Tactic number 15, understood
Hugo nodded and ordered three short-distance type puppet soldiers to chase after the three of them, who were running at full speed. However, even with the support of the puppet soldiers, the three of them had no chance of winning if they fought the Elental Soldiers head-on.
That was why we were using tactic number 15.
Shift Change, activate
The mont the three of them clashed with the Elental Soldiers, Hugo increased the speed of the puppet soldiers and at sa ti, he activated his new Skill.
When the Elental Soldiers tried to smash the puppet soldiers, all of a sudden, the positions of the puppet soldiers and the Elental Soldiers swapped. Unable to stop their attacks so abruptly, light on light, dark on dark, the Elental Soldiers ended up hitting one another.
Puppet Skill: Shift Change
A Skill that switches the position of the target and the puppet soldier controlled by the user.
Through the tactic numbers, Hugo and I shared the knowledge of the timing and how the Shift Change was to be used. The Elental Soldiers, which were made to attack one another through tactic number 15, took a great deal of damage from one another.
Now! Follow-up attacks!
AccelDuodecuple!
Iai Slash!
Divine Impact!
Union Burst!
That simultaneous attack by the four of them, which was deserving of being called a certain-death attack, completed destroyed the Elental Soldiers. We had succeeded in wiping out all of the subordinates. However, Elental Soldiers were beings without a real body. So long as Noble Bloods magic power held out, he would probably be able to re-summon them as many tis as he wished.
Don't give him an opening to re-summon them! Kouga and Alma, attack Noble Blood! Leon and Hugo, support the two of them!
Kouga and Alma, both of which had excellent mobility, sprinted towards Noble Blood. Leon and Hugo deployed barriers on the two of them while using long-distance attacks to prevent Noble Blood from re-summoning Elental Soldiers.
Leon and Hugos attacks scored direct hits, enveloping Noble Blood in a cloud of smoke. At that mont, Kouga leapt high into the air.
Your head is mine!
In addition, while still moving at top speed, Alma subrged into the shadows.
Assassin Skill: Shadow Dive
A Skill that allows the user to hide and move inside shadows. It constantly consus a large amount of magic power when the user is moving inside shadows, but it allows the user to hide from most attacks.
Kouga swooped down from the front while Alma erged from behind, both of them trying to finish off Noble Blood, who was wreathed in smoke.
But
Fools
Noble Blood spoke with contempt dripping from his voice.
Despite taking Leon and Hugos attacks directly, Noble Blood was unhard. While still sitting calmly on the throne, he mocked Kouga and Almas surprise attacks.
What!?Youre kidding!?
The two of them cried out in surprise. The blades that they had swung downwards were repelled by an invisible wall, and the two of them lost their balance in mid-air. And then, when Noble Blood snapped his fingers, violent thunderbolts struck all around him.
Though he was off balance, Kouga succeeded in avoiding the thunderbolts by kicking the air. However, Alma was slow to dodge and her body was struck by one of the thunderbolts.
ALMAAA!!!
My spine turned to ice as I yelled in spite of myself. The area surrounding where Noble Blood was sitting had been lted into magma by the heat of the thunderbolts, and the air around him crackled with electricity. No one could survive being struck by such powerful thunderbolts, even if they were protected by barriers.
When the black smoke cleared, I searched for signs of Alma, and was relieved to find her safe.
Assassin Skill: Ghost
A Skill that spiritualizes and makes the user untouchable for its effect duration of 3 seconds.
It appeared that she had managed to nullify the thunderbolt by activating the Skill in the nick of ti. However, Ghost could only be used once every 24 hours. She wouldnt be able to rely on it a second ti. Almas face was as white as a sheet and she was breathing heavily.
Alma, are you alright!?
Kouga shouted to confirm Almas safety from atop a clock tower that he had jumped to. In that instant, in my accelerated mind, I saw the worst unfold.
Kouga, get away from there imdiately!!!
When I shouted, without even asking for the reason, Kouga took a big leap backwards and landed on the ground. The orders that I gave in battle were absolute. I had instructed my allies carefully to obey my orders imdiately without thinking about the reason.
Barely one second after Kouga had leap away, the 20 ters-tall clock tower suddenly turned into sand and crumbled. That was precisely the result of the limited prediction that my high-speed thinking had showed . The only difference was that Kouga hadnt turned into sand along with the tower.
Oh? You were able to avoid that, huh
Noble Blood looked interested as he smiled.
It was unmistakable. That last attack was space-ti magic. An instant-death attack, which couldnt be defended against, that accelerated the targets ti and instantly weathered it. I was only just able to see through it because of my limited prediction, but it had a wide range of effect and was terrifyingly fast. If I misread it even by a little, we would be wiped out.
