[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 211: Difficult Choices (2)

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Noelle's mind quickly turned around. He naturally came to a different conclusion than before.

Right, now he was convinced that Noir could not attack him recklessly in the real world, and that was related to his condition.

By capitalizing on all the information she had, Noelle had come to a certain conclusion.

He connected the various points he found, and managed to find the answer.

The first thing that came to her mind was the scene Olivia told her about. It was at the moment they entered the collective dreamland for the first time.

At that time Noelle, Olivia, and Kaira found an area with a high level of 'dirtiness', and when Olivia checked it, the two immediately fell silent. Then it was revealed that he was there to find a scene where several people were fighting together against an enemy figure.

In the scenery Olivia saw, there were six figures who were fighting, and the six figures were five Orthodox Gods, and one Minority God.

A matter that required 'They' all to intervene directly was clearly not a simple matter. This will definitely be related to a lot of amazing things.

Now Noelle had found the answer, and this was something that was already very clear.

The six Gods were working together to 'destroy' Noir in this place. That was why, there were many remnants of their strength enveloping the area around.

This explained why Noir could be here, and why he could not attack Noelle directly; he was in a 'sealed' condition, thus unable to manifest his true body in the real world.

The best he could do was to attack the souls of others as they entered the collective dreamland, because that was where he was sealed.

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(Now ... Although I have found the facts, it does not mean that I can defeat him .. )

Noir is sealed, and Noelle already knows that. Now, he only needed to find the right solution to escape from this problem.

At least, the impact has been minimized to some extent.

Despite that, Noelle still hasn't changed her plans. He saw no chance of finding a better ending.

Even though Noir could not attack him in the real world, Noir could take control of the power of the fog which was the remnant of the power of the Night Goddess Zelica. He could easily make everyone enter the dream world, and the worst possibility would be there.

In the collective dreamland, Noir could do everything he wanted.

Olivia and everyone are still stuck there now, so Noelle doesn't want to take the risk of letting Noir regain control of his consciousness in that collective dreamland.

(Use hypnosis to influence his mind? No, he could brainwash others with just a few words. Cheap tricks like hypnosis will be useless.)

Noelle had already thought of many ways, but then she could only shake her head resignedly.

Since he had a certain resemblance to Noir, he was able to understand his way of thinking. But that's exactly why he couldn't guess.

As someone who was aware of all his own advantages and disadvantages, Noelle understood that he would not make such a clear gap in the preparation of his plan.

Noelle took a deep breath and carefully began to organize her thoughts.

(Noir's true body is in the collective dreamland, and if I defeat the 'He' that is before me, then it is very likely that he will affect everything in that dreamland. For now ... Better find a way to get Olivia and everyone back to the real world. After that, I can get rid of it.)

The plan sounds simple, but it's clear that it won't be easy.

It's not about winning or losing. In essence, he had to win. If not, I don't know what will happen.

Noir was an entity capable of stealing power authority from a god, and it took six gods to seal him here.

There's no way a vampire who hasn't even turned 20 can beat him, right?

Even if it was just an avatar, or a familiar imitating her form, Noelle was convinced that Noir still had the appropriate strength and authority so that he could easily defeat her.

"That's great, you think about all your actions carefully. I like people like you. But, did you know? That kind of person who most often has failures."

" …… What do you mean? "

Noelle did not ask about how Noir knew the contents of her mind. He had a hunch that Noir was not reading minds, but his expression.

Noir continued to smile and replied, "People like you, who are always careful with their steps sometimes think about things excessively. It makes all of you throw away many solutions that might work just because you think they are useless."

" ……… "

It was a thing Noelle could not refute, as she herself was also aware of it.

He realizes that he himself sometimes thinks too much about something, and that's why he sometimes missteps.

It was a thing that happened in the past, in the time when she was still Canaria Izaya. Right now, she was Noelle, who had learned a lot from the experience. He should not take the wrong steps too often because he thinks too much.

Even if that happened, he still had a backup solution that he could use if his first plan failed.

"But, yahh .. That's what makes people like you attractive in my eyes."

After he said that, Noir controlled a wisp of black smoke around him. All of that black smoke spread out, and it gradually fused with the gray fog that covered the ground.

Several thorns and black spears began to swoop down, and all of them were aimed at attacking Noelle from all sides.

"Even though I can't manifest all my powers here, I can still use my authority to destabilize Zelica's power."

The fog seemed to have completely fused with Noir's black smoke. Now, Noelle's trapped.

He jumped back, but his back only hit the black cage that locked himself together with Noir.

