“――――――――――――ッ!!”
Hero Klein, struck by Aria’s attack, leaped back with tremendous speed.
“――っ”
Aria, who tried to follow up with a pursuit, stopped her feet, and Kitty stood beside her as if to protect her, letting electricity run from his antennae as if to intimidate.
I wanted to go there too, but I glared at Klein, wary of him, while increasing my Mana.
Klein, who didn’t move while holding his face with his left hand that wasn’t holding a sword, looked full of openings. But, an Intimidation that made Aria stop her feet unintentionally leaked from his whole body, and blood flowed from Klein’s forehead as he slowly released his hand, and he looked at us with his eyes shining brightly, and was laughing (……).
“Aria!”
At the same time as I raised my voice, Aria jumped away from the spot, and the moment Kitty stepped forward to protect her, his claws scattered strong Embers.
“Gaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!”
Kitty’s claws were repelled, and he roared at the one who did it.
“Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”
Klein laughs while swinging his sword. But, no way, right? Klein was also repelled by the sword, but it’s impossible for him to be on par with Kitty’s huge body of Rank 6 in close combat.
The strength is equal. But if the size is different, the maneuverability is different. Klein thrust his sword at Kitty’s eyes with terrifying speed, at Kitty who has fur with resistance to slashing and piercing.
“Haaah!”
Aria’s Dagger, which jumped in to sew the gap of that one blow, aimed at Klein’s wrist.
“Hahaha!”
But Klein laughed at it, and rotated the one-handed sword with momentum with just the strength of his wrist, and when he repelled the Dagger that Aria released with all her might, Aria and Kitty, who protected each other, took distance from Klein while taking a delicate interval.
“――【Freeze】――”
In that instant, I, who had been increasing my Mana, fired level 6 Ice Magic.
Klein’s momentary gap, who had been following the two who were slightly outside the range of human vision with his eyes. The pure white freezing air, which aimed at that moment that Aria and Kitty had created, enveloped Klein’s entire body without missing its aim.
The strongest single target Ice Magic that freezes and crushes the target. The only creatures that can survive after receiving this are creatures with huge bodies, or Mystic Beasts like Kitty and Dragonkind.
And yet…
“――Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!”
“Light” becomes a sword and breaks through the freezing air from the inside.
That is… the Divine Protection of the Spirit of Light? No, that’s not it. That is, the Magic resistance is on a completely different level compared to humans.
Even so, he wasn’t unscathed, his hair and clothes were frozen, and his fingertips were starting to change color. But, as the “Light” surrounding Klein increased in strength, the color began to return to his frozen skin.
“Troublesome…”
Is that the Divine Protection of the Spirit of Light that the “Hero” receives? The Divine Protection (Gift) of the Dungeon Spirit that I received is quite different…
The Hero’s Divine Protection is different from my special ability, and different from Aria’s Combat Art of Body Enhancement.
In order to borrow the power that I should definitely gain in the future, I had no choice but to pay for it with my lifespan. Aria disliked that, hated cheating, and chose the form of “Technique” with many restrictions.
The Hero’s Divine Protection, in terms of impression, I think it’s close to Aria’s “Iron Rose”. But compared to the Iron Rose, which has many time and restrictions, Klein didn’t seem to be receiving any restrictions in order to gain that power.
…Really troublesome. Aria’s first attack should have been fatal under normal circumstances, but it didn’t cause much damage, and even the bleeding has stopped already.
As I observed Klein and considered his war power, Klein’s figure, who suddenly turned his gaze to me, blurred.
“Snow!”
At Aria’s voice, I reflexively evaded without confirming the figure of Klein who should have attacked. With my level 3 Martial Arts and dynamic visual acuity, I wouldn’t be able to keep up with anything but his Shadow anyway.
“――っ”
That’s why I evaded with just my insight, but Klein’s physical ability surpassed even that.
Klein’s eyes, who raised his one-handed sword, chased after me, and as if tormenting his prey, he narrowed them and made a distorted smile, and the trajectory of the sword aimed at me as if bending at a right angle.
I can’t evade this. But――
“――【Iron Rose】――”
At that moment, Aria, with gray-iron colored hair, fluttering light particles like wings, blew Klein away with a kick, and the sword that aimed at me passed by right in front of my eyes.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the Shadow of death.
Even though it used to be right next to me all the time…
“Hahaha! What is that! Is that your “Power”!”
