[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 122: Asterisk Attention! (3)

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The brightly glowing crescent tip crashed into a light wave that had suddenly appeared from behind him.

The two unreasonable forms of energy crashed into each other, and produced a shockwave that eventually blew away all the objects in the vicinity.

Tania, whose body was now controlled by Navi gritted her teeth in annoyance, and forced to swing the scythe in her hand.

The attack that had previously caught Tania off guard now disappeared completely after Zephiroth's scythe absorbed all the magic elements present in it.

"What the fuck? "

Tania, whose body was currently controlled by Navi shouted in annoyance while paying attention to her surroundings.

This is a special ability that Navi has. When the situation is precarious, or the situation allows, Navi can swap places with Tania, and take control of her body.

As a parable, it could be referred to as, 'One body, and two souls.'

The golems, metal shelves, and dozens of wooden boxes that had previously been neatly arranged in the room had now been blown all over the place, smashing some of the sturdy-looking metal walls.

"Where is that bastard?! "

Although Navi had scanned all over the place with his ability, the figure of the attacker could not be seen anywhere.

『Navi, something's weird here. Attendance of attackers .. Too thin.』

What Tania said was true. No matter how hard Navi tried to detect the presence of the attacker, he could not sense his presence at all.

"What is an assassin?! "

『 ... No. .. That's magic attack .. 』

If his opponent was really someone with the assassin-type skill, then this would be troublesome even for them.

Tania's body has almost no magic energy that can be used to detect the existence of an opponent, which is why Navi can only rely on Tania's sharp senses, as well as the instincts that have been trained for many years.

But, their opponent couldn't possibly be an assassin. An assassin is a person or party who specializes in quick and silent killing.

If his opponent was really an assassin, there was no way he would use something like that extremely conspicuous magic to kill Tania.

"Show yourself a jerk!! "

Navi shouted in annoyance, and swung the scythe in her hand randomly. However, the figure of the enemy was completely invisible.

Something heavy suddenly hit his wrist, and Navi reflexively swung her scythe straight at the enemy.

Navi felt that she had just touched something with her scythe, but she did not see, or even feel the air of her enemy.

『Navi, hand over his control to me.』

"That's impossible, okay?! This was an opponent that I could not even feel the air of his existence! There's no way I'll let you face it! "

Tania tries to take over her body back from Navi, but Navi vehemently resists it.

However, Navi has a very overprotective side to Tania's safety.

『I won't die.』

"Whisper! You shut up, Tania! "

As Navi shouted, another attack came from beside her, making herself reflexively mount a defense mode with her scythe.

An extremely powerful blow managed to hit his scythe blade, but, just like before, Navi could not see the figure that issued the attack at all.

The environment around them is very quiet. There was no sound other than the lashing of the Zephiroth sickle that occasionally touched the floor, and let out a noisy clanking sound.

Although it was very faint, Navi could still hear the whistling sound of wind that appeared whenever an attack came at her.

『Navi ... Leave his control to me.』

"You shut up! "

『Navi–』

"Shut up! Do you want to die again?! There's no way I'll let it! I won't let you catch up with them! "

Navi yelled angrily at Tania who was inside her head. Despite that, his body never stopped moving to fend off any attacks that came out of nowhere.

Why is Navi so adamant about creating a safe situation for Tania? The answer is clear. The existence of 'Navi' itself was like a 'parasite' that stuck to Tania's soul.

If Tania dies, and her soul disappears, then Navi will also disappear.

It was not at all a good feeling like wanting to protect someone. Navi Hannah wanted to protect herself. It just so happens that the existence of Tania is very important for its survival.

Tania herself realized that. Therefore, he let Navi take over as the situation worsened. However ….

『 ... Please ... There's something I want to try. Besides ... I won't die, even if I want it so badly.』

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Some time is right before Tania and Navi face an unknown figure.

"What the hell is this boring place? "

Arnaz resentfully kicked the metal box lying around his feet.

That kick was enough to make the metal box bounce off by several meters, and destroy some of the wooden boxes and barrels that the metal box hit.

Arnaz gets the part to 'clean up' the warehouse section, but obviously he doesn't like the role.

His reason? Of course, because there was nothing there other than a stack of containers of neatly arranged goods based on what products were inside.

There were only about 12 guards outside, and such a number was not enough to stop Arnaz.

Arnaz only needed to move his army of micro bugs, and the guards instantly turned into a pile of disgusting flesh with a very foul smell.

"Hgm."

Arnaz snorted in annoyance, and swung his arm, then turned around to leave the building which was slowly melted away from being gnawed by the millions of black insects belonging to Arnaz.

"This place is too boring–"

He had not yet finished his sentence, the sound of an explosion large enough that he could clearly hear it came from the production area not far from his current position.

"That place .. Mordred should be there, right? "

Since then, various explosions and blazes have clearly filled the air around the city. But Arnaz doesn't really care about it because it's none of his business. However, Arnaz inevitably began to wonder what Tania was doing in the production area.

Besides, it's pretty close.

"Maybe I'll stop by for a minute."

Arnaz with a look as if attracted by the explosion starts to put on the mask he got from Ethan, and runs to the production area where Tania is.

