226-225◇ Justice Scale Astrea




 


 There is little information gathered about the thirteen knight commanders.

 That they are the inheritors of the 'contractual succession' where the relationship with the spirits is passed on to their descendants.

 The spirits are the 'large pieces that were separated from the main body' of the first period, and their power is thought to be second only to the main body.

 This is not the Commander personally, but even if the four great spirit contractors became the enemy of humanity with all of their power, the Knights have publicly stated that they would be able to overthrow it.

 And [Balance of Justice] Astraea is even more special among the tops of knights.
 After all, she is - she's a 【Brave Person】.

 Her movements were too hesitant and swift to be able to follow through with her eyes.
 So some of the moves I'm going to tell you about are information I got by slowing down the recording after the preliminary round.

 She first prevented Wraith-kun's 'water blade' by thrusting her holy sword into the ground, and then she avoided Fenix's side-nap by leaning forward enough to get her head on the ground.

 The black magic via the safety zone of 'Invisible Pressure' just like the one that aimed at Olivia player resisted (resist), and Lily's arrow, which had a similar trajectory, floated up (,,,,,,).

 Furthermore, Astraea-san formed a sword from the ground with her earth magic as she stood up, grabbed it and cut at Fenix.
 Fenix received this with her holy sword, but her sword kept its shape.

 If it was just a sword made from earth magic, there was no way it could withstand the holy sword of fire.

 It was made into a holy sword (...).

 The holy sword is not a special sword. The sword is not a special kind of sword, it's just that the armor that the spirit has blessed is called a holy sword.
 That's why I decided that a sword that serves to prevent Wraith-kun's 'water blade' and can't be grabbed from the stance I just took was unnecessary.
 I transferred the blessing of the spirit as I made the sword from the ground.
 Naturally, the sword with the blessing removed reverts to a simple sword.

 --Is this something that can be done so easily?

 I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this as well.

'If the spirit responds, that is. That speed of response...I'm sure he talks a lot on a regular basis. I'm sure the basic rule is to watch over the human race, but the one possessing the Commander is quite an odd one.

 I get it, but by that logic, you're an oddball too.

"Haha.

 As the two of them, Fenix and Astraea-san, seemed to have moved into a sparring match, but with their blades crossed - Fenix's body was lowered.
 He's been pushed out of the way!

 No, no.
 The identity of that spirit art is no longer in doubt.
 If I were to classify it as a fragment of the "Power of the Earth".....

 It's "gravity manipulation".

 Did the "Invisible Pressure" increase gravity and lighten the arrow when it was made to float?
 And now, it must be doubling the power of the earth to match the slash.
 To Fenix, her sword must feel unusually heavy.

 But even if it interferes with gravity - even if it has a similar effect - isn't it a profound realm?

''That's right. It's just a matter of time before you get to that point. However, the current main body is--'

 Dirk's voice didn't fall on deaf ears either.
 My eyes locked with hers. It wasn't an illusion.

'I have misplaced my priorities, I'll admit it.

 Astraea-san said.
 He said that he should have moved to defeat [Black Mage] Leme first.

''Hey........!

 Thump, shock.
 As my body flows to the side, I see the one who pushed me away.

 I knew by the voice, it was Alba.
 He looked up for a moment and clicked his tongue.

'Tch, I've paid you back.

 I owe you ... oh.
 If we're friends, we're supposed to help each other, but we're a different party we're the enemy.

 Is getting support a debt of gratitude to Alba? 
 He tried to repay the debt.

 But by doing so - he was crushed by the 'Invisible Pressure' aimed at me and left.

 She, [The Balance of Justice] Astraea is.
 With four of my friends being struck down almost simultaneously and targeted by two brave men, while the other enemies are also trying to turn towards me.
 Did she release enough spirit magic to aim at me while dealing with them?

 When I finished such thoughts, my feet, which had been thrust away and floated in the air for a moment, finally return to the ground.
 At the same time, I ran out.

''Lark! Hold Lily and get as far away from her as possible! Lily, shoot at her from the very edge of your aim!

 I don't hear their replies and keep running.
 I feel a huge magical force raining down behind me again and again.

 --Oh, no.

 I've figured it out.
 Astraea-san is, shall we say, a genius who never failed to work hard from an early age.

 She has the same powers of observation that Fulkus praised in me.
 And that's not all.

 What if she was destined to become a knight from birth due to the "contractual inheritance".
 I'm sure she trained in magic and swords from an early age.

 Wraith-kun has high magic-related abilities considering his age of ten years old.
 This is because he has an indomitable brave man as his father, he showed interest in magic from a young age, and his father and the people around him taught him well. Ever since he could remember, he himself actively worked hard at training.