Klein, who was still laughing loudly without any damage even after receiving the kick that released the Blade, wasn’t surprised even by Aria’s “Iron Rose” that he was seeing for the first time, and his eyes shone brightly.
Aria and Klein shifted to a battle of Blades as they were.
Aria, who can use 100% of her physical ability using the Iron Rose, still couldn’t push Klein back.
“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”
“……ッ”
Aria parried Klein’s blow, which was released with a sharpness that blurred the sword, with a Dagger, and scattered a grand Ember.
Aria, who deliberately broke her posture by taking advantage of that power, aimed at Klein with the Blade of her toes. But that kick was easily stopped by Klein’s kneepad.
Klein kicks Aria, who is still in a broken posture. But Aria, as if aiming for it, entangled her own leg that had been stopped, and slashed with a Knife as if getting up.
But, Klein saw it with his eyes and repelled it with a one-handed sword, and blew away Aria’s entire leg that was still entangled as if kicking it.
“――っ!”
It seems that she managed to avoid having her leg broken, but even so, Aria, who was kneeling and whose attacks were being stopped without being almost parried, released the “Iron Rose” and returned her hair color to its original color.
“Hahaha! Have you reached your limit already! Is that all your power is!”
Klein laughed and attacked Aria, who had lowered her power.
“Gaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
Kitty roared as if interrupting there, and unleashed the 【Combat Art】 of his claws from right next to Klein.
Aria sensed that this battle would be prolonged, and at the same time as suppressing the consumption of Mana, she created a new opportunity to attack.
“Oops”
But, Klein jumps away after seeing with his eyes (……) even the deadly blow that gouges out the hard earth of the rocky area.
Most surprise attacks are ineffective because of those eyes. The only ones that hit him properly were Aria’s first attack and the Iron Rose’s attack. Kitty is also fast, but because of his huge body, his initial movement was slightly inferior to Aria and Klein.
Kitty, who unleashed the Combat Art, stiffens slightly. Klein, who didn’t miss that gap, glared at Kitty who had been in the way, and turned his hand filled with Mana.
“――【Lightning Bind】――”
“――【Rock Blast】――ッ!”
Klein, who defended against the level 6 Thunder Magic that was activated a moment earlier with the level 5 Earth Magic that he was about to release on Kitty, took distance as if escaping from the electrified spot.
Surrounds the target with a cage of Thunder, and deals damage every time they act. I thought this Magic would be effective, but it doesn’t seem to work out that well.
“Hahaha! White you use amazing Magic!”
Klein laughs with a distorted smile, as if he has found an interesting toy.
Really troublesome. But, thanks to Aria and Kitty, I’ve gradually come to understand the “Hero’s Divine Protection”.
The Divine Protection of the Spirit of Light that Klein received isn’t Body Enhancement like the “Iron Rose”. Perhaps the Hero’s Divine Protection is the instantaneous enhancement of the Status itself.
If the strength, durability, and agility all jump up to the level of Dragonkind even for a moment, while maintaining the human form and size, its threat will surpass even the Elemental Dragon.
The mass due to the huge body is a great weapon, but if you can gain the power of a Dragon while maintaining the human form, the destructive power at one point will surpass even the Dragon.
“It seems that you guys need further punishment. It seems that you intend to fight me seriously, but I’ll show you “Despair” first!”
When Klein, who said that, tore off the pendant from his chest, I felt as if the slight haze that had been surrounding Klein had cleared.
Recognition interference…? Now that you mention it, Aria used something like that before to deceive the appraisal. Aria also frowned at the sight of it, and Klein’s appraised combat strength was visible in our “eyes.”
【Hero Klein】【Race: Human Male】【Rank 6】
【Mana Capacity: 382/454】【HP: 373/405】
【Overall Combat Strength: Momentary Enhancement: 9234】
“Do you understand now? You made me bleed! I’ll tear you limb from limb and take you back! It’s okay, I’ll make sure you don’t die even after you get back (・・・・・・・・)!”
Is he thinking of something that would make us consider suicide…?
Aria and Kitty narrowed their eyes as if glaring at the Hero’s combat strength and words, and I felt like I was returning to my old self.
Killing to kill, killing to die.
That’s right… I’ve been a little too docile, haven’t I?
The Hero Klein begins to show his power.
What is the extent of Snow’s true strength?