Chapter 774 – Carrying You on My Back

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The moment Cleon crossed Galatea and Caliburn and swung them, the black and pure white trails intersected and simultaneously attacked the monster.

The repulsive action created by the conflicting magical power of the magic sword and the holy sword created a slash so strong that it opened a gap in space, but the monster blocked it by simply raising its arm.

The arm, which was made of several tentacles intertwined and entangled, and seemed to reveal human muscles without skin, had strength beyond imagination, and felt stronger than anything Cleon had ever cut.

＂Kuh…!＂

Cleon, who realized that the attack had failed, had to step back first, but as if it would not let him go, the engraved monster instantly bit Cleon’s shoulder with its huge maw that seemed to resemble the head of Rex Ignis on the other arm. .

Chi-ik! And, as a burning sound was heard, if the injured part was touched immediately, the bleeding would stop, but the dizzying pain of the burn attacked Cleon.

[Cleon!]

When Galatea raised her voice like a scream, sparks naturally flew through Cleon’s body, and the next moment, Cleon’s body had moved a short distance to the back of the monster.

Thanks to Galatea, who copied Barisada’s ability, Cleon was able to escape before the wound got worse. He tried to alleviate the pain and heal at the same time by covering the wounded area with the divine magic flowing from Caliburn.

‘This guy… He’s hard and fast…!’

Even though he didn’t use the hunter’s imprint, the arm of the guy that bit his shoulder in an instant without almost any preliminary movement could barely be seen moving.

The moment he recognized that his arm was down, he was biting his own arm, so if you think you know, it’s moving at a speed so fast that you can’t even feel it with your own eyes.

As expected, the next moment, I saw the guy who was facing back towards me look at me and this time raise the staff he had made in his other hand.

Then, Cleon, who felt a small vibration under his feet, rolled backwards and was barely able to avoid the eruption of black magma rising from under the ground.

[DMCGUUD]

And when the voice, which seemed to be stuck directly in his head and threatened to tear out his brain, Cleon could only shake his head to shake it off.

You can see something different from any monster or creature that you know that exists in this world, jerky, choppy movements, and an incomprehensible voice.

Not only Cleon but also Lila was forced into a difficult situation by this unreasonable and unpleasant existence that went beyond his own understanding.

“Flame Spike! Cleon! “I’m focusing on treating the wound!”

The moment Lyla’s magic was complete, a thorny tree vine stretched out from her red fire sphere and aimed at the back of the monster that was targeting her Cleon.

I finally caught it this time. The moment I thought that, it suddenly appeared in a different location.

Lyla’s vines are supposed to automatically chase the enemy, but because the movement was so sudden, it moved from the location where the monster was a moment ago to the location where the monster appeared next, making it impossible to catch it no matter how much it chased.

＂Hey again…!?＂

Lila’s magic was different from Cleon’s sword, and she was never able to touch his body.

She uses most of the magic she can use, including flame spheres, flame spears, and explosion magic, but she continues to be fooled by her incredibly fast speed. Br〉

In the meantime, Cleon’s sword was not used, so it felt like they were using an invincible shortcut from the two people’s perspective.

Even when I turned on my magical power, I could tell that he wasn’t using transfer magic, but then what is the reason for this physically inexplicable movement method and speed?

The good news is that he doesn’t seem to have any significant thinking ability.

Perhaps because he has a habit of targeting first what he sees and what stimulates him, he targets Cleon when Cleon attacks, and Lila when Lila attacks, so he manages to establish an attack and defense. It was just something that was happening.

However, that will only be possible as long as their magic power holds out. If their magic power, which is more important than life force or blood, is depleted, not only will it be impossible to fight that guy, but they will also be unable to make a way to return to the real world afterward. .

Therefore, it was true that I wanted to save my magic power as much as possible, but I also knew very well that this was not an enemy I could deal with that way.

＇You have to think about it, Lila, how is it moving and what abilities are it using… If you don’t figure it out…’

However, the opponent does not give Lila time to think that long.

