554 Why does it feel a little perverted? (2/2)

It didn't feel like he sliced through anything with his sword… he needed to go in deeper.

He retracted his sword in order to deal with a furious onslaught on tentacles. Seiji then increased the amount of Mana he injected on his sword, forming an even thicker and longer blade, before stabbing it into the crack again!

A strange hissing sound came from within. Still, Seiji didn't feel like he actually managed to slice anything. He could only feel that the inside of the shell was incredibly sticky and that his blade was tightly stuck inside, making it difficult to move.

Seiji forcefully withstood the tentacles' furious attacks as he kept withdrawing and stabbing his sword into the shell!!

The large shell monster's hissing became much sharper, and then… *Pu!!!*

A sticky substance shot out of the shell's crack right towards Seiji. The substance had such a powerful force that it knocked him backwards several meters and even broke his protective barrier!!

”Seiji!” Mika shouted in fear for him.

”I'm fine…” Seiji backflipped and steadied himself while speedily retreating to adjust his position. ”This shell seems rather difficult to deal with. It might take some time.”

Sticking his blade inside it didn't feel like much was happening, but it seemed slightly effective? Should he continue? Or should he simply try to use all his strength to break its outer shell?

…Wait a moment, why did this all seem so perverted?

Seiji thought about how he was using his long and thick blade to stick it into the shell's crevice while continuously inserting and withdrawing… even though this was just a fight, it subtly had an odd sensation.

'Cough, don't get distracted! This is a real fight.'

Just as he got his thoughts back on track and seriously considered what he should do, Mika called out to him again.

”I think I should be able to break its shell, but I need to get closer!” Mika shouted loudly.

”…Alright, I'll protect you while you do so.” Seiji instantly decided to trust his companion.

He moved over to her and acted as her shield, blocking the massive amount of tentacles so that she could approach safely.

Mika gathered part of her mist into a dark-red ball. Once she got closer, she aimed at the shell and fired the ball!

*Boom!!*

Seiji witnessed the ball leave a blood-red trail in midair as it hit the monster's outer shell, and instantly caused a large portion to vanish!

That's right, vanish.

With the ball's impact as the radius, a large circular portion of the shell instantly vanished! It was as if the shell's portion had been instantaneously teleported to somewhere else.

This was a move that Mashiro used previously when testing her powers… Seiji recognized this technique.

Causing whatever it hit to instantly disappear was indeed a frightening technique.

The shell monster hissed ear-piercingly. It sounded like it was in pain.

The black and soft part of its body that was now exposed sent out even more tentacles to furiously attack them!

Mika revealed an expression of discomfort.

Seiji protected her so that she could retreat before turning back to face the monster by himself. He prepared his large spell formation while fighting.

The monster in its enraged state seemed far more powerful than earlier, which gave Seiji quite a lot of pressure. His defensive shields were broken multiple times!

Finally, he finished his spell formation and activated his spell -

[Sealing spell, ”Demon Suppression Bell”]!!

*Clang!!!*

A gigantic golden bell appeared together with a ring while covering the entire giant shell monster. It cut off all tentacles that tried to reach out!

”Amazing…” Mika exclaimed in astonishment at this major spell that seemed quite extravagant.

'Seiji's so strong…' Mika's eyes sparkled as she watched his glowing golden form.

The shell monster received a great amount of damage from the powerful spell since it was no longer completely protected by its shell. It screamed at an incredibly high pitch before the sounds finally weakened.

When the bell spell ended, the monster transformed into a dark-blue mist that immediately started to disappear.

”Mika!” Seiji indicated over to her.

The silver-haired girl understood what he meant and ran over to absorb the remaining blue mist with her own dark-red mist.

”How is it?”

”There's a far more noticeable effect compared to absorbing those earlier monsters…” Mika paused for a moment. ”However, the attack I used just now took up quite a lot of energy. This basically just replenished it.”

That attack had a great cost associated with it… Seiji figured as much and nodded in understanding.

It would be strange if such a powerful attack had a low cost associated with it.