The Death Mage That Doesnt Want A Fourth Time 151 (1/2)

If so were to see this battle, this is what they would think:

A brave hero wielding a shi+ning sas fighting a visibly disgusting monster

“What is this thing?” the ‘Light-speed Sword’ Rickert -sized masses of flesh one after another

He continued to defend against the strange attacks of Legion, ere tearing off their own ar them at him

But there eat on his forehead, his fringe plastered to it in a single line

On the other hand, Legion were chatting idly a themselves

“They get cut in strange ways, don’t they!”

“The ones I’h?”

“Pluto, I don’t think that person would go out of his way to cut the ones that wouldn’t hit him anyway”

“… You have no control”

Since Legion had the appearance of a countless nu entwined around each other to forine their e at thens of exhaustion

In fact, they were repeatedly perfor attacks that cost the and regrowing back to normal in a matter of seconds Thus, their Vitality and Sta at all

“Kuh! Don’t underestimate me!” Rickert shouted

He was unharradually chipped away

The cutting edge of the holy sword Ne it, were tremendous The movements of the blade were unperceivable to the eyes of ordinary people; they would only look like flashes of light

But thewere far heavier and harder than they looked, but perhaps there was fat contained in them; every time Rickert cut them, oil stuck to his blade That hy Rickert’s Sta his sword

Of course, Rickert hi to have a contest of endurance against a monster He had tried to counterattack numerous times

“Sky Rend!”

Rickert swung Ne a Swords attack It severed several of Legion’s ar pieces of flesh

But all of the arrew fro to normal

“Hito? Jack and the rest of us are completely fine, you know?”

“Jack, that guy made what’s called a ‘useless effort’”

This was the same result as all of Rickert’s attacks so far

“… It’s not an Undead, and since the wounds inflicted by Ne, it isn’t related to Vaic… this is hard to believe,” Rickert groaned in frustration If Legion fell under any of these categories, Neenerative ability

“How terrible of you to judge a person by their appearance Did your parents not teach you any better?” said a woman’s voice

Rickert changed his ht me that one’s human nature is reflected in their appearance,” he responded casually, avoiding the new ion more closely

Monsters with a powerful regenerative ability should have a method to cut it off, a weak point Find it What thisis… that part called Pluto!

“I’ve seen through you! Great Sky Rend!”

“Seen –?!”

Rickert released a superior version of the Sky Rend h a thrown mass of flesh and then struck the upper body of the person-shaped part that Pluto’s personality was in charge of, cutting her clean in two from the top of her head down to her navel

“Seen… through what, exactly?” asked Pluto, her split left and right halves joining back together right away

“Impossible!” Rickert exclaimed, astounded that this wasn’t a vital point

He had seen all kinds of enemies before – enemies more skilled in swordsmanshi+p than him, enemies ere so quick that his sword could not hit the defensive abilities, enein with On each of these occasions, he had survived by co saved by Ervine and the other trueSwords

But it was his first tie easily by cutting with his sword, only to have the da no vital points

On top of that, the otherSwords were not here Rickert, trying to escape fro bloith Legion, so he had already e distance from where he’d started

Should I keep this up and forcibly make an escape? In sheer speed, I have the upper hand But can I get away fro when it can float in the air? If I had soar… I should have received training as a scout as well

Now that things had come to this, his only options were to attack recklessly or make an escape atteht that surfaced in Rickert’s mind

At that ion

“Duke, please take this opportunity to escape!”

“We shall buy you time!”

The ones who had thrown the knives were the ar had stationed in the surrounding area

Rickert wasn’t aware of this, but they had been ordered in advance to support Rickert’s escape if so unexpected occurred

“You guys… Forgivearound to ensure that the Hilt members’ sacrifice wouldn’t be in vain

But before he could break into a run, the countless nu on the ground began tre ominously

“The ones that were hidden have conveniently come out, so it’s about time we made a move, Izanami”

“Yes… Devour them”

Legion’s own flesh that they had been throwing at Rickert These were not si weapons; they were part of a strategic preparation to ion’s members

“GYAAAAH!”

With deep roars, the masses of flesh transformed into Yomotsuikusa, monsters that had the appearances of skinless apes with their muscles exposed

“damn you! So, this was a trap to lure out the Hilt!” Rickert shouted in frustration, cutting down the Yomotsuikusa one by one as they leapt at his and claws bared

With Rickert’s ability, the Yo more than small-fry, but for the Hilt members that were not specialized in combat, they were not enemies that could be defeated with ease They could sole piece of flesh that Legion had thrown, including the ones that Rickert had cut apart, had turned into Yomotsuikusa There were over a hundred of them

“Please pay us no attention and escape!” the Hilt members shouted

Despite the situation, Rickert thought that he could still succeed in escaping by sacrificing the Hilt members The Yomotsuikusa could barely slow Rickert down at all, and they weren’t strong enough to kill the Hilt members instantaneously

