[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 83: Attacks (4)

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"《Hecross》!! "

As soon as Dyland shouted the name of his skill while slamming the sword and shield that had been turned into an axe to the ground, a radiant pattern of giant crosses began to form on the ground.

The light coming out from the cracks that formed the cross pattern was even more dazzling and drowned out all the monsters present in his range area.

The swarm of monsters that should have been far enough away from his current position actually approached the cross pattern as if it was being pulled by something.

It didn't take long, the monster that sunk into the light was instantly reduced to a glittering dust.

Dyland was seen sweating profusely as he continued to maintain that skill and made Norman aware of something.

"Dyland! Don't force yourself! It was dangerous to bring out that skill in the early minutes! "

"Ughhh … "

As if Norman's shout became the trigger, the light coming out from the cross pattern on the ground began to dissipate, and the crack that made the pattern slowly returned to its original form as if there had never been a crack there.

His feet completely went limp and became almost helpless, yet Dyland forced himself to stand up using his sword which had split from the shield as a pedestal.

His breathing was extremely heavy as if he had been diving in the waters for a few minutes unaided, and thin dark circles began to form under his eyes that had pupils moving unsteadily.

(Sial ... Even I still can't use it, yes .. )

Dyland smiled bitterly as he watched that reality.

Skill《Hecross》 which he used earlier was one of the intermediate level skills commonly used by holy knights to finish off monsters with a wide enough area coverage.

Unlike most skills or magic that can be used by others, skill《Hecross》 is an exclusive skill that only holy knights can use.

That was because it required an enormous amount of holy energy to use it. Normal humans have no holy energy because they have no way to produce it.

Holy energy was a higher version of light element magic. To produce it, it takes a body and soul that is accustomed and trained to hold large amounts of energy.

That's why any normal human being can't use it.

Supposedly using the skill《Hecross》 multiple times was not a problem for a holy knight like Dyland, but he really felt the difficulty at the moment.

That was because, Dyland did not have a large energy capacity to the size of a holy knight.

Thanks to that, he was branded an incompetent holy knight and was even considered a disgrace by his own family.

He was able to become Norman's bodyguard due to Norman's own desire to make Dyland his personal companion and bodyguard.

While continuously condemning his weakness and fatigue, he trained every day and every time just to improve his energy quality and capacity, so that at least he would not humiliate Norman who had saved him.

Breathing breathlessly, Dyland drank a liquid from a small tube bottle he took out of the pocket of his robe.

After which, he continued swinging his sword to finish off all the monsters that started focusing his attention on him.

"Good work for gathering them all in one place."

Cryll's calm voice mixed with happy emotions resounded throughout the area they were in. Then–

"《Accel》"

He in a flat tone without the slightest intonation muttered the name of the skill that became his trump card to date.

His voice was so low, yet it was heard so clearly even by Stella who was quite a distance away from them.

Norman and the others did not understand what was happening. As they blinked, the monster before them was instantly slashed neatly into pieces as if it was slashed with something extremely sharp.

And Dyland too. As he painstakingly used his shield to defend against the waves of monsters, a flash of light entered his gaze and instantly finished off almost all of the monsters that attacked him.

The Cyclops that Rico and Kaira had fought with difficulty easily split into pieces at the same time.

All of this was done with just one flash.

The glint was seen crashing into the legs of the mantis sage several times, but clearly it was just scraping it without leaving any meaningful injuries.

A few seconds later, the flash stopped and displayed the figure of Cryll with wounded hands and feet while tightly grasping Langen in his trembling right hand and appearing to be falling at any moment.

(Ahhh shit .. I'm still not used to the side effects .. )

Cryll with a painful smile seemed to grimace as he slowly fell to the ground after killing all the monsters that existed other than the sage mantis.

"Cryll's! "

Stella frantically ran up to him, but Cryll did not look worried at all, and instead smiled defiantly at the quiet mantis sage.

