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 191
7-11. Ineffective Attacks
Dacia and Iubora simultaneously spread their wings wide.
With a single flap of their wings catching the wind, they instantly reached their top speeds and rapidly closed the distance.
However, Dacia was still the faster of the two.
The speed enhanced by the dice remained intact, allowing Dacia to approach the angel’s front in the blink of an eye.
For some reason, the previous attack had no effect.
This might be the case again, but they wouldn’t know without testing it.
So, Dacia swung the longsword downward, delivering a slash.
The angel didn’t even show any signs of dodging.
Dacia didn’t spare a glance and only kept her eyes on Iubora approaching from behind.
Bang!!
Dacia’s longsword struck the angel’s shoulder squarely.
Yet, as expected, it didn’t cut through.
“You bastard, what did you do…?”
“??I simply reduced the threat.”
With a swift movement, the angel retracted one arm and thrust the palm forward as if punching the air.
A solid mass of air seemed to assault Dacia, producing a thudding sound and a shockwave.
Unable to resist the force, Dacia lost balance and was sent flying into the distance.
Flapping his wings, Dacia managed to regain posture and saw the angel, Altez, engaged in a hand-to-hand fight with Iubora.
“…Doesn’t require contact… ? Or is there a cooldown period?”
Earlier, Altez had used ‘Universal Hardening’ to solidify the sea.
Furthermore, Iubora, having been hit by that attack, was immobilized and sank into the sea.
Although the basic mechanism of ‘Universal Hardening’ was understood, its activation conditions remained unclear.
It was thought that contact would harden even living beings, but given the ongoing melee, that didn’t seem to be the case.
If mere touch was enough to harden living beings, Iubora would have already been immobilized.
So, the activation conditions were either stringent, or there was a cooldown period.
Of course, there was also the possibility that Altez was deliberately not using it…
In any case, continuing the melee was not ideal.
Iubora should be aware of this as well.
Yet, Iubora continued to engage in close combat… because that was his specialty.
“‘Flesh Transformation’”
“Ugh!?”
The moment Iubora threw a punch, multiple sharp tentacle-like appendages shot out from his arm, all piercing Altez.
The reason he hadn’t used this until now was to lull the enemy into a false sense of security.
He had engaged in a prolonged hand-to-hand fight to prevent the enemy from realizing he possessed a special transformation technique.
It was a gamble given the potential for hardening, but having succeeded, Iubora smiled confidently.
“Even if you can die a few times, I’ll make sure you can keep dying repeatedly.”
Iubora’s arm melted into a white flesh mass that grew exponentially, defying its original volume.
It engulfed Altez, contracting at regular intervals.
The flesh mass, now incapable of maintaining a human form, remained attached as it severed from Iubora’s body.
Iubora, with a newly grown arm, picked up the now slightly larger ball of flesh and tossed it lightly in his hand.
“Even an archangel is no big deal, huh?”
“??Is that what you think?”
“…What?”
Turning around quickly, Iubora found Altez standing there.
He immediately broke apart the mass of flesh he was holding, only to find that neither flesh nor blood spilled out.
There had been nothing there from the beginning.
It felt as if even his senses had been deceived.
Altez, looking satisfied, rotated his neck with a cracking sound.
“??That makes three.”
“What the hell… is that guy?”
Iubora knew that multiple deaths were not a problem for Altez.
That was why he had confined him in such a way, but it was all in vain.
What kind of skill was it?
It was clear that it was a skill for revival, but it seemed like it could erase and reconstruct the corpse.
This was clearly no ordinary skill, and figuring it out in the midst of this battle seemed nearly impossible.
Altez turned his hollow eyes toward them.
He laughed eerily, shaking his shoulders, and created a single needle of light in his hand, pointing its tip towards Iubora.
Iubora had a bad feeling.
Swoosh.
“Gah…”
A thin beam of light pierced through Iubora.
However, the wound healed instantly, as if nothing had happened.
Seeing this, Altez tilted his head in confusion.
“??Immortal?”
“It seems we’re in the same boat.”
Two beings that could not die.
It appeared their respective skills were causing this stalemate.