Chapter 248 - Episode Forty-Five - The Collector (16)

The collector unleashes a huge swing with his left large sword.

He gently evaded Lapides sword by pressing the handle of the large sword on the right and repelling it, and then stabbing with the large sword on the left.

The Lapides Sword retreated significantly.

The Lapides Sword is beginning to be overwhelmed ?

The speed and power of that weapon are certainly the best Ive ever seen against my enemy but its too monotonous! That may have been enough until now!

It is true that the attack pattern of the Lapides Sword does not include any movement that takes into account the next few moves.

It was originally designed to be a throwing and slashing weapon, with the rest being an added bonus.

It was not a weapon that was designed for slashing.

I read up on swordsmanship and incorporated it into my responses, but Im not a swordsman.

Ill show you the mastery of magic and swordsmanship that was carved into the stone slabs I found in the ruins by the heroes of mythical times!

The collector dropped to his haunches, raised his two large swords, and crossed them.

The two swords were covered with a high density of magic power, which emitted a purple light.

The Roar of the Dragon King, Bahamut!

The collector jumped up and drew an arc in the air with his crossed swords.

In response, the blade of the Lapides Sword shattered, and the hilt slammed into the ground.

Wha- !?

As it was, purple flames ran along with the extension of the collectors sword strike, and the crystals on the foothold were neatly cut in two.

The shockwave with heat will take over the magic power in the sword and amplify its power, and ran across the ground.

The cut surface was charred black.

Fuhahahahaha! Its been a while since Ive used it, but there doesnt seem to be a problem at all! In fact, its even more brilliant! I dont even feel the recoil as much as before! So this is the power of Amrita!

I didnt think that not only did it handle my speed, but that I would lose in strength.

Ill have to improve somehow.

Finally, impatience shows in you now too. Since youve been destroying my treasure so much Fufu, its nice to get a little revenge first.

The collector drops the blades of both swords to the floor, his mouth hanging open in a smile.

Hmm ?

I frowned, and the collector narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

He seems to have realized his mistake from my expression and hurriedly turns himself around.

He kicked the ground to get some distance from the Lapides Sword that was closing in on his back.

Why!? Im sure that Ive broken it with my amazing skills !

The blade of the Lapides Sword is disposable, and using the Lapidestatoas ability to create magic ore, generating it on the spot.

If the blade is broken, it can repair itself using the excess magic power.

I didnt expect it to break, but its not that I hadnt taken measures to deal with it.

D-Damn it!

The collector blocked the slash from the Lapides Sword with his right large sword, but was unable to catch it, and his right hand fell back significantly.

Because he was too late to notice it, and because he was in a half-hearted position to attempt to catch it, I guess he couldnt put in as much strength as he wanted to.

The second wave of Lapides sword attacks the collector who showed a gap mercilessly.

Guh

As the collector backed away, he threw the large sword he was holding in his left hand to the ground, and hold out his hand to the Lapides Sword.

Gujarna Demons Face Stone!

A huge stone disc with a face painted on it appeared and blocked the Lapides Sword.

He takes the face stone which is leaning against himself with the left hand which is empty.

In addition to being an absolute defense, the Gujarna demons face stone has the terrible disadvantage of being flung away when used as a shield to attack its owner, but the collector avoided this by holding it by hand.

It was a quick move.

Maybe he had been traumatized by being crushed once.

The collector waved his hand to erase the Gujarna Demons Face Stone and brought back one half of the large sword he had thrown away.

He quickly kicked the ground, distanced himself from the Lapides Sword, and readied his two large swords.

Are you just going to watch.

The collector glared at me.

No, Im going to start attacking now.

If I do a half-hearted damage, the collector will waste his treasure and revive.

Its not a problem in a battle because I can just crush him until it runs out, but its too much of a waste.

I was thinking about what I should do.

Altamir had prepared such a place for us.

The best thing to do would be to hit the collector with one big shot and get him to give up.

The collector twitched his shoulders in response to my declaration.

Then he lets out a sigh of exasperation and relaxes his arm muscles slightly.

Im glad youre finally getting serious about this. But you said that so lightly. Ive been wondering why I could barely see your aura, but now I understand why its so late.

Aura ?

Oh, I believe that was the first thing the collector mentioned.

I stopped the Lapides Sword to see what he was going to say, but the collector didnt say anything more about auras.

It wont be easy to even get close to you if I keep fighting like this. I thought it would be boring to win with something like this, but Ill let go of my obsession.

The collector raises his right hand to the ceiling.

Behind the collector, a two-meter-long figure appears.

In the frame of the mirror is carved a winged woman with closed eyes and a peaceful expression, reminiscent of a goddess.

That is

Angells Magic Mirror Youve heard of it even if its name only, havent you?

Angells Magic Mirror, I know because Ive read it in a book.

It is a famous story.

But I thought it had been destroyed in a war a long time ago.

I had no idea that it was still in existence and in the hands of collectors.

This weapon is the negative legacy of the wise man Angel, who risked his life to destroy it, only to have it misused in the war. A hundred years ago for whatever reason, it ended up in the hands of Elisabella, the foolish queen of a small country. Elisabella was nothing more than a vicious old hag with no magical talent whatsoever, but she ruled the country with the power of this magical tool even though she was hated by all the people including her vassals.

And from that princess, Elizabella, the collectors took it by force, is what it means.

If the story is true, she was quite a tyrant, and I dont think its a bad thing.

Reveal yourself, False Soldier of Dreams!

The collector shouted, and a pale, translucent figure of a swordsman in armor appeared.

He was not alone. There were so many of them that they covered the world in the mirror.

At the same time, I recognized this, the surroundings of the collector were filled with the same translucent armor swordsmen as in the mirror.

The Angells Magic Mirror is a magic tool that creates an infinite number of soldiers whose strength is proportional to the owners magic power.

I dont know how much magical power Elisabella had, but from the way the collector talked about her, she didnt seem to be a very good magician.

Nevertheless, even Elizabella had gained the power to continue to rule a country.

If the collector who defeated Elizabella and took the mirror could handle it, it would be even more powerful.

It is said that the dream soldiers cannot exist within a radius of more than 1,000 meters from the mirror, but this is meaningless now that they are fighting on a crystal block with a limited range.

Come on, lets end this now, Abel!

The collector points his sword at me.

The blue shining dream soldiers rush towards me in unison, swords at the ready.