150 – Confrontation (2)
“Hmm… !!”
My ears were deafening and a chill that struck me to the point where I felt like I had been thrown out of space.
I felt like I had become a god when I saw how high I had climbed and everything was a dot smaller than an ant.
‘If we don’t return quickly….’
At this very moment, my body was soaring high into the sky, defying gravity.
If things continue like this, it may actually go beyond the stratosphere and reach outer space.
I quickly turned around and fired a true strike with all my might towards the stars in the night sky.
With a tremendous impact, the body fell back to the ground, and everything in the stomach began to flow back up the esophagus.
“uuup!!!”
I barely swallowed the vomit that rose up to my throat and placed my hand on the hilt of Jinta’s sword, preparing for the imminent shock.
As the ground got closer and closer, the nausea that came with me and the heat that covered my body became stronger, and I even had the illusion that my body was on fire.
And when things that were only seen as small dots become increasingly clear and can be recognized with the eye….
The sword that rose high through the clouds flew once again, but the attack became so monotonous as it was fired upwards, so unlike before, I was able to easily dodge it by twisting my body a little.
As I approached Elaine, who was far away, I prepared for shock and without hesitation, struck her waist.
Jinta’s power, which absorbed all of the friction generated from the sword sheath and the friction generated from cutting through the wind, was truly reminiscent of a meteorite.
If it had collided with the meteorite dropped by Bukage, it would have definitely shattered the meteorite and turned the meteorite behind it into powder.
“Ugh… !!”
Elaine, who focused her entire body’s fighting spirit on her sword, barely managed to block Jinta’s blow, but that only lasted for a moment.
Her face, which had always been expressionless, became distorted, and her sword, which seemed like a strong fortress, began to gradually crack, and soon it broke with a popping sound.
Elaine, unable to withstand the recoil of her broken sword, fell to the ground and was able to absorb some of the shock as a result.
“Does this feel like my victory?”
“…… “Not yet.”
Although the sword was broken and it was a reverse blade, Jinta was right next to Elaine’s neck, but Elaine had not given up on her fight yet.
And after a while, as if to prove that the words were not false, the swords that had risen high through the clouds fell straight towards the head.
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“Oh….”
She narrowly avoided the swords and tried to target Elaine again, but before she knew it, Elaine stood up and leisurely shook off the dust from her body, escorted by three swords.
‘Once I broke one, I used this momentum to break the remaining three….’
As if to deny that thought, Elaine stood up again and raised the broken hilt of her sword high, and the fragments of her sword that had been rolling around on the ground began to gather in one place, and she liquefied and hardened into the form of a blade.
‘Does it also have a restorative function? .’
In that case, even if those three swords are broken, they may regenerate like the sword that Elaine is holding now.
Rather than disabling her by breaking her sword, it would have been better to consider breaking her arms or legs to incapacitate her.
“… “It can’t go on like this.”
“Are you hiding something?”
“…… Huh.”
The swords circling around Elaine suddenly stopped and everything, including the hilt, began to melt and change shape.
The swords that melted down to their hilts turned into a spear, a hammer, and a large sword that was easily twice the size of Elaine.
I didn’t think it was an ordinary sword, but I guess it was a sword with some kind of magic.
“…… I’ll go.”
As I was harboring such sentiments, Elaine, whose eyes were overflowing with fighting spirit, as if she was serious from now on, rushed at me with all her might.
To block the charge, a wall was quickly built using the power of the dragon vein, but the high wall immediately collapsed back to the ground.
I had expected it, but as expected of a successor to the Sword Saint, using the power of the Dragon Vein didn’t seem like a big deal.
“Ugh… !!”
The first thing that flew at me was a spear with the longest reach among Elaine’s four weapons.
It was the same when it was a sword earlier, but the spear controlled by Elaine entered lightly into my arms as if it had been wielded by a skilled master.
I somehow managed to avoid the spear that seemed to pierce anything, and a large hammer was immediately swung from the side.
I didn’t dodge the hammer, but pulled out Jinta and destroyed it, but the destroyed hammer immediately turned into liquid and turned into a hammer again and attacked me.
‘The speed of restoration is faster than expected….’
I had no intention of destroying it and disabling it, but I wouldn’t be able to do anything other than buy some time.
While I was thinking that, a heavy greatsword approached me, but looking at the speed at which it was struck, it felt like a dagger rather than a great sword.
While I was contemplating whether to break that great sword like a hammer, the spear from earlier started stabbing me again, and before I knew it, the restored hammer rose high and fell on me.
