Chapter 363: Vs Devil ① (1/2)
We managed to return the bear, Tomoe, and Ema back to Asora.
Alte Barrette is in front of me.
She is the Apostle of the Goddess and apparently a user of the lightning element.
‘The lightning element itself is the ultimate element that stands above all elements, and it is the peak element’, is the dubious stuff she was saying, but there’s no doubt it is getting quite the favorable treatment in this world
It was the first time Tomoe and Ema experienced this, and they were one-sidedly getting hit.
I am grateful to Tomoe for getting a lot of information out from her.
Also, am I the only one who thinks about a cooking contest when hearing stuff like ultimate and peak?
“…”
Alte is looking my way, but isn’t looking at me.
She is in some kind of trance.
She has been a bit weird since the moment she got her arm taken away with the first attack.
I wanted to finish this by shooting her head, but it got caught in something for some strange reason and it ended up hitting the tiara instead.
It isn’t a good memory, but I remember the time when I was called the Apostle of the Goddess.
But now, there’s the real Apostle of the Goddess here, so we’ve pretty far now.
Finally.
I have finally reached the point where I can face her vanguard.
About her arm…the blood has stopped.
Emergency treatment to stop the blood?
Her elbow is sparking with electricity. What a way to treat her wound. I have never heard of it before, and I don’t know the logic behind it.
But it works, cause it is lightning.
What a cheat ability.
It is plenty possible with that Damn Bug.
“I didn’t lower my guard…” (Alte)
“?”
“I am standing here with the best of preparations and the best of equipment.” (Alte)
“…”
“Only the situation is not the best. But that’s simply a trivial prank of the moment.” (Alte)
“…”
She is mumbling.
But she is missing the mark.
“I could have dealt with the Superior Dragon incarnation and the pig. I would also finish Tsige while at it, and then find Alpine and hunt them down… The steps were already there…” (Alte)
The situation that Alte speaks out; a prank of the moment.
That’s always present in the battlefield, and it divides the winners and the lives in it.
Calling it a trivial thing is incorrect in itself.
Does she not have that much actual combat experience?
Or maybe she has been so blessed in the enemies she has fought that she hasn’t had a difficult battle before.
Even so, calling Ema a pig…
It is rare to find such an intelligent and scary girl like her as an ally, you know?
Don’t underestimate this generation’s boss of the female highland orcs.
“You…” (Alte)
“?”
Ooh, our eyes finally made contact.
She resembles her…
She has the same prideful attitude as that Goddess.
“You are Raidou, huh.” (Alte)
“Yeah, that’s right, Alte Barrette.” (Makoto)
“I see, I see… So that’s how it is. The company representative that had a boost in their name under the protection of Rembrandt, and is only blessed by good personnel.” (Alte)
“…”
“But the reality is that he doesn’t have the ability fitting his growth, and he is full of openings as a merchant; a weak point of Tsige.” (Alte)
“…Hey, isn’t that evaluation a bit too cruel?” (Makoto)
It is not wrong, but I ended up objecting.
“His real identity is that of a proficient mage and adventurer? You really got me there.” (Alte)
“Hm?” (Makoto)
“Dressing yourself as if you were a delicious target. After fooling the spies and getting Aion on your nose, you planned on trampling them down with that power of yours, right?” (Alte)
“…There seems to be a slight misunderstanding there, but it is true that I was asked to be your opponent.” (Makoto)
Kill.
The cold thoughts were telling me to kill the woman in front of me.
All this time.
She might be more dangerous of an existence than I think she is.
Finish her for certain.
My internal alarm was telling me with ever increasing potency that this was the one and only best choice.
I was already going to do that even without all the alarms though.
“I have already turned to foam the many plans you have. That’s why I won’t ask much.” (Alte)
“That’s some special head you got there.” (Makoto)
I tried shooting one Bridd on her chest at the fastest activation speed.
Sadly to say, it was the expected result.
Before it touched her body, the Bridd was stopped by the lightning that was coursing around her, and it disappeared without much fuss.
“…Bridd. An old but strong spell. It seems like you are trying to hide it, but I can certainly feel it -your outstanding magic power. It is pointless though.” (Alte)
“Gotta give it to you, that was good reaction speed. Or is that an auto guard? It doesn’t seem like it blocks everything though.” (Makoto)
I respond while looking at her arm and broken tiara that are on the ground.
“Raidou, are you the Devil that descended in Limia before? That impertinent being that was being called an Apostle of the Goddess was you?” (Alte)
“Yeah. The result of being forcefully kidnapped by that Damn Bug of a Goddess was that I got struck preemptively by a Dragon Slayer, and on top of that, got a nickname that I didn’t even want.” (Makoto)
Devil, or Apostle of the Goddess, or her Agent!
“Bloom.” (Alte)
It is that, huh!
Without even waiting for Alte to finish her words, a red lightning flower covered the sky at blinding speed.
The lightning was shot at me.
“!!” (Makoto)
I thought that maybe I could unexpectedly follow it with my eyes, but that wasn’t the case.
The next instant I thought it shone, the attack was already over.
By the time I noticed, a piercing pain in my body remained.
Not only my magic barrier, even my Magic Armor was of no use.
The feeling of my magic being one-sidedly erased the moment it touches that lightning.
This certainly is unfair.
But I got it. In terms of speed, the moment it shines, it is already dangerous.