180 179. Beyond the "Prison".txt (1/2)

As he ran, Palinclone shouted.

”I will 'fully liberate' the runaway 'World Consecration Squad' - and proceed with 'assimilation' as well!

In time with the pulse of Palinclone's magic, the World Consecration Formation also begins to tremble. That is to say, the earth trembles. Ryner and I are stunned by the sudden earthquake. Meanwhile, the Palinclone continues to keep the World Headquarters pulsating.

The black ground is distorted.

The ground loses its solidity and begins to ripple.

Then, as if emerging from the surface of the sea, a new monster crawls out of the ground.

''d*mn, not again!　Maria could have burned me out!

However, the situation was a little different from the earlier monster summons. It had always been mainly medium-sized monsters, but the ones that were appearing now were all monsters that were large, large and super-sized.

It was a crazy and mythical sight to see a bunch of monsters that wouldn't be able to fit in the corridor if it was a labyrinth, crawling up one after another. As far as the 'display' was concerned, all of the monsters had high ranks.

''No wonder!　That wasn't even close!　The area of the World Condemnation Force encompasses half of the mainland, so there aren't just tens of thousands of people on the battlefield that have been converted!　Hundreds of thousands - no, millions of creatures would have been swallowed by the continent!　Haha, so there's still more in stock!

Palinclone confides the identity of the source of the summons in an agitated manner.

'At the expense of innocents again, you, ah!

I don't know!　I don't give a shit!　It doesn't matter how many people are converted, it doesn't matter to me!

The monster summoning accelerates.

A giant centipede swims through the darkness, splitting the sky. A tree fork sprouts through the heavens as if it were sprouting from the earth. A gaseous (gas) monstrosity flies through the darkness before you know it. Unseen, high-ranking monsters are summoned beyond counting.

It was clear that Palinclone had deliberately suppressed its speed until now.

While we are stranded by the earthquake, a wall of giant monsters is created by the giant monsters.

In the right front, a one-eyed, four-legged ogre. In front of us, a flock of bats with their mouths open. Still, we push forward.

''Liner!

Oh!

For chemistry, we swap positions and release our magic.

”'Zeerwise'!

”'Midgals Freeze'!

Ryner moves to the left and blows the swarm of bats away with wind magic.

I move to the right and freeze the giant ogre's (ogre) legs with freezing magic.

Then, without stalling, I move through the monsters.

The monster that's being summoned now is strong. That's for sure.

But they weren't being led. Unlike the previous battle, they didn't attack us collectively.

If I looked closely, there was a monster attacking Palinclone. He was attacked by a giant flying hundred-footer and his liquid body was torn apart.

''Palingkron, you too!

Yeah, I'm not in control anymore. I'm an invulnerable person to begin with. I don't like it because I'm not smart, but this kind of self-destructive warfare is possible.

Palinclone said that Hailey was the reason why the 'World Devotional Squad' went out of control. Maybe that was the reason.

Palinclone spotted a single monster and ran at it while avoiding attacks from all directions.

''--Just give me at least one of them in the body?

He held out his hand to the giant wolf with eight eyes and let the black liquid of his body attack it. The black liquid moved like a living tentacle and clung to the giant wolf.

The palinkron leapt onto the giant wolf's back, assimilating its lower body with the giant wolf's body.

With the wolf's legs in hand, Palinclone's figure moved further away from the humanoid form.

This reduced the number of monsters attacking Palinclone a bit. Maybe the fact that it has assimilated with the monster makes it think it is the same genus.

In contrast, the number of monsters attacking us has not changed.

The road to Palinclone is blocked by a wide variety of monsters.

Ryner!　I'm sorry, but I can't afford to help!

'You've got to be kidding me!　You can't help me!　We just happen to have enemies together right now!

Ryner swears the other way and pushes me away.

However, it's clear that Ryner is struggling. Even though he is wearing the magic wind, this is the 'center' of the 'World Consecration Camp'. Leveling down is inevitable. You can see in the 'display' that the level that has been raised thanks to Haili is being consumed.

