Chapter 307 – s.h.i.+eld of Iron

Translator: Makisima

Half-edited

「I thought I got you there! You’ve got guts!」

「Likewise」

「You can still talk like that even after I cut your arm off? I hope you’re not just acting like a hotshot. Keep it up! It will be boring if I win unilaterally!」

Valkyrie smugly taunted us, then began to shoot her arrows continuously; not just the Arrow of G.o.dspeed, but also an arrow which would explode on contact, an invisible arrow, and an arrow that could change its trajectory in a large arc. None of these arrows are simple to avoid, and if Fran was. .h.i.t by any one of these arrows, she would suffer immeasurable damage.

Since Valkyrie only intermittently shot those Arrows of G.o.dspeed, it was still extremely dangerous, but she was able to land a solid hit on Fran or me, but at the same time, I couldn’t easily attack her either.

Although neither side was making any progress, if we continued to just defend, Fran would fail sooner or later.

『Sorry for making you wait!』

I couldn’t waste the time Fran had earned for me any longer!

『– Devour them! Kanna Kamui』

I didn’t originally intend to use a Chant, but I shouted inadvertently. Maybe it’s because I am all fired up; I know what I have to do! With all my heart and mind and strength, I attempted a second Kanna Kamui.

However, it seems that two simultaneous Kanna Kamui was still unattainable, and just like when I used Transformation inordinately earlier – No, this cold feeling attacking me now is even more horrible than the last time.

『Ahhg…g!!!!』 

Nonetheless, I clenched my teeth—enduring the terrible sensation, and concentrated my consciousness on the task at hand. No matter what, I must release Kanna Kamui. Although the opponent was far away, with the help of Magic Control, I was able to expand my attack range; I believed I would be able to target her from here.

As I succeeded in launching the attack, a ma.s.sive bolt of lightning rained down on Valkyrie’s head. I planned to attack her with the lightening at the moment when she fully drew back her bow, even if it only managed to stall her a little.

However, the Dullahan was behind Valkyrie. Compared to Valkyrie, who was about 5 ft 2 in., the Dullahan was more than 6 ft tall. Because of his height advantage, if the Dullahan raised a big s.h.i.+eld over Valkyrie’s head, it was more than enough to cover her completely.

But just as the Dullahan lifted its s.h.i.+eld to the sky, the Kanna Kamui swallowed them both.

Killing two people in one breath— well, sure enough, it’s not at all possible. With the augmentation of the s.h.i.+eld Master Arts, Magic Resistance, an Anti-Magic Steel s.h.i.+eld, Anti-Magic Steel Full Body Armor, and the Barrier Ring, the Dullahan’s durability was appalling. What’s more, the Dullahan also had the Lightning Resistance attribute, making him a perfect match against us. 

The situation nowadays was totally different from that in the past, since the martial arts event, my use of Kanna Kamui had been improved a lot. Now I am more and more familiar with the use of Lightning Magic and also obtained Magic Control skill. Compared with then, my power has been greatly improved. Moreover, the Lightning Magic, Magic Control skill and Kanna Kamui seemed to fuse together this time.

At the martial arts event, I combined Kanna Kamui with Black Lightning Summoning to defeat Fermus, the user of Strings. So it was obvious that the power of this time should have far exceeded the combination of Kanna Kamui and Black Lightning Summoning. Moreover, before the attack, I was even confident that Valkyrie could also be killed if it was a direct hit … But now, the power seemed to have been spoiled by Dullahan, and the damage done to its surroundings was small and even no explosion occurred.

『d.a.m.n it! In any case, such power couldn’t have been spoiled –』

「s.h.i.+sho, look over there」

『Hum?』

Fran seemed to have noticed something. I looked in the direction she was pointing, seeing that Minotaur・Dark Paradin and High Oak・s.h.i.+elder were all charred and fell down. All High Oak・ s.h.i.+elders died; two Minotaur・Dark Paradins died, and the remaining two were also on the verge of death.

How could it be? Originally, the power was just used to kill Dullahan, why it would affect Oak. And adding to the strangeness was that the other Oak and Minotaur were not harmed at all.

『The damage may have been transferred.』

Although I didn’t know what the mechanism was, Kanna Kamui’s thunder seemed to have been transferred to some Evil Beings. As thus, the number of those troublesome Evil Beings was cut by more than 100… Anyway, the huge magic I tried my best to release, but I didn’t achieve the desired result. Although I released great magic at a stretch, I was unconvinced by the result I had achieved.

「Fu, FuHa, FuHahaha. You even used the Huge Magic! You sure have the guts!!」

「…」

In a cold sweat, Valkyrie made a roar of laughter, and the laughter seemed to disguise her fears; Dullahan stood aside reticently. Then he reached out to the nearby Magic Beasts.

「Gyo~o?  Gahya…!」

「…」

Dullahan seemed to be absorbing magic power in some way. He continued to reach out to another Magic Beast. Oops, if Dullahan gained Magical Absorption skill, then all Magic Beasts would become his magic tank. In this case, if I blindly launched Kanna Kamui and cause the magic to dry up, Fran couldn’t continue the attack.

In addition, with my magic power dried up, it was already difficult to hit the target with Kanna Kamui.

