u201c<Icicle Lance 256>u201d
256 tombak es dilepaskan.
Dan tak lama kemudian, Ryo segera bertindak.
u201c<Reverse>u201d
Begitu saja Garwin mengucapkan mantra, seluruh lintasan tombak es itu menyelonjarkan dan kembali ke titik semula jadinya.
u201cWah, benar bahwa... berbeda dengan tembok-tembok di ibu kota kerajaan, lintasannya tak meluncur ke arah penyihir, justru membalik arah.... Benar-benar u2017membendung ruangu2019.u201d
Tombak es itu setelah berputar 180 derajat kembali ke titik peluncuannya, tak memburu Ryo yang sudah beralih posisi.
Tampaknya berbeda dengan tembok kerajaan yang membalik dan otomatis menyempurnakan jejak.
Ryo berhasil menghilangkan 256 tombak es yang sudah dibalik arahnya.
Tak seperti kehilangan kendali atas sihir—seruan yang disebut u2017kehilangan kendali sihiru2019 tidak terjadi.
u201cSeperti yang diharapkan, ini gangguan terhadap ruang, bukan merebut kendali sihir musuh.u201d
Ryo berseru sambil meremas pedangnya.
Tentu saja, Djing yang bernama Garwin juga menyerang.
u201c<Gravity>.u201d
Namun tak lama, semuanyapun musnah melalui partikel penghilang.
u201cApa?u201d
u201cItu hanya ditutupi oleh dinding es tak terlihat yang kudiamkan agar tak terdeteksi.u201d
Garwin tertarik. Ryo menjawab dengan senyum tebal.
u201c...Jadi kamu mampu mengaktifkan sihir tanpa mantra.u201d
u201cSial! Setiap kartuku terdedaki satu per satu. Ini menjengkelkan.u201d
u201cYa ya... kamu sebaiknya lihat wajahmu... rasanya kamu tidak terlalu terganggu sama sekali!u201d
Ryo bilang dengan sengaja, lalu Garwin berteriak dengan ekspresi yang tertegang.
Saat itulah, pedang Ryo dan pasak Garwin saling bertukar.
Pertarungan sihir dalam pertempuran jarak dekat.
Namun, Garwin langsung mundur sejauh beberapa langkah dan menciptakan jarak.
u201cBaiklah, tidak ada pilihan. <Gravity Rod>.u201d
Tak lama kemudian, puluhan tongkol hitam langgeng jatuh dari langit seperti hujan.
Klack, klack, klack....
Suara tongkol itu mengenai <Ice Wall> yang Ryo pasang di atasnya bergema.
Tampaknya mereka kekurangan tenaga tembus.
u201cGravitasi? Tongkol? Sial!u201d
Ketika Ryo berseru, sudah terlambat.
Sejumlah tongkol gravitasi yang tertancap di tanah mengeruk Ryo ke segala arah, membuatnya tak bisa bergerak.
u201cAku merasa sudah mendengarnya dari Etho dan teman-temannya... u201d
Ryo meratap karena frustasi.
Tapi hanya sebentar.
u201c<Ice Wall 20-Layer: Ring>u201d
Saat Ryo mengucapkan mantra, gemerlap menggema di sekelillunya.
Dinding es jatuh dari langit di sekelilingnya, kecuali bagian tengah di mana Ryo berdiri.
Membentuk struktur seperti cincin... seperti uang logam lima yen atau lima puluh yen.
Semua tongkol gravitasi itu dihancurin oleh dinding es ini.
Kecuali sebagian di depan Ryo yang belum jatuh sepenuhnya ke tanah.
Tampaknya seseorang berhasil meremukkan celah antara tanah dan dinding es.
u201cKenapa tiba-tiba jatuh dari langit?u201d
Garwin yang berhasil masuk sambil marah-marah bertanya.
Sepertinya ia tak hancur oleh serangan sekaliber ini.
u201cSerangan massal yang pernah hancurkan makhluk golem liar... tapi kamu tetap berdiri teguh.u201d
u201cJangan dibandingkan denganku dengan seorang golem.u201d
Ryo menjawab, lalu Garwin menyela neto.
