Chapter 183
Sogou Ayaka POV>
After hesitating for a bit, the onis started attacking .
“We should be able to kill her if we charged at her with our number.”
–or so they seem to have decided.
However, the onis have no way to deal with , now that I have released my limits.
With the scattered corpses of the onis behind my back, I returned back to protecting the circle formation.
[Ayaka-chan...... Thank goodness, thank goodness......]
The weeping Moe wiped her tears.
Smiling towards her, I nodded in response.
(Even so......)
Inherent Skill.
I can’t believe that I unlocked it at a ti like this.
I’ve already stopped relying on this—- but for it to appear at this timing...
I was a little puzzled.
However, I instantly shake off the bewildernt I’m feeling.
The onis aren’t the only enemies we have.
There’s still the dium-sized and even so larger monsters closing in.
I guess all I have to do now...... is kill them.
I’ll do whatever it takes to protect my people.
[........................]
I rembered that to activate your inherent skill, you would have to pronounce the na skill’s na.
Lightly exhaling, I regulate my breathing.
[————] (T/N: Armant Battle Formation)
Then, it suddenly appeared in front of .
A sphere.
It looks like rcury but it also looks like lted lead.
A large silvery sphere floating in the air......
It’s happened just slightly, but its surface silently rippled.
[What’s this......? What does this thing do?]
Summoning my status display, I quickly checked out the skill entries.
Information has been added to the skill column.
Under the skill’s na, sothing was written on it.
(Create? The ability to create sothing......? However, what does this create and how could I do that......)
In the anti, the monsters ca rushing in.
Perhaps, the only people left who managed to survive in this neighborhood were and the others..
[Ugh......]
I’ve certainly learned an inherent skill, but I don’t know how to use them.
However, I can’t afford to take my ti trying this skill out.
Once I exterminate the nearby monsters while my limits were released—– I’ll open up a way for the others.
I greatly leaped at the large monster which had its arms outstretched, standing in our way.
Stab!
I deeply pierced my spear on the large monster’s forehead.
Then, I imdiately used , and tried exploding its head from the inside.
However...
[........................]
I was only able to shave off about a fifth of its face.
I didn’t manage to stop its movents.
The difference in our sizes—- this was the bottleneck that I need to confront.
Just like that oni earlier, I can deal with them if they were just a little bigger than a human.
However, no matter how many unordinary movents I can make while I released my limits—–
(Against large monsters like this, I can’t help but feel like my power isn’t enough due to the difference in our size......! Even after I shaved off its head, I can’t believe that it could still move like this......!)
Violently shaking its head, the large monster shook off.
Landing on the ground, I quickly turned back and readied to attack again.
With my feet that had its limits released, I kicked off the ground and leapt, trying to twist the blade of my spear into the wound I shaved off earlier.
However, that’s when it happened...
[———!]
I noticed that part of the circle formation was crumbling.
Moreover, when Kayako was trying to kill a nearby monster, another monster ca swooping in behind her back—–
[No! Suou-san, behind you!]
(! No......)
My voice isn’t reaching them.
They seed to be struggling against a dium-sized monster and everyone’s attention was on that one.
The other children also seem to have their hands full dealing with the monsters that are closing in on them.
Right now, I was in midair after I leapt.
There’s no way for to suddenly rush towards them while in midair.
I glanced at my hand.
I guess I have no choice.
I threw the spear that was in my hand.
In the back of the head of the monster that was closing in on Kayako, the spear powerfully pierced through.
That’s also when Kayako finally noticed the monster that was closing in from behind her.
And that’s also—- when they noticed my condition right now.
[Sogou-san!]
I don’t have a weapon in hand.
No—– It’s not really reliable, but I do have a spare weapon.
I reached for the dagger on my waist.
Glare
The eyeballs of the large monster whose face I had shaved off was turned towards .
At the sa ti, the monster stretched out its hand.
Without hesitation...
[!]
