147. Jaca Ancilla (4)
If you fight the fallen spirits on the 9th floor and are defeated, one person on the spot will die.
Then, the ‘Henchman of the Abyss’, who inherits the memories of the dead, replaces that person.
──It’s kind of like a doppelganger.
──No, it’s probably closest to the prototype of a doppelganger.
“Circle?”
──Ah, yes.
──A doppelganger is a living weapon that was originally designed as a weapon. They were the ones who only listened to the devil.
──However, in the process of taking memories, it became difficult to control as it gradually acquired its own self. So I was released.
The dragon’s residual thoughts explain it that way.
A long time ago, I had been thinking of a means to destroy the ‘Henchmen of the Abyss’.
If you were the greatest dragon in the world after God, you would know.
“…What do you think of the ‘Henchman of the Abyss’ who inherited my memories? Is it Jaca Ancilla or a monster?”
──Isn’t he more human than other clumsy guys?
──I’ll give you an easy-to-understand example. What if we injected the memories of a 100-year-old old man into a 1-year-old baby?
──Do you really think you could call it a 1-year-old baby?
Of course, the ego of the elderly will be stronger.
So the baby’s ego would collapse, and it would be closer to the old man’s spirit.
But that doesn’t mean you can overcome the body.
It is the body of a baby.
Newly born babies do not have the strength to move their bodies, cannot see properly for a certain period of time after birth, and continue to sleep.
No matter how close your ego is to that of an old man, you cannot break the limits of your body.
──Even if you’re a monster, you won’t be able to overcome the monster’s body.
──If you become a beast, your intelligence level will drop. If you become a vampire, you will become thirsty for blood.
──However, you have accumulated vast experiences and accumulated memories through countless regressions.
──You who have lived longer than other humans will have a particularly strong ego, so you will have a little more humanity.
That was Jaca Ancilla’s last win and gamble.
The servant of the abyss who inherited the memories of Jaca Ancilla would be the closest to a human.
Hundreds of years of memories…… If it is also this memory engraved with the terrible trauma of the apocalypse, even if you become a monster, you will definitely try to remain human.
It has to be.
──Even an old man who has become a baby will not be able to overcome his body.
──But, at least once, you will be able to escape the temptations of the flesh.
“Sister, who is that?”
Lucius, who had been blown away by Jay Carr’s wings, was checking his body condition.
Fortunately, he didn’t break any bones. It’s just a little sick.
“Andy Parfume. He’s the leader of the Student Knights.”
Lapiska seemed to have her lips torn and her blood was dripping from her mouth.
She then wipes it off with her sleeve as if she doesn’t mind.
As she puts her crooked glasses back on, Lapiska watches the confrontation between the two.
Jayca has one of her wings cut off.
Andy cut off his wings.
The two of them were looking at each other calmly, but there was an atmosphere that seemed like they would explode at the slightest touch.
So, while no one was able to move recklessly, a voice rang in Lucius’s head.
[This is Rose. Lucius, can you attract Jayca a little more and fight?]
“……?”
Seeing Rose in the back with her puzzled look, she nodded her head.
[Miss Tia continues to set up the turrets. It would be nice to be able to fight using more turrets.]
“…A turret.”
Currently, the turrets are breathing fire and taking down the monsters from the abyss one after another.
However, monsters from the abyss are still constantly appearing in various places in the auditorium. It wasn’t that I didn’t think of pouring water into a bottomless dock.
Of course, it is clear that suppressing the monsters from the abyss is a thankful thing.
Still, it would definitely be more effective if you could use Ariel’s turret against Jayka.
Lucius nodded his head.
“Okay. Let’s try.”
Lucius moved slightly forward, exchanging glances with Lapisca.
Through that gap, I can see Tia moving to Jayka’s blind spot, as if taking a detour.
Jayka reacted to that.
“Don’t be a pig if the wizard comes forward.”
New wings sprout from Jayka’s damaged back.
