[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 163: Cryll Rescue Act (20)

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"I think you understand. Now, grit your teeth, try not to bite your own tongue! "

"Hm–"

Rico did not respond yet, Noelle grabbed his collar and threw it all her might towards the ice wall that Olivia had built.

Somehow the ice wall was still intact, and Noelle could feel the presence of everyone inside. At least, that meant Barsio had not touched them at all.

That nice.

Meanwhile, Rico who Noelle had thrown before now can only resign. He quickly gritted his teeth, to prevent fatal accidents like biting his own tongue.

A second later, he reached inside Olivia's icy wall, and violently smashed into the inner wall thus making it crack slightly.

"Rican?! "

Kaira who first realized her existence immediately approached her and anxiously began to check on her condition.

She's doing just fine. Only suffered a few minor injuries due to the previous rough landing. That shouldn't be a problem.

Kaira heaved a sigh of relief and returned to everyone, ignoring Rico who was still in a semi-conscious state.

At that moment, Noelle with Barsio was still staring at each other without any movement between them.

{Noelle. Did you find anything? }

Noelle suddenly gets a telepathic message from Olivia, and of course Noelle answers her immediately.

(Yes. Likely, I know who this guy really is. Rico knows it too, so have him explain later.)

{Good.}

That way, the telepathic connection is cut off.

And it was just in time. Barsio immediately stood up by holding his spear in hand, and looked at Noelle without erasing her arrogant appearance.

"I wonder what you found there. Can you tell me? "

(This book .. )

Barsio who was in front of him, or rather, the clone of the dead original Barsio grinned at Noelle.

It seems he already knows what Noelle found, but he showed no sign of doing anything to address the leak.

"It looks like you know too much already. I have no choice but to finish you off and everyone here."

Hearing that, Noelle immediately put a wry smile on her face.

"Heh, even if I don't know anything, I doubt that you'll let us all loose."

"Isn't that clear? " barsio said as he stuck the tip of his spear into the ground.

Noelle immediately jumped up and pulled out a chain with an anchor to pull herself to Barsio's location. However, dozens of spears with terrifying sharpness kept popping out.

Noelle performed various elaborate maneuvers in the air to dodge each of the spears, until she was finally able to reach the spot right in front of Barsio.

Barsio tried to fight him, but was soon stopped by a flying sword, interrupting his movement. The sword was intent on piercing him, and Barsio had to move slightly to dodge.

That was enough to give Noelle time so she could attack.

Noelle threw a paper ball containing the gunpowder she had prepared beforehand, and lit her wick with fire magic.

The paper ball landed right on Barsio's face, and eventually produced an explosion powerful enough to destroy the human body.

The black plume of smoke that was accompanied by an extremely powerful blaze appeared after a terrifying explosive sound came from Barsio's face.

Barsio looked disturbed, but felt no pain at all. He simply stuck his palm on his face, and groaned a little.

It took a while for Barsio's face to fully recover. So, Noelle could seize the opportunity by providing additional attacks.

Noelle instantly pulled Verstand from her back waist, and gave a quick slash horizontally into Barsio's stomach. After that, he let Verstand fall to the ground, and directly pulled Langen out, then gave a powerful attack by slamming the huge black blade into the ground, or rather into Barsio's head.

However, Barsio dodged Langen's attack in time. Perhaps due to his instincts that were still working, or due to other factors, Barsio retreated in time so that he could avoid the deadly attack that Noelle had just given him.

Noelle's former slash on her stomach began to regenerate, and Noelle realized that.

Suddenly, Noelle immediately raised Langen back, and charged blindly towards Barsio.

Utilizing the large and long blades Langen had in his current form, Noelle was able to close the distance with a quick recative.

An extremely powerful horizontal slash managed to land on Barsio's stomach, and another horizontal slash from the opposite direction came back to deepen the wound.

Barsio staggered backwards with blood flowing out very profusely from his stomach. A small hole was even created in her stomach due to Noelle's attack.

However, it didn't last long. The wound immediately regenerated, and the skin was again covered as before.

Despite that, Noelle was already able to confirm a few things.

One of them, was the fact that Barsio who was currently before him, was not a human.

It was due to the absence of internal organs in Barsio's stomach. There was only a certain amount of blood with extremely hard bones protecting his body like a normal human.

Finally, Barsio released his palm, revealing a face that had completely regenerated it.

The speed of his regeneration was quite shocking for Noelle. Indeed, his speed was still slower when compared to the regeneration he and Olivia had, but that was enough to prove that Barsio was not an easy opponent.

"Actually, what are you? "

In the middle of the fight, Noelle tried to ask Barsio. But, Barsio only responded by shrugging his shoulders while re-holding the handle of his spear.

"Do you really care about that in a situation like this? If so, then you must be so stupid! "

A few spears started popping out from the ground after Barsio finished his words. In response, Noelle immediately jumped and hung on one of the trees that were still standing firmly.

