The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 97: Strategy of Resistance
The blade that came from his arm swept over and cut down the nearby trees. Such overwhelming power, but the movement had many gaps.
Eve swung her elemental aero, «Ray Hawk». The wind from the head flew towards Lucia. But then, «Sycla» Fortress disappeared.
And suddenly, Lucia immediately appeared in front of Eve. As if he was gliding, his mobility was completely different from when he was flying.
"Geev!"
Victoria unleashed her Fire Whip and quickly caught the hand of the fortress spirit. The attack was slowed down, but that was it. That power is very strong.
"Send me!"
The one blocking the attack was a knight with a shield. Knight spirit Tiana, «Deus El Machina».
The friction between the iron boots and the ground pushed the knight and captured the spirit of the fortress with his body. But even a knight spirit that had extremely strong defenses could not handle the full might of the fortress spirit. The armor began to twist and the shield cracked.
"Stop, Deus El Machina!" Tiana was crying in pain.
"The missing queen, I think you're smarter."
"Right, I-but I also like my stupid self."
Hearing that, Lucia proceeded to swing her robot arm down mercilessly which led to Tiana.
"I won't let that happen!"
Immediately, Victoria jumped towards the attacker's arm. The sword arm was struggling with the fire whip.
Just then, Lucia fell into their plan, the flame whip was not supposed to stop the movement, but to get close.
(At this distance will not be hindered by armor!)
Victoria later revealed one of her specialties, high-speed casting. Towards the surprised Lucia, Victoria unleashed her strongest spell.
* ᛒ ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ ᛖᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ *
"Well, oh the red flames that call for destruction, Hellfire!"
Inside the vortex of red flames, Lucia was burning all over her body.
"Aah!"
This was the first time she let go of the cry of pain.
"Damn it, this fly!"
As his arm returned and was about to attack Victoria, a strong wind blew from above.
"Sister, be aware of the truth!"
Surrounded by the wind and quickly attacking from above, it was Eve's special skill. With its aeronautical elemental «Ray Hawk», it pierced Lucia's chest.
"Well!"
Eve did not stop there. He continued his attack with his strongest spell.
* ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ*
"O wind, blow with the wild!"
And with the release of the spell, the chaotic giant Tornado flew «Syclla» Fortress and Lucia's body. Then the wind stopped and hit the ground.
"Well, huh...."
Through an attack that burned all of his energy, Eve immediately sat down. Victoria also breathed a sigh of relief and licked her lips.
"You're too arrogant, Lucia. You stupidly came out on your own."
"The fool is you, Victoria Blade"
"Well?!"
Looking at the dust that was beginning to settle down, a gigantic shadow was moving.
"For a truly strong person, a person who has no power is just an obstacle."
After the sand settles, «Sycla» Fortress appears once again. Just like the walls, the composite armor did not have a single trace of damage.
"Disappeared!"
The armor was instantly unleashed, countless cannons were fired at once.
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POV: Kirigaya Kaizo
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Kaizo firmly clasped his fist, and looked towards the monitor. Victoria's movements look more like trying to fight a giant monster than a sword style.
Even if it was unimaginable, this fight would become very close. But looking at Lucia again, it seemed like she was filled with strength once again.
(To maintain that type of spirit, you should use a lot of Divine power.)
Through the giant monitor, Eve bravely stands up against Lucia.
(Heh, he can still stand.)
It seems like handing it to Victoria was the right choice. With Kaizo, even if he could free her, he could not give her the courage to stand up again.
The strength of an army, not only shown in a fight. To be able to let a comrade stand up again after losing all hope, it also showed the strength of a party.
(No matter what, he is a great leader.)
Observing the intense fight and giving calm orders was Victoria's job.
Analyzing each person's strengths correctly and coordinating them can take a party's power to a new level.
To be able to get different people who specialize in different things to work together, he believed normal people would not be able to do that.
(Perhaps, she may have stronger leadership skills than her sister.) Kaizo surprisingly thought that way.
(But, Lucia is very strong. It didn't matter whether it was because of his contracted spirit or his determination that made him stronger, compared to him 3 years ago.).
"Kaizo, what's wrong?" Nyx anxiously looked towards Kaizo.
"Haha, no problem." Kaizo lightly patted Nyx's silver hair.
(I believe this fight will become more intense.)
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POV: Eve Veilmist
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And at the same time the cannon lit up.
* ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛉ ᛒ ᛋ ᛏ ᛗ *
"Frozen Ground!"
"Is the divine power of the castle girl unlimited!?" The aura began to sweat.
Compared to the power, «Freezing Arrow» was immediately on top of it, but as they continued to fire, the elemental aero Lucia had a tremendous advantage.
