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 245
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8-17. [Shock]
The magic that Sreiz unleashed, “Shock,” struck the angel at a much faster speed than any of the other magic knights. However, its accuracy was slightly off, hitting the base of the angel’s wing rather than a vital point. While it wasn’t a fatal blow, it did succeed in reducing the angel’s mobility.
“What…!?”
“It hit!”
Sreiz’s magic, Shock, was a spell he had honed to perfection with knowledge borrowed from Uchikage. It boasted precision, power, and activation speed that rivaled the best of skills.
The magic had three stages:
- The “Sniper” mode, using a raised index finger to target distant enemies.
- The “Pistol” mode, raising both the index and middle fingers for rapid attacks.
- The “Shotgun” mode, using all fingers except the pinky for widespread damage.
Sreiz wasn’t familiar with these terms, but Uchikage claimed they came from “knowledge from another place.” Though Sreiz occasionally heard similar terms during practice, he assumed they came from a weapon made by someone named Thekil.
However, the Sniper Mode was extremely difficult to aim. A small bullet was fired straight to distant targets, beyond what a bow could reach. Even a slight deviation of one millimeter would lead to a much larger error, potentially a centimeter or even a meter off the target. Achieving a direct hit with just his eyes was nothing short of miraculous this time.
The angel, having been struck in the wing, lost the ability to fly and plummeted toward the ground. However, it managed to glide with one wing, avoiding a fatal crash.
Shpppb-haaaam!
Meanwhile, the Water Hand, which had been cast earlier, fell. Thanks to Karna’s Slowly spell, the speed of the falling water had been greatly reduced, mitigating its impact.
Yet the water continued to flow as gravity dictated. Though the heavy-armored knights successfully blocked the initial impact with their Area Shield, the water spread like a tidal wave, sweeping away other units in its path. The damage was especially severe for the magic knights, who were carried away by the flood.
Only the heavy-armored knights remained unscathed, while the medium-armored knights sustained minor damage but were still able to move.
“Damn… Come, Crane! We must finish off that angel!”
“Wait, Sreiz-sama! It is out of the question for the king to act personally…! Use Shock from here to provide cover…!”
“Grgh…!”
Crane, the commander of the knight order, stopped him with all his might. What he said was right. As the king of Garott Kingdom, the most powerful figure in the nation, Sreiz couldn’t recklessly charge into the front lines. That was the very reason the knight order existed.
“You are needed to lead!”
“…Alright.”
Though torn by his desire to fight on the front lines, Sreiz managed to suppress it, trusting in the knights. He immediately sent several units of medium-armored knights to rescue the magic knights and reorganize the formation.
Crack…
A small sound echoed from the sky, barely noticeable, yet it felt thunderous to Sreiz and Crane on the battlefield.
Nervously, they looked up to see a large hole had opened in the dome-shaped barrier. Shards from the barrier began falling, crushing several of the heavily-armored knights below. The meaning of this was clear.
“They’re coming in.”
“Medium-armored knights! Quickly, rescue the magic knights! Reform the ranks, now!”
The barrier had been breached. From their position, they couldn’t see what was happening to Abyss and Lize, who were fighting above. But with no sign of Abyss’ massive form, it was possible he was still engaged in aerial combat.
Through the hole in the barrier, small white specks began to descend. Though still far away, it was easy to guess what they were—angels. And they were heading directly toward them.
Karna clicked her tongue, glaring at the angel kneeling on the ground, who was still recovering. She adjusted her grip on her trusted blade, taking a calm yet ready stance.
“You’re the only one left with any real skill.”
“I underestimated you all. I’ll need to reassess your strength,” the angel muttered.
“Where are the others with abilities?”
“In my faction, there are few with abilities. Just myself, and the one who unleashed that absurdly powerful attack. He can’t do it again, though. It’s a one-shot deal.”
“You’re quite the talker.”
“Not a fan of conversation? I don’t mind it—especially when it buys me time.”
Bubbling…
Suddenly, the ground around the angel began to boil, as if the very earth was heating up. The angel’s surroundings started to radiate intense heat.
“How about it, human with skills? Can you slow down even something as elemental as the earth itself?”
“Impossible.”
“Grgh!?”
The voice was right next to the angel’s ear. Before he could react, intense pain shot through his abdomen, and blood splattered across the heated ground. The angel’s face twisted in a rare expression of agony, a sensation he hadn’t felt in ages. Turning his head with a grimace, he saw Karna standing there, looking calm and composed.
“Things anchored to the natural world can’t be slowed. What would be the point of slowing down the ground? Even if you slowed part of a wave, it wouldn’t help much, right? But I can make things faster—like my own movements.”
“Even so… I doubt… you can dodge a wide-range attack! ‘Boiling Earth!'”
Bubbling intensifies…!
The ground beneath them roiled violently, and waves of scorching heat rushed toward Karna and the others. Instinctively, she shielded her face, but at this rate, both she and the other knights would be overwhelmed and dried up.
Karna knew she had to defeat the angel before that happened, but the angel had already seated himself at the center of the boiling earth. Any attempt to get close would surely result in being scorched.
What the angel didn’t realize was that Reizen’s “substitution” ability could absorb powerful blows but was weak to elemental attacks like fire and ice. This weakness extended to him personally. Despite his high defensive capabilities, elemental skills still caused damage.
Karna smirked. “In my current state, this is going to be tricky.”
“Hahaha…! Farewell, human—”
The angel’s head suddenly jerked, followed by violent convulsions, and then he collapsed to the ground. Karna exhaled a sigh of relief and raised a hand in acknowledgment toward her ally, who had struck the final blow.
“It’s worth trying, isn’t it?”
“You certainly gave us a scare… If that had failed, the angel would’ve turned its attack on us next.”
“We got him, so that’s what counts. Now, prepare yourselves. The angels coming now are weaker than this one, but they possess pseudo-skills, which are stronger than regular magic. Stay alert!”
“””Yes, ma’am!”””