He already knew the weakness that the spear had, so it was not a problem. Noelle only needed to exploit the weakness of the spear to defeat him.

However, just that alone would not make him win.

Right now, Noelle needs information. About what and who Voyager is, and what they do. Maybe Barsio knows something, but it's clear that he won't divulge it easily.

At first, Noelle really thought that this was a simple conflict created due to a past grudge. But, when he realized there was a third party involved, everything had changed.

"If you don't want to tell me, then it doesn't matter. I just need to find her myself! "

After saying that, Noelle again jumped up, and maintained her position in the air.

He also took out some of the oedang and directly 'fired it' towards Barsio, so Barsio had to dodge a little and create some spear that can be his shield.

"I wonder how you do that! "

Barsio shouted, and swung his spear to get rid of all Noelle's edging, as well as creating a gust of wind that blew away all the material around them.

Noelle smiled, and replied, "Do I have to answer that now? I'm sure their ship hasn't gone too far."

This time, Noelle could see a change in Barsio's expression.

He was a little surprised, but immediately frowned with a bad mood.

Barsio swung his spear, until it finally collided with Langen's black blade. Even so, there was no sign that the spear would be destroyed.

"Tch, I expected! Star weapons, huh?! "

Only a star weapon can neutralize the abilities of other star weapons. It was a reaction Noelle had discovered with a little experimentation with Olivia.

When two star weapons that have great power in battle collide, then the two weapons will neutralize their abilities with each other. Noelle did not understand the reason, but it was possible to prevent internal conflicts during the great wartime of the past.

Even so, there is a limit to the mutually neutralizing effects of it. In a few moments, the effect that neutralizes both abilities will disappear, and will have to wait for some time until the effect reappears.

Noelle thought that it was caused by the collision of two energy particles that were the basic ingredients in the abilities on the star weapon, but that was just a conclusion he made at random, so there was no known level of validity.

After all, the effects that neutralized their abilities should have disappeared for a while now, so Noelle could freely use her abilities to fight.

Their two weapons collided with each other, and produced shock waves that even knocked out all the clouds above them. That alone was enough to prove just how terrifying an ability they possessed.

Noelle and Barsio simultaneously retreated. Noelle landed gently on the ground, and prepared to attack with Langen.

The two of them simultaneously advanced, and their weapons again had to collide.

Noelle pulls Langen, and Barsio pulls the spear. Then the two of them again collided with their respective weapons, until they finally realized that it would be a waste.

Noelle immediately jumped far back, while Barsio immediately took advantage of the opportunity by sticking the tip of his spear into the ground.

Dozens and dozens of spears began to appear all over the place, until finally Noelle could not find a way out.

Noelle glanced at the transparent barrier that was slightly shining above her head.

It was probably a barrier created by someone who was currently taking refuge with Olivia. A barrier that prevents people from entering from the outside, as well as from the inside.

Facing that, Noelle directly stuck Langen to the ground, and fused his hands together.

"《Impact》"

A magic that combines two elements, namely the gravitational element, and the wind element, so that the user is able to create a shock wave with just a little movement of his body.

How strong that ability will be influenced by the level or limits of the ability of its users.

In Noelle's case, the 《Impact》 he took out was enough to destroy all Barsio's spears, and give way so he could run.

Noelle immediately pulled back the Langen he created, and advanced with a zigzag pattern so Barsio was unable to follow his movement.

Finally, Noelle arrived right in front of Barsio.

He again threw a paper ball that had been filled with gunpowder before.

Barsio looked at that, and directly took out a few spears from the ground to smash the paper ball away.

But that only worsened the situation.

Noelle widened her smile and activated fire magic and triggered an explosion of all that scattered gunpowder.

Instantly, several small explosions began to occur around them. The multiple explosions also destroyed all the spears protecting Barsio. Most fatally, Barsio's own face was exposed to the powder, and eventually suffered the same injuries as before.

Noelle seized the opportunity, and immediately kicked Barsio in the stomach. As a result, Barsio bounced far back, while his weapon was still stuck on the ground, and had now been unplugged by Noelle.

"I only have three bombs left .. I hope this is enough."

With an anxious look on her face, Noelle re-inserted the three paper balls she did not explode into her spatial storage.

As soon as he finished, he immediately carried the spear and approached Cryll.

There, Olivia in her bat form is giving healing magic to Cryll.

"How is he doing? "

Not with her usual voice, Olivia answered telepathically.

{The external injuries are not too severe. I believe Geist's skeleton is protecting him. But, some of his bones and internal organs were in quite a severe state due to the impact received from the outside. Meanwhile ... Geist who previously experienced a rift has fully recovered.}

It was exactly as Noelle predicted. At least, Noelle could breathe a sigh of relief now.

"How long will it take until he can fight again? " asked Noelle while staring in the direction where Barsio had bounced before.

