BXBX NOVEL Chapter 135 - Transfer Student and Christmas [12]
「Aqua Ark!」
She swung down her huge soul dress, unleashing a majestic ark of water in a straight line. An overwhelming torrent of water filled with tremendous spiritual power.
If I took a direct hit from that, I won’t walk out in one piece.
「Sixth Sword – Dark Roar!」
At the exact same time, I swung the “True Black Sword”.
A violent torrent of darkness bared its fangs as it ravaged the schoolyard.
The ark of water and the slash of darkness – the moment the two clashed violently, the absolute darkness devoured everything.
「No way!」
Extremely one-sided, extremely violent darkness emerged victorious.
The president, whose ark of water was crushed easily, sat down flat on the spot.
「President! Run away!」I screamed, but she simply shook her head.
(Shit, she ran out of spiritual power at a time like this!?)
Even now, the immensely powerful Dark Roar pushed forward to devour the president.
(This is bad!)
If she takes a direct hit from Dark Roar in that state of exhaustion, there’s no chance of getting out unscathed.
(Seriously, such a difficult person…)
I kicked the ground strongly, and stood in front of her.
And then,
「Fifth Sword – World Judgement!」
The strongest attack that tears the world asunder, cut down Dark Roar in a single stroke.
(Fuu… That settles that…)
Anyway, I, who safely won that showdown with the president, sat down beside her and reached for her hand.
「Are you all right, president?」
At that moment,
「Fufu… I believed that Allen-kun would definitely save me!」
With a very wicked smile on her face, she thrusted〈Aqua Queen〉into the schoolyard. A huge magic circle covered the entire Thousand Blade Academy.
「What on…?!」
「What do you think? It’s a good view, right? The place where you stand is the center of this magic circle!」
「!!」
I immediately jumped away from the center.
「Unfortunately, you’ve already been binded. No matter where you run, it’ll follow you! Aqua Prison!」
The moment the president shouted, a magic circle of water appeared on my hands and feet.
(T-This is…!)
It felt like gravity had increased a hundredfold. My whole body became heavy, as if it had soaked up gallons of water.
「Fufu, I caught you…」
The president stood up slowly, with a wicked smile.
It seems that she was pretending to be unable to move.
「What do you think, Allen-kun? This is my trump card, Aqua Prison. A sealing technique perfected over a month’s time. Even if it is you, you can’t move a finger, can you?」she said, puffing out her chest with pride.
It seems that she prepared two exaggerated “set up“ for this battle.
One, is the pitfall I destroyed earlier.
And the other, is this huge magic circle.
She seems to have spent an entire month preparing for this.
The president’s dislike of losing, is really hardcore.
「Certainly, this is pretty powerful.」
I tried to shoot Yatagarasu as an experiment, but only three slashes branched out.
「…N-No way!」the president cried.
I tried to activate Dark Shadow too, but its movements were too sluggish.
「E-Even the darkness?!」she exclaimed.
…I’m beat.
Due to this strange magic circle, my full ability seems to be reduced to less than half.
「I-I’m amazed… To be able to move in that state, you truly are inhuman.」
「Ahaha, I’ll take that as a compliment.」
And after the conversation paused for a moment,
「Well, even so, it’s obvious that Allen-kun’s full ability has dropped significantly. If we keep fighting like this, my victory is guaranteed!」the president laughed in good spirits, convinced of victory.
「But, president… Wasn’t that gamble just now a little too dangerous? If things went poorly, you could’ve ended up dead, you know?」
The president used her own body as bait to make me stand at the center of the magic circle.
That was literally putting her life on the line.
If I hadn’t rushed there to save her, she could have really died.
「Fufu, it’s okay. Because I know Allen-kun will save me no matter what.」
「I’m not that omnipotent.」
「But, in truth, you helped me a while ago, didn’t you?」the president grinned happily, for some reason.
「Well, that’s true, but… Please limit that sort of thing to today only, okay?」
「Eh… So you’re not going to save onee-chan anymore?」
「No, if you call me, I’ll always come to help you. But that’s not the point… Please don’t ever expose yourself to danger on purpose like just now, okay?」
「Fufu, thank you.」the president said. And with a flower-like smile,「Well then, surrender, Allen-kun! In that situation, no matter how much you struggle, you have no chance of winning. I believed in your kindness, so it’s onee-chan’s victory!」she said, carelessly taking a step towards me.