Seeing no other choice, Noelle immediately jumped forward and took out a few swords from her spatial warehouse. He also took out some ice bombs that Olivia made and saw if it would work in fighting Noir or not.

The ice bomb exploded, freezing the area around it. However, the ice slowly melted and turned into ordinary water. As expected, magic is still useless here.

Noelle did not stop. He kept looking for a way to attack Noir, while trying to find a loophole he could exploit to turn the situation around.

Some swords managed to pierce through Noir's body, but then the swords just fell to the ground as if Noir's body had never been there.

"Alright, I'm getting tired of this" Noir said without changing his smile.

He flicked the tip of the crown that floated on his head, then lunged forward.

In less than a second, he was already in front of Noelle. His smile deepened, and the crown above his head spun at a frightening speed.

Noelle was aware of the situation, and she immediately made an emergency action.

Dozens, and hundreds of swords and various other weapons were ejected simultaneously from his spatial arsenal. Noelle took them all out with the end facing Noir.

Thanks to that, he could take some time to retreat.

However, contrary to his expectations, all the weapons he had put out to fight Noir stopped in midair. They were all silent on the spot as if someone was holding them back.

Of course, it was Noir.

His smile still lingered as he narrowed his eyes. Then, all the weapons turned around and now advanced against Noelle.

Noelle became a little panicked, and she finally took out another sword that she had instilled blasting magic to become her 'shielder'.

As soon as the tip of the weapons from both sides collided with each other, a sufficiently powerful explosion instantly occurred. The explosion made all the nearby weapons turn into sharp metal shards, and get shot in all directions.

At the same time, Noelle had gathered quite a bit of courage and lunged straight towards Noir. He lowered his head, kept his position as low as possible, and was ready to attack using Langen's strength.

Langen can cut anything as the user wants. After Noelle gained better control of her power, something that Noelle could 'cut' with this sword had increased its limits.

Previously Noelle could only use this sword to cut through something that had a physical form, then evolve into a spirit and a kind of ghost. Then, now he could cut out even more abstract concepts like magic power or something like that. All he had to do was understand what he wanted to cut.

Langen's silver-mixed black sword blade managed to split through Noir's body, but the scraps on his body only produced a strange black smoke, which then reattached his body.

From this, Noelle finally understood. Noir was something that he would not be able to 'cut' even if he understood it completely.

Perhaps, he could 'cut it off' if his abilities had improved again, but for now it would be difficult.

Noelle prepared to retreat by utilizing her blood, but Noir was obviously not going to let this opportunity go from her.

Noir immediately coated his legs with the black smoke, then kicked Noelle in the stomach.

Although the kick was not very strong, yet somehow Noelle received a very painful impact from it. Noelle naturally held onto her own stomach, but soon regained consciousness and pulled her body back using a chain of blood with clawed tips coming out from her back.

As Noelle thought about it, an illusory image suddenly appeared behind Noir's body.

It had the shape of a giant humanoid, but it had some parts that humans clearly did not have.

Several hard tentacles shot out from a certain point on his body, and all of them stuck out stiffly like tree roots. In addition, its shape was also completely made of black smoke plumes.

In that illusory giant hand, a pocket watch of a size suitable for him appeared. Just like its holder, the clock was also created from a plume of black smoke.

The clock had three needles, just like a normal clock. However, everything moves simultaneously at a speed that is only slightly different.

Noir's smile did not change. He closed his eyes and stood politely while playing the thumb and index finger on his right hand.

"《Repeat》"

As soon as that one word came out, the three hands on the illusionary giant's hand moved backwards, as if responding to Noir's words. Then, everything around him immediately moved as if everything had been repeated.

The grass and flowers that had recovered from the footing damage were again broken, and the scattered mist reassembled.

More than that, Noelle again felt a sharp pain in her stomach.

"Time manipulation?! "

Noelle involuntarily shouted out her grievances as she fell to her knees on the ground. His stomach was not injured, but the pain that appeared was truly terrible. This was different from the time he was brutally stabbed by Charlotte, but it was obviously just as painful if at that moment he could feel it.

Noir simply looked at Noelle in silence, then replied, "This is different from time manipulation. But at its core, the concept that built it is still the same. I am not repeating time, but repeating your destiny a moment ago."

(That makes no sense .. )

If Noir had this ability, he should have used it in the first place! That's how Noelle thought. But then he woke up. The reason Noir had not used it until now was because he had not found the right moment.

Noir used that repetition of fate because Noelle had been affected by his attack just now. If Noelle was still unaffected, then there was no reason for her to use that power.

"Actually, I can repeat this process as much as I want."

As Noelle slowly rose from her position, the pain hit her again. Noelle immediately fell to the ground holding her own stomach and grimacing in pain.

