Chapter 271 Iron Wall Alliance
The strange Chronosphere and about 100 newly appeared fake goddesses.
The time for conversation was over, and the battle was about to begin.
Io Suleiman shouted to his friends.
"Logan! Lady Lucia! You two fight with me against that guy!"
"Got it!"
"Okay!"
"Everyone else, take down the fake Evil Gods!!"
"""Understood!!"""
As they quickly agreed and started to move, a voice of opposition rose up.
It was Garon who spoke.
"Mr. Io! It's dangerous with just 3 of you! We should join you!"
"No!"
Io immediately refused. He didn't underestimate the fake goddesses. Even with their current strength, they wouldn't be easy to defeat.
So, while they held off the Chronosphere, they had no choice but to let the other members take down the fake goddesses.
──There was a chance they could respawn, but Io judged that it was unlikely.
And if that was the case, it would be a tough fight, but there was still a chance they could manage.
However, some people ignored Io's orders and gathered around him.
"Mr. Io! I will fight here too!!"
"I can't attack directly, but I can at least create some distractions."
"Of course, I'll fight here too. Even if I can't attack, a Space magician is needed against that guy. I'll focus on defense and cover everyone."
The 3 who rushed over were Chloe, Ail, and Noah.
Ail and Noah can't attack the Chronosphere because of the influence of the Testament (Contract before God). However, as Noah said, just being able to defend against the Chronosphere's attacks with Space magic would make things a lot easier.
Chloe felt the same way, but there was a bit of worry about her. When the time comes to kill the Chronosphere, will she be able to do it properly? And if Chloe is targeted, there probably won't be any time to protect her.
But at this point, they had no choice but to respect Chloe's own determination.
Even if Chloe becomes dangerous, they would abandon her and prioritize defeating the Chronosphere. That was the decision that Io made.
"──Okay. That's fine. All three of you have to fight here!"
Ironically, they had become an impromptu 6-person party, and the Chronosphere calmly spoke to them.
"Is the talk over? You are about to die. I could give you some time to pray to your god, if you want."
Was that meant to be sarcastic? Which god were they supposed to pray to?
Of course, Io and the others didn't pray to any god.
"You old fool!! It's about time I send you off!!"
Noah shouted──and then the battle began.
* * *
Meanwhile, the members of the Wooden Sword Way faced nearly 100 fake goddesses and immediately moved into battle.
The enemy was the guardian of the deepest floor of the God's Remains Labyrinth. They had easily defeated it with a combined attack on the 50th floor, but that was only because there was just one enemy.
It goes without saying that the fake goddess is a strong enemy, and even among the current members of the "Wooden Sword Way," there are few who could defeat her in a one-on-one battle.
In terms of strength, the "Wooden Sword Way" is overwhelmingly at a disadvantage.
That's why──
"Iron Wall Alliance!! We will focus on defense! Let's cover as much as we can!!"
"""Understood!!"""
Following Garon's orders, the party members quickly complied.
Even though they had the "Black Moon" series from Aaron, not everyone had one. If all these fake goddesses attacked at once with Space magic, there would definitely be some who couldn't dodge or defend.
If that happened, their fighting strength would surely decrease, and soon the balance of power would tip fatally, leading to total annihilation.
To avoid that, Garon and the "Iron Wall Alliance" decided to take on the defense of the entire clan.
Of course, there would be some attacks that got through. Still, if Garon and the others could block most of the enemy's attacks, it should make things a lot easier.
(Or, if we could make them hesitate to use the most troublesome Space magic...!!)
Garon and the others deliberately did not move forward, forming a line near the center of the clan members.
Garon readied his pitch-black "Black Moon Shield."
He channeled his aura into it, dyeing it with heavy attributes, wrapping it around his whole body──
Mimicry Skill: Immovable Knight Skill──[Laminated Armor]
This was the skill used by 'Immovable Knight Galahad.'
[Aura Armor] is a highly enhanced and solid defense skill.
Although Garon has only seen this skill once, he successfully mimicked Galahad's skill during that one opportunity.
And this is not just Garon's privilege.
Mimicry Skill: Immovable Knight Skill──[Laminated Armor] x5
Members of the ≪Iron Wall Alliance≫ are deploying [Laminated Armor] one after another.
With the aura control skills trained in ≪Wooden Sword Way≫, if they have skills from the same job type and similar effects, they can relatively easily mimic skills from other jobs as well.
In fact, this is true for most members of ≪Wooden Sword Way≫.
When they mimic skills from other jobs, or when they develop their unique battle techniques, or when they mimic Aaron's sword techniques──unlike Aaron, they don't need to vary [Slash] into a completely different skill.
