102-Episode 90 "Conflict"




 In the midst of the instructors standing in front of the Four Deadly Disasters, I could see Instructor Isabella's figure.

''All of you, retreat while putting up your defensive techniques! We need to evacuate the students first!

 With a bang, the man in the tube cap threw away Instructor Joseph - and the next moment, the man has already finished moving in front of Instructor Isabella's eyes.
 Fast.
 The man swings his arm over.

'Isabella!'

 The other instructors, with their swords at the ready, close in on the man in the tube cap.
 But they were too late.
 Isabella tried to defend herself with her sword.

"Do you think you can stop it?

 The fist of the man in the tube cap attacks Instructor Isabella.

 --crack.

?

 The tube cap man's brow creased slightly between his eyebrows.
 The reason for that reaction was.

 It's probably because something like a black shield suddenly appeared and blocked your fist.

"This is........a defensive technique, right? It's a technique I've never seen before, but--

 While saying this, the man in the tube cap continued to release his fist.
 A loud metallic sound rang out.
 The shield screamed with a crack.
 In front of the shield, Isabella instructor was unconcerned and fell on her ass, but the instructors who approached her dragged her along with several others.
 Meanwhile, the man in the tube cap looks curious - he throws out another fist, as if to test the strength of the shield.

 Bark.

 A crack appeared in the shield.
 The forbidden shield that even the fist of the giant in that holy ruin was effortlessly defended against.
 It was shattered by three times, and moreover, by a human fist.

''.........''

 I see.
 So it's three times that a shield of that size can prevent it.

 I'm already running out, even while releasing the eighth forbidden curse.
 The shards of the shattered shield turned into slime again.
 The shards flew towards me and were absorbed by the shield in my left hand.
 The attention of the man in the tube cap turned to me.

''You are--''
Ninth curse, release.

 A dimensional hole appears.
 A chain strikes the man in the tube cap and restrains him.
 The man, who was about to step out towards me, stops moving.
 The man looks at the chains restraining his body.

'What's this?'
Eighth curse the second realm is released.

 His left arm heats up and changes.
 To the arm of the black demon.
 I can feel the power flowing into my body from my arm.
 I can feel the power surging through me.

 I - like a beast, I close in on the man in the tube cap.
 The man with the tube hat easily tears off the chain.
 The man turns his body like a whirlwind and shakes off the chain.
 ............
 I'm not particularly surprised.
 When it didn't work for Hibigami, no one expects it to work for him.

 Increase the speed of your feet.

 The ninth forbidden curse is enough to stop the man in the tube cap from moving for a while.
 It's enough that Instructor Isabella and the others were able to keep their distance.
 Just being able to help her is enough.

 I'm going to wave my left arm around.

 You're not getting off that easy, are you?
 We've got a special group, and you're the one who volunteered to be in charge.
 She's one of the most important people in my life.

 A black mist erupts from my left arm's elbow like a geyser.
 The momentum of my fist accelerates--

Let's see if we can't get a handle on this.

 My fist and the fist released by the man in the tube cap collided.
 The collision disrupts the wind pressure around me.
 I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.

That arm.........who are you?

 I smile wryly.

'I'm a student here at the school. It's a bit complicated, you know.
''Hmm, I see.......looks like you came to the right direction for this school.

 The man in the tube cap's empty fist snarled and attacked me.
 I let go of my fist and jumped back.
 But the man immediately closed the distance.

 -- still fast.

 A front kick comes flying through the wind, slicing through the wind.
 I try to guard with my left arm.
 The left arm that received the man's vigorous kick gave a dull creak as it caught the man's vigorous kick.

Ah, guh--

 Heavy.
 What a power.

 I was just blown away.
 But somehow I managed to regain my footing and landed on my feet.
 And then I immediately went to fight back--

 With a crunch, my knees hit the ground.

''.........''

 The damage to your leg is ... is that from the damage to your leg?
 Continuing on, a twitching pain ran through my left arm.
 Holding my left arm.
 d*mn.
 It's frustrating, but it looks like the name of the Four Deadly Disasters isn't exactly cool.
 And powerful.
 And the speed.
 This is a different order of magnitude.

 I'm going to catch the guy with the tube hat who's chasing me with my eyes.
 The man with the tube hat has no hesitation.
 No hesitation.
 Relentless.

 And because of that, he is strong.

