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 157
5-40. ?Emotion Consume?
As Amariaz followed suit, wielding his ‘Air Pressure Sword’ and stepping forward.
“Hey, hey, I told you to stay back, I’ve got this.”
“I have my reasons, too. I really want to take this one down.”
“…Well, I guess it’s fine.”
“That’s good. Yuuzen-kun, could you handle the ‘Substitution’?”
“It’s already set, so no worries.”
“Oh, that’s a relief.”
Should we hang back, then?
Let’s focus on protecting my moms.
For now, I’ll deploy the ‘Pneumatic Barrier’ and focus on defense. This should keep us relatively safe… right?
With both Ouren and Amariaz taking the lead, I’m a bit worried. But I’m sure they’ll be careful.
I watched their backs as they moved forward. Ouren, holding the Hakuryuzen, moved with a calm, steady stance.
“Amariaz, do you know that guy?”
“No, but you can tell, right?”
“…Yeah, I get it.”
We turned our eyes to the angel flying in the sky. He continued to watch us without making a move. This was unsettling, but without knowing his skills, we couldn’t make a move either.
Especially with an angel’s skills, who knows what kind of unique abilities he might have. We couldn’t attack recklessly.
Probably, the angel was thinking the same. He was waiting for us to make the first move, but with Ouren’s countless attack options, this standoff was meaningless.
“‘Multiple Water Spears’.”
Water rose up and took the shape of spears. Using the water that had been absorbed into the ground earlier, the creation speed was extraordinary. About four hundred spears were formed. Although Ouren felt it wasn’t quite enough, he didn’t let it bother him as he controlled them.
When the spearheads aimed at the angel, he frowned. They came at him just as he blinked, but he didn’t panic.
He raised his arm and swung it. In that instant, all the incoming spears were blown aside. The impact dispersed the water spears, turning them back into regular water that was absorbed into the ground and vanished.
“…Oh?”
“Is that… ‘Wind Fist’?!”
“What’s that?”
“Think of it as an invisible fist.”
“Wow, that’s a pain.”
“And it can change size freely.”
“That’s a huge pain!!”
From that attack alone, we could tell the range of his attack was very wide. To have knocked away about four hundred spears, the fists created by ‘Wind Fist’ must be quite large. Unfortunately, this skill couldn’t be detected by Ouren’s ‘Mist Manipulation’ or Amariaz’s ‘Spatial Awareness’.
“Isn’t this really bad?”
“That’s why I said he’s an enemy worth drawing that sword for.”
“Looks like he’s serious, too. Time for us to get serious as well.”
Ouren took a stance. He lowered the Hauryuzen into a side guard, aiming carefully. He took a light breath, then exhaled with a soft sound as he swung the blade. The wide, powerful swing from the side guard cut through the air with a high-pitched sound.
“‘Heaven’s Split’.”
With a roaring sound, the slash from ‘Heaven’s Split’ shot straight at the angel. The villagers watching were wide-eyed with surprise. Some of them trembled with fear, and from their heads, a yellow-green mist floated up.
“‘Wind Fist’.”
BANG!!!
A sharp sound rang out, and a violent wind blew through the area. It was hard to understand what had happened, but looking ahead, the angel was unscathed. He hadn’t moved at all and continued to collect and consume the mist floating up from the humans.
What was that? Looking at the humans, it didn’t seem to have caused any physical harm. But it was clearly a skill. Whatever it was, it had to be benefiting the caster in some way.
“Hey, Amariaz, what is that?”
“…I have a hunch.”
“That’s impressive. So?”
“But I don’t think we can stop that skill.”
“Why not?”
“…It’s called ‘Emotion Consume’. Basically, it feeds on human emotions and converts them into power. To stop it, we’d need to kill the humans.”
“Oh, that’s not an option.”
Ouren clicked his tongue in frustration after hearing the explanation. He didn’t want to harm humans. Killing them would label him as a villain for sure. He wasn’t counting the humans who had allied with the angel and attacked them, though.
“So brute force won’t work. We’ll have to create something that can’t be blown away by the wind.”
“I don’t have any skills like that, so it’s up to you.”
“Got it. Leave it to me. ‘Earth Spirits’!”
Ouren infused his magic into the ground. In the next moment, a massive earthen wall rose up in front of the villagers. The shaking earth made it hard for them to stay on their feet, but this should block the angel’s view and protect them from any attacks.
The angel frowned upon seeing this. Human emotions swell when they can see what’s happening. Merely hearing things doesn’t provoke the same intense feelings, so the emotional fluctuations would be shallower than before.
“So, you’ve figured out the essence of my skill. As expected of a demon.”
We couldn’t afford to lose more humans. However, the angel likely found it difficult to kill humans too. We had managed to draw him out to the front lines, but it seemed we had underestimated him.
“Let’s move forward.”
The angel folded his wings and dropped in free fall. He landed lightly, like a cat, then leaped and spread his wings again. With a single flap, he caught the wind and accelerated towards Ouren and Amariaz.
As he closed in, he swung a massive scythe, aiming for them with a powerful slash.