Chapter 39: Matthias

Chapter 39: Matthias

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Despite being thrown into the air, Matthias swiftly turned his body in mid-air. He adjusted his position and landed on the floor.

The back of his hand, which he used to wipe his lips, had a slight slippery sensation when his face was lifted. Having not shed blood in a long time, a tightened expression fell on Matthias features.

On the contrary, Sharon and Rain, both of whom thought a critical blow had been struck, remained unflappably calm.

I figured I caught him by surprise perfectly

Yes. It appears, though, that your kick was scarcely avoided.

Rains vision was clear. At the very precise timing when Matthias received the kick, he twisted his own neck to attenuate the impact of the kick to the bare minimum.

Notwithstanding an ordinary human kick, Sharon, a specialist in close-range combat, had been bolstered by sorcery with her own body, and yet, he was able to parry the kick with all his might. The presence of magic usage was nowhere to be detected in Matthias body, which meant that he had literally sustained the current attack with his whole body.

I was confident in my melee skills

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Alongside Sharon, the specialized weapon of Rain unfailingly pointed at Matthias. The rapid firing of magic bullets has been one of Rains forte, but it has just come to light that the assassin before him was far superior in terms of reaction speed than he was.

Forming a two-person team with Ms. Sharon turned out to be the wise move after all, as I had thought.

Even if the remainder of the Kaguya staff was in no way inferior, few of them could respond to the speed of the man at hand. Even taking into account their other abilities, the only one who could hold a candle to him right now would be Karen, who was asleep in her hospital room. In that respect, Sharon was more seasoned in actual combat than Rain, which signified he could focus on himself unrestrictedly.

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Silence reigned supreme momentarily, followed by Rain making the first move. Sensing Mathias extremely faint bloodlust, Rain struck preemptively with the rapid firing of the magic bullets.

With only an eyebrow raised mildly, Matthias twisted and ducked the invisible attacks effortlessly.

That was enough, nevertheless, to set him on a bad footing. Sharon flew out like an arrow at the same time Rain released his second bullet.

At the sight of this, Matthias immediately aborted his evasive maneuver. He utilized his bare hand to take out the second invisible magic bullet with a sweep of his fist into the air.

Hah!

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The turmoil in Sharon was evident, but it lasted only fleetingly. Filled with a ravenous spirit, she collided head-on with Matthias.

Matthias went for Sharons neck from his adverse position in spite of his crumpled stance with the suppleness of a serpent.

Sharon, who had just managed to parry it in the nick of time, returned the favor by unleashing a knifehand strike imbued with magic.

EhAh!

Even Rain, who had been observing from afar for a moment, failed to discern what had just unfolded.

In the blink of an eye, Matthias was able to drive Sharonwho was meant to be the aggressoraway in the opposite direction.

From earlier, a trace of magical power could be perceived in Matthias fist, but as usual, no other magic appeared to have been employed. And yet, Sharon, who was flung away, crashed through the wall and plunged into the hospital room on the side with a resounding clang.

Tsk!

Sharon, although not yet finished off, had been under the impression that she would be immobile for some time, but when she stormed toward Matthias again, even Matthias was overcome with a touch of amazement. Exhausted from the struggle with Rain, Matthias still braced his fists to intercept Sharon. But from the perspective of Sharon, a melee combat veteran, it was clear that Matthias was so worn out compared to the previous bout, that a solid chance of victory against him was felt even by her.

Having maximized her own magical power, Sharon at once moved toward Matthias chest. While the movement of Sharon can be followed by Matthias with his eyes, his physical body remained frustratingly sluggish.

Despite this, Matthias laid his fist where Sharons head would be anticipating her next move with a battle intuition that bordered on futuristic vision.

Within the following fraction of a second, an average warrior would have deliberately poised themselves to intercept Matthias fist, resulting in an instantaneous crushing of the head. In contrast, Sharon was a superb warriorfar from being a common one.

! Dont underestimate me!

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At the very last time, Sharon decided against attacking after recognizing Matthias intention. A dreadful Rise converged on her right leg as she dodged Matthias punch.

Icicle Burst!

Rise was executed, forcing Sharons right leg to shoot forth a blast of frigid energy while Matthias defended against it. In the span of a heartbeat, Matthias arm froze, and in the seconds that ensued, several cracks formed on it.

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What!?

But then Matthias promptly shattered the object in his pocketKanakis custom-made magic crystal stone, causing it to shatter into pieces right away.

Then, right there, Matthias armwhich was on the brink of shattering at any momentregenerated. All the cracks disappeared, and the frost gradually began to thaw. Concurrently, the icy wind emanating from Sharons right leg was drowned out by the hot air generated around Matthias as well.

Damn aahhh!

Zuu!

This was the part where Rain had revealed his agitation and exposed a flaw earlier, whereas Sharon was different. It was attributed, in a sense, to the mismatch in fighting expertise. Sharons movement did not halt.

Determining that her own magic was obstructed, Sharon withdrew her right leg, which she had bumped, and kicked the floor as it was, before settling for a knee strike with her other leg. It was out of the scope of Matthias expectations that she would launch a different attack without being swayed at all, and he took that one blow straight on, his body contorted into a crouching form. Sharon further lifted her right leg upward straight and sent down an all-out heel strike, destroying Matthias right shoulder, but that was the last of her maneuver.

The heel strike undoubtedly fractured Matthias collarbone, but he managed to hold back the anguish and use his left arm to grasp Sharons ankle, which was impaled on his shoulder.

Damn, ahhhhh!!

Matthias caught Sharons ankle in his hold and crushed it before she could even begin to struggle to free herself from the restraints.

Then, spinning on the spot to gain momentum, Matthias sent Sharon flying off with one hand.

Sharon slammed against the wall before she had a chance to yell. Even at that point, the momentum persisted, and Sharons body crashed through the somewhat thin hospital wall and into a nearby structure.

This isnt looking good.

Rain still showed no signs of being able to get up, and Matthias two greatest obstacles were now cleared from his path.

But he likewise sustained heavy damage, and above all, had taken excessive delay. Should he falter, enemy reinforcements would arrive from below, in which case the prospects of victory were slim for Matthias at the present stage of the mission. Matthias centered his primary focus on his prime objective, the obliteration of Karen, and shoved aside the task of dealing with Rain for now.

T/N:

For clarification, the English skill names given by the author are sort of strange, or rather, incomprehensible at first glance in English, at least, I personally did not get it unless I read the raws name. Like Rise, the Japanese version is freezing energy, technically the English version is Wraith but yeah, no one will get it is the name of ice magic so I changed it to Rise (I know Rise doesnt really have anything to do with ice magic but the explanation is given in its first appearance anyway). And even Magical Eye is called Evil Know and Magical Bullets is called Gun. The context will be somewhat strange if I follow the English version names so I will be translating using the raw version or make up something conveniently. So if you see any strange words in the narrative, just see if it is capitalized or not, all skill names along with monsters & demons will be capitalized. And Magic Bullets from the next chapter on will be capitalized as well, its a skill also after all. And also, there will be scenes coming up soon where you might see a positive quality of Kanaki, but as I have mentioned at the beginning of the prologue, hes a pure evil/simply evil/extremely twisted person/psychopath or whatever it is depending on how you view it until the end of the second series regardless of what happened next. You can read the third series if you want even before finishing the second series, his evil conduct and disposition remain the same in the first 17 chapters that I have translated, the storylines are not intersected yet and theres no major reveal so you dont have to worry about it. You can just treat it as watching a teaser and enjoying your popcorn. This might look like a short novel around 200 chapters now but in fact, the raws word already exceeded 900k which means you are basically reading more than 700 chapters