Chapter 216 – THE INSTANT ELEANOR WAS SURPASSED (2/2)

Although it was not even 0.01 secondsーーit was enough.

「UOOOOOO!!!」

I closed our distance, made her lose her balance, and blocked her counterattacks using Eleanor.

I swung down Hikari towards her head that was fatally defenselessーー

This time, I stopped. My body freezes, my slash paused.

Slash her?

I will?

Using, Hikari, slash, Eleanor?

The 0.01-second instant that my slash stopped because that came to my mind, the other Eleanor recovered her balance and counterattacked.

She waved her arm in a beautiful circle and tens of Demon Swords were summoned from there.

The Demon Swords were shot. I blocked them in a hurry while falling back, but Eleanor closed in as if to end the fight.

One momentary hesitation, the battle was completely reversed.

I could only defend against Eleanor’s attacks.

『What are you doing!』

『Otou-san……』

Because our strength was almost equal, that instant of hesitation was fatal.

I could only defend and the initiative was completely taken away from me.

「Take this!」

「Ku!」

Eleanor summoned even more Demon Swords, shot most of them, grabbed one and swung it.

Thisーー

When I thought of counterattacking to aim for mutual destruction, something passed me by from the side.

It flew in speed that was far quicker than I could recognize it.

That thing that was enveloped by lightning tackled Eleanor.

「Io!」

It was Io.

Io who had used all her powers launched a surprise attack using the technique she used before.

Only in this instant, Io surpassed Eleanor and my speed.

However, it did not last long.

Soon after tackling her, Io returned back to normal from lightning form and collapsed to the ground.

『Now!』

「I know!」

I kicked the ground and swung down Demon Sword Eleanor to slash the human Eleanor who was stunned after receiving not a minor damage from an attack outside of her consciousness.

「Kuu!」

Eleanor quickly used the utmost power she could and jumped back.

After landing, a streak of fresh blood flowed out of her head.

「Ku! The condition of my body is still…… Our battle shall be postponed」

「Who’d let you escape」

I tried to chase after her, but Eleanor snapped her finger and created a wall using her Undead Army.

Hundreds of undead were summoned and blocked my path.

Although I instantly killed them with Eleanor and Hikari, I let the other Eleanor escape.

『You can’t catch up to her now』

「Yeah」

I sheathed Eleanor and Hikari and looked at the women who collapsed.

Olivia came while holding the side of her stomach.

「Olivia, are you alright?」

「Sorry, I got beaten up」

She jokingly replied.

It looks like she was fine although she was a bit injured.

On the other hand, Io collapsed.

I raised her body and saw her sweat profusely. She groaned in pain.

『You should let her rest』

「Yeah」

『However, I was surprised. She cut in from outside of our perception』

「I was also surprised by that」

『”That” Io was, huh〜』

Eleanor was very impressed. I also had the same feeling as her.

She was an unreliable magician that can be found anywhere when we first met, but she had grown so much now, she can surpass Eleanor and my perception although it’s only for an instant.

「K-Kakeru-san……」

「What’s the matter?」

『It looks like she’s talking in her sleep』

Just like Eleanor said, Io had no consciousness, she was only muttering in her sleep.

「I will……more……for Kakeru-san……」

「……」

「More……more……more……」

Io repeats “more”.

Her appearance was so sweet, so lovable.

I gave her a soft kiss.