For example, for [Flying Blade], they can use [Flying Slash], and for [Giant Blade], they can use [Wide Blade]──by just slightly varying similar skills, they don't need to make big variations like turning [Slash] into [Rapid Flash], [Blast Blade], or [Continuous Blade], or deriving it into even more different techniques.
In exchange, when it comes to techniques with a lot of variations, like combined techniques, they can't be used very often.
Anyway, because of that, Garon and the others could usually imitate most skills just by seeing them once, as long as those skills belonged to their Jobs.
──That said.
The other members besides Garon do not have the "Black Moon Shield." Without the heavy attribute aura, even the most powerful [Laminated Armor] would be cut through by Space magic without even a moment's resistance.
However, Garon alone could solve that problem.
Shieldsmen Skill──[Fortress]
Shieldsmen Skill──[Magic Absorb]
Shieldsmen Skill──[Aura Absorb]
Shieldsmen Skill──[Magic Resist]
Shieldsmen Skill──[Aura Resist]
Shieldsmen Skill──[Dome Shield]
Mimicry Skill: Immovable Knight Skill──[Magic Reflection] (Imitation)
Mimicry Skill: Immovable Knight Skill──[Aura Reflection] (Imitation)
Garon and the others quickly activated multiple skills in a very short time. Galahad's [Magic Reflection] and [Aura Reflection] were also imitated by varying the Shieldsmen skill [Reflection Shield].
Breaking through Garon's current defense would be much more difficult than smashing through a fortress wall.
However, even so.
Attacks from Space magic are superior to any skill, any magic, and any attribute.
Even if they can attract the blades of Space magic with [Magic Absorb], they can't reflect them with [Magic Reflection].
"""――――"""
In the next moment, as if mocking Garon and the others' efforts, all the fake goddesses, over a hundred of them, unleashed their magic at once.
Space magic──[Space Rupture Slash]
The dimensional blades that cut through everything without mercy rained down on the members of the ≪Wooden Sword Way≫!
But──,
"""────!?"""
Right after that, the fake goddesses switched their loving smiles to looks of surprise, just a little.
The dimensional blades, evenly distributed across the battlefield to avoid overlapping attacks, suddenly twisted unnaturally in the air and headed toward the center of the battlefield, where the ≪Iron Wall Alliance≫ was holding their shields.
Over a hundred concentrated magic slashes.
The 5 members, except for Garon, were supposed to be hit by the rain of slashes, their bodies sliced into countless pieces──── or so it seemed.
──But that didn't happen.
'Legion Knight' skill──[Command Link]
'Legion Knight' skill──[Skill Connect]
Thanks to Garon's unique job 'Legion Knight' and its unique skill, the individual skills activated by the members of the ≪Iron Wall Alliance≫ fused into one.
Multiple identical skills were combined into one.
That was the current achievement of Garon and the ≪Iron Wall Alliance≫.
Union Skill────[Iron Wall]
The fused skills, their aura, eliminate individual boundaries and are shared among all members.
The dome-shaped Union Skill [Iron Wall Alliance] that envelops Garon and the others circulates and shares multiple auras, dyeing them black through Garon's "Black Moon Shield"──in the process.
A hundred blades collided──Clank!! They were all deflected at once, reversing their trajectory.
"""────!!"""
The blades that returned at terrifying speed towards them were caught by the fake goddesses with [Space Barrier].
Of course, the fake goddesses took no damage.
Still, there would be a mental shock from having their space magic reflected.
By repeatedly circulating the aura, the heavy attribute is strengthened, but the Union Skill has just been activated, and the black dye is only spreading in a marbled pattern.
However, even in that state, they were not fazed by the countless [Space Rupture Slashes].
"......Alright, we can do this."
Garon calmly murmured as he looked up at the fake goddesses through the aura dome.
If this had been when he fought the unique entity Nord, he would have been groaning and desperately enduring, or he would have been killed without a second thought. But now, he was not the least bit shaken.
He felt that he could still endure this level of attack.
In fact, Garon and the others' [Iron Wall] was strong enough to withstand even Aaron's [Absolute Flash Blade]. If Io knew this fact, during their monthly event, Garon and the others would take Aaron's attacks head-on.
No matter what, Garon and the others gained confidence in being able to defend against the fake goddesses' attacks, and they prepared their next move.
Shieldsmen skill [Float Shield]──variation [Heavy Mobile Shield]
From the thick, semi-transparent, black-dyed dome-shaped shield, several floating aura shields separated.
They glided through the air, scattering across the entire battlefield.
Garon shouted.
"We'll block all enemy attacks until we wipe out these Fake Evil God!!"
"""Understood!!"""
One after another, the attacks from the fake goddesses were drawn toward the shields Garon and the others had deployed, and they began to defend against them.
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