116-115 ◇ Absolute Idol Hero (Medium)




 


 Once again.
 Ellie's party is an anomalous composition of one 【Brave Man】, two 【Black Mages】 and two 【White Mages】 each.

 Their roles in the battle are also clearly divided once and for all.
 Ellie-san is the fighter.
 The other four are the supporters.

 This is the same. The supporters have never fought, and Ellie will never support them.
 That's the way the average person (...) sees it.

 No matter how good the five of them are, it's hard to follow their style of attacking without missing their friends in that way.
 I'm not underestimating these women, it's just that dungeon capture is not that easy.

 It's a mechanism.

 Also, about the popularity.
 Not only does Ellie's looks and personality attract people to her, but the four of them are well-rounded in appearance.
 Some people will be attracted to her just because she is a beautiful girl leading a beautiful man.

 Of course, adventurers are not so naive that they can survive on that alone.
 No matter how good they look, if only one girl out of five stands out in a dungeon attack, they will soon disappear.
 But these women are in the top hundred ranks and have solidified their popularity.

''Speed as fast as the wind for Lady Ellie! Speed up (quick)!
'The speed of lightning for Lady Ellie! Speed up (quick)! 

 The fresh-looking Kent-san ruffles his chestnut-colored hair while Jean-san, who adores Ellie-san among the four of us, clenches her fist while each of us chants the White Magic Act.

 Not only is this not particularly necessary, but it's originally to be avoided, as the enemy can see where it's been enhanced.
 But it's easy for viewers to understand, and the two of them are handsome after all, and most importantly--.

'Remeg--'

 I don't hear Foras calling me in time.
 Maybe he was trying to say something to warn me to be careful or something.

 But there are times when I am in time.
 I take the large shield from Follas as if it were flowing, and I spin around so that I can slam it into someone directly behind me.

''--Anata, can you see it?''

 The look of surprise on Ellie's face was there.
 Ellie was about to attack from behind, but she narrowly avoided intercepting me.

 This time, I took my distance just in time for the camera to catch it.

 --I knew it. She's a professional adventurer.

 No, all official parties are, but it's about preparedness.

 Ellie is not just about winning and losing, but she also thinks carefully about how to make the game captivating as an attack video.

 The cameras in the dungeons are high-performance. Even if she moves at an unnoticeable speed, if she slows down during video editing, the viewer will be able to see what she has done.
 But that doesn't mean that if you're always moving at top speed, you're giving the viewer a slow video all the time.
 Find a speed that is at the very edge of what you can see as fast even if you're watching at constant speed, and maintain that speed outside of the game.

 The rest is the effect of white magic. The two of them aren't geniuses, but they seem to be excellent [white mages].
 It is assumed that they were trained to extend their duration rather than their potency.
 When their magic is activated, Ellie-san increases her speed. There is a magic effect, but she intentionally increases her speed.

 This is very easy to understand.
 She goes from being faster than an ordinary person to an unnoticeable speed. If you watch it at constant speed, after receiving the white magic, Ellie disappears, appears at a different point, disappears, disappears, goes to a different point... and so on.

 The weakness of white magic, whose effects are difficult to understand except for healing, is resolved by exercising it in a way that enhances her strengths, appealing to the sorceress herself and producing more benefits than she actually provides.

 Her terrifying feature is her sense of balance between 'performance' and 'serious competition'.

''Haha, as expected of a Demon King's Army Chief of Staff! It's fun!

 This has been a challenge for me since I started working as a demon.

 The presence or absence of horns is not the only difference between a mage and a human (normal).
 Their bodies are also strong.
 Physique, arm strength, leg strength, five senses, and the ability to manipulate magic power to the magic organs.
 No matter what you compare them to, on average, the mages are superior to the mages.

 But the only thing I'm in the mage class is my horns, magical organs and magical power manipulation abilities.
 No matter how much I've been trained by my master, it doesn't mean that I've completely become a mage.
 It doesn't mean that his special talents have blossomed or anything like that.

