Hakai Me no Yuuri - Chapter 104
Author: Kaburagi Haruka
Translator: s.h.i.+roiKaze/Soyokaze Translations
5th Act, Chapter 104: Lich
Authors Note: The story will be about the Demon Lord sides advantage until next time.
Please wait a bit longer for the story of what happens next for them.
The latter half switches to Levys viewpoint. Please be aware.
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Bwoom
A huge shock, big enough to shake the labyrinth itself, even reached up to here on the stairs.
Its probably a consequence of Hasters battle.
“Haster”
I grow anxious about him as I turn and stare into the darkness enshrouded stairwell behind us.
With his “Immortality,” even on the off-chance that he loses, he wont die. Even so, his resuscitation would take six hours.
When I think about what could be done to his defenseless body during that time, I feel anxious.
“Sis, front!”
And the moment my attention was taken behind us, Alecs shout of caution came flying.
Once I hurriedly brought my eyes back to the front, there was a magic circle floating there in mid-air
Thats [Flame Bolt], and a bunch of them?!
The number of [Flame Bolts] deployed was six. The amount of magic filling the circle was nothing to scoff at. Itll break through a half-hearted barrier.
I immediately deployed an [Ice Sword] to intercept them.
“Hoho You neutralized my attack with a spell cast after it? Fine skills.”
Oozing out from the darkness, a floating figure appeared.
Its the lich. The undead who stood at the Demon Lords side five years ago, and more importantly made me lose in magic.
“If you would surrender to our camp, then I would not mind allowing you to live, but Well, either way I will not allow you to go any further.”
“So its you Sorry, but we dont plan on surrendering or stopping. Youre going to let us through.”
“YoureI see. I had wondered what type of powerful individuals could have chased us to this floor, but I understand now.”
Apparently our opponent remembered us too. If hes the only one here, then that means
“A magician as powerful as you is a sacrificial p.a.w.n?”
“Please. It is because of his majestys trust in mine self that he ordered me to stop you here.”
“If thats how you want to frame it.”
No matter how skilled at magic he might be, his spell deployment, accuracy, and especially power, are no match for mine.
Ive been doing nothing but polis.h.i.+ng them in these past five years, after all.
The fact that I blocked his [Flame Bolts] with a later spell is proof of that.
“Theres no way youre going to hold us all back as a lone magician. Why dont you surrender to us?”
That said, hes not the kind of enemy we can easily head behind and breakaway from either.
We slowly made a circle while measuring out distance to him as we inched towards the stairway to the next floor.
“I cannot do that. And also I believe I said I would not let you go!”
Noticing what we were doing, the lich once again deployed [Flame Bolts].
Just before he activated that magic
“Ryaaaah!”
“Miss Levy?!”
Miss Levy jumped into striking range of the lich.
A single side swing from her crushed the magic circle, interrupting the invocation. The lich flew away, retaking some distance.
In hot pursuit of him, Miss Levy once again attacked.
This speed is a trick of hers thats only possible because of how earnestly she has trained her physical abilities.
“Get goin! This guy bein here means the Demon Lords already defeated the last floors guardian!”
“Cheh?!”
So he was just conversing with us to buy time on their end!
It really is hard to think this lich, the Demon Lords confidant, would let the Demon Lord take on the last guardian by himself.
The Demon Lord certainly is powerful and unstoppable. But that power is still entirely physical.
Moreover the owner of that power is arrogant about it, and doesnt seem to have honed his skills.
He couldnt have left his magic based ace-in-the-hole lich here when he didnt even know what the next enemy would be.
“But Miss Levy”
“He may be strong, but its still one magic user. Ifn I just stay in close, Ill manage To turn this my way.”
Even while having that conversation, she kept attacking the lich at frightening speed. Distance is taken, magic is released, a dodge, and then pursuit.
Such a battle of offense and defense that I couldnt even keep up with was unfolding.
“Yuuri, we are going. We shall leave it to her.”
“Mary! We cant, someone has to support her.”
“No Her magic swordsmans.h.i.+p makes her the best for this. Well leave this to you, Miss Levy!”
We have no more time to spare.
We cant waste any little bit time shes buying for us.
Besides, the “trump card” she has prepared is also perfect against that guy.
“Yuuri! Then, Ill stay and”
“Can you keep up with that speed, Marle?”
“Ugh”
With the effects of the magic swords “Cthugha” and “Hydra,” [Light Arrows] and [Flame Bolts] are cut down, as she moves in and continues to slash.
That speed is already surpa.s.sing human limits.
Its a speed that can maintained precisely because shes supporting it with magic.
No matter how much Marle has grown, an ordinary person like her cant step in there.
“Alecs physical attacks wouldnt be able to land a telling blow on that lich. Marielle and I have to face off against the Demon Lord ahead of us. You cant keep up with that speed. So shell be best off alone.”
It may be cold, but I explain to her why we have to leave Miss Levy here alone.
With the flame and ice enchanted magic swords she carries, she should be able to land effective attacks on the lich.
“Lets go, Marle. All thats left is the Demon Lord. We just need to go take him down and then we can hurry back.”
“Sir Alec”
He puts his hand on Marles shoulder, and the two gaze at each other.
“Uhhh, just get movin already I finally get to act cool, and yall are just standin there!”
“S-sorry?!”
So we left another companion behind, and headed to the next floor.
(Levys perspective)
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“Whew They finally done gone ahead.”
