Chapter 170: Skyfall (2/2)

Seeing the perplexed expression on Izabel's face, Rain smiled and took advantage of her lapse in concentration as she immediately used another secret technique. It was important to note that secret techniques were not something that could be easily learned and most demons, even demon lords would go their entire lives without learning a single one of them.

This wasn't just due to their insane rarity but the pure difficulty the learning process entails. The fact that Rain could use a powerful secret technique like the Thunder God's Descent was already impressive enough to make Izabel who could not use a single one jealous but she had also used the Phantom Kill technique and now a different one.

This was something that even the crazy and madly talented Citrus couldn't do. The mark of a true combat genius. The only other person that was as talented as she was in this aspect was Albert, who was a specialist Magic swordsman that could barely use magic.

[Phatom Steps.]

Wanting to compensate for her current weakness in this barrier, Rain used a movement technique as she moved to attack Izabel in an easy-to-block way. Izabel was wondering what that was about before promptly sensing the threat of death looming over her. Reacting quickly she opted not to block Rain's attack but to dodge it instead. And while that may have saved her life. She was sorely mistaken if she thought she had cleanly predicted Rain's movements.

The blade came at her from an unprecedented angle and she could not avoid it but thanks to her earlier actions, it had only caused a shallow wound on her abdomen.

”You little bitch!”

•Soul Eater•

Noticing Rain about to strike again after already causing her damage, Izabel's wrath ran rampant as she immediately used a skill in an attempt to hold her in place as she pressed down on the cut on her abdomen. Normally this was not enough to slow her down and even her natural resistance should have stopped the attack but the blade that struck her had been coated in green poisonous flames that had managed to cut through her defenses.

'This is bad. Damn it! Where the hell is that bitch when you need her.'

Izabel was getting more annoyed the longer this went. If she wasn't trying to keep her family's identity from any prying eyes that may have been able to get through her anti-divination magic, she would've just used her innate ability and been done with this nonsense.

She fought desperately against her instincts not to lose her cool and just go wild as she tried to calmly observe and handle the situation. However, just as she was dealing with this problem, another one arose.

The cracking of lightning grew increasingly louder as Thunder claps could be heard from the distant clouds that loomed over them with an oppressive pressure that made her want to run.

Izabel raised her head to see what the noise was about and her eyes widened. The simplest way to describe this was that they could be pregnant, and something told Iz that it wouldn't be giving birth to some adorable-looking baby.

Meanwhile, Rain was able to avoid Izabel's Soul Eaters thanks to the strong wind that blew her away again. She was sweating a lot even though most of her wounds were already healed and the disintegration energy within her was now almost gone thanks to the primary ability of the weapon Lord Ty had Bungo make her.

She stood up with difficulty as it seemed the use of the incomplete Thunder God's Descent combined with two other secret techniques had taken a toll on her. At this point even if she wanted to, she could no longer put up a decent fight against an opponent like Izabel especially since the barrier they were in was still suppressing them.

Rain then traced Izabel's gaze as she saw the thick pregnant cloud and went pale. She surely didn't know what this skill was or what it would do but the sky felt like it was about to fall and that was most certainly not good.

”CloudBurst.”

Before any of them had been able to brace themselves, Liz spoke a single phrase that told them everything they needed to know and both girls' expressions went pale.

'Hey, isn't this bad. Did she forget where we are? Don't fucking cause a natural disaster like it's nothing.'

With an oddly perfect synchronization, both Izabel and Rain thought the same thing, and as though on cue, the sky literally fell.

If one wanted a simple explanation of what had happened they could trace it back to the single-phrase Liz had said earlier, Cloudburst. A cloudburst in normal terms was an extreme amount of precipitation in a very short period of time, sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, which is capable of creating flood conditions.

However, that was a natural occurring could burst and this, this was something else, something much, much worse.

Izabel could only look up in dismay as she wondered how this was possible. For a magic item to be capable of causing a natural disaster meant it was a magic artifact but that was not the issue. The problem lies in the fact that the effect of this natural disaster had been greatly intensified, spanning an incomprehensibly large area making it almost impossible to avoid.

Not to mention, this was the Darkin mountain range and such a wide range did not only affect them but everything else inside the mountains.

”I'm beginning to hate my job.”