As she ran and dodged his attacks, she also repeatedly used magic to counterattack. But she was currently in one of the cave's narrowest places, so it was impossible to use powerful spells. The only thing she could do now, was create small wind swirling back into sharp blades of air that flew towards him, but that was only enough to cause some scratches on her "stone armor". him.
-Oh rub! Oh rub! Is this what you can do? It was so pitifully weak.
-...
-Why are you scared?
I need to distract him, she thought, at the same time chanting her spell at the same time.
-It's true that I'm weaker than the others and every time I fight, all I can do is support them. But...
-Hum? What are you talking about? I can't hear you clearly.
-... if you dare to touch them then don't blame me for being polite!
The moment Mika fell into a powerful speech, she pointed the staff forward and released a whirlwind. Although it was not large, its incredible strength and speed made Edik stand still and eat the attack in the middle of his chest. His entire armor cracked into dozens, no, hundreds of pieces in an instant. Immediately after that, his body was thrown away and stopped only when he hit the wall.
Hopefully both of them are fine, I keep praying silently for Kaito and Mika. But I myself understood that praying would not be of any help to them and also because I knew that the black magician, Edik, was much stronger than us.
Thinking about the other battle, I went to the lobby containing his "throne" at an unknown time.
At that time, there were no shadows of any black magicians because they all went out to fight the army. Only he sat there, sipping fine wine bought from a merchant in a distant land.
For some reason, when I saw him sitting on it, I was sure this was the person I would need to defeat in order to get Yumi out of here.
-Hm ... Volcat wines are really good ... so ...
He glared at me, a chilling sensation running through my spine that made my whole body tremble and almost lost all will to fight and run away if I could not recover.
-...who are you? The student? Man from the army? It doesn't matter, I will kill you here. Don't worry, it will be quick, you won't feel any pain, as a reward for getting in here. Hahahaha!
His tone of voice seemed to be continuously distorted, which helped me to understand that he was drunk. Although not significant, I can say that I am the more profitable side.
Clutching the sword in my hand, I rushed towards him.
He was completely motionless, his face collapsed, so she didn't know if he was awake or fainting. Gathering up her courage, Mika slowly approached him to check. Because his shirt also suffered the same fate as the armor, she could clearly see that his chest had a large bruise from the previous spell.
-Haha ...
He smiled weakly but she still jumped back to safety.
-... that hurts.
Standing up and stretching, he looked like he was unharmed by the attack just now. And as soon as he raised his muscles, the bruise on his body disappeared like it never existed.
-The boot is complete. After you and that kid, I'll beat the royal army!
Just in an instant, the person standing far away now appeared right in front of her. Just before she could react to the incident, he punched her in the stomach and sent her flying.
That's hurt!
Her entire stomach was aching like it was burning, the burning sensation reaching her throat made her speechless.
-What is this!?
A whirlwind of wind suddenly appeared around Edik and "tied" him, the more he struggled, trying to get rid of it, the tighter the tornado tightened.
He glared at her, though he didn't show it on his face, but she was breathing a sigh of relief because his magic trap had worked.
-Trap?
Mika looked at Gaido in bewilderment, she felt like Gaido Sensei was misunderstanding what she meant.
-Yes.
-But...
-If fighting in a narrow space, the Wind system will be the weakest. Especially in hand-to-hand matches. I specialize in melee so that's not a problem, but you're different. That's why you need to learn other ways to fight against this disadvantage.
-Yes!
Feeling uncomfortable about being trapped by a small trap, he tensed and struggled harder to escape.
-Aaaaaaaa!
-Clush!
The red liquid spraying out from all directions created large streaks, from the left arm to the other half, the same red liquid was flowing like a stream, right, it was blood. This sight would make her vomit if there was something in her stomach, but now she thanked herself for not eating breakfast.
-This is great, bastard! Losing one of my arms, I'll pay you enough.
Edik limped towards Kaito, who was still "sleeping" due to Mika's blow.
-Stop...
She tried to scream and wanted to run to stop him but the pain still did not let her go.
- Let me enjoy the feeling of being helpless. Look here! I'll squeeze the tip of his head like the way you did with my arm.
He lifted him gently like a child's toy.
Stop! Do not! Mika silently screamed in vain, ever since her face was filled with tears. Move on! Mau move! She wanted to run over and save Kaito, but it didn't work, the pain slowed her down, so he had enough time to cast a stone to hold her back.
-That's it! Now look here! I will ...
-Clush!
He let go and Kaito fell down. From behind, a person wearing a full-length cloak pierced an iron rod through his heart.
His face gradually turned pale, he turned around and cursed something to the other person.
-Ro ... bastard ...
Before he finishes his sentence, Edik collapses, his soul officially leaving this human world. And accordingly, the person in that robe also vanished as if it were something created by magic rather than a person.
Breaking the rock that tripped the other leg, she ran to Kaito and burst into tears.
-Very good! Are you okay ...
-Mika ... why are you crying?
Mika's cry woke him up, though it was unclear what happened but he didn't care about that. He hugged his sobbing friend and wiped her tears.
My legs were tired from having to move continuously, ever since the start of the fight, I have never hit them once. No matter what permission he was faster than me and dodged or blocked easily. Yet this seems like he never seriously fought. If it weren't for the transformation of magic into lightning to accelerate, I might have been killed by him long ago.
What to do? I kept thinking and finally came up with a vague idea, but since it was the only way, I decided to try it.
-Where do you keep the students !? And what did you do to them !?
Yes, even though it was stupid to ask straight, it was the only thing I thought of at that time.
-Haha! Because you can live up to now, I'll reward you.
Here it is! I silently celebrated, as soon as he revealed the information of Yumi and the other students' locations, I would immediately run out of here and go there to save her.
-So ...
-They're all dead!
-Huh...
His answer caused me to stumble, the feeling of pain in my right leg is no longer a concern for me.
Are you kidding! Did he lie?
Stupid.
-Lies ... you lie ...
-I told you I'll reward you.
How weak.
-How is it possible...
-The lives of your friends are all taken away to sacrifice for a more important thing, that is to revive the demon king!
-Is not...
You are too weak.
-Is not...
If you hadn't been so weak, you could have saved that girl.
-Stop it...
You ... killed Yumi.
-Noooooooooooooo !!!
The boy's screams in front of him were increasingly strange, as if it were the roar of a beast rather than a human. But that made it even more interesting, he wanted to see what happened.
-Grrrrrr .... Aaaaaaaa!
From that boy, a thick black smoke spread out around him. If it was another person, he would probably run away in fear, but not only did he not have any worries, he was happy for the sight before him.
-That can't be wrong. This flow of magic ...
-Clush!
He jumped back to dodge the scythe flying towards him.
Gripping the scythe tree, flying in a circle, the disfigured boy screamed, the scream reached the outside of the cave.
Those eyes stared at him.
Red eyes light up in the endless night.