34 Chapter 35: Death Knigh (1/2)
”So this is the 9th floor... I'm not able to feel a hint of life from anywhere ahead of us with deprehendre” I muttered
We had entered the 9th floor after Ariel defeated the boss. Even I didn't see that Wind Spear coming, and from the looks of it, Serena has also developed a similar spell.
”Concept magic is so fun to learn, once you completely understand an element, you can create different forms of a spell with it. But it takes training, dedication and magic power which the 3 of us are fortunate to have.” I Said
”Yeah, yeah, don't forget the knowledge which is something only you have. Sometimes I wish I could see what goes on inside of your head.” Serena said
”Haha... I wish you wouldn't do that, Mind reading magic doesn't exist right?” I asked
”It does, Most royals have at least one servant who can use it, however, you have to be thinking of it out loud for them to be able to read it. In other words, they can't just read your concepts but they can make it so you think of them and they can read that.” Said, Serena
”Then that means... That king could have used it on me... No wonder he tried to kidnap me...” I muttered
”Did you just say, king!?” Asked Serena
”Yeah, He wanted john to work for him so we left,” Ariel said
Wow, she just made that seem a lot simpler than I could imagine with no effort.
”Wow, I can imagine that... But how were you able to get away?” Serena asked
”Like this, Furtim,” I said
”Oh, I see... Yeah, I suppose that would work.” Serena Said
”But that won't work against those guys,” I said as I pointed at the piece of armour that laid on the floor
”Why not?” Serena asked
We had been walking for a while and we finally encountered the first monster
”That is... I'm not sure, I didn't test it out since Rose was with us back then. But I have a feeling they can feel us even through Furtim. Let's find out.” I said
The two girls nodded and we quietly walked passed the armour
”It worke-?”
Before Serena could finish, another Armour which was behind her got up and swung its sword at her. Seeing this, I pulled her towards me and it missed her.
”Looks like it won't work. What sucks, even more, is we're going to have to physically break the armour, magic won't be very effective. What the hell is wrong with this dungeon, why is magic becoming less effective over the floors!?” I asked
”T-Thank you,” Said Serena as she moved away from me, with a slightly reddened cheeks
Hm... Why does she look embarrassed?
We were surrounded, 2 armours were blocking where we came from and 2 armours blocking our path forward.
”Tch, I'll handle the two at the back, you handle the two at the front,” I said
”Yes!” They replied
Instead of parrying them, I ended up cutting through the gaps within their armour. But thanks to that I got to see where their core was.
It took that moment to swing at me while I was still in the air. Without any way to dodge I cast
”Velox”
And propelled myself backwards, barely avoiding its swing. As I was sent back, before I bumped into Ariel and Serena, I cast Velox again, midair and propelled myself back to the armour who missed its swing at me.
I used my momentum to pierce the middle of it's chest-plate with my left dagger and muttered
”ignis iecit”
In that moment, A ball of flame which was formed from my magic travelled through the tip of the sword to the inside of the armour and hit the core directly
After that, the core of the Unanimated Armour broke and the armour broke down to just pieces of good looking armour
While my dagger was still stuck inside of the broken armour, the Other armour beside it swung its sword at me. It wasn't fast but it looked like it could hit hard. I dodged it by stepping back to Ariel and Serena's side to see how they were doing.
”How's it going on your end?” I asked as I forcefully separated my dagger from the broken chest plate
”It 's resistant to ignis and Ventus... I don't want to waste energy using higher-level spells... Any idea on how to beat them?” Serena asked
”Yeah, the armour is resistant but the core isn't if you can find a way to get the spell through the gap...”
”Where's the core?” Ariel asked
”In the middle of the chest-plate,” I replied
”Leave it to me,” Serena said before casting a new fire spell
10... No, 15 Fire arrows were formed in front of the two girls and with a flick of the staff, they showed down on the armour. Most arrows were deflected by their armour, however, thanks to the angles some managed to get in through the gaps and pierced the core
With just one hit to the core, it ended up breaking and both armours broke down
”That's pretty strong, is that one of the spells you came up with during those 7 days?” I asked
”More like, the only one, aside from Ariel's Combo Move,” Serena replied
”Oh yeah, the one you used against me. That was really strong.” I said
”Wasn't it!? Was that all of them?” Serena asked
”No, there's still one more,” I said as I pointed at the one watching us
”Why isn't it moving? Is it scared?” Serena asked
”No I just happened to cast, gravitas on it, ahead of time so I could take care of the other one first,” I said
”How can you say these things so casually? And why didn't you just cast Gravitas on both?” Serena asked
”It takes a lot of energy to use it on even just one object, imagine using it on two,” I replied
”Fair enough, aren't you going to finish it?” Serena asked
”Right,” I said as I walked towards it
I increased the amount of magic being supplied to my blade, around 3x more than usual and swung my blade horizontally at it.