
Rikka made a direct attack on Glasya-Labolas, but unfortunately her strength was not enough and this one attack was fended off completely by the spirit. Then, Glasya-Labolas raised his left arm that was still intact, then targeted Rikka who was right below him. This heavy attack would definitely give instant death if it hit Rikka's body. Henge no jutsu only changes shape, not for power and others.
*That!*
From the other hand, Claire used her whip to restrain the movement of this military spirit.
“Quick dodge! And, do not act rashly for the next,” Claire said not happy with Rikka's careless actions.
“Sorry!” Rikka jumped back, and ran away after that.
*drap!* *Drap!* *Drap!*
Miko replaced Rikka and kept running close to Glasya-Labolas.
*Srak!*
Right in front of Glasya-Labolas, he attached an explosive talisman before stomping his legs to give a retreating thrust, away from the massive body of Glasya-Labolas.
*bombs!*
Once again, an explosion occurred with a loud, deafening sound around.
It had been some time since Glasya-Labolas came out of his seal, but some spectators still found it difficult to get out of the arena, like a struggling fart out of pants. They were less concerned about the explosion and more worried about their own safety. Naturally, when the life on the edge of human horns will think of the things that are most precious to him.
“Does it work?” ask Rikka.
Miko, Rikka, and Claire stand on the same line, in front of a few steps from Glasya-Labolas. They observed the giant spirit that had smoke covering a part of its body. They hoped that if this spirit lost this attack, then they could relax more than being inside this life and death arena.
But unfortunately, this one creature is not that easy to be made up. He still stood firmly on the ground using both of his legs without any injuries on his body, except for his right wrist that had been wiped out as a result of Miko's previous attack. As expected of a top-tier military spirit, he had quite a good defense.
“Maybe, I had to strike at his joints to be able to inflict injuries. Even her thin looking stomach had a stronger defense than I imagined,” Miko said as she observed Glasya-Labolas.
“Hmm. Are you sure you can overcome such a big creature?” ask Claire. Attacking his joints should be more difficult because of the small field of attack.”
“Take it easy. I will use the Strength Self Talisman when approaching it. Using the support from Nekoma, this will be fine as long as I stay focused on his movements. Besides, he seems to be moving slowly and easy to read,” Miko replied.
“Even if you say he moves slowly, won't his movement not slow down due to its size when it is in the direction of the gravitational pull?” Rikka.
The nominal value of "average" on the Earth's surface, known as standard gravity, by definition, is 9.80665 m/s2, with mass force times the acceleration. Of course, there are differences in gravity in every region of the Earth's surface, but we take the mean. In school, usually the gravity of the earth is rounded to 9.8 m/s2 or 10 m/s2.
When an object moves against the direction of gravitational pull, then its acceleration will decrease as the amount of mass possessed. Glasya-Labolas that has a large shape has a deficiency in the form of difficulty he moves with his body weight. But when he fell, then the strength of his attack will be heavy according to the density and volume of his body.
“Have it done, don't complain too much. Our job is to beat or buy time against this spirit until everyone leaves,” Claire said. “It looks like he has no strategic thinking and is just attacking wildly. We will use the same tactics as before.”
“Hah... why should I be a victim here?” tanya Rikka sighed in annoyance.
Even if he is not happy with having to be the bait, but he still has the awareness that many lives are on their shoulders. If they escape, some people who are still jostling for a way out will be victims. Running is not an option at the moment and stalling is questionable until when to do it. There is no guarantee that help will help them as soon as possible.
Rikka again ran using monotonous movements, directly approaching from the front. Strategies? It seemed like it was not necessary in fighting a wild enemy. In addition, the elemental waffe has changed shape using Henge no jutsu so that it has a slim katana shape. Anyway, he wanted an object with a small cross-sectional area to create a greater pressure force on the target.
“Gurooo...” Glasya-Labolas shouted an indistinct voice, intimidating his opponent.
Rikka fearlessly continued to lung forward while preparing to dodge and use Henge no jutsu if she had to reduce her body size to flies like before.
Claire chased after Rikka and ran beside her. “I'll help you to hold it. Looks like our damage dealer needs a little more time to make a strong attack. He intends to end this in one strike.” He also slightly smiled as his blood boiled in a feeling of vigor.
•••••
—Miko PoV—
Huh, okay. Rikka and Claire risked their lives to give me more time in making the attack. They were counting on me to make a powerful attack that could end it. I should be able to defeat him quickly before we run out of steam in this place. I can definitely do it.
