Soul Devourer Chapter 3 Episode 13 — Their Skillful Coordination and Sheer Numbers Are a Pain
Facing roughly twenty members of「Grimm Reaper」, I was reaching into《Magic Pouch》to take out《Balmung》, but since my goal was incapacitation, I decided not to use a weapon and instead fight with【Martial Arts】.
I pulled my right foot back and sank my hips low, taking a cautious stance. Seeing this, a massive barehanded man stepped forward.
He drew both hands back to his waist and lowered his hips deeply, white haze enveloping his entire body.
He took a visibly deep breath even through the mask, then in an instant closed the distance and swung a sharp punch.
I tracked his movement clearly and threw my own punch. Fist met fist, and a shockwave rippled through the surroundings.
The result was decisive, the brute’s punch lost out, leaving his torso completely exposed.
I didn’t miss the opening, closed in, and fired a sharp kick into his solar plexus, sending him flying backward into the group behind him.
As I moved to follow up, a swordsman and a spearman who had circled around from both sides closed the distance.
The swordsman swung his longsword toward my neck, while the spearman thrust his long spear toward my flank.
I grabbed the sharply thrust spear and ducked under the longsword aimed at my neck.
In an instant I closed the distance on the spearman desperately trying to pull his weapon back, driving my left fist into his solar plexus.
I shifted my gaze from the spearman being blown away to the rear and leaned my upper body back to evade the swordsman’s diagonal slash.
The relentless attacks continued; at times I lightly pushed the flat of the longsword aside with the back of my fist, deflecting the slash and narrowly avoiding it.
But then my legs suddenly stopped moving.
I glanced down to see my feet frozen solid in ice. I instinctively guarded against the swordsman’s next attack, but instead he had taken a large step back.
The next moment, a bolt of lightning tore down from the sky and pierced my crown, while a violently roaring pillar of flame erupted from beneath my feet and engulfed me.
Yet thanks to my high Spirit stat and【Fire Magic Resistance】, I didn’t go up in flames. I swung my arms as if brushing away insects and stepped out of the fire.
“…What’s going on? Why isn’t the magic working?”
“Either his magic resistance skill level is high… or perhaps he possesses a unique skill that nullifies magic.”
“That’s troublesome…”
From the presence and movements of the「Grimm Reaper」members, it was clear they were genuinely shocked that their attacks weren’t working.
But only for a moment. They immediately resumed combat actions, and my vision was swallowed by darkness.
“…Huh? What just happened?”
I was briefly confused, but my other senses were functioning normally. They must have used some method to blind me.
Is it magic? An item? Either way, it doesn’t matter. As long as my skills aren’t being obstructed, I can deal with it.
Using every detection skill at my disposal;【Presence Detection】, 【Mana Detection】,【Life Sense】, and more, I responded to their attacks.
A sharp kick came for my left temple, so I caught the ankle with my right hand and returned the favor with a roundhouse kick aimed at their left temple.
Feeling solid impact, I leapt back, avoiding a downward swing from a double-bladed axe.
I then dodged a rapid series of thrusts from a spearman closing in with a short spear, grabbed the spear, and slammed the spearman’s body into the ground.
At that instant, an assassin who had slipped behind me swung a dagger toward my neck, while an arrow fired by an archer from the front hurtled toward my forehead.
I crushed the incoming arrow in my hand, ducked to evade the dagger aimed at my neck, and in one smooth motion grabbed the assassin by the head and smashed them into the ground with force.
I crushed several arrows fired to keep distance from the assassin and charged toward the group.
Mid-charge, I sensed an enormous concentration of mana overhead. Judging it unavoidable, I crossed my arms and took a defensive stance.
Fireballs, ice spikes, and lightning rained down.
After enduring the magical barrage, I tried to dash forward again but, sensing an assassin closing in from behind, I lightly hopped in place, twisted my body, and kicked them away.
“Whew…”
I let out an involuntary sigh. Individually, none of them were a problem. They were far weaker than the Almighty Snow King I’d fought earlier.
But their skillful coordination and sheer number of attacks were extremely troublesome for me, since my objective was incapacitation.
If I simply killed them one by one, their coordination and numbers would collapse, and it wouldn’t have been this much trouble.
I’d been going easy on them to make them talk… but I’m done with that.
From here on out, I’ll kill them… one by one, for certain.
Renewing my resolve, my vision cleared. I glared sharply at them with killing intent and activated【Sovereign Aura】.
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E/N:
Kill just one, gruesomely, make an example! Although, I doubt these trained terrorists would give up. Damn, I hate terrorists!
Stay tuned!
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