Vol 1 Chapter 19 (1/2)

Chapter 19: He who Dashes through the Air

Do ideas coe or recklessness?

Point Allocation (Victory)

Sounds were heard

Swords clashed, feet treaded on the ground, and breaths were taken

Those sounds were sent via divine transmission and heard all over the world

There were tarriors One of the west and one of the east One as young and one as old One with a neeapon and one with an old weapon There were several differences between theether created equally loud cries which were broadcast in all places

The sounds moved, flowed, passed by, and conveyed it all without stopping

Sooing on?”

As a result of this, ould happen to Mikawa and ould happen to the world as it approached the Apocalypse? And…

“Which one in?”

But there was one phrase none of the none of them could do was ask for help

After all, this battle would not save anything

Motonobu’s voice could be heard giving one reason why

“Yes Even if this battle ends, that alone will no longer be enough to do anything After this battle ends, everyone will have to do so about the world”

So…

“This battle is the beginning Go, Honda Tadakatsu Ensure that the people can do so about the ho out

“Show them where your loyalty ranks on a national level!!”

“Sure thing!” roared Tadakatsu in reply

Ie circled around behind Tadakatsu

This was his high-speedthe Clásica Fir He let loose a strike to cut Muneshi+ge off

…I suppose this will not be easy!

Muneshi+ge took action He raised his speed further

He struck with Lypē Katathlipsē’s blade, moved back, and fired repeatedly

However, Tadakatsu deflected all of it

“You’re pretty fast! Can you go even faster!?”

“I can! The Testamento Firma has no lie’s speed achieved acceleration with the Testamento Firma and was controlled with his body

A Testa a spell contract obtained at a church

A spell contract was obtained in exchange for Catholic-style devotions or an offering of Bless By sta the written seal of approval it would activate and disappear Catholic contracts were disposable, but they were highly effective and did not consue’s spell contracts were coe stae below the radiator on his back This spell had two effects

The first was to raise the speed of his physical body

The other…

…It creates multiple simultaneous footholds below round in order to run, he would be stepping on thosefive simultaneously multiplied his speed by five Ten at once multiplied it by ten

Both of these were powerful spells, so they were not so that could be used in units of tens of thousands However, Muneshi+ge had used the fortune earned through the occupation he had inherited to alter the spell such that it was possible

He had set the spell up so that it gave no thought to recoil

Lessening the recoil would have made the spell more expensive, less effective, and more co that portion

Also, he had shortened the active time so that the acceleration only lasted an instant This had lowered the unit cost even further and allowed hireater numbers

Those alterations allowed hireat number of instantaneous accelerations, but his body took the full burden It hurt his organs, affected his vision, and nus

However…

…That is necessary for an opponent such as this!

He e on his back vibrated and the scraps of the used compressed contracts scattered from the ejection port of the device The pieces looked like ash or scattered scraps of light A shi+ of heat shot from the cross-shaped radiator on his back that was a part of his body cooling systeht

Each tiht scattered, his speed increased

On the other hand, Tadakatsu had no speed He was also injured

However, Tadakatsu e

…This is…

Muneshi+ge watched Tadakatsu’shis body and drove Tonbokiri into Muneshi+ge’s path

Tadakatsu was constantly e in to circle behind hi in a repeated S pattern

The repeated circular motion of this S movee by using Muneshi+ge’s own atte closer!

It was a bit too late to activate Lypē Katathlipsē’s overdrive

Pulling the trigger and waiting for the virtual cannon to appear would take three seconds Once he fired it, it would be unavoidable even if the results would only arrive after about a dozen seconds That hy the first three seconds hat iven those three seconds

He wanted to do so about it, but…

“Lypē Katathlipsē! Normal drive!”

The normal drive was a small activation that scraped off anyone whose name was on the blade

The system was the same as Tonbokiri’s, so it was unavoidable for anyone reflected in the blade

Muneshi+ge was able to avoid Tonbokiri’s slicing because he could use his speed to escape the reflection range of the blade

However, Tadakatsu had no way of h speed, so he could not avoid it

Or at least, he should not have been able to

“Bind! Lypē Katathlipsē!!”

As soon Muneshi+ge gave that cry, Tonbokiri moved

…This is…?

Tadakatsu calmly pointed Tonbokiri toward Lypē Katathlipsē’s blade

That was all

With a sound like soht burst from Lypē Katathlipsē’s blade

Lypē Katathlipsē’s normal drive had been neutralized

And why?

…Lypē Katathlipsē’s blade was reflected in Tonbokiri’s blade!

It was a mirror

He had used Tonbokiri’s blade as a e of Lypē Katathlipsē as it activated its norht of its target and to cancel the effects of its normal drive when it almost sent that power into itself

…It sounds sih

But he could not do the sa the tip of the spear being swung at hie’s every action If the angle had been off even slightly, he would have been struck by the technique

But Tadakatsu had pulled it off

“Kh!”

