[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 161: Cryll Rescue Act (18)

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(Livia? Whatchu mean? )

Norlle tries to ask Olivia, but soon gets a very unexpected answer for her.

{I found it. Weakness of the weapon.}

(?! Tell me now.)

Noelle tried to hold back her expression, while swinging her sword to get rid of all the spears that kept popping before her.

However, as her mind had focused on many things at once, Noelle was barely able to maintain the blood manipulation that still protected Cryll and Norman.

"I'm going to let you go now. As much as possible, protect yourself" Noelle said as she prepared to deactivate her blood manipulation.

There, Cryll and Norman instantly respond in various ways.

Cryll nodded as he prepared with his sword, while Norman directly injected his magic energy into Aligma's core and prepared for the next set of hands.

A second later, Noelle instantly shone the two of them in the opposite direction.

Cryll uses the Geist armor function to protect itself from impact, while Norman uses a grappling hook device that is still attached to his arm. He fired it at one of the trees, and pulled himself there.

Of course, Barsio would not let go of that opportunity. He instantly thrust his spear into the ground, and made dozens of spears start popping up around Cryll and Norman.

"Hehe, this time I won't let you beat me again, yeah, asshole! "

One defeat against Barsio was enough for Cryll. At that time he was off guard because he was surprised by the ability that Barsio had, so he eventually lost and ended up being captured by a liberating squad.

"Let's see how you're going to do it" Barsio replied as he pulled a short sword sheathed on his waist.

Although he was seen being on standby using his sword, Barsio had no reason to fight head-on like that. In reality, he was superior for being able to mess around and even control the mobility of Cryll and Norman using his spear.

Cryll instantly advanced while swinging his sword to get rid of the dozens and dozens of spears that had sprung up, and at the same time also fired a bolt of lightning at the spot where Barsio was standing.

Barsio somehow dodged all of that lightning, but it didn't matter. While Barsio was preoccupied with the lightning strikes from Cryll, Norman behind him silently aimed towards his head.

As a prince, he had already used a rifle during the test phase of the weapon revolution. As a result, the shot was not too bad. But, when compared to Rico who was able to read all the surrounding environmental conditions that made him able to aim and shoot more optimally, Norman clearly lost far.

That was why, he became a little insecure while aiming using all kinds of rifles.

It took Norman a while to prepare himself.

Finally, Norman pulled the trigger, and fired the compressed energy bullet right at Barsio's head.

However, Barsio managed to dodge in time, making Norman click his tongue.

But, at least, he managed to make Barsio release his grip against the spear.

Norman seized the available opportunity by directly advancing forward, swinging Aligma's razor blade towards Barsio's neck, but Barsio held it back using the short sword in his hand.

Not stopping there, Norman immediately kicked Barsio in the stomach, and put one leg forward, slashing horizontally right at Barsio's neck. And again, Barsio avoided it.

Norman and Barsio continued to fight the attack for a while, until Cryll finally attacked Barsio from behind.

Barsio lowered his head, and dodged Cryll's sword slash. And at the same time, he also swung his short sword 360 degrees, making a perfect rotating slash.

Of course, none of those attacks worked on Cryll and Norman.

Thanks to Norman's position adjacent to Barsio, Cryll was unable to fire lightning haphazardly. It made him only able to rely on his physical attacks directly.

Cryll advanced and swung the oedangnys diagonally from below left, then also swung one of the swords carried in Geist's hand.

All of his attacks were successfully averted, but that was no problem. Cryll continued to try to use various attack patterns to attack Barsio, while Norman provided additional support from the other side.

Surprisingly, Barsio seemed to have no problem with resisting the attacks from the two of them at once. In fact, all the movements he made were a little too perfect. It was as if he had extra eyes on the back of his head.

(Does he have clairvoyance? )

Cryll hesitated for a moment, but immediately shook his head. If it was true Barsio had 《Clairvoyance》, then it would be very difficult for him.

