Chapter 56 – Workshop in the Office 2
“…That’s it.”
“Ah?”
The voice was so low that Aricia thought she had heard it wrong. But, without fail, the muttering voice came from behind the two shields again.
“To be able to achieve such unbelievable strength and speed with a bare body, it must be a blessed body. Chosen bloodline. A talent given without effort. How can God be so unfair?”
“Are you jealous right now? Heheung. Not even that. If you remove those strange gloves, your body itself looks ordinary. Are your hands shaking from earlier?”
It was Aricia’s words. The source of her incredible power, which her Alpha emits, is not her own, but her magical engineering gauntlet. Her own body is too ordinary to compare to an out-of-the-ordinary monster like her Aricia.
Now that the output of the gauntlet has been significantly reduced by the absorption stone, Alpha’s body is quickly reaching its limit. The movement of her greatsword is getting slower and slower. Even if she desperately defended against the heavy rain of swords, the impact accumulated like raindrops getting her clothes wet, paralyzing her senses and functions in her arms.
“Aww…! He’s not really a human, he’s a legendary monster. You.”
Alpha approves. There is a significant gap between Aricia and her own body.
“Even if you understand the subject now, it’s too late!”
Taking Alpha’s words as her resignation, Aricia approaches to put the finishing touches on her.
The moment Alpha lifted her gauntlet to block a blow from the left, Aricia’s body, which had been leaning to her right, was bent to the left at an improbable speed. She slams her right foot at the same time, digging into the right side of her defenseless Alpha in an instant.
The rapid change of direction and acceleration put tremendous pressure on Aricia’s body. Anyone who saw her move would say this.
The human body could not withstand such absurd movements.
However, I have no doubts.
It is because you can only be called by doing things that are considered impossible for humans to do so easily.
Humanity’s Hope, HeroSay.
“It was fun, kid!”
A greatsword was swung toward Alpha’s side. For an alpha with a normal body, it was certain that all of his organs would burst with that blow.
“Stop it, Ariciaaaaa!”
A belated scream escaped from Reina’s mouth. Me, Reina, and even Aricia herself, who had been watching blankly. Everyone in the room thought of the same ending.
Alpha, except for one.
“…A monster like you.”
What comes into my ear is a whisper. Or expression of resolution.
“It is to jump over the human body.”
Just before the jet-black greatsword touched Alpha, the moment was fleeting. In the frozen time, Aricia saw.
Paper weave.
Come to think of it, didn’t I already know? When I was overpowered by Alpha, it wasn’t that grotesque gauntlet that flashed blue Boots sideThat this was it!!
The grotesquely huge gauntlet is Camouflage.
A little lie that the only thing to be careful of is this gauntlet.
Everything is a one-time opportunity. To bring out just one vigilance!
“The Empire’s secret wish. And.”
“This…?!”
A bright blue current overflows from Alpha’s boots. It wasn’t particularly using electrical magic. The amount of mana released in an instant was so vast that some of the overflowing energy naturally appeared in the form of electric current!
“The significance of my existence!”
Aricia’s time flows again. The Bone Breaker is swung at terrifying speed, splitting Alpha’s body in two.
However, the broken body faded and soon disappeared like smoke. When I noticed that it was an afterimage, Alpha’s figure was not in sight.
A cold sweat ran down Aricia’s spine. She turns her head slowly. Her right arm, which she swung wide, was completely retracted. Her god of death stood tall on top of her great sword, like a huge club, in her hand at the tip of her, looking down at her.
“Okay. If there is a western recognition line suitable for the current situation, this would be it.”
Inappropriate for the situation, Alpha tilted her head once cutely and said.
“You. Are your hands shaking?”
“Oh, fuck…!”
A furious Aricia shook her greatsword and tried to knock her Alpha off, but her Alpha was one step quicker. Her clean-motion midair round kick landed right into Aricia’s left jaw.
“Kheuuuuu…!!”
Aricia pushed all the way behind her. She doesn’t give her a chance to recover, and with her lightning-like speed, her Alpha catches up.
“This eh eh!”
Aricia swung her greatsword wide to block her approaching Alpha. Just before being blocked by her greatsword, her Alpha’s body bent in the opposite direction and burrowed into Aricia’s arms.
It was only the offense and defense that had changed, and it was a reenactment of the previous workshop. The difference is that Alpha successfully landed a heavy body blow into Aricia’s right flank.
“Cheuk…!”
As Aricia’s body bends, the saliva that has accumulated in her mouth comes out. It was a blow so strong that her consciousness was blurred for an instant.
She warns her that her instincts will back off and she will have to regroup, but Alpha is already in her next move.
Her uppercut comes flying, aiming for her lowered chin. I twisted her whole body to barely avoid it, but this time, a body blow exploded on her left side, which had lost her balance.
