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Chapter 52 Part 1

Displaying My True Power in a Party of Three. And Emmy’s Ability to Get Even a Goddess Excited.

After seeing off the five-man party, 『Swift Thunder』, the party that went inside the dungeon ahead of us, we returned to the middle layer.

When we were back at the spacious Floor Boss area, Sybilla looked like she was a bit concerned about the ceiling, but quickly returned her gaze to the pathway.

I cast Wind Barrier once again and we advance through the sixth floor with Emmy in the lead, under Sybilla’s direction.

After making a few steps on the blue ground, we heard the sound of an arrow being blown away by my magic, and Emmy readied her shield in response.

As I watched my reliable childhood friend’s back, Sybilla slapped me on the back with immense power. 

「Ouch! What was that for!?」

「I just thought that it’s about time you showed her your true power.」

「In case you forgot, my power as a saint is also a part of my “true power” though…」

「That’s that and this is this.」

Sybilla said that nonchalantly as she shrugged her shoulders and I lowered my sword with a sigh.

Emmy glanced at me for a moment, but she firmly grasped the enemy’s movement and stopped Gigante’s club.

She then swung her sword at the Gigante and cut off its wrist with a single strike. Just when the club along with the entire wrist holding it leaves the Gigante’s body, her shield glows and blows the giant away.

How strong, as expected of her. The fact that she was able to cut down Gigante’s dominant arm with a single strike just shows how strong Emmy is when she’s in perfect condition.

In that case… I can’t lose either!

「……Eh? Russell!?」

Emmy was surprised when she saw me, a rear guard, suddenly standing next to her, but she immediately kept her eyes on the front again as she readied her shield.

Now that the Gigante was blown away and the Black Goblin’s arrow couldn’t reach me with my Wind Barrier active, it’s no longer dangerous.

——It’s finally my time to shine.

「《Dark Sphere》」

(《Dark Sphere》)

I lift my left hand and shoot out the magic I’ve used many times in Adria dungeon.

The ball of darkness that shot out of my hand hit the Gigant, who was just about to get up after being blown away by Emmy.

And the moment it hit, a black ripple spread over a wide area.

「《Dark Sphere》」

Then, without delay, I fire another shot. Of course, I used double chant for this one too.

This is to clean up the Black Goblins that weren’t killed with that one shot, based on my understanding that the blast from the Dark Sphere would inflict damage equivalent to that of a Dark Arrow over a wide area.

Furthermore, it should be even more powerful because of the double chanting. By hitting them twice, we should be fine.

「Sybilla, any response?」

「My search magic didn’t catch any monsters in the vicinity, that was perfect. Double sphere with double chant, that’s four times the power. Good work.」

「This much is nothing, I feel like I can shoot thousands more.」

「……The amount of your magic power is absurd as always.」

Seeing Sybilla clench her leather glove into a fist, I clenched my fist as well and bumped mine with hers.

Emmy, who was watching the entire thing, looked at me in disbelief.

「…..What’s wrong?」

With a gasp, Emmy also made a fist with her hand and directed it at me.

While I was puzzled by her reaction, I bumped her fist with mine.

After pausing for a few seconds, Emmy yells out in amazement.

「……! Wait, no no no… Eh? What was that just now!? A black sphere just went whoosh—and then exploded like boom—!」

Seeing her reaction, my eyes inadvertently met with Sybilla’s.

Right, this is the first time Emmy has seen my dark magic. No wonder she’s surprised.

「As I told you before, that’s the dark attribute offensive magic used by the 【Twilight Sorcerer】. It has a trait to completely ignore the enemy’s physical and magic defenses, inflicting direct damage to the monsters.」

Emmy jumped up and down excitedly after hearing my explanation.

「That’s so amazing! You’re really amazing, Russell! You can really use offensive magic now!」

「Yep, I told you, right? Also, I seem to have a lot of magical power, so apparently I have a good affinity for Dark Magic, which consumes a lot of magical power of the user. Dark Magic has the power to break through the defenses of all monsters… that’s why, as long as you can hold them off, Emmy, you can leave defeating the monsters to me, because I’ll defeat any monsters that come our way!」

「Un! I’m counting on you!」

Emmy was so happy and excited hearing my abilities as if it was her own.

Yeah… as I thought, having someone who genuinely feels happy that I’m getting stronger like this is nice.

From now on, the days where I can only sit back watching Emmy’s back as she protects me is no more.

By defeating the monsters, I can also protect Emmy from their attacks.

This is the power I wanted the most for Emmy, who would take the monsters’ attacks in my place.

With this, I guess now I can finally say that I’m fighting alongside Emmy in a true sense.

I have to thank Sybilla for giving me this power.

After that, we keep going deeper and deeper into the dungeon.

The number of monsters gradually increased, with several Gigantes and Black Goblins coming at once, and on top of that, there was even one who threw magic at us.

Even so, we were able to make it through thanks to Emmy’s strong defense and her excellent dynamic vision.

The way she was able to subdue Eve in an instant when she tried to steal from me is proof of this.

Since neither arrows nor magic could reach us, all that’s left is just for Emmy to block Gigante’s attacks and we can deal with the rest easily.

Emmy quickly blew the Gigante away, rendering them invulnerable, while Sybilla and I fired long-range magic at it to finish it off.

『Gruaaaaa!』

Hearing Gigante’s screams, I immediately bombard it with my magic relentlessly.

Still, I have to be especially careful not to let the magic hit Emmy.

Because if the blast from the Dark Sphere hits her, even Emmy who has a very high defense can get injured.

「Are you okay?」

「Yeah! Thank you!」

While considering whether I should switch to Dark Javelin if it’s necessary, we continuously defeat the monsters in our way.