Chapter 150 – Fighting the Black Monster – 2
The black monster whose tentacles were cut off stopped attacking me with its tentacles.
Instead, that guy began to contain me by blowing a black orb out of his mouth that was as powerful as Explosion, a high-level magic.
Perhaps the root cause of the trouble was that I cut off all the bundles of tentacles protruding from its back.
It has two arms and two legs, though I don’t understand why it attacks with only a bunch of tentacles instead of using them.
If I were that guy, I would have restricted the opponent’s movements with a bundle of tentacles, then struck them with both arms or trampled them with both feet.
But he didn’t do that.
‘Is there a reason?’
As if there was some restriction.
If I had had a bit of time, I would have been able to investigate his behavior and come up with something meaningful, but unfortunately time was not on my side.
‘The severed tentacles… Little by little it is being regenerated.’
It caught my eye that the tentacles on the back of the black monster that I had cut off with the sword covered with the Aura Blade were regenerating bit by bit, albeit very slowly.
Looking at the black monster’s tentacles, which were wriggling and regenerating little by little, as if watching a wriggling colony of insects, an unexplained feeling of discomfort surged up in my heart.
‘Before all tentacles regenerate, it must be done quickly.’
It wasn’t like I didn’t have a ranged attack method either.
However, it is a technique that blows away a sword aura or strikes the enemy with the wind pressure generated when swinging the sword.
Neither technique would be effective against that black monster that was not fatally wounded except for minor wounds from the Sword Aura.
Now I had to choose one from two options.
Waiting for reinforcements without a promise, delaying the battle and consuming a lot of the power of that black monster that is confronting me.
Or, dodge the black spheres that the black monsters fly, approach him, engage in close combat, and kill him.
I could never choose the option of running away, so I completely ruled it out.
You don’t have to ask why.
Even if you run away from here, where will you go?
If I were to hide from him, where would he go?
It was clear that it was probably going to people who had been evacuated far away.
Assuming that the injured do not go to other people, the possibility of moving to an area with other teams cannot be ruled out.
In the end, I had no choice but to either defeat him here or wait for the indefinite reinforcements to arrive.
Or, I’ll get tired first and fall under his attack.
‘If I fully deploy the Aura Blade, I can fight for about two hours.’
But, fortunately, I still had enough energy left to fight for a couple of hours.
It was because I had made the best physical condition in the first place and started practicing.
However, despite being in the best physical condition, deploying the Aura Blade with full force was definitely a shortcut that would quickly tire the body and mind.
‘So, tie him up here as much as possible.’
Since this happened while Noble Academy was practicing, it was difficult to request support from other countries.
The most likely reinforcements would be the professors at Noble Academy or the special agency I dealt with during the entrance exam.
‘I have to defeat him somehow, or I have to hold out for as long as possible. First of all… ….’
There are two options left.
I chose one here.
‘I only use my sword aura for about an hour and draw my attention so that he doesn’t run away. If reinforcements don’t come after an hour, then I’ll do my best to defeat him.’
To be precise, I had chosen both options.
It’s about wasting time as much as possible rather than fighting the enemy with all your might from the start.
Now that I’ve chosen my tactics to deal with him, all that’s left is to trust my body and mental strength and go into battle.
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The battle between Adalbert and the Void Eater was relatively monotonous.
The Void Eater’s black tentacle, a direct means of attack, was cut off by Adalbert’s sword.
Thus, he drew out his powers, which he had nurtured by consuming creatures in the void for a long time.
That was the black sphere.
This is the power that exists in the void, and the void devourer uses his body to call upon the land.
The power of the void was a power that consumed everything and eventually disappeared itself in an explosion.
So, as soon as the black sphere sent by the void devourer touched the ground, it absorbed inorganic and organic matter on the ground and turned it into energy.
In other words, if you take it directly or conversely, you will be devoured by the black sphere.
This is the same for mana, rather, since mana was a form of pure energy compared to inorganic and organic matter, the black sphere would eat it up faster and more.
So now, Adalbert made a very wise choice to run away from the black orb flying toward him with his sword.
“Eak.”
