[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 254: Difficulties (2)

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A difficult situation was also experienced by Dexter.

He tried to interrupt the fight between Tian and Moldy, but it never worked. There are many causes for this problem.

First of all, Moldy's defense was too strong, and he was also very focused on Tian. Another reason is due to outside interference.

Dexter looked to the side, and found the figure of the robed old man directing the tip of his wand at himself a.

Even though the old man was fighting Noah, he still had time to mess with Dexter's strategy to break Moldy's defense.

Dexter tried to observe the fight to find a gap, but the robed old man continued to act as if covering the gap Moldy had created.

This really causes.

In a place not far from him, the members of the chase had fallen for reasons he did not know about. All the survivors tried to save them all, while creating a barrier so that this fight did not leak out to the public.

The number of personnel has greatly reduced. Even if the numbers were still the same, Dexter himself doubted that it would be enough to face this group of Swallow Life Order.

There should only be Moldy, but two men have been sent to be his reinforcements. Moreover, those two people possessed powers that Dexter alone could not measure.

The witch's old man was one thing, but that girl named Silis seemed to be a big deal.

The girl is after the most helpless member at the moment, Felice.

" … Fuck."

Fortunately, Felice's location is not far from Noah and the unknown person with the scythe, so Dexter can be calmer.

Dexter kept silent while observing Moldy's fight, along with the old man's motions. Finally, he found a slight gap.

As long as Noah could distract the old man even better, then he could seize the opportunity to find a gap in Moldy's defense. Dexter thought of that after he saw Noah's fight against the old man.

(But .. The bastard must also be in trouble now .. )

The problem is, Noah is fighting while protecting Felice. That meant, he couldn't let his guard down in the slightest.

Just once he focused on one person, then the others would definitely attack Felice.

Syllis is also a variable that is difficult to take into account. He has a technique Dexter doesn't understand.

As he was about to land a blow on Moldy earlier, it was obvious that his punch had hit Silis' body. However, instead of Silis being affected by the blow, the effect of the blow actually experienced a 'rebound' and turned about Dexter himself.

(He has a technique that can reverse the opponent's attack. Then ... )

It was difficult to fight against someone who possessed such a technique. However, once the gap was found, it would be easy to overcome it.

It seemed Noah had also realized this. He was careful not to attack Silis, and only defended when receiving his attack.

While Dexter was focusing on observing Gild and Silis' movements, a black cat appeared beside him, and called out to him in the voice of an old man.

It was Tian's voice.

"Dexter, did you find anything? "

Without further ado, Dexter explained everything he had just discovered. Tian who contacted him through the familiar nodded.

"Make an opportunity so I can get close to Noah. I'm gonna figure out a way that Moldy's focus can be a little split. After that, you have to attack him from the blind spot, and make him stay away from the battlefield."

"But, how? "

Such a task was no big deal for Dexter. It's just, he doesn't know how to do it.

"Do you see my position? When I kept my distance from Moldy, you figured out a way to sneak up on his left side without him noticing. After that, I will attack, and he will definitely hold it back. In that moment, you must attack him and make him retreat to the favourable side."

"Oh, yeah."

Dexter understands the outline. If he attacked Moldy at the right time, then Moldy would definitely retreat to keep a safe distance. He would definitely jump towards the right from Tian's point of view, and that was where Gild and Silis were.

"Then? "

"Noah will definitely understand our plan, and he will seize the opportunity. Once Noah attacks enemy reinforcements, Felice's position will be better protected, and that's when you'll have to take him back. But, I'm sure that Felice won't be in good shape after we break up their cooperation. That's why, prioritize protecting Felice, and give her healing magic if necessary."

Dexter hesitantly nodded, and as if responding to his reaction, the black cat beside him immediately disappeared into the empty air.

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After preparing himself to execute Tian's plan, Dexter slowly retreated backwards, and moved silently towards the left side of Tian's position. He then prepared to approach Moldy from there, and waited for Tian to finish his part.

As Tian had said before.

The two advanced simultaneously, and their different-sized sword blades clashed against each other. Tian's sword was thin, yet it was strong enough to withstand Moldy's attack.

After the intervention between the two took place, Dexter immediately approached Moldy as planned, and waited until Moldy intended to return to his position.

Again it was exactly as Tian explained.

Moldy intends to jump back, but that is the moment where Dexter appears.