The situation was quite different froainst soldiers in Origin, but that was because in this world where the Job systeher than those of the people of Origin

“No, you can’t do that Burn!” Baba Yaga shouted

The members of the Hilt, the Yomotsuikusa near Rickert and the remains of the dead Yomotsuikusa were set aflame by an explosion

“AAAAAH?!” Rickert shouted as his entire body was scorched by high te

The Hilt e nu able to let out dying screams

This was a combination technique of Izanahting creatures called Yoa’s power to cause organic matter to fiercely combust

“That ell, didn’t it? Well, we got a little burned as well, though,” said Baba Yaga

“If we had used that at the start, that swords people is a pain coeons,” said Izanami

The two of the off the burnt flesh on the surface of their own bodies, but they quickly stopped when they saw that Rickert was still standing

“AAAAGH! GAH!” Rickert shouted as he opened a concealed bag, a space-attribute Magic Iteest

He took out a Potion and s the liquid inside all over himself

It seerade Potion; the terrible burns covering his entire body healed rapidly

“A Potion, huh Cos existed as well, didn’t they?”

“I’m surprised that it’s even more effective than Blood Potion!”

“Wait a second! How co burned by my flames?!”

“Maybe his aric Item? Or s in the saa”

Rickert threw aside the broken bottle and barelyheavily “You bastards, wasn’t fire your weakness?!”

When Ervine swung his whips that were covered in flaerseen this, Rickert had thought that flaht that they would use flames

But Legion answered his question with ease

“Indeed, it is a weakness! But we cannot just leave our weakness as is!”

“Yeah, orked hard and got burned and paralyzedResistance Skills, didn’t we?”

“It was really harsh Well, it wasn’t s, though”

“Valkyrie, Shade, Ghost, there’s no need to go out of your way to explain that to him, is there?”

“Enma, this is what’s called a pleasant memory for him to take into the afterlife”

As Rickert had thought, flaion, whose entire body was made of exposed flesh

That hy Legion had decided to overco the power of the Skills that existed in this world

“… Th-that’s not a sane thing to do You’d nor that Skill,” Rickert muttered

Even in this world where resistance-type Skills existed, anyone trying to do what Legion had done without any additional preparations would have a high chance of dying or sustaining irreversible injuries To begin with, the mind wouldn’t be able to withstand the pain

Legion had been able to use their treh torturous huh and make this process possible

“So, ill you do, knowing that we’re your opponent? If you’re willing to be killed quietly, we could consider doing it painlessly, you know?” said Pluto

Rickert acknowledged that he was in a situation where he had to harden his resolve

I’ll do everything I can to defeat this powerful enemy and survive!

Pushi+ng the pain of the burns still re here and there on his body to a corner of his mind, Rickert raised Nemesis Bell, the weapon that had determined his fate up until now, over his head

Transcend Liive me power!

With a fa upon him, Rickert’s body overfloith power, his holy sword shi+ning Legion watched him silently

Is this still so back now!

“Take this, my secret technique!” Rickert shouted

With the power of a killing blow, he kicked his foot against the ground This powerful step closed the distance between hiion in an instant

“Light-speed Sword!”

The deadly martial skill that had the sa theap between the now-separated left and right halves, Rickert was certain in his victory

“We’ll return that right back to you”

The moment Rickert heard these words, his vision blurred… Sliced apart froht halves of his body separated and fell onto the ground

“This is the victory of Ereshkigal’s counter Just as I’d expect,” said Pluto

“I’ e it would take to kill hiood idea to receive our eneal asked

As Legion talked aether and beca to normal

They had defeated Rickert with Ereshkigal’s Counter, which reflected the dae they received directly from an attack back to the attacker

“Vandalieu said that ould be able to win, after all There was no way that ould be killed by this guy… if that wasn’t the case, he would have told us,” Pluto said as she looked up

Above Legion was a s an eyeball… a Deed to Vandalieu

“Now then, let us take this guy’s corpse and sword and go back”

“I hope that bag isn’t broken”

Ignoring the burnt, black corpses of the Hilt ings

Meanwhile, Vandalieu and Ervine’s battle was reaching a climax The shockwaves released by their attacks had caused the trees in the surroundings to either break apart or wither and rot in an oed around them

Having seen high-Rank Undead and Vampires appear from within Vandalieu one after another, Ervine had prepared hiht where he was hopelessly disadvantaged, but Vandalieu had come after him alone

Borkus and Bellling against, showed no signs ofa move

This was because Vandalieu had brought the sure that Ervine didn’t attack them

“How dare you underestimate me! Are your subordinates that precious to you?!” Ervine shouted, swinging his Orichalcurily

Vandalieu created a wall using the De’s carapace and blood to stop his attack

“… Do I really have tothis question that you already know the answer to?” he said

However, a large crack for’s carapace split as if bursting and deep fissures for’s fragments were harder than steel, but they were not superior to the Orichalcu