 Even the horns weren't able to be handled like they are now from the beginning, they were trained to the point where they couldn't even be conscious of them when they were first transplanted, to the point where they could be used like a part of me.
 What I'm trying to say is that.

 That I have to fight so that the Demon King's Army Counselor's endurance and melee combat are not known to be crappy.

 I didn't just follow Ellie's movements with my eyes.
 I merely checked all of their attack footage over and over again, figured out her attack pattern, and intercepted her according to her expected speed.

 Standing around with the missing ability without being known as such.
 The reason the Fenix Party battle had worked so well ah was because it was someone they knew well.

 But that's not going to be the case from now on.
 No matter how much research you do into video, real life battles are a place where unforeseen circumstances occur.
 How far can you go to deal with this and other unforeseen circumstances?
 This battle will be a good opportunity to test that and more.

FORUS.

Ha!

Black magic! Okay, go ahead and sit down! --And... There!

 Ellie, who has distanced herself from us, stops once and waves her arms exaggeratedly there.
 In response to that, a sound like a gust of wind is generated, and there is a crack in the floor and wall - as if cut by a giant blade.

''Wow. I got a chill~

 The lazy voice that didn't seem like it was that of Shea-san and also - 【Unicorn Poet】 Amducias.

 It wasn't just Ellie-san's wind blade that attacked her.
 Prior to the voice of Ellie-san, the leader, there were voices from the two black suits as well.
 They chanted black magic, and immediately after they chanted, Ellie-san released her attack magic. That black magic was--.

''My magic, know that it is like being trapped in mud! Quick down!
"Know that my magic is as good as a rock on my back! Quick down!

 By the way, the names of magic and skills are standardized in the industry to a point. It's more of a classification, though few people say it when they use it.

 I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not a fan of it. The same is true of Lilly's "Godspeed", although it is sometimes used in a live situation or to add a voice afterwards, but she does not shout it.
 Well, there are some people who say that the name of the skill is to be shouted, and as a fan, I have some sympathy for this.

 Skills are categorized by type - what purpose and how they move - and magic is categorized by effect.
 Both can also be registered as new ones if they are woven into something that has never had a user before.

 That thing that Belito did where he struck the enemy with his huge magical arm while striking his elbow with his further magical 'arm' could be named as a new magic.
Anyway, the two of them invoked "Slowdown". The target is Amducias.

 She was in a centaur state and was running towards the four of them, but her speed slows down slightly.
 The magic that the two excellent [Black Mages] superimposed on each other. In their case, they are focusing on instantaneous potency rather than duration.

 This one is also the same as before. At the timing when the effect of the black magic appears, Ellie-san defeats the enemy.
 During the editing process, the screen was divided into two sections to show the effectiveness of black magic by comparing the enemy's movements before and after the activation of black magic.

 It's an active way to showcase the activities of support personnel. This is extremely rare among adventurers.

''........Heh, you did a good job of avoiding them.

 An impressed Ellie's voice.

 Yes, Amducius avoided the earlier attack.
 The two of them had excellent black magic, and the timing of Ellie-san's attack was perfect.
 The wind blade was supposed to cut Amducias in half from the body.

 But 【Unicorn Poet】 is not a mere horse person. Someone who can move back and forth between man and horse.
 So yes, by humanizing himself a moment before the attack, he avoided the attack by shifting from quadrupedal walking to bipedal walking. If the horse's body part disappeared, it was inevitable that an attack aimed at it would swing away.

 Amducius immediately reverted to centaur form and galloped towards the four of them.

''Let's go~''

 She puts her hand in the cloth bag hanging from her waist and shakes the contents.

 Small grains - seeds.
 They writhe as they fall to the floor, changing shape and becoming huge.
 It was a sub-animal. A sub-beast with the nature of a plant and the form of a human.

