After hearing my reply, Isis-san nodded and turned her gaze towards
Iris-san.
[…That's great magic… Your magic technique is neat and tidy…
However… I think that… it's a little slow.]
[I'm not so conceited to think that that strike could defeat you… but to
receive it directly without even blocking it… However, not yet! Come!
Spear of Eternal Darkness, the Great Armada! Δαίμονας Λόγχη!]
(T/N: Demon's Lance)
After Iris-san, who couldn't even stain Isis-san's clothes from her
special technique, made a vexed expression, she quickly switched
minds, and summoned a large number of spears and launched them
towards Isis-san.
The spears, which I estimate to be over a hundred in number, headed
for Isis-san… and before they could even touch her body, "all of it
vanished".
[…What the.]
[They vanished?]
Seeing the huge number of spears disappear in an instant, Iris-san's
eyes widened in astonishment, while I tilted my head, not
understanding what just happened.
[If you only heard that she can't control her magic power of death, you
might assume that Isis-san isn't very good at controlling her magic
power… but Isis-san's magic power control techniques are actually the
best in the world. It's just that, even when she has that much control,
her magic power of death is just too powerful to control. It's a piece of
cake for her to "interfere with external magic heading towards her and
deactivate it", and even "revert that magic into its simple, harmless
magic power form".]
Hearing Alice's explanation, I became astonished. That means, Isis-san
has just deactivated all of the more than 100 magic spears heading
towards her at a considerable speed in an instant and reverted them to
simple magic power… That means…
[I guess Iris-san and Kaito-san have noticed huh? It basically means
that Isis-san can "nullify almost all magic attacks heading towards her".
If you don't use your head and just fire magic towards her, you won't
even be able to make Isis-san defend herself.]
[…Good grief, it feels like my common sense has been completely
overturned. They're outrageous beings huh… The beings called Six
Kings… In that case, what about this!!!?]
As Iris-san shouted and put her hand on the ground, the ground moved
like a wave and a huge earthen spear formed, shooting towards Isis-san.
I see, if Isis-san can nullify magic, that doesn't mean that the earth
molded with magic will disappear. I thought this was a spectacular
move, but right after that, Alice-san's voice echoed.
[Well, that's the attack that anyone would come up with huh. That's
exactly why it holds no meaning though…]
After those words, the earthen spear slipped through Isis-san's body
without any resistance.
[…A power similar to Spiritual Form? And thereby, all physical attacks
are nullified huh? However… that is…]
[Well, something like that. There are lots of opponents that can nullify
both physical and magical attacks at peak Count-rank, so I'll be teaching
you how to defeat them in the future. Well, with that out of the way, I
guess it's about time we change the subject… Isis-san.]
[…Unnn?]
[Next time, please avoid her attacks. No magic nullification, just
evasion. Iris, you only need to hit her once, so try hitting Isis-san with
an attack.]
[…I understand.]
I wonder how this would turn out? Personally, I can't imagine a very
fast Isis-san. It may just be due to the fact that her means of combat was
magic-oriented, but I feel that she would be the defensive type, blocking
all enemy attacks with her magic barrier, than an evasive type. Even so,
she's still one of the Six Kings, so I guess her evasive skills were
excellent too?
As I was thinking about this, Iris-san raised her hand up to the sky and
summoned a huge magic circle.
[συμφορά μοιραίο φορέας!]
(T/N: Calamity Doombringer)
Filling my vision with a large amount of swords… Iris-san unleashed a
wide-scale magic. The moment they shot forward, Isis-san, who was in
my field of vision earlier, began to move at a tremendous speed.
[Wha!? Eh? Arehh? That way?]
At an incomprehensible speed that even my glasses, which should be
able to see up to 10 times the speed of light, would lose sight of her,
Isis-san weaved her way through the large amount of swords.
On the contrary, she even has the composure to look at us on the way
and give us a wave… Even if you look cute, Isis-san, you shouldn't do
that in the middle of a battle.
[A- Alice… Has Isis-san always been that fast?]
[Eh? No, she still "didn't get serious" at all though… That's just on the
level of a light jog for her. She isn't even using Instantaneous Movement
or Time Manipulation. Well, I am using some Anti-Techniques to
prevent the world from being destroyed by the impact of her
movements…]
[…Iris-san's basic specs are about the same as the Six Kings, right?
Then, can Iris-san also be as fast as that?]
[Rather, if she can completely use your body, Iris-san should be faster
than Isis-san. Her body is based on mine, and among the Six Kings, my
speed is only second to Kuro-san. Well, to put it simply, the current Iris
still has too many wasted movements.]
To be honest, I might have underestimated the Six Kings. No, I knew
that they were outrageously strong people… but it seems like their
strength is still on another level.
Just like that, Isis-san continued to evade Iris-san's attacks for about ten
minutes, and Alice opened her mouth when Iris's breathing became
heavier.
[Yes, let's stop here again… Now, let's change the offense and defense.
Isis-san will now attack, while Iris will defend. Isis-san, please start
with physical attacks.]
[…Unnn? No matter how I look at it, Isis-dono doesn't seem to be
proficient at physical attacks…]
[…Unnn… I'm bad at it… but… I'll do my best.]
Hmmm, I wonder what this feeling is… Isis-san certainly seems to be
the mage-type, but from what I've seen so far, it doesn't feel like being a
mage simply makes her bad at melee combat.
With that thought in mind, Iris-san deployed a cylindrical barrier thick
enough that it could be seen.
That's the terrific protective barrier that completely blocked Agni-san's
attack. It looked very tough.
The next moment, Isis-san soundlessly moved in front of Iris-san and
swung her fist. It was a random punch that even an amateur like me
knows that it was a punch of someone unaccustomed to fighting… but
Iris-san jumped away, leaving behind her barrier in place with a
flustered look on her face.
Then, when Isis-san's fist touched the barrier… It pierced through it
"like paper" and created a "huge crater" in the ground.
[…Wha!?]
[…Oiiiiiiii, Iris. Stop getting distracted. That won't do, if you let your
guard down even a little bit… Isis-san certainly is better than magic
combat than physical combat. But Iris, remember Agni-san, the person
you fought before? The person you're facing now is strong enough to
"beat Agni-san to death with her bare hands".]
[W- W- Wha… What the heck is that!? This is beyond nonsense! Rather,
isn't there too much of a difference in combat power between the
Count-ranks and Six Kings!?]
[That's why, until this very day, the only Duke-rank person in this world
is Ein-san. The Six King-rank people, including Kuro-san, have a
completely separate level of power that it's almost like they're… well,
we're a "bug in this world". I don't have any proof, but Alice-chan
suspects that the God of this world has a hand on this matter. So, well
———- Please do your best with the thought that you might die.]
The basic physical specs should be almost the same, but the difference
in magnitude between their combat abilities was a sight to behold. I felt
like there was a huge wall between them that wasn't easy to overcome.
This is Isis-san's power————- This is the power of a King.