Lalu ia tersenyum dan melanjutkan.
u201cKayaknya seperti ini? <Ice Wall>.u201d
Tak lama kemudian, suara gemerlap yang sama terdengar.
Seperti sebelumnya, dinding es jatuh dari langit.
Hanya menyisakan lubang di tempat Garwin berdiri....
Kali ini juga, sebagian di depan Garwin tersisa tanpa rusak.
Seolah seseorang berhasil meremukkan celah antara tanah dan dinding es.
u201cAku mungkin bisa menggunakan sihir atribut air...u201d
Ryo berkata dengan rueful.
Dikelilingi oleh dinding es cercak yang ia conjured.
u201cKarena kudan Djinn. Tentu saja, aku bisa menggunakan semua atribut sihir.u201d
u201cItu tidak adil!u201d
Garwin menjawab begitu saja, lalu Ryo pun menyela dengan keluhan.
u201cSudah pernahkah kamu mikir bagaimana rasanya untuk seseorang yang hanya bisa menggunakan satu atribut?"
u201cTentu tidak...u201d
Dunia memang tidak adil memang.
u201cAku akan menunjukkan kekuatan sejati sihir atribut air!"
u201cAyo!u201d
Dengan senyuman yang mengelusunga karena frustrasi... Ryo mengumumkan dengan tegas, lalu Garwin menjawab dengan tawa.
Tentu saja, Ryo tak sedang menangis...
u201cPenggabungan Alkimia Malaikat Jatuh dan sihir atribut air, saksikan keagongannya! <Calorie Acquisition Heat Absorption Vapor> <Ice Blade>.u201d
Dua mantra berturut-turut diucapkan!
u201c<Dynamic Steam Mine>u201d
Mantra yang sudah pernah ia dengar kembali!
Dengan itu, Ryo berasap cepat melewati jarak antara mereka dan menebak Mirasame ke arina bawah.
Garwin menangkapnya dengan pasaknya, silang tangan di atas kepalanya.
Tapi begitu ditangkap...
u201cApa... ini beku?u201d
Tempat yang ditangkap membeku.
u201cIni <Freezing Sword>.u201d
Dalam istilah sederhana, ini adalah kemampuan unik Milik Murasame.
Tentu saja Ryo tak tahu apakah hal itu benar ada, namun merasa bahwa ini terbangkit ketika Murasame bertarung melawan malaikat jatuh di Negara-Negara Barat.
Pada saat itu ia menamainya... inilah namanya.
Karena keterlibatan spesifiknya, ia meminta Murasame untuk u201cmembekukan saat menyentuh lawanu2013u2019 iya, ia meminta senjatanya.
Jadi membekukan saat menyentuh. Dunia penuh dengan misteri...
Membekukan saat menyentuh.
Efeknya mudah dipahami, dan untuk Djinn sekelas Garwin, hal ini tidak terlalu sulit untuk memutuskan.
Tapi jika hal ini terjadi setiap kali diterima, bisa membuatnya sangat terganggu.
Dan kemudian...
u201c<Squall> <Limited Permafrost>"
Serangan hujan deras menimpi Garwin, membekukan air hujan yang melekat padanya seketika.
u201c!u201d
Ryo kembali memotong leher yang beku Garwin.
Karena ini adalah es yang dihasilkan sihirnya yang dikendalikan, hal semacam ini memungkinkan.
Lebih lanjut, tak hanya leher tetapi juga lengan, kaki, tubuh... semuanya dipotong.
Mungkin terlihat kejam jika ini manusia...
Djinn Garwin dengan alami bangun kembali.
Tapi, pengembangannya tak terlewatkan.
Tak lama kemudian, ia kembali dipotong lagi.
u201c<Water Jet 256>.u201d
Bukan hanya Murasame, tapi juga ia menggunakan Water Jet untuk memotongnya.
Ilmu Air dan Laut
Respawn kill.
Setiap kali ia bangun, ia langsung dipotong lagi.