 His eyes are wide open and vicious.
 Massive bodies.
 Thick arms and fists like rocks.
 I do not know who put it on, but the big scar of the diagonal cross that runs on the forehead also highlights the viciousness of the man.
 It's an amazingly intimidating feeling.
 This is the monster that shook the continent's people - the four evil spirits.

''But this one--''

 I let the strength in my legs and managed to stand up.

I'm not going to give up that easily.

 I have no intention of giving up on them, even if they are better than me.
 I have no intention of running away.
 There's nothing to do but to stand firm and hold on like hell.

".........

 It's crawling up from earlier, that feeling.
 It's an unmistakable fact that that man is a threat to me right now.
 As I thought.........the only thing I can do is to bring my consciousness closer to that "beast".
 At worst, for once in my life, I may have to consider the possibility of surrendering my consciousness.

 Check the rear.
 I can see Machina-san and the others running towards me.
 After I got off, I retrieved the shield I used as a foothold.
 Therefore, Machina-san and the others must have gone out of the building via the stairs.
 .............
 It would have been good if I could have kicked them before they reached the girls.
 Well, as expected, that's too much of a lick on the four evil disasters.

 The man in the tube cap comes at me with the wind in his face.
 The man raises his arm again.
 And.

"M

 Multiple ice spears attacked the man in the tube cap like arrows.
 However, the man has no problem cracking them with his hand sword.
 That's more than enough time for me to re-position myself.

'I'll cover you, Kurohiko!

 It was Instructor Isabella and the others who unleashed the magic formula.
 Before I knew it, the defensive magic formula was being deployed in front of me as well.

''Ta, thank you!

 That's right.
 You can't win by yourself, but if we all work together...

Get out of the way.

 The point of the man in the tube cap is directed at Isabella and her instructors.
 Not good!

"You can't make me!

 I stepped in to chase the man in the tube cap.
 But I can't get my footing right.
 d*mn it!
 I can't tell if there's still some damage to your leg from earlier--

 And then.

 A surgical formation emerged directly below the man in the tube cap.

 In the next moment, a swarm of golden strings emerged from the Surgical Formation.
 The golden cord, reminiscent of an anemone, twined around the tube cap man's legs.
 The man's forward momentum dropped with a thud.
 The tube-hatted man looks down at the swarm of shiny golden strands that strangle his legs.

'Now what?'
'Kukaka, I see! Will my "Linpuerg" work against the Four Deadly Sins? This is good information we got!

 It was Shanatrice who shouted happily, as if shouting for pleasure.
 When I looked at her, I saw that the eye patch in her left eye had been removed.
 The pupil in that left eye was golden.
 Is it the light of the holy element that is glowing blue-white around the eye?

Your eyes are... well, it's a specific technique.

 'Gulp,' said the man in the tube cap, lifting his tangled legs of the golden cord.

''Oh. This is the unique technique given to those who have the blood of the two elves, the "limp erg".

 Shanatrice points to her left eye as she sneers.

I suppose you could say that I'm the original master of the surgical eye.
'Twoelf I've heard of it. There was a house with that name in Ruvelargan, I believe.
Oh, you know very well what I mean - but do you have time for a chat?

 Behind Shanatrice-san, Makina-san was standing behind her.
 At her feet.
 Surrounding her, a surgical formation was unfolding.
 The wind was blowing backwards, and her hair was scattered in a rustle.
 Her mouth snaps open and Makina-san looks at the man in the tube cap with shooting eyes.
 What shines in the back of his mouth is - a surgical formula that emerges from his tongue.

''That, the magic formula.''

 One eyebrow of the man in the tube cap rose.

'Well, you ... the woman from that time--'

 Makina-san raised her hands above her head.
 Then, the ceremony rose with Makina-san's body surrounded.
 Then, as if by command, Makina-san pointed her raised hand towards the man in the tube cap.

''Mistortin.''

 It turned into a gigantic sword and struck the man in the tube hat as if it would pierce his opponent.

 The man in the tube cap crosses his arms and takes a defensive stance.
 The sword of light reaches the man.
 Sparks of light gush out violently between the sword of light and the man's arm, as if the man's arm were being skinned down.
 It was as if two objects of immense mass were engaged in a fierce struggle for supremacy.
 The area around the man in the tube cap was engulfed in intense light.

 That's........that's "Mistortin"?

