Chapter 157 – Assassination Family Raven 2 (16)
The demon Maharis lifted his claw and swung it once in the air as if checking.
“What was that just now? It has a strange ability?”
Without answering, I ran out and swung my sword.
Kagak!
The red claw could not be cut even by a sword reinforced with a ring made of shadows.
Like just before, it seems that a large amount of negative attribute mana must be released in an instant to create a gap.
Using calmness and insight, I avoided the attacks coming from all directions from the three claws with the least amount of movement.
And then the red claw that came in was struck away with a swing of the sword.
The claws, which seemed to have separate heads attached to the arms and hair that wielded four claws, swung without stopping to cut me down.
I swung the sword at the moment when the claws were not all flying at the same speed while dodging and parrying.
Kang! Kang! Kang!
‘The sparring I had with Chris Roanna was useful.’
He read the incoming attacks sequentially, parried and offset them all with one attack, and took advantage of the gap created by blocking the three claws flying in through the optimal path, creating a dagger of shadow in his left hand and throwing it.
Kang!
Maharis easily blocked a surprise dagger throw with his remaining hand. He had neutralized three claws almost simultaneously a moment ago, but his arm remained.
Her physical abilities were similar to mine, but it was really difficult to deal with an enemy who could use her hair like a hand and actually had four arms.
‘I think it would have been better to completely resurrect him and then take advantage of the opportunity.’
When I thought about it again, I thought it would be difficult.
Maharis started moving in earnest as soon as he sensed my presence through heat, so I must have been more prepared.
Kang! Kagagak!
He created a shield made of shadows on his left arm and widened the distance by channeling the attack.
Should I use more skill links to create a new combination that can defeat Maharis?
Back in Yu Xian’s body, I tried all the possible combinations, so I didn’t think I could come up with a good move.
Excluding the skill link, I thought of two surefire ways to turn the situation around, so I decided to move right away.
As I got further away from Maharis, I returned my strengthened long sword and shield to shadows, created daggers, and threw them in all directions.
Pakak! Pakak!
Instead of throwing it at random, it was thrown towards the magic tool that was lighting up the cavity, and each time it was hit by the dagger, the light source decreased by one.
As Maharis absorbed the red color she laid on the floor, the space that was almost white began to turn dark due to her exposed bones.
Pakak! Pakak!
When all the magic stones in the cavity were destroyed, the only light left was a faint light coming from the hallway.
“Even if I pull off a trick like that, everything will be visible?”
In the darkened space, I could clearly distinguish Maharis wearing a red suit and holding a claw.
However, since it has become difficult to obtain information on the enemy’s movements, the mental power required to use insight must have increased.
Humming. Humming. Humming. Bung.
Repetition of keeping a distance and stepping back, relying on calmness to save mental energy that would be used for detection.
Maharis and I were completely away from the hallway and in a completely dark space with little light coming in. I decided to use the only remaining method.
Cyan Crow’s assimilation rate has been increased to 100%.
Skill Link-Boost
Shadow Mastery. Yeonyeom Shingong (連炎神功).
Yeonyeongsingong (連影神功).
A huge amount of yin attribute mana was absorbed in the shadows, to the point where it felt like the dark cavity suddenly became brighter.
You must consume all the Yin attribute mana in your body.
Skill Link-Boost
Shadow Mastery. Flame fire twin field.
I filled both hands with the Yin attribute mana I had absorbed through the Yeonyeong Divine Art and ran towards Maharis.
When Maharis noticed my movements and started swinging his red claw, I used a spirit fight to hide my presence
“What? Where did you go?!”
I completely hid my presence by covering myself with a shadow in the darkness, and Maharis was unable to catch me, swinging his claws in all directions, creating a gap for me to dig into.
Pow! Pow!
An attack full of negative attributes hit the red suit Maharis was wearing, but the lump of negative attribute mana could not cause much damage to the body.
I created a dagger that could pierce the gap in the weakened suit, fell back, and used Skill Link again.
Skill Link-Boost
Shadow Mastery. Flame wheel.
Shadow Circle.
The ring of shadows created in the darkness will be indistinguishable unless you have learned Shadow Mastery.
I threw a dagger that passed through the ring towards Maharis, who was slightly staggered by my attack, and the dagger, which received both reinforcement and acceleration, dug into the weakened part of the suit.
Puhwaaaaak!
