Metal Slime 234
Chapter 234: Wind Magic of 2nd Level TL : Cnine ED/PF : Part 1 「What the heck is that sword?」 Akito exclaimed upon seeing the terrifying am
Chapter 234: Wind Magic of 2nd Level
TL : Cnine
ED/PF :
Part 1
「What the heck is that sword?」 Akito exclaimed upon seeing the terrifying amount of magical power converging around Kayla's great sword.
It might look powerful, but it was meaningless if it couldn't hit the target. As expected, Sol Mantis was moving swiftly around Kayla, trying to find an opening to attack.
「Oh no! You can't hit that fella with that great sword, looks like I'll have to do it after all――」
When the worried Akito was about to raise his Gae Bolg, Kayla raised her sword overhead.
「OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!」
A massive amount of magical power was released from the sword that was swung down. A wind that was akin to a typhoon was generated, stopping not only Akito but also Sol Mantis in its tracks.
"Was this wind magic of the 2nd rank?" As soon as Akito thought this, the wind suddenly disappeared.
「Eh?」
As Akito looked around in surprise, he noticed a transparent sphere had formed in front of Kayla.
「What the heck is that?」
The transparent sphere wobbled gently and started to suck surrounding air. The flow of wind reversed and was drawn toward Kayla.
Akito stabbed Gae Bolg into the ground and managed to brace himself, enduring the sucking force.
However, Sol Mantis lost its footing and was pulled in toward Kayla.
Kayla readied her great sword horizontally, enveloping it with the magical power of wind. In the moment when she crossed paths with the restricted movements of Sol Mantis, her swung sword cleaved through the mantis's body, cutting it in half.
The monster from the deep floor fell to the ground, and despite supposedly having a powerful regeneration ability, there was no sign of its body repairing itself.
Akito was at a loss for words seeing such a vivid attack.
「So this is... The wind magic of the 2nd level.」
Kayla exhaled a long breath as she dropped her sword.
Kayla glanced at the corpse of Sol Mantis and confirmed that its lower half was gradually turning to sand.
「Nice battle! I've never expected that you can use such amazing magic.」
Kayla turned her eyes toward Akito, who was approaching with the spear resting on his shoulder, and said, "Ah."
「That's the wind magic of 2nd level, 【Vacuum】. This time around, I only used it to restrain the monster's movement, but a direct hit from that magic will instantly turn the monster into mincemeat.」
「Wow... That's brutal,」 Akito said, smiling wryly as he looked at Kayla, who spoke coldly while looking at her sword.
At that moment, there was a faint sound from behind.
When Akito turned around, the upper body of Sol Mantis had raised its arm. Akito immediately reacted, but the wind blade was unleashed from the swung-down arm.
The wind blade headed straight toward the defenseless Kayla.
「WATCH OUT!!!」
The tip of the lightning spear that Akito thrust out barely struck the "Wind blade," shattering it into pieces.
He then pointed the tip of his spear toward the critically wounded Sol Mantis and unleashed a black lightning strike.
The monster struck by the lightning became charred black and crumbled into fine sand.
「... It still attacked even in that state? Man, talk about being tough.」
「Sorry, I let my guard down. And thanks for saving me.」
Kayla apologized with a look of regret, and Akito waved his hand lightly, saying, "It's not a big deal."
He walked over to where Sol Mantis had died, crouched down, and brushed the sand off the ground.
「Oh! This is...」
Akito picked up a small gem from the pile of sand. It was a green-glowing gemstone, a green diamond.
「Big sis, can I have this magic gem? I really want it.」
Akito held up the small diamond he pinched between his fingers and showed it to Kayla.
「S-Sure. It's not like we need a magic gem right now. But what are you going to do with something like that? Are you going to sell it when we get back to the surface?」
「Well, something like that.」
Akito waved his hand and walked away. Kayla furrowed her brows.
In a situation where it was uncertain whether they'd even make it back alive, yet he was thinking about money. Kayla was both exasperated and impressed by Akito's strong entrepreneurial spirit.
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Yuuma and Rui fought desperately, managing to break through the monster's encirclement.
Rui sheathed his sword with a composed expression, while Yuuma was panting heavily, almost on the verge of collapsing.
Akito regrouped with the duo.
「What’s with that battle? How long did it take to defeat such weak monsters?」
Yuuma was too exhausted to the point that he couldn't even refute Akito's joke.
「It seems the Sol Mantis is defeated without a hitch.」
Akito nodded at Rui's remark.
「Well, it's more like that big sis defeated that monster herself.」
「Kayla-san did that?」
Rui almost couldn't believe what he heard.
「That big sis used the "Wind Magic of 2nd Level," as expected of the little sister of Darsha Brahman, the strongest seeker in India.」
「I see.」
When Rui shifted their gaze, there was Kayla, leading the other seekers. She was giving instructions to everyone, and it seemed they were heading toward the exit of this floor.
「Let's go.」
Yuuma said, "O-Okay," and somehow walked, using the pickaxe as a cane. No matter how much healing magic he could use, it couldn’t restore his stamina.
Yuuma looked at Rui and Akito, who were walking with calm expressions. Neither of them seemed to be exhausted.
――Even though I've undergone training, are they by chance training even harder than me? Or is it simply the difference in basic stamina?
Since he wouldn't understand no matter how much he thought about it, Yuuma followed the duo in silence.
Akito, who had come up beside Yuuma, suddenly held out his hand to show him something. Resting on his palm was a green gemstone, shimmering brightly.
「This is――」
「It might be small, but this is undoubtedly a "Green Diamond." I also received permission from Kayla.」
「Ooh! Thanks a lot, Akito.」
Since he had been wanting to strengthen his wind magic, this was a timely assistance that he needed. Yuuma lightly wiped the magic gem with his clothes, then popped it into his mouth and swallowed it.
Since it was small, no water was needed. After a while, heat began to rise from his abdomen.
With this, his magical power of wind should have increased. Yuuma clenched and opened his hands, thinking that he didn’t feel much difference. Still, he moved forward with the other seekers toward the next floor.
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253rd Floor――
The group continued to move forward as they struggled through the swamp. By the time they reached this point, the number of the Indian seekers had decreased even further, and there were less than seventy left.
Even so, they were the ones who had survived through hell.
They didn’t back down and fought in coordination with their comrades even against the monsters of the deep floor.
「Alright! We defeated the tree monster, what’s its name again? Kalpavriksha, right? Once you find the main body, it’s really not that tough.」
Akito spoke confidently as he brushed off the vines that had wrapped around the Gae Bolg.
Rui, who had been engaged in a one-on-one battle with the Sol Mantis, seized a brief opening and swiftly decapitated his opponent.
The body of the Sol Mantis, which exploded and caught fire, turned to sand without being able to regenerate.
Rui wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and walked over to Akito.
「It seems that luring the Sol Mantis into the treacherous swamp was a good move. There's no way we can defeat that monster in a battle of speed.」
「Yeah.」
Akito turned his attention to the battle of the Indian seekers.
「It seems like the others are putting up a good fight too. We might just manage to get through this floor.」
「Yeah, the monsters are getting stronger and stronger. It would be great if we could keep going like this all the way to the bottom floor, but...」
Akito nodded in agreement at Rui’s words, but then he noticed something.
「By the way, where's Yuuma? I haven't seen him.」
「Eh? He's supposed to fight the earthworm around that place until a while ago.」
Akito and Rui looked around, their eyes darting back and forth. When they circled around an ancient tree, they started to hear a sound.
There, they could see Yuuma's figure.
His legs flapping nonstop as the upper half of his body was being swallowed by a giant worm.