Joining hands with Leona.

As for the results so far, I was at the mercy of her movements.

...... No, I didn't expect to be so at the mercy of an opponent who really fought with technology.

 

"You can't just hit them.

 

While shattering the ice on her right arm with a sword, she looks at Leona at the end of her line of sight.

Leona's fighting style is tricky, using ice magic and swordsmanship.

Perhaps, when he fought Charon, he used the same tactics as he does now, and outlasted his attacks.

 

"I didn't mean to be naïve......

 

She was stronger than I expected, I guess.

I took a small deep breath to calm my mind and opened my free right hand.

If you punch and kick like you used to, you can't win.

 

"Leona, I'm glad I was able to fight you today."

"What's wrong?" All of a sudden?"

 

Leona, who was frowning at my sudden words, was confused.

 

"I have a lot to learn, I haven't trained enough, I don't know how to fight at all. Until now, the way I've fought has been nothing more than violence and brute force left to my trained body."

 

Even when I was about to lose, I worked together with my friends to overcome it.

However, in the future, there may be times when you will fight alone without relying on your friends.

 

"I've realized my immaturity, and I just need to work on making up for it."

「...... It's positive. You're ......."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't be here."

 

If I can't be positive, I'm broken somewhere by now.

At my words, Leona said something and moved her lips slightly. He seemed to be muttering something, but because of the distance, his murmur did not reach my ears.

...... It bothered me a little, but I'll get to that later.

Switch your mind and raise your fists.

 

"At the moment, if my attacks are being read, it's counterproductive to play with them poorly."

 

There is nothing more dangerous than a burning blade.

That's why I'm going to shatter her reasoning with a frontal breakthrough without any tricks.

Leona braces herself for a slightly lowered body. He doesn't have any weapons or anything in his hands, but I don't underestimate him enough to let my guard down.

 

"I'm going......!"

 

Kicking the ground with all his might, he heads towards Leona.

Poor close-quarters combat is made to her good. Stand around with the intention of killing them with one blow!

 

"I don't hesitate to use my power!"

"Huh!"

 

As I approached with my fists clenched and in one breath, Leona wielded an ice sword that seemed to be mistaken for a great sword.

The greatsword, which was emitting something like frost, approached me so fast that it didn't seem to be wielded by her slender arms.

 

"If I had to remake it, I'd break it again!"

"If only I could do that! Crush it and show it!"

 

It doesn't matter if the size or material changes.

He was about to swing his fist at the approaching greatsword, but the moment his fist touched the greatsword, the blade burst like a balloon.

 

「!? ...... a revelation."

 

The blade burst open, and a large amount of frost covers my upper body, turning my vision completely white.

...... Ahh The goal is not to attack, but to destroy my view!

At the moment when I came to that thought, I heard the sound of something hitting each other in succession above my head.

 

"Swords! Catch him!"

 

Along with the voice, something falls from above.

With his vision covered in white, he jumped backwards and saw a clattering sound on the ground in front of him, as ice swords crossed each other.

...... blinding and restraining to block my movements!

This person's skills are too varied!

 

"There's no time to rest! Usato!"

"I know!"

 

Leona grabbed the ice sword she had created from her palm and slashed at her.

I raise my fist to intercept her immediately, but my smile twitches when I see the three ice swords floating behind her.

 

"You have to do this......!"

"Shhhh

 

At the same time as I dodged her slash, three ice swords attacked me as if in pursuit.

As expected, the movement is monotonous, but it still strikes at different timings, so you can lose your consciousness considerably.

 

"Will you still be able to handle this?"

"I'm desperate here, but hey!"

 

In effect, it is a situation where you have to deal with four swords.

Leona's favorite blow is Leona, but the ice swords that attack around me at different times don't give me a chance to counterattack.

Somehow, while deflecting the attack, he knocks off Leona's swinging ice sword and breaks it, but it is quickly repaired from the broken part.

Isn't it? It's ice, so you can fix it right away.

Stop destroying weapons and hit Leona directly. If this continues, I will not be able to do anything and will be pushed away.

 

"Hmph!"

 

He smashes one of the ice swords with his fist and strikes Leona in the main body.

I jumped up from the spot and dodged the other two, and as if to match Leona's attack with a stab to match the jump, I made a half-turn in the air and performed a heel drop with momentum.

However, the ice sword that I had just shattered transformed into a circle and was deployed as a shield in front of Leona, blocking my kick.

 

"What!?"

"By force!"

 

I was only thwarted for a moment.

However, Leona, who took advantage of the momentary gap and stepped in at once, hit my empty torso with a stab that carried momentum.

I grabbed the tip of the ice sword, but the momentum didn't stop and it stuck in my pigeon tail, and I was blown backwards as hard as I could without moving in the air.

 

「...... Whew!"