Differed from the previous combat strategy, Valkyrie and Dullahan did not stay in the same place but started mobile operations. Kanna Kamui’s operation mechanism consists of the triggering of the operation, the short-term power stockpiling, and the final launch. And once Kanna Kamui was released, it would be difficult to escape for the enemies. After all, it was thunder.

However, after I had performed the triggering of the operation, the power stockpiling still needed to take a while, so it was not impossible for the opponent to escape. I and Fran could do that, so Valkyrie and Dullahan should also be able to do it. Although Kanna Kamui was the strongest cla.s.s in power, it was still difficult to hit the small opponents who tried to flee.

『Nothing can be done at a distance. But if we can close to them, it may be able to confine the arrow to a certain extent.』

(Got it) 

In order to prevent the opponent from narrowing the range, Fran also adopted the same strategy as Valkyrie and began to move bit by bit.

Then, in this way, with a forward‐bent posture, we made a sally. The charge of Evil Beings was swiftly repulsed, and the intractable Valkyrie’s arrows were also lost because of our Teleportation.

For opponents of such level, they must have the corresponding measures to deal with this frequent Teleportation. So I didn’t want to use transference too often. Even by this mean, I resisted Valkyrie’s arrows while evading the attack of the evil people, but this strategy quickly reached an impa.s.se. However, it was also impossible to completely abandon this strategy.

However, if we could approach the opponent and launch melee, they should not be able to use the arrow. And even if they could use the arrow, it should not be as dangerous as that in the ranged attack. Faced with the enemy of that level, although I didn’t know if there was a chance to winning, however, since we couldn’t see the opportunity in ranged battles, we could only pin our hopes on melee.

At that moment, I intended to add MPs to magic other than lightning magic full. I was thinking about the possibility of trying my luck finding useful skills, but in this situation, it was really too reckless to use precious self-evolution points for gambling. 

If that was possible, I should probably choose a sword-related skill. No, wait a minute. Could the level of Sword Lord Arts not be promoted again? Although my idea was like this, the level up of Sword Lord Arts couldn’t be done anymore. I could specify upgrade skills though, the stonyhearted announcement sounded at this time.

Although a skill that was more powerful than Sword Lord Arts existed, I didn’t seem to obtain that skill. If it comes to Divine Sword Techniques… well, it must be the only chance.

Valkyrie’s previous attack was supposed to be Divine Bow Techniques. If that’s true, then Divine Sword Techniques was worth looking forward to.

After trying to make a suggestion to Fran, Fran adopted my proposal. Fran also seemed to be thinking about the same thing as me.

『So, invest 18 points MP to Divine Sword Techniques』 — Fran

「Okay」

At that instant.

Announcement :

《Divine Sword Techniques has been improved to LvMax. Sword Techniques Enhancement was added》

《Your condition satisfied the requirements. Unique skill – Sword Lord Techniques was added. Besides, all Sword Techniques skills will be a.s.signed by Sword Lord Techniques》

《Sword Lord Techniques and Sword Lord Arts were obtained. Unique skill – Sword G.o.d’s Grace was obtained》

《Fran got Sword G.o.d’s Grace. Cla.s.s – Sword Lord was liberated》

With a stupendous vigor, the announcement came to an end. Although some of them were missed by me, the most important one was probably the acquisition of Sword G.o.d’s Grace.

At that moment, I found that Fran’s technique of using swords was obviously improved. Probably Fran was closer and closer to the sword sense, I could feel Fran’s hand holding my hilt tightly. Only the sword itself could realize the condition post-evolutionary. In any case, as a sword, I understood that Fran’s use of the sword was now in full swing.

Sword G.o.d’s Grace: When holding the sword, the wielder will get blessings related to combat behavior.

It seemed that this skill could only be so. But anyway, this skill could be enhanced during battle. Although I didn’t know what degree I could achieve, I was still very excited. Again, this was G.o.d’s Grace, its power couldn’t be too low.

「What happened? Why the transference improved so much?」

「Haa!」

「All my servants, bring down that girl!」

At least, now, Valkyrie was shocked and her panic seemed to sharpen.

「Divine Sword Techniques・Circle・Impact」

Oops, even so,  it was only a skill that could only launch one round attack to enemies around it. Similar sword skills were also available though, after the great enhancement of Divine Sword Techniques, its speed of rotation, range, and power, were all improved significantly.

Like Divine Sword Techniques, Sword Techniques Enhancement had also improved a lot. In this way, I could kill almost 20 Magic Beasts nearby.

「Sword・Sonic!」

The other side also used the Sword・Sonic・Wave as the superior counterpart skill. This way they could extend the shooting range of the arrow without changing the scope of the attack. The shock wave generated by the skill (Sword・Sonic・Wave) hewed its way through the dense Magic Beasts, a clearance was appeared. Then the remaining Magic Beasts rushed over to occupy that clearance, but was occupied by Fran just before they made it. Jumping over that clearance, Fran broke through the Magic Beast troop in a flash.

Then , the Evil Beings army appeared right in front of us.

『All right, just like this, let’s charge Valkyrie!』

「En!」

Wielding me, Fran accelerated the attack.