276 – Extreme Ways (1)
The huge black thorns soared and immediately attacked the people.
“Keu, keuch!”
“Gagging!”
Three or four Paladins who were unable to defend themselves were pierced by thorns. Their skin quickly shriveled, and soon they became as thin as a mummy.
“aaa!!
“Mi, crazy! “The devil has appeared!!”
The audience screamed and rushed out of the venue.
Maitri smiled in satisfaction.
“Ah, ah… As expected, the vitality of the Holy Knights is special. “I heard there are no special meals.”
“This… This guy!”
An enraged Claire held a great sword in both hands and rushed at Maitri.
Other paladins followed her.
Maitri pointed a finger towards them.
“Hmm, Sarah, the female genitalia who wields a sword larger than her own body…Is Claire the ‘Hound Dog.'”
The thorns gathered together in the direction pointed, blocking the attack of Claire and the Paladin.
There was damage. The thick thorns were dented here and there.
Anyway, Maitri looked at Claire and smiled bitterly.
“hahahahaha. Is that really all you have? “Then I’m disappointed.”
As soon as he chanted, the surface of the thick thorns was instantly restored.
Claire clenched her teeth.
“How could that be, you wicked man! “Everyone goes full force!”
Holy energy overflowed through Claire’s body. Paladins also used divine buffs.
Isabella also arrived at some point and gave them a divinity buff and shouted.
“Aim for the author’s heart. That’s our only weak spot!”
“”Yes, saint!””
Claire and her paladins rushed to Maitri. It was a fierce rush that was incomparable to anything before.
“As expected, she is a saint with magical powers. But it’s meaningless if you can’t reach it.”
Mai Tree concentrated her thorns in one place. Eventually, the thorns took on the shape of a huge club.
My Tree snapped her finger in Claire’s direction.
“Hit.”
The thorn bent back sharply and moved violently in the direction of his finger.
The charging Paladins and Thorn clashed.
Two bang──!
The paladins who had been hit by the thorns flew into the sky.
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“Big, big!”
“Ugh… Ugh!”
Maitri chanted.
“Pierce through.”
Immediately after that, countless thorns sprouted from the ground and pierced the paladins.
The dozens of pierced paladins were as thin as before, like mummies.
“Damn it…!”
Claire barely blocked the thorn with her great sword and bit down on her molars.
More than half of the power was lost at once.
I have dealt with countless evils, but this is the first time I have encountered such a monster.
Her face was colored with despair.
At that time.
“Senior Isabella, please hold on for just one second when that guy raises his finger!”
Theo appeared behind Maitri. Theo rushed towards Maitri at high speed.
Maitri immediately noticed Theo’s approach. He raised his finger and pointed in Theo’s direction.
“Poke it… Ugh.”
A hot pain arose in Maitri’s fingertips.
While his body was paralyzed for a moment, the dagger thrown by Theo cut off one of his fingers.
‘My fingers will be cut off by something like a dagger…?’
Since it was clear that enemies would target fingers unless they were idiots, all fingers were coated with alloy.
However, the dagger that Theo threw cut off his finger so easily.
······Think about that for a moment.
Maitri raised her remaining finger and pointed in Theo’s direction again.
Wedge──!
The dagger flew again and severed Maitri’s finger. This time two of her fingers flew off.
Before we knew it, Maitri was within Theo’s attack range.
Sereung.
Theo pulled out the [Demon Sword] From his belt. His sword quickly aimed for Maitri’s heart.
“······Stop it!”
As Mai Tree cried out, her spiky thorns completely covered him.
However, as soon as Theo’s sword touched the thorn, it was cut off in chunks.
‘I can’t help it!’
Maitri gathered thorns in the direction of Theo’s sword.
Still, the only thing we could do was block it. The thorns continued to be cut off, but Theo’s sword did not lose its power.
Maitri shouted.
“This is ridiculous…! No matter how disgusting it is… It can’t be like this!”
“Here it is, trash.”
After saying that, Theo instantly relaxed his grip on his hands.
Maitri’s body is tilted towards Theo in order to slightly reduce Theo’s attack power.
“······Uh.”
Maitri’s body lost its balance and tilted towards Theo.
At that moment, suddenly!
Theo’s sword severed Maitri’s legs below the knees.
Maitri fell to the floor.