 Its limbs looked like a bunch of plant roots, and its head was covered with leaves like a crown. Skirt-like petals hid its waist, and ivy hid its chest. A green creature, reminiscent of a human woman.

 --Alraune.

 [Trainer] certainly accompanies sub-beasts, but plant-based ones are considered to be particularly difficult to communicate with, and are rarely seen.
 The countless Alraune that appeared are all in the age of a young girl to a girl, which is her preference.

'Don't get excited just because you're Ikemen-san~. Let's have a clean and proper relationship~''

 Alraune and the others approached the four of them with a smiling smile.

''Tch, straw to a man's servant (canine)!

 Despite her exasperation, Ellie doesn't go to help.
 She doesn't leave an opening for that.

 That's what's so funny about the video. He doesn't go into the four-man cover. There are no scenes where the maximum strength is disadvantaged because of the support personnel. It's a style of attack that strips away the elements that lead to the opinion that "[black mages] and [white mages] are a drag" to the extreme.

 So why does none of the four of them leave the scene?
 She does not let the enemy pass behind her. To some extent, this is the reason.
 But not every attack will work like this.

 How do the four of them survive?
 Many viewers think that the four of them are working together to strengthen each other, weaken their enemies, and buy time.
 Then, after Ellie is done fighting, she puts a stop to the enemy that the four of them have dealt with.

 This is correct as it is happening.
 But in fact, what is being done in making it a reality is not so simple.

 Alraune's arms reached out and pressed to embrace Jean in the white suit.
 He avoided it by bending over at the last minute.

 --I knew it was so (,,,,,,,,).

 I'm convinced that my prediction was correct.

 I hold up my staff.
 It's not the one I used in the tournament. It's a longer wooden wand with a spiral tip at the upward-facing part.
 Since the beginning of the battle, I have been pouring my magic power into this.
 The great sword that Fallus holds is also one that has the function of a staff built into it.

''It seems that [Brave] Ellie is more companionable than the world thinks.

''It seems so. As expected by the Lord Chief of Staff, he's using wind magic to inform us of the enemy's attack.

 Folus says the lines as we discussed beforehand.

 No matter how good the four of them are, they were not trained by the Demon King. It's difficult to train magic and train their bodies as well. Even if they are free, they have increased their potency by limiting themselves to a specific use.
 If you look at their bodies, they are trained compared to ordinary mages, but they are still not far from a combat job.
 So why are they able to survive so brilliantly?

 I see it now.
 They don't see through the attack on their own. For example, if an attack aimed at the head was imminent, Ellie's wind would hit her forehead. If I crouched down the moment it broke off, I could avoid the attack.

 The reason why they are tightly fitted suits rather than the robes normally worn by mages is probably to avoid Ellie-san's costume swaying in the wind.
 Of course, there is a limit to her 'invisible support' as well, so the people in question are probably making an effort to be aware of how to get around on a daily basis. At the very least, she needs to build up her body. I haven't neglected that part.

 【The immensely brave】Ellie.
 She's honest with herself to all intents and purposes. Her attitude tends to be misunderstood, but how can a strong man who is merely arrogant be able to make this party happen?

 The reality is, while showing off her own beauty, speed, and strength.
 This is an entertainer that carefully presents the appeal of the companions they fight alongside and the activities of the [Black Mage] and [White Mage], who are considered to be underprivileged, to the audience in an easy to understand manner.

It's really a mastermind. But--

 She runs in a straight line. It's a speed like lightning, but I've already experienced it once. It is not impossible to react--.

'You must not reveal the maiden's secrets.

 I can see her in front of me, but her voice is coming from the right half of my body at an angle.

 --An afterimage! No, necromancy! You're magically waking up the mirage!

 Fallus slashes at Ellie in front of him, but she only shimmers like smoke.
 The real thing isn't there.

 --Here, a new technique!

 Nowhere in the video I saw did I see this magic.

Please keep this magic with you and keep it to yourself.

 She is floating in the air with wind magic and accelerates in the air.

 --Not good!