LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 114
The magic of the 1st Circle can be countered by the magic of the 2nd Circle, and 2nd Circle magic can be countered by the magic of the 3rd Circle.
So, if there exists magic of the 10th Circle, what could counter it?
The answer is that it “cannot be countered.”
The limitations inherent to the dimension mean that the 10th Circle is the maximum, so in theory, the magic of the 10th Circle is believed to merge with the world and persist eternally.
But can we truly call magic that cannot be countered “magic”?
It would no longer qualify as magic but rather as a phenomenon or even the world itself.
Whether this concept was knowingly adopted or not is uncertain, but in Wagal, there existed something called Permissible Defense Judgment.
It included attacks with an incredibly long pre-delay, where once cast, defending was impossible unless one dodged.
Of course, not every Permissible Attack was always a fatal attack, but when combined with a finishing move, its power was terrifying.
Giselle Phoenix’s finishing move, “Avatar of Flames.”
The fire magic that burns everything in a 50m radius had no means of being countered.
“Jin Chronicle’s ‘Ice Prison’ played a similar role by solidly binding the target.
However, these could never be compared to magic of the 10th Circle.
Thus, when they met, what kind of interaction would happen could not be hastily asserted.
However, one side was certainly expected to crumble.
Clang!
The “Avatar of Flames” cast by Giselle, targeting me, shattered the Ice Prison of Jin Chronicle in its path.
I emerged from dozens of ice pillars, shaking off the ice fragments lodged in my limbs.
Along with the incredible steam billowing forth, the flames of the Avatar also subsided.
It was the best-case scenario.
“Freedom!”
“How did you do that? LOL”
“Magic interferes with each other?”
“If NoName led Giselle here intentionally, then they’re a true genius!”
“Giselle! Giselle! Giselle! Giselle! Giselle!”
“Wait, didn’t Room Leader say fire cannot beat ice…?”
└ Ah, that’s only when you’re ice. LOL
└ So you’re saying it can win even against its inverse properties? LOL
“Adelea, good job. It’s time for the baton touch.”
“No… Not like that! We can fight together! We will definitely fight together!”
With a determined spirit, Adelea stood up again, but it seemed she had no way of concealing her trembling legs.
“No… I can do it… I can do it… but my legs…”
She tried to force herself to stand, gripping her disobedient legs, but soon collapsed again.
Where does such courage come from? I know this is a game, but to her, this must feel like reality.
“It can’t be… If I do this here…”
“Heal.”
Without even needing to cast, merely with a word, the healing magic unfolded. This must be possible since this is the game world.
The bleeding stopped, and the blue bruise gradually faded.
“Uh…?”
“Did you forget I’m a healer? Come on, we need to fight together!”
“Ugh… Yeah…!”
*
[Enemy Status Display ON]
[■■■■■& %^$#$ Jin Chronicle]
[HP: 666,666]
Loyal to its concept, its health was saturated with 6’s. This wasn’t a boss made with the anticipation of it being cleared, to begin with.
Given that Ballum Benavons has 100,000 health, a sigh escaped my lips.
Perhaps we should be grateful that the academy personnel chasing us vanished like smoke as the boss battle commenced…
Nonetheless, one positive change compared to the first cycle was having a comrade capable of fulfilling their role effectively.
If we can clear Act 1, we can reset the main penalties.
While it won’t revert the growth stats built up from the reduced quantity thus far, it at least suggests a chance of making it afterwards.
So maybe this moment is the greatest crisis in Wagal.
“Let’s do our best… big sis.”
Adelea raised her arm to offer me a fist bump.
This was a common gesture among comrades used to express trust before an important battle.
“Big sis…?”
“Ah…? What did I just say? NoName, not big sis! That was a mistake! I just misspoke!”
“Pfft.”
“I’m serious…!”
Dunk-
I placed my fist over her hand, which was blistered and scraped.
“Let’s do our best, my little sister.”
“Geez!”
“It’s coming. Get ready.”
Jin Chronicle’s black tentacles burst forth from its back, separating us. Its grotesque form gradually shed its human shape.
“Uwahhh!”
Adelea jumped to the side in shock.
I also rolled to the ground on the opposite side, observing the ever-changing corpse’s transformations.
Skin wriggled and bulged. Bubbles rose like boiling lava.
From the popping bubbles, black liquid gradually took shape and enveloped the male figure.
“Ugh… The thought of becoming something like that is terrifying…!”
Adelea trembled all over.
“It’s definitely not a pleasant sight.”
“How can you remain calm after seeing something like that! I won’t forgive you if you think about dying again!”
“You’ve come this far; there’s no way I could do that.”
[Summon Yggdrasil, perish! Is the blood-drinking tree your revered god?]
“Speak clearly.”
[Casting: Friction Coefficient Adjustment]
The monster’s body swayed, but two tentacles dug into the ground roughly, maintaining its balance.
Adelea infused her dagger with power.
The dozens of rushing tentacles couldn’t hinder her path.
“Hiyaaaah-!”
As dozens of strikes pounded against it, its black skin tore, regenerating repeatedly.
Tentacles transformed into sharp needles to pierce through her, but this time Adelea dodged all the monster’s attacks again.
She was driving the monster back, but it was still too weak.
[HP: 659,459 / 666,666]
Adelea couldn’t endlessly wield her sword.
As the monster’s health regeneration exceeded the damage dealt, Adelea returned to my side with a blank expression.
There are occasionally such entities.
While humans are all hands and arms, those creatures have dozens of limbs.
While a single stab of a knife might be fatal for humans, they could take multiple stabs without even flinching.
Most mid-level demon beasts belonged to this category.
“Gasp… Heugh… What should we do…?”