Explosive Talisman, Piercing Wind Talisman, Sharp Cutting Talisman, Lightning Bird Talisman, Strength Self Talisman, I don't have many options in attack. Not all of the attacks I had could exert any influence on this spirit. If I had to choose, my best strategy in launching a long-range attack would be to use the Piercing Wind Talisman to push out the other attacking talismans.
But this method also has weaknesses. The wind flow from the Piercing Wind Talisman was difficult to control. My enemy is only one, he has high defense and I need to attack his joints. This tactic is not suitable for use because it only has low accuracy. I had to use an attack that could hit his joints precisely.
In that case, I will approach him and stick the explosive talismans close by!
But other than this matter, I have a problem on which amount I have. I will deactivate Okuri-san and Kitsuna, then focus on Nekoma to increase my speed. In one strike, I should be able to defeat him before my mana runs out.
—Third Person PoV—
Miko deactivates the harness from Okuri. This is a very bold move because it makes it more prone to attacks. But from the beginning, was this additional defense useful against him? This was more or less not very influential from the start.
Just like before, Miko went through the detour from the arena, avoiding a direct step when it came to approaching Glasya-Labolas. The reason was very clear, it was to avoid the attention of Glasya-Labolas as much as possible and because the Author ran out of ideas in this battle. You yourself just imagine if you write action scenes so far.
The difference, this time Claire and Rikka gave out several attacks other than those who focused on dodging. Both of them as much as possible make the attention of Glasya-Labolas more focused on them and ignore Miko Yotsuya who will give an attack.
With the Strength Self Talisman clinging to his body and the wind flutter under his feet from the Nekomata, he moved faster and smoother. Just slightly adding the output of his magic, then he would look like he was hovering and not touching the ground at all. Well, this is enough for a start.
*Srak!* *srak!* *srak!* *srak!*
Up to the Glasya-Labolas that Claire and Rikka were bothered about, Miko immediately attached all the explosive talismans at the Glasya-Labolas joints. A tactic that can make the enemy lose in one attack with one big move.
"These are all explosive talismans. Back off or you'll be affected!" miko shouted a warning.
"Good, fine!"
"okay!"
Miko and Rikka immediately ran away from the Glasya-Labolas body with a lot of spell paper. Their work was done after Miko managed to paste all of the talisman paper, now they just needed to wait for Miko to run away and a huge fireworks explosion would occur.
*deg's!* *deg!*
However when Miko was about to pull back herself, she suddenly felt heavy on her body. 'What the fuck? Don't-don't, I've run out of nowhere?' His eyes widened as Glasya-Labolas slowly approached him. Not only that, it just so happened that he was near Glasya-Labolas because he had just finished gluing them the spell paper.
The ring-shaped elemental waffe of Nekoma disappeared when he ran out of mana. He is in a dangerous situation right now. But keep in mind, this kind-hearted Author will definitely make Miko okay. I'm sure you've been guessing this since you saw Miko in danger.
"Stop, don't get close ...," said Miko when she saw Glasya-Labolas getting closer to her. 'I should have calculated which amount I spent.'
"Miko!" Claire immediately runs towards Miko to save her.
The Glasya-Labolas movement was slow, but he was closer to Miko. On the other hand, Claire was faster, but the distance was also far as she ran as far as possible avoiding the previous explosion. Who will get to Miko's place first? Read this novel further.
*rap!*
"Akh..," Miko's voice as Claire uses her whip that ties to Miko's stomach.
Oh, he had already eliminated the flames in the Flame Tongue, so this was fine and not too hot (/= hot).
*srut!* *bugh!* *bugh!* *Shelf!*
Easily, Claire pulls Claire's body back. But because the pull uses a force (force) that is strong enough, Miko Yotsuya was thrown backwards, a few meters before she stopped because she hit the wall.
"Now! Blast him!" cue Claire.
'Can't you treat a woman more calmly?' inner Miko.
*bombs!* *bomb!* *bomb!* *bomb!* *bomb!*
Author is not Superman who has superpowers. The author is an ordinary human who needs to eat and drink. If you care, can you make a donation through Saweria? The link is already in the beginning of the CHAPTER.
*ss.*
The thick smoke dissipated with the Glasya-Labolas body that was completely left in place. The spirit completely disappeared from its place. Not a single part of his body was there.
