Chapter 146 Be Careful
Logan unleashed [Dragon Slayer Slash] a little earlier.
Chloe Caduceus was hiding in a deserted alleyway in Necronia City.
"Uuuuu...!! I'm so scared...!! The monsters won't come here, right...?!?"
Although she was muttering to herself and trembling with fear, she still gripped her staff with both hands, trying to activate her magic.
Magic. What kind of magic was it, anyway?
If you asked, the answer was simple. It was [Space Perception].
The place she was trying to sense was...
"Failed... failed... failed again... Really, will I ever be able to cancel it...?! I'm getting worried...!!"
The designated coordinates were the Chronosphere, a massive underground facility they called the [Temple], located 1500 meters (≈ 4900 feet) beneath Necronia City's central area.
Chloe knew that the [Temple] was built deep underground, directly below the [Seal Temple] in Necronia City.
At that coordinate in space, which she had visited only once before, she had been trying to deploy [Space Perception] for a while now, but she kept failing.
The reason was that a powerful magic, possibly stronger than [Space Closure], was currently deployed in the [Temple], closing off the space――likely [Space Freeze].
If the coordinate information was registered in the Brain Support Interface, it was possible to deploy [Space Perception] even from a distance. However, if the space was magically sealed, magic couldn't be activated.
She was trying to confirm the moment when the [Space Freeze] deployed in the [Temple] was lifted using this.
And then――,
"――eh!?"
The time had come.
The sensation of magic activating.
In Chloe's field of vision, the information about the location perceived through [Space Perception] was projected as a 3D image. The brain's internal device had obtained the information through magic and output it as visual data via the interface.
The 3D image and the flowing text information.
With her eyes wide open in astonishment, she quickly confirmed them all.
"Lies...!? It's too fast...! It hasn't even been 20 minutes yet!!"
Chloe was overwhelmed with confusion.
"And...what's this...?!"
She let out a scream-like cry.
Having grasped the situation inside the [Temple] through [Space Perception], she hesitated to proceed with the plan.
"It's definitely a trap..."
This was impossible.
But why? For what reason?
Doubts arose one after another, but none of them were answered.
Still, Chloe's hesitation was short-lived.
"Even if it's a trap...I have to do it now, Sir Jilva..."
She made up her mind and looked up.
And then, she activated a single magic.
In front of Chloe, a small Space distorted, connecting to somewhere.
Space magic――[Minor Teleport]
A magic that connects 2 coordinate points in Space, originally used to move people or objects. Chloe used it to send her voice to an arbitrary location.
That location was, namely――,
"Mr. Logan, the [Space Freeze] at the [Temple] has been lifted. I'm heading there now."
Aaron, who was supposed to be fighting Logan, heard the voice whispering in his ear.
"But it might be a trap, so be careful."
Chloe added those words because they might not have time to communicate again once they transferred to the area.
To be honest, it was frustrating that she couldn't clearly convey what to be careful about or how to do it.
Anyway.
"......I'm going in!"
In the next moment, she teleported to the square where Logan and Aaron were fighting.
"――Mr. Logan!!"
And she shouted, asking him to get ready to teleport.
Unbeknownst to her, she had given Aaron a small opening.
* * *
Logan, who was poised and ready, swung his sword in a wide arc.
The sword saint skill [Flying Dragon Sever] variation――the overskill [Dragon Slayer Slash].
It was an incredibly powerful blow that shouldn't be unleashed in the middle of the city.
As that attack was about to hit me, I thought to myself――,
(――Damn it!!)
Even [Continuous Blade Barrier] or [Dragon Scale] wouldn't be able to defend against it. The reason was that this sword technique was created to kill dragons.
The dragon-slaying sword saint skill would render [Dragon Scale] useless.
It's not like it wouldn't have any effect at all, but it would still be cut down.
So I had no choice but to counter it. I made that judgment in an instant and poured my aura into Black Radiance, swinging it horizontally.
Riin!! The sound of a bell rang out for just a moment.
My ultimate technique――[Absolute Flash Blade]
The long, massive aura blade extending from my sword clashed with the incoming [Dragon Slayer Slash].
The aura bursting between the blades was like thunder, radiating in all directions, piercing through the stone pavement of the square, and the surrounding buildings, reducing them to dust.
The layered [Dragon Slayer Slash] blades and the [Absolute Flash Blade] aura were canceling each other out, scattering aura everywhere.
"GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!"
As I was about to be crushed by the pressure on my wrists, arms, and entire body, I managed to add more aura to [Absolute Flash Blade] and swing my sword――somehow.
[Dragon Slayer Slash] and [Absolute Flash Blade] collapsed, and the aura dispersed.
It was a stalemate. But only by a hair's breadth.
Because [Dragon Slayer Slash] was a long-range attack, its power had decreased slightly due to the distance, and [Absolute Flash Blade] was able to add more aura, which allowed me to barely counterattack.
I had only managed to withstand a single blow, and yet I was drenched in cold sweat. The Black Radiance in my hand had turned to dust and vanished.
However, it seemed that Logan's true aim was yet to come.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"
"――!?"
What was he planning? He charged into the area still swirling with the residual aura of the two sword techniques, his entire body wrapped in aura, and headed straight towards me.
No time to take out the new Black Radiance from the Storage Ring, Logan closes in on me, grasping my right wrist. He tries to grab my left wrist as well, but I manage to dodge him――
"What the heck are you doing, you bastard!!"
I clad my left hand with aura and strike his abdomen with a left hook.
My unique battle technique—[Rumble Punch]
"Ugh!!"
No matter how tough his body is with the Unique Job's abilities, it's still easy to blow away, and the impact can cause internal injuries. But Logan uses a technique similar to [Aura Armor] and [Fortress], covering his entire body with aura armor to withstand the shock, and although he's coughing up blood, he manages to stay on his feet.
And then――
(Is he going to self-destruct?!)
A magical energy envelops me and Logan.
I'm on guard, thinking he might self-destruct, but I don't have time to break free from his grasp and escape.
All I can do is prepare for an attack, covering my entire body with [Aura Armor].
And then――
"――!!"
The next instant, the magic activates, and I'm hit with a momentary sense of weightlessness.
When my feet touch the ground again, my view changes to an unfamiliar place――
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