Because the amount of thorns was greatly reduced, I was able to finish it in no time.
But Theo’s hand holding the sword did not move. [Overrun] And his body, which had exhausted its energy to its limit, stopped working.
Theo ran over and muttered as he saw Claire and the paladins pounding on Maitri’s thorns.
“······Please come back.”
Claire and the Holy Knights pounded Maitri’s thorns even harder, as if in response.
Shake it off.
Theo fell to the floor holding the sword.
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Approximately 20 seconds after Theo fell.
The thorns that protected Maitri’s entire body were on the verge of disappearing.
The Holy Knights shouted.
“Almost all the thorns are gone!”
“Let’s have a little more strength! “The revenge of our comrades is not far away!”
“Renimid…Give us strength!”
Perhaps because of the anticipation of victory, the Holy Knights’ eyes were filled with joy.
There was no emotion in Maitri’s eyes.
“······After. “Now my life as a human is over.”
He was neither despairing nor frustrated by the approaching death.
He simply muttered with dead eyes, biting the candy hidden under his tongue.
“······It’s a contract, Andros. “I will sacrifice all that is left of my body and my soul.”
At the same time,
Push shoo shoo!
Push shoo shoo shoo ──!
Huge thorns rose up around Maitri. The thorns were three or four times larger than before.
“Huh, huh!”
“Kwaaak!”
All of the paladins who were cutting him were pierced by thorns.
There is only one survivor, Claire. Her great sword [Claymore], Which blocked the thorn’s attack, had a large hole in it.
But she was not able to defend herself completely. Deep stab wounds were left on her abdomen and limbs.
Passsssuk.
Soon, [Claymore] Was shattered.
Claire covered the wound with his hand and looked at Maitri.
Maitri was absorbing vitality from the paladins.
Claire felt death.
‘My arms and legs don’t move anymore. ······Is it over now?’
Mai Tree seemed to no longer see Claire as an enemy and was concentrating on absorbing her vitality. She was seeing his severed fingers and legs regenerate.
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A somewhat remote place that is not affected by thorns.
“······.”
When Isabella was looking alternately at the paladins who had been skewered by Maitri and at Theo who had fainted.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.
Theo’s fingers twitched.
Isabella’s eyes widened.
“Hey, can you hear me? Are you okay?! That monster ended up making a contract with the devil! “At least intermediate level, that one!”
There was no reply. But following his fingers, Theo’s toes also began to wiggle.
Afterwards, Theo’s mouth began to water.
It wasn’t a clear sentence, and I couldn’t hear it well.
“What, what?”
Isabella brought her ear close to Theo’s mouth.
─Juk, Yeo, Ya, Hap, Ni, Da, Evil, Ma…
“······.”
─I, , work, uh, turn on, give…
Isabella looked down at Theo with her sad eyes.
He was still holding the sword.
‘Even when you look so miserable…’
She seemed to have made up her mind and held Theo’s hands tightly.
“I really hate leaving everything to others. How do you trust people? Everything is different on the outside and inside. But Theo… No. “I’ll trust you because it’s you.”
Still holding Theo’s hands, she began to recite her sacred spell.
“······Lenimide’s faithful lamb, I dare to ask you, Lenimide. “Please give this person the 11th word.”
At that moment, a ray of light emanating from Theo soared into the sky.
There are a total of 18 types of Lenimide’s words, and from the 10th number, which is a two-digit number, the effect is of a different level.
The effect of the 11th word is to restore the subject to the best condition. Even if it is barely breathing, it can be revived as long as it does not die.
As the effect is overwhelming, the cost is also great.
The cost is that the caster loses half of the divine power they have accumulated so far and is knocked unconscious for several days.
“Rest, Isabella.”
Theo stood up and looked down at Isabella, who was lying down.
“······Because I won’t disappoint you.”
Theo looked at Maitri.
Maitri seemed to be in the process of becoming a demon, with horns growing on her head and black wings sticking out from her back.
Excited, excited, excited.
Theo’s heart beat quickly.
His blood seems to be rushing, his veins dilate.
My eyes are bloodshot.
I feel like my whole body is overflowing with energy. I want to cut that evil to pieces right now.
I did not use [Overrun] Or raise my energy.
It’s just that the blood talent [Descendants of the Hero] Has been activated.
“I’ll be back.”
Theo immediately ran towards Maitri.