City Of Witches 271

Chapter 271 – #61_Priest

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One.
Elroa stood back against the wall, watching Siwoo fight bloody battles.
Shadows fill the room.
The current Eloah cannot see through the battlefield inside.

“Siw….”

I just clenched my fists and cheered her on.
The intermittent sound of weapons clashing proved that a fierce battle was still taking place.

“Whoa….”

In the densely blooming shadow, Siu calmly took a breath.
In fact, the shadows created in this way are just a trick.
Even if the enemy knight didn’t push it into the distortion field, it wouldn’t do much damage.

But the red knight doesn’t know that yet.
As if to carefully respond to the magnetic magic he has never seen before, he maintains a distortion field of about 5M and bites the shadows.
Thanks to that, Siu was able to use the hit & run tactic of hiding again in the shadows after close combat with a bit of freedom.

-Krrrrrrr

The red knight groaned as if dissatisfied with the shadows surrounding him.
In fact, if the ability of the red branch had been perfect, if it had stored up enough mana, it would have been able to blow away all of these annoying shadows.
No, actually, if you give it a little time, you can make it all disappear.

“Haap!”
– Kwaaaaang!

However, whenever there is a sign of spreading the distortion field widely, the black armor that runs like a ghost gets in the way.
By making swords and spears face each other forcibly, it makes it impossible to adjust the distortion field, and if you try to counterattack, you burrow into the shadows like a shotgun.
Also, if it tries to track it, it will throw 4 ribbons to block the pursuit.

If you set your mind to it, you might be able to follow, but I felt that the fluttering ribbon was quite threatening in its current state.
Because it has a solid physical reality, it is difficult to counter perfectly even with a red branch.

-Krrrrrrrr!

The witch who wore her black armor was one of the weakest witches she had ever faced.
Although she is annoyed by the use of strange trapping techniques, she does not give a sense of danger.
The bandit was already fantasizing about tearing off her black armor and hacking up her pink-haired witch.

Yes.
That kind of thinking is the carelessness that Siu induced.

The repetition of the same pattern without any change.
Force the other person to learn it.
That was Siwoo’s first goal.

Siu was calmly tapping the calculator in his head.
The physical activity of ‘running in, swinging a sword and running away’.
The mental activity of ‘calculating magic calculations to utilize shadows’.
Doing both at the same time is quite tricky.
In fact, Siwoo’s head was heating up as if it was overheated.

-Wheeiik!

Siu, who was briefly hiding in her shadow this time, ran out as soon as he sensed the enemy knight trying to expand the distortion field.
A normal witch would not be able to react so promptly, but Siu can.
Because I can read the flow of magical power.

-Kaooooo!!!

Then, as if she had waited, the enemy knight looked behind her and raised her spear.
She’s bothered me a few times and her venom is up.
Therefore, seeing Siwoo rushing at her whenever she tried to expand her distortion field, she rather used it as bait.
A red knight who waits in a position to spear the enemy who rushes in.

-Quad de deuk!

Siwoo puts his feet into the ground as he was running, applies the brakes, and steps back.
The reverse movement against the inertia put a strain on his knees and his posture collapsed.

-Kooooo!

It was not a red knight who would miss that opportunity.
As if he had finally caught the little mouse that had been hiding, he rushed towards Siwoo who was backstepping.

It was the time for the long-awaited counterattack.

The red knight, who had been carefully observing the enemy, moved first.
Siwoo manipulated his mana as he had calculated in advance as if he had waited.

The shadows that swayed around them formed one shape all at once.
They were united and woven together, and became a ribbon with a certain substance, no longer like flowing smoke.
Like the tentacles of sea anemones swaying in the current, hundreds of ribbons all headed towards the enemy knights.

Of course, Siwoo doesn’t have the ability to make a ribbon like that.
The ribbon, which could only be woven with the utmost care on a maiden’s loom, required more difficult control than expected and enormous calculations.
It may be Ea Sadalmelik in his prime, but Siu does not yet have the ability to use hundreds of ribbons.

However, as in the case of defeating the mother dog in the past, he is able to temporarily manipulate the mass of shadows he has spread out in advance.
That is, a bluff.
It was enough if it could create a very brief illusion as if it were a threatening attack.

As a red knight who did not know such a fact, there was no choice but to think that Siwoo had hidden a trump card.
He rushed in to deliver the final blow to his prey who had run out of money, but what he encountered was a feast of ribbons spread wide like the wings of a Duke.

I already knew the power of that ribbon from several clashes.
It might be okay to allow one or two straight hits, but the situation right now isn’t too good to deal with hundreds of them at the same time.

Seeing the ribbon rushing forward in an instant, the red knight was at a loss as to whether to expand or contract the distortion field of the red branches.
It was a very fleeting gap.
That was enough.

Siu rushed at the red knight with hundreds of fake ribbons.
The ‘carelessness’ created by learning the same tactics using the shadow smoke adds to the ’embarrassment’ caused by the sudden counterattack.

-Krrrrrr!!!

A distortion field of red branches that has already spread out to about 10 meters in diameter.
As soon as I hit that boundary, the ribbons I had made for bluffs were fleetingly shattered.
Realizing that he had been tricked, the red knight raised his spear as if indignant, but after Siwoo narrowed the distance and dug in.

When the red knight belatedly extended his spear, a barrier in the form of tree roots stretched forward as if lightning struck.
If it had been the pattern so far, Siu would have run away again at this point.

But this time it accelerated without stopping.

