Chapter 341 Demon (1/2)

Seeing Raldus draw his sword, Reiko also drew Touka.

“…You will regret it, you know?”

“That’s an interesting sword you have there.”

However, even at this stage, she couldn’t feel Raldus being serious.

“Let’s go!”

Raldus instantly came towards her with an overhead swing. Reiko blocked it properly.

“Oho? So you can also see in this darkness. Even then, that’s a good sword you got there, to be in one piece even after stopping my blade.”

Saying that, Raldus leaped back in an instant and created some distance.

“….?”

Reiko felt strange, blocking that swing. And even in Raldus’ movements.

“Well then, next.”

Raldus came charging at Reiko from his position, swinging sideways aiming for the torso.

And although his movements were quite fast, Reiko should be more than able to react in time and stop it but…

“!”

However, Raldus’ swinging sword accelerated weirdly in the middle.

“You did… well blocking that.”

Barely–she was just barely able to block it. And while she did block it, she had that weird feeling in her hand again.

And once again, Raldus jumped back to create some distance between them.

Reiko was wondering what was it that she felt. It was the speed and the weight.

There’s a weight–a mass to the sword.

The fact that the amount of energy needed to accelerate a heavy sword would be greater than to accelerate a small one. On the contrary, if the energy stays the same, the smaller sword would accelerate faster than the heavier one.

The weird feeling Reiko just got was just that. The acceleration of the sword was unnatural and the impact she felt from blocking it didn’t match the speed.

“But I wonder if you will be able to block off the next one?”

Even while Reiko was in thought, Raldus was preparing for his next attack. This time he was in the ‘thrusting’ stance.

A sword which can go head to head with the reinforced Touka–even though it is Reiko, there’s a high chance she might get wounded. Reiko continued thinking.

“It’s a relief that I can read the varieties of his attack but… no, maybe that is also a trap?”

In that moment, Raldus came charging in again. And then he unleashed the thrust.

But Reiko surpassed his movements. She had more than enough leeway to dodge.

Or so it was supposed to be.

“!?”

Reiko’s body suddenly got heavier. As if her body weight was doubled or tripled.

And because of that, her evasive actions couldn’t make it in time. Raldus’ sword was about to stab into Reiko’s left shoulder.

“Barrier.”

Reiko instantly deployed barrier. Raldus’ sword stopped right before Reiko’s clothes.

It had broke through the indestructible barrier halfway and was stopped by the clothing which was made by the strings of a grand spider.

“Hmmm, so you can block that one…… I shall acknowledge. You and your master are of our level!”

Raldus shouted, leaping back once again.

But Reiko didn’t reply. That was least of her worries.

“The phenomenon just now… it can’t be… but, it can’t be explained otherwise…”

[Ms. Reiko, I think what you’re thinking is correct.]

Laojun, who was also viewing Raldus’ movements through Reiko’s eyes, agreeed.

“….Can you, control weight?”

Reiko asked. Hearing that, Raldus’ eyes opened wide this time.

“I am really surprised. You can think to that extent by yourself? Now I feel like meeting the person who created you.”

“Then surrender.”

Reiko advised but Raldus just laughed scornfully.

“Don’t be stupid. I will capture you, tear apart your body, take all the info from that control core and them I will be the one attacking.”

A very demon-like sentence. However, that is a poor move. There’s no way Reiko would forgive anyone or anything which can put Jin in the way the danger.

“…..I will definitely, not let you.”

Reiko’s voice got much lower.

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website

She might be able to beat him if she uses mana explosion. However, that way they can’t get the info they need.