Chapter 118 (1/2)

Chapter 118Ch. 118: Stuck During Battle

Since he had decided to do it, there was no delay in Loren’s actions.

The speed that Loren leaped forward surprised Lapis and Dia, even though they knew he was going to run forward.

But Stoos was still way more powerful than Loren in every way.

The blade of the great sword, which was swung with such force that it made a ripping sound in the air, whizzed through empty air, as Stoos leaned backwards, and even when he swung the sword back for another blow, she was already outside of his range.

“That’s an interesting weapon you have. A great sword made of magic steel? Where did you find such an antique?”

“No idea!”

Loren activated the self enhancement spell for a split second and instantly closed the distance between them and attacked again, but again, he couldn’t hit her.

He returned the blade and tried to go for another, but before he could, he was surprised by the face of a smiling red-haired woman in front of his, which caused him to jump back greatly.

“Your decision-making speed seems okay.”

Stoos, who had been closing the distance between attacks to an extend that Loren could feel her breathing, didn’t chase Loren, who had backed off again, and just stood and pointed her finger at him.

Loren blocked the fireballs that had erupted from the fingertip without any chanting or declaring the name of the spell with the flat of his sword.

Although he was blown backwards by the explosion and impact, he didn’t let go of it.

“I’m just getting started, you know?”

More fireballs continued to fly towards Loren.

As he continued to block them with his sword, he stood firmly and braced against the explosions.

“Play with me as well, won’t you?”

While Stoos’ attention was on Loren, Lapis quickly dove under her nose.

Stoos just glanced at Lapis’ fist, which was thrown at her stomach, as it was stopped by an invisible wall of some sort, not reaching her.

“Are you a monk or something? I guess you can’t judge a book by its cover.”

As she said so, she kneed Lapis in the ribs, the hem of her dress flapping.

Lapis barely managed to block it with her elbow, but couldn’t kill the impact, so her light body was blown away and hit the ground, bouncing a few times.

Using the momentum to get far away from Stoos, Lapis stood up immediately, her white clothes covered in dirt and dust, but before she could regain her footing, she saw Stoos pointing at her, and jumped further back.

Immediately after, a few arrows made of lighting penetrated the place where she had been standing.

Not even looking to see if her attack hit, Stoos, glanced at Dia, who still wasn’t moving, raised her hand, and caught the blade that Loren swung down on her, without even looking at him.

“Oh? As expected of magic steel. I can’t just crush it with my hand.”

“Damn it!”

Loren tried to pull his sword back, not even having any time to be surprised that Stoos had caught it with her bare hand, but even with his strength, it didn’t move from her clutch, as if it was stuck there.

The kick that he made in desperation was, like Lapis’ punch, deflected off an invisible wall, and didn’t even make a scratch.

“You’ve got a bad foot habit. Kicking a woman is just rude.”

As she said so, Stoos swung the great sword to the side.

With just that movement, Loren was plucked from the ground and flung sideways as well, and when she let go of the sword, throwing it, he flew away as well.

“I’ll give it to you that you held onto your sword. But that’s it.”

Loren didn’t take his eyes off Stoos, even as he was flung away and was rolling in the dirt, but when he saw her take a step towards him, he started rolling faster away.

As if chasing him, Stoos stomped the ground where he was, and with the force of the impact blowing up sand and dirt, Loren continued to roll away.

“>!”

A white light erupted from beneath Stoos’ feet as she tried to chase Loren further.

Lapis had used .

Stoos had taken the full hit, but when the light disappeared, she stood there, same as before, with a small smile on her face.

“That tickled. A somewhat faithful follower, I’m guessing?”

“I am a model as well as ideal priestess of the Knowledge god!”

“You aren’t a monk…?”

When Stoos said so, along with a roar, the blade of a great sword was slammed into her neck.

But it was again blocked by the invisible wall, right before it could hit.

Loren had dashed within range in one jump and tried to land a blow, but seeing that it was blocked yet again, he moved away from the spot immediately.

Stoos didn’t chase, but instead lightly caressed her neck, then smiled at him, as he readied his great sword again.

“You’re an excellent swordsman I’ll give you that.”

“I’m overjoyed at the praise. I’m going to make that cool face of yours pale up, so you’d better be ready.”

“You’re eloquent as well. But you should say things you can’t do, you know?”

Loren grinded his teeth as Stoos laughed.

It was true that there was a hopeless difference between the two of them.

With the weight of Loren himself added to the weight of his great sword, it was quite the heaviness, but Stoos had the strength to swing them around with one arm, as well as use spells without chanting them.

She was resistant to Lapis’ , along with an invisible wall that blocked any sort of physical attack.

With no idea how to defeat her, let alone hit a blow, it was apparent that Loren and Lapis couldn’t do anything.

“That doesn’t mean we can just back out!”

Loren activated the spell of self enhancement again.

He kicked off the ground and launched a fierce attack at Stoos.

Stoos was about to take it with her palm again, but she noticed a phosphorescent light emitting from the blade, and instead of her palm, she swung her arm to counterattack.

Sparks flew when the blade and arm came into contact, with a noise that didn’t sound like a sword hitting flesh, and this time both Loren and Stoos were pushed back from the impact.

“That’s really an interesting weapon. What did you just do?”

Stoos said as she glanced at her right arm that blocked the attack, after firing a fireball at Lapis to keep her in check.

There were no visible wounds on her white skin, but the part where Loren had hit her had turned red, like a bruise mark.