Chapter 491: Those Who Obstruct and Those Who Advance 2

Chapter 491: Those Who Obstruct and Those Who Advance 2 Those Who Obstruct and Those Who Advance 2

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“““U-Uwaaaahーーー!?”””

The plants that wrapped around the three brothers’ legs grew rapidly!

In the blink of an eye, they grew to a towering height, and hung the three brothers upside down!

“Be crushed, headfirst.”

Shimegamamo, not caring about their screams, said that coldly, and then stomped on the ground again—DON!

And then, the plants binding the three brothers rustled again.

They started swinging their short but heavy bodies around effortlessly.

She’s going to kill them, by slamming them on the ground...!

“Googydan! Googyden! Googydon!”

Kalamaruyu, realizing what was about to happen to his comrades, screamed, his face pale!

...But!

“【Barrier・Slash】.”

With those words—

Around the three brothers.

In the air, several dozen centimeters above the ground,

A horizontal, faintly glowing, translucent, floor-like thing suddenly appeared.

It’s a barrier!

That barrier cut through the base of the abnormally grown plants as it was deployed, and as a result, the three brothers were blown away, screaming dumbly, following the inertia from being swung around.

“A-Ahh...”

“I’m—I’m dizzy...”

“I feel sick...”

And they landed, groaning in nausea, trying to stand up, but falling, landing on their bottoms.

“Don’t move on your own, you idiots.”

Saint Ad, the one who rescued the three brothers with the barrier, put out her cigarette in her portable ashtray, and exhaled a large amount of smoke, stepping forward as if to protect Kalamaruyu.

And then, erasing her vulgar expression and putting on a business smile, she performed a beautiful curtsy!

“It’s a pleasure to meet you! I am Ad Bahns, a first-class, first-rank saint certified by the Holy Maiden Consortium!”

And then, after saying her greetings, she grinned...

“Let’s dance... to our heart’s content!!”

She threw the fist-sized orbs of light she created in both hands—faintly glowing, just like the barrier from earlier—towards Shimegamamo with a sharp motion!

“Hmm.”

Shimegamamo, with her warrior’s intuition, knew that those orbs of light were ‘something she shouldn’t touch’, and dodged them with minimal movement.

“That’s impossible. I’m already married, so I can’t dance with anyone but my husband. That’s my clan’s rule.”

And then she stomped on the ground twice—DA, DON!

And then, the plants at Saint Ad’s feet rustled, and started growing abnormally, trying to wrap around her.

And faster than when they attacked the triplets!

“【Barrier・Aerial Floor】.”

She narrowly escaped the range of the hammer!

But...!

“Gah!?”

The next moment, Shimegamamo felt a strong impact on her back, and stopped moving, her body suspended in mid-air!

She hurriedly moved her head, looking around, trying to figure out what had happened, but she couldn’t understand.

She was restrained by ‘something’... in the ‘empty’ air!

“Ahahaha! You thought all my barriers glow!? That’s a misdirectionーーー!!”

Saint Ad, watching Shimegamamo, laughed loudly, and snapped her fingers!

And then, behind Shimegamamo, a giant barrier, towering like a wall, appeared with a flash of light!

Her hands and feet were tied by string-like barriers extending from that wall, and she could no longer move!

“【Sealing Orb】.”

Saint Ad then created a faintly glowing orb of light in her right hand.

It’s the same one she threw at Shimegamamo in the beginning.

Shimegamamo’s warrior’s intuition screamed!

That’s bad!

She can’t let it hit her!

“I... I won’t lose! I’ll follow my clan’s rules! And you...!”

Shimegamamo desperately struggled, but Saint Ad’s barrier didn’t break.

It creaked, but the restraints on her hands and feet wouldn’t come off...!

“Ahahaha! Clan... rules?”

Saint Ad stopped laughing, and rotated her shoulders, while holding the orb of light.

“Rules... customs...”

She glared at Shimegamamo.

“I hate that kind of stuff... that kind of unreasonable, traditional crap that distorts people’s lives!”

She reared back, and—

“I HATE ITーーーー!!!”

...Threw the orb of light with all her might!

“Guwaaaaaahーーー!?”

The orb of light hit Shimegamamo’s abdomen!

And then, its glow suddenly intensified... and string-like things started to extend from it!

“Aaaah, a... Ah...”

Those strings quickly wrapped around Shimegamamo’s body, forming a white, cocoon-like thing.

“Sealing complete.”

Saint Ad, seeing that, snapped her fingers, and the cocoon, floating in the air because of the barrier’s power, fell to the ground with a thud.

The cocoon was still writhing, as if Shimegamamo was still struggling inside, but it doesn’t look like it would break from the inside.

Seeing that, Saint Ad nodded in satisfaction, and smiled broadly.

“The ones who win in the end... are always those who break the old ways and move forward!”

She declared that loudly, and took out a cigarette from her pocket!