I see, so it's a limited ability to predict the future brought about by high-speed thinking
While resting his cheek back on his hand, Noble Blood looked at .
In all likelihood, you were able to predict the activation of my space-ti magic by sensing the subtle fluctuations of space. For a worthless insect, that was well done. But its a little bit of a bother
All of a sudden, his blood-red eyes narrowed.
Thats why, Ill start with you
At that declaration, a trendous amount of magic power poured out from Noble Blood.
This is bad! Protect Noel!!!
Leon shouted as he started to sprint towards . Alarm showing on their faces, Kouga and Alma also ran over to protect . However, the three of them werent going to make it in ti. Hugo, the only one who would, quickly maneuvered the puppet soldiers to defend the area around . Furthermore, multiple layers of barriers were deployed to further strengthen the defenses.
But
Its futile, you fools
That mirth-filled voice was coming from right in front of .
Wha!? Kuhhah
Noble Blood, who should have been sitting calmly on the throne in mid-air, was standing right in front of my eyes. And, his right arm had been thrust through my chest.
I stopped ti
Noble Blood showed a ghastly smile.
No matter how much you strengthen your defenses, its aningless within stopped ti. Your role is command tower as well as to enhance the abilities of your allies. So long as thats stopped, its your loss. It seems like Ill be able to slowly tornt your allies to death
Kuh, koff, kerk
I coughed out a thickened mass of blood and clutched Noble Blood's arm. Noble Blood wiped off my blood, which had splattered on his cheek, with the fingers of his left hand.
Before that, I suppose I should fill my stomach first
Noble Blood licked my blood. On his face was a cruel expression, which was brimming with sadism and delight, that only a winner was allowed to havebut in an instant, it twisted grotesquely.
Wha, whats with the taste of this blood!?
Noble Blood hurriedly spat out the blood in his mouth. When I saw his flustered state, with his arm still thrust through my chest, I let out a roar of laughter.
Hahahahahaha, it seems that my blood is not to your liking, huh!?
Y, you insect, what on earth do you
Noble Blood, who had noticed that sothing was wrong, swallowed his words and looked around. Despite the fact that my chest had been pierced through, none of my allies had co to save . If anything, they had all distanced themselves from . It was almost as if they were trying to not get caught up in an impending danger.
Y, you insecttttt!!!
Noble Blood, who had finally realized thetruth, flew into a rage and tried to pull his arm out of my chest. But it was already too late. I wasnt going to give him the ti to activate his ti-stop magic.
Looks like you were the one who had been a fool
The mont I muttered that contemptuously, my body exploded with a flash of light.
Buffers, which included Talkers, were said to be the weakest, even among all the combat type Jobs. The biggest reason for this was their lack of self-preservation thods compared to other Jobs. In battle, it was necessary for soone to protect them constantly, so they ended up holding back their allies.
However, the buffs of the Buffers themselves were extrely outstanding. They could greatly enhance the fighting abilities of everyone. And, the more targets there were for the buffs, the more their value rose. That was because the value of enhancing the abilities of four people by 25 percent, and the value of enhancing the abilities of 100 people by 25 percent were completely different, even if the percentage enhanced was the sa.
In other words, it ant that large-scale battles were the very thing that allowed Buffers to show off their true worth. Consequently, it appeared that the military used to always deploy at least three Buffers.
However, deploying Buffers also brought with it one major problem. If a Buffer was killed by the enemy, the total amount by which the armys abilities had been enhanced would drop, and as a reaction to that, the army would weaken.
If the army was able to protect the Buffers till the end, this problem wouldnt occur, but when both sides understood the advantages of Buffers, they would prioritize the killing of their opponents Buffers, which made it very difficult to protect them.
In the first place, fighting while protecting soone greatly reduced one's fighting ability. Even if outstanding escorts were prepared, should the Buffer be targeted by soone with a Job like Assassin, which was specialized in covert operations, it would be next to impossible to protect them till the end.
As a result, most of the Buffers and escorts deployed on the front-lines died without achieving any significant results.
A history like that was also one of the reasons why Buffers were said to be the weakest. Of course, I didnt think that a Beast like Noble Blood knew about the history of Buffers. But his excellent mind should have seen through my inherent weaknesses right away.
In other words, if he killed , not only would my allies lose their command tower, they would be greatly weakened as a reaction to the disappearance of the buffs.
Above all, Noble Blood, who controlled space and ti, had ti-stop magic, which could be called the greatest and most powerful ability. If he were to just use that ability, it wouldnt matter how much we strengthened the defenses.
It was easy for to predict that Noble Blood would use ti-stop magic. Which was why I decided to prepare a fake of myself.