The wings flew towards Tia as if they had a will,
-Twoong!
Ron raises his shield to block the wing attack.
“Ron!”
“…I’ll protect Tia! Don’t mind this side, Lucius!”
Ron tilts his shield to break the trajectory of his wings.
Ron’s severed arm is somehow put back together. However, it seems that it does not take much force, so it is half-stretched.
In that state, Ron won’t be able to fight Jayka head-on. Still, the shield technique itself would be possible somehow, so it would be possible to protect Tia.
Lucius immediately runs towards Jayca.
New wings appear from Jayka’s back,
“Keep an eye out, Jaca.”
-Poo-Chang!
Andy cuts off her wings.
“Your opponent is me.”
“…….”
From there, a fierce battle began.
Lapis Cara draws her gun first and pulls her trigger.
The bullet flew with the sound of gunfire and aimed precisely at Jayca’s head. Jayka avoids it casually.
With Jay Car’s evasive action, Lucius aims for her leg.
Jay Carr tried to kick Lucius back with a kick, but Andy responded and brandished her sword.
“Look at me, Jaca.”
– Ting!
Metal collides with metal.
To avoid Lucius’ bottom attack, Jay Carr jumps, and in that state, Jay Carr responds to Andy’s sword attack with an upward slash with her left sword.
Jayka’s body floats in the air for a moment.
Of course, it was difficult to change direction only while jumping, so Rose aimed for that gap and fired a Fireball.
Seeing that, Jay Carr saw her tail grow from her waist.
It was long enough to reach the ground, pointed like a devil’s tail, and she used it as a pivot for her legs as she tumbled.
Beside her, Lapiska rushes in and tries to stab her with her spear, but Jayka’s right hand is still relaxed.
Jay Carr blocks Lapis Carr’s spear with her right sword.
“…There are no gaps, really.”
Lapis Car clicks her tongue and adds another layer of her power to her spear.
Jay Carr didn’t particularly resist, rather Lapis Carr used her pushing power to leap beside her.
For now, he distances himself from the humans who aimed their weapons at him.
‘I can’t use the battlefield widely because of the turret.’
A monster with the same brain as Jayka thinks so.
One of Jayka’s strengths is his combo attack with twin swords. It is about continuing your turn without giving the opponent a second chance.
But now, the combo is constantly breaking.
If you try to launch a little offensive, enemies will attack you from all sides, and you have to be careful not to get into the range of the turrets, so the difficulty is high.
‘Then the first thing to aim for…… Lucius.’
The monster draws conclusions.
The number of humans he has to kill is six. Lucius, Tia, Ron, Rose, Lapisca, and Andy.
Among them, Rose is the furthest away.
It’s a little far away to run into, so it will take some time to close the distance, and it’s not easy because there are turrets around.
Tia is closer than Rose, but it’s difficult because Ron is guarding her, and Ron is also a tank, so it’s impossible to defeat her in one shot.
Lapisca and Andy are considered strong among the students.
In the end, according to the law of elimination, it would be easiest to defeat Lucius.
The monster immediately rushed towards Lucius.
His physical ability, which he possesses because he is a monster, exerts explosive acceleration and closes the distance at once.
Performs a high-speed sword. To prevent Lucius from reacting to either side, he swung the right sword at his neck and the left sword at his thigh.
You’ll only be able to stop one of the two.
It was a blow that I swung with that in mind.
-Chin.
Both sides are blocked.
The right sword aimed at the neck was blocked by Lucius’ left sword,
The left sword aimed at the thigh…… It was blocked by Lucius’ right sword.
‘… Twin swords?’
Light burst from Lucius’ right hand and took the shape of a sword.
For a moment, I thought of the flash elemental that Jin uses, but something is different from that.
The light born from nature, not artificial light, seems to be there in the shape of a sword.
As Lucius slashed Jaca’s sword, he swung the sword of light.
-Kaang!!
