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Chapter 16 - Miss Me?

"Sister, Melissa's fighting style has changed. I felt that my attack had no effect on her."

Lissana complained because every magic attack she released was easily countered by Melissa.

Seeing Melissa who was only focused on attacking Lissana as if ignoring her existence, Rossa said, "Sister, step back. I'll deal with her while you use your magic to distract her."

After Lissana took the opportunity to get away from Melissa's barrage of attack after using a protection type ice magic, Rossa quickly drew her sword to stab Melissa's body. The same movement as when Rossa killed me a few minutes ago.

"You think that kind of attack can kill me instantly like Crimson Clover? Don't be naïve sister!"

Melissa's wings immediately moved to protect her body from Rossa's sword stab and at the same time three balls of wind with very fast rotation appear then shot forward to hit Rossa's body.

Get hit from close range sent Rossa flying quite far and shocked Lissana who saw it with her own eyes.

Lissana knew how strong Rossa's body so seeing her like that had a big effect on her mentality.

Moving quickly towards Rossa, Lissana asked her sister, "Are you okay?"

Rossa just nodded and stood up again.

From the virtual screen I could see her left arm, right legs, and upper stomach were bruised and a bit of bleeding. That means the impact of Melissa's attack is very powerful and effective. I really understand how strong Rossa's body is, which wasn't even scratched even though I attacked her with a sword coated with fire elemental mana.

Among all types of elements, the fire element is one of the elements with the highest destructive power.

What amazed me was when Rossa didn't complain even though she had serious injuries from Melissa attack. Not only that, even this girl was already preparing to attack after strengthening her body with various kinds of strengthening type magic.

"Sword dance technique 5th move – Ballad of The Fae"

I saw from the virtual screen when Rossa's sword was about to collide with Melissa's wings, Rossa's body disappeared like teleportation and was replaced by dozens of Rossa who appeared from various sides and angle about to stab Melissa's body.

I could also see Melissa's surprised expression even if only for a moment.

Even though she was surprised, Melissa also acted quickly by making rotational movements while protecting her body with her wings.

Sparks appeared when dozens of Rossa thrust their swords into Melissa's body. Luckily the thing I feared didn't happen. Rossa's attack was ineffective and was blocked by the superfast rotation movement that Melissa had just executed.

Without stopping, Melissa counterattacked but Rossa, who was already prepared in case her attack fail to bring Melissa down was able to dodge her attack and move away from the range of Melissa's wing attack.

"Back to starting point huh." I said.

Even so, their stamina, mana, and strength were quite drained from the great battle they went through.

Even though Melissa looks impressive and mighty, I'm still worried about her condition. That's why I turned to Artificia and asked, "Can you show me the whereabouts of the magic knights? I want to know if they are still quite far from Melissa's battle location."

Artificia firmly rejected my request. She said that she was only showing the condition of my corpse which happened to be not far from where Melissa was fighting. It's not her job to show me other characters conditions.

Artificia is an intelligent creature considering her is an AI. Unlike normal robots which can only follow commands according to a program, Artificia is able to think independently and I realized that after communicating with her for the first time.

"Please don't rush to reject my request. What if I'm going to buy the promo to come back to life you just offered to me a few minutes ago but I want you to show me the whereabouts of the other magic knights. All so that I can decide the right time to live again."

Thinking for a moment, Artificia finally nodded in agreement and changed the channel on the virtual screen in front of me. Melissa's fight immediately shifted to where the magic knights were.

I could see above the dark sky, a white two-headed six-winged snake was rapidly moving towards the city of blight.

Above the snake's giant body I could see many magic knights sitting and resting. I could also see Jenner lying limply with a pale face while other magic knights hold his body so he will not fall to the ground.

While Herling and Aldoun sit on the snake's head. Herling seemed focused on controlling his summoned creature while Aldoun had a disappointed expression. I don't know what they're going through but it doesn't seem to be something pleasant.

But this could be a golden opportunity. The more unhappy they are, the more motivated they are to beat Rossa and Lissana if they meet later.

"Artificia, how long until they pass the place where Melissa is fighting right now?"

"About 10 minutes."

"How long will my resurrection process take if I ask you to immediately revive me?"

"Only 1 minutes."

Without hesitation I immediately made the transaction and asked Artificia to immediately revive me in five minutes.

Time goes by and Melissa's fight continues. Melissa and Rossa exchanged attacks while Lissana occasionally trying to disrupt Melissa's movement with her ice magic.

Even though Lissana tried to continue to interfere in Melissa and Rossa one versus one battle, Melissa was always able to swiftly avoid her traps and magic attacks.

The three of them looked very focused until a loud explosion was heard not too far from them.

The explosion was none other than an explosion that I created using fire elemental magic to get the attention not only the three girls who were fighting in front of me but also the attention of the magic knights who were not too far from the battle location.

I made a loud explosion because of the dark and rainy weather conditions. I'm sure they're not stupid enough to ignore my magic considering they're magic knights and it's their job to check suspicious circumstances like what I did seconds ago.

When the girls looked towards the source of the explosion, I was standing on a rock bare-chested.

There are no signs of injury on my body which is currently wet from the rain.

Looking at them with a big smile, I asked, "Anyone miss me?"