Against Noelle who did not use《Clairvoyance》saja was already troublesome. He really did not want to waste much time just to fight against the person who was able to see better than him.

Cryll took a step forward and slashed towards Barsio's neck, but was immediately avoided by Barsio by rewinding his head slightly. Cryll immediately used his legs to give a straight kick to Barsio's stomach.

Attacks succeeded. Barsio retreated a few steps after receiving the impact of the attack. But, he was really not given time to get back ready.

An extremely violent sensation smashed onto his back, which was immediately followed by a light slash at the same point.

The cause was Norman, who had already fired Aligma, and landed a scratch on his back using the razor blade.

The two then simultaneously land their attack on Barsio.

Cryll kicks Barsio up, and Norman retaliates by giving a blunt kick that causes Barsio to roll far back.

And the thing is, Barsio stopped right near his spear was, making Cryll and Norman immediately panicked when he saw it.

Both of them reflexively approached Barsio and intended to land another attack, but were immediately repelled by Barsio using his sword and spear which he had already pulled out.

Barsio swung his spear in a twisting motion that made Cryll and Norman unable to approach freely.

Cryll tries to fire a bolt of lightning at Barsio to separate him from the spear, but he's a little late.

Barsio had already planted his spear into the ground, creating a small tower of dozens of spears that had emerged from the ground.

The lightning that Cryll called out then landed right on that small tower, and not where Barsio was standing.

He used all his spears to make a lightning rod. Truly an effective way to fight Cryll.

Norman tried to get closer while firing a few magic bullets from Aligma, but was again stopped by a line of spears that emerged from the ground.

The two of them instantly leapt back when they realized some spears were starting to grow around them. And in the end, dozens of interlocking spears appeared where they stood before.

And as the two of them prepared to receive an attack from Barsio again, a red wall made of blood appeared, blocking their view of Barsio.

"Blood ... Noelle? "

Cryll naturally knows who created that blood wall. But, unfortunately, his guess slightly missed.

A small bat appeared out of nowhere, and began to transform before them.

It was Olivia, who silently submitted a paper to them.

Cryll wordlessly accepted the paper, and read everything that was there.

As a result, he immediately crushed the paper and clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"Just theeen! If I can finish him off, then I've been doing it for the past few days."

Norman stood not far from them, so he heard everything Cryll muttered. Even so, he did not understand the meaning.

Ignoring Norman's confusion, Olivia shook her head.

"Noelle didn't ask you to finish her off straight away. You just have to buy some time until Noelle's ready."

Cryll was a little upset when he heard that. But, after all, he wasn't brave enough in front of Olivia, so he couldn't argue with her.

However, there is one thing that makes Cryll confused.

"wait. Isn't it with your strength that you can finish that guy off so easily? "

The question makes sense.

Given everything he had ever seen about Olivia's strength, he was convinced that Olivia could definitely defeat Barsio relatively quickly.

However, Olivia's subsequent reply left her a little disappointed.

"I've tried. But, that person has a very high magic resistance, so I can't defeat him just by relying on magic."

If he could do it, then all of them would have no trouble now.

Previously, Olivia had tried to use《Frost Nova》 to directly finish Barsio. However, unexpectedly Barsio has a very strong resistance to cold temperatures and magic, so that the ice magic that became Olivia's superior all this time can not function properly in front of him.

In addition, he has also tried using《Lust: Unholy Maiden》 to directly kill Barsio. However, he had already used that power to fight against Jane and Liv before. So, it took him some time to recover his strength before he could finally use it again.

"There's no time to explain. Can you guys do it? "

Olivia's voice trembled slightly as she said that. However, the tremors were so faint that anyone who heard them would definitely not notice the difference to the ordinary ones.

Thinking for a moment, Cryll ruffled his hair while reactivating the Geist on his back.

"Alright, alright. We just need to buy time, right? I don't know what Noelle's planning, but I should be able to handle this for a while."

By his side, Norman nodded. "I don't understand the situation. But, in essence, Noelle already has a solution, but it takes time to realize it, right? "

Olivia replied with a light nod.

