Uh-oh.
As the ground shook, I lost my footing―
The next instant, I was blown off directly to the side!
I set up a barrier just before it hit and suppressed the power. Since I blocked it with the Replica sword, there wasn’t that much damage.
But, an attack that shakes the ground is troublesome.
My timing is going to be delayed when I lose my footing.
『What kind of? Can’t do a thing?』
The guy prepared the same attack again.
I dodged it to the side in the same way and at the moment when the ground was about to shake, I jumped.
『Fool!』
The guy stopped in the middle of his first attack, at a trajectory like the character “レ” , unleashed his second attack.
I can avoid it quickly with【Teleportation】if I like but I intentionally used【Wind magic】’s wind gust and dodged the upward attack. And, as it is, I swung down the Replica sword towards its defenseless head.
*Thud*
With a dry sound, the helmet that the Prince was wearing, split into two.
『What!?』
Riding on the momentum, I destroyed the Prince’s armor in the same way.
「Curse you! What a cheap bastard, doing such strange movements!』
Then, aiming at the Prince’s body that has become bare, I slashed using the Replica sword.
……But.
The Replica sword, which cut the Prince’s body about 1 cm, stopped.
『Was that an attack? With such an attack, you can’t damage this body of mine!』
The Prince triumphantly laughed loudly.
I give up, the attack doesn’t go through, there’s no choice but to attack using magic. But, I don’t want to reveal too much of my magic.
I put away the Replica sword and took out the【Knife】made in japan instead.
『What’s that small weapon?』
The Prince’s laugh immediately ceased.
*Pierce pierce*
I approached while dodging the Prince’s club and kept stabbing the Prince’s body producing spattering sounds.
『It hurts! How can you pierce my body with such a weapon!?』
In this way, I could defeat him if I just kept on stabbing *splatter spatter*.
Just when I thought so―
The prince, at the moment when the knife pierced, contracted its muscles on that spot making the knife can’t be pulled out.
I was puzzled for an instant on how to pull the knife out. The Prince having completed its aim, swung down its club.
I promptly throw a【Lightning fist】. The Prince became paralyzed, stopping its attack. I hastily pulled out the knife.
Dangerous!
After that, it became a one sided development.
The Prince gradually lost the sharpness of its attack from bleeding and pain. I can now easily get close.
After attacking with a stab, I paralyzed him using【Lightning fist】.
As for pulling the【Knife】out, rather than pulling it out as it is, *grind* I rotate it and pull it out after the wound expanded.
I considerably get used to handling the【Knife】. Not only stabbing, I can now also use it to cut.
When such a thing continued for a while―
The Prince, who was covered with blood from all over, knelt down at last.
『I, I……』
Leaving those words unsaid, the Prince fell on his face and didn’t move anymore.
I dealt the finishing blow and cut off the prince’s neck. When I put the knife away in the inventory―
The『Gaze』I felt all the while, finally disappeared.
『Level went up to 35.
【Short blade techniques】acquired.
【Short blade techniques】is now level 4.』
As there was a level difference, I leveled up at once.
But, battling while hiding the trump spells till the last moment was really tiring……
When I checked the map, with Elena’s participation, the monsters had been nearly wiped out.
I can now finally let out a breath.
And I returned to where Elena is.