Chapter 183
Sogou Ayaka POV>
After hesitating for a bit, the onis started attacking me.
“We should be able to kill her if we charged at her with our number.”
–or so they seem to have decided.
However, the onis have no way to deal with me, now that I have released my limits.
With the scattered corpses of the onis behind my back, I returned back to protecting the circle formation.
[Ayaka-chan…… Thank goodness, thank goodness……]
The weeping Moe wiped her tears.
Smiling towards her, I nodded in response.
(Even so……)
Inherent Skill.
I can’t believe that I unlocked it at a time like this.
I’ve already stopped relying on this—- but for it to appear at this timing…
I was a little puzzled.
However, I instantly shake off the bewilderment I’m feeling.
The onis aren’t the only enemies we have.
There’s still the medium-sized and even some larger monsters closing in.
I guess all I have to do now…… is kill them.
I’ll do whatever it takes to protect my people.
[……………………]
I remembered that to activate your inherent skill, you would have to p.r.o.nounce the name skill’s name.
Lightly exhaling, I regulate my breathing.
[————] (T/N: Armament Battle Formation)
Then, it suddenly appeared in front of me.
A sphere.
It looks like mercury but it also looks like melted lead.
A large silvery sphere floating in the air……
It’s happened just slightly, but its surface silently rippled.
[What’s this……? What does this thing do?]
Summoning my status display, I quickly checked out the skill entries.
Information has been added to the skill column.
Under the skill’s name, something was written on it.
(Create? The ability to create something……? However, what does this create and how could I do that……)
In the meantime, the monsters came rushing in.
Perhaps, the only people left who managed to survive in this neighborhood were me and the others..
[Ugh……]
I’ve certainly learned an inherent skill, but I don’t know how to use them.
However, I can’t afford to take my time trying this skill out.
Once I exterminate the nearby monsters while my limits were released—– I’ll open up a way for the others.
I greatly leaped at the large monster which had its arms outstretched, standing in our way.
Stab!
I deeply pierced my spear on the large monster’s forehead.
Then, I immediately used , and tried exploding its head from the inside.
However…
[……………………]
I was only able to shave off about a fifth of its face.
I didn’t manage to stop its movements.
The difference in our sizes—- this was the bottleneck that I need to confront.
Just like that oni earlier, I can deal with them if they were just a little bigger than a human.
However, no matter how many unordinary movements I can make while I released my limits—–
(Against large monsters like this, I can’t help but feel like my power isn’t enough due to the difference in our size……! Even after I shaved off its head, I can’t believe that it could still move like this……!)
Violently shaking its head, the large monster shook me off.
Landing on the ground, I quickly turned back and readied to attack again.
With my feet that had its limits released, I kicked off the ground and leapt, trying to twist the blade of my spear into the wound I shaved off earlier.
However, that’s when it happened…
[———!]
I noticed that part of the circle formation was crumbling.
Moreover, when Kayako was trying to kill a nearby monster, another monster came swooping in behind her back—–
[No! Suou-san, behind you!]
(! No……)
My voice isn’t reaching them.
They seemed to be struggling against a medium-sized monster and everyone’s attention was on that one.
The other children also seem to have their hands full dealing with the monsters that are closing in on them.
Right now, I was in midair after I leapt.
There’s no way for me to suddenly rush towards them while in midair.
I glanced at my hand.
I guess I have no choice.
I threw the spear that was in my hand.
In the back of the head of the monster that was closing in on Kayako, the spear powerfully pierced through.
That’s also when Kayako finally noticed the monster that was closing in from behind her.
And that’s also—- when they noticed my condition right now.
[Sogou-san!]
I don’t have a weapon in hand.
No—– It’s not really reliable, but I do have a spare weapon.
I reached for the dagger on my waist.
Glare
The eyeb.a.l.l.s of the large monster whose face I had shaved off was turned towards me.
At the same time, the monster stretched out its hand.
Without hesitation…
[!]
I plunged my dagger, which had its blade strengthened with magic, into the monster’s eye.
[Gyaaaaaooo!]
The monster screamed and violently shook its body.
I’m thrown out towards the air.
[!]
Losing control of my body while in midair, the monsters simultaneously jumped towards me.
Even though I’ve released my limits, I’m entirely defenseless in midair.
My dagger is still impaled in the monster’s eye.
I don’t have any weapons now.
[H- Hey, Nihei! The President’s in danger!]
[H- Half! Can half of us go save the President!? Oryaaahhh!]
[Kuh, it’s impossible! All of us were focusing everything on our defense!]
Neither nor can be activated without weapons.
I’ve already tried doing that before.
If only I had a weapon…
Whatever weapon is fine.
