166-165◇ Ninth layer: Space-time and “Ma” area 2




 


 Ewan-kun's movements have changed.
 It's like having one more strong 【Brave Person】 in this situation.

 No matter how strong the 【Majin】 was, the only people here were all 【Brave Heroes】 who had made a contract with a high-ranking alter ego or four great spirits.
 If the adventurers also knew their own roles and had to support the adventurers while standing around to avoid death, the demons would be at a disadvantage.
 As a result, the adventurers are injured, but no one leaves the game before reaching the floor boss.

 The more powerful species tend to avoid attacking each other and prefer to crush them from above in an imposing manner.
 When people step on the insects, don't think of a grand strategy.
 Because the [Demon] is strong, he used his outstanding skills and overwhelming magical power to repel adventurers and was defeated.

 The floor boss's area is almost identical to the rest of the space.
 The difference is that it has a decent floor. The space is cut out in a circle with white, hard flooring.

'The flow of time cannot be reversed,'

 The silver-haired 【Majin】 muttering that, wears a mask that hides his eyes.
 And in their hands, each of them - the head was grasped.

 【Alchemist】Lewey-san and 【Summoner】Margrette-san's, heads.

''------!

 The adventurers are blindsided.
 The fact that their reaction speed is slightly inferior to the others because they are not in their main occupation of combat. This is a plan to pierce this through the instantaneous and continuous use of [Time Devil] Agares' unique magic, 'Spatial Movement', to cut off their heads before the battle begins.

 A technique to kill an excellent adventurer without making them active in the first place.
 This is the seriousness of a man who is a powerful species, but does not hesitate to use his tricks.
 Viewers may not be able to judge, but he must have poured a large portion of his magic power into this.

 Of course, he didn't show such a thing on his face and continued in a nonchalant manner.

You can't ignore the crimes of those who are trying to harm the Demon King. 

 A magical power that imitates blood, falling from the head, a flap.......
 Swaying unsteadily while spurting out blood with a swoosh, and then falling down from the neck.

''This [Time Demon] Agares will pass judgment in person.

It's a sin. We're just looking for a fight.

 Their bodies disintegrated and turned into magical particles. It was at that moment of the exit.
 It seemed as if, with a speed like 'spatial movement', 【Magic Sword Hero】Hervor slammed his fist into the face of Agares - it seemed as if.

 But when I noticed, Agares was standing behind Helu-san.
 And he was touching the back part of her clothes.

'Have you ever seen a meteor?'

Huh?

 Helu's figure will disappear.

"Let us fall to earth from a higher realm.

 I managed to check it out. This is because there are cameras in the video room that take pictures of each area.
 The floor boss area is actually different in one respect from the previous areas.

 It's hard to tell because of the scenery, but the ceiling is unusually high.
 That is, as high as the actual sky.
 And now Mr. Helu is looming on the ground like a shooting star. She is falling.

 He was so high up in the sky that none of his companions could even feel his magic power, let alone see it.
 That's right, they flew Helu-san through 'spatial movement'.

 Of all the 【Brave Men】 participating in the raid battle, she is the most vulnerable to this attack.
 Her hands to deal with the fall from high places are limited compared to the others.
 If she crashed into the ground from that height, what would happen even to Helu-san as expected?

''How dare you try to fight the Demon King-sama with this degree?''

 That voice can already be heard from a different position than where I was a moment ago.
 It's in front of Ewan-kun's eyes.

''Ho ... it seems you've learned to use it somewhat.

 Agares-san's hand sword was played.
 He was defending himself with the 'air box' that Wraith-kun had done in the past.

''But I am not the one who cannot kill the confined.

Ah, huh...!

 Ewan-kun spurts blood from all over his body and kneels down in the box he has created.

'Things aren't always the only thing that crosses space.

 The minuscule wind blade I created in my hand was transferred into Ewan-kun's 'air box' and cut him to pieces.

''........Gotcha.

....

 Mr. Agares doesn't move. He can't move.
 There seems to be some discomfort in his right leg.

 It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

 I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.
 The whole clothing is flying, so even if you have something with you, you can certainly fly.
 The question is, how far can it fly? What conditions will allow you to fly?

 As it turns out, the 'spatial movement' is done according to the setting.
 For example, you set up 'you and what you wear', and then you fly that exact thing to the planned location.

 So if something is added there, the setting goes out of whack and you can't fly.
 In order to fly with your body held by a hand of air growing out of a box growing out of the floor, you have to set them all to fly you.
 If you don't set it up as "you, the things you wear & the hands of air," you won't be able to fly.

 --Not good.

 Ewan-kun's growth rate is unexpected.
 The young adventurer is in a hurry for merit. They tend to seek out flashy activities and prefer big moves.

 Even [Ice Hero] Beulah-san, who is calm and collected and not bound by the common sense of adventurers, in her first attack, she challenged [Dream Demon] and the others alone in order to be recognized by the viewers as soon as possible, and when she relaxed when she thought she had done well, she was defeated by [Love Affair Demon] Sitely-san.

 That's the way it is, and you grow up through those kinds of mistakes.
 In that respect, though, Wraith-kun and Fran-san are exceptions to the rule.