In response to Lila attacking her, she raised both of her arms, created a black fireball from her staff and what looked like Ignis’ head, and shot it at Lila.

＂Ugh…!＂

As Lila broke into a cold sweat due to the unstable mixture of magic felt from it, she also created a fireball and struck it with her black fireball to cancel it out.

As for the size, I think Lila’s was a little bigger.

When two fireballs collide, it would be normal for them to annihilate or for the larger one to remain – but as expected, a fireball mixed with two-dimensional magic was outside the scope of such common sense.

Surprisingly, the fireball on the side of the monster that hit splits into two, scatters as its trajectory unfolds to the left and right, and flies in once again, aiming for Lila.

Not only that, but at the same time, this big maw was running towards me with her arms raised.

＂Where is something like that…!＂

It seemed like it was Lila’s first time seeing such strange magic. She tried to shoot it down with two fire spheres, and then, perhaps thinking the same thing would happen again, her magical energy continued to flow until her fire spheres got close to her. After collecting-

Bang! He succeeds in extinguishing the black fireball by creating an explosion around his body so strong that it makes a loud sound.

However, it must have stopped charging to avoid being touched by the flames, and it widened the distance and looked towards us again, quietly preparing for the next attack.

Lila wiped sweat from her forehead, remembering once again that in times of trouble, an all-out attack is the best means of defense.

‘But I just used up a lot of his magic power. If we continue like this, this side will collapse first from exhaustion of mana. There must be some hint in his actions so far…!

As Lila thought so, she quickly organized in her mind the events that had occurred in the battle with that guy so far.

1. Cleon’s sword does not work. Even if Cleon’s sword touched any part of the body, including his arm, the edge did not enter.

2. Avoid all attacks. Although it is not a transference, it appears instantaneously in a different location with an unknown method of movement.

If so, there is only one answer that can be derived from this.

Unlike Cleon’s sword, Lila’s own fire magic is a means of inflicting damage to the guy.

The evidence from earlier was that although he was not showing proper defensive behavior or even evading Cleon’s sword, he was avoiding the flames while remaining alert with his magic.

＂… Okay, then-!＂

Lila shouted, and the next moment, she flew towards Cleon, who had recovered almost all of her wounds.

If you maintain an altitude so that the guy’s arms don’t reach you, and at the same time use fire magic to keep him in check, he will repeat the strange teleportation and avoid all of her magic, just as Lila expected.

It’s not that she didn’t wish she had gotten lucky with one of them, but she felt that continuing to miss was an inevitable and necessary sacrifice, and Lyla landed next to Cleon.

＂Cleon, are you hurt?＂

“Are you okay. I can move.”

Lila nodded her head in response, and she explained her plan to Cleon, who also nodded as if he agreed with her plan.

And the next moment, Cleon stands in front of Lila to block the huge engraved monster that is rushing towards her, targeting Lila again.

Galatea and Caliburn once again collided with the head of the giant lizard he was swinging.

Even though it is a body that shows such great strength, no sound like metal clashing against metal is heard at all.

Meanwhile, the tip of the staff held by her other arm was pointed at Cleon, and a black flame was about to bloom from a close distance as if she were going to burn Cleon’s body with her magic.

＂Fire Enchant!＂

When Lila’s voice rings out, red flames swirl around her two swords.

Then, Cleon’s sword, which until now had not been able to cut even 1 mm of the guy’s body, this time went into the guy’s arm and created a scratch.

[Kaaaaa!]

I wonder if the concept of pain even exists in this guy, as a scream came out of his non-existent mouth that echoed directly in his head.

Cleon and Lila both stopped moving for a moment due to the headache caused by this unpleasant voice, which sounded like the sound of a window breaking endlessly.

In the meantime, when the guy widened the distance, the black liquid dripping from the open wound showed that something instead of blood was flowing through the guy’s body as well.

＂As expected, my thoughts were right…＂

“Only Lila’s fire magic can inflict damage on him…”

When Cleon muttered that, as if he understood Lila’s intentions, Lila nodded.

