The drastic reduction in the effectiveness of her regeneration magic was indeed a major threat, but for Tio right now, that wasn't a problem.
The expression on Fried's face turned to annoyance. Even Uranus moved his throat unhappily, and then, as if unable to hold back any longer, he fired another white-gold cannon.
Shia and Tio moved to the left and right.
Meanwhile, Esther came to Fried's side.
"Lord Fried, they are accomplices of that anomaly. Please do not be careless."
"I know."
From the wording, it seems that the status of the two has been reversed. It seems that Fried is now superior to Esther.
It seems that no matter where they are, the apostles are ultimately just puppets of God.
As long as they are promoted to the same rank, the status of "human" will be higher than that of the apostles.
Fried and Esther simultaneously turned their gazes towards the two divine enemies that needed to be exorcised.
“Everything will be as the Lord wishes.”
At this stage, the enemy suddenly had five super-standard combat forces, and the situation was extremely desperate.
However, the expressions on Shia and Tio's faces were just powerful grins.
"Okay, the real fun is about to begin."
"It's time for everyone to show off their prowess."
If she continued to strengthen her body, she would have to do it in stages, no matter how strong her body was, or it might collapse on its own.
Tio hadn't used her trump card before because it wasn't suitable for use when surrounded by enemies. However, now that she was facing the enemy head-on, there was no problem.
"Let's go! — Physical Enhancement 'Level IV'!!"
"Show yourself, my followers—Summon the Dragon Army!"
Shia and Tio each played a trump card.
The pale blue-white magical light all over Shia's body—a sign of her enhanced physical strength—became even brighter.
After Tio shouted a loud order, the red beads on the belt began to glow, and then as many as one hundred black dragons appeared around them.
Incredibly, these armed black dragon legions are equipped with artifacts from head to toe.
The apostles unfurled their greatswords, and Fried raised one hand. The demonic army roared in response, and Uranus roared as well, sparks erupting from his body.
So──
The roars and sweeps of dragon breath from both sides' dragon legions became the gong sounds announcing the start of the second round of battle.
The auroras and black flashes emitted by both sides swept towards each other's camps like a meteor shower.
The scene was like a fleet battle in a sci-fi movie, where laser cannons were used to fight each other.
Amidst a large number of deadly flashes, five platinum lights and light blue-white lights quickly shuttled between them.
Parts of the aurora collided with the black flash, creating a black and white shock wave. Between these shock waves—
“Uoooohhhhh!”
Shia swung the chains, imbuing the kendama with centrifugal force, and flung it out. Just as the massive projectile was about to collide head-on with the five platinum flashes, they suddenly vanished.
It seemed to have vanished suddenly, which meant that the apostle's speed was faster than Shia could perceive.
With such overwhelming speed that not even an afterimage was left, Esther appeared in front of Shia in the blink of an eye, as if teleporting.
"Fly out!"
"Is that all you can do?"
Even as the enemy suddenly approached, Shia remained calm, swinging her Veled Luken with all her might. Esther, on the other hand, raised her greatsword and slashed diagonally at the speed of her advance.
After a terrible roar and impact, the greatsword gained the upper hand.
The powerful force forced Xia's arms to bounce high, as if she was forced to strike a banzai pose.
While Xia's eyes widened in surprise, almost at the same time, the second greatsword swept towards her body.
In the corner of her vision, which seemed to slow in her intense concentration, Shia saw the White Dragon's breath shoot out backwards. At the same time, two apostles flew past side by side, ignoring Shia. So, where were the remaining two?
The answer was to the left and right behind Shia. To block her escape route, the second apostle (Zwhite) and the fourth apostle (Fiat) appeared behind her. In perfect sync, the two apostles swung their swords from above and below.
(Level IV has already surpassed the limit!)
However, Shia is completely blind. She cannot see physically, but she can see the vision of death.
Shia let out a silent scream and pulled the trigger, moving forward with the powerful shock wave.
"Mmmmm!" She moaned because the greatsword had struck her side. However, it wasn't severed in half. She was so close to Esther, practically hugging her, that the greatsword didn't reach its full potential.
Of course, the big swords coming from the left, right and back did not hit her.
