Chapter 455 (1/2)
16-49 Trial of Zaikuon (4)
※ The latter half of 16-48 Trial of Zaikuon (3) has been altered Please note for those who haven't read it
Satou here Pure love that bloomed in your youth often come out as foolish, but rather than those who sarcastically make a fool out of it, those who tread upon the path of love following their heart look more wonderful to me
“–guNZUnu”
I tried to slash hiht the first close-quarter combat apostle earlier
The weight and speed of his blows are higher than Liza and the girls, but since he's lacking the battle sense, our vanguards wouldn't have ainst him
De] probably could easily crush him
『Swordsman-samaaaaaaa!』
『Who's that guy?』
『He's so awesoooome!』
The cheers that were directed to the teht turned to me
『Guess those perain this year』
『Yea well, it's Zaikuon 'fter all』
『I ain't bettin' on them』
『Buncha fool Even if God Zaikuon were revived, those Zaikuon Tes』
『daht』
Attentive Ears-skill picked up many voices
There were soht, don't lose!』 but most were like the above It's not really my business, but it's a bit unpleasant to listen
“damn youuu!”
The teht shot out arrows created by the [Vanquish Archer]
With the ic sword, I cut down the arrows in a way that won't make them hit behind me
One of the arroay offdown the transparent wall of the arena's boundary
Cheers, hoots and disdains turned into screams
Seeing that, the teht showed up a dark smile
Looks like the thoughtless reht too
“nuoooooOoooooo”
The tee and unleashed a roundhouse kick
Since God Zaikuon isn't interfering any fro people's faith toward the God in question is not a good situation to be in for a trial
I'll let the teht, and then end it with either a draw or a narrow victory
The te it on too long, let's do this quick
And while I was thinking that–
“Gununu–NuoooOooooooO”
The teht roared up toward heavens
Nu's needles appear around him
The arroere released like some sort of missile attack in a robot anime, and hit the transparent wall in the arena's boundary, inviting flashes and thunderous sounds, along with screary yells from the audience
The defensive wall that protected the audience is slass
Half of the arroent towardwith Rusus and Fifi behind ic sword
“What is this guy doing…”
I guess he must be offended by the verbal abuse earlier
By doing this, instead of getting e if people boycott God Zaikuon instead
It seeht who took the initiative, not God Zaikuon, his act of aggression must be driven by his emotions
“nuhahahaHYAhaha”
He's going for the third volley, the amount of arrows is fewer than before, but all of them are aimed at the audience
–Think I'll let you?
While chanting the [] spell, I shot down the arroith ic sword
The arrows created by the Vanquish Archer e cannon, but I also e cannon mid-air to home in on the arrows
One of the arrow dodged the e cannon and fleard the audience
An explosion occurred at the audience seat
Red lights flew off, blowing away the explosion's smoke
“Master! Please leave this to me!”
It's Liza
Looks like Liza shot down the arrow from the audience seat
“We'll lend her a hand”
“Satou, leave it to us to help her”
Rusus and Fifi ere done recuperating with ic potions
“That would be great Could you also evacuate the arena and take care of miko-dono?”
“Okay, leave it to us”
I think the ic tool on her, but I guess fighting while holding back and protecting her would be a bit tough
After seeing off the tho took the miko with them to the audience seat, I stepped forward toward the inactive teht
“Did you think har the populace is what God Zaikuon wanted?”
I asked the teht as I walked toward him
“They deserved it for they spoke ill of the great God Zaikuon!”
He really did target the audience in the attack earlier
“–Senuma”
I could hear the rock miko from the audience seat
She ca
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“shuTUP”
The teht arroard the miko
Rusus and Fifi ere near her knocked down that arrow, but she couldn't hide her shock fro attacked by her friend
“W-why–”
“idontNEEdapestlikeyouanymORE”
The teht's articulation has clearly turned weird
A yellow crystal that appeared on his forehead began to grow out and formed a horn-like shape
For now, I should give up on gathering piety for God Zaikuon and neutralize the te even further
“Here I go–”
“coME”
I slipped through the rain of light arrows, and evaded the slash that cut the arena into two by a paper thin difference
I rushed out and stopped in front the teht before he could unleash another attack, and then I hit hi Fist
Feeling the destruction of his barrier on my palm
I snatch away the teic [Mana Drain]
Right afterward, I lightly put ht's stomach
“–HAA”
With my hand still on his barrier, I twistmotion Moment later, a mass of pure mana struck his barrier
It's the Mana Strike skill I learned in ht with Goblin Princess Yuika at the labyrinth's lower layer
The teht as hit by the quiet strike convulsed and fell down like a decayed tree
I don't think he's dead since I used Abduction skill, but that was quite a dramatic way to fall down
“Senumaaaaaaaa!
Probably thinking the saht's name
Roll roll, a circlet rolled and fell below me
It's God Zaikuon's sacred treasure that was on the teht's forehead
I picked up the sacred treasure for no particular reason and walked toward the teht
Then I saw the teer twitched
“–I (watashi+)–I (ore) am God Zaikuon holy warrIORR”
Attentive Ears skill picked up his blurred voice
Looks like he's still clinging to his consciousness thanks to the Unique Skills
“No–wrong… I (ore) I (boku), I am the apostle of God senuMUAWAAAAAAAA”
Yellow light courses through the teht's body
“That's far enough”
To stop hiht's sto, and kicked his chin to induce a cerebral concussion
If this isn't enough, I'll use paralyze type spell chantless-ly in co
So nonchalantly like such
“SENUMAAAAAAA!”
The sound of an explosion and the rock n of human presence
White splinters clad in yellow light ju with the explosive sound
I produced chantlessly to block those splinters, but they easily passed through the shi+eld
I took a light step to evade the white splinters while being surprised by that
“–What just?”
“That teht called Senuma appears to have exploded”
“Exploded? By Satou's attack?”
“No, not because of that Master's attacks were all in an effort to knock out the te him”
Liza answered Rusus and Fifi's inquiry