Chapter 359 – #3-22 Hardships, Hardships (5)
The pitch-black darkness that covered the corridor was different from the simple ink he had seen so far.
If that was the case, the [Dawn] Boss’s supernatural ability would have prevented it somehow.
If it was her ability to manipulate water, even if it was made up of Maybell’s magic, she could somehow manipulate it.
So, she tried to do the same this time.
Like Moses, she tried to escape through the ink wall that surrounded her and her men.
However.
Curiously, the wall of the ink did not crack at all.
Why the hell doesn’t it split?
Why, unlike before, did her own ability, her magic not work?
Puzzled by that fact, she stared through the wall, relying on the light that her subordinate used her ability to illuminate.
Only then did I finally realize what had changed.
“… Text, text… ?”
What I thought was a simple wall of ink was no more than tens, hundreds, or thousands.
Maybell said it was 1,000 characters, but it far exceeded that number.
Tens of thousandsWill it be
No, if you make a wall this thick and dark… A few hundred thousand… ?
If it was just ink, she could manipulate it.
However, is it because this is a special ink now?
Or, did it become a character and change its nature?
For some reason, these letters were beyond her control.
She tried several times, but the same.
She couldn’t break through this wall.
It was impossible to just throw it aside.
She tried to split it with the blade of a stream of water, just like before, but she was in such a small space that she could injure herself and her men.
And.
That you can’t pierce the walls of these letters with a moderate attack… I could tell intuitively.
‘The pen is mightier than the sword,I mean.’
“Bo, boss… !”
“This, move… !?”
As she pondered what to do now, she sensed the wall slowly drawing closer, as her men had said.
No, she didn’t know because it was dark.
As I finally realized, the letters lined not only the walls that imprisoned them, but also the ceiling and floor.
In other words, they are attacking them in an attempt to press them from the front, left, right, top and bottom.
——I’m trying to crush you… ?!
Moaning at the presence of approaching walls and ceilings, [Dawn] The boss hugged his men in an attempt to reduce their area even a little.
And, just like that…
* * *
“Oh, tea…”
And after a while.
While the pitch-black cube made of letters was gradually reducing its size.
In a corner of the hallway, the figure of Maybell slowly appeared.
She had been hiding her body ever since she infiltrated this place, but she was now consuming too much magical power for this, and the disguise magic she cast on herself was broken.
Deuk Deuk Deuk Dedeuk!
The cubic block of ink letters was now large enough for one person to barely shrink.
However, as if it is still not enough, the size is reduced even more.
… If there was a real person in there, it would be a fairly grotesque and cruel sight, but it’s not like that, so you can rest assured.
Because this magic creates another space made up of countless letters.
Those trapped inside are isolated to another world as the wall approaches… You will spend your time in a daze in a vast space with no boundaries and no exit.
‘I can’t kill him.’
Even if it’s a villain, you can’t kill it easily.
The Awoken have no human rights.
At least, the minimum human rights are guaranteed to heroes, but even that is not recognized in the case of villains.
If you do harm, you must die.
It is harmful to human life, so it must die.
It’s an absurd statement, but it’s a concept that has inevitably been used in today’s world.
However, that’s why.
As long as heroes want the world to become better, and to make it a better world.
As a hero, you can’t treat your opponent’s life like straw.
A life no one cares about.
At least, Maybell, who is in the position of the same awakened person, is what their heroes should cherish and protect even more.
‘I was going to kill him if I couldn’t help it.’
‘… Somehow, I don’t feel bad about it. I’m fine.’
Maybell was so determined, she reached out for the black orb, now compacted to the size of her fist.
She takes it in her hand and throws it roughly on the floor.
Maybell stared indifferently at the rolling black orb.
And in the meantime, Spade, who defeated the opponent at almost the same timing as Maybell, came closer.
“Lieutenant Mabel. This one is over too.”
“Draw. … Who is dead?”
“No. Because that’s Captain Rahe’s policy.”
“Okay, that’s it. Let’s go up.”
The melee that lasted for a while ended like this.
The two of them return to the stairs from a moment ago and start climbing again towards the top…
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———!
—! ————! ! !
The only stairway leading to the top floor.
In front of him, the battle of monsters that transcends common sense continues.