Norman intends to speak again to respond, but what is possible is that fate will not allow it.

Olivia transforms into a bat and leaves, but Cryll and Norman can't do anything to escape,

Cryll used both swords from Geist to resist Barsio's attack, and Norman who had previously stood beside him had switched positions just behind Barsio.

Norman jumps up, and prepares to shoot Barsio in the head from behind, but is immediately stopped by Barsio himself who kicks a spin and removes Cryll and Norman from his side.

Cryll bounced backwards, and crashed into the wall of blood that Olivia made earlier. At that moment, he also realized.

Olivia's ability to manipulate blood is far worse than Noelle's.

The shape of his blood wall was a little messy, and his density level was also very poor, so it could be destroyed with just a small collision like that earlier.

Cryll instantly takes a prepared position with Geist, while Norman with little difficulty attempts to fend off all Barsio's attacks.

Aligma's razor blades continued to collide with the hilt of the spear. The two of them simultaneously swung their weapons, and produced an unpleasant metallic clanking sound.

When Barsio was preoccupied with Norman, Cryll immediately advanced while swinging all the weapons in his hand.

Starting from slashing diagonally with the long sword he held directly, and then giving a cross slash using the two katana swords that Geist held behind him.

His attack hit Barsio's back, but Barsio looked unharmed.

The leather robe that protected his back only scratched slightly, before finally the robe repaired itself.

Cryll wasn't too surprised because he'd often seen the same mechanism on Noelle's protective cloak. But, still, he was annoyed with such a thing.

If the slash like just now had no effect at all, then he could only give a puncture attack.

The protective cloak that Barsio uses has a function to protect its users from various types of sharp weapons attacks. It was really effective in damping slash attacks, but it remained fragile if faced with a puncture.

So Cryll tried to stop his steps, and took a position with a slight bow, then pointed the tip of his sword at Barsio's back. He then unsheathed forward, attempting to attack the back of Barsio who was his target.

However, Barsio who had already noticed his movements immediately turned 180 degrees, and widened his arms. Thus, his current position made both of his open palms face Cryll and Norman's faces.

Cryll didn't respond. All he could do was reflexively squat a little and dodge Barsio's palm.

Norman did something similar. He tilted his head so that Barsio's palm only touched his ears slightly.

However, it would obviously be a fatal mistake.

Barsio smiled widely and immediately returned to his previous position. He then pulled out the spear that was stuck in the ground, and stabbed Norman in the stomach with a blunt part on the other end of the spear.

Norman staggered backwards while the air was forcibly expelled from his lungs.

Meanwhile, Barsio did not stop at all. He immediately swung his spear towards Norman, making the very hard handle hit the elbow part of Norman's right arm.

Norman instantly bounced to the side, and Barsio also continued his movement.

There was no sign that the spear would stop. He still swung it at a terrifying speed, and crashed into Cryll's left arm elbow with an extremely strong momentum.

Just like Norman, Cryll immediately bounced to the side, with the state of the hand that was already unable to exert energy to hold the weapon.

Cryll did not have time to activate the protection function of Geist because the movement that Barsio did is very fast. So, he finally accepted the impact.

Thinking that the two of them were already in a helpless state, Barsio immediately widened his smile and laughed in a mocking tone.

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Meanwhile, somewhere else ….

In this place with a lot of metal debris, Noelle was seen running around looking around her.

He seemed to be in a hurry, as if he was being chased by time. But there is no doubt in everything he does.

Occasionally, Noelle checked the rubble area with her eyes alone, before finally leaving the area and proceeding to another place.

He did it because he didn't find what he was looking for there.

What is Noelle looking for? And why didn't he fight Barsio with Cryll and Norman? The answer was in the information Olivia gave him.

Some time ago, Olivia told Noelle about all the information she had obtained about the weapon Barsio was using.

Just by observing her for a while, Olivia had already discovered all the flaws present in the spear.