What was in my hand was a broadsword taken from the academy’s student council president.
It had a physical build like my previous life; similar weaponry too.
Can I do it?
I am NoName, not Estasha Latias de Kaizen from my past life.
Her life was a continuous struggle, but I’d never fought in this real world.
Up until now, I’d been barely keeping up by retracing her footprints, but could I also replicate the same artistry of swordsmanship she possessed? Doubts lingered.
[‘Hoyamuyaho’ donated 5,000 won!]
– Go NoName! You can do it!
Right. Let’s temporarily forget the girl named Na-me. Right now, you are NoName, the strongest forest keeper with support from over 20,000 viewers.
So I felt a strong conviction that it wasn’t impossible to reenact her movements.
As the blue blade vibrated intensely, slicing through the air.
“There’s a method. After all, a being that has lost its reason has clear limitations.”
“Then hurry up and tell me! Can’t you see it’s healing even now?”
“From now on, we’re going to stack hits on the monster’s body. You’ll attack in order according to the parts I’ve engraved. It’s simple; all you have to do is emulate my movements, right?”
“What do you mean?”
“Let’s go. For starters, we’re starting from 100.”
The very first unique magic developed by Estasha when she was nine years old.
It had no name attached back then. I always felt embarrassed about naming my techniques.
[Casting: Resonance]
[Joint Casting: Control of Fatigue Intensity]
The development of unique magic is inherently complex.
Thus, simple swordsmanship composed only of 1st Circle magic deserves admiration, but since this particular unique magic was designed for two to cooperate from the start, it would never be used solely by her.
I’ll release that frustration here. And your unique magic will be completed in the hands of that cat girl, so keep a good eye on it. The name is:
[Unique Magic – Estasha Style, First Form (式)]
“Adelea.”
[Adella]
*
– What is this?
– There’s a magic circle engraved on the sword? I’ve never seen anything like that. DDD
– It’s definitely 1st Circle magic.
– It’s not a magic trick bag, yet I’ve never seen magic like this before. LOL
– GANDAAR!!!!!
The first attack came from Na-me.
However, she could no longer use trick skills or buggy plays to swap weapons, thus all her damage was reduced to an eighth.
The 400 damage heavy attack became quantified as 50, even lower than a normal strike, causing the viewers to lament.
Whiiish-
Finally, a rotating blue emblem appeared where she struck.
It resembled a gear rather than a mere emblem.
As the neither slow nor fast gear engraved onto the monster’s body, Adelea joined the offensive with her dagger.
“Only because you’re my friend am I accepting this ridiculous spell…!”
Clang!
As the gear completed its rotation, Adelea struck the monster relentlessly with the exact stance, the exact strike, and the same force.
Clang-
Clang-
The sound of metal clashing echoed in the deep night, like something from a forge.
“Is it even reasonable to attack in sync like that?!”
Her attacks overlapped perfectly with Na-me’s movements from three seconds prior, reminiscent of following a ghost in a time attack.
Although Adelea spilled complaints, she trusted in Na-me.
Believing that she would be able to show her something.
That there must be some mystical plan capable of defeating a monster with 660,000 health.
The monster, too, could not comprehend their actions.
Even as the speed of strikes increased, its health stayed locked in the 640,000s.
“Is it time yet, NoName?”
“Stop whining already.”
– LOLOLOL
– This is amazing though!
– At this point, NoName is more impressive than Adelea, right?
– For sure. We’ll give Adelea a pass because she’s an NPC, but what’s up with NoName’s moves?
– Magic is perfect! Swordsmanship is perfect too!
– Now, all we need is a face that’s perfect!
└??
└?
– Isn’t he not taking much damage? Is this okay?;
– He’s even doing a kick again! LOL
– Even the magic is still in the process of casting! Is this also a bug?
It was an astute observation.
Na-me’s unique magic was still in effect.
When she had engraved the 100th gear, her sweat-drenched hair stuck to her forehead.
“Keep your concentration until the end! We can’t afford to get one thing wrong!”
“No need to say that…”
97th.
She slashed down diagonally to sever the monster’s heel.
98th.
She spun mid-air to gain enough acceleration and swung hard horizontally at the chest.
99th.
Using the rotational inertia gained from the previous attack, she raised her sword high and struck down hard towards its head.
And the last, the 100th.
Pouring all her magic power into the retrieved sword, Adelea stabbed it into the monster’s heart.
[Unique Magic – Estasha Style, First Form (式) – Adella]
“Break (破)!”
Wooooom-!
A resonating sound shook the earth. Momentarily, Adelea’s ears buzzed as she frowned.
“Cough!”
But it seemed the monster was far more affected.
A series of strong explosions occurred as if its entire body was about to burst from within.
Black sludge shot up for several meters, and in agony, its tentacles lost control and were severed.
For the first time, the demon that had previously been unfazed by countless combined efforts knelt.
The status bar showcasing the monster spewing sludgy fluids painted a clear picture.
[Critical Hit!]
[100 HIT COMBO]
[183,110 DAMAGE]
[HP: 450,374 / 666,666]
– ??????????
– 180,000 LOL
– What’s this 180,000?
– Single magic damage at 180,000?
– ???
– ????????????
– Even if they hit 200 combos together, it added up to 30,000 damage; how did that one magic deal 180,000?
– What kind of dynamite was made with 1st Circle magic? LOL
– Is this even possible? LOLOLOL
– What scale would 180,000 be in reality? This is hard to figure out.
– At 1,000, you’d break through steel walls without question.
– Over 100,000 means you could slice a building in half.
└ DDDDDDDDD
└ Wouldn’t this be legal grounds for the National Intelligence Service to drag you away?
└ They should suspect you of espionage for real.
– What in the world am I witnessing?