I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 145

5-28. Pseudo Skills

The woman before us wore a thick coat cinched at the waist with a cloth belt. Her gloves were bulky, and she wore waterproof boots. It looked as if she were dressed for mid-winter.

She was clearly a woman, her chest slightly pronounced. Despite her slim figure, her build indicated she had been training. Her long, purple hair flowed down to her waist, swaying in the wind.

I was surprised to find that her abilities weren’t angelic. However, humans had attacked us before, so I quickly assumed a combat stance and focused. The spear from earlier had high attack power, but it lacked Ouren’s ‘Defense Penetration’ ability, making it easier to deflect or endure.

I also had a ‘Substitution’ spell cast on Amariaz, so I wasn’t too worried about his safety. This meant I could afford to fight more recklessly.

After all, brute force was my specialty. But…

“She’s human.”

“She’s definitely enhanced with a magical tool.”

“Is it Thekil’s tool? It’s impressive.”

“Now’s not the time to be impressed.”

As Amariaz and I talked, the woman formed another spear in her hand. The way she created it resembled Amariaz’s ‘Air Pressure Sword,’ but her spear was solid. Clearly different, but there was no time to ponder it further.

The woman raised the spear and threw it. The throw seemed casual, but as soon as it left her hand, its speed increased dramatically, whistling through the air toward us.

I stepped forward and struck the spear’s point, diverting its trajectory. It flew backward, smashing through several houses before the crashing sounds faded. I couldn’t tell how far it had gone, but Amariaz seemed to understand.

“She’s using two skills.”

“Really? Skills?”

Amariaz used the term ‘skills’ instead of ‘magic.’ Realizing what this implied, I frowned. Could this mean she was another person who had lived for four hundred years?

But Amariaz shook his head.

“Pseudo skills. I see.”

He spoke a familiar term—one that Ouren had mentioned when deciphering the unreadable parchment after breaking his seal in the devil territory.

“Is this what the Four Heavens Church is trying to do?”

“Exactly.”

Amariaz clicked his tongue as he struck down the second spear with her ‘Air Pressure Sword.’

“A higher-tier magic but lower-tier skill—that’s what pseudo skills are. And they can be implanted in humans.”

“Does that mean we could face strong enemies who aren’t angels?”

“Exactly. This might be an experiment, though.”

“A trial run?”

“They probably wanted to see what they could achieve. So somewhere…”

Amariaz hid behind me, leaving the spear attacks to me, and closed his eyes to concentrate. I deflected several more spears, sometimes trying to throw them back but failing and sending them flying backward instead.

Amariaz seemed to find something. He opened his eyes, focused on a point, and tossed a small, semi-transparent sphere into the air.

“Yuuzen! Hit that over there!”

“What? Alright!”

I was surprised but quickly identified the direction Amariaz indicated. I formed a fist, waited for the sphere to fall, and struck it with precise timing, activating my skill.

“Explosive Fist!”

The moment I heard a faint pop, an explosion followed. The small sphere shot forward like a bullet, perfectly hitting the target Amariaz had pointed out. She briefly panicked at the speed but clenched her fist just as a dry crack echoed in the distance.

It was a heavily compressed ‘Air Compression.’ Amariaz timed it perfectly to burst on the distant target.

Peering closely, I saw something white falling. It seemed that was the entity observing us.

As I confirmed this, something struck my head. My neck jerked, but the impact wasn’t severe, though the force was considerable.

“Ugh!”

“Taking a hit from that spear and reacting like this, your defense is amazing.”

“Well, yeah.”

Though unharmed, I rubbed the spot where I was hit and looked at the woman. She was creating another spear.

We had to deal with her. If she kept throwing those, this entire area would be destroyed… well, more destroyed than it already was.

“…?”

Just as she was about to throw the spear, she froze. Like a statue, she stopped moving, and the spear slipped from her hand, embedding in the ground without any force behind it.

Then, she slowly collapsed.