CH 162

4-5 minutes 17.04.2022

──Iris’s side

──Dogoooon!!

「……」

A spear made of earth pierced straight up from the ground. If I stepped on that ground, it would not only skewer me, but it would be so powerful that I would be pushed up and fall directly onto the spear. But the spear that went off didn’t seize anything… No.

「… Mu… Pebbles… You sure know how to keep an eye on things…」

「Fufufu!! Don’t underestimate a doll’s hearing, as I am shaped in a way that makes it the easiest to hear!!」

「Fumu… In other words, you were listening to my chanting… ?」

「Of course!」

「I see… That’s troublesome…」

I did not miss the word mass sensing. That would be the magic to set up a trap that would be triggered when I stepped on it. That’s why I threw pebbles all over the place to get around it… I threw pebbles of several centimeters in size. Even a stone only a few centimeters in diameter has mass. Therefore, if the magic detects the mass of the stone and activates it, there is no other way but execute it.

───Dogogoooon!!!

──Doko!! Dogogogon!!!

───Dogogogogogooooooon! Dogogondgogogo!!!

I can approach that Shuri while jumping, but I may not be able to avoid 100% of the earth spear traps that are now popping up. At least what I know is that the speed at which those earth spears come out is faster than my running speed. If I accidentally step on one while jumping, my life will end there… No, my life is already over. If anything, I’m living the life of a doll.

Oops, no time to think about that. I’ m in the middle of a battle.

──Dogogogooooodogogodgogogogogogo!!!

At a fair speed, I swing the great sword sideways while keeping the tip of the sword perpendicular to the ground. This causes sands to fly away so that the traps in place are activated on their own.

「《……….》」

Not magic, but sorcery? I’m also curious about what the next rank is. Who the hell is Shuri… ?

───Like Ayane, she’s a loli, but a completely different type of loli. Ayane is a cute loli, but Shuri is not a cute loli at all!

「「Ah?」」

「Hyi!!」

「Oh no… My inner voice leaked out… This will be a big problem later…」

──Buru… !

I suddenly felt a mysterious chill. Was it a warrior’s shiver against Shuri, whom I was now fighting, or a fear of being lectured by Ayane later… ? I had no way of knowing yet which it was.

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「Here!」

「《Short-ranged Type: Simplified: Transference》」

───Hyun!!

The great sword I wield, given to me by Ayane, cuts through the sky. Another transference. Shuri’s use of transference is really tricky. After all, it only takes 2 seconds for her to instantly move beyond my line of sight.

Usually, transference consumes a huge amount of MP and takes an enormous amount of time to perform the chanting, and it may or may not be possible to move a single human being instantaneously. Shuri uses it in two seconds, over and over again, every time I corner her…. What should I do…

「Yes, that’s enough」

「「!?」」

「I have to force you to end it as it was just taking too long」

Suddenly my body stopped moving. The voice I heard immediately after that was Ayane’s. But Ayane does not speak this way. Therefore, it was the other black-haired fake Ayane.

「… Why are you imitating her?」

「A spider imitation… ?」

「It’s not like that… ?」

「Fufu! Just kidding. Neither side seems to have a definitive decision, no?」

「「……」」

I glared at Shuri as I was told this, and she glared at me too.

「It’s kind of like they are cats and dogs… ?」

「I don’t know what that is, but it’s definitely not the same thing!!」

「I don’t know what that indicates, but I assure you it definitely doesn’t!」

「Oh, it’s the same… !!」

Siegfried-san, was it? That person seems to be happy for some reason to hear that my words and Shuri’s have coincided… I don’t understand this person…