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While hunting for at in the east forest as routine, it appeared in front of Ryo.
“”
Ryo sensed an invisible wind-attribute attack magic coming from in front and intercepted it with Ice Shield.
The opponent probably had no intention of killing him with that blow.
It appeared.
With its right eye shut …
“That Assassin Hawk? But its color is now completely black and more importantly, it seems bigger than before …”
Yes, it was the Assassin Hawk that Ryo had life or death struggles with twice.
The first ti, he crushed the Assassin Hawk’s right eye.
The second ti, he defeated the disciple that the Assassin Hawk brought along.
To Ryo, it was the first opponent that made him conscious of death.
And not only once but twice.
They both felt that they were fated enemies.
But this ti, it had a different dominating presence.
Just like its physical transformation, there was a change in its presence or majesty …
It felt as though it had a different aura around it.
“There’s no mistaking that it has beco considerably stronger. Did it evolve or sothing? At any rate, I won’t be able to escape and I don’t intend to escape either! ”
Sothing invisible flew from One Eye toward Ryo.
(A strengthened Air Slash? )
But the Ice Wall 5 layers were shattered in one hit.
Furthermore, Air Slashes continuously assaulted Ryo.
Ryo evaded the invisible attacks.
And even as he evaded, he never took his sight off One Eye.
One Eye persistently attacked repeatedly from a long distance.
And Ryo dodged all of them.
That exchanged lasted for about three minutes.
At the sa ti it released an Air Slash, One Eye disappeared.
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A powered-up version of the defense-specialized Ice Wall 5 layers.
One Eye charged in together with the Air Slash.
“A breakdown charge! What an enviable technique for Wind Magic users!” (TLN: To recap, the ‘breakdown’ charge is Ryo’s own term. The previous ti it was explained as having 3 clones firing ranged attacks and then following up with a direct charge)
Although that is a technique that only monsters can use … and sothing human Wind Attribute Magicians can’t …
Just as One Eye’s charge was about to be stopped by the Ice Wall,
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He shot Icicle Lances from the ground toward One Eye.
One Eye dodged it with instant lateral movents that completely ignored aerodynamics.
In that state, it swung its right wing against the Ice Wall 10 layers as though a boxer releasing a right hook.
“Shit.”
Ryo crouched down at once.
Shari
With a sharp sound, the wings cut through the Ice Wall and continued over Ryo’s crouched head.
“So it can fight in close combat too …”
Cold sweat ran down Ryo’s back from the terrifying sharpness of the wings.
One Eye continued to fire Air Slashes consecutively from a close distance.
And Ryo endured by continuously generating Ice Walls.
Of course, Ryo did not remain pushed back.
Before it noticed, 16 Icicle Lances had ford in the air.
They free-fell vertically from directly above it.
It was the fastest ice spear that added gravity acceleration to the speed of a long-range attack.
However, One Eye showed that it could evade that as well.
It flew backward as if it was lightly backstepping.
As though it was conveying that ‘I had seen that technique before’.
Yes, Ryo did kill One Eye’s disciple with Icicle Lances from the air.
However, the speed of the spears was completely different from back then …
For now, he had to return to square one.
At that mont, the atmosphere around One Eye changed.
At the sa ti, the Ice Wall and the Ice Armor around him disappeared.
(Guh. )
The Ice Armor did not form even after chanting.
“Did it snatch my control!?”
He quickly tried to regain magic control … but sothing was different.
There was no ‘repulsion’ sensation that would always be there in such cases.
In retrospect, even when the Bait Ball and Kraken took control, he could at least still create the Ice Walls.
The created objects were taken control of.
But this ti, the creation itself could not be done.
As if magic did not exist.
Or magic was made ineffective.
“Don’t tell this is magic nullification …?”
He didn’t know if such a thing existed.
However, it was best to think of it that way.
In that case, it was pretty bad.
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As expected, the Water Jets did not form.
“It gained such a troubleso skill after evolving …”
At the very least, in the entry for Assassin Hawk in the 『Monster Encyclopedia Beginner’s Edition』, there was not a single ntion of 『Magic Nullification』.
anwhile, One Eye seed to be accumulating sothing.
(Another new technique … it might be sothing dangerous from Wind Attribute Magic … Wind Attribute? No, no way …)
Was it a coincidence that he looked up at the sky and imdiately let go of the knife-tipped bamboo spear he had in his right hand? Or was it due to his refined combat intuition from his daily interpersonal battle with the Dullahan?