But I had an answer to that problem.

I had some sort of certainty.

''Ryner!　Use it!

Saying that, he throws the 'Aleis Family's Treasure Sword Lowen' in his hand to Ryner.

''This is Rowen-san ......!

Receiving it dexterously in midair, Ryner looked at the sword's blade and muttered.

It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time. It's a good thing that the blessing of ”The One Who Stole Reason” stopped the dissolution of the body (level down).

As expected.

The most important thing is that the level of my level has not gone down since I let go of the magic stone of the ”thing that steals the logic of the earth”.

--I knew it.

Even though Rowen is gone, I am not affected by the World Consecration Camp.

With Maria gone, I thought that there were only two magic stones left from 'The One Who Stole Reason' here, 'Earth' and 'Darkness'. But that's not the case. There is a third magic stone here.

No, not just three, maybe--!

There is hope.

Not only will we find a chance to win the battle, but we will also find a light in the darkness.

Ryner laughed happily after receiving the 'Aleis Family's Treasure Sword Lowen'.

''Mr. Rowen!　What happened that day!

The crystal sword shone.

Then, the arm of the tree-fork monster that was attacking from above was slashed open.

''--'Quartz Blade Size!

Furthermore, Ryner's sword flashes shimmered.

The body of the tree fork that reached the sky was slashed vertically as if it were chopping wood.

Due to the combination of Rowen's 'Sword Art' and 'Magic Power Wind Blading', the power to be called 'Sword to End Demons' had descended on Ryner.

I also take out the 'Crescent Pectrazuli's Straight Sword' from my 'possessions' and activate 'Magic Power Freezing' as if defeated.

''-- ''Freezing Sword (Ice Flamberge), Ice Blade (Size)!''

That new magic name was an idea. I just got caught up in it and imitated it - but I thought it was cool. It's just that alone that fills me with wariness and lifts my mood. It's a good reason to shout out a new magic name.

This magic, 'Ice Flamberge, Ice Blade (Size)', is a magic that doesn't extend an ice blade, but a blade of cold air.

Instead of using a material sword, it uses a blade of cold air to slice through a gaseous (gas) monster bird that was nearby.

The monster that shouldn't have been a real entity freezes and falls to the earth.

With a new determination, my ice sword gains even more power.

But I also felt that it was different (...).

I was certain that my attribute was neither 'ice' nor 'water'.

I've been experimenting with many different types of freezing magic until today. But I'm not sure if I've ever drawn out more power than the range of effect of Ice and Freeze. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

Then my attributes are--......

As I was searching for the answer in my head, Ryner next to me also defeated the insubstantial enemy with me.

''-- 'Zeerwise Madness'!　And I'm not just with a sword!　Dr. Ayd's teachings, Hailey-san's power, now my wind magic is the strongest in the Helvirshain family!

It blows away monsters that must have weighed over ten tons.

The power of the wind surpasses the wind knights I know in Yuu.

The power of the two of us will pave the way.

The road to Palinkulon is only a short distance away--

But in the end, a giant flying centipede, over a kilometer long, waits for us like a wall. Ryner and I put our strength into our bodies and our minds into our will.

'Here's my brother - no, Heili-san is here!　I can't be shown to be unworthy, Christ!

'Oh!　Get it together, Reiner!

The wind blade and the ice blade draw the trajectory of the Ishin-den.

Although their swordsmanship was mutually improvised, it had reached the point where it could be called a technique.

This is a technique that is unique to the two of them, a synchronization that comes from using the same swordsmanship, and a resonance that comes from looking up to the same teacher. I felt and shouted that they had reached a point where they could call it resonant swordsmanship, not resonant magic.

”--Alais style resonant swordsmanship!　”Yukikaze!

”--?

I spat out a decisive line as the body of the hundred-footer, which had been split up by the slash, fell to the ground in a blur.

Ryner next to me was surprised to see what was going on, but I'm not going to reflect on it. I'm just trying to be strong and fight like I always have. At best, this is another fine tactic for having a strong heart, so forgive me.