I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Chapter 477
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10-63. Melee Battle
The voice of the Land, drawing closer with each step.
Before launching an attack, they wanted to establish their roles.
Uchikage issued instructions to each of them.
“No need for reconnaissance. However, Theik-dono, please use single-target skills instead of area attacks.”
“Got it. I don’t use skills that might involve allies.”
“Thank you. Karna-dono, please coordinate your movements with me. Can you manage that?”
“It’s okay… but I might be a little slow.”
“That’s fine. Lize-dono, since we can’t coordinate with you, please step back for now. We don’t know when the voice of the Land will be able to summon monsters, so please remain vigilant in that direction. Battle Horse, step back as well. When Lize-dono can assume a human form, rejoin us.”
<Yes!>
“Yurie-dono and Roze-dono, move forward with your mount dragon. We trust your coordination. You two should be fine.”
“Aight-!”
“Understood.”
The plan was set. Uchikage and Karna immediately activated their skills.
” ? Kijin Shunkaku? ” (Kijin Herculean Legs)
” ? Quickly? “
Uchikage suddenly appeared in front of the voice of the Land. With a swift swing of his claw, he attempted to cut off the creature’s arm.
CLAAANK!
The creature’s arm proved harder to cut through than expected, even with Uchikage’s strength. He frowned, but it seemed that the voice of the Land couldn’t react to his speed.
There might still be a way. Although he couldn’t sever the threatening arm, other parts should be more vulnerable. Uchikage quickly distanced himself from the creature. But before he could do so, a black whip struck him.
“Ugh!?”
“Ha!!”
Karna sliced through the whip with her weapon, saving Uchikage from further attacks. The slight delay had allowed him to take cover.
Uchikage regained his posture, landed, and glanced at the voice of the Land. The elbow of the monster’s transformed arm writhed with a black whip. Karna approached, readying herweapon.
“Aren’t you supposed to be weak in close combat?”
“To compensate for that, I incorporate parts of the monster into my body.”
“I see, that makes sense.”
Learning from past defeats at the hands of Akki, they couldn’t afford to wait for their revival passively.
While only the arm had transformed into a monster for now, it was possible that other parts could be replicated. They had to be cautious in battle; otherwise, they might be caught off guard and suffer serious injuries.
The whips wriggled and regenerated.
Two whips, having struck the ground several times, were now heading toward Uchikage and Karna, albeit at a slow speed. They could handle it. Using their weapons, they cut the whips into pieces and evaded the attack.
“What a hassle…!”
“Couldn’t agree more”
The voice of the Land didn’t pay any attention to them. The whip was moving independently and launching attacks. They probably intended to leave everything to the whip.
However, since the whip’s speed was slow, the advantage was on their side.
“?Slowly?”
The voice of the Land suddenly felt its body becoming heavy. It noticed the abnormality, but it didn’t possess any skills to dispel debuffs.
“Tch.”
“Your opponent ain’t just them you know. ? Spear Tornado? .”
Theik, who had been floating and waiting for an opportunity, pointed his staff. He aimed for the moment when the voice of the Land shifted its gaze away from them.
A small gust of wind condensed into a spear-like structure, forming a sharp drill-like blade. Theik used the wind to launch it.
With its reduced speed, the voice of the Land couldn’t avoid it. Theik’s Spear Tornado struck the voice of the Land’s in the abdomen, sending its body flying. However, it managed to maintain its footing and slid along the ground.
It didn’t penetrate.
Theik noticed this and scrutinized it. His Spear Tornado was specialized for piercing, capable of going through rocks or anything else. For a human, it would have caused a significant hole in the body. It didn’t seem like a miss, and it should have hit directly.
If The voice of the Land had a defense similar to Reizen, then it might not have worked. However, The voice of the Land shouldn’t have that level of defense.
The voice of the Land endured the attacks for a while before finally moving and swatting away the Spear Tornado with its hand. As the dust settled, something previously unseen became visible.
The voice of the Land’s abdomen was covered in black scales.
“Wh-… what’s that?”
“Black scales? Impressive defense…”
“It seems close combat would be more effective. I’ll smash those scales with my battle axe!”