"Yatta, we did it!" rikka shouted cheerfully.
"You, I thought I was great." Claire nodded with satisfaction and pride.
'Why are you happy? I was the one who made the explosion?" inner Miko.
With this, finished already their days in the face of Glasya-Labolas for a few minutes. Just like Albert Einstein's law of relativity said, these few minutes are long minutes for the three of them during a tense fight.
Is Glasya-Labolas over? Eits, no.
•••••
Just a moment ago, when the fight was in its purest stage, Keith had secretly dug a hole underground using his earth manipulation magic.
"Yosh, with this is done. I can carry out my plan" Keith's monologue as he stands at the side of the deep hole he made. "It's a good thing that I noticed System's notification of Miko and Rikka entering the arena, so I can come here on time."
Right now Keith was in observer mode, so he could not accept the attack. Wow, what a very cheating fashion.
"My plan is, I'll make a big hole under the arena. When Glasya-Labolas will be defeated, I will open the lid of the hole and let Glasya-Labolas fall into the ground. Glasya-Labolas that have a large body will find it difficult to get out of the hole, or even can not do it at all. Huh, it's taking me 5 minutes to dig this big hole."
Keith proceeded to climb up. He could choose what would pierce through his body and what would not penetrate his body during his stay in observer mode. He also chooses which body parts will penetrate and which will not. That way, he got into the solid ground, then moved up like he was climbing on a ladder. It was truly a very practical ability although the flaw was that he could not attack.
Above the arena, he only made a part of his head up to his eyes that were above the floor surface, while his other body remained within the ground. This was done to hide his whereabouts from the members of the group who could still see him.
'Alright, it's time to act, ' Keith's inner self when he sees Miko sticking a lot of amulet paper on Glasya-Labolas. 'I didn't expect him to use an explosion, but it's good that the smoke from the explosion will cover Glasya-Labolas.'
*bombs!* *bomb!* *bomb!* *bomb!* *bomb!*
Several explosions occurred. Simultaneously, Keith descended slightly underground on the empty space, entering participant mode, opening the door of the hole under Glasya-Labolas thus making this spirit fall, he said, then he closed it back and entered observer mode.
Furthermore, he descended downwards, continuing until the place of the Glasya-Labolas who had been the ones who had been helpless with many body parts had been damaged and a portion of the rest of his body started to become particles of light. Then, the existence of the Berserk spirit that made him crazy had disappeared and he had already returned to his normal.
"I only took the sustenance that happened to be in front of me. Please accept my contract and don't be angry." Keith entered in participant mode, glued his hands to the body of Glasya-Labolas, then began to contract.
*chuck!*
Good thing, he managed to make a contract this time. In his left hand, a spirit symbol was created.
[Dig! You have completed a secret mission. You get 3,000 points for completing a mission.]
[Dig! Keith Claes has completed a secret mission. You receive 2,400 points as payment.]
"Hmm. so I counted as a participant and admin when completing the mission, yes." Keith held his chin. "Goodoo. With this the chances of me going bankrupt are smaller. What good to buy when you have a lot of points, yeah."
———
Name: Miko Yotsuya
Condition: Online
Quotes/ideology: Ignore them, and they will ignore you.
Skill: Elemental Waffe, Explosive Talisman, Piercing Wind Talisman, Sharp Cutting Talisman, Lightning Bird Talisman, Strength Self Talisman.
Affinity: Fire, water, wind, lightning.
Points: 1,800.
———
Name: Rikka Takanashi.
Condition: Online.
Quotes/ideology: Those who saw my Tyrant Eye, made a soul contract with me!
Skill: Tyrant Eye, Henge no jutsu, Elemental waffe.
Affinity: Ground.
Points: 1,200.
———
Name: Kino.
Condition: Online.
Quotes/ideology: When you see a bird flying in the sky, do you not have the desire to wander?
Skill: Elemental waffe, Cheon Bu's External Energy Control from the Three Skills.
Affinity: Light.
Points: 2,787.
———
Name: Keith Claes.
Condition: Online.
Quotes/ideology: The world is not built by one person.
Skill: Earth Manipulation, Kaifuku Maho, Cheon Bu's External Energy Control from the Three Skills.
Affinity: Ground.
Points: 15.920.
———
[Rikka Takanashi, 1,400 → 2,200]
[Cino, 2,787]
[Miko Yotsuya, 1,000 → 1,800]
[Keith Claes, 9,240 → 15,920]