112 – Decisive Battle – 1
“Ike Access. Let me ask you one thing.”
“The future you tried to change, changed. Is that really worth more than a thousand years?”
“A collection of people’s obscenities accumulated over a thousand years. Do you think that an action to save just one life can be reversed?”
Why do these guys keep asking strange and incomprehensible questions?
As long as there were people who died because of Avatar, the situation that could be resolved through dialogue has passed.
But what kind of answer do you guys want to hear from me?
“… I don’t know what that means.”
Rex frowned at my answer.
Why?
I really don’t know, but ask me what to do.
If you’re literally asking if Reina is more important than Avatar’s secret wish, then I have no choice but to say it’s natural.
If your wishes come with people’s sacrifices, then those wishes are not worth fulfilling.
“Of course I do.”
Rex starts moving slowly.
“… Whoa. Good night.”
With her right hand, she takes out the greatsword hanging from her back and steps forward.
“I’m killing you here and now. Reina Roselia in the back, and Atal, Helen Oberon, and Charlotte Isolde in the top. I will kill them all.”
A cold sweat broke out all over his body.
To be honest, all I could think about was how to escape.
The opponent is undeniably the strongest of Avatar.
No matter how you think about it, it wasn’t an opponent that Reina and I could defeat.
“So if you want to stop me, go with all your might.”
But I already realized that I couldn’t run away.
What if I somehow manage to escape to the surface with Reina?
I have no choice but to go to the entrance where Helen and Atal are fighting Cron.
The moment that happens, we will surely be annihilated.
No matter how many people there are 4 and 2 people, even if the numbers on this side are superior, you can never win.
Because I knew that, I guess I planned a strategy from the beginning to defeat them one by one using numbers.
“… I will have no choice but to do it.”
“Yes.”
Reina nodded as if she already knew.
Yes. She had no choice but to hold out somehow.
Until Charlotte, Helen and Atal win and come here.
“Whoa.”
I catch my breath and pick up Neia to get into position.
I am in the worst condition.
I still felt the pain in my left shoulder, and my stamina wasn’t perfect.
And the opponent is Avatar’s strongest, Rex.
Even if this is in the best condition, victory is not guaranteed.
No, it’s an opponent with a gap that you can’t win in the first place.
“… It’s a complete crisis, this.”
“But you promised? Let’s survive no matter what.”
“Yes.”
I quietly took out her barrier stone from her pocket and handed it to Reina.
If we had any chance of holding on to hope, it was definitely here.
A very small gap that can be created because the opponent is the strongest.
If you can dig in there, you can definitely survive.
“Are you ready?”
The pressure of living oppresses the whole body.
But even so, I couldn’t stay still, so I took a step forward.
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“I’ll admit it. You are stronger than the Ender Arcana.”
S sighed and nodded her head.
Hearing that, Charlotte raised the corner of her mouth.
An obvious ridicule that anyone can tell.
But Charlotte deserved it.
S, Ed, Vita, Roxy, Ark.
Currently, while dealing with 5 of Avatar’s executives at the same time, her breathing became slightly rough, but there were no injuries.
“Well, she certainly hasn’t lost a match against her master since she graduated from Arcana. But there’s one thing you’re misunderstanding.”
“… What?”
“Even if it is, doesn’t that mean I’m stronger than Master? It’s not that you’re stronger than Master.”
S frowned at Charlotte’s words.
Surely, it wasn’t just S.
Ed, Vita, Roxy, Ark.
All five gritted their teeth at the fact that they were being ridiculed.
“If it were Master instead of me standing here, you wouldn’t have been hurt. No, rather, it may have already defeated all of you.”
“Ha. Have you forgotten that Ender Arcana was beaten by me?”
“Hey. You have to speak straight. Master, who had to use the magical ability, protect the students, and even leave the magic power to heal the students, was beaten by you. To such a master, you drove to the edge of the cliff and even pretended to aim for Ike.”
With Charlotte’s eyes saying that, there was a belief that the result would not change even if Ender was really standing here.
Although Es once again frowned upon that fact.
“… So?”
She finally regained her composure and opened her mouth in a sneer.
“After all, Ender Arcana is dead, right? It doesn’t change the fact that it was me who won. And the fact that you’re going to die here and now doesn’t change either.”
Yes.
No matter how much Charlotte is currently unscathed, it’s just that her breathing is rough.
“After all, you couldn’t kill any of us. It’s really amazing that you’ve endured so far by yourself, but isn’t that why you’re here now?”
It held up just fine by itself. It was only about the level, but it didn’t mean that I was winning at all.