Kembali dan kembali, berulang-ulang...
Tanpa henti.
Tentu saja, Djinn Garwin bangun berulang kali.
Bukan hanya satu, ada kalanya ia muncul sebagai klon atau pemecahan, bahkan puluhan sekaligus.
u201c<Water Jet 2048>"
Jumlah bertarung dengan jumlah.
Berapa kali pun ujian seperti ini diulang?
Akhirnya...
Klack.
u201cHemm.u201d
Ryo mengeluh dengan ekspresi frustasinya.
Murasame ditangkap oleh pasak Garwin.
Pemotongan tak sempat dilakukan tepat waktu.
u201cAku tidak percaya ini memaksa dua ribu kebangunan untuk akhirnya lolos.u201d
u201cMengerikan. Aku berencana melakukannya seratus juta kali.u201d
Ryo berkata dengan suara yang tak terlalu terdengar seperti bercanda, sebagai tanggapan pada kata-kata Garwin.
Mengembalikan tendangan pasak dengan berat, ia mundur untuk menciptakan jarak.
Sama sekali, ia mengucapkan mantra.
u201c<Squall> <Limited Permafrost>u201d
u201c<Evaporation>u201d
Hujan turun.
Namun tidak terjadi apa-apa pada tubuh Garwin.
u201cApa kamu langsung menguapkan air yang melekat di Squall?u201d
Ilmu Air dan Laut
u201cSepertinya kamu mencoba hal yang sama lagi!u201d
Ryo terkejut, lalu Garwin berteriak dengan keras, segera menutup jarak.
Sejumlah pukul langsung. Diikuti oleh pukul hati kiri dengan rotasi pinggang. Chop Mongolia dengan kedua tangan...
Saat dinamai, ini adalah campuran karate, boxing, dan wrestling, namun tentu saja Garwin tak terikat oleh kerangka seni bela diri Bumi modern.
Nama berbagai tekniknya...
Ryo menerima, memproyek, dan menghindar.
Pertahanan yang tak retak.
Ryo tidak sering berkelawan jarak dekat.
Lawan setinggi yang ia ingat adalah Ash Khan, penyihir dari party pahlawan.
Saat party pahlawan menginap di ibu kota, Ryo sering dipilih sebagai pasangan latihan oleh Hero Roman.
Pada saat-saat itu, ia juga berlatih dengan Ash Khan, ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) yang menemaninya.
Mungkin pengalaman ini cukup berguna sekarang.
(Walau bagaimanapun, karena monster biasanya tak memakai senjata, diasumsikan bahwa pertarungan jarak dekat, kan?)
Ryo berpikir.
Dia tak terlalu memedulikan senjata lawan...
Tentu saja, gaya bertarungnya tetap berubah sesuai.
Semakin pendek dan kecil senjata, semakin mudah dihadapi, membuatnya lebih efektif dalam pertempuran jarak dekat.
Jika kita bandingkan dengan tombak dan pisau, siapa pun bisa memahaminyya.
Jika demikian, senjata terpendek dan terkecil adalah anggota sendiri, yang unggul dalam pertarungan jarak dekat.
Nyatanya, serangan Garwin cukup licik, dan pertahanannya juga kokoh.
Jujur, jika diminta untuk mengalahkannya dengan hanya pedang, ia akan kebingungan.
Akhirnya, ia bisa bangun bahkan setelah dipotong jadi beberapa bagian...
Namun, Ryo adalah seorang penyihir.
Pedang hanyalah pelengkap.
Huh? Ya, pelengkap! Kamu punya sesuatu untuk dikatakan tentang itu?"
Saat mengatakan pelengkap, maksudnya adalah pelengkap!"
Lagi-lagi, Ryo mundur untuk menciptakan jarak. Namun kali ini, Garwin tak membiarkannya pergi.
u201cKenapa kamu tetap mencoba menjaga jarak? <Flamen Carronade>"
Saat Garwin mengucapkan mantra, puluhan bola api meluncur dari tangan kanannya ke arah Ryo, namun begitu ditembakkan, mereka mulai membeku.
u201cSial, apa ini!u201d
Garwin marah.