Dexter gathers strength in his legs and hands, then deals a powerful blow to Moldy.

"Ups! "

Moldy chuckled as he held back the blow, but instead he had to bounce slightly towards Dexter's punch. It was the right direction from Tian's point of view.

"Bingo."

Noelle appeared and smiled at Moldy, before finally throwing a hard kick at his neck.

Despite that, Moldy managed to protect his neck in time using his hands, so the resulting damage was not so great. Only, his right hand suffered a bone fracture that was quite severe because of the hardness of the kick that Noelle gave.

"You're strong. My head would be instantly gone if I didn't protect my own neck" Moldy said as he fixed his standing position while holding onto his right arm.

On the other hand, Gild who was previously fighting Noelle instantly swung her staff.

"Moldy! "

A fairly sharp blade of wind appeared, and shot towards Noelle's neck.

Noelle wasted no time, and immediately lowered her head to dodge the blade of wind, then swung her sword backwards while utilizing that momentum to turn around.

A few sharp swords started to slide towards Gild, but Gild did not panic. He glanced at Silis, whom Silis then replied by moving his body to block all of the swords.

Noelle saw that move, and immediately stopped all of her swords.

If he let his sword touch Silis' body, then the rebound effect would be bestowed on Noelle due to the unique ability that Silis possessed.

『The power to twist fate. Hehe, but it's too weak. Not enough to reverse a deadly attack.』

(Thank you for the information.)

『Sama-sama.』

Noelle smiled and pulled out a fire spear the same as before. Inside that fire spear, there was an extremely dense stone spear.

He hadn't really tried this on Silis yet, but he had a hunch that this would work.

Silis' abilities were not as strong as he had previously thought. He actually only received attacks from enemies, then used the power from《Envy》 to exchange his fate for an attacker.

If he attacks Silis with half-intention, then Silis can turn things around. All the attacks that Noelle had mustered out would only turn on herself.

Seeing the fire spear hurtling towards him, Silis immediately frowned. Undoubtedly, it was an attack that could instantly kill him if hit at a vital point.

Silis turned her head, and gave a signal to Gild, and Gild immediately nodded.

Then, the positions of the two of them were exchanged. Gild replaces Silis to withstand the attack, while Silis temporarily has to deal with Tania.

Gild immediately created him a barrier at once. The magic barrier instantly erased the fire spear, and the physical barrier easily destroyed the stone spear within the flame.

(What《Envy》has the power of teleportation? )

Noelle frowned curiously. As far as he understood, if Silis was really a magician, then it should not be a matter of passage to create a barrier to withstand the attack.

However, instead of creating a barrier, he instead chose to switch places with Gild.

『No, the power of sin does not give much ability, you know?《Envy》only has some abilities related to destiny.』

(Destiny? )

Noelle raised her eyebrows in response to those words. It was not usual for Noir to give an explanation, so he would listen calmly.

(I understand. Then ... )

The exchange of places was definitely done by Gild.

It was probably a technique similar to the one that was once used by Terneth in Eisen long ago.

"Well, whatever it is has nothing to do with."

Noelle smiled again and was immediately in front of Gild.

With his reflexes, Gild was about to jump back, but the cold sensation on his back made him take emergency measures to escape from a dangerous situation.

Justright. At the place where it stood before, Noelle and Dexter's legs had already crossed each other.

If Gild remained there, her neck would probably be cut off instantly due to the compact attack of the two.

Noelle and Dexter stared for a moment, before they both nodded simultaneously.

Dexter's figure disappeared, and he only had a few meters with Felice.

However, of course the other party who was there did not let it go so easily.

While holding Tania back, Silis pointed the tip of her wand at Dexter, and fired a bolt of lightning straight at him.

Dexter manages to evade, but that's why he's getting further and further away from Felice.

In that short time, Silis had already created a giant ball of light floating above her raised hand.

"It's bad." Noelle smiles and laughs while dripping with sweat a sign of worry, but somehow manages to make it in time to create a barrier that protects Dexter and Felice.

However, the magic power of Silis exceeded his estimate.

The giant ball of light that Silis threw broke its barrier, and swallowed Dexter and Silis at the same time.

Of course, both are still alive, but under different circumstances.

Felice had lost consciousness from the beginning, but now he was much worse. Meanwhile, Dexter still survives. He was severely injured, but managed to hold back so that his consciousness did not vanish.