 Ewan-kun was a promising newcomer with both skill and power.
 The technology part was equipped, just because it hadn't been shown much in the past. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to graduate from a training institute (school) in the next seat.

 But not only do you care about defense, you also care about stranding yourself right after you've taken heavy damage.
 His style is different from before. Was there some big turning point?

''Well done, Ewan.

 There was a crash of lightning, a sound.
 First a flash of lightning. Skaha-san, the 【Fast Lightning Hero】 who drew his holy sword, ran.

 A little later, a thunderclap.
 Normally, the enemy would scatter with a thunderclap.
 However.

''To a person, a thunderbolt descending from the heavens must be an object of awe.

 Mr. Agares caught the holy sword with a kick.
 He immediately severed his grabbed right leg and released a kick while sprouting a wind blade from the cut surface.

 No matter what kind of treatment was applied, Raiden sparks inside the wind blade and does not bring numbness to Agares-san herself.

''The only thing we fear is the Demon Lord's wrath.''

 I flew.
 Per Skaha-san.

 Agares-san was heading towards her, right in front of [Destroyer] Fran-san's eyes.
 Then he dropped Skaha-san in a straight line between himself and 【Hunter】 Suri-san.

 With this, he was able to block Suri-san's line of fire, albeit only slightly.
 It seems that he intends to end the fight with Fran-san in that slight amount of time.

''Once we stand on the battlefield, men and women, young and old, will have no meaning.''

"Of course.

Ready or not.

 Fran struck Mr. Agares with his big right arm.
 It swung blankly.

 Because Mr. Agares appeared behind him.
 But it was shown once in front of Mr. Helu.

 As if he was expecting it, Fran-san did not stop.
 The fist that seemed to strike the Agares-san in front of me seemed to be released from the beginning to strike the person who was approaching behind.
 Fran-san's fist, which was spun gingerly, is swung out to gouge space.

 But again, his figure was not there.
 Above Mr. Fran-san's head, Agares-san, in an upside-down posture, was there.

 He pointed his hand at Fran-san and released a massive blast spell from there.
 And then quickly transitioned again.
 Overwhelming.

 The last four heavenly kings who ducked every adventurer's hand and continued to chip away at the enemy's strength and toy with them.
 The onslaught is so onslaught that viewers are worried that they will suffer near total destruction.
 It - ends abruptly.

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

 Two surprises.

 One is that Fran-san was safe.
 Wraith-kun activated his wind magic at the perfect time and protected his childhood friend from the blast.
 That's all you need to know. I understand Wraith-kun's abilities. There will be such a thing.

 One more thing.
 Agares-san's body is chipped away, as if it had been scraped away.

''It's through a spirit technique called 'Celestial Box Garden'. It allows me to cut and rearrange space at will.

 Agares-san's upper body was cut off in a circle, and that part of his body was floating in the space in front of Aerial-san's eyes.
 It was a strange sight.

'Isn't it strange that there's no blood? Even with this, your body is still connected. But if I do this - if I break the connection.

I'm not sure...

 Without a sound, blood gushed out of Agares-san's body.

 The depths of the spirit art on par with Phoenix's 'Flame of the Gods'.
 A higher level of spirit art that should be called 'spatial domination', further above 'spatial movement'.

''It's wonderful, [Time Devil] Agares. I don't like this spirit art very much, it's been over twenty years since I've used it.

 The four major attributes of magic: earth, water, fire and wind. This is magic (...)
 

 And the beings who gave it to them were crowned with a crown.
 Earth spirit, water spirit, fire spirit, wind spirit, and so on.
 From the point of view of man, they were the beings who gave him magic.

'But since it seems to be difficult for the wind to carve you,'

 However. As a matter of course, there are spirit arts for every level of spirit.
 The earth of beginnings, the mother sea, the one wind, the primordial fire.
 They may be right, but they are man's imagination.

 They are governed by a higher level of nanika (...).
 Just as the Flame of the Gods was something in the form of fire that incinerated everything just by approaching it.
 The depth of the spirit arts is a technique beyond the four major attribute magic, which is only allowed to those who are extremely compatible with them.

 'Spatial Domination' is not wind attribute magic or anything else.
 It is a lending of the powers allowed to beings that people call wind spirits to a contractor called Aerial.

 It is one of several miracles that are only allowed to special people who are favored by the four great spirit bodies.

''-- Well, duh.

 Mr. Agares, whose body was cut off in a circle, still did not leave.
 His head was in a state of being connected to his neck and the lower half of his body somehow through his left shoulder, which was slightly left over.
 Even though he was in such a state, he invoked the 'Spatial Movement'.

 Who in the world was he trying to fly to?
 He had only moved right next to them.

'I'm sorry. I swapped the space near my companion for the one near you.

I'm not sure...

 Wherever I tried to fly, the aerials stirred up the desired space.
 If the destination and the actual flying position are displaced, the true value of 'spatial movement' cannot be demonstrated.


''I'm going to meet the Demon King. That's why I'm here, you know.''


''I'm sorry, my Demon King.

 And so, Agares-san's body - scattered.

 Because the decision was hastened by Aerial-san's Spiritual Technique, it was attacked before Yuan-kun left with damage, and the future of Helu-san crashing into the ground was also avoided.

 The ninth layer was attacked.
 As a result, leaving all the [Brave]