Unlike before, when the weapons were unified and a certain degree of attack was expected even if you were not a swordsman, as the weapons changed and the attack method also changed, it was difficult to respond immediately even if you read the flow of the attack.
It was difficult to deal with three swords at the same time, but on top of that, Elaine with a sword was attacking me, so I had no choice but to focus on defense.
‘As expected, he is the successor to the Sword Master, so if you consider pure skill, he is at a similar level to me.’
I had been pushed back until now, but I felt like I could see a way out of this situation.
Unless Elaine’s weapon is completely evaporated by fire or completely destroyed by Nanga’s power, it can be restored again and again.
However, the durability of the weapon itself is not that strong, and since the fighting energy is distributed among the four weapons, it is impossible to prevent destruction by hardening it with fighting spirit.
Then the law of destruction is also simple. I fired a true strike with all my might, remembering the roar Robo once made.
The shock wave created by tearing the wall of air when firing was strengthened in both power and range by the power of fighting spirit, destroying everything that stood in its way.
The sword in Elaine’s hand escaped destruction as long as she held it herself, but the other three did not.
I completed the lead attack with Jinta’s ability faster than the weapons that had been destroyed and liquefied were restored, and I fired once again.
The shock wave that erupted with a roar blew away weapons that had not yet been restored.
If it flies this far, it will take time to get back to this point even if it is restored.
Now, Elaine has to fight with only one sword until the sword she sent out comes back, but in this situation, victory or defeat was already decided.
The remaining physical strength was almost equal, but the difference in the weapons they possessed was too wide.
Elaine’s weapon is a perfect weapon for Elaine, who can freely use any weapon, in that it is automatically restored and can change into any form, but on the other hand, it is the only weapon.
He doesn’t have the ability to turn anything into foam like Nanga or the ability to use the world’s strongest technique, Baldojutsu, like Jinta.
If there was only one hilt, it was just a slightly hard sword that could be repaired again if broken.
If skill and remaining stamina are similar, the game is naturally determined by the difference in weapons, so it was as if the game was decided when the weapon flew out.
Even though Elaine knew that fact better than anyone else, she did not let go of the sword and just looked at me with an expressionless face.
‘I’ve come to this point, but there’s no change in my expression…’ .’
Not only did his emotions not show well on his face, but seeing his belligerent appearance in which he challenged him to a fight from the first time they met, Elaine thought that he was the type of person who enjoyed fighting.
However, when they actually fought, although they had a fighting spirit, they did not show any signs of enjoying the battle itself or being anxious about the possibility of defeat.
Even if you enjoy the fight itself without being tied to winning or losing, it is natural to be happy if you think you will win and feel impatient if you think you will lose.
But how is it that even when defeat is right in front of us, we can stay calm like that, as if everything is okay, let alone impatient?
This is not simply because this fight is not a life-threatening struggle but a confrontation.
Then why was he so calm? As I was thinking about it, I came up with one possibility and asked it to Elaine.
“…… “Hey, are you looking after me?”
“… ….”
When she asked that question, removing her hand from the hilt of Jinta’s sword, Elaine’s eyes, which seemed to be okay even if a bomb exploded in front of her, widened.
Elaine, who had relaxed her fighting stance as if I had taken my hand off the hilt of the sword, tilted her head and asked me.
“… “Why did you think that?”
“He didn’t look very happy while fighting with me. So I thought about the reason.”
If a person who likes fighting itself, not winning, does not enjoy fighting, what is the reason?
Thinking about that, this is the conclusion I reached.
“I think I didn’t enjoy it because I couldn’t show off my skills while fighting while you watched me.”
“…… I didn’t particularly look at it. Just….”
“Just?”
“I’m not used to finishing without killing, so my hands keep stopping midway…. Even though I have a skill I want to use, I can’t use it because I might die… I keep feeling frustrated….”
Because I am holding a reverse-edged sword, a sword of immortality, I do not have to worry about accidentally killing someone unless I draw the sword with the intention of killing them on purpose.
But Elaine holding the real sword was different.
Everyone could tell without even saying how difficult it was to subdue an opponent equal to oneself with a true sword.
Of course, I was also careful not to kill anyone, but unlike Elaine who held a real sword, I was much more relaxed with a reverse bladed sword.
“I guess that’s why your expression was so stiff.”
“…… Huh.”
“Then you can just think about killing me.”
“……… Uh?”
“You can do it with the intention of killing me.”