“Truly. He speaks well on a topic that the five of us are struggling with.”
“You should have prepared for this from the beginning, right? From the moment I came directly to the enemy’s stronghold.”
“Well, that is true.”
With those words, Charlotte took a deep breath and raised her mana again.
Seeing her like that, S also took up her posture again.
Ed, who served as her assistant, used protective magic, and Vita, Roxy, and Ark hid themselves so that they could penetrate her gaps at any time.
“… It would have been nice if I could have fought you with all my might.”
S’s words were somewhat sincere.
“Go away. Would you give that kind of room to guys who do weird foul play?”
Charlotte answered, raising her middle finger.
“Well, that’s it.”
S smiled and put her foot down once more.
‘This is really dangerous.’
When talking to S, she acted as if nothing was wrong, but Charlotte’s situation was already reaching its limit.
Even if the monster’s abilities were sealed, the opponents were basically skilled enough to be high-ranking knights.
If you dare to say the ranking of the mage tower, it is a level where you can use the top floor.
The mere fact that he had been able to hold on until now was tantamount to a miracle.
‘Magic is also dangerous.’
Starting with the magic needed to maintain the barrier stone.
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Protection magic to block attacks, healing magic to heal wounds as soon as they occur, body strengthening to follow the opponent’s movements, and attack magic to use when a gap is visible.
From the moment she continued to use this, she could tell that she was different, but even so, Charlotte’s magical power was not infinite.
‘As expected, the plan went awry.’
What was one of the reasons you came to Ethiopia in the first place?
It was because of the magic that Ender used on S.
As far as Charlotte knew, it would take at least half a year to heal.
But now, S has not been completely cured, but has recovered to the extent that it does not interfere with fighting.
‘If that guy had all the power, he might already be dead.’
Charlotte was breaking out in a cold sweat without realizing it.
But.
‘Still, it’s not without possibility.’
Anyway, in the end, S still had a lot of gaps in his attacks, perhaps because of the aftereffects, and Ed did not step forward, only assisting S.
And the other 3 were not accustomed to pincer attacks yet, so even a single Charlotte could somehow block it enough.
There was hope in Charlotte that if she dug into that gap, she would be able to win.
But if there is a problem.
“Ha ha, ha ha.”
That was only possible when there was someone to ease Charlotte’s burden.
Charlotte was standing alone against 5 people, and it was too much for her to defend against their attacks, so it was not a situation where she could attack even if there was an opening, let alone a counterattack.
“Damn….”
The pressure to get things sorted out as quickly as possible and follow Reina, Ike, Helen, and Atal slowly began to tighten on Charlotte.
He knew he shouldn’t be in a hurry, but the more he thought about it, the more Charlotte became more and more urgent.
“That flame, after all, is annoying.”
The reason why they couldn’t penetrate Charlotte was simple.
A blue flame still flickering from Charlotte’s right hand.
Devil’s flame, the highest level of fire attribute magic, that disappears as ashes with just a slight brush.
From the opponent’s point of view, it was magic that literally reproduced the word irrationality.
“As expected, I’ll have to cut off that right arm first.”
“… What?”
At the same time as he said that, S once again dug into Charlotte.
S avoided the silver chain, blew the ice spear, and approached Charlotte while breaking the earth barrier rising from the ground.
Intention to subdue Charlotte directly by getting close.
Even though it was clear that if she made even the slightest mistake in the process, her entire body would burn with blue flames, she did not stop.
Charlotte pretended to be taken aback by that appearance, but in her heart.
‘It’s an opportunity.’
I thought so.
If this flame bothers you, it means that what S is aiming for is limited to this right arm.
If you knew that, even in the current situation, there was plenty of room for a counterattack.
Just like that, the moment S breaks through all her magic and approaches herself to reach out to her.
“Suck!”
Charlotte held out his hand without hesitation.
And.
“You thought it was an opportunity, right?”
S smiled as if he had waited for that and stepped back from Charlotte’s right hand.
“… ?!”
For Charlotte, who had perfectly blocked their attacks until now, that was literally a single mistake.
Magic power is gradually depleting.
The impatience to follow Rayna, Ike, Helen, and Atal quickly.
A single mistake made by the pressure of facing 5 people alone.
However, that one mistake was fatal, and the opponent was never immature enough to pass it over quietly.
“It’s over.”
Charlotte’s posture, which had thrown out his right hand, collapsed forward.
Suddenly, 3 Avatar executives appeared from behind, excluding S and Ed.
They attack Charlotte’s empty back.
In the air right after that.
“Keah!”
With a short scream, red blood splattered.