Seeing this, Noir did not stop at all, and continued to repeat Noelle's destiny.

"《Repeat》"

"《Repeat》"

"《Repeat》"

Noelle's body trembled as she tried to maintain her position. The saliva uncontrollably spewed out along with the illusory blood that was indeed not there from the start.

He continued kneeling on the ground for a while, but soon bounced back with great difficulty as Noir's repeated torture had been stopped. Even so, the pain that Noir gave her had driven her crazy. He could hardly think clearly.

Some of the weapons he had previously taken out were now lying on the ground, and Langen who had been put together with Verstand was also left to fall down and stick firmly on the ground next to Noelle.

Noelle gritted her teeth and slowly stood up. He then pulled Langen and Verstand from his position, then took the horses.

Now he's conscious. There was no need to think much about facing Noir. Instead, the more he thought, the more chaotic he would be.

He just needs to be a fool with a muscular brain that will attack blindly at the enemy, and have fun with the pain.

After she wiped the drool dripping from the corner of her mouth, Noelle immediately came forward and slashed at Noir using her sword.

It failed. Just as Noelle had expected. Then, Noelle pulled out a few more weapons and attacked Noir using it.

Of course, Noelle realized that this would not be enough, so she continued to madly attack Noir using all the weapons she had.

Noir was not silent either, he kept moving and dodged all of Noelle's attacks. Despite that, several attacks managed to land on his body.

Noelle saw that, then realized.

This noir before him was not entirely immortal. There was a time lag between him being able to manifest back the power of black smoke to replace his body.

As soon as Noelle found a gap, she immediately took out all the weapons she had been keeping.

Hundreds, or even thousands of weapons of varying quality were simultaneously ejected, making it fill the black cage.

Noelle did not stop. He kept taking it all out, even though it was destroying his own body.

It didn't matter even if his body was destroyed, because that was his plan from the start.

Some swords that no longer fit in the cage scratched Noelle's body, and even had time to cut her hand, but Noelle still did not want to stop.

All he did was continue to pull out his weapon, and not give Noir any time to use the power of repetition.

The pain he received from his own weapon was completely different than when he was kicked by Noir. This is a huge difference.

He did not feel anything as the weapons pierced through his body, but just one simple kick from Noir was enough to injure him.

Obviously this doesn't make sense.

However, it was precisely because of this impudence that Noelle finally managed to make a decision.

Noelle smiled at Noir, a wild smile with a gaze that had been filled with madness.

His face had been filled with blood, and some parts of his body had been pierced by several sharp weapons of different shapes.

"It's fun" Noir said as he spread his arms happily.

His actions were as if he had welcomed Noelle completely, ready to accept her attack.

The black smoke that protected his body earlier had disappeared, and this time it was precisely wrapping around some weapons flying towards him.

Noir and Noelle's smiles widened as they nearly reached their peak.

At this moment, Noelle had completely forgotten the existence of the people outside the cage. His mind was focused on only one person, namely Noir.

Noelle did not care about Noir's goal of using the black smoke to coat the weapon that would attack her, but Noelle would wholeheartedly make use of it.

I don't know since when this battle full of wits turned into a brutal battle between two people who just wanted to kill each other.

The smiles of the two of them bloomed as if filled with ecstasy, and the faces of the two had been filled with madness.

The crown above Noir's head had melted into black smoke, and solidified back into an arrow with both taper edges.

"Dead! "

Noelle pointed Langen's tip towards Noir's head as he continued forward with a strong killing intent, but that was also true for Noir.

"You too! "

Noir had stopped acting passively, and instead leaned his body slightly forward.

Both of his arms were wide open, and an arrow with both sharp ends floated above his right hand. At the same time, the wisp of black smoke in his left hand moved wildly, then went and coated Langen in Noelle's hand.

The two with faces full of excitement ran at each other with the intention of unsheathing each other. Lalu–

Langen's tip managed to pierce through Noir's head, along with dozens of weapons that went along with him.

However, the smile on Noir's face did not disappear, and it was the same for Noelle afterwards.

With a little difficulty, Noir's mouth was successfully opened and said one word, "《Mirror》"

The arrow with both taper ends in Noir's right hand trembled for a moment, before it finally broke.

The shards were then scattered, but soon returned and entered Noelle's body as if it had been pulled by a powerful magnet.

Only a few moments later, the effect was visible.

The bodies of the two exploded into splashes of blood that were enveloped in black smoke, before finally vanishing into nothingness.

Right after, a tsunami composed of thousands of sharp weapons appeared and hit the location they were both at before.

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