Begol charge at us again. Higanbana rushes to the side and fired several icicles. He followed Higanbana and tried to claw at her. His speed increases so he got up close faster than I expected but I was able to cast a barrier.
He immediately pulled his claw and tried to attack me. A feint huh. He was now aiming at me with a kick. He thought that since I cast barrier on Higanbana I don’t have any protection.
But at the point of impact...
BAM!
His foot was stopped at mid air. I created a plate barrier as big as his foot and used force on it sending him flying and was barraged by magic again before landing.
“DAMN GIRL!”
“How does it feel? Flying that is.”
“Gunununu…”
Oh, I just thought of something!
It’s hard to whittle him down physically, so let’s try whittling him down mentally with Priscilla mode. It’s a good thing though that he initiate the talk~
“Just you wait! After I win, you’re going to be mine!”
“Hm? Are you an idiot? Filth! I never agreed you know!”
“EH?”
“I never gave any confirmation you know.”
“Pfft!”
That was a nice follow-up Higan! With that deadpan face with a smug, it seems really annoying! Let’s notch it up!
“And to think that you want to marry a little girl and have a little girl as concubine too, are you a pedophile?! Such Filth!”
“GUH!”
“What’s up with your breath too? It smells like filth!”
No, that was true.
If this was an RPG, I would have a status like confusion, poison, paralysis, and curse. That’s how terrible his breath is.
Oh, my! The filth is now really angry. I really should stop imitating Priscilla.
“How dare you two!!”
Keh! His body enhancement is getting stronger. He charged at me.
Eh? Full Barrier or Semi Barrier?! Full barrier!
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He stopped his claws before hitting the barrier. He then shot it to Higanbana with a shockwave!
“Higan!”
“Hnngg..”
She got hit directly. We have to watch out for that feint!
He then again charges at Higan. He is doing a punch so I made a plate barrier to block it. With a BAM sound, the fist was stopped and Higanbana cast a spell to counter.
SWISH
Before she could cast a spell, Begol’s other hand made a sweeping attack of claws. Higanbana’s clothes were shredded a bit and there is a small amount of blood can be seen.
“Higan! Join up with me!”
“Un!”
But Begol won’t let us as he threw a shockwave of the claw to me. I reflexively used barrier. He then charges at Higan. She was able to fire an array of spells to him, but it seems his body enhancement is overpowering it.
The exchange of attacks happened repeatedly until I got close to Higanbana who is all tattered. I cast barrier on both of us for protection. Begol stopped attacking since he knows I will be using spin again.
“Higan! I will heal you immediately!”
“I’m sorry Miss Asagao, my magic is still weak after all.”
“Do you think you can go on?”
“My wounds can be healed but I don’t know if my stamina and magic can hold out any longer.”
“…”
We are at a roadblock.
So this is the gap of the power that we have. Not to mention our enemy is a veteran warrior. Right now, his decision to wait for us is the right thing to do.
I underestimated the enemy and got it over my head. I will reflect on this. I still have some trump cards at hand but I don’t want to rely on people.
I know. This is because I slacked in training myself. Higan is doing her best in fighting too while I, will protect myself with this barrier I am so proud of. Some support I am…
“Hey! Not done yet? I want to claim my prize now you know! You little girl! I am going to use every connections and influence of mine so you will be mine! Hahaha!”
This arrogant scum. Try it and you are for a ride yourself.
“Miss Asagao, I am fine now.” “
“Higan, I am sorry, the plan we drew up failed.”
“Miss Asagao… No, it’s fine.”
She smiled at me. How should I say it… I want to do more. Being married to someone like him, I am pretty sure she will be restricted and be violated against her own will by this kind of man. I hate that. I hate that happening to me, but I hate it happening to others too.
What can I do right now?
I am really confused.
Shouldn’t we just tried to move the schedule of the duel?
If we did that, we could have Alstroe participated, but it’s too late now to reflect on it.
I bit my lip because of my lack of thinking ahead before making a decision. I got confident just because I can somewhat use a decent offensive skill now even though I don’t know what a real battle is yet.
“Miss Asagao, please release the barrier now.”
“Higan…”
“I’m sorry for dragging you into my own problem.”
“No, Higan, we did volunteer ourselves you know!”
“That time, I was just trying to get your sympathy. I am really good at hiding since I have a magic that can conceal my presence, but Alstroe immediately sensed me. I knew she was strong so I thought of having Alstroe help me. But things happened. I don’t blame you in any of this Miss Asagao.”
“Higan…”
“I feel terrible now, I shouldn’t have done that. Not to mention we called each other friends.”
This is really bitter to swallow. While trying to hold back my tears, I clenched my fist. It is not because she tried to use us. But because she is being honest right now and I can’t do anything at this moment to help her.
I don’t know anymore. Magic. What kind of magic could I use? Barrier? Heal? Cure? The Dimensional Storage?! What’s helpful in this situation?!
“Ahh…”
I remembered something...
The spell that I used on Violetta. She said it was a body enhancement but it seems she is incompatible with it. She was in pain so I withdrew the enhancement. I was really scared at that time because it hurt Violetta so she told me to forget about it.
If I try to use it to Higan, what will happen?
What if she just writhed in pain too? I don’t want to do that but…
“Higan, I got an idea. No, more like a gamble.”
“Miss Asagao… aren’t you mad?”
“I am mad and lost, but right now, let’s try to get out of this situation! We will talk later!”
“Miss Asagao. Ok! What is it?”
“I have a spell for body enhancement but I don’t know its effects or if it is compatible with you.”
“Miss Asagao! I will put my trust on you!”
“Okay! Hold my hand.”
“Un.”
We interlocked our fingers and stands side by side. I tried to feel her warmth, her existence, the air around us. I tried to feel the power going to her. The power goes smoothly to her.
Eh?
This didn’t happen to Violetta-san. I kept the power surging through her.
Like an old memory coming back to me, the name of the spell spelled out in my mind.
[Divine Ascension!]
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Pillar of light covered Higan. It is so bright that I can’t see. Even the people around are blinded by it. I feel like it is a birth of new power.
Is it just a body enhancement?
The light then receded and she was there.
With a tremendous presence, lights covered her body. An emblem with the motif of a flower is behind her. She radiates a divine brilliance. Her tail which is only one suddenly became nine. Higanbana is there holding her wand. Her eyes slowly opened. Her brown eyes focus on her front, no, the enemy.
Eh, what’s going?!