Episode 52.8 (1/2)
Lecan quickly moved to the right and recited a spell.
”<Flame Spear>!”
Just when the spear was about to hit Carrion King, it exploded in mid air.
It's a barrier.
Earlier on, the Carrion King's attack was stopped by Lecan's <Necklace of Intuador>'s barrier.
And now this thing reproduced that barrier as its own. Likely using mana from the magic Lecan shot at it.
”<Flame Spear>! <Flame Spear>! <Flame Spear>! <Flame Spear>!”
Lecan kept shooting a barrage of magic while circling around the Carrion King's right side.
All of which was blocked by a barrier before they hit the Carrion King.
Lecan stopped moving and tried to make heads or tails of what just took place. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
(This thing snatched.)
(The mana from that first <Flame Spear> I shot at it.)
(Then using that mana, it generated barriers to block my subsequent barrage of attacks.)
Looking again the vortex of mana is still swirling on the Carrion King's right index fingertip even now.
(One spell worth of mana from my attack.)
(Was enough for this thing to block five of my attacks.)
(And it's still a lot of leeway.)
(This thing's mana efficiency is an order of magnitude higher than me.)
Lecan was terrified.
He was at a loss as to how he should go about this fight.
Carrion King slowly rotated its body to face Lecan.
Lecan raised <Apparition Cutter> high up and charged ahead toward the Carrion King.
The Carrion King shot a magic.
A <Flame Spear>.
Lecan's <Necklace of Intuador> generated a barrier that blocked that <Flame Spear>. Lecan swung down the sword without minding the occurring explosion but the Carrion King had vanished.
It had warped into the back of the room once again.
It lifted up its right hand and pointed its bent index fingertip at Lecan yet again.
There's a thread of mana that connects that fingertip to Lecan's chest.
Lecan checked where the thread connected, and experienced another spine chilling sensation.
It's connected to <Necklace of Intuador>.
Lecan instinctively understood what's currently going down.
(This skeleton bastard.)
(Is draining mana off my necklace!)
Lecan leaped backward.
However the mana thread persisted.
He tried moving left and right in a zig-zag pattern, but the thread still persisted.
Lecan retreated to the floor's exit and attempted to get back to the stairway.
But he couldn't get out.
”<Zoruas Kurt Venda>!”
He recited the spell yet he wouldn't teleport away.
He's not allowed to leave this room until this confrontation against Carrion King is over.
Lecan tried cutting at the mana thread with <Apparition Cutter>, but it wouldn't work. This link is unaffected by physical objects.
(Just how am I meant to deal with this?)
That was when the thread got cut off.
A moment later, Carrion King shot a <Flame Spear>.
A bluish white thick <Flame Spear> on par with Lecan's version.
It landed on Lecan's chest and blew him away.
His head collided hard against the rock wall, but he managed to keep his consciousness. The helmet offers a truly outstanding protection.
As Lecan tried to regain his posture, another <Flame Spear> shot out.
To the legs, to the abdomen, to the shoulder, the Carrion King toyed with Lecan all while dealing damage, yet Lecan managed to regain his balance and dodged two more <Flame Spears>.
Eventually the barrage of <Flame Spear> stopped, affording Lecan time to gather his thoughts while still keeping watch on his foe.