Now, since I’m under the starving effect of gluttony skill, when I looked at her with my current red eyes, Roxy ended up unable to move due to her lower stats being lower than mine. That kind of power alone was a proof of my abnormality.
She tried to say something through her gaze, but time would not wait. Tenryu could throw another roar at any time, I couldn’t spare my thought trying to understand what Roxy was trying to say.
I’d deceived her up until now…..I swear I would tell her everything later. But I had to convey the one thing I need her to do first.
[Please leave with the army immediately. Tenryu will start moving again anytime soon. I will buy you some time.]
And brief, final words,
[….I’ve always lied to you….I’m sorry, Roxy-sama. Thank you, for everything up until now.]
As I ran myself on a stretch, I saw Tenryu recovering from the scratch it suffered, and Norden standing over its head. Looking down on earth from the sky like a heavenly being.
I continuously sprayed magic arrows at Norden from all sides. He intercepted some with the black projectiles, but had to slash the rest with the bayonet.
What’s with that……I wondered? Why did he do that when he could’ve use the black projectile to intercept all the arrows I shot?
『It seems there is a limit on how many times he can shoot in a row. Thinking back, he did attack in intervals.』
[It seems so. But, Greed! Why don’t you even know about it? Aren’t you also a Mortal Sin weapon?]
『Envy is a second generation weapon. There are many things I don’t know about it. It’s not like I’d seen its design draft.』
[What’s with that? Greed….how unreliable you are]
『Shut up! Besidely that guy is a secretive bitch with a twisted personality. This me is so much better.』
[I’m glad that what I got was Greed!]
『Right！？ Of course！ Hahahahahaha』
『Fate, try using ‘that’! The current you should be able to use it. Leave the control to me.』
[Yeah, let’s go!]
Gooooo. I brandished the black sword that was brimming with magical power. The heretic sword actually started to emit sacred light, signaling that the skill was a success.
I couldn’t use it except at a very close range, and the success rate was low. However, once invoked properly, it won’t miss its target. The success rate was greatly increased since I’m still in my starving state.
[You actually did it. You used the secret of Greed’s third form, causing my cute slimes to no longer multiply and are dying. And you even used a technique I’ve never seen before. The defender of the kingdom Tenryu looks pitiful, isn’t it? How will you solve this?]
[You….doing all those things to the King’s army….. And what do you mean by Tenryu looks pitiful?]
[Even that thing is replaceable. That Holy Knight is also the same. No, I think she still has some uses? Well, what will be achieved if I don’t kill her, I have no idea. If it doesn’t work then I could just move on to the next one]
Norden let out a faint laugh, cause he could see it too.
[Firstly, you can’t maintain your Area E for too long. Aren’t you approaching your limit right now? Secondly, you used too much of your energy to maintain that technique. Thirdly, I haven’t gone serious yet.]
The power struggle quickly collapsed. Such an amazing strength. Unable to resist it, I was forced to the ground by Norden’s bayonet.
From the broken earth, countless rock shards flew up due to the impact. Taking that chance, I slashed at Norden’s neck.
[Whoops, that’s dangerous.]
Norden did a backstep. Meanwhile Greed called to my attention.
『Close the distance. Don’t let him off』
[I know already]
[How strange. Your fighting style changed. Why is that?]
He moved along the black sword without hurting himself, approaching me then said..
[Oh I see. That’s why.]
Norden glanced at Tenryu, then smiled like a kid.
[I wonder. The answer, is it because you can’t maintain the technique if you go to a certain distant from the target?]
[I guess we already know what I’ll have to do..]
[…..not yet]
The sweeping slash of his bayonet cut my left arm off. It didn’t hurt at first, but it gradually grew into a mind numbing pain. I knelt down due to the excessive pain.
As I looked up from my kneeling position, Norden was looking up to the sky as though the victorious and defeated had been decided.
[What a shame. Eris had some expectation about you, and you did managed to obstruct me this much. I’ll give you that.]
[What…. Is this….]
[You were careless at the end]
[You deliberately let your arm get slashed….]
[Yeah, that’s right. I won’t be able to defeat you if I didn’t do that much. I gave you my left arm. Now take it and go away.]
I moved the black sword sideways, cutting through Norden’s body.
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