However, perhaps these monsters also have something in common that they heal quickly from wounds, as Lila muttered as she watched the parts that were not completely cut slowly recover.

＂As expected, the flames from just a moment ago are not enough. Perhaps its weakness is the fire elemental magic that is purer and has fewer impurities.”

“Still, the playback speed is slower than Ignis.”

While Cleon was muttering that and taking a deep breath as if he would cut it off completely next time, Lila seemed to think about something for a moment and then nodded her head as if she understood.

“Be careful. From the moment it happened, there is a high possibility that you adapted to it.”

As soon as Lila finished speaking, the monster of the engraving attacked Cleon once again. Cleon reacted reflexively and took a stance with his weapon to block the monster’s attack.

However, once it appeared in front of Cleon, the next moment it appeared from the side, swinging its arm aiming for Cleon’s side.

＂Where!＂

What blocks it is Laila’s flame.

The intense heat she caused, perhaps made him even more wary of having been attacked once, made him quickly distance himself, and Cleon chased after him with the imprint of a hunter in his eyes to check his method of movement.

Like a high-speed camera, when Cleon recognized the guy’s movements slowly, he was able to catch the secret of the guy’s abnormal movements.

＇What…?＇

The guy’s movements were slow, not fast.

To be precise, there were very few lines of movement that moved at a timing of less than one second.

When swinging an arm or moving a leg, it was done in such a way that the intermediate process from preparation to result was omitted.

From the perspective of the eyes that recognize moment by moment, if 500 pictures displayed in succession for 1 second are perceived as ‘moving’, then that thing was moving with less than 10 pictures even in 1 second.

Because the process was missing from preparation-process-result, the movement looked strange, and Cleon and Lila, who had to prepare by following the process with their eyes, had limited means to respond.

“──Laila. Can you create a wall of flames that can surround him? It’s wide at first… And then gradually narrows.”

“It’s possible, but there isn’t much magical energy left. … That will probably be the last magic.”

At Lila’s words, Cleon nods her head as if he understands.

“That’s okay. … After that, I will finish it.”

“… Okay. I’ll believe it.”

Then, just as Cleon had said, Laila spread her arms and created a wall of flame in front of her so large that it surrounded the entire space.

The wall gradually, but at a visible speed, narrows, narrowing the area around the monster.

The monster that saw this rushed towards her as she was concentrating her magic in order to stop Lyla’s magic, but this time Cleon stood in the way of the monster to protect her.

Quickly confronting the guy who was swinging the staff and Ignis’ head as weapons, when Cleon swung the sword in both her hands, Lila’s fire attribute that was still there left a scar on the guy as well, creating a boiling situation. Pay

[Does this really work!?]

“Ah. This guy never does things like net price movement. So, after restricting her movements with the flames of Lila that he is afraid of, you can then grab her essence from this side and cut her down.”

Cleon mutters to Galatea as if to trust him. At that time, Laila’s voice was heard.

＂Cleon! Run!”

When he heard Lila’s voice shouting like that, Cleon immediately jumped towards the monster’s body, stepped on its shoulder, and jumped as if flying in the sky.

Then, Cleon looked up and saw that the guy was trapped in the circle of flames and that his movements were sealed.

As it was, Galatea and Caliburn, who still had the flames from Lila remaining, struck both of the guy’s shoulders, creating a magical platform in the air, accelerating and falling to the ground.

Kwasik!

A voice was heard.

It sounded like the bones of a living thing were breaking, and I thought it was the sound of Cleon’s sword cutting it off.

But-

＂Kuh…!＂

The guy blocked it by raising both his arms to protect his shoulders.

Because there was still fire magic left in the sword, unlike the first time, it succeeded in creating a scratch, but as Lila said, it did not reach the level of perfect cutting with ordinary fire magic.

And, the flame barrier is disarmed the moment Lila’s remaining magical power is depleted, and there are no more opportunities to deal with him.

