Chapter 165


Chapter 165 Strongest Sage, Sees Through the Ploy


I position myself relative to the demon while readying my sword .


Positions are important for the success of this plan .


Right when our positions are such that the trap is straight ahead of me, I run forward .


And then . . .


『Now!』


The moment I stepped on the installed trap .


I gave Ruli the order through the Dragon Vein on my feet .


There"s not enough time to wait for her reply, but I"m sure it will go well with Ruli .


『Quickly--』


And the moment the other demon contacted this demon .


The surrounding mana fell into disorder, cutting off the transmission .


--It"s the best timing .

『Eh, what just!?』


The demon is bewildered that he couldn"t catch the order .


Outwardly, he looks ready with his sword pointed at me, but it"s obvious that he can"t focus on the combat .


This demon probably never expected that their communication magic would be jammed .


I"ll use all the attacks I can use on this huge opportunity .


『Magic Debuff』, 『Barrier Breaker』, 『Anti-explosive Reinforcement』――


I augment three magic on the sword and swing it toward the demon .


And here"s the important part .


There would have been no need to create an opening if it were just for one blow .


Right before the sword hit--I deployed a small attack magic on my left hand and shot it at the demon .


And then an explosion that"s too big for the magic I shot occurred at the place the magic hit .


"Wha . . . "


The demon sounded shocked .


That"s right . This explosion is the ploy to block my sword .


--Explosive Reactive Magic Barrier .


This barrier will create an explosion at the place my sword hit it to push it away .


Because blowing the sword away is the same as blocking the magic augmented on it .


However--there"s no way this large of an explosion can be triggered in succession without a time lag .


Once it blocked an attack, it should need at least half a second for the second explosion to trigger .


That"s why I purposely triggered an explosion right before the true attack, the sword, hit it along with the augmented magic .


And the sword hit the demon--


The barrier that wrapped the demon"s body broke with a gla.s.s-like breaking sound .


"You monster!"



The demon who noticed the barrier"s destruction activates the trap magic on my feet in a hurry .


My attack this time was for breaking the barrier, thus the demon could still move freely even after getting hit .


However--


" . . . Why doesn"t it activate?"


The demon activated the trap .


Ruli used the 『14th』 magic, nullifying the activation .


"Activate? What are talking about?"


I swing down the magically augmented sword at the demon as I said that .


This time it"s a genuine attack stressing on firepower .


I didn"t have much time to prepare so it"s not powerful enough to defeat a demon of this cla.s.s in one hit, however-- .


"Gu-GUAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"


However, it"s enough to cut off the demon"s wings, preventing it from flying .


Now the enemy can"t run .


This demon will have to die here .


『Oy, what"s happening!』


『I don"t know, the comm suddenly got cut off--my barrier has been broken! He got my wings too, I can"t fly anymore!』


『 . . . Do not panic! Go with plan B!』


The comm magic was restored and the demon received a new order .


It appears that these demons have prepared a second plan .


--However, they don"t have anymore chance to win now that the barrier has been destroyed .


Next, I just need to have them show their cards and beat them .

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