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Welcome to the Impregnable Demon King Castle – Chapter 224 Part 2

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Translator: Aquilegia

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224 – Bring Out Our Best (Part 2)

「Ahh…!?」 

A scream-like voice is heard from the Miner Melania.

The twin-swords wielder, Contestant Ibbott, most likely has a Warrior-type Job from the start.

 She toyed with Melania at a speed that is completely different from earlier and slashes Melania with her twin swords.

In the end, Melania fell to her knees. She could no longer stand up.

It’s a relief that the Invisible Pressure didn’t reach there.

Just a little bit more time, just a little bit longer….

I don’t want to see my comrades get hurt, but I still needed a little more time.

I guess Contestant Ursula, who threw away her weapons and fights with her bare hands, has a martial artist-type Job. Instead of stopping Fran’s fist, she uses her power to fling it away.

Contestant Olivia thoroughly avoided clashing swords with Wraith and kept provoking him by getting behind him.

If anything, I’d say that she’s doing this in order to hold him back.

「You’re fast. Are you a Thief? Or an Assassin?」

Wraith is proficient in his ability at predicting the opponent’s next moves while watching their current movements, so it would be troublesome if their movements change to something completely different.

「Steady movements… That can act as a pretty good shield.」

Lark replied to Contestant Esther’s murmur with a short “Thanks.”

「But because it’s so steady…it’s easy to read.」

A lump of earth sticks out right under the shield held by Lark.

「…」

As a result, Lark’s shield was blown up into the air.

Lark successfully defended against Contestant Esther’s onslaught, but unfortunately, the dagger borrowed from Lily wasn’t long enough.

「If you hadn’t lost your sword, we would have had a better fight.」

Okay…!

I pulled out my Holy Sword and raised it to the sky to give the signal.

The Wraith party already knew what this meant. I told the Fenix party about it on the way here and I told Fenix when I left earlier.

Then several things happened.

The first one.

Contestant Esther, who had bypassed the clump of earth and was about to attack Lark, was instead slashed by him.

Magical Energy particles were scattered.

「Wha-」

A look of astonishment appeared on her face. In terms of the timing, she had probably calculated that even if he tried to slash her, the attack would not reach her.

The reason why she was wrong is simple.

By creating a blade made out of ice at the tip of the dagger, he made the dagger the same length as his large sword.

「Thank you for predicting my moves.」

Lark showed a steady fight.

Just a few moments before, he was a Paladin who tried to do his best while not being able to fight as well as he wanted to since his large sword was substituted with a dagger.

He showed such moves all the time and made Contestant Esther think that she had read through him.

When Contestant Esther made a bold move, he extended the dagger by using the blade made from Bella’s ice.

In the past, he would have fought that way from the beginning.

However, by temporarily making those irrational moves, he was able to make his opponent’s predictions fail.

「If I had been alone, we might have had a better fight.」

As Lark said, I can’t predict what would happen if they had been fighting composedly one-on-one.

However, Contestant Esther was wary of my Black Magic, Lily’s arrows, the return of Alba’s Magic Sword, and Bella’s Ice Magic attack.

「Ugh… it’s not over yet…」

The wound was deep, but Contestant Esther hasn’t given up yet.

「I’m telling you that it’s over.」

Alba’s Magic Sword protruded from her abdomen.

Alba’s first attack, the extending slash attack that was knocked to the ground by Invisible Pressure, did not end in failure.

It continued to grow in accordance with the original plan.

The trajectory of Alba’s Magic Sword has to be set beforehand. The sword has to return to its original length first before it can be extended again.

This rule is well known.

That’s why the opponents thought that there would be no immediate attack by the Magic Sword because it was knocked to the ground by Invisible Pressure and it would take time for it to return to its original length.

In reality, the tip of the Magic Sword that had fallen to the ground continued to extend through the underground and was headed toward Contestant Esther.

The point where the sword tip was going to appear had been decided beforehand, so all I had to do was cast a slight Confusion to adjust her standing position.

The moment she was hit by Lark’s attack, the Magical Energy she used for Resist was disturbed, and I took advantage of that opportunity.

Contestant Esther got sent off the field.

The second one.

「…Ohh, this is unusual.」　

There was a person who grabbed Ibbott’s twin swords.

「So this is the Ogre White Sorcerer?」

Even with his blood dripping down, the white-haired young man would not let go of the twin swords.

The wind blew and his bangs fluttered softly.

There were small horns on both ends of his forehead.

Yes, the White Sorcerer Josh’s race was Ogre.

That’s why he knew so much about Ogres and reacted so well toward Furcus.

For Josh, the signal of the sword being raised meant that “I want you to utilize the power of an Ogre.”

「Do you think that it’s strange for an Ogre to have a non-combat type of Job?」

「No, I think that it’s peaceful and wonderful. However, you won’t be able to stop me for long.」

「You’re right. Since there is no need for that.」

「…?」

It arrived.

I extended my Magical Energy while making it thin like a thread so that she won’t be alerted and made it touch Contestant Ibbott.

Then, she stopped moving.

「Melania, can you stand up?」

Josh said as he moved away from Contestant Ibbott.

「Y-yeah… because you… healed me.」

「Then, please.」

「E-ei…!」

I cast Blank on the knight. Since she was forced to blank out as a result of the magic, she couldn’t avoid the club being swung down by Melania who had stood up…and got sent off the field.

The third one.

「…It’s getting heavier and faster, how ominous.」

The Destroyer is a special Job that shows extraordinary talent in destroying enemies.

If they had fought against each other normally, even if she is a trained knight, she would be helpless against her.

That’s why Contestant Ursula focused on parrying and evading.

Her outstanding skills were astonishing, but they came to an abrupt end.

Ursula’s arms were crushed as she tried to parry Fran’s fist.

The reason was that her arms moved in a different way than she intended. She was unable to parry Fran’s fist and got her hands crushed instead.

「My senses got disturbed…? It’s probably the work of the Black Sorcerer Lem. To think that he could do this with Black Magic-」

She got smashed by Fran’s huge arm and couldn’t finish her sentence.

The fourth one.

「…To keep wandering around behind the back of a helpless young boy. Aren’t you acting extremely suspicious? I might just report this to the Knights Order~」

「Don’t worry, after all, I’m a knight.」

「Ahaha, that doesn’t make me relieved at all.」

As soon as Contestant Olivia’s body quivered, she stopped moving, and at that moment…arrows were incessantly launched at her.

What I confirmed with Bella’s snow-like ice was the verification of the safety zone of the knights.

The falling speed of the snow-like ice is different between the effect range of Invisible Pressure and other areas.

As a result, I’ve confirmed that the safety zone was surrounding the knights in the shape of a circle.

In other words, if we make an attack from above, we can aim at the knights directly without being affected by Astrea’s Spirit Magic.

But this was the hardest part because the knights were constantly moving.

The moment Blank had taken effect, Lily immediately shot the arrows at a high angle. 

Without missing her target, she turned the knight into a hedgehog.

The countless arrows that pierced her back caused her Avatar to reach its limit and Contestant Olivia’s body scattered as Magical Energy particles.

The fifth one, this one is not as straightforward as the others.

When Contestant Olivia’s Avatar was on the verge of scattering, Wraith used her body as a cover, held his Holy Sword, and took an attack stance.

As soon as her body disappeared, Water Blades were released from Wraith’s Holy Sword and headed toward Astrea.

Bella and Fran were already running.

I cast Black Magic on her just like I did on Contestant Olivia and Lily fired arrows as well.

Astrea, who was exchanging blows with the Holy Sword that had received the blessing of the Fire Spirit, was…

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