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–Big church in the western part of Rondo, holy pond.

"I can't believe .. This place also has a holy pond … "

Asher with a frown furrowed behind his mask tightened his hand which was still holding his beloved spear.

While dozens of blast blasts have taken place across important areas of the city, Asher still calmly faces the holy water-filled pond.

Asher shook his head, and turned to leave the pond. For now, he should focus on his goal.

He had to destroy the church immediately, before the inhabitants began to fill the place to evacuate.

As a holy knight, it was obviously difficult for Asher to destroy a church. What's more, the church is a church for the worship of the goddess Lumine, the same goddess who gave Asher the blessing.

" … I'm just a lowly heresy."

Saying that with a sad tone and a wry smile behind his mask, Asher then walked to the front of the church that was already filled by several corpses of people with complete protective armor.

Asher looked at the large church with a strong gaze, and closed his eyes.

"I'm sorry, my goddess. But ... This is for the safety of Lia.《Altum》"

As if those words were the trigger, Asher directly stuck his spear into the ground, and exerted a large amount of magic energy into the ground through his spear.

A large amount of magic energy started flowing uncontrollably underground, creating many large cracks that emitted an extremely bright light around Asher and the church building.

The crack slowly enlarged, and began to swallow everything on it. And in an instant, a sink hole had been created, engulfing the church that had a total area of about 200 meters.

All the parts of the great church, along with all the people still in it, were swallowed into the bottomless pit created by Asher.

The ground that had previously had a large hole open it was now slowly closing, returning its appearance to what it was before.

What Asher had just done was a high-level magic with a combined elemental base between the ground, with spatial.

By creating a large hole in the ground, it will 'drown' all the physical objects that exist right above that ground, then the spatial magic would serve to obliterate him without any remnant into something Asher referred to as 'personal space'.

Not many people can do that magic technique. Other than Asher, the people recorded as being able to do so can be counted on all toes and hands.

The ears of Asher who had quite sharp hearing were faintly hearing the sound of footsteps from hundreds of people walking towards the church impatiently.

But at least he has finished his main job. Now, he just needed to leave a trace that signified the existence of the 'Asterisk', and leave.

The reason he left that imprint, of course, was to be a declaration about the emergence of a new power that would 'get rid of the deviation.

Damian who proposed the idea of leaving such a trail had hope that at least their 'enemies' would become more vigilant, and begin to slow their movements.

Although, it would make their movements even more difficult to track. However, it should not be a problem as long as they had a vague idea that emerged from the crystal divination they had obtained.

Asher leapt high into the air, and began to observe the movements of the other Asterisk members, before he finally decided to help.

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–Main streets central Rondo area.

It is the only road that can be bypassed by a local military base in order to send reinforcements to a visual point in the city. The location is quite adjacent to the central Security Department building which is currently in a state of chaos due to the appearance of Lucia.

Although dozens of residents were running all over the place in panic due to the explosions that continued to occur in various locations, there was one person who was still standing quietly in the middle of the large street.

The figure used a full military suit that had a distinctive blue-and-white accent, and became a marker for the Republic's formal military attire. At his waist, there was a sword hanging on each side.

His face could not be seen because of the green mask that covered his face, but everyone who had seen his figure could easily tell that he was a 'quite dangerous' person'.

The figure is a member of Asterisk who gets the task to 'clean' all the reinforcements that will come in the way of the other Asterisk. Damian van Houten, also known as Ructus.

Damian drew his swords from each waist, and made the horses fight as soon as he saw the entourage of men in full armour and military clothing begin to scatter out of a building.

"You! What are the Republican forces doing here?! "

One of the soldiers who seemed to be aware of Damian's presence shouted furiously, and began to pull his own weapon.

Damian did not reply, and directly stuck his two swords onto the ground.

"《Absolute Cube》"

His low-pitched voice echoed through the entire city, making everyone who heard it unceasingly turn their gaze toward the sky in a daze.

At the tip of his sword that stuck with the ground, formed a line of light that slowly extended, surrounding all the incoming soldiers.

The line of light then widened and formed a cube, trapping Damian, and all the soldiers inside.

Each side of the cube formed by that line of light then turned black, making everyone inside it become invisible from the outside.

Damian has just used high-level magic with a spatial element base called《Absolute Cube》.

This magic has a function that is quite similar to《Reign》 that Noelle has. That is, making a room separate from the outside world. What sets it apart,《Absolute Cube》 will give an effect of 'absolute compliance' to everyone trapped inside. Of course, with its own users as an exception.

It's just that,《Absolute Cube》 has a fairly troublesome limit in the form of 'time limit'. So, Damian must immediately defeat all of his enemies before the magic effects disappear.

While all the chaos was going on outside the cube, Damian, who was inside the cube pulled both of his swords and stared at all those soldiers with resolute eyes behind his mask.

"Hey! What are you doing to us?! "

Among all the soldiers who were locked up in the cube, there was one man who looked at Damian with anger.

Being stared at with killing intent was already commonplace for Damian, so he didn't really care, and started swinging one of his swords.

The space inside the cube then turned into a large circular arena, making everyone there could only look around in confusion.