Ryo tersenyum.
Ini adalah <Dynamic Steam Mine> yang ia pasang sebelumnya.
Tak tahu kapan ia akan membeku.
Ini adalah serangan psikologis oleh Ryo.
Setelah membeku, tentu saja, ia akan memotongnya.
Ya, Ryo adalah seorang penyihir.
Tapi Djinn mahir dalam sihir juga.
u2012Buroi! <Gravity Rod>.u201d
Dalam sekejap, segala sesuatu dalam pandangan Ryo dipenuhi oleh tongkol hitam tipis.
Benar, tidak ada cara lain untuk menggambirkannya kecuali u2017dikuburu2019.
Togol gravitasi muncul di mana saja
“<Icicle Lance 256>”
256 ice lances released.
And immediately, Ryo moved.
“<Reverse>”
The moment Garwin chanted, all the trajectories of the ice lances flipped and flew back to their original positions.
“I see. Unlike the walls of the royal capital, the trajectory doesn’t fly towards the caster but reverses.... Truly ‘bending space’.”
The ice lances, having made a 180-degree turn, returned to their launch point without heading towards Ryo, who had moved.
It seems different from the royal capital’s walls, which reverse and automatically track.
Ryo could dispel the 256 reversed ice spears.
It didn’t seem like he lost control over the magic, so-called ‘magic control deprivation’.
“As expected, it’s interference with space rather than seizing control of the opponent’s magic.”
Ryo muttered such things while swinging his sword.
Naturally, the Djinn Garwin also attacked.
“<Gravity>.”
But immediately, it vanished with paired annihilation particles.
“What?”
“It was just blocked by an invisible ice wall I set up to remain undetected.”
Garwin grimaced. Ryo answers with a smug look.
“...So, you’re capable of activating magic without chanting at all.”
“Damn it! Each of my cards is being revealed one by one. This is troublesome.”
“Yeah right, you should see your face... you don’t look troubled at all!”
Ryo said deliberately, and Garwin shouted with a strained expression.
During that time, Ryo’s sword and Garwin’s gauntlet clashed.
A magic showdown within close-quarters combat.
However, Garwin lightly stepped back and created some distance.
“Well, can’t help it. <Gravity Rod>.”
As Garwin uttered those words, numerous thin black rods fell from the sky like rain.
Clang, clang, clang....
The sound of the rods hitting the <Ice Wall> that Ryo had set up above him echoed.
It seemed they lacked penetrating power.
“Gravity? Rods? Shit!”
When Ryo muttered, it was too late.
The multiple gravity rods stuck in the ground pulled Ryo in all directions, rendering him immobile.
“Even though I heard about it from Etho and the others...”
Ryo lamented in frustration.
But that was just for a moment.
“<Ice Wall 20-Layer: Ring>”
As Ryo chanted, a thunderous sound reverberated around him.
Ice walls fell from the sky around him other than the center where Ryo was.
Forming a ring-like structure...much like a Japanese five-yen or fifty-yen coin....
All the gravity rods were crushed by these ice walls.
Except for a section in front of Ryo that hadn’t fallen all the way to the ground.
It seemed someone had managed to slip between the ground and the ice wall.
“Why are ice walls suddenly falling from the sky?”
Garwin, who had slipped in, grumbled.
Apparently, he wasn’t crushed by this level of attack.
“That’s a mass attack that once even crushed wild golems... yet you took it like a champ.”
“Don’t compare me to a golem.”
Ryo said, and Garwin retorted.
Then he grinned and continued.
“Is it something like this? <Ice Wall>.”
The moment Garwin chanted, another thunderous noise resounded.
Just like before, ice walls fell from the sky.
Leaving holes only where Garwin stood....
This time too, some parts in front of Garwin remained undisturbed.
As if someone had slipped between the ground and the ice walls.
“To think you can use water-attribute magic...”
Ryo said ruefully.
Surrounded by nearly transparent ice walls he had conjured.