Of course, there were times when the movement line was twisted and faced the black sphere right in front of his nose, but Adalbert’s body, which had reached the level of a sword master, made it possible to narrowly avoid the black sphere with amazing flexibility.
An hour passed just like that.
Adalbert was hoping for reinforcements to come, but even after an hour, there was no news of reinforcements.
‘Are the reinforcements too late?’
Adalbert had no doubts about the lack of reinforcements.
‘If reinforcements are delayed, it’s probably because they’re thoroughly prepared.’
He thought the reason the reinforcements were late was as positive as possible.
However, Adalbert could not afford to wait for reinforcements any longer.
‘The regeneration of the bundle of tentacles is nearing completion.’
The tuft of tentacles that grew from the Void Eater’s back are now nearing completion of regeneration.
Once the regeneration was complete, Adalbert might now have to deal with the bundle of tentacles and the black sphere at the same time.
I don’t know if it’s a single attack, but blocking two attacks at the same time was a difficult task without the help of a colleague.
‘f*ck, if I was going to do this, I would have taken him down right away when I cut off the bundle of tentacles without waiting.’
Adalbert regretted his decision the other day to wait for reinforcements.
However, the situation was not good enough for him to have only regrets.
‘Knock it down before it completely regenerates.’
Now there is only one way left.
Adalbert raised his sword and unfolded his blade to come back with all his might.
Defeat the Void Eater with all your might before its tentacles regenerate.
Right now, this thought was all in Adalbert’s head.
The Void Eater also confirmed that Adalbert’s momentum had changed, and lowered his stance to prevent Adalbert from easily attacking his legs.
Then, Adalbert ran in front of him, holding the sword covered with the aura blade that he had deployed with all his might.
The Void Eater also saw Adalbert running towards it and created a black sphere and sent it flying.
Unlike before, instead of sending out a single large sphere, it now sends out several small spheres.
The small black orb turned into a blade or needle and flew towards Adalbert.
“Sheesh.”
Adalbert evaded the black orb that changed its shape into a cloud on the ground, prepared to face an unsightly appearance.
Just as I was gradually closing the distance, the Void Eater raised one leg and slammed the ground.
“…… !”
Then, an unprecedentedly powerful shock wave swept the ground, and Adalbert spurred the ground to avoid the shock wave and flew up into the sky.
And that was the only moment Adalbert made a mistake in the fight against the Void Eater.
“Keuugh!”
It was because a couple of tentacles, hidden by the Void Eater, flew towards Adalbert.
Adalbert, who had just jumped into the air, hadn’t even time to swing his sword before the tentacles pierced his stomach and right shoulder where he was holding his sword.
“Damn it… ….”
Every time Adalbert frowned, blood flowed from the pierced abdomen and shoulder.
The Void Eater sucked Adalbert’s blood through its tentacles and began absorbing the divine power and mana contained in its body little by little.
It was because this void predator, unlike other entities in the void, did not eat its prey all at once, but slowly savored it over time.
Adalbert, who suffered wounds in his shoulder and abdomen, lost his sword due to the impact of being pierced by tentacles.
If reinforcements did not come, he would die here.
And the Void Eater would absorb Adalbert’s power and consume all living things on the land with stronger power.
In that case, the world would be destroyed.
‘Such an idiot… ….’
Adalbert was blaming himself for his foolish choice.
But then,
“This filthy black beast.”
A long-lost, nostalgic voice came from behind him.
“Who do you dare lay your hands on?”
And a slash from the giant aura blade cut off the black tentacle, and at the same time another slash from a different direction cut off the void devourer’s leg.
Adalbert fell to the ground as the tentacles that supported him suspended in the air were severed.
He suppressed the pain and barely looked in the direction the voice came from.
“The sin of laying hands on my son.”
And there, Adalbert saw his own father standing there.
“I will take it with your life.”
The first sword and sword master of the Bregern Empire, and the head of the Maydern family.
Count Ditto Rio Harun Meidern was holding his bottle and revealing his bloody murder to the Void Eater.
And his love bottle, as if representing his feelings, had a blade like the flames of an auror burning wildly.
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