Chapter 72: Furtherafter (1/2)

Chapter 72: Furtherafter

“It’s uys really persisted” (Io)

“When cornered, anyone would shoer surpassing their limits” (Hibiki)

The surplus-filled words of Io were answered by Hibiki with a reckless shout while dodging attacks

“That is wrong Being able to shoer surpassing your lirown and trained You guys are truly skilled warriors It seereat deal” (Io)

The compliments that came out indifferently from his mouth

3 meters, from a norht Using this body so agilely, he showed feats that would rief

“Power-type trunk” was quite the misconception Hibiki felt hatred from the bottom of her heart at the idiot that made such an analysis These were iant that one would normally think would use an axe or stick on his various ar was completely different

“The attacks don’t hit properly! This guy has a worst disposition than the spider!” (Naval)

Naval’s screa have not passed properly as attacks after all Since the beginning, the attacks of her have gotten his arles a number of times, but not even his skin was scratched Moreover, he won’t let attacks on the same spot reach He deftly shi+fts and with soe slide off his hardened skin

“Don’t self-depreciate yourself that hite woh it is powerless, it is truly a splendid sword technique” (Io)

“Are you pretending to be a martial arts instructor?! Gu u!!” (Bredda)

Bredda goes to where Naval is and jumps to divert the trajectory of one of his arms’ attack

“An instructor huh! That sounds nice People like you that can takeare rare How about it? Want to come to the demons side? Tto” (Io)

Io uses a step that makes it look like he shi+fted his body’s direction in an instant to change his position In the space he was previously in, a soic power passes by

“Why are you able to dodge invisible wind?! Can you read the aria?!”

“That’s wrong, wind user If one kno ic power is put in it, one is able to read most of the attacks that come The place it is aimed at and the place it will activate, your eyes tell me that inforht by his enormous amount of experience No matter if he says it, there wouldn’t be many ould be able to actually do it

“I will have you let us move forward once and for all!” (Hibiki)

“!! Nicely done!” (Io)

Because of Hibiki’s sharp charge, Io is somewhat pushed back But it wasn’t like Hibiki had reached the level of a des of her true abilities were beginning to be surpassed, that’s all

To surpass the estieneral with vast a a norht surprise for him

A definite feedback is felt fro to her bones Hibiki’s sas able to slice one of Io’s hands till the middle

“Oh, ad the next barrier, hero?” (Io)

“… I can’t take it out?!” (Hibiki)

“If I tighten my muscles, you won’t be able to take out your sword And so, your movements will stop as well!” (Io)

“!!”

Hibiki understood ould happen after this

She instantly separates fro from Hibiki’s trust of her instincts

A dull sound This was the first attack she had received in this battle Moreover, this is the first attack she received since she cale divine protection fro kicked off Chiya runs after her at once

“Ga-ha!! U… go ho… wu…” (Hibiki)

(It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!) (Hibiki)

Hibiki’s thoughts get dyed in one color Is this the effect of losing the Goddess’ divine protection? For a ht this way

(Hurts hurts hurts! But! Not having the Goddess’ divine protection doesn’t matter that e The proble!) (Hibiki)

Being ale, even if for a bit, her reasoning Think For now just think And so, Hibiki, for the sake of returning to her senses, continues to think while squir

(Even my bones are broken What was punched was entlemanly It seems there is a need to punish him Ah, my mouth is filled with the taste of blood It feels like it is coic in this world In norht, but with healing o for ed thoughts, she tries to avert her attention froic that was activated in theeffects, her pain was slowly softening Having Chiya’s healing ize and accelerate the healing speed

While still being unsteady, Hibiki stands up after a short while

“At that instant you let go of your sword and, even if imperfect, you were even able to put out a barrier huh I shot that one with the expectations of enius-level sense” (Io)

“Hoill you compensate if I end up unable to bear a child? And also, ore Don’t joke around!” (Hibiki)

“What a lively girl Have your sword back Itto look for a better sword?” (Io)

Hibiki receives the sword that was thrown out Of course, the sound in his arm was nowhere to be found anymore

“… When tomorrow comes, I will listen to your advice” (Hibiki)

As usual, the words that showed no sense of tension were souys live to see tomorrow, you will have a place to return Those two premises are ieneral’s nonchalant words However, pointing out their place to return, Hibiki and the others uniforet surprised as expected Right now a detached force is advancing to Limia” (Io)

“Don’t le unit!” (Bredda)

Bredda is the first one to object For the dedo that the fires of ere approaching his birth place, his appearance clearly changed

“You are right The scale is around two thousand In normal circumstances, this is not a force that can be used to attack a major power’s capital” (Io)

In Io’s words one could feel pity He sighs While affir Bredda’s words, the latter half stirred up anxiety

“What did you do?” (Wudi)

For Wudi, whose fa cold water on hi For him ants his fa that should not happen at any cost is about to happen

“Magician huh Well, it’s just that I have reliable reinforcements that’s all A power that can even overwhel me” (Io)

“Is the demon ar all around, the hyuo” (Hibiki)

Hibiki’s sarcasm But her words didn’t show any composure

“Hero That’s just how desperate we are Now, let’s close the curtains of this act I will not forget you guys’ bravery Driving away the spider with only 5 and being hyumans to top The fact that all of you ca There was a time when my best friend and I tried tohiret it” (Io)

“?!”

He doesn’t answer Hibiki’s words, he just declares the finale of this fight Also, the driving away of the calamity spider that worked as an emotional support for Hibiki and the others, Io points out that this wasn’t an experience they alone had achieved

It seems there was quite the effect A clear unrest spreads in the hero’s party Words that hinted Limia’s ambush and that he had repelled the spider There is no way Liet shaken frohly naïve If I do an effort of 10, I will certainly get a 10 Thinking that, I ca my life on the line here I should have tried my best by 100, 1,000, 10,000 times! I should have done that!) (Hibiki)

What can she do in this despairing situation?

Defeating Io and saving the capital As expected, she could clearly declare this; that it is totally ih The power needed is absolutely not enough For Hibiki, this was the frustration she was originally looking for This was the step after desperate effort that Hibiki longed for Therefore, obtaining this, her ansas obvious No good

Having sweat on her cheeks and hair over her face was siirl that tried her best and still lost That was exactly the wish Hibiki had, but the girl began to understand what coht The reality of ill happen after a hero loses The girl, Otonashi+ Hibiki, began to understand the reality of her existence being a center of hope Her defeat is not limited to only herself anyhts in the battlefield that one si raised in a peaceful land, Hibiki, who had thought this was just a fight in a different world, began to see the reality in it That she couldn’t continue thinking as she has until now

A feeling of defeat that was not on the level of when she was defeated by the black spider was now enveloping Hibiki For the ti, the whole party was still in a condition that can still fight But the fact that they don’t feel they can win, slowly breaks their heart

“!!”

Far

At a distant place

In the direction where the Liic power proportions splits apart the clouds and pierces the ground

Of course, this was a happening that occurred in a faraway place This was a phenomenon that one could see with their eyes, but to esti Hibiki and the others couldn’t do fro they could tell was that an intense pillar of light appeared, and it was golden in color

But what happened? It was a situation that only rolled into the bad side Hibiki tries to forcefully put her ether

“What is that?!” (Io)