Among them was, the spear could only bring out its power when it gained a direct touch from its use. That's a pretty normal right, and there's nothing weird about it. However, that was useful information considering that Cryll and Norman were very difficult in fighting it.

Another disadvantage that the spear had was the limit on the number of spears it could raise when the tip of the spear was plugged into the ground.

According to Olivia's observations, there was a fairly drastic lag in time when the spears ejected from the ground had already reached a certain amount. And the number was 100 spears.

When the spear that had been ejected from the ground reached the number 100, there would be a time lag before another spear could be ejected.

Moreover, Barsio could take out many spears at once, but all the spears that had already returned to the ground could not be ejected until the time lag was over.

It was supposed to be a very fatal flaw, but Barsio was able to overcome that weakness by fusing his type of attack so that the enemy would not find the gap in time created in the fight.

Even if Noelle herself did not want to admit it, Barsio was clearly more experienced in controlling his weapon.

However, what Noelle thought afterwards left herself confused.

He and Olivia had already got the idea that the weapon Barsio was using was one of the star weapons of unknown name and existence. However, for a weapon created to overcome the crisis in the past, it had too many flaws.

The effect was also not suitable for fighting extremely agile enemies. At the very least, the spear was only able to defeat low and middle-class monsters with its abilities. Noelle doubted that humans and dragonoids in the past would create weapons with many such weaknesses.

Or was the weapon a failure? Noelle did not know for sure, but she doubted that the spear was really a star weapon like she and Olivia thought.

Forget about that for a moment. What Noelle had been looking for since earlier was a weapon to overcome that spear.

He had a large supply of it while he was still on earth, but he had trouble getting it here due to geographical conditions that did not match the location of the material.

What he was looking for now was a 'mesiu powder', which became the basic ingredient in bomb making.

Noelle needed that because he wanted to use it to finish Barsio off quickly.

Barsio had a very high resistance to magic, so Noelle could not finish him just by relying on that. But Noelle believes that she can defeat him if she uses physical explosives that do not contain any magic in them.

Before, Noelle suddenly remembered the gun Rico used. He got it from one of the prisoners. And those revolver bullets are real bullets, too. Made of lead filled with gunpowder.

So, there's got to be gunpowder around here.

And this is where Noelle is now, trying to find the presence of gunpowder, in a very large place and filled with metal debris.

Naturally, there was no way he could find her. At least, not anytime soon.

Noelle enters one of the buildings that somehow still stands. He passed through a metal door blocked by falling metal debris, and finally found a ladder underground.

"It's a really good coincidence" Noelle said.

However, as Noelle tried to step her foot down the stairs, she immediately lowered her head and pulled Verstand, pointing her sharp blade towards the neck of the person whose whereabouts appeared suddenly behind Noelle.

That man is Rico. He pointed his noncong revolver towards Noelle's head, while Verstand's blade almost stuck to her neck.

The two of them stared at each other for a while, before Rico finally asked Noelle.

"What are you doing here? "

The question was accompanied by a clicking sound from the release of the safety on the revolver

"I can ask you the same thing. Why are you still here? "

None of them would answer first. The gripping silence continued until Rico finally let out a tired sigh.

"I'm trapped underground. I didn't get out, so I went around to find a way out."

"And that's how you got here, huh? "

Noelle muttered, and prepared to release her sword. However, the muzzle of the revolver Rico pointed at him was getting closer and closer, and finally stuck to his own head.

"Now answer my question, what are you doing here? "

" … I'm looking for gunpowder. I need a lot of that stuff."

"Why do you need it? "

" … Are you sure you want to keep me here longer? The prince is in danger, you know? "

Noelle could have gotten rid of Rico and continued her activities, but she did not do that on purpose. If he did, he would only aggravate the situation.

" … Can I trust you for once? "

Though faint, Noelle can feel the anxiety of Rico's voice. He didn't understand why Rico had suddenly switched the conversation like that, but somehow Noelle was convinced that there was something she was hiding, and she wanted Noelle to know about it as well.

" …… What happened? "

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