Chapter 24 (1/2)

Volume 1

Chapter 27: The Hero, Destroys the Mage 2

Overlimit .

It didn’t almost break me, but was supposed to . This ability, once used, causes me injury, and in return, greatly magnifies my stats for a very short time .

And while I get torn apart inside, the 【Viridian Sword of Crystal] does its job of healing me, making this a powerful and practical ability .

It was one of the trump cards my current self could use .

“You are quite the idiot to have returned my memories . I know it, the weakness of that Overlimit of yours . ”

“… … …”

Yes, just as Yumis said, this power had a very obvious downside .

Since I was constantly healing myself, there was the vast usage of MP on that front . And since the【Viridian Sword of Crystal] works by simply accelerating the body’s natural healing process, I also lose a ton of calories . That was the reason I got intense pangs of hunger after using this trump card .

As my level increased, I’d have more place to store extra calories, and could even gain a skill like Stockpile to aid the process . Eating too much now would only make me fat .

In other words, this move won’t last long .

I’d used it against the army of monsters in a more subdued way and that still made me exhausted in 7 minutes or so .

If I went full throttle, I’d last 3 minutes max .

There was also the fact that a lot of my mana was drained from that Tenebris Ignis Giant .

I had only 30% MP remaining . The signs of an MP high had started showing . I stopped using overlimit .

“Hah! Right back at you, Yumis . ”

But Yumis was not much better off .

Demon’s Fire cost little MP compared to the strength of the golems it bore .

But if the core of one of the golems is destroyed, a feedback curse is set on the spellcaster which causes a massive drop in their MP followed by intense pain .

Minnalis’ poison that silently drained mana while preventing spells, the high cost spells Tri Lightningand Multiple Lightning .

And finally, one Tenebris Ignis Giant’s core: destroyed .

This rate of expenditure was too high for the level she was at now . So I wasn’t the only one putting on a tough front .

“And yet, I still have 40% of my mana left over, your Overlimit has run out, and finally, I have one more Tenebris Ignis Giant under my command . ”

“… … …”

“You are and will be always the fool . If you simply hadn’t given me these memories, I might’ve been wary of that power of yours, maybe even giving you the time to recover . ”

Because I need to constantly keep healing when I’m in overlimit mode, there would be a faint green glow around me for the duration of it . When she saw that the glow had snuffed out, she gained assurance of victory and smiled in confidence .

“End him with all your might, o golem . ”

“RUBOOOOHH”

At Yumis’ command, the sword golem flared up in its violet fire like the other one did just recently .

If I used any ordinary soulblade on that, it’d disappear having all the mana inside sucked away .

And seeing as I hadn’t moved, Yumis began readying a spell . She wasn’t voicing any chant, but I could see water and wind mana gathering around her .

I had a good idea what spell she’d choose in a situation like this .

“You really never change, do you . ”

My low mutter was drowned out completely by the earth shaking thumps the golem made as it ran over .

“I was a fool, but you’re much more of a fool in your own right . ”

All of this was still within my expectations .

So of course, I had prepared ways to counter and destroy her every move fully .

“Come, 【Absorber’s Edge] . ”

I instantiated a soulblade I’d unlocked for this specific battle .

It was as big as an ordinary longsword, with the blade being split in red and blue cleanly along the middle .

It had the power to aggregate anything I designate around me .

Yumis showed surprise seeing me holding this . She of course knew about the 【Absorber’s Edge] and I could tell that she was thinking, What is he planning now?

But the fact that she hadn’t caught on instantly, led her to my checkmate .

I turned towards the approaching golem, and at the right timing, thrust the soulblade into the ground .

“! What’s!?”

“BLRBLAAAHH!”

I made it look like I activated the trap with my sword and collapsed the ground from under the golem .

The bone monster made a dumb roar as it descended into the 7 meter deep pit, landing in the water which splashed up all the way to the surface .

“A pitfall!? And, water…?”

I pulled out the Absorber’s Edge and dashed towards the golem to deal the finishing blow .