"Heh heh, asshole. I still can't hurt him even with the help of《Accel》"

《Accel》 that Cryll just used is one of the skills that became his trump card in the fight.

He did not use it too often because of its side effects that would render him helpless for a while after the duration of activation of the skill ended.

The skill had a function that would increase the acceleration of his mind and physique to a 14-fold level in a duration of 30 seconds.

The duration is quite short, but it is worth the level of reinforcement that《Accel》 provides.

For the record,《Accel》 will only increase the 'speed' of his mind and physique only. So Cryll had to use body reinforcement with maximum force in order for him to survive the high speed pressure that was heavy enough for the human body.

Even after using body reinforcement to increase his physical strength, his body was still not fully able to accept the pressure given《Accel》.

Cryll with a frown on his forehead tried to stand by sticking Langen on the ground.

"All the disturbing monsters are taken care of, but .. How can we defeat this jerk … "

Putting a wry smile on her normally calm face, Cryll silently thought of Noelle's whereabouts while glancing at Langen.

(Where are you fucking .. )

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Cryll continuously swung Langen while occasionally shooting lightning towards the sage head of the mantis which was moving quite slowly.

Although his movements were slow, the destructive power he unleashed could not be made into a joke.

the Sage Mantis quickly swung its scythe-looking limbs towards Cryll who had leaped backwards.

The rest of the slashes left behind the mantis sage appeared in the air as if it had taken out a sharp blade made of wind that was heading straight towards Cryll.

Cryll without saying anything immediately jumped to the side, but the ground where he stood was instantly shattered and upsetting his balance.

As if seizing the opportunity, the sage mantis immediately dropped itself towards Cryll and intended to kill him with its weight.

Cryll with the danger siren that kept ringing inside him immediately coated his body with Sword Geist which could act as armor and prepare for a loud impact. However, a golden black chain wrapped around his body and pulled him out from the trajectory of the sage mantis' fall.

After being pulled by the chain, Cryll immediately fixed his position in the air and landed right beside Charlotte safely.

"Thank you."

Charlotte nodded at Cryll's thanks.

While Cryll was rescued with the help of Charlotte's chain, the sage mantis was already lying on the empty ground.

Everyone who was there instantly acted alone as if they had seen an opportunity.

Dyland continued raining down on the sage mantis with an attack that made use of the sharp part of his shield, while his sword continued to strike the soft part that was in the area of his hind legs.

As if not to be left behind, Iris continuously swung her fire-covered whip towards the remaining sage mantis eyes.

Cryll who saw that inevitably cried out in annoyance, "Didn't you remember Terneth's explanation?! That bastard has a high resistance to fire! Stop doing something in vain! "

Hearing that, Iris's face flushed like her hair. He grumbled while stopping his useless attack.

"I know it … "

"Hey Rico, don't you feel awkward about something? " asked Kaira while puzzledly staring at the sage mantis who was painstakingly trying to improve her position.

"You feel it too, yes ... For a moment, I'll check it out" Rico replied.

Rico closed his eyes and focused on answering the awkwardness he and Kaira felt.

While Rico was in focus, Kaira continued to shower the belly of the mantis sage with her spear prick, and at the same time, the, he uses wind magic to create wind blades and help Dyland who is trying to find his weak point.

They can attack the sage mantis easily as its current position is still lying on the ground. However, it was clear that the profits they had would end soon.

Rico then frantically opened his eyes and shouted, "He has wings! Be carefull! "

(Stupid! Why didn't I realize it! )

Just as he was regretting his negligence, the sage mantis opened its buttocks and took out a pair of transparent large wings.

The Sage mantis flaps its wings quickly to improve its position.

Seeing that, Olivia yelled at Charlotte.

"Charls! "

"《Aqua purpose》"

Charlotte without delay immediately used her magic and let out an extremely powerful burst of water towards the sage mantis wings.

That powerful gush of water easily crippled the sage mantis wings. However it did not last long as the hot air immediately came out from the open back of the sahe mantis, and instantly dried its wings.

