Chapter 124


Chapter 124 Strongest Sage, Counters


"This should do for now . "


I thrust my sword at the swinging arm of Void Eater, smash a magic stone and augment it with 【Special Mana Enchant】 .


And then a relatively st.u.r.dy barrier unfolds near the back of the sword and I augment the sword with another enchant .


--Right afterward, Void Eater"s arm plunges into the sword .


The barrier was destroyed instantly along with a loud roar, the Void Eater"s arm pa.s.sed through the s.p.a.ce where the barrier was--and flew in the air .


" . . . Ga?"


Void Eater looks at its own arm while looking like it can"t catch up what"s going on .


There is no arm from elbow down .


"Maybe I should have strengthened it a bit more . "


I checked the sword out while saying that .

No chips on the sword nor it is off center .


Looks like it"s rigid enough .


"I-its arm, in one blow . . . . What happened just now!?"


While standing in mid-air, I could hear Alma"s voice from far away .


"I fortified my sword with barrier for an instant . Countering gets easier the stronger the attack . "


. . . . That said, though it looks simple at a glance, this method is quite annoying with many adjustments necessary .


It"s pointless if the barrier is too weak, but too strong and the sword will be damaged .


This technique isn"t really usable unless the enemy is huge and st.u.r.dy .


"So you can use counter against monsters . . . "


"It"s actually easier than against humans since their move set is simple . You need to pay attention since they excel in power though . "


If my opponent is a human, I have to see through their way of fighting first before predicting the direction of their sword swing .


But in case of monsters, I get it somehow by reading their mana and muscles movement .


"No no, you can"t normally deal with the strength of a monster just by paying attention okay!?"


"Besides, look at the size of the opponent . . . . "


Ruli said that while looking up at the Void Eater who lost one of its arms .



"Do you think so? If they only have strength then . . . "


"Yeah . There"s countless way to deal with enemies that only excel in strength . "


A truly strong opponent, one with a certain degree of intellect at least regardless if it"s a monster, would be more trickier to fight .


Incidentally, those kind of enemies are way more fun to fight .


No matter how much strength it has, fighting something that has no intelligence will always end up being simple .


"These people are beyond help already . Their standard is broken . . . "


"Iris-san is a dragon rather than human though . . . . "


While having that conversation, I cut the regenerated arm that came swinging at me again with my sword .


Guess it"s more a front leg than an arm though .


Yup . It"s really simple .


Even though I can safely use 【Special Mana Enchant】 up to five times in this open place, there"s really no need to use it to the limit .


In fact, the Void Eater already looks exhausted from just losing two huge parts .


--And then .


"Iris, is it ready now?"


I glanced at Iris .


It"s a confirmation rather than a question .


Judging from the mana reaction, I already know that Void Eater"s back leg that Iris attacked earlier is at its limit .


Even though Iris"s spear can"t cut off a limb in one hit like with the sword counter, it still has quite the destructive power after all .


"Yes! I can make it fall anytime now! I think!"


"Alright, let"s go at it right when this thing makes it move!"


"I understand!"


The Void Eater made its move right when our discussion ended .


"Here it comes, now!"

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