164 – Survival (5)
When I saw Nana lying on the ground, I immediately realized that the situation I was worried about had happened.
When Jessica noticed him, he got off my back without saying anything, and his hands that were holding my legs were finally free.
“Baldooooot!!”
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With the name of the most majestic technique in the world, the drawn out red blades rushed towards the unidentified enemy.
‘Stop this?’
It must have been a turning blow aimed at Nana, who was lying on the floor, while she was distracted, but it was easily blocked.
I immediately recognized who the other person was due to the heavy feeling of longing in my hand.
“Ganryu!!”
The moment she got out of the bush, her anticipation turned into certainty, and a long sword, incomparable to the one she had carried before, came towards her neck.
It twisted its body momentarily to avoid the attack, and like a hungry beast, it continued to chase after it without stopping, aiming for its neck.
‘That sword….’
It is said that the character who became his motif used a longer sword than an ordinary swordsman. Does that mean that Ganryu was serious about holding that sword?
Even though the physical performance itself is not much different from the previous puppet, I can’t stop sweating from the tension just by holding that sword.
“Ugh… !!”
With the power of Jinta, he attacked Nanga again and somehow managed to block the attack, but he clicked his tongue and took a big step back.
“Did that body also have a tongue?”
“No, it was just a tongue-in-cheek comment. Rather, you got a new sword, right? “Let me see it!!”
“…… “If you want to see it, let me use it.”
“Okay, let’s do that.”
Just by using his favorite sword, Ganryu’s skills have increased to the point that even someone completely different from before can use them.
As if the gap between my swords was clearly visible, not even a single step came within my gap, and when I attacked using the reach of my superior sword, I was unable to respond and often retreated.
Nanga can also extend the length of the blade, but it was obvious that the attack would be blocked before he could extend the blade by firing, so he could not move hastily.
‘… It’s dangerous like this.’
Time is not on my side right now. I didn’t know when the archmage who fought with Slime and Marina might come to join me, so I needed to defeat him as quickly as possible, even if it meant overdoing it.
I took a small step back, then took a large step back, and looked at Ganryu, placing my hand on the hilt of Jinta’s sword, not Nanga’s.
Ganryu looked at me with a face that said the coming had finally come.
“…… Goes.”
I focused my legs on fighting and ran straight towards Ganryu without worrying about getting cut.
With me running at the speed of a bullet, tearing through the wall of air, Ganryu took his stance and calmly waited for me to enter the gap between him and me.
And when that moment came, he slashed his sword at my head without hesitation.
‘You said you wanted to see Jinta’s power, right?’
In order to make that wish come true, I slightly fired Jinta and caught the sword with Jinta’s blade that was gently exposed.
As the blade clashes with each other, the sound of steel scraping is heard, and as Jinta moves forward, friction begins to build up on Jinta’s blade.
I planned to move forward like this, continuing to build up friction, and cut the guy in two at once, but the guy must have known Jinta’s ability, so he withdrew his sword as soon as he heard the sound of metal scraping.
‘I thought that might be the case, but….’
I had vaguely thought that would be the case ever since I knew of Jinta’s existence, but he also knew of Jinta’s abilities.
Other than that, there was no reason to be so scared and back away just because the swords touched each other.
“You know it well, considering you asked me to show it to you.”
“Knowing and seeing are as different as heaven and earth. I wanted to relax a little more if possible, but… “I guess it’s time.”
I wondered what he was talking about, so I followed Ganryu’s gaze and looked behind me. I don’t know when they had gathered like this, but there were probably ten slimes gathered behind them.
The people who gathered in an orderly manner along the five and ten lines clearly looked like they were being controlled by someone.
Furthermore, it didn’t end there; an intense mana that anyone could feel was gushing out from the sky.
Euclid, the only one among us walking the path of a wizard, was so overwhelmed by mana that he couldn’t control himself, and Nana and Jessica didn’t look very comfortable either.
After landing gracefully from the sky, she stood in front of the feverish slimes like a leader and spoke to me.
“Baldojae, our goal is not you. “As long as you hand over his recruits, I don’t mind taking those two back with you.”
“Do you know that I am the kind of person who will listen to such words and back down?”