Shh shh!
Puck! Spaat! Whoo!
Two Ashes and Rahe wearing a helmet.
Both sides are intertwined with each other, scattering bloodthirstyly, and if they make a single mistake, a fatal attack is unleashed on each other.
Three people move so fast that they can’t even be seen, but among them, Rahe’s speed is uniquely fast, leaving the two opponents in thirteen places.
Shhh—!
“What?!”
And, between the gaps between the two Ashe who responded with knives in both hands.
Rahe’s sword passed through the narrow gap without an inch of error and aimed precisely at one side of his neck.
“【Stop】!”
Tall…
Rahe’s sword, just before the blade touches one of the necks.
With that cry, the movement of the blade stopped for an instant.
The time of the blade has stopped time.
However, it didn’t mean much to Rahe.
I can only do so much to earn a second or so of time.
However, enough.
“【Everyone, stop it】!!”
BeeeeeING——
The future Ashe, who is so close that the blade of the sword touches her neck.
As she murmured the words of the chant in the same way, the area where her time stopped expanded at once.
Again, a stillness that hurts the ears comes and Ashe’s familiar sensations cover her skin and body.
And just for a moment.
Just for an instant when time stopped, Rahe’s body stopped and stood, following the sword that stopped first.
“Suck!”
“Yay!”
Peet—
Aiming for that gap, a total of four different types of knives, each held in both hands by the two Ashe, flew aiming at Rahe’s vital points.
Right before the blade reached the body, however, Rahe’s body, which had been stopped, disappeared at that point.
“…”
Percussion, and
Rahe, who had disappeared before the eyes of the two Ashe, landed a short distance away.
In less than a second, at most, in a matter of seconds.
Rahe adapted to this suspended time and was able to move her body, and realizing the danger facing her own body, she leaped back.
Incredible reaction speed.
And that leg strength that allows you to jump like that without even giving it the proper strength.
No, in the first place, the fact that she can move in this world itself.
All of these are things far beyond common sense.
“Fuck… Avoid this… !”
“I can’t~. If that’s the case, there’s no point in deliberately showing a gap.”
The current Ashe complains without hiding her anger, and the future Ashe looks relaxed but speaks in a voice that clearly feels nervous.
The opponent obviously has abilities superior to them, so they launched a special attack with their lives as bait… There was no way to avoid it with such a reaction speed.
‘Still, I’m holding out longer than I thought.’
‘I didn’t think I could defeat the two of us in the first place… If that was possible, I wouldn’t have called it a cheat.’
Rahe, who distanced herself by running backwards, took up her stance again.
However, her shoulders are clearly moving as if she is holding her breath.
Rahe has cheat-level strength, and moves freely in this stationary world, which is only allowed for Ashe.
However, it is by no means an easy task.
For just one moment when time stopped, the body stopped for just one second just before adapting to the world.
Also, every time, it consumes a lot of stamina, and immediately after that, it shows the appearance of breathing through the shoulders like that.
In addition, in this stationary world, it is subject to various restrictions on its power, its speed slows down and its power decreases, and it falls to roughly the level of a general A-class.
It’s called a cheat, but Rahe is also an Awakener.
There is a limit to that power, and it seems that the limit is not so absurd that the two cannot see it.
“How long do you think this one can last?”
“About 34 seconds. There are about 18 seconds left.”
“… It’s getting shorter and shorter. Damn it.”
However, perhaps because of the reaction that suppresses Rahe’s power, this world cannot be maintained for long.
Still, I was able to hold it for over a minute at first, but as I used magic repeatedly, the holding time was getting shorter.
It’s not easy to stop time in the first place, and after activating it once, it takes a certain amount of time to activate it again next time…
“I can’t cry, so… 【Acceleration】.”
“That’s why~ I hope the young kid will give a little more strength… 【Acceleration】.”
BeeeeeING——
The current Ashe and the future Ashe said that they were giving and receiving, and cast the magic of acceleration on their respective bodies again.
[Physical strengthening] Is another magic that has allowed the two of them to endure against Ashe so far, which is not their special skill.
With this body and all the physical laws that apply to it, a buff that increases its speed by nearly three times is placed on its body.
The two of them ran low again towards Rahe, saying that this time would be the end.