“Turn it off…”
Alicia had already become a punching bag. Like her machine, Alpha finds a gap in Aricia’s defenses and repeats her punches.
The reason Aricia is still holding on without collapsing is because of her superhuman durability. However, that was just a matter of time.
The blue light starts blinking again from the gauntlet that fires hot punches. The mana stone power source was recovering her output while making direct hits to her torso without making contact with her greatsword.
It was clear that it would be difficult for Alicia, who was in a dying state, to withstand the punches that had been augmented with magical engineering.
Cheet! Stupid muscle brain year! You can’t even turn off the time properly!
I don’t know how far Alpha knows, and for what purpose she intends to arrest me. However, seeing that she infiltrated into the center of Vinland and tried to drag me away, once taken to the Empire, I would never be able to return.
I didn’t want to overdo it, but I couldn’t help it.
Now is not the time to cover up…!!
I secretly raised the output of the mana she was releasing with her right hand. Crawling up to the wall of the office and leaning against the wall wasn’t to watch the fight.
A magic circle was drawn on all four corners of the floor of this office, disguised as decorations. It is a last resort that was created in anticipation of being attacked.
Since I set the magic wave to mine, it works simply by touching her hand and injecting a little mana into it.
However, I haven’t been able to get this to work until now.
Sereung.
…It was because of this. As expected, you noticed right away when you raised the output, Reina Astraea!
Immediately after raising the output, a well-groomed sword is thrust into my neck.
“Keusssm… What, what are you doing…”
“Sir Cain. Stop releasing mana right now. Otherwise, I will separate her head and torso immediately.”
Reina, standing next to her, looks down at me with her icy eyes. There is not the slightest hesitation in those blue eyes. I had no choice but to immediately stop the release of mana.
“…Is it a magic circle disguised as a decoration? You rolled her hair quite a bit.”
Ironically, Rayna immediately senses what I’m about to do.
There is no time. Before Aricia collapses, we need to activate this! Here, you have to push, even if you are a little forced.
“Sir Reina! The author is an intruder! As the owner of the mansion, I have a duty to subdue the tyrannical intruders!”
Without even looking at me who was screaming impatiently, Reina closed her eyes and opened them once as if to organize her thoughts.
In terms of time, it’s about 1 second. There is confidence in those eyes that look at me again.
“Did you do something to Aricia?”
“To…?”
“A request for help from earlier. No matter how you think about it, it was strange. In the name of Fenrir, save me. Was it? To put it that way, it’s a command, not a request. It would have been a situation where even if I begged for help, it would have been a feeling that the premise was that of course I had to help.”
“…!”
“Although at a glance it looked like Alicia was refusing that order. Looking at the results now, Aricia is faithfully protecting you. Is this a coincidence? If not…”
Dragging her horse, Reina brought her face closer. Those sapphire-like eyes shine as if they are piercing through anything in me.
“Has she brainwashed her into obeying her orders?”
“Huh…!!”
I tried to pretend to be calm, but I swallowed my breath without realizing it because I stabbed her right to the core. And, there is no way Reina would miss that.
“This. Is the worst possible answer correct? If Aricia is brainwashed, she must be…”
In an instant, Reina reached the possibility that she was also brainwashed. And, she immediately decided that she had to cut my throat, so she tried to raise her sword.
At that moment, a scream came out of my mouth.
“Quaaaaa!!”
“Kain Vinland, you…!”
It was a really short ride. My judgment was faster than Reina’s, finer than a speck of dust.
The moment I made up my mind that Reina would immediately decide to cut my throat, I let out a scream of pain as I slashed her throat with a part of the blade that was pointed at her throat.
The last of the last. It was truly the last gamble. There is no guarantee that the other person will act the way you think.
The moment my scream resounded, Aricia’s gaze and mine crossed. Even if Aricia comes to rescue me, it’s already too late. Before I get to where I am, my head will be rolling freely on the floor.
However, in a blur of consciousness from being beaten all over, Aricia mustered the last of her strength and threw her greatsword at Reina!
“This…!”
Reina had no choice but to dodge behind her to avoid the black shells that flew at a speed that was unbelievable that she had been thrown by a woman who had run out of strength.
Without missing the chance of genius, I pour all the mana in my body and activate the magic circle!
Haha!! It was a nice play! Aricia!!”
The effect of the magic circle appeared immediately, and the women’s bodies collapsed.
“That’s right, Ka, Cain Vinland! You bastard!!”
“This, this… The magic circle of sleep?!”
They couldn’t open their eyes properly, as if someone was squeezing their eyelids. Of course, I was no exception to that, and no matter how much I resisted, my eyes quickly closed and I lost consciousness.
“Cheuk, haha!! Since I poured more mana than recommended, the effect must be a bit strong. Have nice dreams oh oh oh? When you wake up, hell will be waiting for you!”
In the highest mood, my consciousness went completely dark.