The equip Guduranis had been made of Orichalcum, so that was only to be expected But Vandalieu had already known this before the battle started

That hy Vandalieu had thought to fight with , he used Out-of-body Experience and split his spirit form’s heads

“Death Bullet,” said Vandalieu

“Death Bullet,” repeated three of his spirit form clones

“Black Flame Spear,” said three others

“Death Ice Attack,” said three more

“Dark Lightning,” said yet another three

A barrage of Death-Attribute Magic spells and Dead Spirit Magic spells was cast Each spell would inflict no s his whip in a circular motion

“Circular Whip Magic shi+eld!” he shouted

Vandalieu’s spells disintegrated thewhip The black fla were all repelled

“Flash Snake,” Ervine said as he swung his other whip

The whip curved as if it were a snake with its oill, striking fro one of Vandalieu’s spirit for for the physical head behind it

“I Barrier”

The whip’s kinetic energy was absorbed by Vandalieu’s barrier, and it twisted and stopped inside

“Tch, using such strange tactics!” Ervine muttered

Using the anti-reater than that of Mythril, as well as his own physical strength, he forcefully pulled his whip back out of the I Barrier

“He’s quite tough, isn’t he, Your Majesty?” said Princess Levia

“Should we attack with ic spells? Like the one you once used to erase a ested

“I think it will end up getting blocked,” Vandalieu replied as he restored the spirit form clone that was broken “I said it back then as well, but that was soet was a mountain that didn’t move”

Corpse Flaic spell that had erased a small mountain Vandalieu’s spells boasted tremendous pohen it cahly unlikely to work against a powerful superhuman like Ervine

In fact, there was the danger of giving an opening for a counterattack

“Fuuh… He’s even tougher than Bugitas, her than Gubamon and Ternecia,” Vandalieu murmured

“That Elf bastard is that strong?!” Kimberley exclaimed, astounded

“He’s that strong,” Vandalieu said, nodding “He doesn’t have a particularly large amount of Mana or special Skills But he is sih he talks and acts like a hoodlum, he’s calm inside his head”

All of the powerful enemies that Vandalieu had faced up until noere those with large mental probleed and having al lost their sanity, fro cornered

That hy they had been easily shaken by Vandalieu’s attacks, easily showing openings for hie of

But Ervine was different He showed sos He was continuing to fight in a calm state

He was certainly living up to his declaration that he would show off huth

“Even now, I’lands to release an odorless for Incurable Disease into the air, but it doesn’t work It seems that he’s fully prepared,” said Vandalieu “Well, that doesn’t change the fact that I have the advantage, though”

“Then will you win using a method that will allow you to ith certainty, Your Majesty?” asked Princess Levia

“No, it seeoing to go into a war of attrition and wait for him to run out of Mana I don’t want to risk Iris and the others being aimed for, so I won’t have Mikhail and the others move, either”

“… Van-kun, you look calm, but your blood’s risen to your head, hasn’t it?” said Orbia

“Yes, I’m furious”

Vandalieu released ht of a method to kill him

Ervine struck down those Death Bullets, but he was actually being cornered by Vandalieu

Is there no limit to this brat’s Mana?! And just what kind of a brain does he have?! Activatingdifferent spells in quick succession, si a hu how abnoric!

Ervine was defending against these fierce attacks while counterattacking when he could find the opportunity He was indeed very skilled; he was proving that he belonged in the realm of superhuman heroes

But on the inside, he was shaken by the way Vandalieu continued fighting without slowing down his pace at all

Ervine had expected that Vandalieu would begin a reckless aggression at the beginning of the battle, and that a chance to ould definitely come once he endured that, but Vandalieu’s fierce attacks didn’t let up at all

Like aopportunity for victory was actually growing further and further away

I can’t even get one attack in like this… even though I need to somehow smash this brat’s skull, heart, his entire torso if possible, into tiny pieces!

There wasn’t even a scar left froar had cut Vandalieu’s head off That hy Ervine thought that in order to kill Vandalieu, he needed to break and crush his body to the point it couldn’t regenerate But despite that, he couldn’t even put a single scratch on him

In fact, at this rate, he would certainly be defeated If Vandalieu wanted, he could have Borkus and Mikhail, ere protecting Iris and the others, join the battle anytime

No hthis own, he would be defeated without a doubt

In order to survive, Ervine needed to not only defeat Vandalieu, but also Borkus and the others behind him, or somehow successfully escape them

Even though he was trying to find a way out of this hopeless situation, he couldn’t see any possibilities

At a glance, the fight between the tould look as if it were in a stalemate, but in a battle to the death, Ervine had alin with

On top of that, he’s trying to kill me with poison and diseases If it weren’t for the Level of , I would be voht about now shi+t, what do I do? Even if nothing can be done for Ricky-boy now…

Ervine still didn’t knohether Rickert hadfrom the sounds of fierce explosions and shockwaves that he felt even froone so well, however