Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival [WN] - Chapter 124.2
Dooon!!!
Carla’s magic exploded nearby, which was the cue for me and Gilgan to jump forward at the same time.
Gakiin!!!!
The machete and dagger clashed and sparks flew, and Gilgan caught my knife with his burnt dagger in his left arm.
There was no point in me, who was inferior in terms of muscle strength, fighting with Gilgan head on. However, Gilgan, who injured his left arm, seemed to be in the same condition, as he launched a kick at me after blocking both of my weapons with both of his hands.
“Ha!”
“Kuh!”
I quickly blocked the kick with my knee, but my light weight knocked me away. But that was intentional and blocking his kick with my knee had given me some distance, and after doing a light somersault, I landed on the ground and kicked a stone to stop Gilgan, who was trying to chase.
By using various tricks on our clash, I was finally able to have a decent fight with Gilgan, who was Rank 5.
Still, the difference in rank 1 between me and Gilgan remained because of me lacking in critical blows to decide the match. So, how do I bridge that gap… it was getting him to this location, and from now on, the difference in our focus and resolve would be the difference between victory and defeat.
Booom!!!
[Gaaaah!!!]
“Ahaha?”
There was heat and an explosion of flames, the loud laughter and roar of madness.
Gilgan’s consciousness was momentarily distracted by the hot wind and flying pieces of rock, and with my knife, dodging only the lethal debris, I timed a leap and slashed Gilgan’s shoulder, splattering blood.
“You crazy son of a…!”
“Didn’t you realize it already?”
How could any sane person single-handedly make an enemy of the Assassins’ Guild? Gilgan’s eyes showed a faint hint of fear for the first time as he watched me continue to wield my blade, despite the blood pouring from my forehead from the debris that grazed me.
“[Ash Crowned]!!!”
Gilgan released a Roar that could [Stun] me with all of his might.
“Kuh!!!”
That skill, which stopped me in my tracks for a moment, should be difficult to resist, unlike [Intimidation] or [Phantom Pain]. I braced myself to fight off Gilgan’s blade, and as he raised his machete and concentrated on unleashing his Combat Skill, a “Wind Magic” suddenly came from an unexpected direction and sliced through Gilgan’s back.
“What?”
“Uooooooohhhh!!!!”
*Dosa!
As if to gouge out its slashed back, the boy who jumped in who in a knight outfit pierced deep into the wound he received.
The two boys – the Crown Prince’s entourage – succeed in inflicting a deep wound on Gilgan, who lost concentration and turned all of his remaining consciousness toward me. But it was only a shallow wound.
“You little bastards!”
Gilgan aimed to strike the boy knight with an elbow strike while still being pierced in the back, and aimed a throwing knife at Mikhail, who interrupted the fight with his magic.
“Damn!”
“Mikhail!”
Not enough? A little more? What do I need? I need speed. I need speed that no one could match. The Iron Rose was still unusable. But I should be able to remember. Remember that quickness. My body should have remembered it, that quickness.
At that moment, my consciousness switched. In the gray vision that flowed slowly as time slowed down, I concentrated the magical power that had been flowing through my entire body into my two legs, and at that moment, my body, leaving even sound behind, flew out like a flash, and the dagger I could barely grip, ripped deep into Gilgan’s neck.
“Ugaaah!!!”
Gilgan’s decisive cry echoes, as I leaped past him, rolling once on the ground and using both arms to brace myself. I release Intimidation to interrupt the two who were still fighting in the direction of my movement, and in the cloud of dust caused by my move, I launch my knife and dagger at the two, aiming at their eyebrows which they easily blocked.
“That’s as far as you guys go.”
[Gaah…]
“Aria… you’re bloody again.”
Carla, whose white skin was coiled in a pattern of black thorns, spilled red blood from her lips as she smiled weakly.
“…Kukuku.”
At that moment, I heard a voice from Gilgan, whom I thought I had killed, and I immediately pulled a throwing knife from my thigh and prepared to throw it.
My legs were spurting blood from my skin as if my capillaries had burst, and I was unable to move as my knees twitched. But Gilgan’s wounds were clearly fatal. Gilgan, who was standing, spilling a large amount of blood from his neck and rapidly losing the light of his life, looked only at me and laughed slightly, lifting the edge of his mouth.
“No way…. I didn’t expect you to crush my guild as well…Ash Crowned Princess, from your point of view, was I the one who wasn’t fighting a serious battle?”
“…”
The difference between Gilgan’s obsession with fighting and my desire for victory?
“You win, Ash Crowned Princess…but don’t relax just yet. He, the one-armed man, is always after you.”
“Where is he?”
I asked in a low voice as I held up my knife, although he did mention that he was in the castle of the nobility of the aristocracy. Gilgan laughed at my question, blood spilling from his mouth as if he might choke, and then looked at me with his eyes, which were losing their light, and laughed even more.
“He only told me to find you, Ash Crowned Princess…! Now then, will it be you or him who would win… I’ll be waiting in hell to see which one of you comes first… hahaha…”
Saying only that, he fell to the ground like a puppet whose strings were cut, and the fire of life of Guild Master Gilgan of the Assassins Guild’s Southern Frontier Branch was extinguished from this world.
“…”
The rescue mission of the Crown Prince’s group received from Elena was completed. Those two who intervened in the battle also ended up saving me and without serious injuries. There should still be some aristocrats in the Second Order who were involved in this matter, but from that point on, it was Elena’s job.
But as Gilgan said, I should not let my guard down. To prevent me from escaping, he said he would go after Elena, whom he knew that I was willing to protect, so Elena would still be in danger as well.
But now that I had some clue as to his whereabouts, there was no need for me to be on the receiving end. The fact that he even leaked information about himself to Gilgan, just as he leaked information about me to Gilgan before that, indicated that he was “provoking” me.
He wants me to find him on my own, and if I couldn’t find him, I wouldn’t even be qualified to fight him.
…Next time, I would definitely kill him on my own.
“…”
At that moment, I felt a strong gaze and turned my eyes to see the dark blonde girl I had seen at the entrance ceremony smiling at me, and our eyes met for a brief moment.
I felt a faint sense of déjà vu as I caught a glimpse of the dark fire burning deep in her eyes.
“That girl…who is she?”
[Aria (Alicia)][Race: Human Female][Rank 4]
[Magic: 136/300][Strength: 98/250]
[Strength: 10(14)][Endurance: 10(14)][Agility: 17(24)]2Up[Dexterity: 9]
[Dagger Art Lv.4][Taijutsu Lv.4][Throwing Lv.4]
[Archery Lv.2][Defense Lv.4][Manipulation Lv.4]
[Light Magic Lv.3][Dark Magic Lv.4][Non-Attribute Magic Lv.4]
[Life Magic x6][Magic Control Lv.4][Intimidation Lv.4]
[Concealment Lv.4][Night Vision Lv.2][Detection Lv.4]
[Poison Resistance Lv.3][Abnormal Status Resistance Lv.1]
[Simple Appraisal]
[Total Combat: 1339 (1576)]43Up
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