"《Freeze》"

As if not allowing the sage mantis to recuperate, Olivia quickly made use of the remaining water attached to the sage mantis' wings and froze them.

"It's only going to help for a while, we have to knock it out immediately" Olivia told everyone in a flat, expressionless tone as usual.

Right after Olivia uttered her notice, Cryll without saying anything directly used《Accel》for the second time and instantly cut off the sage wings of the mantis using Langen.

The sage wings of the mantis are easily cut off just before the ice covering them can be melted.

(Still 28 seconds left .. )

With the rest of the precious duration《Accel》, Cryll must somehow immediately paralyze the sage mantis.

The muscles and bones in his body screamed due to the forced activation of《Accel》, but Cryll did not stop and instead further increased his speed and strength.

Cryll at speeds invisible to the normal human eye easily cuts off all parts of the antennae and pierces the eyes of the mantis sage using Langen.

After Cryll smashed the remaining sage mantis eyes, the sage mantis let out a painful scream and attempted to stand up using its hind legs.

The back legs of the sage mantis have the same function as other small insects, namely to jump.

The sage mantis pressed its hind legs to the ground and threw itself into the air.

His body floated for a moment, and the sage mantis took advantage of the opportunity to correct its position, then landed in a standing position on the ground.

"Ohh shit .. Why didn't he do that from earlier … "

Cryll and the others stared at the sage mantis with dumbfounded looks.

" … I'll try something."

Stella said as she prepared her bow.

The arrow that Stella used shone with a terrifying red light.

Stella without saying anything else immediately shot out the arrow and let it smash into the body of the sage mantis.

"Still less, yes … "

As soon as his arrow hit the body of the sage mantis, it left an enormous explosion, yet the sage mantis only slightly shuddered and continued swinging its scythe.

Some wind blades appeared in the air and pointed directly towards Cryll and the others.

They without saying anything immediately jumped back to avoid it. The attack launched by the sage mantis only hit the ground in vain.

"《Laedi Chain》"

A golden black chain appeared in the air from the golden colored magic circle as if responding to Charlotte's words.

The chain quickly wrapped around the body of the sage mantis to seal its movement.

"Charl, how long can you last? " asked Olivia with an anxious face.

"Possibility .. Just a few minutes .. What's wrong with you? "

Charl answered Olivia, then asked back with an astonished face.

" …… "

Charlotte narrowed her eyes as she heard that.

No matter how cold Noelle was, he would never ignore his communication with Olivia.

If he even ignored her telepathy, then something must have happened to Noelle.

"Let's get this over with as soon as possible" Charlotte said firmly.

Charlotte is quite worried about Noelle's condition, but Olivia tells her that Noelle should be fine. However, if he did not answer Olivia's telepathy, then maybe he was doing something right now.

"There was a chance that Noelle lost her consciousness, so it was possible that there would be monsters attacking her at that time."

Charlotte and Olivia nodded at each other.

Charlotte continued to maintain her chain to seal the movement of the mantis sage, whereas Olivia quickly advanced forward with her rapier while using ice magic to freeze the lower body of the mantis sage.

Olivia created an uphill path to get to the head of the mantis sage with ice magic, then thrust her rapier several times into the back of the mantis sage's head.

Each prick he gave off produced a loud explosion that was enough to make the sage mantis scream.

He tries to make a move to attack Olivia, but Charlotte's chains hold him back.

"Let me help you" Cryll said as he ran toward the frozen feet of the sage mantis.

(It should have a soft part here .. )

Is what Cryll thought as he continued to swing Langen at the foot of the extremely hard mantis sage.

Dyland who had begun to recover himself immediately followed Cryll and attacked the same part with his sword and shield.

"《God Speed》"

Olivia muttered the name of her skill and continued to stab the head of the sage mantis at the speed of a hand that even produced after images of her hand movements.