It doesn’t have to be a spear.
Even if it’s a sword…
Anything.
If only I had a weapon in my hand.
[……?]
Suddenly, the liquid metal-like sphere contracted and took the form of a sword.
The next moment, that silver-colored sword flew at a frightening speed—–
Fwwwssshhhh!
—and placed itself into my hand.
Without any time for me to guess what happened—- I swung my sword in midair.
No need to do those useless swordplay.
I began cutting the monsters attacking me into pieces, one after another.
I finally land on the ground.
The corpse of the fallen monsters rolled around me.
I looked at the sword in my hand.
It really fits in my hand…..
I grip the handle with all of my strength.
(Create…… “Creation”…… Does this mean that it’s an inherent skill that generates weapons at my request……?]
Behind me, the large monster that shook me off was about to attack.
Strengthened after I released my limits, I dodged its attack.
I took a glance at the circle formation.
They’re alright.
Their formation isn’t crumbling anymore.
As the monster’s arm crashed on the ground and the dust fluttered about, I decided to aim at the monster’s legs.
(If I can’t destroy its head, I should at least destroy its legs……)
It’s unclear if I can take away its ability to move with just a single strike.
The range and power of my is proportional to the size of the weapon.
Therefore, it’s less effective against larger monsters.
Since there still are other monsters I need to look out for, I can’t spend too much time fighting one of them.
That’s why I aimed at its head first, a body part where a person would be mortally wounded even if they’re struck with lesser force.
(It’s now vigilant after being struck on the head…… In that case, I’m sure that it wouldn’t be vigilant for a strike on its legs……! If I could somehow skillfully do this……)
Kicking off the dust, I lunged forward.
I slipped beneath its guard and approached as far as my blade could reach the monster’s ankle.
Along with a loud scream, I thrust my sword.
However, just as I was about to thrust my sword, I was struck—-
—-by surprise.
[———-Eh?]
[Gyaaaauuuaaaaaahhhhh!]
The monster roared.
The thing that pierced the large monster’s leg was—-
A gigantic blade.
The blade was part of my sword.
Yes…
[Its blade—– became larger……?]
At the moment I was attacking, the blade of my sword became gigantic.
Moreover…
(I don’t feel its weight……)
This sword certainly had ma.s.s.
This sword certainly had power from its strikes.
However—- it feels light.
Trying it out, I slashed my sword overheard, to a gyaku-kesa.
(T/N: 逆袈裟 / reversed kesa. It’s a slash from bottom right to the upper left.)
Slash!
With the diagonal slash trajectory intact, the monster was split in half.
This certainly is a huge blade that was just the right size at killing this large monster.
Influenced by a sense of unreality, I gulped as I looked at the sword.
After defeating the monster…… the blade of the sword returned back to its original size.
(That means, this is……)
I began pondering.
(A weapon that changes its size at will…… matching with the opponent’s size……?)
Moreover, I can’t feel its weight at all.
(Creation……)
The ability to grant a weapon sought by the skill user.
a.s.suming that was so…
(Maybe I could get another weapon……)
[I want—-]
Running forth, I sharply muttered.
[Weapons.]
The sword in my right hand splits.
One of the newborn swords fit itself in my left hand.
And when I arrived near the circle formation—-
A slaughter began.
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Or perhaps, it would have been better to call it a one-sided slaughter.
The screams of monsters whirled around the area.
Although I stayed quiet, my appearance as I draw near them looks ghastly—- For I’ve only brought slaughter, slaughter and slaughter.
The weapon in my hands will change its appearance in various ways depending on the situation.
It would sometimes be a sword, sometimes a spear, sometimes an axe, and sometimes a sickle—-
All of these weapons were fluidly used by me.
The Kisou-ryu is a school that was originally designed to be used in a real battlefield.
Spears would be our main weapon, but the weapons that the enemies and allies used on the battlefield also “counts” in the weapons we use.
Even the bamboo spear and chained sickle used by those refugee hunters were added into the a.s.sumption for weapons to be used.
And by extension, the ability to fight empty-handed and even the change in the way we fight on different battlefields……
Yes, in the end, the Kusou-ryu is a school that—–
—teaches every kind of martial art.
Silver weapons were floating near me.
I had generated a weapon in the air ahead of time in case I need to use it next.
I would sometimes throw my weapon, and they would come back to my hand again.
However, while the weapon I threw is still returning, I would also pick up another weapon and chop up the nearby monster with these weapons.
After gaining the super speed from releasing my limits, the monsters couldn’t follow me anymore.
A silver world that can be transformed at will.
In this battlefield, the S-Rank Hero had transformed into a limitless fierce G.o.d clad in silver light.