Black Iron Magician

Chapter 275 Full Power x Full Power x Full Power

「「Daaah!」」

Haru and Touko repelled the attacks with aiki and ki simultaneously, and many of the weapons created by Aralkar were thrown off at once. After running over the obstacle, what’s left is the main body of Aralkar.

「Haruna, let’s settle it with the next attack! It’s exhausting!」

「Okay! Touko-chan, don’t make a mistake!」

「That’s my line!」

Now that they have repelled all of Aralkar’s attacks, it is a good time to counterattack. They probably think so. But, Aralkar’s attack still remains.

It suddenly came down from directly above. The top of Aralkar’s body was touching the ceiling and spreading thinly. And at this moment, it rapidly swelled up and came down like a giant hammer. No, it’s not something cute like a hammer. It’s way beyond that. Let’s see… it’s like a huge pressing machine that will crush everything. Aralkar had set up that pressing machine as a trap to crush the girls.

「――!? Alma Divine Bless!」

The one who was able to move quickly against the trap was Chinatsu, who was watching the surroundings carefully. She instantly put the armor of light on herself and confronted the unavoidable crushing attack with multiple barriers.

「Chinatsu-chan!?」

「Chinatsu!?」

The two, who were running at the front, stopped immediately and looked back when they noticed it too. There, Chinatsu, who has stopped earlier, is standing at a distance. She’s not just standing, of course. She’s struggling to hold the attack as her legs sank to the floor, which couldn’t bear the weight. The barrier was widely stretched above her to defend Aralkar’s attack, and it’s clearly putting a tremendous burden on her. Chinatsu’s body creaked and she grimaced in pain. Even so, she resolved herself to face death and opened her mouth.

「Don’t worry… about me!」

「Okay!」

「Got it!」

Following Chinatsu’s words, the two immediately turned around and headed toward the main body of Aralkar. There was no hesitation at all.

「………」

Yeah. I can understand her feelings from her indescribable expression. It was a good decision in the middle of the battle, but when they did it without any hesitation, it gave Chinatsu indescribable feelings. Haru and Touko switched their priority quickly, so… yeah. But well, Chinatsu, just consider it as their trust and endure Aralkar’s attack. Chinatsu is competing with the attack rather than repelling it, so the protection of the main body becomes sparse.

「Haruna! We can’t let Chinatsu’s sacrifice go to waste!」

「That’s right! Before that really happens, we have to settle it!」

After the talk that was a bit harsh for Chinatsu, Haru and Touko changed their stances while running. Haru is running while holding her Doggan Staff behind her, and Touko is running behind her, close to the Doggan Staff.

「We are going to make it work for sure!」

「Kellow Cry!」

The ominous darkness and the life energy that illuminates the surroundings, Haru’s magic and Touko’s ki are concentrated on the Doggan Staff.

「Ooh…!」

「Hee! Rather than attacking separately, they decided to combine their strengths and put everything in one shot! They sure came up with an interesting idea!」

Nell is very pleased. As someone who loves high firepower, it is the kind of strategy that Nell loves. I’m also quite impressed.

Due to the characteristics of the Doggan Staff, the methods to strengthen it using magic are limited. It won’t be a problem if Haru uses her own magic to strengthen it, but since the Doggan Staff has the nature of repelling the other people’s magic power, it’s extremely difficult to strengthen it even if you are a party member. Ah, Weerel did it once in the battle against Hund, didn’t she? Anyway, it’s so difficult that even a magician of her caliber could apply it only for a few seconds by using more than half of her MP.

On the other hand, Touko’s method of using her ki like that can easily clear the limitation. Touko’s power is using her life energy (just my guess), not magic, so it’s theoretically possible to apply it to the Doggan Staff. In fact, from what I heard so far, this is her first time, so it’s probably not that easy.

However, if it were to succeed, Haru would temporarily gain Touko’s power. At the surprise battle yesterday, Touko’s ki bullet has Berserk’s power in it. If so, the Doggan Staff that has Touko’s power can let out its strongest and greatest attack with the defense penetration and gravity enhancement.

「It sure is interesting!」

Following Nell, I nodded profoundly. Meanwhile, Aralkar has already solidified her defense. The defense is reduced because Chinatsu has taken on a considerable volume, but it’s still a strong defense. If they were to challenge it alone, the defense would be impossible to break.

「Graviton!」

Haru cast the last magic on the Doggan Staff. There are two magics that she applied, the Darkness Magic level 10 『Kellow Cry』 and the Darkness Magic level 50 『Graviton』.

The first one, Kellow Cry, is a fearsome magic that erodes the target it touches. It’s not something you want to use against humans, but it’s expected to have some effect on Aralkar now that she’s turned into metal. The more it touches, the more it erodes, and since it’s added with Touko’s ki, the attack probably can penetrate the entire body of Aralkar in one go.

The second one, Graviton, is a gravity magic that’s focused on a single point. By limiting the point where the effect works, it’s possible to manipulate gravity many times more than the same type of magic she used so far. This time, the specified range is from the top of the Duggan Staff’s head to the bottom. With Haru’s skill, she can change the weight to the lightest the moment she swings it and change it to the heaviest at the best timing. The power is immeasurable.

「Okay, I’ve stabilized it! I’m counting on you Haruna!」

「Yes, leave it to me!」

As expected of Haru’s self-proclaimed rival. She’s been conscious of Haru, so she could apply her ki smoothly by matching her pace with Haru’s. Even when the ki left Touko’s had, it seems to stay firmly on the Doggan Staff.

After all of the preparations are done, Haru jumps greatly. As the last resistance, several weapons rushed out from Aralkar’s body.

「Don’t get in the way!」

Immediately, Touko fired a series of ki bullets to deal with them, and the weapons were shot down one by one.

「Take this!」

The jet-black mass was swung down with tremendous force. The moment it touched Aralkar, I felt like I could hear a scream.