 Normally, efforts suitable for a particular profession are done after the [position (job)] is known. In other words, I'm ten years old.
 Even I fall into this category.

 However, Wraith and Astraea-san were different.
 Wraith-kun is currently ten years old and handles magic that only surprises the world.

 So what about Astraea, who has been training hard since she was a child like him until today, when she was in her late twenties?

 The polar opposite is her spirit art.

'I've got it.'

 Finally, the 'invisible pressure' catches me.

 But - you're just in time!

 The magic power through the holy sword is released in the form of expanding around it.
 Gugug, I can see a high concentration of magic power interfering with it.

 It seems that I've managed to offset it.
 I just run to get close to her.

I'm sure you've been playing with the formula. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work for you. It's the same as magic, if you try to increase its power, the magic power you consume goes up'

 In other words, if we're talking about the 'Flame of the Gods', achieving the effect of 'burning all things without question' and 'consuming them without question' requires a tremendous amount of magical power.

''Yes, that's right. How about changing the first item of this to 'a single tree'? The consumption magic power is super low, right?''

 By loosening the conditions from the real 'gravity manipulation', did you make it possible for some continuous or prolonged activation?

''That's right. Because, you see, the big move that the Knight Commander used right at the start was almost as good as the big move of the contractor of the Shorty and Tsundere, right?

 Sho? .........He must be referring to the water spirit and the fire spirit itself.
 It's true that if that was really 'deep inside', it wouldn't be surprising if it was even more powerful.

''I mean, it can flatten mountains, so if it's that nekkid profound. To the extent that a person can crawl on the ground, you're exquisitely degrading it. The swordsman's power was increased for his partner, but he was crushed when he was hit by the powerful version.

 

 --I don't consider that move by Alba to be surprising.

 But he is a person who is serious about winning.

 You'll be able to find out what you can do to help.
 Then that's the choice he made to win the most - that's the choice he made.

 I sharpened my consciousness and approached the center of the battle while kneading my magic power.
 There are three brave men and one [Destroyer] around her.
 Aside from the three of them, Fran-san was attacking boldly in the midst of her inability to offset them with magical power.

''I understand that those fists are phenomenally powerful.

 Fran's feet melted into a sludge. No, it was the earth magic that changed the quality of the ground.
 If you look closely, you can see that it didn't melt, but rather, Fran-san's foot sank because it became like sand.

 It quickly returned to its original ground, leaving the child girl buried from the ankle down.
 Before she can get out, Astraea-san's attack hits her.

 Clumps of earth protruding from the ground are deployed from the front and behind her body and across her huge arms.
 With the earth magic, Fran-san has been restrained.

''--''

You should be proud of yourself, you're a great fighter.

Would you stay away from my flan?

Sharp, but still light.

 He took Wraith-kun's swing down, with the tip of the cut pointed at the ground.

''You're hot, you're securing the magic power for the holy sword?

 He raised his sword in a bouncing motion and crossed swords with Fenix.
 At the same time, he deploys several earthen walls in Beulah-san's path, delaying the confluence.

 --I knew there was something wrong with the amount of magic!

 In this case, it's like me and my direct subordinate [Black Searcher] Follas under Remegeton's direct control - it's like I've trained my magic organ by continuously casting magic on myself.
 No, I guess that's right.

 I don't know when it started, but she continued to use magic by exerting 'gravity manipulation' on herself and trained her magical organs.
 Even before that, she must have tried to continue using magic as long as possible.

 It's a family that has contracted with the same spirit for generations, it's not surprising that it's been passed down through the family as a way to train them to utilize more of the spirit's power.

 It's as if he's the best of me, Wraith-kun, Fenix, and Mr. Fulkus.
 He's extremely good at observation, spirit arts and swordplay.

 What a strong person.

 The only person I can think of who has such excellent overall strength is [Storm Hero] Aerial-san.

 But I wasn't despairing.
 She's really strong.
 But I don't think that her individual abilities are unbeatable.

 In the attack and defense just now, only her four companions left the field. She admitted, didn't she, that she had misplaced her priorities.

 The current situation of having to devote magic power to offsetting each other is troubling, but Wraith-kun and Fenix-kun are better than her in terms of maximum output spirit arts.

 Master Fulkas isn't here, but in a single battle of weapons only, [Reaper Knight] would win.

 And Aerial-san, who I used as a metaphor for overall strength, will surely win in a fight.

 There are no perfect life forms.
 And we are not alone.

 I'll turn to the holy sword from the tip of the magic it generates.
 And I approached one of my friends - one of them.