Chapter 166 I'M Not Aaron Gale
――And so, time rewinds.
"Hey, hey! What's going on?! You're slowing down, aren't you!?"
"Hahahahah! Run away, run away!"
"Are you trying to lure us in with that swaying hips of yours!? Hey!!"
The adepts, who were attacking the Aron house, chased after the fleeing girl with laughter.
Their demeanor was no longer that of a battle, but a hunt... or rather, a game.
At first, the ≪White Lily Maiden≫ girls had taken down the adepts with a surprise attack, but they couldn't win against multiple opponents. Due to their lack of strength, they were being pushed back and barely managing to escape.
"Haah, haah...!!"
She was already covered in wounds.
Her clothes were torn here and there, and she was bleeding, covered in dirt, sweat, and blood. Her movements to dodge the adepts' attacks were also lacking in precision, and she was stumbling around unsteadily.
――Her limits were near.
Anyone who saw her condition would think the same.
And that became a reality in the next moment.
"I'm getting bored with this!!"
One of the adepts launched a powerful attack. The aura released hit the girl's feet, causing a massive explosion.
The girl was blown away like a small stone, rolling on the ground multiple times.
When her body finally stopped moving, she lay there motionless, not even twitching.
"Is she dead?"
"No, she's still alive. She's just preserving her energy."
"...Well, let's have a little fun then. It's not fair that only those guys get to have all the fun, right?"
So, the guy said, as he approached the girl from the Maiden Squad who was lying on the ground.
They thought that the "adepts" who were rampaging through the city were doing as they pleased.
On the other hand, they thought it was unfair that they, who were working hard, couldn't have a good time. So, they decided to take out their frustrations on a member of the Maiden Squad who looked good.
"Hey, aren't you worried about getting scolded by the 4th house's mage?"
"I don't care if it's just for a bit."
"Damn it, don't take too long. ...Well, you're always quick, so I guess you don't have to worry about that."
"Shut up!"
And, with that, the other guys also looked on with a mixture of amazement and annoyance, but they didn't try to stop him.
Instead, the guy yelled back at his friends who were teasing him, and approached the girl, grabbing her shoulder and flipping her over.
"Hehehe, you're really well-built, aren't you? ...If you want to live a little longer, you should enjoy yourself to the fullest, okay? Lady――."
――BOOM!!!
And, with that sound, the upper half of the guy's body, who was peering at the girl, was blown away into tiny pieces.
"――――Huh?"
The "adepts" who were watching the scene with a mixture of amazement and annoyance looked on in shock, their eyes wide with surprise, and let out a silly voice.
They couldn't grasp what had just happened.
It wasn't until the same sound echoed again that they realized the severity of the situation.
――BOOM!!!
And, with that sound, something exploded into tiny pieces.
"""What the...?!"""
Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw the girl standing with her arms spread wide, and their friend who had lost his upper half standing beside her.
Thud.
And, a moment later, the lower half of their friend's body fell to the ground.
"W-what...is this?!"
Shock. Confusion.
Why had the girl, who should have been lying down, moved in an instant? It was something that could be easily guessed, but it took the surrounding "adepts" some time to truly understand.
The girl, who had just been on the verge of death, was moving at an incredible speed that they couldn't even follow with their eyes, and took down 2 of her friends in an instant.
And to make matters worse, she did it by blowing their upper bodies to smithereens with her bare hands――a method that was hard to believe.
The girl in front of them was a Swordsman-type job, and she had been fighting with a sword――or so it was supposed to be.
Grrr...!! The girl snarled, baring her teeth like a beast, and glared at the surrounding enemies.
"Aaron Gale... I'll kill you...!!"
Her face, her expression, her twisted features with her teeth bared――it was clear that she was not in her right mind.
――She had completely snapped.
The men's legs trembled with fear.
In that instant, the girl's figure vanished again.
"AARON GALE, DIEEE!!"
BOOM!!! An explosion went off.
The girl had punched another enemy with all her might, blowing their upper body to smithereens again.
"E-Eekk...!! What is this girl...?!"
The "adepts", who had let out a scream of terror at the sudden transformation, didn't know the reason behind the girl's variation.
It was an astonishing ability that the girls of the Maiden Squad had obtained through their pure and intense killing intent and effort, something that not even Aaron Gale could possess.
First variation――[Beast Mode: Heart]
For now, it couldn't be activated at will, and the activation condition was when the mind and body were pushed to the limit.
By abandoning her intellect and reason, and unleashing her beastly instincts, she could release the limiter on her brain, an ability that was fueled by anger, hatred, and killing intent.
The "Physiological Limit" that indicates the limits of one's physical abilities. To prevent their bodies from collapsing due to their own strength, many living beings possess a "Psychological Limit". By surpassing this limit, one can temporarily amplify their physical abilities, senses, intuition, and even magical energy production, while also numbing their sense of pain, allowing them to fight without fear. This is an incredible ability.
However, as a trade-off, they become unable to properly use their skills.
The girls' Job Skills become temporarily unusable, and they can only alter their magical energy into an aura.
But that's enough.
The aura control ability, which was instinctively ingrained through wood sword crafting, covers her limbs with an extremely high density, making it seem effortless.
"AARON GALE...!!"
As her tension, dubbed "Killing Intent", rises, it becomes more pronounced.
The aura that continues to emanate covers her limbs, back, and parts of her head, transforming her silhouette into that of a ferocious beast, similar to a cat's.
Second Variation――[Beast Mode: Body]
"GALE KILL!!"
At this stage, the girl forgets how to walk on 2 legs.
Like a beast, she thrusts her limbs into the ground, grasping the Terra.
Immediately after,
"A-AAA-RONNNNN!!!"
――BOOM!!!
In that instant, another person's body was blown to smithereens. Her movements were no longer human-like, and it was difficult to keep up with her even if you were prepared.
With a speed almost akin to teleportation, she charges at her enemies, blowing them up with a "BOOM!!! BOOM!!!" as she ruptures their blood-filled flesh.
"U, uwaaaaaaa!!?"
"M-monster!!"
The "adept" guys followed their instincts and chose to flee.
Among the men who turned their backs and ran, one of them was about to be pounced on by the Maiden.
"Waaahhh!!?"
The two of them rolled around on the ground, but somehow the man managed to stay alive and turned his face to the Maiden, who was riding on his back, and shouted.
"I'm not Aaron Gale!! I'm not Aaron Gale!! You've got the wrong guy, help me!!"
"RRRRAAAGGHHH!!"
But his pleas were in vain.
The Maiden had already lost her human language.
In this state, all enemies were recognized as Aaron Gale, and it was a Berserk state where only Fiona, their sister and mom, could calm them down peacefully.
"RRRRAAAGGHHH!!"
"STOP, STOP――!!?"
BOOM! And with a powerful swing of her aura-encased "foreleg", the man's head was crushed into the ground.
And thus――the massacre began.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The intense explosive sounds echoed throughout the area.
It wasn't just one person. All 6 the Maiden girls had awakened their tragic beast instincts, driven into a corner by the "adept" guys.
"Aaaaahhh!!?"
"Please, stop――!!?"
"No, no, no, no, no!!"
It was total chaos.
The hunters and the hunted had completely switched roles.
But what was strange was that, unlike in Kirke or Gridavor, the Space Magicians didn't show up.
Why was that?
That's――,
"That's right, Master's words were correct!! Master is always right!! Space Magicians are no match for us, the Wooden Sword users!!!"
It was because of the young men who had slaughtered the Space Magicians, after all.
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