Chapter 289 "The Power of Bonds, The Gods Expectations" (2/2)
If the Earth God creates a humongous blade of light and cleaves her, she will change form and evade like mist. Even if she surrounds her with walls of light to eliminate her escape route and unleash an attack inside, Alice would change into a different form again, slips through the wall of light and evades her attack.
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With the exchange so far, the Earth God was able to recognize Alice’s abilities as well.
This ability which she calls Ἑκατόγχειρες allows her to transform into someone who meets a certain kind of condition and use that being’s abilities…… And as for the abilities that she can use, there are two kinds of beings that she can transform to: Those beings who she can only use for a moment, and those who she can continue to transform into unless she cancels it herself.
The most troublesome transformations are those ones that she can transform into all the time…… A girl with two shades of black hair with an enormous staff, a woman with straight golden hair with glowing twin swords, a spear-knightess with flaming red hair and a man dressed in priest’s robe with a Bible in hand…… These four are the only ones that the Earth God has seen so far, but “these beings who hold weapons” were clearly more powerful than her other transformations.
Of course, the Earth God herself is an overwhelmingly strong being, as she changed her attack pattern one after another as they fought, but Alice would choose the right ability from the huge amount of cards she had.
[…………………….]
Currently, the wings on the Earth God’s back were “cut off in half” and there were cuts all over her body, so it could be said that she was somewhat pushed to the edge.
Of course, she was far from being in a predicament. If she wanted to, the Earth God could just annihilate this body and recreate it again. The reason she isn’t currently repairing her wounds is that she had judged that they don’t particularly hinder her movements, so it’s fine even if she leaves them alone.
However, her mind is in a stalemate in terms of attacking back.
The most effective means of attack against Alice is presumably an unavoidable, ultra-wide attack…… but if she were to do that, there’s a chance that Kaito will be caught up as well.
She could also fight in melee but…… That could get Kaito caught up in the shockwaves that were to occur.
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For the Earth God, who has no intention of breaking her promise to Shallow Vernal, these methods aren’t something that she can choose.
Just as she was thinking of how to get rid of this troublesome opponent, the Earth God holds her hand towards the approaching Alice.
[!? Tsk……]
Thereupon, Alice’s eyebrows twitched for a moment…… and seeing the Earth God about to launch an attack that she could have evaded like before, but she burst forward and straightforwardly approached.
Seeing the clear impatience on Alice’s movements that she had never shown before, the Earth God didn’t overlook that…… “and pulling back the hand that was pointed at her”, she was blown away by Alice’s fist.
[……Eh?]
Seeing her fist struck her face too cleanly, Alice’s eyes widened in surprise, stopping her movements and looked like she started thinking.
Then, after seeing the Earth God regain her stance, she moved a long distance in an instant and returned back to Kaito’s side.
[Eh? A- Alice!? W- What the heck is going on……]
As a human, Kaito couldn’t possibly see the battle between the Earth God and Alice, as he could only see some things glowing in the distance and didn’t understand the situation at all.
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That’s why he was surprised at the sudden appearance of Alice and asked her what was going on.
However, Alice doesn’t answer the quiet, still remaining alert of the Earth God, she spoke.
[……Kaito-san, apparently, that woman…… It doesn’t seem to have any intention of hurting Kaito-san.]
[……Eh?]
[For a moment, the place where Kaito-san and I are located is perfectly aligned in a straight line from her point of view…… Well, even if she had shot me like that, I had a plan to deal with it, but for her…… That should have been the perfect chance to attack. However, she interrupted her attack.]
Yes, the reason as to why Alice’s eyebrows twitched just now was because a great chance for Earth God to strike Alice appeared.
Alice was moving around as much as possible so that the attack wasn’t led in the direction where Kaito was, but she couldn’t completely seal off the movements of an opponent as powerful as the Earth God, and she was prepared to take some damage in that situation.
However, the Earth God didn’t shoot.
[……Perhaps, that woman stopped attacking me to avoid the probability of hitting Kaito-san. And also, she never tried using widespread extermination…… It seems that she has circumstances that prevent her from hurting Kaito-san.]
[………………]
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[In that case, what do you think we should do? It seems like there’s a chance we could end this situation peacefully, you know?]
[………………]
There was a good chance that the Earth God would not and could not hurt Kaito. Recognizing this, Alice’s slightly hotblooded mind cooled down and she decided to ask for Kaito’s judgment.
Surprised by Alice’s sudden question, as Kaito kept his silence in response…… The Earth God, who was “fully healed of her wounds”, approached the two of them.
T- There’s not……. enough sweetness…… No more, it feels painful…… Next chapter, let’s have Earth God caught in Kaito’s clutches……
Serious-senpai: [Oi, idiot, stop that.]
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