As Olivia continues to relentlessly attack the sage mantis, the sage mantis begins to rebel and forcefully moves its scythe to cut Charlotte's chain.

Surely Charlotte's chain won't just break. However, the sudden movement of the sage mantis by force alone was enough to make Charlotte almost lose her control of the chains wrapped around the sage mantis.

"Olivia! Get away from there! "

Charlotte immediately yells at Olivia as she painstakingly tries to maintain her chain.

Olivia who felt a sense of unease followed Charlotte's words and jumped back to get away from the sage mantis while using gravity magic to press the sage mantis down.

The ground where the mantis sage increasingly enlarges its cracks and looks to be destroyed at any time and creates a sinkhole-like hole.

Eventually the chains that held back the movement of the sahe mantis shattered and made the Sage mantis move on uncontrollably.

Fortunately, Cryll and Dyland, who had been near her feet, managed to escape with the help of Charlotte's chain.

The gravitational pressure Olivia exerted became stronger with each second. The Sage Mantis looked like it would fall at any moment, yet it stood still and swung its scythe several times towards them.

"The defense is too strong! " Cryll grimly complained while looking at Langen the hand.

If Langen could bring out his true abilities, he might be able to defeat that sage mantis. However, Langen would only respond if the one wearing it was Noelle.

"《Holy Saverence》"

Dyland uttered his spell, and a dome of light appeared protecting all of them from the wind slash that the sage mantis released.

"His own attacks are not very strong and can still be held back, but .. The defense is too terrible."

Cryll with a bitter smile stared at the sage mantis.

" … Rico ... Can you find the weakness? " ask Norman to Rico.

Rico had closed his eyes for some time. The frown on his forehead grew more prominent as he replied to Norman.

"I'm trying."

Rico has a unique ability called《Analyze》.that ability has uses that can make users analyze something quickly.

It was not a battle-type ability, but at least it would be very useful to find the opponent's weaknesses with just a little bit of information.

Depending on how difficult the problem will affect the speed of the ability《Analyze》 to find a solution or conclusion.

"I found it! " cry Rico.

"His weakness! It's in his mouth! There's a crystal in there! "

His words were heard by everyone, yet not a single person there was able to move.

After all, that sage mantis stood in a position that was difficult for humans to reach.

If one were to approach his mouth directly, the sage mantis would only instantly respond and kill that person right then and there.

As confusion engulfed everyone, a deafening roar emerged from the distance.

Cryll and the others checked in that direction, and found a wyvern that was swinging its wings frantically.

What surprised them, however, was not that. Rather a white-haired male figure with a blood-filled body was standing on top of that wyvern and was looking at him with killing intent while pointing a sword at him.

"What he did there … "

Cryll asked a question that everyone wanted to say. They simply stared at Noelle's figure in surprise while ignoring the sahe mantis that kept raining down on them with breeze knife attacks.

The Wyvern looked terrified as he tried to get close to the sage mantis, but he did so as soon as Noelle stepped on his head once.

It was obvious that the wyvern was afraid of Noelle.

"Ahh .. Wyvern's and his friends have attacked Mr before."

Chloe's voice suddenly appeared from behind them.

"Where have you been? "

Charlotte narrowed her eyes at Chloe who suddenly appeared behind them along with Brackas.

"Ahh, I was in the fight with you guys, but .. Mister suddenly asked Brackas for help, so I went with him to help Mister."

Everyone in Norman's group looked at Chloe with a confused look.

They don't even remember that Chloe was supposed to be with them from the beginning against the sage mantis.

As everything was in a state of silence from the confusion, Chloe let out a sweet smile and all the shadows that were around her instantly turned into spears that attacked the sage mantis.

The shadow spear that Chloe launched towards the mantis sage only hit him without scratching him in the slightest.

"Sharp weapons will be useless against her," Cryll said as he confusedly stared at the shadow spear Chloe threw.

"I know that, of course."

Chloe answered him with a smile, then she swung her right hand up.