I relax my legs from their top speed an let out a breath.
Course showin that kinda opening against this lich is dangerous, but I really cant keep goin full speed forever.
“Oho, for you to stop your feet Have you given up?”
“Aw please. Just takin a teeency breath.”
May just be momentary, but if them kind kids saw me bein overwhelmed, they definitely wouldnt go on ahead.
Sides Switchin tactics takes the right timing, yeah?
“Well, I already got caught up in this ol mess. Gotta at least do this much a.s.s wipin.”
Sayin that, I activate [Flight] and [Telekinesis].
Aint as good as Yuuris, but I can manage a little bit o parallel activation.
To tell the truth, was me who thought up usin [Telekinesis] to move faster.
Yuuri was more apt for it, but That girls a genuine monster. Not that she really knows it.
“I had wanted to compare my magic with that silver girl, though.”
“Uwa, Yuuris darn popular. Well, I can use some magic myself. Ill keep ya company.”
“I can tell by seeing the accuracy of those spells; as a magician you are less than second-rate.”
Though I may have “Peerless Magic,” havin its effects turned off as I improved made me pretty immature as a spell caster.
The main effects of “Peerless” are its optimizin of growth, and supplementin the users apt.i.tudes.
With a proper spell caster, that trend would stretch em straight into a super first cla.s.s magician. Like Yuuri.
“Well yeah As a spell caster, yer right.”
But Ive known that it aint enough for a long time now.
Which is exactly why I settled on this here battle style.
This fightin method that doesnt rely on spells, but speed to toss the enemy around.
I take advantage o my apt.i.tude to use all magic, and use magic to reinforce my body as support, like I am now.
“Yall ready? cause here I come!”
While floatin through the air, the friction with the ground disappears, and with the combined effects of [Telekinesis] an [Flight], I close in on the lich at an even faster speed than before.
Five years ago, the reason I couldnt take down that lycanthrope is cause my attacks were too light.
Een so, if I sought power, my speed would drop as a result. That woulda resulted in losin my sellin point.
Thats why I thought this method up This fightin style of increasin my speed even further to increase my power.
“Yaaaaaah!
Cthughas flame-enveloped slash a.s.saulted the lich just like a shootin star.
To try an keep me from getting too close, he scattered [Flame Bolts] to intercept me.
The interception [Flame Bolts] were in turn intercepted by Hydra.
Soon as I got in close, a [Water Wall] stood right in front o my eyes to block me. He mixed in more magic even while sendin out all them [Flame Bolts]?!
“Kuh!”
If I keep rus.h.i.+n in like this, hell block my sight.
Plus if my whole body gets wet, then he could cast [Viscous] like Marielle does, and the battled be over in that instant.
After estimatin the worst case, I made an immediate turn to the right. Soarin through the air at high speed in all directions, its almost like bein a fighter plane.
I swerve round the [Water Wall] and catch the lich in my sights
“Aint there?!”
“Over here.”
Along with his call, a rain o [Light Arrows] come down from above.
Almost like Im cheatin, I accelerate to top speed and escape the attack range.
“Yer Just as used to battle as Id expect.”
Nough sense to mix a [Water Wall] formula inside a [Flame Bolt] one.
Courage to easily toss away the [Water Wall] barrier he predicted Id go right around.
Experience to both predict Id dodge to the right, and to use that to move into position above, and deliver an attack without missin a moment.
Fer me, whos had a lot more experience in battles relyin on strength, there aint nothin more unpleasant than that.
“Aint bad at”
I started talkin, an looked at my right arm.
Still grippin Cthugha My right arm, rollin on the ground.
“Guh Ah”
Blood started gus.h.i.+n out the wound like a fountain. I used my remaining left arm to bind it up at the base and stop the bleedin.
Luckily Im wearin clothes that bind in a bunch of placed to reduce unnecessary wind resistance, so I could stop the bleedin with one arm just fine.
Fact that he didnt take the chance to attack me must mean hes confident bout his victory, huh
“The game is up. They were somewhat unusual and elaborate plans, but I will at least say I enjoyed myself to some degree.”
“Glad to hear it As an expression of grat.i.tude Could ya maybe Heal up this wound for me?”
“Hum, then how about turning into one of my kind? Your wound will heal.”
“That aint what Id call healin”
“I dont particularly care if you want to or not. I will simply use your corpse as a zombie or something.”
You b.a.s.t.a.r.d That aint how you should be treatin a maidens corpse.
But yknow, this situation of him conversin about every little thing He sure does resemble his owner.
“So that high speed maneuvering was your “trump card” then. Hum, youve taught me a very pleasant way of using it.”
“Show some grat.i.tude.”
“Grat.i.tude is unnecessary for those about to die, is it not?”
He went an spouted lines that made his eighth-grade syndrome seem even worse
“Well then, magic swordsman. Twas a good match to the death.”
Sayin that, he deployed his finis.h.i.+ng [Light Arrow].
The magic power in it werent bad even compared to one from Yuuri.
“Peerless” went an politely a.n.a.lyzed the magic circles contents for me.
Just one shot. In it, all the magic power it can take, right in a straight line toward
Cthugha, the fire thatd deliver some real damage to the lich, was rollin on the ground with my right arm.
Hydra, which I was holdin in my left, I dropped on the ground when I stopped my bleeding. I aint got time to pick it up.
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And then The spell activated.
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