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Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From the Hero’s Party Chapter 181

CHAPTER 181: BATTLE AGAINST IRIS *2*

I decided to give this battle everything I had.

Although Rain-sama was human, there was something strange about him that attracted me to him, and I took a liking to him really fast.

It was not a lie or a mere word of whimsy.

Hence, I think it was entirely plausible to say that I might have been holding back to some extent during our battles.

The fact that I was fighting against him the same way as I did the last time was proof enough of that.

Then, I believe it’s high time for me to stop being lenient here.

I will use all of my strength to break down the wall that impedes me from achieving my ultimate goal.

I will spread my wings wide and……

「Come to me! The White Blast of the End!」

I decided to bring out something really special here.

A summoning magic I hadn’t used in our last battle.

An ultra-wide range attack that seemed to fill up the entire space around me.

And yet, each strike that was going to take place was going to be as powerful as a blast of Advanced Magic.

Rein-sama said that he had seen through my magic spells and grew accustomed to them.

But if he is going to be facing an attack that he had never seen before, there is no way that he is going to be able to avoid it.

Goodbye, Rein-sama.

With this, it’s all over now.

…… Or, at the very least, I thought it would be all over.

「…… What!?!?!?」

I unleashed my magic.
Then I could hear Rein-sama let out a startled cry.

The light of destruction blew out as if it was going to devour the very space around us in its entirety.

There was nowhere to avoid this attack.

There was no space for the rat that Rein-sama was to escape to.

However.

There was only one safe zone from this storm of destruction.

And that was…… Right beside me.

「Fuh!」

Even though I was able to unleash the new kind of spell that he had never before seen, Rein-sama ran towards me without hesitation.

It was as if he knew all along that the safe spot from this attack was going to be right beside me.

And then…… He dove right into my bosom and avoided my magic attack.

And as he did just that, he unleashed a powerful blow towards me.

「UGH!?」

***

Iris’s summoning magic is really powerful.

If she decided to unleash a mighty attack that was going to carpet bomb this entire area without leaving any safe spot all around, there would be no way for me to possibly avoid it all.

But there was one safe zone here.

It would be right in Iris’s immediate surroundings.

Although her summoning magic is powerful, it is something that makes it indeed impossible to distinguish friend from foe.

If that was the case here, Iris should have secured some degree of safety space around herself so that she doesn’t end up bombing herself by accident.

Working with that conjecture, I started running forward at once……

And as it would turn out, my prediction actually came true.

「Oooooohhhhhh!!!!!!」

Right, left, and right again.

I switched my attacks between a fist strike, a kick and then a fist strike once again.

A series of attacks coming diagonally from the top to bottom, aiming at Iris’s blind spots.

Rushing my attacks one after another, I intended to corner Iris and not give her even a moment to breathe.

「Kuh!」

The way I am now, I might not be all that different from any normal human being.

My attacks might now have all that much power behind them, but……

But still, each successfully connected strike was not without meaning. Especially that I was landing them on Iris’s vital spots.

Slightly. Ever so slightly.

However, the damage was steadily accumulating and Iris’ face was becoming more and more distorted in pain.

「You are rather persistent, I must admit!」

Iris jumped in the air in an attempt at trying to shake me off.

But I wouldn’t allow her to do that.

I jumped as well to cling to her tightly, not letting her put up a distance between us, so that she would have the distance advantage.

「Why, you little!」

Apparently, at this point in time, Iris must have given up on trying to get rid of me with her magic.

Instead, she would swing her fist right at me.

WHOOOSH!!!

A chilling sound ran through the air, and Iris’s fist closed in towards my face.

Iris’s physical abilities are comparable to that of the Cat Spirit Tribe.

Or in a sense, they were something that greatly surpassed the Cat Spirit Tribe.

Right now I’m no different from any normal person.

If I take even one blow from Iris head on like that, I will be out cold.

That’s why.

I have decided not to take a single hit from her.

「Wha!?」

I avoided Iris’s fist strike, which was coming towards me at super speed.

Alternatively, I deflected the trajectory of the following strike and kept it at just enough of a distance to be able to deal with it.

Without taking a fatal blow……

I tried to shrug it all off.

Partly it was because I saw through Iris’s attacks……

But even more importantly, it was that the training with Suzu-san had paid off.

She made sure that she would train me half to death when it comes to fighting and other things like that.

But because of that, this is how I can confront Iris.

I can avoid Iris’ attacks, or parry them away to a certain extent.

And then I could hit a counterattack.

I was in complete control of this fight.

「You little…… Come to me! The Ice Bullets of Sorrow!」

「Huh!?」

As if he didn’t mind getting herself involved in the blast, Iris used her summoning magic once more.

An ice storm blew up and turned into countless bombs and bullets.

As expected, there was no way I could nullify it…… No way for mto prevent that from happening.

So I jumped backwards and got away from Iris.

「Haah…… Haah…… Haah……」

When Iris finally got some distance away from me, she was breathing really hard, her chest frantically going up and down.

There was blood flowing from her shoulder.

She must have hurt herself with her own magic.

However, it would seem that she was fine with receiving such a wound.

She glared at me with a beastly look in her eyes.

「…… Why?」

「Hm?」

「How come that you wield so much power in your hands!?」

Iris barked at me, almost spitting out each individual word.

She then glared at me sharply.

「It’s barely been a while since our last fight…… So how can you have that much power under your command!? Overwhelming me like this, while having your abilities sealed away and reduced, is simply unthinkable! Even if you had THAT blood coursing through your veins, Rein-sama…… This growth rate of yours is simply extraordinary!　This is crazy!　What is that power?!」

「Hmm, yes, that’s right…… Well, if I had to say something here, I guess it’s because I was prepared.」

「Prepared…….?」

After I told her just that, Iris seemed to be visibly stunned.

「The last time I fought Iris I wasn’t sure what to think about it, to be honest. Since we had already seen each other once I was wondering why Iris was doing things that you were doing. And I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t know where to aim…… and I was fighting without preparation.」

「……………」

「But not now. Now it’s different. Now I’m ready. I’m going to fight Iris and I’m going to seal you away. Yes, I have set my sights on that goal. And that is why I can’t lose my mind and focus. I am remarkably calm, unlike last time.」

「……………」

「Did you know? A person who is determined to do something, that is a person who, if I may say so myself, is quite strong.　And I am going to prove it to you in just a moment.」

「There’s no way that you are going to best me, Rein-sama! There is no way that someone like you is going to seal me away just like that!」

Iris bared her fangs at me again.

This was going to be it. The last showdown before the grand finale.