“Because I’m a Djinn. Naturally, I can use magic of all attributes.”
“That’s unfair!”
Garwin said naturally, and Ryo naturally retaliated with a complaint.
“Have you ever thought about how someone who can only use one attribute feels?”
“Of course not...”
The world is unfair indeed.
“I’ll show you the true power of water-attribute magic!”
“Sounds interesting.”
With a teary look that suggested frustration... Ryo declared boldly, and Garwin replied with a laugh.
Of course, Ryo wasn’t shedding tears...
“The fusion of Fallen Angel Alchemy and water-attribute magic, witness its greatness! <Calorie Acquisition Heat Absorption Vapor> <Ice Blade>.”
Two consecutive spells were chanted!
“<Dynamic Steam Mine>”
Another familiar spell was cast!
With that, Ryo swiftly invaded the distance between them and swung down Murasame.
Garwin caught it with his gauntlets, crossing his hands over his head.
But the moment he caught it...
“What... it froze?”
The area where he caught it froze.
“This is the <Freezing Sword>.”
In simple terms, it was Murasame’s unique skill.
Of course, Ryo didn’t know if such a thing existed, but he had a feeling it awakened when Murasame fought the fallen angel in the Western Countries.
At that time he named the freezing phenomenon...thus.
By the way, specifically what he did was ask Murasame to “freeze upon contact with the opponent”...yeah, he asked his weapon.
So, it freezes upon contact. The world is filled with mysteries...
Freeze upon contact.
The effect is straightforward, and for a Djinn like Garwin, it’s not too difficult to shake off the ice from his frozen gauntlets.
But if it happens every time he receives it, it could be quite troublesome.
And then...
“<Squall> <Limited Permafrost>”
A sudden downpour assaulted Garwin, freezing the rainwater that clung to him without delay.
“! ”
Ryo sliced through the frozen Garwin’s neck once again.
Because it was ice generated by his controlled magic, such a thing was possible.
Furthermore, not only the neck but also the arms, legs, torso...
All were cut apart.
It might be considered cruel if it were a human...
Djinn Garwin naturally revived.
But, his revival wasn’t overlooked.
As soon as he regenerated, he was cut apart again.
“<Water Jet 256>.”
Not just Murasame, but he also used Water Jet to cut him apart.
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Respawn kill.
Every time he regenerated, he was cut apart in that moment.
Again and again, repeatedly...
Relentless in his assault.
Of course, Djinn Garwin revived many times.
Not just one, but there were instances where he appeared as clones or splits, sometimes even several dozen at once.
“<Water Jet 2048>”
Numbers countered numbers.
How many times did such a struggle repeat?
But finally...
Clang.
“Ugh.”
Ryo groaned with a frustrated expression.
Murasame was caught by Garwin’s gauntlet.
The chopping finally didn’t make it in time.
“To think, it took two thousand simultaneous revivals to finally slip through. I’m impressed.”
“What a shame. I was planning to do it a hundred million times.”
Ryo said in a voice that didn’t necessarily sound like a joke, in response to Garwin’s words.
Deflecting the gauntlet heavily, he leaped backward to create distance.
At the same time, he chanted.
“<Squall> <Limited Permafrost>”
“<Evaporation>”
The rain fell.
But nothing happened to Garwin’s body.
“You evaporated the water adhered with Squall in an instant?”
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“As if the same trick will work twice!”
Ryo was surprised, and Garwin roared, quickly closing the distance.
A frontal right fist punch. Followed by a left hand liver punch with the rotation of his hips. A Mongolian Chop with both hands...
When you name the techniques, they’re a mix of karate, boxing, and wrestling, but naturally, Garwin wasn’t bound by the framework of modern Earth’s martial arts.
Hence the names of the various techniques...
Ryo received, parried, and dodged them.
An ironclad defense.
Ryo doesn’t engage in hand-to-hand combat often.
The only high-level opponent he recalls facing is Ash Khan, the enchanter from the hero party.
Back when the hero party was staying in the capital, Ryo was often used as a sparring partner by Hero Roman.