In an instant, the sky flashed and lightning struck.
The lightning fell on the standing bamboo spear instead of Ryo.
However, Ryo, who was right next to it, was blown away by the impact.
But he imdiately got up.
If he showed even a small opening, One Eye would charge in.
It probably saw him sway as he got up.
And it might have judged that his magic was sealed and that he no longer had a weapon.
Or perhaps it was thinking that even if the thunder didn’t defeat him, it managed to snatch his weapon away.
One Eye charged in.
Ryo rolled to the left to dodge One Eye’s assault and pulled out Murasa that was on his waist.
The mont he pulled it out, he ford the ice blade and swung it sideways toward One Eye.
That seed to have surprised One Eye. It moved quite a fair bit backward.
Surprisingly, even though it moved backward, it didn’t retreat any further.
It seed to wish to settle the fight with close-quarters combat.
That was what Ryo wanted.
As long as his magic was sealed, he had no way of surviving apart from relying on close-quarters combat.
Furthermore, not all magic was sealed as he could still sohow create the ice blade on Murasa.
He found it perplexing but that wasn’t the ti to think about it.
One Eye had the hook that could cut through all 10 layers of his Ice Wall.
There was no telling if it was hiding anything else.
He had to sharpen all his senses.
Yes, just like when he was facing the Dullahan.
However, when he thought about that, he was relieved.
That was what he had always been doing.
As usual, look straight ahead.
After a mont of stillness.
While floating in the air, One Eye released a right and left hook.
Ryo carefully received it with Murasa.
He did not dodge, but instead, received it.
He was confident that the ice blade on Murasa could defend against One Eye’s hook that could cut through 10 layers of Ice Wall.
Far from breaking, it didn’t even chip.
Sothing flew from between its beak toward Ryo’s eyes.
Ryo shook his head and dodged it. It was probably so form of Air Slash.
An Air Slash that could be released with its mouth and not its wings.
But he didn’t dwell on it.
If his thoughts were entrapped, he would not be able to see what he needed to see.
Facing One Eye in close-quarters combat was quite troubleso.
Air Slashes from left-right hooks and the beak and each feather could be shot like a shuriken.
The speed of the shuriken was not fast but facing more ans of attack from an opponent in close-quarters combat … that alone was enough to be troubleso.
Ryo would have been defeated a long ti ago if he had not been devoted to defense.
However, the diverse attacks including the shuriken were insufficient to break Ryo’s defense.
One Eye’s attack and Ryo’s defense had been ongoing ever since the start of the close-quarters combat.
Perhaps frustrated by his unbreakable defense, One Eye’s right hook was slightly overextended.
Ryo took advantage of that.
He intercepted One Eye’s right hook slightly ahead than usual in a place where it could not channel much power to and parried it away.
Toward One Eye whose posture was broken, he mowed down sideways near its neck.
One Eye flew further backward but Ryo stepped in and followed up with a thrust.
While dodging even further backward, the Air Slash that it threw as a last resort with its beak was parried with Murasa and he thrust three tis consecutively.
But One Eye dodged them all.
After One Eye evaded the triple thrust, Ryo’s assault paused montarily.
At that mont, One Eye aid a left hook at Ryo’s head.
Ryo couldn’t prevent it.
He pulled his left foot half a step back.
He dodged it with footwork and by moving his center of gravity.
And then, this ti, he shifted his center of gravity from his left foot to his right foot, took a large step forward with his right foot, released his right-hand grip from Murasa, and thrust out with his left hand.
A one-handed left-hand thrust.
He felt a solid response from Murasa in his left hand.
His thrust pierced exactly under its beak or, in human terms, around its throat.
A fatal strike.
It fell to the ground and spat out blood from its beak but yet its one eye was trained on Ryo.
There was still indelible hatred in its eye.
“Yes. I am the one who took your life and the life of your disciple. I guess you can’t accept the outco after fighting with all your might.”
Ryo did not let down his guard even though he was approaching casually.
“At the very least, I was able to grow because I t you. I am grateful to you for being the catalyst for my growth. You even evolved for revenge and your disciple. In honor of your proud appearance, I will give you a rciful end.”
On that day, one fate was extinguished.
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