sora, who is not conscientious in repeating his unreserved attacks, but Sora is completely oblivious to their gaze. Sora, however, is completely oblivious to the fact that they are looking at her.

　On the other hand, her older sister, Kliah, was drawing her attention not to Sora's attitude, but to Jing Jing.


''Both the quantity and quality of your jing is like a different person from when we fought the other day...''


　He could tell just by looking at it from a distance. A thunderous and powerful jingling of the sky's body reminded me of the great river that ran through the Ad Astera Empire - the Everlasting River.

　It's a good thing that you've been fighting against these illusory species for nearly four days, so it shouldn't be surprising that the jaws run out at any moment, but the current sky doesn't remind you of that at all. It would not be strange to say that it had just started fighting, but its appearance was distinctly odd.

　Speaking of bizarre, the same is true of the current study.

　In Cryer's eyes, the empty jade technique was coarse, lacking in any semblance of finesse. However, the quantity and quality of power that it contains is extraordinary, and the rudimentary power technique, which can be compared to a spear, is as powerful as a cannon.

　It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you'll be able to get your hands on it. In the first place, I don't even want to imitate it.

　In the first place, basic elementary techniques such as Hayate and Tagane are techniques that draw the power of 1 by applying the power of 1. In other words, even if you apply Ten Kei to these rudimentary techniques, they still have the power of 1. Although it is possible to forcefully extract the power of "2", this would mean that "8" jujin would be wasted.

　Rather than doing such an inefficient thing, he could have used a higher-ranked move to extract the power of 10 from his 10 juju.

　However, Sora implements this inefficient way of fighting on a large scale. To put it another way, it was as if he was pouring 100 juju into a rudimentary technique and forcibly extracting 10 juju from it.

　The techniques were so coarse and wasteful, however, that they could not be called "power moves. However, his ability to unleash these power moves in rapid succession clearly outstripped that of Cryer. It's not just a matter of time before he's ready to go.

　For some reason, a shiver ran down his spine.


''Shima!''


　As if to dispel the fear that had overtaken him, Cryer called out for Goz's instructions. He asked her to decide whether she should wait and see or join the fight.

　Klimt followed his sister's lead and looked at Goz.

　In response, Goz aloud to the two of them and to Sora to inform them of his decision.


''-- Sora-dono!　The three of us are now ready to assist you!


　Even Goz has some thoughts about the current state of Sora, but right now he thought that defeating the illusory species in front of him was more important than solving that question.

　But Sora did not respond to this voice.

　It seemed to glance at the three of them, but it was only for a moment, and in the next moment, it was cutting at Hydra.

　Instead of unleashing a jade technique from a long distance, as if to taunt him, as in the past, this was a direct attack after getting close. Sora, who had quickly fleshed out the hydra, flashed his black sword from bottom to top, as if to scoop it up.

　A mere slash without even using jade. With just that--.





　One of the hydra's heads flew through the air.

　The sky's attack didn't stop, and three times in succession, the illusory species' mournful roar rang out.

　Eight heads and eight tails, all of them severed, the hydra was reduced to a bloody mass of flesh.

　It had happened less than a minute after Goz had offered his assistance.