Chapter 420: The War has started... Part-1.

Chapter 420: The War has started... Part-1.



Spire of Ascension, Floor 50.

One hour after forced teleportation.

'Uh... will you let me fight too? You are killing them all before I can unsheathe my sword...'

Rio couldn't help but complain in his mind while walking through the empty corridor.

"Ugh... I feel so sick now that I haven't eaten a single candy for the past whole hour; looking at these demons makes me so mad for some reason..."

"Also Link's ring isn't giving off any signals either... Ugh, this is the worst day of my life..."

Riya couldn't help but complain with a dejected look on her face.

She was pretending to feel sick and was walking with difficulty, relying on the wall for support.

She seemed like a weak, helpless girl lost in a maze, but the gigantic healing field surrounding her proved that it was all just a façade.

This enormous healing field violently overheals a monster or demon as soon as it comes into contact, causing their body to explode like a balloon!

Her healing field is nearly three kilometers wide; she slaughters demons and monsters alike before Rio can even notice their presence with his mana detection.

This healing field is basically an automatic missile launcher; it attacks enemies automatically without even needing a signal or anything.

Moreover, once she casts it, she doesn't even need to cast it again when moving; the entire healing field follows her as she advances.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

'The most terrifying part is that her healing magic is going right through these walls made of mithril and adamantine!'

'That means even if a monster is hiding behind these walls in the hidden room, she can still heal it by force!'

As a friend, she's a very reliable companion that everyone can depend on, but as an enemy, she's truly a fearsome foe.

'Heart of Eternal Nirvana is really a broken ability... this thing giving her insane powers...'

"By the way, Riya Sensei... Won't you run out of mana if you keep using such a powerful healing field continuously?"

Hearing Rio's question, Riya stopped pretending to be a sick and weak girl. A smug look returned to her face. She crossed her arms and spoke in a proud tone.

"Well, well, well, my little disciple, you still have a lot to learn..."

"You don't know how amazing this Riya Sensei of yours actually is... you know what? I have 8,000 healers working under me! Don't you underestimate me..."

*HAHAHHA!* (Fake evil laugh...)

"You see those dead bodies there, right? Yeah, those are my mana source... They come and offer their life force in my healing field; I then purify their corpses, absorb their mana and healing magic, and then put it all in the healing field again!"

"And the cycle continues... a very self-sufficient ecosystem, isn't it?"

*HAHAHAHA* (Another Fake evil laugh...)

After hearing those words, Rio nodded his head in surprise.

"Hoh, you have really become strong, haven't you, Riya Sensei? With this power, you can protect yourself even in that musclehead's absence..."

"Eh, no, maybe it's the other way around... He's the one who's getting protected by you, actually..."

Riya nodded her head with a smug look on her face.

"Oh, talking about that muscle-head... I am seriously going to punch him in the face the next time I see him!"

Rio was taken aback by the abrupt statement and inquired with curiosity.

"Did he steal your secret stash of candies or what? That's indeed a big crime, actually..."

Riya shook her head at that question and spoke in an angry tone.

"He's done something even worse! His ring isn't giving off any signal; that means he isn't wearing it!! He must have lost it definitely!!"

to grab her and jump away, the lower floor also broke apart and an extremely deep hole

appeared.

A huge amount of debris fell from even higher floors and blocked Rio's sight.

[Sword Intent!]

[Elemental Sword Art: Wind Type: Serpent's Coil!]

Rio waved his sword in a circle, and all the debris was cleared away with a gust of rotating

wind in an instant!

Each strand of that rotating was like a sharp blade; the debris was broken to bits and reduced

to powder in an instant, thus clearing the area.

'Sh*t, I got delayed by that massive amount of debris; she fell in the hole...'

Rio can stand in the air as his sword intent mastery is truly very high, but Riya can't do that

yet; thus, she fell into the deep hole in the floor and disappeared from sight.

'Gotta catch her... hmm?'

Just when Rio was about to follow her into that deep hole, Rio's danger senses suddenly

tingled, and he moved his head to the side.

A pointed sword came flying at an insanely high speed, and Rio barely dodged the attack by a

hair's breadth.

'An S ranker...'

*Step* *Step*

Ignoring the falling debris, a man wearing pitch black armor appeared in Rio's sight.

He was walking on air, and the sound of his footsteps rang in the entire empty corridor.

'No... It's a peak S-ranker...'

Both of them were standing in mid-air and were looking at each other as if they were both evaluating each other's strength.

Rio clenched his sword's hilt, and the other party also unsheathed the sword hanging on his

waist.

The moment the other party unsheathed his sword, Rio's eyes narrowed.

'Skilled... This guy's extremely skilled, such immense pressure... Just by unsheathing his

sword, his aura became so condensed...'

'This isn't about talent anymore... This is someone who's trained in swordsmanship for

several decades! The sword aura is condensed to perfection...'

'This person's extremely close to attaining true 'sword intent'... What is such a strong person

doing in this place!?'

Rio had many questions in his mind, but he ignored them for the time being.

He gave up on going behind Riya, as he could feel that if he showed a single moment of

mistake, not only would he end up dead, but this person would pursue Riya after killing him. 'It seems I have encountered a troublesome foe...'