 

I barely made it in time, but I didn't kill the momentum of the thrust and landed on the ground with a full rotation.

The operation of magic bullets shown by Kazuki in Luxvis.

With three swords...... What's more, she herself is taking part in the attack.

Kazuki is stronger in power, but when it comes to technique, Leona is better than Kazuki and her seniors at the time of Luxvis......!

 

"Oh, it's dangerous...... Whew."

 

When he looked up, he saw a number of ice swords raining down.

I roll sideways to avoid it, but the ice sword keeps falling at me without a break.

 

"You're coming to beat me thoroughly...... Leona!"

 

As it is, he can't reveal the truth, so he generates a large healing magic bullet with his palm, throws it at the ice sword that rains down on him, and knocks it down all at once.

 

「......! Dropped!?"

"I don't want to spare any of this!"

 

I, a healing wizard, throws a healing magic bullet at Leona, who is upset that she broke the ice sword in the air.

Even if a normal opponent would eat it, Leona would easily prevent it. In fact, it was the case with Fegnis, the Commander of the Samarian Knights.

That's why I try to approach it in a way that follows the healing magic bullet without any hesitation.

 

"Magic bullets......!?"

 

Leona, who prevented it with an ice sword that controlled healing magic bullets, created an additional ice sword and shot it out.

I'm sure that the ice sword that will rain down from now on will be interwoven with magic bullets that will stop me from moving. Also, unlike the dagger I mentioned earlier, it is falling as if it is being drawn to me.

In order to not be able to stop moving and to get closer to Leona...

 

"You just have to avoid them all!"

 

I have a trained eye and body.

Then you just have to believe in it and move forward.

Instead of hesitating, I take a step forward.

 

"Oooh......!"

 

He catches the ice sword that rains down like rain with his eyes and dodges it while running.

As the ground cleared and ice shards fluttered in the air, Leona continued to move forward, and at the end of the road was Leona with a surprised expression.

 

"Whew!"

"I got it!"

 

He brushes the cold air away with his hands and swings his fists at her.

My fist was blocked by layers of ice shields in the air, but I shook off my fist and let the shield hit Leona directly.

 

"Oh, ......."

"Is it shallow......?"

 

Did you jump backwards and get swept away? Then I'll hit you right next time!

He raises his fist and tries to charge again.

Leona looks at him painfully as she lands on the ground, throws away the half-broken ice sword she must have used for defense, and closes her eyes.

 

"I have no choice but to use it, ......."

 

She murmured softly, and began to trap her magic in both palms.

It's not just a matter of holding on to magic like it used to. The beautiful light blue magic power with a sense of transparency, the pigment becomes darker as the magic power is poured.

 

"-Uh-huh, let me do it!"

 

That was all I knew she was trying to do.

That's why I had to stop.

At the moment when I kicked the ground with all my strength and tried to close the distance at once, the color of her magic changed to something dense faster than I was.

 

"Olaa!"

 

Kick it off before you do anything.

At the moment when she was swinging her fist, Leona laid her hands on the ground with a surprisingly calm motion, and muttered the words in a voice that I doubted could be heard.

 

"--Strengthening the system"

 

In an instant, a wall of intense cold air appeared between me and Leona.

 

●

 

Lineage enhancement with ice magic.

Leona, who is a hero, created an ice wall by strengthening her lineage.

The ice wall is so transparent that you can't tell if there's a wall there.

But it was immediately clear that it was not just a wall, as the intense cold air that radiated from it.

 

"--First of all!? ...... Whew."

 

Before I crash into the ice wall that appeared just before I could swing my fist, I plunged my foot into the ground and braked.

I felt intense pain in my legs, but I still managed to stop just one step before crashing into the ice wall.

 

"What......!?"

 

It's not like it hurts to crash head-on into a wall like this! There is even a possibility that your consciousness will be skipped!

What kind of timing does this person come out?

Leona, who was on the other side of the crystal clear ice, was looking at me with a breath on her shoulder, but her expression was frustrated.

 

「...... That's it...... Is it?"

 

...... If I take a detour, I can defeat Leona.

It's the same as if the game has already been decided.

She made a last-ditch attempt to strengthen her lineage and failed.

...... If you want to win, you can go directly to Leona......

 

"It's different......

 

There's no way I'm going to take a detour here.

This is Leona's trump card.

That's why I'm in the power I am in the current situation...... I want to know how well my fists can ......!

 

"I'm going! Leona!!"

「......!? Usato, what are you doing--"

 

In the face of that, I'm not so focused on winning as to hold my fist in the air.

I slammed my fist into the ice wall with all the strength I could in my current position.

 

"Olaa!!"

 

A strong sound like metal striking called "squeaking" echoes in the training ground.

The ice wall is so cold that the breath you exhale turns white, and you can feel the freezing cold in your fists.

A serious fist that can be put out now.