Shia also wields a large, super-heavy weapon, so she's certainly familiar with its weaknesses. Even so, her courage in rushing towards the enemy without hesitation, determined to survive a near-death situation, is undoubtedly astonishing.
With her courage, Xia once again broke free from the fatal encirclement attack, then threw her head forward and delivered a powerful headbutt.
A loud "bang!" A terrifying sound, unimaginably the sound of heads colliding, rang out. Esther's head fell backward, but she remained completely composed. Even as her upper body tilted back, her eyes remained fixed on Shia.
Oh no, is this completely ineffective?! — Shia thought, and jumped up.
Immediately, Zwhite and Fiat's two great swords swept past her feet.
Shia flipped in the air, thinking—I don't have enough strength or speed.
──Shia Fluid can be enhanced to level IV.
Shia's original physical enhancement technique is a combination of the magic manipulation derivative skills "Physical Enhancement" and "Conversion Efficiency Increase II". In terms of ability value, 1 point of magic power can increase all physical ability values by 2 points.
Combined with the artifact's enhanced effect, "Conversion Efficiency Increase III"—that is, "Physical Enhancement Level III," all abilities are further elevated to their limits.
However, this is not enough, Shia seeks further strengthening.
By taking the specially formulated version of the cheat "Friends," the ingredients are adjusted specifically for Shia, and the limiting mechanism in the brain that unconsciously restrains power to protect the body is removed. Ignoring the burden on the body and soul, it is possible to forcibly activate soul magic and sublimation magic that are not suitable for it, and gain power that even further exceeds the limit - "Level IV."
Unexpectedly, the enemy's performance is even more powerful, even Level IV can't compete...
"Are you still thinking? You seem to be handling things with ease."
It came again, and Shia was completely unaware. In the blink of an eye, her opponent seized the flaw above her head and, just like the first strike, the twin greatswords slashed down with incredibly powerful arm strength.
"That's right! I can handle it with ease!"
Shia said this defiantly while blocking the attack with the chain on the front of Veled Luken.
She deliberately adjusted the strength, shook the chain, and rotated her body at the same time, allowing the chain to entangle the two swords together.
The greatsword itself certainly had decomposition magic, but the equipment that Hajime meticulously crafted was all made of a special, ultra-high-density alloy. Even if the Platinum Apostle's performance was unexpectedly powerful, holding out for a few seconds wouldn't be a problem at all.
Therefore, the chain didn't disintegrate immediately, giving Shia enough time to switch the Veled Luken into bombardment mode, aim it at the enemy, and pull the trigger, unleashing the "Space Burst Armor Piercing Round."
The characteristic of this type of shell is that it triggers the space shock immediately after penetrating the target, rather than at the moment of impact.
Even Esther did not dare to take it lightly. He quickly let go of his two swords and crossed his hands to block.
After a loud bang, a shell penetrated and exploded from a very close distance, blowing her away.
"Give it back to you!"
Shia continued to swing the chains in her hands like slings, throwing the two greatswords at Zwhite. Of course, the other end of the chains was attached to a kendama.
She then pressed her foot against the chain, changing the trajectory of the kendama and swinging it towards Fiat, who was about to launch a disintegration attack from below, like a pendulum at an alarming speed.
Fiat quickly retreated, avoiding the kendama with minimal movement in order to continue aiming at his opponent.
However, she miscalculated. She should have avoided it from a distance, just like she did at the beginning.
Because she was completely within the kendama's gravitational pull.
“!? Were you drawn in!?”
That was the kendama's new ability, 'Attracting the Sky'. Even if she tried to dodge, she would be pulled back by gravity. The massive sphere possessed immense gravitational pull, far exceeding that of Shizuku's black sword.
Fiat was unable to avoid the kendama and was sent flying as if struck by a truck. However, it would be wishful thinking to think that the two greatswords he had just thrown could stop Zwhite.
"Wow wow wow!"
Disintegrating bombardments and sweeps of disintegrating feathers swept in at extremely close range.
Shia quickly raised the Veled Luken to protect her vitals. The hammer's striking area was coated with a seal stone, allowing it to deflect even decomposition bombardment.
