TEASER CHAPTER 8 PART 47
A swarm of black and
silver bullets devoured the blood elements that gushed forth.
When Vitora caught
sight of the rapier that sprang into the open space, Irisdina swung it without
hesitation with her blade strengthened by magic power.
"Tch!"
Vitora parried the
cleave with the blade she created with blood element, but Irisdina's rapier
instantly devoured and sliced through it. A single wound was carved into the
vampire princess's chest.
"Too shallow,
huh!"
"You!"
Vitora, impatient due
to being pushed into a close distance, drew out her elements without any
hesitation.
Then, she slammed it
into Irisdina at point-blank range and jumped back from the spot with all her
might.
Her impatience was
something she had never shown before.
The unfulfilled desire
to be satisfied, and the unpredictability of Irisdina's power that unilaterally
canceled out her power. It reminded Vitora of the death that might come again
and brought her impatience for the first time in her life.
"How unpleasant!
What's with this discomfort!?"
Vitora raised her
right hand high and produced a huge crimson sphere of light.
The crimson sphere
quickly became huge, as if it were a manifestation of her frustration. The
crimson sphere quickly grew so large that it swallowed up the cleared grounds
of the Francilt mansion.
"Hmph!"
However, a black
silvery spear shot out from the rising dust and smoke pierced the crimson ball
of light and dispersed it.
What was released was
an Intermediate Magic, [Throwing Spear of the Abyss].
However, the fact that
a Spirit Magic was erased by a mere single shot of Intermediate Magic, made
Vitora's face even more impatient.
"I see. The power
and the deployment speed of my magic are both much higher than they have ever
been before. I feel a little complicated when I think that this is due to the
influence of your blood."
"You..."
"Oya~, is it okay
to be too focused only on me?"
The next moment, a
strong chill ran down Vitora's spine.
The moment she
reflexively leaped from the spot, both of her legs were cut off by the
five-colored blades that flew like a flash of light.
"Guh!?"
With her face
contorted due to the searing pain, she turned her gaze toward where the slash
had come from and saw Nozomu sprinting toward her with his blade at the ready.
He had retrieved his
katana while bypassing the barrage of bullets coming from Irisdina.
"~! Don't come
any closer!"
"I won't let
you!"
Vitora quickly
deployed multiple [Thin Garments of the Ice Demon] and tried to release them.
However, the barrier deployed by Irisdina protected Nozomu and intercepted the
blood-colored battle formation that was coming at him.
Compared to Vitora's
magic, the barrier seemed too unreliable. However, [Thin Garments of the Ice
Demon] was unable to break through that paper-wall-like barrier.
A few seconds of
confrontation. In the meantime, Nozomu, who sheathed his blade, unleashed an
overt strike.
"Hmph!"
A single attack burst
forth, flying simultaneously with the drawing of the blade. The [One Billion
Severance] broke through the battle formation along with the magic barrier and
struck Vitora's body.
Vitora's eyes widened
in surprise as she was cut in half from the shoulder to the side.
"Gah!? What the
hell, that technique shouldn't have been this powerful!"
"Yeah, a mere
[One Billion Severance] wasn't enough, so I mimicked Iris's technique and
layered ten shots on top of each other."
It only took a few
seconds, though.
Originally, Nozomu was
able to unleash a superb technique such as [Phantom] in about half a second. In
a few seconds, it was not impossible for him to stack multiple [Phantom]s on
top of each other.
Until now, he did not
have even a few seconds due to Vitora's onslaught, but now that Irisdina had
joined the fight, he was able to create enough "build up" for his
attacks.