「S-Stop!」
I immediately called out to her.
「W-What’s wrong? You suddenly raised a loud voice. It surprised me.」
「Sorry, but it’s better if you don’t move from that spot.」
「…What do you mean?」the president asked, tilting her head.
「Please take a good look around you.」
「Around me?!」
Her expression turned ghastly pale as she checked her surroundings.
「This is?!」
Second-Sword Hazy Moon was spread like a web around the president.
「W-When did you?!」
「I inserted it while you were sitting flat on the ground.」
「Y-You saw through my performance?!」
「Something didn’t feel right at that time… So, I thought, you might just be faking it, and prepared it in advance.」
The president is a strong-willed person.
Even if her spiritual power truly ran out at that time, she would never sit down on the spot.
I’m sure she would try to avoid a direct hit from Dark Roar even if she had to crawl.
「I see. But Allen-kun has a bad personality. You didn’t really have to set up this ridiculous amount of slashes.」she grumbled annoyedly, glaring at the hundreds of Hazy Moon.
「But, you’re too naive! If I break through this “barrier of slashes”, it is my win!」
「That may be true, but these are all slashes inserted with the “True Black Sword”. So, to be honest, I wouldn’t recommend you do that.」
「……」
As the president placed her right hand on her left shoulder, which was gouged by the Black Sword, and her face turned pale.
The black slash crushed her shoulder with just one stroke.
If hundreds of them caught her, it would be utterly impossible to get out in one piece. She comprehended that in an instant.
「If I use darkness, I can protect you, president. What would you like to do?」
I picked up a stone near me, and then gently asked her.
Hazy Moon is an installed-type slash.
The slash that was inserted into the space beforehand is fired in response to『something』which passes through it.
In other words, the slash that will be fired when I throw this stone. It will become the trigger for another slash. Then, that slash will trigger another slash, and a storm of slashes will assail her.
「W-Wait a minute!」
Understanding the meaning of the “stone”, the president lost her cool and cried out.
「Yes, what is it?」
「A-Allen-kun… What is that stone?」
「Well, it’s just a normal stone.」
There’s nothing unusual about it. It’s an ordinary stone you can find anywhere.
「T-That’s not what I meant! I am asking what you’re going to do with that stone?!」
「Ahaha, I’ll leave that up to your imagination.」
I was a little hesitant to say it out loud.
「…A-Are you threatening onee chan?!」
「I don’t want to do this, either. But I don’t have much time.」
Taking a look at the clock, the time was 20:40.
Forty minutes have already passed since this crazy event began.
I’d like to confirm Ria’s safety right away and calm down my worried heart.
「I-I didn’t know that Allen-kun was such a mean child!」
「Sorry. I’m worried about Ria. So, could you quickly decide what you want to do?」
I rolled the stone in my hand and left the decision to her.
And then,
「…………I surrender. Please, protect me.」the president said, frustratedly, and lifted Aqua Prison.
At that moment, the heaviness that was weighing down on my body disappeared.
「Yes, I understand. Then, please do not move from the place because it’s a little dangerous, okay?」
I clad the president in a solid dark robe and tossed the stone in my hand.
The stone, which flew in a curve, got crushed by a black slash. The slash that was fired triggered another slash, causing a chain reaction. A『Storm of Destruction』devastated the schoolyard violently.
「…?!」
The president, standing at the dead center, shrank back and stared at the storm of destruction.
Several slashes hit her directly, but the dark robe completely absorbed the shock.
Then, the president, who got out safely from the barrier of slashes,
「I’m saved…」
Took a breath of relief.
「President. Is it alright to count this match as my victory?」
「……」
She bit her lower lip and nodded. Admitting her loss honestly.
「Thank you very much. Then, I’ll take my leave here.」
Thus, I, who won the battle against the president, Lilim-senpai, and Ferris-senpai, immediately went towards Ria.