Yurie gave instructions to Pacc, who charged forward. Roze, after confirming this, provided support with her magic. To ensure maximum damage, Uchikage and Karna jumped onto The voice of the Land.
Uchikage’s strength wasn’t exceptional compared to ordinary oni, but he had enough extraordinary strength to lift large boulders. However, his weapon wasn’t suitable for this situation, so he entrusted the attack to Yurie.
“Karna-dono, please step back a bit!”
“Understood.”
” ? Kijin Yamikage? …” (Kijin dark shadow)
As Karna jumped away, Uchikage manipulated darkness to engulf The voice of the Land. Despite being trapped in complete darkness, The voice of the Land swung its arm without feeling anything.
However, its attack missed completely.
Then, its arm was severed.
“!?”
The monstrous arm was cut in half. What had been ineffective just moments ago now worked when it was shrouded in darkness. Attacking in a situation where nothing could be seen was dangerous.
The voice of the Land immediately tried to escape from this place, but it seemed like its location had been revealed.
“Over there…”
“Mnggh!?”
Space based skill is interesting
Kijin Yamikage captures one target in darkness.
That’s all it takes to sound somewhat normal, but the terrifying aspect of this is the ability to send slash attacks to any location. However, there’s a drawback: both the user and the target lose their vision. But for Uchikage, who always practices wearing a blindfold and relies on sensing presence, he can still locate enemies based on sound.
Furthermore, this space invokes fear. Since it applies to any lifeform with emotions, The voice of the Land was no exception.
“Don’t underestimate me…!!”
Shaking off its fear, The voice of the Land regenerated its arm in desperation and transformed into a monster. Its legs deformed as well, no longer resembling a human figure. The humanoid creature ran on all fours, and its speed was incredibly fast.
However, Uchikage continued to swing his claw, delivering slash after slash. Every strike hit without fail, cutting The voice of the Land’s body like it was being sucked in. But it seemed that the transformation into a monster had increased its recovery speed, as it quickly regenerated its severed arms and legs and resumed running.
“Gotcha…”
At that moment, Uchikage released Kijin Yamikage.
Suddenly, the surroundings brightened, causing The voice of the Land to close its eyes. In front of it, Yurie raised her battle axe high.
A powerful overhead strike.
The timing was perfect, and since The voice of the Land had its eyes closed, it couldn’t avoid the attack and probably hadn’t even noticed Yurei’s presence.
” ? Triple Strike? !!”
Thud!
Land’s Voice’s head was split open, and it was slammed onto the ground. At that moment, a second impact struck its body. Its body convulsed several times. As if following up, a third strike hit, breaking its bones.
The voice of the Land remained motionless, embedded in the ground.
Yurie distanced herself for now, sheathed her battle axe, and clung to Pacc’s back.
“Uchikage! The heck was that!? That’s amazing!”
“I confined it in darkness. I guided it over there.”
“Darkness? I didn’t see anything like that.”
“It seems others can’t see it.”
“Izzat so.”
Shuffle…
The voice of the Land’s body, which had been embedded, was lifted. Its head was still split open, and it remained in its monstrous form. Even the face that had barely been preserved had now transformed.
A four-legged beast.
Its head was split into two, and its eyes stared vacantly in their direction. It had a straw-like appendage in its mouth, and its skin was in tatters. Its clawed feet were sharp, and whip-like tentacles wriggled from its front leg elbows. Its hind legs were muscular and enlarged. The imbalanced appearance only added to its grotesqueness.
Covered in black scales, this eerie presence emitted a high-pitched, “Kyuuaaaa,” as it stared at them.
“Kiii!? Khhhsssssss!!”
“A foul stench is coming off it. It seems it’s no longer a god.”
Thud, it stomped forward.
With a forceful push from its hind legs, it exploded forward and collided with Pacc.
The sound of bones breaking was audible, and Yurie, who had been on Pack’s back, was thrown off.
“Gyagyaan!?”
“Waaaaahh!!?”
“What!?”
“Yurie!!”
That attack was at a speed Uchikage couldn’t react to.