''Come here, forbid wizard!

 Shanatrice called out loudly to me while holding her hand up to the amount of light emitted by "Mistortin".
 Alright.
 Somehow the damage to my leg has escaped.
 I hurriedly made my way to her.

I don't question the fact that the scaffolding disappeared before we crossed. Makina was furious. More than anything else, we don't have time right now ... anyhow, here.

 Shanatrice opened the bag in her hand and without hesitation, she turned it upside down and blasted the contents.
 She picked up a long, thin, cylindrical object that was among the things she had scattered on the ground.
 Then, quickly opening the lid, she held out the thin, curled thing to me.

''This is--''
As you've no doubt gathered, this is a forbidden scroll.
Did you bring it with you?
Sort of. It's a good idea to show them the real thing, because sometimes it's easier to negotiate. Normally I wouldn't have given it to you today, but under the circumstances, I had no choice.

 I turn my gaze from the spellbook back to Shanatrice.

'You read it out loud, right?

 Kokoro, Shanatrice nods.
 I swallow my spit.

'Okay,'

 I turned the direction of my body towards the man in the tube cap.
 When I checked at the side, I saw that Makina-san had unleashed a second 'Mist Lutin' blow.
 The man in the tube cap finally pulled off the golden cord that was entangled in his legs, and without taking any evasive action, he began to charge at the huge sword of light that was approaching, to his surprise.
 As for the golden cord that had escaped from its prey, it was slowly losing its real image while wavering without power.

I'm afraid you've slipped through the cracks sooner than I expected. Mistortin' is still not as effective as I thought.

 Shannatrice's face was covered in beads of sweat.

'Or maybe it's just that I have a constitution that makes it hard for surgical techniques in general to work. Oh well. My 'Linpuerg' and Machina's 'Mistortin' were, after all, released to buy more time.

 Now Shanatrice's words.
 That would mean that he bought time for me to have the forbidden spellbook read out to me.

 I look at Shanatrice-san again.
 The veins in his left eye appear to be thicker and more raised.
 If you look closely, his breathing is also heavy.
 The intrinsic technique must take a considerable amount of strain just by releasing it once.

 And Makina-san must also be holding quite a load of 'Mist Lutin' in her arms.
 I can't let their efforts here go to waste.
 When I finished opening the spellbook, I hurriedly began to run my eyes over the words.

"I........

 ..........
 Calm down.
 Don't get me wrong.

"I am the king of the magic eye.

 Be calm.

"In the end, the source of all annihilation in Hell is my life in my eyes.

 But quickly.

"--The third curse, released!

 The moment I finished chanting...

Yah....ah...!

 I could see that my eyes had a fever.
 And then, without thinking, I almost turned my hand to my eyes, and that's when.
 From both eyes.

"Gah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah--!

 With a gusher of light and a screeching, high-pitched sound, two red and black lights, exactly like lasers, were emitted with the gushing light.
 I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this as well.

''-----''

 After firing, the light gradually faded.
 In response, the heat in my eyes receded as well.
 I involuntarily lost my voice at the first thing I saw properly.

''.........?''

 In the ground I found two holes of unfathomable depth.

Oh, man.

 It's not certain how deep it drilled into him.
 But what is certain is that it's terrific and powerful.

 I look up.
 All of them, including the man in the tube cap, were looking at me.
 But I feel a sense of discomfort.
 To be precise, I have a feeling that they are not all looking at me.
 Yes.
 The one they are looking at is........above my head?
 I look up over my head.

"N--

 A gasp of surprise escaped me.

''Nah, what... that...''

 There was a huge eyeball floating above me.
 Reddish-black capillaries ran throughout.
 When I say grotesque, I mean it.
 I feel that the sky around the eyeball is dyed reddish-black for some reason.
 The space appears to be different only there.

 What is it?
 Don't tell me that the third ban is any different than the previous ban?

Really, who are you?

 The man in the tube cap turns to me.
 When I caught my breath - I opened my mouth.

"I am the king of the magic eye.
Mmm.

 The man in the tube cap braces himself.
 That's right.
 We don't have time for idle chatter.
 I've got to beat this man and get back to Miss Currier and Cecily and the others.

"In the end, the source of all annihilation in Hell is my life in my eyes.

 This time, he turns his eyes firmly to the man in the tube cap.

''--The Third Curse, released.