(We cannot continue in this way, we will lose.)
"My knight spirit has also reached its limit." Tiana let out a heavy sigh.
The shield that always held the cannon, also had many cracks. And through the surprise attack, Victoria and Eve were also unable to get close.
In front of the undamaged fortress, the actions of Team Salamander had been sealed shut. That way, they could only patiently wait until Lucia's divine power was emptied, but the knight spirit protecting them could not hold on for another 10 seconds.
"So, we still can't beat brother." Eve regretfully bit her lips.
"You're completely different, have you shown any weakness this time?"
"But-but...." Eve looked beside him and looked at Victoria.
"Didn't you make an appointment with those two people?"
"Ha ha, that's right." Eve slowly raised her head.
(That's right, I can't be defeated here. I made an appointment with Rin and Misha, already)
(And I also swore to show brother my way to the Knights. Escape is not an option!)
"But what should we do? With that barrage, we can't even get close."
"I still have a secret weapon. I'll use it."
"Is that possible?"
"I don't know. But, this is the only way left." Victoria who looked ahead spoke.
"Md. Right."." Right." Eve also nodded.
"Victoria! I can't take it anymore!" Tiana's screams were filled with pain.
The knight spirit blocking the barrage also ended up kneeling down. With a merciless streak, it turned back into a ball of light and disappeared.
At that moment, Victoria started running. When all the cannons were focused on the knight spirit, there was one loophole, that chance was that moment.
At the same time, Eve also started running in the opposite direction. Lucia makes an instant choice and decides to attack Victoria first.
Targeting the captain was a reasonable choice. Victoria anticipated that.
"Flame!" With that shout, the elemental aero returned into the shape of a Salamander. It flowed through the rain barrage, and slowly approached Lucia.
"It's useless!" Lucia who roared, used her attacker's arm and attacked the Hell Salamander.
Furthermore, the cannon focused on Salamander, despite noticing Victoria's approach, Lucia realized without her elemental aero, she would not pose any threat.
The approaching Victoria then placed her hand on the fortress spirit armor. Then, release the spirit magic.
* ᛒ ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᚠ ᚢ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚨ ᚲ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚹᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛁᚠ *
"You are ice-hearted, aware of my anger and lamentation, Bloody Maria!"
The magic made whatever the palm touched vibrate in high frequency, and caused it to overheat. Since it could only be released through direct contact, it was an extremely difficult magic to use in battle.
"Idiot, you really think you can break through my fortress spirit armor with magic?" Lucia said in a cold tone.
Because of her attacker's arm, Victoria's small body hit the ground with a strong impact. The next moment, Aura released her ice arrow, and it pierced through the spirit armor of the fortress.
* ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ *
"Frozen Ground!"
"Don't I tell you, what!?"
The surface of the fort armor cracked. Lucia opened her eyes wide in shock at what she saw in front of her.
"It seems, it's useful." Victoria who was on the ground muttered by wiping the blood from her lips.
"Using the temperature difference and causing destruction, i-that's your goal!?"
"It's just a basic group strategy when you have a fire spirit and an ice spirit."
It was Victoria's secret weapon. Although the success rate was low, but they eventually managed to find a weakness. And the cracks on the armor increased.
"Ohhhh!"
The strong wind that surrounds Eve unleashes her «Ray Hawk». With his destructive power, he attacked at high speed. The spear broke the armor and pierced through Lucia's chest.
"Sister!"
Eve's brown eyes looked at Lucia's cold blue eyes. The strongest knight in the Academy started to show fatigue.
* ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ *
"O wind, blow with the wild!"
With the same attitude «Ray Hawk» strikes, Eve releases her strongest wind.
A strong wind destroyed the weakened elemental aero. Lucia, whose armor had been smashed flying through the air, painfully fell to the ground.
"Huh, huh, huh..." Eve gasped limply to her knees on the floor.
"Have we, succeeded?"
Lucia is currently on the floor. Seems unconscious.
"I...."
"Huh?"
(No, he didn't lose his consciousness.)
Lucia started to shake violently and muttered, "I, I certainly can't lose here!"
"What?" Victoria raised her eyebrows. The scene before their eyes was unbelievable. The elemental aero that was supposed to be destroyed turned into something.
"It's starting to turn into a different thing!"
"Why-sister?"
Eve stayed, not knowing what to do.
"A-ahhhhhh!" Inside the Astral Spirit forest, echoing Lucia's roar.
...
*Connected.....
*Note: This story is fictitious. If there is a similarity in the name of the character, the scene, or the story, it is a mere coincidence and there is no element of intentionality.