Act 1-39 - Wind Dominator's Spear; Hail

Chapter 39 : Wind Dominator’s Spear; Hail

I stood by Edda’s side, facing Fedor who blocked our way.

My mind still refused to accept the situation.

It’s been a few years since I met Fedor for the first time.

The me of that time… should be of no use for Fedor, right?

「F-Fedor… Please tell me that this is just one of your jokes… Were all of your words all this time just a lie? You must have some sort of circumstances… Right!?」

「A naive guy like you is what I hate the most, especially your incompetence and your kindness.」

Hearing that straight from Fedor… The adventurer I admire hurt me the most.

Fedor set a stance with his 《Wind Dominator’s Spear; Hail》.

Seeing that move, the scene of Fedor killing the three fakes 《Cerberus’s Fangs》 crossed in my mind.

Fedor’s emission type attack magic, 《Blast》 was a highly devastating area of effect attack which could easily destroy our stance making us a sitting duck for Fedor.

Moreover, that 《Wind Dominator’s Spear; Hail》has a power to read the flow of the air thanks to the power of 《Weather Vane’s Devil; Pazuzu》, enabling him to navigate in the storm.

After the storm has subsided, we basically have to fight Fedor whose stance is as stout as before in an extremely awkward position.

… I guess I really have no choice but to use 《Petit Dimordi》 here.

Beelzebub should be able to push her way through the storm.

Fortunately, Fedor underestimated me.

It was very obvious from the fact he told us before that Edda was burdened by an Enchanted Sword that provided too much power for her own level..

She might be a match for a short time in a fight against Fedor by activating the 《Transcendent Flash》 with the Enchanted Sword that was taller than her own height.

That’s why Fedor saw Edda as a greater threat than me.

As long as I could use that opening to attack him, I should be able to take 《Blast》 from Fedor.

「《Quickle》!」

A magic circle deployed with Edda as its centre, and then rising upward.

This is Power Up-type magic.

It could raise her speed for a short amount of time.

「Cut the crap! Otherwise you’ll regret this in the afterlife!」

Edda bent her legs as she told me so, lowering her posture till she was almost parallel to the ground, the same went for the Enchanted Sword in her hand.

Her calf shrunk after expanding for just a moment.

That’s just how great the burden she put on her body.

「… So you can still go even faster, oooh, that’s scary. That stance, are you learning it from your Narc’s master?」

Edda said nothing to Fedor’s provocation.

That’s the correct action in this situation.

We would basically be dancing in the palm of his hand if she replied to him.

In my case… I would only hear the painful truth.

「Being taught battle art and the foundation of magic, and then given such a splendid Enchanted Sword. And swordplay on top of that. You’re given such a splendid foundation, all you need after that is to increase your level. Many dismissed your tribe as dangerous, ownerless barbarians and yet, both your’s tribe skills and and training steps were extremely polished.」

That instant, Edda gripped her sword even tighter than before.

「《BLAST》！」

As if he had been waiting for that moment, Fedor shouted the name of the skill.

A magic circle deployed, followed by a storm coming out from its center.

Despite his overwhelming advantage agaisnt us, Fedor didn’t hold back at all.

He tried to create a chink in Edda’s stance with his mastery in the art of conversation, and then used the moment when Edda showed a brief opening due to his words to strike at her.

I also stooped over,crouching near the ground digging my sword into the ground while maintaining my stance with 《Demon Eater Sword; Beelzera》.

Though I wanted to use 《Imu》 during that moment, I’ll be full of openings in the few seconds when I use that magic.

That’s why it wasn’t the kind of magic that I could use carelessly with the enemy right in front of me without any kind of distraction.

Moreover, he should be convinced of his victory since he used 《Blast》 immediately.

Now the problem is how to weaken this storm, shall I use 《Petit Dimordi》, or 《Trick Dove》.

Edda jumped back as fast as she could.

Just when I wondered whether she wanted to endure this storm or completely dodge it, she made a beeline toward Fedor.

「AAAAAAAAAAH!」

Her choice was to forcefully pierce through the 《Blast》’s storm with her enhanced speed.

I’ve no idea whether such a feat was possible but, this is my chance to join in the attack.

I swung 《Demon Eater Sword; Beelzera》down as if preparing it to stab it into the ground.

「《Petit Dimordi》!」

My one time trump card!

She saw Fedor’s terrifying strength too.

This is my one and only chance to grab victory.