As if following the movement of his hand in reverse, the shadow spear quickly melted and fused with the sage mantis shadow that was on the ground.

"《Umbra vinculum》"

After Chloe calls her spell(?) the shadow that was under the sage mantis quickly formed several giant spines that held back the movement of the sage mantis.

All of the shadow thorns were made to point in such a direction that the sage mantis was unable to move its body in the slightest.

Chloe then clenched her hand with a smile.

"《Umbra Spina》"

Tens to hundreds of sharp shadow spines shot out accentuating themselves from the entire body of the sage mantis. However, it was not enough to kill him.

The Sage Mantis screamed in pain and tried to forcefully move its body.

The yellowish-colored blood like disgusting pus began to flow profusely from all the wounds present on the body of the sage mantis.

"That ... Noelle Technique …? "

Olivia puzzledly stared at the thorns of the shadow coming out from the entire body of the sage mantis.

Not only Olivia, but Charlotte and Cryll who often saw Noelle's blood control technique were also shocked when they saw her.

As if dissatisfied with the results he got, Chloe again swung her hand from the bottom up.

"《Hastam》"

A huge spear emerged from the ground where Chloe was on foot, directing its taper tip right towards the open neck of the mantis sage.

Chloe then turned her raised finger.

"I couldn't kill him myself because his stabbing power might be too low, but .. Die."

The shadow spear with a speed that could not be followed by the human eye directly advanced and pierced right towards the neck that Chloe was after.

The tip of the spear was seen colliding with the neck of the sage mantis, and was unable to penetrate the skin of its armor. However, Chloe casually turned her finger again to speed up the turnaround that the spear was going through.

The shadow spear that Chloe created had a spiral end that was as thin as a drill bit.

The faster the rotation, the stronger the penetrating power.

Chloe let out a dazzling smile like a mature woman as the spear slowly pierced through the sage mantis' neck.

It didn't take long for the spear to pierce through the sage mantis' neck completely.

" … That will not be enough .. The crystal … "

Cryll nervously looked at something sparkling from within the mouth of the mantis sage. He got the idea and immediately flinched.

"That's true .. Noelle … "

Cryll immediately fixed his position while grasping at Langen. He then makes a pose to throw Langen towards Noelle.

"Noelle! Catch this! "

Cryll yells and throws Langen as he can.

Langen smoothly shot through the air.

Noelle who saw that looked a small smile and easily caught Langen who had reached her.

"《Accel》!!! "

Right after Noelle caught Langen, Cryll immediately shouted and used《Accel》 for the third time.

A surge of blue violet mana aura started to surge out from his body and unleashed shock waves that blew away everything around him.

Cryll coated his body using Sword Geist to become a temporary armor, then made a pose ready to run.

"I won't be silent either!《Sacred Saverence》!!! "

Dyland shouted and made both his hands and feet shrouded in a strange wave of golden white light.

In the next instant, the figures of Cryll and Dyland disappeared from everyone's sight.

Not only Dyland and Cryll, but Noelle's supposed figure on top of the wyvern also suddenly disappeared.

No one knew what was happening because they could not keep up with her movements, except for Olivia and Charlotte who had high enough perceptual abilities to be able to see the movements made by the three of them.

Right after she received Langen from Cryll, Noelle immediately plopped down from the wyvern and swooped right towards the mantis's sahe neck from behind.

He uses his blood to make a rope and needle that he plugs in Chloe's shadow to speed up his movements.

Noelle used her blood like a grappling hook and pulled her own body towards the sage mantis.

Just at the same time, Cryll and Dyland suddenly appeared in the opposite direction from him, aiming for the same part as him.

Noelle smiled fiercely as she swung Langen who began to shine right towards the crystal that was inside the mouth of the sage mantis.

Not wanting to lose, Cryll and Dyland also swung their swords in the same direction.

In the gray-colored world in their eyes, the swords of the three of them smoothly touched and pierced through the crystal.

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