Before Damian had used his abilities just a moment ago, he had already made sure that all the soldiers who came to him right now were the entire army left to become reinforcements.

Total less than 100 employees. Which means, most of the soldiers that belonged to this sub-district city of Rondo, had been exterminated by Lucia who attacked the Security Department section.

Damian could only regard this situation as something sad, as he made a woman like Lucia carry out such a large-scale extermination.

With that thought in mind, Damian decided not to feel guilty, and would fight without thinking about the dark emotions he felt himself.

His expression was hidden behind that mask, but everyone who was there could clearly feel the chill striking their backs.

Such a powerful killing intent came from Damian who slowly started swinging one of his swords, and created a shockwave so powerful that it blew away most of the people who were there.

Suddenly, Damian's figure disappeared from everyone's sight, and the last thing they saw was that his figure had suddenly just appeared while swinging his sword with an extremely refined and skillful movement. The rest of them, their gazes were only filled by darkness, before finally their consciousness disappeared completely.

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Explosions are happening everywhere. Screams of fear from many people filled the air, making the ears of Noelle who had been hearing it nonstop since earlier felt uncomfortable.

Noelle swung her arm, and gave a diagonal slash upwards using the twin swords in her hands.

The attack was easily repelled by that man named Lucius Roux. He did not even make any movements other than positioning his arm to the part that Noelle was targeting.

Seeing that all his attacks were completely unbearable certainly made Noelle frown with annoyance. Right now, he had a much more important job than serving Lucius.

He had to kill the mayor. He had to kill the person who would later be involved as a source in a major disaster in the future.

"remove! "

Noelle shouted angrily at Lucius. He swung his other sword, but was kept on being restrained by Lucius just by moving his arm.

This time Noelle tried to attack by kicking her vital point, but Lucius easily avoided it all.

Noelle lowered her head down, and placed both of her palms to the ground. He then harnessed the momentum generated by using both of his legs to strike Lucius' chin.

Despite that, Lucius held back Noelle's kick with just his palm. He then moved one leg to kick into Noelle's stomach.

Noelle who was still in that position did not have a chance to avoid. He released both of his hands that had since been stuck to the ground, and prepared to withstand the impact Lucius' kicks produced.

However, Noelle had misjudged something. That was, the level of strength Lucius wielded. He could not predict that.

The movements Lucius made were so fast that Noelle had no chance to notice his movements.

All Noelle knew was that he had suddenly blown into the air and was about to crash into a large building in a few seconds.

Noelle tried to withstand the impact by removing two chains of blood that each end she plugged into a nearby building.

Even so, it was not enough to dampen the shock effects resulting from his collision against that wall.

Noelle's body violently crashed into the building, and instantly destroyed it. And as a result of it all, a powerful shock wave appeared and blew away everything around it.

And just then, Noelle suddenly felt something she should never have felt again. Something that should have been long gone from him.

The pain.

Noelle did not understand. Ja should have a skill that can neutralize pain, but why doesn't it work?

His thinking speed was drastically reduced as a result of a sensation he had not felt for a long time.

His mind was empty, and that horrible feeling all over his body made him only able to widen his eyes in shock.

Not a single word came out from his lips, other than pain, the only thing he felt right now was 'confusion'.

However, it didn't take long until Noelle finally realized the situation.

His body almost reflectively leaped up and fixed his position in the air, before finally landing far back with gravity magic.

His breathing became heavy, and blood in a terrible way began to fill the inside of the mask that covered his face.

Noelle tried to loosen the mask slightly to remove all the blood trapped inside, then took a long breath several times to calm herself down.

He had recovered enough from the shock he had just experienced. Despite that, he was still confused about why the sudden pain resistance was unable to work.

The pain she had just experienced was nothing new to Noelle. He himself also often injured himself just to obtain the skill. So, he only felt surprised when he felt a sensation that he had not felt for a long time.

For now, Noelle tried to catch her breath, and let all her injuries regenerate on their own. However, it never happened no matter how much he waited.

Only then did he realize, that his automatic regeneration also came to a halt.

It only took a few seconds until Noelle realized everything that had happened to her.

Seeing Noelle's self-healing figure using magic, Lucius lifted one corner of his lips, and spoke to Noelle, "It seems you're starting to understand everything that's going on, huh? "

Noelle did not answer him, and continuously directed murderous intent at Lucius. However, Lucius seemed unperturbed by it.

"You surprised? I just deactivated all the passive skills you had, you know? Is that delicious? "

(Of course not, damn it.)

Noelle was about to answer spontaneously, but was stopped by the thought that suddenly popped into her head.

(All? )

Calming her mind, Noelle then tried to analyze everything that happened based on what Lucius said.

Lucius said that he had just deactivated all of his passive skills. He called 'all'. However, Noelle was clearly able to sense that some of her passive skills were still working quite well.

That means, Lucius lied about him deactivating all of Noelle's passive skills. But, what's the point? Is there any benefit he can get by saying that? Sure didn't.

Only one answer Noelle could think of. That is, Lucius did not lie, but he assumed that he had sealed Noelle's 'all' passive skills.

Noelle silently smiled as she thought about it.

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