Volume 2 Chapter 87 Desperate Surprise Attack
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
This opponent named Rufna was a dangerous presence, as if the killing intent of Shajar had manifested.
”Kian Vahid! I could care less whether you’re a fool pretending to be Azrael’s Death Sword User! I won’t kill you easily! I’ll cut your tendons and slowly carve you up from your fingertips!”
(That’s a lie. No matter how skilled a barrier practitioner is, if they maintain a barrier for too long, the magicians of Gii should notice something’s off. They shouldn’t be able to keep fighting for 20 or 30 minutes.)
In other words, it’s clear that once she missed the initial surprise attack, the situation became very favorable for him.
Calmly assessing the enemy’s attacks, if they panic and make a mistake, he’ll strike decisively.
”────”
He felt Tengu wriggling in his pocket.
Soon, he must provide them with a corporeal vessel.
* * *
An invisible wall was closing in──.
Rufna’s fighting style was significantly different from Natra’s.
She swung down her black blade from a distance, releasing a slicing effect called ‘Shot’ from the tip.
There was likely some kind of technique name, but Kian didn’t know it.
As he twisted his body to dodge the invisible blade, flowers planted in the garden scattered behind him, proving the existence of that sharp strike.
(I didn’t nullify it with my windsong magic sword──. The power of my ‘Shot’ is clearly different.)
He rolled on the ground to take cover and dashed through the tall annuals planted in the garden, bursting out to the open.
The female assassin seemed to perfectly track his movements; she lightly stepped back to evade and pulled her right hand sharply back.
”────!?”
Feeling something hot on his cheek, he instinctively rolled backward.
A dull sound echoed, and for a fleeting moment, he saw something thin like a thread.
(…My cheek is cut. It appears to be an application of ‘Shot’ and ‘Wall’. By shaping energy (ki) into a thread, she’s attacking by slicing at me.)
”Raaah! Ah! Ohhhh!”
With the half-moon behind her, the white dancer’s costume danced in the sky.
His vision blurred.
The gust of wind surged in, and the vampire part within him instinctively informed him of the enemy’s attack position.
If he put on the ‘glasses’, he would be able to perceive the invisible attacks visually, but right now there’s no time to put them on.
(Focus)
He has worn the ‘glasses’ many times before.
The part of him that was no longer human told him where the attacks were coming from and how he should move his body.
(Sharpen your senses. My weapon isn’t just my swordsmanship as a warrior monk.)
The slashing strikes launched from the black blade move in a straight line, but they can probably be bent according to her will, so he need to be cautious.
In contrast, the threads create several invisible walls in the air, manipulating them freely by snagging them.
He can deal with this by fully utilizing his ability to grasp the space around him.
(────’Look’)
Clink.
Kian’s black eyes glowed a bright red.
It left 2 lines in the darkness as it shifted.
Immediately after, Kian jumped over the oncoming invisible slashes and storm of threads, sometimes using his hands for support, slipping through with his legs, and at other times twisting his body to slither on the ground.
An impromptu and extreme dance executed without the elf’s Future Sight.
Rufna’s eyes, which were likely launching attacks to block Kian’s escape route using Future Sight, widened in disbelief as if witnessing something unbelievable.
”――, ――, …!”
Now, Kian gathers his energy (ki).
He pushes off the stone ground with his hands, lifting his body up.
With his feet on the ground, he rotates his body widely from a crouched position.
He dodges the incoming enemy’s invisible ‘shots’ by a hair’s breadth while curving vertically and flexes his arm to throw a knife.
Naturally, the female assassin deflects it.
However, in that moment, just enough space opens up for him to close in.
Kian, weaving to avoid the threads, surges forward and slashes upward with the Windsong Blade in an upward diagonal strike.
Rufna instinctively jumps backward, but the blade of the magic sword sends her flying with tremendous wind pressure.
He follows her roll and charges in, bringing his attack down from above.
”Guh.”
’Indeed. Through the death match with a strong opponent, abilities will awaken. As the absorbed vampire traits remind you of your former self, your power will grow.’
The female assassin deflected with her black blade and rolled to avoid the next slash.
As she tried to close the distance, an impromptu barrier sprang up in front of her, bouncing her back.
Thump-thump, thump-thump.
With each surge of excitement in battle, he felt hot blood coursing through his body.
The bright white crescent moon floated in the sky.
Moonlight poured down above, warming Kian’s body to the point of almost evaporating it.
A vague sense of something awakening lingered.
A new ability as a vampire.
An ability more dependent on physical traits than charm or absorption.
The simple barrier created by Rufna shrank from all sides, trapping Kian inside.
This was likely that female assassin’s winning form.
The barrier completely stopped the opponent’s movements, ready to pierce from the outside.
The female assassin, having regained her stance, used ‘Leap’ to suddenly appear in front of Kian.
There was ample time to match the magic sword’s blade against the thrusting shamshir.
However, Kian, convinced that ‘something’ was awakening, remained motionless──
”Wha──!?”
The sharp thrust from Rufna passed futilely through Kian’s body, which had transformed into black mist.
Mist Form.
An ability that literally transforms into mist.
By mistifying and reverting the body, some healing of wounds is also possible.
This was a basic and representative ability of vampires.
”Impossible, it disappeared!? ‘Domain’? No, that’s not it! What is this!? What are you doing!? Where did you go!? Come out, you punk!”
She pulled back her blade and anxiously scanned her surroundings.
So slow.
Confusion is the greatest weakness.
Transforming his body into mist, Kian flew upward with the scattered petals of the female assassin, forming a slippery shadow behind her.
”──────!”
If it were a normal person, the heart would have been pierced from behind in a single strike, but the enemy seemed to have used the elf’s Future Sight to read the attack.
However, even knowing a thrust attack was coming from behind, the body couldn’t perfectly evade the attack.
The delayed reaction of Rufna caused her to have her arm slashed deeply, and she dropped the black blade from her hand.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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