"Damn … "

Dexter feels himself able to faint at any time, but suddenly Noelle uses healing magic on him, so all his wounds disappear.

Not to forget, Noelle also gave Felice healing magic, so that her condition would not be too severe.

Dexter didn't waste this opportunity. Instead, he directly ran towards Felice, carried her, and carried her away from the location of the fight.

Felice was taken to where all the wounded were.

"How many victims? "

While still there, Dexter asked one of the officers guarding the barrier to keep the commotion from leaking into the outside world.

The guard replied, "There were about fourteen fallen members. They still haven't woken up till now, and we don't know why."

" ……… "

Dexter involuntarily strengthened his fist.

The situation is worse than he thought.

" … Take care of them all, and be sure to maintain the barrier."

That's the only instruction Dexter can give. The guard nodded firmly, then returned to his duties, while Dexter ran up to Tian.

As soon as he got closer, Dexter realized that the situation had barely changed.

Moldy was still fighting spirit, and this time he had Silis helping him.

Again, Dexter tries to interrupt their fight, but always fails. Only Tian's quick and silent movements were able to match their brutal strength.

Looking the other way, Noah was also not in such a good condition. The fight between him and Gild was at a dead end.

Even though Noah was aided by a foreign girl with the scythe, he still could not find the right gap to attack.

At that moment, reinforcements finally arrived.

Dolf appeared with about 10 additional people from the Church of the Goddess Zelica, and each of them instantly took on a different task.

Some helped the injured members recover, and some tried to help other members to fight.

Dolf himself immediately went to Tian, and asked the old man about the situation.

"Hows it? "

"Pretty bad," Tian replied briefly. Tian was silent for a moment while staring at Moldy in front, then continued, "The enemy has many strange techniques, and there is no guarantee that they will not run away again."

This may be the only chance for the church to arrest members of the Swallow Life Order. That's why they can't give up now.

Letting the enemy escape was akin to throwing away an extremely precious treasure. That's hard to find.

"Yes, I can see the situation now … "

Dolf let out a tired sigh as he looked around.

It's pretty fucked up. Only members of the Church of Goddess Zelica were still fighting, while their additional members had actually fainted for unknown reasons.

"Hey, hey! Why are you busy talking! "

Moldy did not allow the conversation to continue, and started attacking Tian like before. Tian tries to retaliate, but his attack is held back by Silis by placing barrier magic all over Moldy's body.

"Dolf, back out of here. Swallow Life Order gets help from other organizations. I don't know why, but it looks like they're working together right now."

"Yes, I know that."

Dolf nodded, then jumped back into the shelter of the injured member.

Before he got to this place, a group of police agents came to see him, and gave a brief account of what happened.

Apparently, they are police agents who teamed up with Noah Ashrain to find the whereabouts of a man named Gild.

Utilizing that information, Dolf began to devise a plan, but was unable to find one that was effective. All have great risks.

Even so, it does not mean he has another choice. As the main leader in this mission, he had to dare to take that risk.

Dolf glanced behind him, and found two figures he was already very familiar with.

"Louen, Rita, help Tian. I know that, you guys are very good at dealing with members of that organization."

"Good."

Louen calmly replied, while Rita remained silent. Beside them, Dexter intended to directly help Tian without waiting for orders.

"Dexter, don't act rashly. Work with Louen and Rita, then focus on defeating one of the two."

The last sentence refers to Moldy and Silis. Although the main target this time is Moldy, Silis is also a priority because it has been involved with the enemy.

Moreover, the girl was a member of the dangerous Hermit Cult organization. Dolf had to take advantage of this situation to ascertain the relationship between the Swallow Life Order and the Hermit Cult.

"All right."

Unlike usual, today Dexter is really acting calm. He was not rash, and was serving orders as he should.

Seeing the three of them go to help Tian, Dolf looked the other way.

His views focus on Noah's fight with a foreign girl, against a man allegedly named Gild.

Dolf didn't know who the girl was, but it was clear that they were on the same side now.

"All units, do not force yourself to engage in the fight. Focus on finding solutions so that our members can wake up. Leave the enemy to us."

Even though Dolf wasn't really that good at direct combat, he was still someone with a lot of experience. At least, that was enough to make him survive.

Dolf intends to help Noah, but then a portal suddenly opens nearby.

From the portal, several monsters with strange shapes began to scatter out.

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