With her using Powered, I guess Edda also didn’t have the leeway to use any other skill.

I might end up dead in the next moment if I waste too much of my time waiting for the moment, so it’s better to create it.

Beelzebub materialized as if she leaped out through the magic circle.

Now it’s my time to make my move when Fedor was busy dealing with Beelzebub and Edda.

Fedor should never have expected me to suddenly use Toulpa here to forcefully pierced through his 《Blast》.

Fedor changed the way he held on to 《Wind Dominator’s Spear; Hail》 in one hand as he faced Edda.

His spear pointed toward Beelzebub and his freehand toward Edda.

「Don’t underestimate me!」

Edda swung down her Enchanted Sword that she pushed out.

「This is my first battle art that I learned in desperation. Later on, I mastered it to the point that I could activate it with my own body.」

Edda Enchanted Sword’s blade looked like it avoided Fedor as it fell down and struck the Demon Labyrinth’s Ground.

「What the!」

「… I just let the blade slide down by using 《Transcendent Toughness》 on my fingers. It’s a martial art that is derived from the Battle Arts, 《Blade Sink》」

The fingers that pushed out toward Edda crooked as if making different kinds of circles.

It seems he used that to hit the belly of Edda’s blade to change its trajectory.

In contrast to 《Transcendent Flash》 which increased the user’s movement speed, 《Transcendent Toughness》 enabled its user to increase the toughness of their body by applying fighting spirit to one part of their body.

For high ranking adventurers who mastered 《Transcendent Toughness》, even their fingers could become the deadliest blade.

「A-Are you kidding m…」

I unintentionally let out those words.

Aside from a higher amount of fighting spirit due to his high level, and many kinds of useful magic, he also didn’t let his guard down just because he faced against us, adventurers whose level’s far below him.

In addition, to be able to parry a Enchanted Sword’s blade with hand was foul play.

Moreover, seeing that he has 《Transcendent Toughness》, I couldn’t see any way to land a strike on Fedor unless it was a complete surprise attack.

Our winning possibilities are way too small.

Beelzebub’s attack was also delayed a moment since Fedor suddenly pointed his 《Wind Dominator’s Spear; Hail》 toward her, and failed to match the timing of her attack with Edda.

When Beelzebub’s claws almost reached Fedor, a magic circle suddenly deployed with Fedor in its center.

「《Air Guard》」

A wind barrier wrapped around Fedor.

Edda who just pulled out her Enchanted Sword from the ground leaped backward as if she got hit by the wind barrier.

「GAH, AAAAAAAAH!」

Edda fell on her back, her shoulder landed first on the ground.

That strength of that wind was clearly abnormal.

From the sound of her fall, that attack should’ve caused quite a lot of damage on Edda.

「This is one of the reasons why I kept using my 《Wind Dominator’s Spear; Hail》 as my main weapon. This skill can smash any of your trump cards faster than 《Blast》. So does this dev—」

Beelzebub suspended in mid-air since her claws were trapped in the wind’s wall.

「GUh… GUGUGUGU….!」

「Is this the devil’s power!? this much power even though it was just summoned with low rank Toulpa!? Though I’m rather curious about the nature of the Enchanted Sword, to think it has this much power…」

「DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!」

Beelzebub’s claws forced its way through the 《Air Guard》.

A small tornado created as her claws broke through the air guard.

「FUHAHAHAHA! HOW DARE A LOWLY HUMAN LIKE YOU TRY TO STOP THIS MISTRESS WITH THIS PUNY MAGIC OF YOURS!… Whoopsie.. That’s a close one…」

Fedor’s 《Wind Dominator’s Spear; Hail》pierced through Beelzebub’s abdomen.

Fedor didn’t panic and quickly dealt with the sudden change of the situation.

His spear struck precisely betwee the gap between Beelzebub’s claws.

「Ubh… Y-You… Bastard!」

Beelzebub outstretched claws failed to reach Fedor.

I poured in more of my mana to prolong Beelzebub’s appearance.

My field of vision was shaking.

I am almost out of mana.

But if I cancelled Beelzebub’s materialization here, I wouldn’t have any more mana reserve to summon her again.

Losing her meant that we lost the only way to break through from this situation.

「Urgh…」

The 《Blast》’s storm had already weakened considerably.

Now is the time.

I should be able to use my 《Gluttony’s Edge》 on Fedor whose spear got occupied by Beelzebub and lost his 《Air Guard》.