Slowly release the right hand that struck you and look at the place where you hit him.

There's a --

 

「...... Tsu! Haha......"

 

The ice wall that he had slammed with all his might was there without a single crack.

It's not like the time of the Evil Dragon. This wall was so solid that I was even convinced that I would never be able to break it now.

Ice system magic system enhancement.

The characteristic of the system reinforcement that Leona uses is to create an ice wall that nothing can break.

No, if you become a wielder like her, even a mere hard wall will turn into a nuisance. In fact, if it weren't for me, I would have crashed head-on into the ice wall that was released at that time and seriously injured me.

 

"I still don't have enough training......

 

Aware of her own immaturity once again, she looks at Leona, who has been motionless with her hands on the ground since earlier.

She can see through the wall of ice, shaking her upper body and about to fall.

 

"Leona!?"

 

I ran to her as she staggered to the side, hurriedly supported her, and looked sorry with her slightly unfocused eyes.

I told Alc, who ran up to me as well as I did, while supporting her, that we were done together.

 

"Leona, are you okay?"

"I'm sorry...... The magic power is running out. I think I pushed myself a little too hard....... After a while, it ...... get better."

 

It's true that if you use that much magic, it's not surprising that your magic power is about to run out.

Besides, lineage enhancement uses more magic than normal magic.

For the time being, I will apply a healing spell to cure fatigue.

 

"It's amazing. I didn't think it would prevent even my best efforts."

"Hahaha, even Charon can't break it, it's the only skill I'm proud of. ...... That also failed."

 

As she said this, looking up at the ice wall that still existed, Leona, who had become much more ruddy, laughed helplessly.

 

"If we had hit a wall of that strength head-on, it would have been Leona who would have won."

「...... Oh, you didn't win."

"Well, I stopped with a brute force."

 

To be honest, there was a considerable load on my legs at the moment of stopping.

It's okay that he was instantly healed with healing magic, but if he made one mistake, he might have been knocked unconscious by the impact of crashing into the wall.

...... I don't think I'll faint from the impact of my thrust and laugh at .......

 

"Are you okay!?"

"Oh, it's a light spell ......, thank you Usato, I'm okay now......

 

Leona said this to Aluk, who ran up to her, and she staggered to her feet.

After confirming that Leona and I were not seriously injured, Alc relaxed his shoulders as if to reassure him.

 

"Well, I wasn't sure when to stop you, when Lord Usato hit Leona with his demon form, I was always ready to stop you, but it seems that it wasn't necessary."

"Did I look so scared?"

 

As for the appearance of the demon, I ...... that my expression is becoming more and more monstrous.

Mr. Alc smiled wryly at me, who was sober and depressed, and looked sideways at the ice wall created by Leona's lineage enhancement and let out an exclamation.

 

"Is it a defensive system enhancement, or is it correct to say that it has produced ice that apparently has no impurities whatsoever?"

"Oh, yes, I understand ......."

 

Alc thinks as she presses her chin against it, and Leona affirms.

Ice, in which there are no impurities whatsoever? I don't know what it is, but I'm sure it's a substance that is stronger than I think because it was created by magic.

 

"I don't think I'll be able to prevent even Lord Usato's fist ......."

"No, I don't feel like it's going to break at all, I've never seen anything like this before."

"He's a knight that Mealark is proud of."

 

Leona looks a little embarrassed by Alc's words that seem to praise her.

Alc stopped to say as if she sensed something, and turned her gaze to me.

 

"Now, Lord Usato, did you gain anything from joining hands with Leona?"

 

What do you get?

I nod my head at Aluk's words.

 

"I have strength, but I don't know how to use it, and fighting Leona made me realize how much I relied on my senses and strength to fight."

"That's enough to understand, because it's important to be aware of everything you do."

 

I'm an amateur when it comes to fighting.

But you can't be an amateur forever.

 

"We have very little time to train, and I'm going to ask Lord Usato to learn only the basics of fighting. In your case, if you can get your posture and mindset right, you'll be stronger than you are now."

"Posture and Mindset"

"Usato-sama is a little too powerful, we need to learn to control our own power first."

 

Control of forces.

Is that what I need to be stronger than I am now?

Then you have to wear it. I'm sure you'll need it for the rest of your journey.

 

"I'll do my best to fill what you're lacking within this period."

"With Leona's help, we have a hundred people, and we can count on them."

"Well, I'm ...... enough to be told that."

 

I nodded at Leona's words, which turned a little red, and I slapped her cheek and bowed my head as hard as I could.

 

"Thank you very much!"

 

These few days until the special armor is ready.

I'm going to retrain in order to gain new strength in this place.

 

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This time, it's .......

If it was a match with rules, she would have won when she had suppressed Usato.......

However, in the end, it was a victory for Usato, who had a lot of power left in the end.

 

* The postscript has been partially corrected.