Volume 2 - CH 263

The moment Garak stamped out, we were blown away.

A mere step was enough to cause a gust of wind over a wide area, and we were easily sent flying away.

Even if we managed to regain our stance, we would be sent tumbling again as we stepped forward again.

That was the same for both Raiki and Houen, and they were getting further and further away from where the princess was.

“Dang it! What the hell!”

“Tch, I can’t even fly this way! While I am being sent flying, Ouren could attack him, or so I thought. ……!”

“That’s a great idea! Do you think you can keep flying?”

“I don’t think so!”

Dammit, in this case, it would be better to create a pneumatic barrier and then rebuild it!

I immediately set up the barrier to protect myself from the gusts of wind.

Raiki has gone elsewhere …….

From where we are, we can’t even see him.

It was good that I had put up a pneumatic barrier to protect against the gusts of wind, but even this barrier was trembling.

It is only at this distance that it is able to withstand the gusts of wind, but if it were any closer, it could be destroyed.

I must make some kind of plan while I can.

“Houen, you have any idea?”

‘I have very little magical power. If I go all out, I’ll be useless in no time.”

“Don’t worry. Take this.”

“Are you kidding me?”

I took out a box of mana potion from my magic bag and plunged it into Houen’s magic bag.

I gave him one of the two boxes I have.

This should solve Houen’s MP problem.

In case I run out too, I’m going to drink this stuff fast, so I have to be on my toes.

Houen seemed a little taken aback, well, it can’t be helped, and put his hand on the ground.

“I’m going to use the fire pillar. The ground is full of cracks thanks to the foot stomping. It’s going to be a big one.”

“OK! I’ll create an opening!”

I deployed a reamed and water spear volley , and let it charge straight at him.

The two spears and threads are not affected by the gusts of wind.

Houen’s fire arrows were blown away just now, but that was only because they were too light.

Because mine has a little more weight, it might be able to get through.

Whether it hits or not, we just have to make him pay attention to my string spear.

When Garak turned his attention to it and was about to deal with it, Houen’s skill came out with a burst of fire.

“[Blazing Flame Pillar!]”

“Guh!?”

Flames burst from the cracks.

The further it went to Garak’s place, the more powerful it became, and finally it exploded.

The ground becomes somewhat fragile after that many stomps.

Especially if there are cracks in it.

Houen’s MP seemed to still have a little bit left, so he jumped up and shot fire feathers as fast as he could when the gusts of wind stopped.

The ground, which looked blue in the moonlight, burned red because of the skill that burned repeatedly.

The reamed water spears seemed to have caught an object and cut something several times, but it was probably a stone.

Probably it was not Garak.

BHAAAM!!

“UWAAAAH!?”

“Houen!!”

Bullets of air flew out of the smoke.

It cut through the smoke and hit Houen, who also lost his stance and fell to the ground.

The moment I saw that, a blast hit me as well.

The pneumatic barrier was broken and I was blown away without a second thought.

Then the ground shook greatly.

“[God of Destruction!]”

I thought there was a massive earthquake, but this time the ground split open.

Not having the skill to fly, I fell into it easily.

Oh shit!

“[Reamed Water Spear]!”

I thrust one spear, grabbed the other one, and dangled from it.

Since I acted early, there is not that much damage even if I am slammed into the wall.

T-t-that was close…..

I had to use the string from my reamed spear because it was a spur of the moment thing, but if this was the case, I might as well have created some more of it.

Once it was stable, I switched to the water spear volley and went to the ground, hanging on to it.

But then the ground started to move.

*Grumble grumble …….

Shot, hold up, hold up, hold up! 

He’s going to crush me between the cracks!

Noticing this, I increased my speed and returned to the ground just in time.

If I had been a few seconds late, I would have been completely crushed.

However, I had lost sight of Houen as well.

Raiki was nowhere to be found, and the enemy’s position was too far away to begin with.

It’s impossible to aim properly in this situation. ……

…… Why would that guy not attack us directly?

Could he be stalling for time?

He said we can only hold out here for about 30 minutes. ……

Perhaps that’s what he’s waiting for.

Not that I trust that guy, but if that’s the case, we might as well settle this as soon as possible.

However, …….

I can’t get any closer!

I heard from Uchikage that a long-range attack is more effective, but it is impossible to aim at only one enemy from such a long distance!

And even though the enemy is so far away, it affects the surroundings too.

The soil is already a mess, with cracks and crevices.

My long-range attacks are not going to work very well, so I might as well hit them directly.

Perhaps, similar to Reizen, I might be able to penetrate his defense, or I might be able to destroy his internal organs with a strike from Wave Fist.

Unless I can get close enough, it won’t matter!

We are in a bad situation!

What do we do ……!