Konbini Ossan Volume 8 Chapter 32 — The Incarnation of Calamity Appears
“I will not test the waters! I shall fight at full power from the start!”
Vladgaria immediately cloaks herself in fighting spirit and abyssal magic, preparing to battle with everything she has.
“I agree.”
I, too, activate the skills necessary to fight at full strength. The accursed skills, beginning with «Calamity». As I inflict severe debuffs upon my opponent, I stand ready.
“What is this?!”
Vladgaria falters in confusion. Yet perhaps unable to ease her assault, she charges straight at me regardless.
Truly worthy of being called Demon King. Even while afflicted with debuffs, her physical abilities still surpass Kanehama before his «Limit Break».
Unfortunately for her, I have no intention of receiving that attack.
“No thanks.”
“What—?!”
I redirect Vladgaria’s strike with a smooth, natural flow, then use the very momentum of her attack to launch a counter.
Caught off guard by a level of martial technique she had not anticipated, she is sent flying, her face frozen in astonishment.
In truth, there is nothing mystical about this technique. It is not that I possess extraordinary talent in hand-to-hand combat.
I am, at this very moment, continuously activating Arisa’s cheat skill, «Calculator».
«Calculator» receives all information and derives the correct answer.
When applied to close-quarters combat, it allows me to reproduce movements akin to advanced Aikido; redirecting attacks, exploiting openings, and countering flawlessly.
Through continuous training with Arisa, I can now maintain «Calculator» for approximately thirty minutes.
Which means that for the next thirty minutes, against an opponent who relies on close combat, precisely someone like Vladgaria, I can maintain a combat ability that borders on invincibility.
“To think you were such a master!”
“Not at all. I am no master.”
“How dare you!”
Vladgaria unleashes attack after attack, yet I evade them all and counter with precision.
The damage may not be massive, but it is far from negligible. The situation is decidedly unfavorable for her.
“By the way, are you certain this is wise?”
“What do you mean?”
“That you are touching me so freely.”
Only then does realization dawn on Vladgaria. She abruptly retreats.
“So that is it. I thought my strength was being drained in a peculiar manner. To think you wield a poison hand.”
“More of a cursed hand than poison. But you are close enough.”
My blood has been transformed by «Calamity» into a corrupted substance known as «Curse-sludge». Thus, not only my hands but my entire body is effectively a mass of curses.
Mere contact inflicts damage and debuffs.
“And furthermore, as you have likely noticed, I have already dispersed the source of those debuffs throughout our surroundings. There is no escape.”
“This black mist… that is it?”
Vladgaria looks toward the faint black haze drifting in the air, the mixture of «Curse-sludge» and «Calamity» I have generated with my «Miasma» skill and spread across the battlefield.
“The denser this mist becomes, the more your abilities decline, and the more you will suffer continuous damage. You no longer have a path to victory.”
“I see. That would be true… if I were relying solely on close combat!”
With that declaration, Vladgaria releases her abyssal magic.
“This level of ‘magic’ is nothing to my «Demonic Eye of Mana Gluttony»! I can scatter it without issue!”
She activates «Demonic Eye of Mana Gluttony».
Exactly as I calculated.
Checkmate.
The moment she does, Vladgaria’s face turns pale.
“W-What is this? This cannot be… such a thing should not exist!”
Fear flashes across her expression as she cries out.
“Impossible. I have never seen anything like this! It is not magic, nor is it, in a sense, even a ‘skill’! It is entirely unknown power!”
I smile in response.
“Correct. My skill «Calamity» produces a ‘third energy’; neither magic nor physical phenomenon.”
“So that is your power…”
Vladgaria lowers her head, as if in resignation.
“So you are the one my subordinates once reported… the ‘Incarnation of Calamity’. To think it was to this extent…”
Then, with clear frustration:
“I have lost.”
Thus, in what could only be called a one-sided conclusion, the final round came to its end.
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