All of the magical power that was used to control the shadow so far is used to strengthen the body.
Due to the unreasonable use of mana, the mana circuit, which seemed to have swollen three times as much as it felt, pulsated as if it would explode with every step he took.

The impression of rushing into the tight barrier with its mouth open like a fly hell is like jumping into a fire with oil poured on your body.

However, Siwoo has a four-leaf clover.
According to Periwinkle, it’s an amulet that allows you to avoid death at least once.
Believing that the effect would come out, I pushed hard into the ground with my knees that looked like they would collapse at any moment in fear.

One step.

The barrier hit the body silently.
The ‘Contract of the Protector’ was exercised at that moment.
The translucent barrier that emerged was twisted here and there and was nullified with a magnificent explosion of magical power.
The fact that the barriers caught up in the explosion broke apart and became somewhat sloppy is a fitting expression of luck.

One more step.

Siu put his foot in the air while holding back his consciousness becoming blurred.
Fortunately, the barrier itself had no physical stopping power, so it was able to maintain a charge speed close to subsonic.
However, the whole body is twisted, and the pain that seems to go back for hours after being crouched in the dehydrator runs through the whole body.
The armor that could lightly block even an anti-objective sniper rifle was distorted like clay.

-Kwaaaaang!!

The red knight’s reaction was remarkably slow, as if he hadn’t anticipated the suicide special attack by throwing himself into the middle of the barrier.
Siwoo’s body collided with the enemy knight’s armor, making a loud noise.

Siwoo lost consciousness for a moment due to the pain from the barrier and the impact of the collision.
Siu, who regained his spirit from falling into a groggy state with the feeling of tearing it apart, realized that his body and the body of the red knight were overlapping.
He slowly realizes that he has been torn apart by the barrier and all of his shadow armor has been blown away and he has become bare.

-Krr

Let’s turn our gaze down.

Even as his consciousness flew away, the sword of shadow he was holding tightly was embedded in the pit of his armor up to the handle.
Through the sensation felt at the tip of the sword, he felt that the red knight’s life was rapidly disappearing.

Won
Siu slowly stepped back with his tattered body.
The red knight stood stunned at the sight of the sword of shadow that had accurately penetrated his ‘nucleus’.
Siwoo’s blade became a lethal blow and ended the enemy knight’s life.

-Kikiiik!

An enemy knight kneeling on his one knee.
The action gives me a bizarre feeling as if I am watching a person die.

-Krrrrr

Seeing the light in the helmet’s eyes, which were fading one by one, shone like a half-glow, he felt terrified.

The red knight accepted his defeat.
His long-standing mission to protect the ‘red branch’ that he carries on his body has come to an end.

At that moment, what comes into view is the pink-haired witch who has been watching the fight from afar.
A nemesis who has been bullied over and over again.
Even in the face of her death, the condensed anger gave her the last strength to squeeze out.

-Clap!

An enemy knight who barely supported his body that was about to collapse.
A 3M spear spun around in her big hand.
The enemy knight was ready to throw in an instant.

Siwoo realized what the true nature of slyness was.
The red knight intends to take Elroa with him at the last moment.

“Master!”

Siu stretched out his arm.
It was an act he took instinctively, even though he knew it wasn’t right.
I grabbed the spearhead of the red branch that was preparing to fly away aiming at Eloa.
It was intended to interfere with her throwing.

And that moment.

“————-!!!!”

The pain of holding a red-hot iron stick.
The terrible pain of being separated from muscle, bone, and even a single piece of cell.

Siu let out a scream like a dying beast.
Even that scream splits into several layers, as if several people screamed at the same time.

Red branches are not something that can be touched with bare hands.
The owner, the red knight, was on the verge of death, and its power was remarkably weakened, but it was a dangerous substance surrounded by a distortion field.
To the spiritual body, it is no different from a nuclear control rod full of radioactivity.

It was natural for him to feel this kind of pain asheheld on to such a dangerous object with almost no magic power left.
It was literally the pain of being separated from the body and soul.

However, Siu did not let go of the red branch until the very end even while screaming.
Even while his consciousness was blurring from the pain, the sense of danger that Eloah would suffer if he let go of this made him move.
As he fell behind the enemy knight who had knelt down, the spear naturally slipped out of Siwoo’s hand.
And immediately collapsed to the floor.

“Si, Siwoo!!!”

Eloah, who had been watching him, stumbled over to Siu.
Seeing Siwoo collapsed helplessly backwards aroused unimaginable fear in Eloah.

Also regret and guilt.
Why did he choose to hold the red branch with his hand even after winning the fight?
Eloah knows too.

“Come to your senses! Siwoo! Siu!”

All because of yourself
Siu forced himself into such a ridiculous and irrational act to protect Eloa.

Will I lose my disciple like this again?
Will Siwoo, who healed Eloah’s wounds, be sent away due to a wrong decision?

“Don’t do this… Please open your eyes….”

Tears poured out.
The pain in his chest makes it difficult to breathe.
At that time, a hand caressed Eloa’s cheek.
Siwoo was wiping Elroa’s tears with a hazy smile while holding her in her arms.

“Master… It’s okay. You seem to have lost your mind for a moment.”

The fact that Elroa showed the appearance of shedding tears in front of her pupil.
She wasn’t even ashamed of the fact that she held him, as if pleading.
I was so grateful and grateful that he just woke up without any problems, so I hugged Siwoo without realizing it.

“Thank you… Thank you… Thank you so much… “

The smile on Elroa’s face was brighter and dazzling than the sunlight shining through the gap in the ceiling just in time.