Chapter 145 - Invitation and Demonkind [9] (1/2)

145. Invitation and Demonkind [9]

I observed Zerey’s soul dress,〈Morsa Vector〉.

A sword with a long blade. Moreover, there were a number of small holes in the sword blade. It was a strange form of soul dress that I had never seen before.

(A demon’s soul dress, huh… I need to be more careful than ever.)

The opponent is a fearsome race that used the mysterious power of curse method and defeated more than a hundred senior Holy Knights in an instant. A soul dress brought out by such a monster would definitely be dangerous.

Even a small amount of carelessness will lead to instant fatal wounds.

(When dealing with unknown ability, just attack relentlessly!)

Attack, and attack, and force the ability to be used for『defense』.

Never let the unknown ability be used for『offense』.

I strongly gripped the Black Sword while keeping in mind about『How to Fight with Soul Dress Users』written in the Swordsmanship Guide Book.

(I should aim for a short decisive battle! Close the distance and rain down waves of consecutive attacks!)

Having quickly established a fighting strategy, I fired a slash to adjust the distance.

「First Sword – Flying Shadow!」

A jet black slash turned over the floor under, as it rushed toward Zerey.

「It’s quite powerful, but… Naïve! If you have the physical strength of demons, the superior race, this degree of power can easily be cut down!」

He unleashed a powerful side sweep containing centrifugal force and cut down Flying Shadow easily.

At that moment,

「I got you!」

I approached closer by using Flying Shadow as a feint, and penetrated into the certain kill distance.

「Wha…!?」

Zerey, taken aback by the unexpected situation, showed a slight opening.

「Seventh Sword – Instant Slash!」

A godspeed Iai-slash, which cut the sound barrier, cleaved his chest.

「Fuu, you missed.」

Zerey, who I had just cut down, disappeared like mist.

「Wha!?」

At the same time, I heard the sound of wind being cut from behind.

「……!?」

As a result of instinctively twisting my body, I was able to dodge a sharp thrust by a hair’s breadth.

I immediately jumped back and put a great distance between us.

(W-What happened…?)

Looking at Zerey’s body, there was no sword wound.

(Instant Flash… was evaded?)

No, that’s impossible.

At that distance, that timing, he couldn’t have dodged that.

And, in fact, I clearly saw Zerey cleaved through the chest.

「Kukuku, what’s up? You’ve got a dumbfounded look on your face, you know?」

Zerey tried to provoke me, the corners of his lips curled.

(Fuu, calm down. In such cases, I should think about it calmly.)

I exhaled loudly and assessed the strange phenomenon that happened just a moment ago.

(Instant Flash landed directly on “that Zerey”, that is undoubtedly true.)

“That Zerey” was certainly cut down.

And immediately after that, “another Zerey” appeared.

(A strange phenomenon that doesn’t add up. There’s no doubt about this, he used the ability of his soul dress.)

Is it the ability to create illusion? The ability to create a clone? Or perhaps something else…?

(I can’t identify what kind of ability it is yet, but…)

Zerey most likely used his ability at that moment.

When I approached him while hiding behind Flying Shadow, my view was dyed black, thus I couldn’t see him. Perhaps, he activated some sort of ability at that time.

(If that’s the case, then put aside the tricks, and cut him from the front!)

I will see through that strange phenomenon and reveal the power of〈Morsa Vector〉.

That’s the best way to beat Zerey.

「Here I come!」