Chapter 633 – #128_Labyrinth(4)
#633
One.
“Sue….”
Breath sounds.
At first glance, it sounds like the sound of steam, or like the sound of wind escaping.
Alice drew a roughly similar guess based on the situation.
The sound that martial artists who have been hit with kung fu mulberry excessively make demonstrations while talking nonsense about accumulating bets and foot mirrors.
It sounded just like that.
No matter how you look at it, it was a laughable situation.
Aren’t Mana and Malisha bursting into laughter, as they thought it was the outbursts of a pretentious little boy?
But Alice’s intuition warns her.
The short hair that stands up when you hear the characteristic breathing sound.
A feeling of heaviness weighing down the heart.
A chill ran down her spine as if it would freeze her spinal cord.
Numbness in the extremities of the body.
“Manya! Malisha! Back off!”
– Jjaeong! Bang!
The tension, which had been aggravated like a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment, explodes in the midst of binge drinking.
Mana spins several times in the air like the world’s best figure skater, and Malisha flies off screaming, “Deshaaaaa!”
After smelling the battle, Elise clearly saw the scene flowing slowly in her awakened vision.
As soon as he swallowed his breath, golden magic spread like a fire.
The moment Jin-gak hit the ground hard and spurred the stone floor, the back of his hand, which rotated like a beam of light, hit Mana’s abdomen.
Then, on the other side of her, her elbow exploded into Malisha’s chest with a roar as it hit the steel plate.
A series of movements were made between Alice ending the syllable ‘water’ and about to start the syllable ‘le’.
In other words, in the moment of pronouncing only half a syllable.
“Whoa…. Bloom.”
A man chanting an incantation while exhaling as if arranging his breath.
The ink-colored shadows wrapped around his body transform into armor.
In the left eye that was pointed at Alice, golden magic reflected light fell like sparks.
What’s going on?
Even as she swallowed her screams and cries, Alice’s judgment was quick.
Her hand had already dug into her bosom and was throwing the bottle containing the ‘mercury seeds’ on the floor, and she was chewing on the situation from a while ago while keeping as much distance as possible.
Mana and Malisha were each hit with a single blow.
Mana is 17th and Malisha is 18th.
Each of her is a witch who specializes in concealment and sealing, and it is difficult to say that she possesses magnetic magic optimized for battle.
However, it is enough to activate self-defense, and the moment his attack actually hits, the self-defense activates without error.
However, he suppressed the self-defense with his bare hands and subdued them in an instant.
She didn’t have long thoughts.
It was because I saw the figure of a guy wielding a spear that had jumped right in front of him with terrifying momentum.
“Endless change!”
Alice quickly regained her cool and she determined in an instant what she had to do.
The judgment made in that way was that close combat should be avoided.
How a guy who is only a first-generation witch can show off such inaction is something to think about later.
He has to deal with the shock that the rumors that he dismissed as nonsense, such as that he showed off an equal battle against Bianca and that he has already reached the level of the great witch, may be true.
Alice’s instincts were screaming.
First of all, it’s important to make sure that he doesn’t stick.
– Gulleong!
Alice, who uses mercury as an armament as a ‘mercury witch’.
Her alchemy reagent, which she had sprinkled on the ground beforehand, squirmed with thousands of liters of mercury.
The puddle of mercury in response to Alice’s magical power swayed wildly, then turned into a huge barrier and crossed the gap between the two.
Because it was an urgent situation, it did not have the proper form of a shield.
It’s just piled up like a lump.
However, mercury is a metal that flows at room temperature.
If Alice’s magnetic magic, which has mastered fluid manipulation and its own heavy gravity, is added, it will be the best barrier that can offset a considerable number of attacks with just that.
– Kwaaang!
The savage blow inflicted on her stunned Alice’s complacency.
The barrier that received the spear shot was torn obliquely.
Through the brilliance of mercury, we can see the figure of a guy who shows no signs of stopping.
“Does that make sense?!”
I took a step backwards one after another, and I screamed involuntarily.
Incredible.
Is it possible to do this with pure brute force?
The specific gravity of mercury is 13.6 times that of water.
The weight of this barrier alone is close to 100 tons.
If you hit a fluid this big with all your power, you might die a little, but it pushes you away like a bulldozer.
Still, it is encouraging that the first attack, which would be the most threatening, was stopped.
Alice created additional mercury by breaking her reagents on either side of her in succession.
Then, the mercury, which was just a lump, takes a certain shape and starts wandering around her.
Some in droplet form.
Some in the form of a shield.
Some in the form of spears.
Some in the form of round rings.
This harmony that wraps around Alice like a satellite orbiting around a planet is ‘mercury alchemy’.
It is the alpha and omega of Alice’s fighting style, which manipulates mercury with ultra-high frequencies to give it a certain shape.
-Bang! Bang! Bang!
The deafening noise that followed was created when his hands, feet, and sharp-swinged spear collided with various mercury alchemy.
It was an attack that sent chills down the spine.
However, Alice’s true nature lies in defense.
Mercury, which changes freely, blocks physical attacks 360 degrees without gaps and pushes with heavy weight.
Ultra-high frequency waves flowing between mercury and mercury itself have jamming performance.
The explosive power he showed off gave Alice a sense of danger, but she was relieved at the point of stopping her first attack, which would have been the most threatening.
– Beep-beep-beep-beep
Alice was the first to pull it out and completely controlled even the mercury that was blocking his movement.
