It would be impossible to dodge an attack like that coming from all directions. I would probably try to take as little damage as I could, but I would still move under the assumption that I was going to get hit. That’s because I can fight like a zombie, taking advantage of my endurance and recovery... The hero might lose his life to a single hit.
As the Demon Lord stopped me, magical energy radiated out of every fin. They were probably preparing for an attack. From the amount of magical energy pouring out, I was sure that the hero was going to be killed with a single hit.
I’ve just been watching because his former partner said to, but I need to help him. I tried to join in again, but this time the hero stopped me. The man was surrounded by an attack that was going to kill him instantly, but he looked me in the eye and nodded, signaling that he was fine.
Finally, dark red rays of light shot out from each of the fins. Before the first shots reached the hero, the twelve fins changed positions and angles, launching a second attack. They adjusted their position for a third time before shooting the beams once more.
“Is that really you?!” Patrick exclaimed in surprise. “She’s attacking so skillfully.”
It seemed that even Patrick was shocked by her attack method. I’m pretty sure my left side is just copying what we’ve seen in anime.
There was no way the hero could dodge these attacks. At this rate, the hero was going to die...or rather, he was probably already dead.
The moment the attacks were going to land, the hero spun around in midair. He then jumped off the landing, which had been destroyed by the rays, and resumed ascending.
“Huh...? He dodged them? All of them?”
“He should be able to do that much at the very least,” the Demon Lord said, nodding as if this were expected.
No way. That’s impossible. He was shot with thirty-six beams coming from every direction. There wasn’t a single spot that was safe because of the delay in some of the attacks. The hero had probably moved around in the space, which was changing every millisecond, with needlelike precision.
It seemed that the hero’s abilities were unexpected for Left Yumiella as well, because she didn’t continue to attack. The way she has no follow-through is so me.
The hero jumped around the footing blocks Patrick made. He seemed to be going after the fins first. He closed in on one of the fins.
The targeted fin shot countless beams at him, but there was no way they were going to hit the hero after everything else he’d dodged. The other fins tried to help, but there was no point.
“Let’s start with one,” he mumbled. All I saw was his overly decorated sword glimmer.
Oh, so that’s a light-type holy sword. As he skillfully wielded the weapon fitting of a hero, he destroyed one of the fins with ease.
The king had incredible physical ability; a brilliant field of vision; an incredible battle sense; and a powerful, light-type sword attack... The hero was unbelievably strong against the element of darkness, as I’d expected. His abilities surpassed the original hero party in LMH. He could probably overpower the Demon Lord in a one-on-one battle.
The remaining fins continued to gather then scatter, changing their movements, toying with the hero. But such cheap tricks wouldn’t work on the hero.
The number he mumbled continued to go up, and eventually he had taken down all of the fins. He did it so masterfully that the thought of helping never crossed my mind. He took down all twelve of the fins?! That didn’t even take three minutes.
Even after destroying the companions, the hero kept going. Next was Left Yumiella herself. Perhaps it was because her moving parts were huge due to the size of her wings, but her movements seemed to be slow. With no time to attack the predator back, Left Yumiella could only—
“She blocked it.”
The tip of the holy sword’s blade stopped right in front of Left Yumiella. It seemed there was a force field around her. The force field could be described as a square pyramid around her. So you’re going to put up a force field around yourself?
The hero’s attack had pierced the force field, but its strength was diminished to the point that he couldn’t move close enough to land the attack on Left Yumiella.
The tear in the force field immediately began repairing itself. The hero moved quickly, jumping backward before his sword could get stuck. He descended and created some distance between them.
The force field reminded me of the light barrier that Eleanora’s father had stolen from the church. I’ve struggled against a barrier too.
Because the barrier blocked the holy sword’s attack and repaired itself quickly, there were limited options as to how to take Left Yumiella down. We might just have to carve out that entire space...
“I think I have to deal with—”
“One more time!”
I thought it was finally my time to shine, but the hero didn’t wait for me and launched an attack once more. The force field repaired itself quickly, so it was dangerous. Even if he was able to pierce through it, he would have to get inside it before it closed up. I myself had my arm sliced off by the aforementioned barrier.
The hero didn’t look back. He faced forward and accelerated, using the footing blocks all around him. Even upon reaching the force field, he kept going, but it didn’t look like he had a way of dealing with it. At this rate, he was going to crash into the force field.
You’re going to get hurt. There’s nothing I can do for you, you know?
“Black Hole.” A black orb appeared, ignoring the force field’s flat surface.
It was the very spell I’d thought of to deal with this situation—Black Hole, one of the highest-class dark magic spells. The only ones who could use this spell were the hidden boss, Yumiella Dolkness, and...
The hero’s gaze was still facing forward as he spoke to the others. “I believed in you. I knew you would follow my lead.”
“Do you know how many times I’ve had to go along with your reckless behavior?” the Demon Lord huffed, unimpressed. He had followed him at some point.
The hero then aimed for the very short period after Black Hole disappeared before the force field repaired itself.
“This isn’t just my own strength. This is an attack from the best vassal ever and myself.”
The hero and Demon Lord were perfectly in sync, and they finally reached Left Yumiella. The holy sword began shining as if to respond to their coordination. The Demon Lord was shadowing the hero, which made him seem to sparkle even more.
Wow, the hero is incredible. The man had even gotten darkness on his side, and his light could possibly defeat Yumiella Dolkness.
✦ ✦ ✦
The hero’s final blow most definitely landed. The attack landed, then...
“She’s uninjured...?”
Left Yumiella didn’t react at all. She didn’t have to because she didn’t have a single scratch on her, even after directly being hit.
The hero was undoubtedly strong, but it was also true that Left Yumiella had used nowhere near her full strength.
“I guess we were just being played with,” the hero said, mocking himself.
I’m sorry. I really think she was just playing—not in the sense that she was making fun of you, but I think she was genuinely having fun. You were going along with a child’s games.
I felt bad. The hero was definitely strong, but Left Yumiella didn’t think of him as a threat in the slightest. No matter how many times he dodged her attacks, if she really felt he was a threat, she could just destroy an entire area that was too large for him to flee from. Even if she only had half her strength, it was possible.
Still, there was a point to the hero’s attacks. Though she viewed him as beneath her, Left Yumiella was still paying attention to the hero.
After the hero’s attack didn’t work, there was only one person who could handle her—someone with equal—no, far more strength than her. The hero had bought time for the strongest being in the world to get above Left Yumiella.
The hero looked up from the gaps between the black wings, and I looked down. Our eyes met.
“Please save the world,” he said.
I used the time the hero had bought for me to take a detour, and I was right above Left Yumiella now. I had the advantage now. The hero, who’d made that possible, put his hopes on me, but I couldn’t care less about the world right now.
“I’m stronger! The right side is stronger!”
This is the battle of Yumiellas—the left versus the right—and I’m going to win!