＂Ugh…!＂

Lila pumps her magical organs, straining every ounce of her strength, to give Cleon’s sword the most intense flame she can muster, but it’s not the heat or temperature of the flame that matters now – she was how pure the magical power of flame was created.

‘In this gap between two dimensions… How…’

Tens of thousands of thoughts passed through Lila’s mind, but none of them could be used in the current situation.

The purest magic power – pure flame – her purest flame that can be created in the limited space of the gap between two dimensions.

＂No way… There is no way… ＂

As for me right now, it was impossible for me to generate enough pure flame magic to overpower him in this environment.

My grandfather might have been able to do it – but I still don’t have that knowledge –

However, in her eyes, the image of Cleon, who never let go of his sword and held on to cut down the guy, appeared.

If Lila’s magical power is lacking, she will make up for it with her own power, and Cleon is challenging him with all her might.

And – seeing that Cleon still believed in her, Lila threw down the staff she was holding and ran towards Cleon.

As she runs, her clothes and her hair disappear from her body as they are engulfed in flames.

With a very small amount of magic created by squeezing out even her life force, she transformed her body into flame.

Her incarnation magic – but unlike her usual way of maintaining her human form, what she touched was –

Cleon’s back, shoulders, arms, and the two swords he is swinging.

Lyla’s flame, like her phoenix wings, clings to Cleon’s back and wraps around her sword.

The flame created by incarnation magic is a pure flame element created by the human mind.

＂… Laila─＂

[Because I can’t keep it up for long…! Cut it down! Cleo On!!]

As if in response to Lyla’s high cry, the long flames around her sword burned more intensely, and Cleon tightened her arms and twisted her body at the same time.

[QEUEaaaaa!]

And then, the sword that went in while twisting pierced through the guy’s arm, went down to the shoulder, crossed, and cut through the guy’s upper body.

The impact that occurred at that time was so strong that the circle of flames that had been spread out to contain the guy went out, and at the same time, the guy’s body slowly collapsed, his lower body losing strength and falling down on the spot.

＂Haa… Haa…!＂

And, when Cleon, who was breathing heavily, suddenly felt a heavy feeling on his back, Lila, who was riding on Cleon’s back with her tired face, had returned to her original form.

＂Well, you came back properly?＂

Lyla, who used her incarnation magic to go from throwing away her material body to completely abandoning her human form, seemed to be concerned about whether she could return to her original state.

I ask Cleon that question.

Then, Cleon slowly lowered her from her back and nodded at her as if confirming that she was still Lila Flame Watch from her head to her toes.

“Ah. There is nothing missing.”

＂Thank goodness… I really thought it wouldn’t work this time… ＂

Lila says and sighs heavily.

Then, the next moment, she saw the body of the fallen monster flinch and move, and at that moment she tried to make a shocked expression again.

The inverted pattern floating on that guy’s chest spun again, returning to its original form, then separated from the monster’s body and floating into the air.

Finally, as the monster and the remaining lower body of Ignis disappeared into dust, Lila finally realized that everything was over, and she let out a sigh of relief once again.

A pattern floating in the sky – the key slowly approaches, as if it is going to find its owner, and shrinks to a size that can fit into Lila’s hand, and is soon placed in her hand.

It seemed to disappear in Lila’s hand, but it was properly absorbed into her.

＂…＂

Lila realizes that she has finally succeeded in getting her hands on the key.

Soon, she opens her eyes again and speaks to Cleon.

“I don’t have any magical energy left to return to Helix. “Would you like to kiss me?”

“… That’s purely for the purpose of taking over magical power, right?”

＂Hmm─…＂

After Lila said that, she smiled and answered while holding Cleon’s wrist.

＂No?＂

─ After a while, by Lila’s hand, a gap in the dimension was opened through which one could return to the original place and original time along the passage that led to the coordinates.

Unlike Cleon, who passed through the door without looking like anything had happened, Lila’s face turned red, and she wiped the corners of her mouth as she went back through the portal first, as if she was running away from that place.