CH 390

“Okay, I’ll leave that to you, Makina, Fath-san, and Basleigh-sensei.”

I muttered to myself as I confirmed that everyone was entering the castle after the fireball had reduced the Qliphoth that was about to attack Makina and the others to ashes.

I can’t kill the soldiers controlled by the black haze, so I just blow them away with this shockwave of the explosion.

“Lars!”

“Whoa! Thank you, Dibit-san.”

“You’re fast to run, but will you be able to defeat me like that?”

With a smirk and a chuckle, Aiatsubus points her fingertips toward us and shoots a black haze towards us. While avoiding it, I counterattack using magic with Dibit-san, but–

“It gets erased, after all ……!?”

“Ahahahaha! Isn’t it easy to deal with an opponent whose strength you know? Take that!”

“Well, that’s my line, too! !”

Dibit-san provokes and counteracts the black haze with a fire arrow, but since this offense and defense continues for a long time, he clicks his tongue and breathes out cigarette smoke.

Then, Aiatsubus stopped her hand and said

“The source of my power is the ‘Unstable Mind’ of humans, and since I’ve absorbed the instability of that many people below me, I’m in great shape. However, it’s not a good idea to continue this stalemate. What do you think? Can’t you just let me go? I don’t think it’s fun to waste each other’s …… time!”

“There’s no way that’ll hit me. If I do that, you’ll come back with your friends this time, won’t you? I called yourself One of the Ten Chief Priests, there must be at least nine left. And it’s too much trouble to deal with someone of your caliber again, so I’ll take you down here. Besides, the black haze that was coming out of you …… you’re not human, are you?”

I said while avoiding the haze that would have been released with the intention of a surprise attack, then Aiatsubus silently smiles and releases more haze from her right hand.

“So you can produce more ……!?”

“That’s right, I’m also receiving the unstable feelings you guys feel towards me, you know?”

“…… I’m curious as to how that works.”

“!”

As he draws his sword, he asks Aiatubus. The way I see it, she’s getting impatient because she’s saying he wants us to let her go, and she’s using surprise attacks more and more. 

“It’s because of my skill. There is no such thing as stability in the world. There is always instability in …… people’s minds, animals and monsters that might be used as food today, doubts that their lover might betray them, and people who don’t know if they will be able to live tomorrow. I’m just providing salvation to those beings, you know? I’m taking away their anxiety, you know?”

“Hmph, Isn’t that the “Mind your own business” thing? The end result is that you end up looking like a wooden puppet like the soldier below, right?”

“It’s not just that, she said something about dying if you’re not careful.”

“Ahaha! Isn’t that the ultimate way to get rid of anxiety?”

“You guys are called Gospel’s Descent, right? …… You guys are a pain in the ass! !”

Frustrated Dibit-san sets up Aiatsubus, who talks about his her while laughing loudly. Immediately after raising her right hand to disperse it with a cool face, I also use magic while approaching Aiatsubus!

“I’m not going to let a person like you run around! .”

A pale, dragon-shaped flame attacked Aiatsubus. How about a simultaneous attack after the magic that Dibit-san fired? 

“No matter how much, I can–“

“Whoa, don’t move, okay? .”

“Tsk ……!?”

As soon as the hydro stream is absorbed and Aiatsubus tries to respond to the Dragonic Blaze, Dibit-san’s Water jail wraps around her left hand and pulls her up. 

At that moment, the highest ancient magic swallowed her up as she lost her balance.

“Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?”

“You got her!”

Dibit-san clenched his fist and shouted.

But I had my sword at the ready and began to charge. I thought I had made a direct hit, but I saw a black haze envelop her body like a barrier.

“Guh …… So I couldn’t erase all of it! However!”

Aiatsubus’ left half is burned and she glares at me with a quick glance. Probably because the power of the Dragonic Blaze was greater than she expected. 

“It’s good that the damage went through! I’m going to push through!”

“Don’t mess with me, kid!”

“I’ll cover you. Don’t get hit, Lars!”

The enraged Aiatsubus also rushed towards me with a black haze flying. Dibit-san shoots down the haze, and I aim for her right hand with my sword. 

“I got you!”

“Kuku! I let my guard down last time, but don’t think you can cut me twice!”

Her right hand, shrouded in mist, catches the Sargeblade and smiles. 

“Kuh …… So strong ……”

“I’ll absorb you just like this. I was planning on retreating, but now I’ll have a great souvenir for Apollos-sama–.”

She was about to say that, but now the corners of my mouth lifted.

“You’re right, this marks the third time I’ve fought with you. It’s not as if I’m clueless either! Sephiro!”

“!!”

“Treant!?”

Aiatsubus eyes widen and shouted in astonishment. Because Sephiro that was attached to my back was transferred to the head of Aiatsubus. And–

“Uga!? Mo-More and more branches is appearing!?”

“!!!”

Aiatsubus took her hand off the sword and tried to grab Sephiro, but the branches interfered and took in her whole body. The branches grew longer and longer, as if the haze was not good enough for Sephiro.

“You took your hand off the sword ……! Take this!”

“Guaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?”

I stabbed through her with my right hand and used the momentum to slam her into the ground!