“No, then sadly we will have no choice but to use force to get out of the way.”
Slime and Ganryu approach me little by little at almost the same time, narrowing the gap between them.
To be honest, it was a crisis. Even if we leave the slime to Jessica, Nana, and Euclid, the archmage is still behind us.
Tackling those two at the same time would have been impossible without Hori’s doping drug, no matter how effective it was.
‘If I had known it would be like this, would I have eaten before coming here?’
I had a syringe in my arms right now, but no matter how much I used to inject, there wasn’t enough room for me to use it between the two of them.
There is a way to create a loophole by using a technique big enough to involve the entire area, but then everyone here will be caught up in it.
At that time, unable to do anything, I just put my hand on the hilt of my sword and glared at them.
Suddenly, a cool chill hit my entire body, and the surroundings turned white.
The trees, the grass, the ground, and the slime behind me all turned white and collapsed like dry plants.
The only people who were safe here were the students of this academy, including me, and the Ganryu group who were protected by the magic unleashed by the enemy wizard.
“Ha…. “Well, it looks like it’s not too late.”
Unlike the enemy wizard, Marina landed on the ground out of breath and spoke to me with a look on her face that made her look like she was going to collapse at any moment.
“Thanks to student Lee and Ian setting fire to the forest, we were able to determine the approximate location. “It took some time to deal with the demonic beasts.”
White snow was falling in the sky as if it were winter, and seeing the trees that the snow touched were freezing, it seemed like they were dealing with slime stolen by the enemy at this very moment.
“I guess it’s worth a try now.”
With Marina’s appearance, the tide has changed for her, but that does not mean she can let down her guard.
The enemy wizard’s skills were superior to Marina’s, and more than anything, Marina was quite tired from using various magics on her way here.
‘Quickly deal with Ganryu and join forces with Marina.’
On the other hand, what we had to be most wary of was the enemy wizard defeating Marina and joining us again.
It was no exaggeration to say that the outcome of this fight would depend on which of the wizards and I could deal with the opponent faster.
The other person knew this very simple fact well, so he moved right away.
Ganryu didn’t take a proactive stance and took a big step backwards, probably to keep me there for a little longer, but I felt like I would get cut if I ran too aggressively.
“Troublesome…” .”
The good news was that Marina was also reading her enemy’s thoughts and taking the same actions as Ganryu.
Even though her level is higher, Marina is not an opponent to ignore, so the opposing magician is not hastily approaching her and is engaging in a war of nerves.
As the trivial fight continued for a while, with no one attacking anyone and just a snowball fight, Ganryu, who was facing me, said,
“Didn’t you guys forget something?”
“What?”
“This fight is only a means, not a goal.”
“What?”
After saying that, he smiled and ran away without even looking back.
At first, I was embarrassed because I couldn’t understand what he was saying, but I soon realized the true meaning of what he said and hurried after him.
“That bastard… !!”
That’s right, this fight is only a means, and their goal is what is within Euclid.
Nana realized this fact long ago and ran away with Euclid on her back, but even if she ran away first, it wasn’t enough for her to outrun Ganryu.
As she quickly ran away, leaving the wizard’s opponent to Marina, it wasn’t long before Ganryu’s back caught her eye.
“Ganryu!!”
With the snow piled up on the ground reflecting the moonlight and brightening the forest, Ganryu continued running without even pretending to listen to me.
And not long after, we faced the future that had been predicted even before this chase began.
Nana, who was spewing out her hot breath, and Euclid, who was held by Nana by her hand like a child, had to catch up.
“Your Highness!!!”
When Ganryu left his sword and ran towards Euclid, I saw this as an opportunity and fired straight at his defenseless back.
Jinta, pulled out from the sword sheath, cut through Ganryu’s stomach with incredible speed and force, separating his upper and lower body, but that alone was not enough to stop his movements.
‘… A dagger in your hand?’
The guy opened his left hand and took out a dagger, and threw the dagger accurately at Euclid even as his waist was cut and flying through the air.
Nana tried to block this by throwing her body as if it were her shield, but her dagger literally passed through Nana’s body and headed towards Euclid.
“Ugh!! “aaah!!”
Euclid’s scream heard later, no one would know what this means even without looking at it….