During those times, he also sparred with Ash Khan, ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) who accompanied them.
Perhaps those experiences were somewhat useful now.
(Well, since monsters usually don’t carry weapons, it’s safe to assume hand-to-hand combat, right?)
Ryo thought.
He doesn’t pay too much attention to the opponent’s weapon...
Of course, his fighting style still changes accordingly.
The shorter and smaller the weapon, the easier it is to handle, making it more effective in close combat.
Anyone can understand this when comparing a spear and a knife.
If so, then the ultimate short and small weapon would be one’s own limbs’, which excel in close-quarters combat.
In reality, Garwin’s attacks are remarkably tricky, and his defense is also solid.
Frankly, if told to defeat him with just a sword, he would be at a loss.
After all, he resurrects even if chopped up...
However, Ryo is a magician.
The sword is merely supplementary.
Huh? Yes, supplementary! Do you have something to say about that?
When I say supplementary, I mean supplementary!
Once again, Ryo stepped back to create distance.
But this time, Garwin did not let him get away.
“Why do you keep trying to keep your distance! <Flame Carronade>”
As Garwin chanted, dozens of fireballs shot out from his outstretched right hand, heading toward Ryo... but from the moment they were fired, they began to freeze.
“What the hell, is this!”
Garwin shouted in anger.
Ryo smirked.
It was his <Dynamic Steam Mine> that he had cast earlier.
The fear of not knowing when he would freeze.
A psychological warfare by Ryo.
Once frozen, naturally, he would shred him to pieces.
Yes, Ryo is a magician.
But Djinns are skilled in magic too.
“Bury him! <Gravity Rod>.”
In an instant, everything in Ryo’s field of vision was filled with pencil-thin black rods.
Indeed, there was no other way to describe it than being ‘buried’.
Gravity rods appeared everywhere, from the ground to the sky, in a 360-degree radius.
A ridiculous display of overwhelming with numbers.
The ultimate saturation attack.
Upon their generation, all previously laid <Dynamic Steam Mines> emitted beams of annihilation particles and disappeared.
Tens of thousands of steam mines!
An equal number of gravity rods should have vanished too, but...they were still filling the area.
Each gravity rod emitted a powerful gravitational force.
Strangely, the gravity rods didn’t attract each other; instead, they pulled towards the target at the center from all directions...in other words, towards Ryo.
Earlier, he had crushed them with ice walls...
“<Ice Wall 20-Layer: Ring>”
Ryo chanted.
But nothing happened.
The ice walls manifested in mid-air.
They appeared but didn’t fall... and remained suspended in midair.
Presumably, the effect of the gravity rods extended to the ice walls this time...
In other words, the creator of these gravity rods could select their targets.
Therefore, the gravity rods didn’t interact with each other.
“Talk about fantasy.”
Ryo muttered involuntarily.
Well, the fact that gravity and attraction are treated as magic effects is already fantasy.
Actually, magic itself is fantasy.
In the end, the world is a fantasy.
Gravity rods filled the space.
Ryo, unable to move.
He was in a bind.
But let me say it again.
Ryo is a water-attribute magician.
“<Ice Wall> <Ice Bahn>”
Garwin, closing the distance to deliver the finishing blow to the immobilized Ryo, rushed in.
It would either be a thrust through the throat, or a swipe to decapitate him....
But not a stab through the chest.
“It’s too late to try to stop me with an ice wall now.”
Garwin said with a menacing grin, attempting to break through the ice wall.
But as he tried to break it...
“Ah...”
His foot slipped, unable to gain traction.
Naturally.
The ground was covered in ice from <Ice Bahn>.
Ryo had a trump card.
It was information.
Know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles.
What did Ryo know about Garwin?
It was his body.
More precisely, the moisture flowing through his body.
How did he know?
Of course, it was from Garwin’s left arm that pierced through Ryo’s heart.
Ryo had encased that left arm in ice.
The water from Ryo’s ice magic had permeated every nook and cranny of Garwin’s left arm.
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