43 – Actions speak louder than words – 2
Serena slightly bent her knees and then bolted forward with terrifying speed. The efficiency of body reinforcement that Serena decided and used with full power was truly ignorant.
Even quite a bit of metal couldn’t stand this recoil, but the floor of this bizarre space was able to support it.
Mana flowed all over her body. The distance between her and Charlotte closed several times faster than literally in the blink of an eye.
Serena held the World Eater with both hands and lowered it to the side of her left thigh, then released her left hand and raised it diagonally toward the top right corner with only one arm.
It was a blow worthy of the word “quick”. The mana that had filled the World Eater to its fullest, spurted out along the trajectory of the slash as the sword was swung.
It was a simple diagonal cut without a name. However, its power was superior to that of quite a few knights who exerted their full strength.
It’s because the subspace where Serena is now is a very special place, if it was swung elsewhere, it would have cut dozens of buildings in two and left deep traces on the ground.
The targeted opponent would have been horribly cut off without even reacting.
If it wasn’t for Charlotte.
In that brief moment when the sword was swung, dozens of defense magic circles blocked the trajectory with his body.
The magic circles made a roar and fragmented one after another and disappeared, but Serena’s slash eventually failed to pierce the final magic circle and exhausted its power.
It was far from a coincidence that Charlotte blocked Serena’s blow. Charlotte was also able to use body enhancement with the same efficiency as Serena.
Even if it was in the swordsmanship side, there was no way that Charlotte could not catch up with Serena’s achievement in the magic side.
Normal mages did not use body enhancement well.
It was because it was more efficient to leave close combat to the front line and comfortably chant from the back while turning even a handful of mana into magic instead of using something like that to fight directly.
But, in other words, it also means that there is no reason for a mage not to use body enhancement as long as there is enough mana.
That’s why Charlotte, as if it were natural, used body enhancement, and even that, at the same level as Serena, and responded with a blow that even the Royal Knights couldn’t react to.
After the first attack was blocked, Serena jumped at Charlotte without hesitation and pulled her right shoulder back.
And as he took another step forward, he stretched out his arm and poked the World Eater into the center of the defensive magic circle.
The defensive magic circle that was still shining around Charlotte’s body was dangerously cracked as a result of blocking the previous slash.
It was a blow aimed at that crack.
Charlotte did not avoid the stabbing sword. Instead, they created 15 magic circles around Serena.
The magic circle emitted light, and a chain made of flames protruded from the center and wrapped around Serena and the World Eater.
It was a flame chain magic that burned and melted even a few monsters as soon as it was entangled.
Serena wielded the World Eater and moved her body with force, breaking all the chains of flame. There was not a single scorch mark on his body.
However, it was inevitable that the body would stop for a very short time, and Charlotte made that time her own.
At some point, the magic circle drawn under Serena’s feet emits an ominous light. The stab just barely passed Charlotte.
Soon, a huge mountain of ice rose through the ominous light.
“A worthless trick!”
Serena sighed and swung the World Eater downward.
It was an attack from a precarious position because the stabbing was not completely finished, but it was enough to split the mountain made of ice.
Even being torn apart by the World Eaters, the mountain did not stop for a moment and soared endlessly upward.
Rather than Serena cutting through a mountain of ice, the feeling was strong that it was taking care of itself and cutting it in half with the World Eater.
That’s enough. Serena took out the World Eater and leaped backwards, kicking off the ice. The mountain of ice was already so big that I had to hold my head high to see it.
“It’s a trivial trick, you’re a beast that can’t even grasp the subject.”
Charlotte snapped her fingers. Damn, Serena’s feet started to freeze. The source of the ice was the soles of her shoes.
It’s the leg he jumped on after stepping on the ice pick. Serena quickly finished the calculation. Was that ice pick itself doubled as a trap?
Eight-pronged ice whips protruded from the soles of leather shoes.
The ice whip, which had been swung several times in the air with a loud popping sound, immediately wrapped around Serena’s body and delivered a tingling chill.
The place where the ice whip was wrapped around was also rapidly freezing. Blue ice spread over Serena’s white skin.
Every time he moved his arm around, a lot of ice fell off, but more than that, there were many places where the whip was wrapped around him and he was frozen.
Serena’s body tilted in the air. Charlotte held out her hand. Dozens of magic circles drawn behind her simultaneously exploded with bright light.
An enormous amount of flame spears and ice awls were launched as if competing with each other. There was only one target for all those countless spells.
Fire and ice collided at the destination, causing a huge explosion. It was an explosion of power that would briefly blow away Charlotte’s silver hair from a distance.