Blood spurted out from Maharis ‘body his, which was unable to defend itself perfectly.
“Ugh. Has the movement changed?”
I wanted to continue the battle of cutting down in this way, but I couldn’t handle the mana consumption when using skill links continuously.
Since I collected mana through the Yeonyeong Shingong, I gained the mana to use the skill link, but it is impossible to obtain mana from the shadow of this space for the time being.
Even if it was too much, I aimed to change her movements by hurting Maharis, and unexpectedly, the wounded Maharis chose to escape.
It is an extremely correct choice because it is natural to think that if I leave this space full of shadows, I will be at a disadvantage.
I thought I should only use her skill link when attacking because my mana was greatly reduced, but it was more important to use it to prevent the demon from escaping from here.
Skill Link-Boost
Shadow Mastery. Flame wheel.
Shadow Circle.
I used the shadow lance towards the ceiling in the hallway where there was faint light coming in.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gag!
The window flew much faster than Maharis running down the hallway and became lodged in the ceiling, and as the ceiling collapsed, even the faint light coming through the hallway was completely blocked.
“It’s really lame!”
Blood-red magical energy erupted from the body of the screaming Maharis.
A red line crossed the floor, as if part of the red suit had been released.
Red light emanated from the red line as if trying to brighten the dark cavity, but the appropriate light actually helps with the shadows.
And since there was a little light, Maharis would try to find me through the light, so I surrounded myself with the spirit more densely.
I walked slowly and silently around Maharis, who could not find me even though light appeared.
Maharis was turning her head and waving her arms and hair in the air, but she was not reaching me who was observing the situation.
I had the opportunity to attack first like this, but I lacked the skill to deal a critical blow to Maharis.
The only technique that has not been used so far is the spirit sword, which hides the blade in the shadows.
Hide the blade in the shadows. Conversely, what happens if the shadow is hidden in the blade?
Skill Link-Boost
Shadow Mastery. Yeonggeom (影劍).
A sword made of shadows made with Shadow Craft is filled with negative mana.
By changing the properties of the Yin Hwajang, it became a sword with a deeper Yin energy than the one that used Yin attribute mana through the hands.
Since it has surpassed the spirit sword, wouldn’t it be possible to call it a shadow sword?
“It’s there!”
However, as the strong negative energy was compressed into the sword, it had no choice but to be captured by the demon Maharis.
I tightly grasped the shadow sword with both hands, which radiated presence even though it was obscured by the use of a shadow to obscure its presence.
I thought that if the presence radiated like this, the shadow sword would be suitable for assassination, but it seemed sufficient for assassination if I could cut down that demon while crossing the water.
Maharis found my location and started running quickly.
The red claws swung out almost at the same time. I used my insight to read the claw’s trajectory and cut them down in one go.
Suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly!
The red claw blade cut by the shadow sword fell to the floor.
“How… !”
Maharis seemed to swing the half-cut claw back to its original state, but it took a long time for the claw cut by the shaded sword to lengthen again.
Suddenly! Suddenly!
Once again, the claws were cut at the same time.
To be precise, should I say it feels like eating demon energy rather than cutting it down?
A red energy could be seen lingering around the body of the shaded sword that cut off the red claw.
I made it possible to interfere with the material world by processing power such as mana, but I was confident that the Shade Sword, a sword that cuts the bonds of power necessary for that interference, making it impossible to use physical force and eats up power, could kill even demons, and I was convinced that Mach Reese was cut down.
Suddenly.
The red suit, which was strong enough to block a dagger that passed through the shadow circle, was cut without any presence.
The red suit that covered Maharis’ body melted and flowed down, and the red-haired Maharis became naked.
‘Is it possible that the shadow sword cannot cut through materials?’
Since I couldn’t cut it with a single sword, I immediately used Shadow Craft to make a dagger.
Phew!
He twisted the dagger stuck in the white neck and pulled it out.
Maharis closed the wound on his neck with his hand, but the bleeding did not stop.
Maharis slowly turned her eyes as if looking for me and slowly opened her mouth.
“With that power, you can never stop the Demon King.”
I think so too.
And that kind of thing was a warrior’s job, so it wasn’t my job.
I watched in silence as Maharis was reduced to dust.
The quest was completed when the demon Maharis completely disappeared from the world.
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『Quest』
〈Kill the demon Maharis.〉
-Completed: Shadow Mastery (E+2) -〉 Shadow Mastery (D)