“Damn it, this is dreary!”
Under the darkening night sky. In the schoolyard, where the surrounding forests and buildings were lit up with a burning red glow, I pushed forward with all my might and swung my sword, crushing my feet. Each time I moved, the enemy’s attack disappeared from my trajectory, but it was soon replaced by a new attack.
The reason why we were forced to cope with the situation with less leeway than we had originally estimated. The reason, of course, was that the remaining 200 or so norde had also joined the attack.
“Of course I thought about it! Am I an idiot?
“Keeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!”
“Shut up! I’m not stupid!”
While spewing out a torrent ranting along with the flames of the black dragon, I was constantly popping off black fireballs from the black dragons and cutting down the swarming Norde as well. The enemy, however, was no slouch either. They seem to understand that it was effective to scatter around and attack from different angles, and it was extremely troublesome keeping up with their attacks coming from all over the place.
“Urggh, Damn it! The school building’s too big!”
I couldn’t stop complaining, hoping that no one could hear me due to the sound of the battle. From a distance, it may look like I was fighting heroically, but … well, I had no choice. Otherwise, I would not be able to maintain my sanity.
“Gghh. ….”
Every time I moved, my legs crushed, every time I swung my sword, my arm nearly fell off. Every time I healed with [Regenerate], those parts of my body were used, and every time they healed, my head would hurt like having an ice stake driven through it.
At first glance, I was at an overwhelming disadvantage. But I was focused on the end of this tightrope battle. If I could defeat all the normal norde, I think I’d be able to take advantage of the gap and take down the black dragon. …
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“GYAOOOOOOO!”
“WHAT!?”
The fireball that came after the one I flicked off was dense. It looked like it was able to increase the firepower of the fireball without changing its appearance.
“You can’t do that! Damn it!”
Moreover, in conjunction with this, about 30 of the remaining nordes rushed towards the school building at once. It would take at least three steps to intercept all of them, but … I only had two legs and my crushed leg would need some time to heal.
“I’ll ….”
一First step. The Left foot crumpled into a gnarled mess, and the healing process began instantly. Combining that with the momentum of the [Hermes Dash] seven nordes were cut off.
“Do……!”
Second step, kicking the wall of the school building. The right foot was also destroyed. I jumped through the densely packed area, and finished off thirteen nordes.
“It….!”
The moment my crushed right leg healed, I took a third step. However, I was two seconds behind the time to completely block Norde’s attack. At that moment, the barrier that enveloped the school building shattered with a bang before my eyes.
“Now, fire!”
“What!?”
Suddenly, the windows of the school building were opened and spirit magic poured out of them like a storm. The students of the school were attacking, crammed together by the windows.
“Take Master Nash’s brilliant six-attribute magic!”
“If we’re all attacking at once, does it matter what attributes we use? Well, whatever, ….Saran, Fire Arrow!”
“Kuahhh ……!
“Here we go, Takkon, Ice Ball!”
“Let me show you, Grimm! Rock missile!”
“Keeeeeeeeeee!?!?!?”
Three hundred children unleashed three hundred spells. The attack filled the sky, and all the Norde who were swarming around fell to the ground helplessly.
“IYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
Miguel jumped out of the window of the classroom on the first floor and stabbed the dying Norde, who had fallen. In his hand was the sword I had given him, and the clean, straight line of the sword sliced Norde’s head off.
“Miguel!? What are you–“
“I’m …… I’m the contractor of Eidos!”
Miguel shouted at my panicked voice.
“I can’t just hide and watch while my spirit is fighting so hard! Everyone wanted to help Eidos!”
“You guys……”
The eyes that wavered with fear and determination were the eyes of a warrior, though they were the eyes of a child. They were the eyes of a fool who had mistaken courage for savagery,……, but they were the eyes of a young Hero who wanted to protect what was important to him.
“Good lord, all of you…”
They were more like kids than I thought they would be. They were reckless, overreaching, and willing to risk everything to get what they wanted without compromising safety. Or, if anything, there were faculty members, including Amar, at the window. Apparently, they were on the defense, not on the offense.
“You will all be lectured later. Especially my Lord, not believing in your own spirit is proof that you are still immature.”
“That’s――”
“Miguel, look out!”
“GYAOOOOOOO!”
Almost simultaneously with the warning from the window, a black dragon fireball flew towards Miguel. It was a direct hit course, and Miguel’s evasion, as well as the teachers’ defensive magic, would not make it in time,…, but I didn’t move.
Bashiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !
“Hiiii!?… H-huh?”
Before the fireball even hit Miguel, a newly erected amber wall catched the black dragon’s fireball and obliterated it without leaving a trace. Its robust radiance did not waver no matter how many of the remaining Nordes rushed into it, and on the contrary, it obliterated any Nordes that touched it with its reflective magic power.
“I’ve got it, Ed! I can hold off any attack for at least an hour!”
“Great! Tia, give me that!”
I asked Tia, who was smiling through the window, holding up my right hand. Then Tia pulled out the silver spirit sword from her waist and threw it toward me. I took it and waited patiently in the same position.
“Look closely, Nash. This is the destination you … spirit users should reach. What shines from binded light be the scintillating moon, sheltered by a cage of serrated gust! Eyes of the spirit who possesses a keen eye for evil that harbors the light!”
A glowing white ball of light was born on Tia’s hand. Furthermore, a raging blade of wind covered its surroundings, creating a destructive force resulting from the convergence of tremendous magical power.
“N-No way!? You are using different attributes at the same time…No, You are Combining them!?”
“Yeah. If you train hard enough, you’ll be able to do this …. shine, shoot , and blast through! In the name of Lunaritia, manifest [Starhastu]!”
As Tia finished her chanting, a storm-clad star shot out from her hand. Its target, of course, was–
“Ba-Baka! Where are you shooting at, Tia!?”
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“Eidos, look out!”
“No, it’s all right.”
A direct hit would have killed me instantly, but I caught it with the sword I borrowed from Tia. The blade of the sword began to shine brightly, and a light green wind materialized around it.
“My Lord, watch carefully. The skill of men and the power of spirits, when they are combined, ……”
The fireball was already bigger than its main body, which was more than 10 meters long, and has already blended more than twice as much mana as the first shot.
“GYAOOOOOOO!!!!”
Such a fireball was shot out with a cry. No matter how solid the barriers that Tia had put up were, they would not be able to withstand a fireball like that.
So I raised my sword straight up and down, just like I taught Miguel. No fancy movement, no cool technique name, just a basic movement, but …..that’s why it was the deepest and highest point attained in swordsmanship.
“GYAOOO—-OOOOO!!!?!!?!!”
A blade of light shot out from the tip of the cut the super-sized fireball in half and obliterated it. Still not stopping, it sliced the black dragon’s body in two, and further into the sky, it even tore through the clouds in the sky and sliced the two moons in the … night sky into two little pieces.
….Did I go overboard? Well, that much will be fine.
“E-Eidos! That was …….!?”
Miguel looked up at me and the sky alternately with his eyes wide open. I grinned at such young contracted and…
“There is nothing that cannot be cut off!”
The potential of man … succeeded in showing its maximum potential
(T/N: Going out is pain… Also for those who don’t know, I shifted Onee-san novel to Zetro Translations)