{Healing all his wounds is not a problem. But, I was worried that he would not be able to move some of his limbs due to the external stimuli that made his body go into a passive state.}

All of the injuries that Cryll had naturally clearly had a very bad impact on his muscles. Although all of his injuries had healed, his body still needed time to process everything that happened so that Cryll would not be able to move for a while.

In short, his body would experience temporary paralysis as a result of the impact that his muscles received.

"Once, yes … "

Noelle was a little worried about the possibility that Cryll would not be able to move her body for a while. But, knowing the person for a long time made Noelle immediately aware.

"Well, he'll definitely move when he wakes up. Please explain the situation to her when she wakes up."

{Alright–}

Noelle turned around and was about to go to check on Norman, but it was unexpected that a hand stopped her steps.

It was Cryll who was holding his legs with hands that had absolutely no power in them.

"You don't have to bother. I'll go back to fighting."

" … Are you sure? "

Noelle was a little surprised when she saw Cryll wake up, but she showed no reaction on her face other than a look of doubt towards what she had just heard.

"You think I'm kidding? Give me one of your swords you don't use! I'll use it! And also, thanks for healing me, I'm fine now."

{I won't allow it. Your body is still not fully recovered. Your muscles and nerves will only get more damaged if you force it.}

The refusal that Okivia gave him was a reasonable response. Not that Okivia was worried about her safety, instead, she did not care at all.

Only, if Cryll was injured any further, Stella would definitely be sad. That's the only thing Olivia thinks about. Previously, Olivia had done various ways just to calm Stella who was currently hiding inside the ice wall.

His worries are very clear.

Throughout the fight, Olivia did not allow anyone to look outside the walls at all. But, with the disappearance of all the sounds of battle, everyone naturally understood the situation.

It sparked worry in everyone's mind. Stella is worried about Cryll, and the others are also worried about Norman's state.

It's hard enough to calm them all down, so Olivia doesn't want to waste her time just doing it again.

However, even so, Cryll seems to have no objection. With a face that seemed to endure all his physical pain, Cry stood up and stretched.

When compared to the previous situation, he was already much better.

"I don't mind. From the beginning, you all came to this place because of me, and I have used Noelle's name before all the enemies who interrogated me before. So, just think of this as a simple return of gratitude and apology."

{ ... Noelle, how? }

From the tone of her voice conveyed through telepathy, Noelle could clearly feel Olivia's rejection.

But, even though he knew that, he simply smiled, and shrugged his shoulders.

"Leave it. I'm in need of a working horse to help me clean up the creature. It doesn't hurt to let her come."

{ ... If Noelle says so .. }

The bat-like Olivia then flapped her wings, and flew away from them. He had completely resigned and chose to leave everything to a Noelle.

"Thank you for helping me persuade her, Noelle."

Cryll has returned to complete his weaponry and immediately approached Noelle. His footsteps were a little stiff, and his gaze grew increasingly shaky due to the pain that kept popping up. However, Cryll let it bother him, and tried to stand firmly.

Noelle smiled wryly and raised one corner of her lips closer again.

"That's no problem. But, you should know what will happen after this. Do you have insurance papers? Well, I don't care. And by the way, a good working horse should be given better equipment as well."

Saying that, Noelle then took out a shiny sword from within her spatial storage. He then gave the sword to Cryll.

Although Cryll already has Geist, he still needs another weapon that he can use. Using the sword that Geist possessed was not very effective, and Cryll's fighting style would also not be enough to just use those two curved swords.

Cryll received the sword from Noelle, and swung it several times as an experiment.

"It's nice. Let's start" Cryll said after confirming his body's match with the sword.

However, when he was about to leave ….

"It feels really annoying when ignored like this. Have you forgotten me? "

It was Norman who stood up by folding both of his arms, and looked at Noelle and Cryll with sharp narrowed eyes.

All his injuries seemed to have recovered, and there were no serious problems from his physical condition. The condition is much better than Cryll.

"Ohh, you're recovering fast! " noelle cried when she saw Norman's condition.

Previously, he had made sure that Norman did not have any skills that supported his natural regeneration speed, but Norman's recovery speed was definitely faster when compared to normal people.

It was probably thanks to the blessings of Anastasia that had some effect on their bodies. One of its effects may be speeding up natural recovery in the body and mentally.

"Alright, you have Aligma with you, so you shouldn't need another weapon. But ... Just in case, use this."

Noelle gives Norman another sword. It was a long sword with a very slender blade, similar to a rapier.

" … You really have a lot of weapons stash, huh? You're like a walking warehouse" Norman said as he received the sword.

"I'll take that as a compliment."

And that way, the three of them immediately ran towards Barsio's location while preparing for a surprise attack.

No strategy needed, and no cunning tricks needed either. They already knew all of Barsio's weaknesses, so they just needed to exploit it.

This is also an opportunity for Noelle to discover the truth of the possibilities she previously made.

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