Puppet Skill: Imitation
A Skill that allows the user to duplicate sothing that he touched. The fakes quality isnt as good as the original, and the Skill isnt able to duplicate the soul of the living, but it can duplicate the appearance completely.
I had gotten Hugo to duplicate and then control the fake to make it look like the real thing. My instructions and buffs had been sent via Link, not my voice.
In addition, a bomb had been concealed inside the fake. It wasnt an ordinary bomb, but one containing the bone-marrow fluid of three Garms. When it exploded, it would absorb magic power from the surroundings to further increase its power. Not unexpectedly, if a Noble Blood that had a huge amount of magic power was nearby, its power would be increased to the limit. It would have the power to possibly turn this abandoned capital into a vacant lot.
For that reason, Hugos puppet soldiers had covered the area with barriers so that the power of the explosion would be contained in one spot. The real purpose of Hugo's quick maneuvering of the puppet soldiers to defend the area around the fake was to prevent us from falling victim to the explosion.
The power of the fearso explosion had ultimately blown away all of the barriers, but they had sohow managed to limit its area-of-effect to the square. We were unhard as we had been protected by Leons barriers. I took off the armor that I had donned to disguise myself as one of Hugos puppet soldiers and then stepped forward.
Noel, is it a good idea to reveal yourself?
I nodded at Kougas question.
Its fine. This kind of petty trick wont work a second ti
There was a huge gaping crater-like hole before my eyes. Inside it, I could still feel a strong presence.
You insects. You insectsss
From the depths of the hole, a bitter voice could be heard.
Are you just going to hole yourself up in there and complain? You coward. You dont deserve the title of Lord
When I provoked him laughingly, the smoke filling the inside of the hole was blown away by a sudden gust of wind, and a huge winged monster flew out from within.
The likes of insectsssss!!!
His angry roar shook the air. After taking a trendous amount of damage, Noble Blood had transford from that false appearance into his true form. The practically shining appearance of a beautiful young man was no more. In its place was an ugly monster that was flapping its wings and hovering in mid-air.
It had wings resembling those of a bat, two twisted horns growing from its head, a bulging muscular body that looked as strong as a mountain, and a blood-vessel-like pattern that glowed red against its dark skin.
Hahaha, your mask has been torn off
How dare you expose this form of mine! You deserve to die a thousand deaths for your cri!!!
Dont threaten , half-wit. How about using the ti-stop magic before you run your mouth? Hmmm? Whats wrong? Arent you going to use it?
Y, you insect
I had left Noble Blood speechless with rage. I was the one in control of the situation. No matter how it threatened with its terrifying appearance, it only looked like a clown to .
You can't use it, can you? Even for a Lord, theres no way you can use an ability as powerful as stopping ti in quick succession. To say nothing of the imnse damage you suffered from the explosion earlier. Considering the amount of magic power that you used for regeneration, it's impossible for you to use ti-stop magic in this battle a second ti
It was all according to my calculations. Even if the enemy had the seemingly invincible ability to stop ti, Iwe would definitely be able to defeat it.
KukukuAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I couldn't suppress the laughter that had welled up inside . The battle wasnt over yet. Even if it could no longer use ti-stop magic, our enemy was a Lord. It wasnt an opponent that could be defeated using straightforward thods. If we couldnt grasp the chance of victory that was as slim as the tip of a needle while we shaved off our lives, then what awaited us was death.
But, even so, I laughed.
Its fun. Its unbearably amusing. Making those with absolute strength fall for my plans and kicking them down to the depths of disgrace and fear. Is there anything more fun than this?
No, there probably isnt.
Fufufu...... Well then, shall we go for round two?
Actual cliffhanger this ti. Yup, longest and most complicated battle so far in this novel. The Lord has transford into the 2nd form, so still a lot of battle to go. Or rather, they havent actually fought it yet, since all it did was fall for Noels trap while showboating.
But I have to ntion, I was so tempted to put its aningless in the world of frozen ti. ZA WARUDO! And Noble Blood said MUDA(futile) before that too, so it would have been perfect. Well, it would be once a WRYYY is fitted in there. Alright, alright, Ill stop with the references but co on, its a vampire that stops ti, can you bla a JoJo fan like ?
So of you might have noticed, but the author probably made an error on Ghosts duration. It used to be 3 secs when Alma was C Rank, then apparently beca 5 seconds after she ranked up and fought Dantalion, but is now 3 seconds again. Ill wait for the next ti it gets used to determine which is the correct duration, though I suspect its 5 seconds. I did check the source, just in case author had changed sothing, but nope.
So, like I ntioned, actual boss fight starts next chapter. And its even more flashy than the battle against the Elental Soldiers. If you think that youve already seen all of their new Skills, heres the first line from the next chapter: Everyone, well now begin aerial combat! Weve got a dogfight next! Dont miss it!
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