Lucius’ sword of light collides with Jayka’s sword, creating a sound.
A strong shock to the arm.
A vibration that shakes even the mental power.
“What is this…”
Jay Carr is surprised but continues her offensive. He swung his sword in succession to kill Lucius quickly before Lapisca and Andy approached him.
Lucius also defends against all of Jayka’s attacks by wielding a sword in both hands.
A tingling sensation echoed from her fingertips every time her sword struck, and Jay Car inadvertently held her breath as the air pierced her lungs.
It is only now that she senses that there is something most unexpected about her most underestimated partner.
‘Are you a warrior by any chance?’
The mind of Jay Carr, left in her monster’s memory, asks.
That was one of the hypotheses that I had been thinking about since returning several times. The theory that Lucius might be a hero.
Every time he returns, Elpis Bamir causes a terrorist incident every time, and as a result, Lucius always dies.
Why did Elpis Bamir infiltrate the academy? Why did he know that the hero was dead? What was the cause of the fire?
Maybe really,
‘If you are a hero.’
Kill me.
With that thought in mind, Jayka continues the twin swordsmanship.
Lucius seems to use the power of a hero, but…… Unfortunately, this was the advantage.
Jayka’s dual swordsmanship wasn’t perfected in a day or two. He has been working hard for a long time, so his technical skills are much higher than Jay Carr.
On the other hand, Lucius is simply doing a poor double swordsmanship with only his physical skills.
It is clear that it is a sprout with a promising future, but it has no meaning if it does not grow.
-Percussion!
Jay Carr swings her sword hard.
Then Lucius’s left sword went far and fell, leaving the defense on his left side empty.
“What?!”
“…Goodbye, Lucius.”
As if piercing an empty defense, Jayca aimed for Lucius’ neck.
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In the next second, Lucius’ throat will be pierced,
“I have to say a few times. Your opponent is me.”
Andy poked her head.
As if he would die instead of Lucius,
Andy rather sticks out her neck himself.
“Andy…?”
Jay Carr opened her eyes.
The body that has become a monster speaks. Rather good.
If Andy, the strongest among the 6 enemies, dies, that alone will give him a huge advantage.
-Paat!
Drops of blood burst out.
The skin tears from Andy’s neck, turning Jaca’s sword red.
But I couldn’t penetrate it.
The sword that strayed far from Andy’s neck only tore through his skin. Couldn’t kill
I couldn’t kill him.
I repeated the regression several times.
What was life like in the past hundreds of years?
-“……I didn’t want this.”
-“Please.”
-“…Kill me, Jika.”
Wasn’t she living all this time to save Andy?
I couldn’t lose the meaning of life now.
Because I am human.
Because I want to be human even if I end up like this.
“…You’re still down, Jaca.”
-Poo-Chang!
Pain radiates from her shoulder.
Jay Carr’s left arm is severed by Andy’s swing of her sword, and the sword is thrown as she rolls across the floor.
If you try to swing the sword opposite her, it will cut through that too. Lapis Car was chopping down with her axe.
If you try to quickly respond with the wings behind your back.
Bullets and spells fly and break her wings.
When she opens her eyes and looks around, turrets have been set up everywhere.
‘… I see It was a distraction.’
Forward deployment of the turret.
Lucius-Lapis Ka-Andy used the opportunity to attract Jay Carr’s attention, so Tia set her turret a little further forward. To reach Jayka as well.
The baptism of countless bullets turns Jayka into a beehive,
Lucius comes crashing into him.
“Oohhhhh!!!!”
Shouting out, Lucius stabbed his heart with the sword of light.
Without stopping, Lucius moves forward. As if using Jayka’s body as a shield.
As if blocking the bullets of the turret with Jay Car, she has been charging forward,
-Kooung!
Jayka’s body eventually collides.
In the turret.
Seeing that, Rose used .
Towards someone who is not here.
-Quaaa!!!
The turrets exploded all at once.