I plunged my dagger, which had its blade strengthened with magic, into the monster’s eye.
[Gyaaaaaooo!]
The monster scread and violently shook its body.
I’m thrown out towards the air.
[!]
Losing control of my body while in midair, the monsters simultaneously jumped towards .
Even though I’ve released my limits, I’m entirely defenseless in midair.
My dagger is still impaled in the monster’s eye.
I don’t have any weapons now.
[H- Hey, Nihei! The President’s in danger!]
[H- Half! Can half of us go save the President!? Oryaaahhh!]
[Kuh, it’s impossible! All of us were focusing everything on our defense!]
Neither nor can be activated without weapons.
I’ve already tried doing that before.
If only I had a weapon...
Whatever weapon is fine.
It doesn’t have to be a spear.
Even if it’s a sword...
Anything.
If only I had a weapon in my hand.
[......?]
Suddenly, the liquid tal-like sphere contracted and took the form of a sword.
The next mont, that silver-colored sword flew at a frightening speed—–
Fwwwssshhhh!
—and placed itself into my hand.
Without any ti for to guess what happened—- I swung my sword in midair.
No need to do those useless swordplay.
I began cutting the monsters attacking into pieces, one after another.
I finally land on the ground.
The corpse of the fallen monsters rolled around .
I looked at the sword in my hand.
It really fits in my hand.....
I grip the handle with all of my strength.
(Create...... “Creation”...... Does this an that it’s an inherent skill that generates weapons at my request......?]
Behind , the large monster that shook off was about to attack.
Strengthened after I released my limits, I dodged its attack.
I took a glance at the circle formation.
They’re alright.
Their formation isn’t crumbling anymore.
As the monster’s arm crashed on the ground and the dust fluttered about, I decided to aim at the monster’s legs.
(If I can’t destroy its head, I should at least destroy its legs......)
It’s unclear if I can take away its ability to move with just a single strike.
The range and power of my is proportional to the size of the weapon.
Therefore, it’s less effective against larger monsters.
Since there still are other monsters I need to look out for, I can’t spend too much ti fighting one of them.
That’s why I aid at its head first, a body part where a person would be mortally wounded even if they’re struck with lesser force.
(It’s now vigilant after being struck on the head...... In that case, I’m sure that it wouldn’t be vigilant for a strike on its legs......! If I could sohow skillfully do this......)
Kicking off the dust, I lunged forward.
I slipped beneath its guard and approached as far as my blade could reach the monster’s ankle.
Along with a loud scream, I thrust my sword.
However, just as I was about to thrust my sword, I was struck—-
—-by surprise.
[———-Eh?]
[Gyaaaauuuaaaaaahhhhh!]
The monster roared.
The thing that pierced the large monster’s leg was—-
A gigantic blade.
The blade was part of my sword.
Yes...
[Its blade—– beca larger......?]
At the mont I was attacking, the blade of my sword beca gigantic.
Moreover...
(I don’t feel its weight......)
This sword certainly had mass.
This sword certainly had power from its strikes.
However—- it feels light.
Trying it out, I slashed my sword overheard, to a gyaku-kesa.
(T/N: 逆袈裟 / reversed kesa. It’s a slash from bottom right to the upper left.)
Slash!
With the diagonal slash trajectory intact, the monster was split in half.
This certainly is a huge blade that was just the right size at killing this large monster.
Influenced by a sense of unreality, I gulped as I looked at the sword.
After defeating the monster...... the blade of the sword returned back to its original size.
(That ans, this is......)
I began pondering.
(A weapon that changes its size at will...... matching with the opponent’s size......?)
Moreover, I can’t feel its weight at all.
(Creation......)
The ability to grant a weapon sought by the skill user.
Assuming that was so...
(Maybe I could get another weapon......)
[I want—-]
Running forth, I sharply muttered.
[Weapons.]
The sword in my right hand splits.
One of the newborn swords fit itself in my left hand.
And when I arrived near the circle formation—-
A slaughter began.
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