The word “skill” appeared in Muneshi+ge’sone can do with speed alone!

Muneshi+ge had the greatest co to the Testament descriptions, Garcia de Ceballos whose name he had inherited had been a e viewed that power as being one of high-speedthe military arts, he had also earned a fortune supported by the Testa as a mensajero

However, after ained Tachibana Muneshi+ge as a double inherited nae had possessed the power of speed before he began fighting

With his speed, he could eous position

With his speed, he could increase the force of his attacks

With his speed, he could instantly evade any attack

After training both his speed and combat skills, he had appeared on countless battlefields and learned to control that instantaneous speed so that it did not destroy his body

His results in battle were appropriate for the man the Testament descriptions called the Peerless of the West

…However…

Thehi In that case…

…What is this!?

Muneshi+ge had obtained a single thing to live up to being the Peerless of the West

“Kh!”

He raised his speed

The shi+rew thicker and the arew

He felt as if his feet were stepping on thick books It felt as if those books were sticking to, sinking into, and staining the bottom of his feet The multiple footholds interfered with each other and vibrated but still produced their effects

Repeatednoises came from the bottom of his feet and produced speed

As he accelerated as if struck, his bones creaked The flesh on his cheeks, upper ared backwards

But that was the evidence of his speed

He circled around Tadakatsu to the left and drove his sword toward the man, but…

Tadakatsu rotated around on his S path and swung Tonbokiri backhanded froht toward Muneshi+ge’s back as he circled around

It was the saentle and looked like it could be easily knocked out of the way, but it had definite power contained within By the tie had avoided the attack, Tadakatsu had already rotated his body around in his S path such that he was standing behind Muneshi+ge

And then the S path began anew

Muneshi+ge could not allow it to repeat again The more it repeated, the oal, thought Muneshi+ge

That was to stall for time

…He wants to let the ley line reactor run fully out of control

And so Muneshi+ge had to stop this pattern

But how could he stop this repeating S shape?

Muneshi+ge thought back to his ability: speed

That speed would not work on Tadakatsu as things were

…In that case…

Muneshi+ge took action as Tonbokiri ung backhanded toward hiht up

In the next instant…

Tadakatsu saw it

…This is…

He saw Muneshi+ge’s idea

He saw Muneshi+ge’s new actionoff his speed

Muneshi+ge took action to create a foothold

This was the foothold he used for his acceleration This foothold would allow hih speeds in an instant What he used was…

“Tonbokiri!?”

Muneshi+ge stepped on Tonbokiri’s blade as it ung backhandedly

It was a light step

Tadakatsu felt no le feather had been laid on top of it

But that foothold gave Muneshi+ge one hundred ti out froe’s foot

It resembled a metallic noise

It was the sound of a Testamento Firma As the noise came to an end, the acceleration spell activated

A sound rang out for an instant

And as that sound rang out, Tadakatsu thought

…An excellent decision

Tadakatsu assue intended to circle behind him like this

…Yes, truly an excellent decision

“But!” shouted Tadakatsu He gripped the socket portion of Tonbokiri’s extension mechanism “Don’t think a coe!!”

As his body swung to the right, Tadakatsu dropped doith all his strength

The spell Muneshi+ge had chosen multiplied the counterforce of the foothold he placed his foot on

In that case, the foothold would disappear if it was lowered down before he could step on it

And that was exactly what Tadakatsu did

Immediately afterward, a space was created between Muneshi+ge’s foot and Tonbokiri

Light ran across the bottoh the air A sound silass could be heard

That proved Muneshi+ge’s spell had been neutralized

And Tadakatsu opened his n frames opened around Tonbokiri’s blade one after another

Those sign fra in an instant

And this produced the power of cutting He was targeting Muneshi+ge as he floated in midair

He took action

But in that instant, Tadakatsu heard a new sound

It resembled a metallic noise

It was the sound of a Clásica Firma It was the sound of the acceleration spell

A roar cae’s airborne foot

What had happened? What was about to happen? The answer to both questions cae had done

“You used the air as a foothold!?”

Muneshi+ge stepped on the air

Stepping on the blade had not been a feint If his acceleration had succeeded at that stage, he would have used it However, Tadakatsu had not allowed the fight to reone further

He carried out an acceleration ht of before He stepped on the air to accelerate in midair

The method was simple

The air was not completely empty It had the moisture of humidity and it had the minute pieces of dust The ley line expression and Lypē Katathlipsē’s earlier overdrive had left an abundance of dust in the air

But that was far froh to use as a normal foothold

To step on that dust and accelerate would require thousands or even tens of thousands of accelerations in an instant

Muneshi+ge’s acceleration spell used charms They produced reat burden on his body

If he went too far, it would dae his body