Chapter 52 â Natural Genius vs. Artificial Genius
ăDefeat? You? Defeat me?ă
Giira ridicules.
ăA captain class didnât leave even a scratch on me, you know? What a small fry like you can accomplish?ă
ăâŠâŠ Ashe-san, please wait for a littleă
I ignore Giiraâs words and talk to Ashe-san in the back.
ăAfter I defeat that guy, I will immediately take you to see the doctoră
After saying so, I fix my eyes on Giira once again.
My entire body is hot.
My blood seems to be boiling.
Is it the anger from Ashe-san getting hurt?
Or is it bothââI donât know myself.
Even though I was full of fear when I faced a magician for the first time in the village.
I feel the fear of fighting fading away with each battle.
Of course, I have a great confidence in my own abilities.
Not only thatââI have got used to it at unbelievably quickly.
The battlefield.
ăWhat are those eyes? Are you angry?ă
Giira laughs at me.
ăAlthough I was certain that you would beg for your lifeă
ăLike hell! I will teach you proper etiquette for bullying our Captaină
ăFun, did you perhapsââfell for that Captain? Sheâs certainly a beautyă
ăAh yes, to the point I regret that sheâs marriedă
âŠâŠ Why am I having a conversation with an enemy!?
ăRather, arenât you interested because sheâs married?ă
ăSomewhatâŠâŠ No, you are rightă
ăOu, so you understand. Itâs a pity that you are knight of this kingdomă
Giira laughs happily.
âŠâŠ Hey, this isnât time for conversation, me!
I tsukkomiâd for the second time in my heart.
Maa, if I can talk like this, it shows that Iâm calm.
At least, Iâm not afraid of him right now.
ăAnywayâŠâŠ I will defeat youă
ăJust try it! You donât have any means to defeat me, who can negate every spell!ă
Giira brags.
Fuu, the atmosphere finally turned battle-like.
AlthoughââHonestly, I donât have any strategy.
No matter how much he is resistant to magic, he wouldnât be able to resist the Flash of Annihilation â Photon BlastââI think.
If Iâm not careful, the Captial will burn down by my hand before the Empire even comes.
I also have a rotten dick and steal translations from Shinsori.com
If itâs a big target like the Steel Dragon I can angle my attack in order to prevent damage to the surroundings, but that is not possible with a human-sized target.
Now then, what to doââ
ăWhatâs wrong? If you wonât come I will!ă
Giira raises his both hands with a loud shout.
Ah, I was still in the middle of my thoughts!
As expected the opponent didnât wait.
ăFuuuuuu!ă
Giira swings both his hands while exhaling,
Gou!
It creates a huge tornado which quickly approaches me.
A chantless wind spell?
The surrounding buildings are blended to pieces like in the mixer and then they completely vanish.
Nearly Natural disaster class power.
ăShield of Absorption â Void Sphere!ă
I immediately cast defensive magic.
A defensive magic which absorbs the opponents magic attack and completely abolishes it.
With this, I can reduce the damage to the surroundingsââ
ăââWhat!?ă
The dome-shaped barrier disappointingly scatters as soon as the tornado approaches it.
The flaw of this defensive magic is the limit of energy it can absorb.
It seems that Giiraâs magic exceeded that limit.
Itâs destructive energy is more than I expected.
ăKuâŠâŠ Shield of Protection â Aegis Sphere!ă
I cast a different type of defensive magic.
Precisely, a narrow escapeââ
The tornado that destroyed everything it touched, is immediately repelled the moment it touches the Magic shield I created.
The fierce wind rages in the surroundings.
However, the road, buildings, roadside trees, everything breaks, splits and scatters into little fragments.
Eventually, the tornado vanishes, leaving only debris of buildingsââThe buildings were completely in ruins.
âŠâŠ People who lived there, sorry.
I turn for the counterattack while apologizing in my heart.
ăBlue Light Sphere â Flasher Bomb!ă
I fire a small blue light which formed on my right hand.
Itâs a spell which creates a small-scale explosion on touch.
It doesnât have the power to destroy a quarter of the city like Flash of Annihilation â Photon Blast does, but it can shatter a whole building into pieces.
With that guyâs defenses, he wonât die, but he will suffer a large damage.
This time, I will properly restrict him, so he wonât be able to escape again.
The blue light hits Giira and sparks an explosionââ
In a moment,
ăFu, ooă
The surroundings start glowing red with Giiraâs shout.
The red glow radiating on his helmet and armor spreads and easily scatters the explosion produced by the blue light.
ăIt didnât workâŠ..!?ă
Well, this is surprising.
The resistances of this guy is far higher than I imagined.
ăUseless. Did you think I would take damage from a spell of that level?ă
ăLightning Whip!ă
This time, I produce a whip enveloped in bright light and restrict Giiraâs entire body.
ăI told you that itâs useless!ă
However, just like before, Giiraâs body starts emitting a red glow and the whip vanishes.
ăFuuuuuă
Giira starts attacking me with a barrage of wind magic.
I defend with Shield of Protection â Aegis Sphere and counterattack when I find a gap.
ăFighting Spirit Ball â Aura Bullet!ă
A shining golden sphere,
ăGreen Light Attack â Fist Ray!ă
A green wind bullet,
ăThree Pillars of Destruction â Calamity Delta!ă
Blue lances pour down from three sides.
Firing one after another, I donât give him a chance to counterattack.
However, that plan,
ăUseless, useless!ă
Giira armor glows in a red light. He didnât suffer a single scratch.
ăAbsolute Resistance â Resist, huhâŠâŠă
How troublesome.
As expected, I wonât be able to defeat him while paying attention to surroundings.
I donât have any magic that could restrain him while paying attention to surroundings.
A spell of Flash of Annihilation grade is neededââ
ăMagic doesnât work against me. Didnât I tell you so from the beginning?ă
Giira ridicules me.
ăWith this precious gem, Iâm invincible. The worldâs best genius Magiciană
A dazzling light glows from his chest.
That thing is buried inside his chestââIt have forgotten its official name because it was too long, butââA gem, huh?
A precious gem with nearly maximum conversion efficiency, a precious gem which can turn ordinary man into a super magicianââ
I recall Giiraâs words from before.
In other words, the gem raises his Magic power to utmost limits, maximalizing his Resist.