It was difficult to see what had become of Serena because of the foggy steam, but Charlotte again drew dozens of magic circles around her.
Because I wouldn’t have died anyway.
As if to prove that, a whirlpool swirled in the steam.
The whirlpool, which gathered and swallowed up all the steam scattered in all directions, flew straight toward Charlotte.
The magic circle on the floor glowed blue. Another whirlpool of almost the same size was created and collided with each other, canceling the force.
And, through the storm, a ray of light appeared.
ㅡ Dropping stars.
Serena whispered the name of the technique, and the two storms that pierced her body powerlessly disappeared.
Only one ray of light remained, rushing toward Charlotte. At first glance, it draws a trajectory that might look like a simple mass of mana, and it turns into a huge meteor itself.
Serena’s eyes were fixed on Charlotte, not a single wound was visible on her body.
No matter what kind of trick he did, even after being tied up with ice whips and being hit by indiscriminate bombardments from flame spears and ice picks, he is fighting back with his fighting spirit.
It was the same with Charlotte, who burned her fighting spirit. Because the source of the two women’s will to fight in this sub-space was simple, clear, and the same.
“I guess I’ll have to respond to the stars.”
As soon as Charlotte finished speaking, a huge magic circle was drawn on the floor.
It was a magic circle so large that it was not certain that it could exceed this size even if all the magic circles he had drawn so far were combined.
A rock made of huge magic power appeared in the magic circle.
The surface was burning hot like hell, and it melted and hardened repeatedly because it could not overcome its own heat.
It was a meteor impact magic that could barely be created only when three or four great wizards came together.
Moreover, originally, it wasn’t even magic rising from the ground like this.
Create a burning meteor by drawing a magic circle in the air, and leave the rest purely to gravity.
Depending on its size, it would be much more profitable to use that mana to use other magic than to launch a rock up to thousands of tons against gravity.
However, Charlotte’s absurd amount of mana made this possible.
Huge chunks of fire and stone weighing thousands of tons flew its huge body towards the shooting flash.
Serena didn’t dodge. Rather, it accelerated in the air and spurred the action.
Flashes of light and rocks collided with a roar. A roar of thunder rang out.
Anyone could see that Serena was at an overwhelming disadvantage, but Charlotte just prepared for the next magic without a change in her expression.
A few more gurgling, gurgling noises were heard. And, not long after, the flash of light that shattered the meteor burst out with the final thunderclap.
Behind Serena, there was a boulder that could not withstand the impact and was smashed into pieces.
Serena’s blow. That was an attack that undoubtedly had the possibility of killing Charlotte.
Well, Charlotte is the same, so I have nothing to say. All of the magic that had been thrown so far had the power to cause an instant death by exploding in one place if it was hit directly.
It’s like Serena destroying everyone or beating the player.
No, that beast-like bitch won’t die?
Charlotte changed her mind for a moment. It was questionable whether it would be possible to kill it even if it was hit directly with meteor impact magic.
Anyway, it’s this year and that year, and it’s really hard to be ignorant.
Right, Charlotte snapped her fingers. A magic circle large enough for one person to stand around was randomly created.
The magic circle arbitrarily called out the number, and by the time Serena almost reached Charlotte, it had grown to almost a thousand.
Feeling a tingling sensation on her skin even though it wasn’t even a direct contact, but simply approaching her, Charlotte activated teleportation magic with one of the thousands of magic circles.
Immediately after that, Serena was slammed. It was a blow that shook the earth’s axis and made the sky vibrate, but the people who should have been hit by it had long since disappeared.
Serena accelerated the accident.
Teleportation magic must move to the magic circle. That’s why it was clear that so many fake magic circles were scattered.
If you set up only one magic circle, you’ll be counterattacked as soon as you teleport.
Thousands of magic circles all shone together. This meant that teleportation was almost complete. Time is running out.
You have to choose quickly. Serena took a deep breath and thoroughly scanned the flow of mana.
Excludes magic circles with low mana density, and excludes magic circles with weak light. A magic circle that instantly drains mana and a magic circle that does not distort the flow of mana were also not the goal.
Then, there is only one magic circle left.
As soon as Serena finished her thought activity, which accelerated to the limit, she jumped to the side. The goal setting was finished in that brief moment when the shock wave of the star drop had not yet fully spread.
Arrive in front of the magic circle where Charlotte will pop out, and wield the World Eater—
“It’s really no different from a beast.”
A voice came from the side.
At the same time, Serena stumbled and flew away from the tremendous impact that blew from the side of her body. Charlotte, with a mocking smile on her lips, appeared from behind Serena.
The development of doppelganger magic had already ended.
