Chapter 581

Chapter 581: Timmy’s Other Element

...All I can see is how superior Timmy is against all of us.

How can we beat him?

“How is it? You think you can defeat me?” Timmy asked me all of a sudden even though he is still fighting the others.

“Don’t talk to me all of a sudden like that! It was as if you have the ability to read my mind. That’s creepy,” I replied.

“I don’t need to read your mind to know what’s in your mind. I mean, it’s obvious,” Timmy said.

For now, I don’t think his Aura ability is mind-reading. Though I still need to be wary until I’m confident what his ability is.

“I guess you must be thinking that I’m not a mind-reader or something,” Timmy said again.

.....

“...You are a mind-reader! You guessed what’s on my mind correctly!” I shouted at him.

“I’m not. I just have a lot of experiences. You can call me... expression-reader, I guess,” Timmy said.

“Then you should know that my expression is telling you that I’m pissed right now,” I said.

How can he be so calm while fighting seven enemies at once? Shelia, Graham, and Graham’s five giant shadow clones.

Even when Shelia is using her most powerful attack on him, he just blocked it casually with his katana in his hands. He blocked Graham’s light magic with ease. And the five giant shadow clones were no match against Graham.

Hmm... seems like I won’t be able to learn anything from just watching. Just like Bearded Baldy said, I must move my body and don’t think at all. But that’s difficult for me.

There’s only one way I could win against Timmy. It’s something that extremely difficult for me to do.

I have to get stronger during the fight.

But how? Using guts? Hoping for some miracle? Sudden power increase when I’m close to death? Power of friendship? Love and peace?

Getting stronger in a fight is something that only happened in stories. There’s no way something like that can conveniently happened to me.

And the reality right now is that I need to get stronger or I will die.

Using some hastily-made strategy will not do anything to him. I’m already weaker than him and slower than him. He can use powerful magic. The only thing I haven’t used yet is my Super Aura. But I’ll keep it for later.

For now, I need to bring him up into the sky. That’s the only thing I can do for now.

And so, I returned to the battle and tried to get Timmy to fight me in the sky.

My familiars understood my intention, so they tried their best to stop Timmy from moving from his spot.

All five giant shadow clones swung down their spears together to the exact same spot, and Timmy blocked them all with his katana.

“Even if all five giant clones attacking me together, it’s not enough,” Timmy said confidently.

“How about an attack from below!?” I shouted.

I rushed toward Timmy with Victokatana in my hands.

“Alright, Roy. Do the golf swing!” Victoria whispered to me.

I don’t know what a golf is, but I know the swing. Victoria taught me how to swing it during my training before fighting Timmy.

The katana in my hand need to be held horizontally above my head, then I need to swing it down before raising it up as fast and as strong as possible.

Thanks to Victoria’s transformation, I don’t have to worry about her hitting the ground. I can just make her shorter before touching the ground, and make it longer and bigger before the moment of impact. And with her weight manipulation, I can swing it very powerfully.

Timmy didn’t expect that the katana suddenly transformed into a hammer, and he has no way to block or dodge it since he was being held in the same position thanks to the giant shadow clones.

I don’t care if he can fly or not, but getting him away from the ground is more important.

At the moment of impact, the giant shadow clones relaxed their strength so there’s no stopping force and Timmy finally get his feet off of the ground. Right toward where Graham and Shelia are waiting. High in the sky.

Seeing that the battle moved into the sky, Spot retreated a bit so he and those who are watching the fight on his back won’t get hit by stray attacks.

“Oh. Been a while since my feet didn’t touch the ground,” Timmy said in a relaxed manner.

Even now, he’s still calm. But the thing he can do will be even more limited.

In the sky, we attacked Timmy while making sure that he will only get higher and get fewer oxygen to breathe.

“Hmm? I’ve never been this high before. The air is thinner here than it is below. I guess that’s another reason why you brought me here,” Timmy said.

That’s right. I used air magic on myself, Shelia, and Graham so we can still breathe easily no matter how high we are in the sky. As long as we don’t go beyond the atmosphere, it should be fine.

But for Timmy, even if he’s an Aura Master, and unless he’s an air mage, he would have difficulty breathing in this place.

“Just so you know, although I will still have difficulty breathing, I’m still an Aura Master. I can move well without even taking a single breath of air for hours. Though this is still a good move since it limits my earth magic,” Timmy said.

“Are you really not a mind-reader!?” I asked.

“No. I just have a lot of experiences,” Timmy replied.

“So you’re just old!”

Timmy was still not using his Aura ability, nor was he using his other element yet. But I don’t have the time to care about that. If I could defeat him instantly, that’s all that matter.

Even if it’s not the result that Timmy wanted, I have to do it.

I know that his goal is to make me stronger and turn me into an Aura Master. But I want to survive no matter what. Even if I have to disappoint the strongest man.

Even if I couldn’t become an Aura Master in the end, since this is a deathmatch, I must kill him or he will kill me. I don’t want to die, so my only choice is to kill him.

“It seems like you’re thinking that you need to kill me as soon as possible even with the risk of never reaching the level of Aura Master. Am I right?” Timmy said as he blocked Shelia’s attack while being blown higher into the sky by me.

“You have a lot of experience! You can tell what’s on my mind easily! No need to ask me everything!” I shouted.

“After seeing everything you’ve done with the other Aura Master, I guess I’m right. Do you really have no wish to get stronger?” Timmy asked.

“I want to get stronger, but I don’t want to risk my life for it!” I replied.

I want to live. I want to survive. That’s why I seek strength.

Risking my life so I can get stronger? I don’t want to do that. Even if I do get stronger, I might end up losing everything.

“Just how does someone like you end up learning Aura?” Timmy asked.

Because I learned it in my past life. Back when I want to risk my life so I can have a better life. And using that experience, and my luck that I can communicate with Victoria as soon as I summoned her, I could learn Aura easily in this life.

Maybe in Timmy’s past, he and the other Aura users have to go through live or death situation to even awaken their Aura. But I didn’t do that.

In this life, I have clearer goal. It’s to live in peace without seeking death like I was in the past. But to do that, I need to destroy the cult.

I keep repeating what I want over and over again ever since I returned back to the past. Keep repeating why I need to destroy the cult. And until the cult is destroyed, I will keep on repeating it. So I won’t forget.

“Then, I will have to force you to be in a risky situation. Fine, you want to see what I hide? I will show you. It’s my other element. Beastform!”

As soon as he said that, his body half transformed into something like a reptile.

So, he’s a beastform mage? And turning into a reptile-like beast in the sky. What kind of reptile flying in the sky?

...I know the answer. It’s a dragon. He’s a freaking beastform mage who can transform into a freaking dragon!

“That is not a beast! That’s a monster!” I shouted.

“You know nothing of magic. Many powerful magic has been erased in history. This is also good thing to teach your disciple, Jewel. I’ll show you Evolution!” Timmy said.

Well, here goes my advantage in the air. He can fly as dragon’s wings were on his back.

But evolution? Is he saying that beastform can evolve just like caterpillar turned into a butterfly?

I hope he can give the lesson quickly and Jewel can hear him clearly while she’s watching on Spot’s back.

...How about I ask him to pause the fight for a bit. That should be fine, right?