I happened to be passing through the open air and saw a gashita.

　He was doing something.

　I squeezed my bow and arrow, which is my specialty, and finally released it.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this as well.

　This is not a good idea.
　To a person's head.

''Hm?''

　You're right, 'What are you doing?' I was scared.
　For a moment I thought it was a doll, but it looks like an arrow went through the head of a live person without a doubt.

　What are you doing, Gassita?
　Have you awakened to the sensation of shooting someone because the arrows were too many?

No, I've been hit again. You're a tough guy.
Thank you, sir.

　He pulls the arrow out of his own head and returns it to Gashita as if nothing had happened.

　And Gashita.
　He squeezes the returned arrow again with his bow and shoots afterwards.

　Ssssss.

　It sticks in your head again.

"No, no, I've been hit again. You're a tough guy.
I'm afraid!

　Again, he pulls the arrow out of his head and returns it to Gasita...
　Gasita also nails the arrow that he received before and shoots it at his head.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait...!

　As expected, I wanted to be able to say a word to him too.

　I recognized the person with the arrow through his head.

It's the Ida from Tenchi.

　He was one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King's Army long ago.
　Even after his death, he was invited to an alternate world called Valhalla in recognition of his achievements. It is said that he continues to train himself there forever, fighting without growing old or dying...

Didn't you go home?

　At least that's what you said last time, right?

　Even my mother escaped from a false eternity and went beyond the world that could not be resurrected again.
　What are you doing trapped in this world?

Oh, Dariel. "Oh, Dariel, there are still some amazingly powerful people left to breathe in this time.

　What are you talking about?

This bowman, for example. He perceives space as it is, and controls the direction of his arrows by reading the trajectory of the arrows as they must hit their targets. With a level of ability like his, he could take all kinds of shots, even in the woods on a stormy night.

　Huh.
　Of course, Gacita is our number one adventurer now, so you have to do that much.......

　What does that have to do with your relentlessly piercing your head incessantly...?

'My brother!　I'm being followed by this guy right now!

　Guidance?

''Yes, I have a defensive magic that can deflect any attack by distorting space and deflecting its trajectory. This is the ultimate defense that is theoretically unbreakable.

　Indeed.
　Ida-san, who once mastered earth attribute magic among the demon race, finally reached that kind of ultimate magic.

　He even made it possible to manipulate space as a kind of substance.

　If you can distort and flex space like clay, you can also distort the vectors moving through space.
　If you use it, an attack on a hit course to you will never be able to hit you.

　They would just deviate in a different direction along the distorted space.

　This concept magic that is one dimension higher than a simple physical attack is, indeed, a super magic that should only be chosen by the Apostles of Valhalla.

　.........So.
　What about it?

'You can break through my space-distorting barrier, Mr. Gacita.
What?
As a master archer, I heard that he has an excellent ability to perceive space itself. The flow of wind and the distribution of humidity allow him to perceive the structure of space not only with his eyes, but also with his ears and skin. That way, he can understand how the space distorted by me is actually distorted.

　If the distortion of space can be accurately grasped, then the arrow can be released after adjusting its trajectory accordingly, and it will naturally hit the target...?

'He has an aura that allows him to change the trajectory of his arrows at will. .........After all, even my Space Distortion Barrier is not a perfect defense. There are many ways to attack it.

　For example, the most straightforward is a wide area attack with no partial gaps.
　If you lay down an attack with density and breadth that can't be missed even if you run away or avoid it, no matter how much you distort the space, you'll be hit anyway.

　Even Radie and the others who fought against Ida-san in the past, that Inferno, tried to use this method to attack against her, but in the end, they did not succeed.

　If your opponent is going to attack with a saturation attack that exceeds the capacity of the spatial distortion, then you can meet them with a larger, more extensive spatial distortion.
　It was just a matter of responding with a force push beyond force push.

　In fact, Ida-san, who is counted as one of the strongest Four Heavenly Kings of all time, has the magical bottom line to be able to do that.

　That's why neither Radie and the others nor Inferno were able to defeat him, as they couldn't extend beyond the range of Ida-san's spatial distortions while applying a saturation attack with all their might.

'The strategy of reading the distorting surface and correcting its trajectory is also a kind of strategy that's close to a legitimate attack. I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on. So my countermeasures are adequate.

　Ida is constantly distorting space to prevent the enemy from reading the spatial distortion structure.
　If the distortions keep moving constantly, the distorting plane you've read through will be useless in the next few seconds, and you'll have to read it all over again from scratch.

　It's not just relying on super magic.
　In order for the strongest four Heavenly Kings of the past to be the strongest, they had to put in even more unflagging effort and ingenuity than that.

''That's why I wanted to compare techniques with this Gashita-kun.
Huh...?

　As a bowman, Gacita can accurately grasp the structure of the surrounding space, down to the structure of the space.
''If you can't do that, you won't be able to shoot a hundred rounds and hit the target at all! But it's amazing just to be able to do it.

　Ida-san will counter the enemies who read the spatial distorting plane in that way and keep moving the distorting plane constantly.

　When it comes down to this, it's a matter of how quickly the attacker can read the distorted space plane and how quickly the defender can read it to see if the defender can continue to distort the space beyond it, rendering the enemy's analysis meaningless.

''So, it's a game as we speak. If his reading is fast, the arrow will hit. If my distortion speed wins, the arrow misses. So to speak.

　That's why the arrows have been lodged in your head for a while now.

There aren't many archers in Valhalla who can read my spatial distortions as quickly as he can. The opportunity to trade techniques with a rare wielder is a rare opportunity. I must cherish it.

　It was a typical idea of the Apostle of Valhalla, who continues to seek for battle and strength even after death.

　Since Ida-san was given an undead body by the Demon King to continue fighting forever, there was no problem when an arrow pierced his head.

　Even if Gacita shot an arrow with a hyun and zassssss into his head, there was no problem in terms of life.

　Huh, zas.
　Huh-zus.
　Huen-zas.
　Hyung-zus.
　Huwene, zas...!

What's your problem, a**h*le?
What?　Didn't you tell him that he could stab you without reservation?

　Ida-san cut off abruptly, and Gashita was a bit tense.

　At least while I was watching, all the arrows hit Ida-san's head.
　In other words, Ida-san lost the battle.

''Gacita has read through the special magic of the strongest four heavenly kings in history.......?

　It was a fact in front of him that didn't add up if he didn't think that way.

　................No, before that.
　After all, it comes back to this question.

"Is this guy not back yet...?

　Ida-san is the one who was sent to capture the inferno that escaped from hell, right?
　Now that the inferno is gone, shouldn't you get your ass back to Valhalla?
　I mean, isn't that what you said in the past?

　Why do you take it for granted?

Well, never mind.

I'll just say, 'Oh, well, that's okay.
　I don't want to get caught up in Ida-san's problems alone, since we have a lot of problems ahead of us.

　Since Gacita is involved, let's put him in charge of Ida-san.

"I've got an important discussion to have now, so take care of that for me...
'What?　Don't push me alone, Anikey?

　Gacita whines, but that doesn't stop him from taking head shots.

　Well, let me rely on you, Gacita.
　I'm trying to get you to focus on the important meeting that's coming up.