Chapter 312 - Mare & Fran

Chapter 312 - Mare & Fran

「ToAhaaa!」

「Haa!」

「Ku!」

Raising their swords aloft, Mare and Fran charged towards Valkyrie. Defending with her spear, Valkyrie frowned and retreated, giving ground. Although Valkyrie’s spear technique was excellent, she couldn’t hold back the simultaneous charge of both Mare and Fran.

Gradually, the damage Valkyrie suffered became more and more serious.

Meanwhile, the other Evil Beings that had, thus far, been suppressed by Llinde, and Dullahan, who had been tied down by Kuina, also attracted my attention.

From my vantage point, I could also clearly see Llinde’s combat abilities, it certainly was fortunate for us that he was on our side. His airborne combat speed was amazing, not produced by his wings but rather his mana and skills. Thus, as he was flying through the Evil Beings, his acceleration and deceleration totally ignored the laws of physics.

After flying at top-speed for a time, Llinde suddenly halted, then produced another sudden burst of acceleration, seemingly with no warning whatsoever. The ability initially appeared to be performed using Flame Magic as a propellant, but it was more than that, the key to it seemed to be that the magic was released from his wings.

Also, due to Llinde’s substantial intellect, his actions were planned out strategically. He never stepped into the attack range of an Evil Beings’ pike, instead just sneaking up on them and only breathing low-level flames to provoke them. In addition, in order to avoid being targeted by arrows, he never stayed in one place and was always moving unpredictably to avoid being surrounded and becoming a sitting duck. Not just this, but whenever the Evil Beings and Magic Beasts tried to recover, he would roar and sow chaos in their ranks.

Despite the relative infrequency of his attacks, the guerilla tactics he was employing were excellent. His objective wasn’t to kill enemies, just to support his allies and allow Mare and Kuina to be the main force.

Now, thanks to Llinde’s support, Fran and Mare could focus on Valkyrie without being bothered by the Evil Beings.

「Flame Sword!」- Mare

「Quartet Slash!」- Fran

「You damn little girls!」- Valkyrie

「Fine, I’ll show you true fear, War Maiden!」- Mare

「Fuck!」- Valkyrie

「Humph, too late!」- Fran

「Fuck, shut up!」- Valkyrie

Now that the tables had turned in our favor, we could afford to talk amongst ourselves. Valkyrie, however, had been pushed to the extent where she couldn’t even stop to talk.

「It’s time! Go in now!」- Fran

「Gaaaaa!」- Valkyrie

Finally, one of Fran’s slashes broke through and cut off Valkyrie’s left arm. This time, the wound made by the slash didn’t recover and the detached arm flew through the air.

「I did it!」- Fran

「KuA-Ga!」- Valkyrie

Then, with a lunge of her Flame Sword, Mare cut at Valkyrie’s body. The fire wrapped around the sword and charred the wound, instantly turning it black.

「Well, now! Changed your mind? If you tell me what I want to know, I’ll give you a painless death!」- Mare

「...」- Valkyrie

Valkyrie knew very well that she couldn’t turn things around. Disarming herself, she got up slowly. Even though she didn’t have a skill like dimensional storage, it seemed as though she could still use some sort of ability to arm and disarm herself.

「So d’you feel like talking now?」- Mare

「AhAh, I give up, I will tell you everything I know ——」- Valkyrie

Muttering, Valkyrie began to pull out an object, it was a black spear from which waves of black magic arose. I had seen the same kind of magic wave long ago, it was the same sort of magic used by the Master of Evil Arts Rynford and the Half Evil Being Zerrosreed. After using Appraisal, Valkyrie’s spear was displayed as [Evil Stone Imbued Spear].

「—— Impossible! I’ll never tell you anything!」-Valkyrie

Still being forced back by Fran and Mare, Valkyrie suddenly lost all semblance of control. She roared and veins throbbed on her forehead.

「UGaaaaa! Unforgivable! I will kill you all right here, right now!」- Valkyrie

Then, from the spear in her hand, an evil specter burst forth.

「Even I can’t control it! It will destroy everything until it completely devours my soul!」- Valkyrie

In her rage, Valkyrie’s face had now lost its previous beautiful fa?ade. Her expression had turned distorted, almost demonic.