However, the hammer's impact alone couldn't protect her hands and feet. Even if it could block the bombardment, it couldn't block all the feathers, and Shia's hands and feet were instantly riddled with holes.
Shia quickly free-falls, trying to escape the beam, but at the same moment, two greatswords fly towards her.
(He actually released his weapon!? No, that's not right! This is Esther's──)
After turning to avoid the greatsword, a "pop" sound came from behind, which was the sound of a hand catching the greatsword.
Turning back, the reality he saw was Esther, who had retrieved her greatsword. Only her handguard was shattered, but she didn't seem to be hurt at all.
Your hands and feet are injured like this, you can't handle it now, right? — Her cold eyes seemed to say so.
The two greatswords crossed and pointed directly at Shia's neck like scissors.
The apostles' cooperation was seamless. Shia's hands and feet, covered in wounds, resembled cheese riddled with holes, and she was truly unable to withstand Esther's attacks.
"But it's still okay."
"! The wound is..."
Just as the clashing swords threatened to cleave Shia's neck, Veled Luken suddenly blocked the blow. Shia spun her warhammer in mid-air, blocking the blow. Her body remained unscathed, her strength unwavering.
A graceful black light like the night sky enveloped Xia's entire body without her noticing.
That is a sign of regeneration magic.
Zwhite, descending rapidly from the sky, wielded his greatsword and slashed down at Shia. However, the black whip deftly entangled her wrist and pulled her away.
Not only the Great Sword, but also Zwhite itself deviated from its original falling trajectory and fell past Shia, failing to hit its target.
"Is it Tio Kularus!?"
"That's right!"
Veled Luken's striking part slid and clicked, and Xia took the next step before Esther broke through her defense.
Pulling the trigger on the grip, he fired the "Space Explosion Bomb" towards Esther's face.
It wasn't an armor-piercing round designed to penetrate, but a standard explosive round designed to strike at a wide area. Aster didn't dare take it head-on, and retreated, leaving behind an afterimage.
At this time, Fiat flew over again and fired a disintegration bombardment at Xia.
"I told you not to succeed!"
Tio intervened, blocking it with the Dragon Scale Layered Armor, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Well done, Miss Tio!"
The muzzle of the gun extended from behind Tio's shoulder, aimed at Fiat, and fired a "Space Burst Armor Piercing Bullet."
He verbally praised his comrades for their physical defense, and without hesitation, used them to his advantage. Such a brutal tactic seemed to catch Fiata off guard, and she quickly twisted her body to dodge, but it seemed the shoulder was still hit, and she fell in a spin.
Although Shia met up with Tio, they had no time to talk.
Unlike Shia who continuously faced close combat in the air, Tio also had to face attacks from monsters at the same time.
In their sight, the third apostle (Dorit) and the fifth apostle (Funford), who had just confronted Tio, were rapidly approaching with platinum light. At the same time, the gray-white dragon shot out aurora, and the white leopard and three-headed wolf rushed over, making it impossible for them to avoid them immediately.
The two naturally leaned their backs against each other. Tio used the "Dragon Claw" to cut into several gray-white dragons at once, and Shia fired a series of "Space Explosion Bombs" to blow away the white leopard and the three-headed wolf.
However, Dolittle and Fuunford were already preparing for a pincer attack. Dolittle charged towards Shia, while Fuunford attacked Tio from the front.
The two of them didn't talk to each other at all, but as if it was natural, they rotated at the same time like a revolving door, exchanging positions.
A moment later, Dolittle fired a burst of decomposition feathers, and Fuyun Ford launched a decomposition bombardment.
"The feathers aren't strong enough!"
"A single attack can shatter!"
Tio used her armor to withstand the decomposing feathers, and simultaneously released [Compressed Spiral Roar] to counter the opponent.
Shia pulled the chain, sending the kendama flying back, then launched a strike with the Veled Luken, shooting it out at high speed. The power of mass and speed dispersed the disintegration bombardment from the front.
Then, the two of them leaped up simultaneously. Suddenly, an invisible slash—a flash that cleaved through space—passed beneath their feet.
"Tsk, can you really predict the outcome together?!"
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