When the lump of mercury that blocked the view disappeared, I saw a man standing and aiming a spear.
“I didn’t know it would be like this. The rumors were true to some extent.”
As much attention was paid to male witches, so many rumors circulated.
However, there were not many witches who seriously believed in it.
Because it wasn’t very reliable.
To say that Ilshin’s ability rivals that of the Archwitch.
To stop Gehenna from collapsing.
That she fought a battle of equals with the Witch of Desire.
Who can believe this?
Rather credible is the rumor that a chimpanzee who has been learning chess for a week beats a grandmaster.
But you have to see it with your own eyes to admit it.
Anxiety that does not subside even with all the preparations for battle.
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt like not knowing the bottom of my opponent.
You have to run away.
Even if later he goes back to Tiphareth and tells all of this, even if he gets into trouble, he must avoid this position for now.
The question is whether we can retrieve Mana and Malisha in the process….
Alice gulped, feeling the sweat running down her neck.
The brief lull was over.
Alice waved her hand as if in command.
The lance, which had been floating in the air, rushes in aiming at him.
Mercury Spear.
It was just magic like a standard sword for Alice, who shoots mercury in the form of a lance at the speed of sound.
“Sup!”
With the sound of the guy breathing in, the black armor that looked massive at first glance ran through the room like the wind.
-Bang! Bang! Kwakwawang!
Dozens of windows sweep the room like bombs.
Explosive noise that shook the air and dust that spread in waves.
He easily evaded the lance and wandered around Alice, peeking for gaps.
However, if you judged that this attack was just a one-off, you would be mistaken.
The Mercury Spear was the starter of the combo at the same time as Alice’s free time.
The strength of the original alchemy is that it can constantly drive enemies with magic that changes its form.
– Gluck!!!
Smashing his ground, the lance lost shape and reverted to a mass of mercury.
Mercury, which spreads out like a puddle, naturally draws a magic circle and continues the 2nd and 3rd consecutive attacks naturally.
It looks like a drop of water falling to the surface of the water creating waves in succession.
– Whiik! Whiik! Whoops!
Like Alice, who stood at the pinnacle of fluid manipulation alchemy, being pulled out of the magic circle was an unpredictable attack.
A bunch of silvery tentacles were whipped fiercely like a whip.
Droplets of mercury rained down in all directions like shotguns.
A thorn that pops out from an unexpected place.
Vapors of organic mercury compounds, which are much more lethal than normal mercury, rain down towards them.
In addition, around Alice, dozens of defensive means equipped with perfect defense posture are equipped to intercept.
It was as if this banquet hall was already in Alice’s hands.
Whoever controls the space wins the fight.
The fight proceeds smoothly according to Alice’s iron rules of battle.
Still, somehow, the anxiety doesn’t go away.
His ferocity was astonishing.
Attacks coming from all sides are slashed with a spear, and shed them with agile movements.
It responds without panic even to an attack made from an invisible blind spot.
A young witch less than 10 years old, a mature move that seemed to say that she had gone through dozens of real battles against the subject who was her first invitation.
And that’s not all.
There was something dangerous about that red spear that swung endlessly.
Even though he hadn’t used it properly yet, the red spear, which exuded an ominous energy, was a suit that could not be tailored to its potential even with Alice’s ability.
Perhaps, if even that intervened in the fight, then there would be no chance of winning.
It would be Alice’s defeat if she repeated the same battle.
If that’s the case, I’ll have to throw the odds here.
“Endless change!!!”
Mercury, which had been scattered in all directions, was sucked into Alice’s hand.
Mercury is absorbed and condensed like a meteorite attracted by a neutron star.
The mercury, which had filled the entire space, was reduced to only a few liters when it was contained in Alice’s grasp.
Essential Mercury.
The essence of concentrated mercury, ignoring fluid dynamics, would pierce through all things in the universe if fired as a spear, and defend against all attacks threatening its owner if it took the form of a shield.
You have to think.
A measure to stop that reckless charge, protect Alice’s body, and at the same time prevent Mana and Malisha from getting caught up in it.
Alice’s intuition said.
It is impossible to satisfy all three.
If there is something I have to give up….
Defend it.
“Haaaaa!”
Essential Mercury takes the form of a huge lance along Alice’s right arm.
The tip of the spear aimed at the front was directed at it with strong momentum, as if a giant had wielded it.
If he tries to strike back like he has done so far, the shattered lance will transform into a tree root to catch him.
Of course, the right arm, which had to receive that devastating blow, would be in the aftermath of the shock, but there was no other way to escape with Mana and Malisha.
Alice’s eyes, which had been hardened by her pursed mouth and firm will at the risk of her pain, widened.
– Woo woo woo woo!
A black ring floated above his head.
The moment the unidentified ring made a strange accelerating sound, his new form disappeared.
What remains is the remnants of overwhelming magical power that Alice cannot radiate even with all her might.
“Space magic… ?”
Not.
That’s just moving fast.
When that judgment was made, he felt a killing spree spreading from behind.
Realizing that all her plans had gone to waste, Alice looked back and saw.
– Damn it!
A body strengthened beyond measure.
Now, it rips and shatters space simply by moving.
To stop the black knight wielding a spear with Alice’s waist, the defenses behind the scenes clung to each other, but
It went back to idle with just one spear shot.
“Pray….”
– Kwaaaaang!
Alice’s body fluttered like a paper doll before she had time to swear.
just swatting some flies