Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival-Chapter 67

Assassins’ Guild Strategy (6)

*Gakin!!!

Dino’s silver dagger flew in at frightening speed, but my black knife was still able to intercept it, making a violent metallic clang.

“Ariaaaaaa!!!! My guild! How dare you!!!!”

“Oh, indeed.”

I replied curtly as I clanged my blade two or three times.

For someone like Dino, an organization was probably a kind of status that symbolized him externally.

To maintain it, he brought together unique individuals as a boss, gathered human resources like a collection, and even took advantage of Master’s peaceful life.

His guild, which was so important to him, was on the verge of collapse.

But I dared say.

“You got what you deserved.”

“Ahhh!!!!”

*Gakin!!!!

I hopped back uncontrollably as if being repelled by a vicious attack, the attack was so intense that it made me spit out a mouthful of blood.

Dino’s dagger was probably made of mithril, and I knew its properties, since Viro had used the same thing.

Mithril was produced when underground veins of silver ore were exposed to thick magic elements for a long period of time.

It was not as hard as my steel knife, but it had a better conductivity of magic power, and like the magic sword, it could also damage spirit life forms.

In the current situation, a weapon made of magical steel would be comparable, but my knife emphasized sharpness and was less powerful, and since my combat level was lower than Dino, there was a limit to how long I could continue to receive its attacks.

“Get out of my way, Dino!!!”

*Pakin*…

From the Sage who had broken his own fingers, another stream of sickening chaos-colored magical elements flowed.

“Damn!”

Dino noticed the curse and rolled away to avoid it, and thanks to the warning, I was able to use my Magic Shield to get out of the way just in time enough to create a safe distance.

“You…! You can see my curse? Your shield and that Dark Elf companion of yours are truly abominable!”

Sage spitted out those words at me as I continuously avoided his curses.

I didn’t know if Sage had realized it, but he seemed hesitant to work together with Dino, saying that Dino needed to leave this place right away and he alone would take care of me.

Gord’s presence had allowed me to fight against two Rank 4s, but that would not last long in many ways.

The flames that had flared up from the entrance continued to spread, and black smoke was starting to pour into this place, which was almost the center of the basement.

I pulled up the shawl around my neck, soaked in antivenom, to my mouth.

If the woman’s knowledge was to be believed, this place would not last long.

But they might have been too preoccupied to feel impatient. They were prioritizing to fight each other because their pure hatred was stronger, but once they cooled down, they would realize that their lives were at stake.

I would settle this before they come to their senses.

“Dino, you get the hell out of the way! You’re in my way!”

“Don’t talk to me like that!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of the Dark Elf’s apprentice…”

*Humph!

“I have no time for this.”

“Kuh!”

I threw two pendulums in an arc, one of which sliced Dino’s neck in a shallow slash, which he quickly avoided.

My basic tactic was surprise and ambush. For that very reason, I had rarely shown my pendulums or illusions in front of them before.

And that’s as far as I was going to do when it came to fighting directly. I’d use everything I had here to keep these guys glued to the ground until escape was impossible.

*Pakin…

“Rot away!”

Another curse was released from Sage. Perhaps because Sage realized that I was avoiding the curse with my eyes, he had widened the range of the curse rather than its power.

If I took a serious hit, I would not be safe anymore. If I was not careful, I might even get killed instantly.

If I’d the right place, time, and conditions, conjuring was invincible – but conjuring had a weakness.

Curses were unstoppable only because it was invisible, but it lacked the speed to be used against fast-moving people, which resulted in what was happening to the fight with Sage right now.

And also because he was against me, adding to the fact that he had shown too much of his sorcery, which was supposed to be a special kill.

“What the hell?”

His curse was nothing but a complicated tangle of chaos magical elements. I avoided it as I ran, and at the same time, I hit it with my own magical elements to cancel it out in accordance with the magical elements I could see.

It was impossible to match all the elements of the spells that were intricately intertwined…earth to water, water to fire, darkness to light… However, if it was only for that moment, I could use Life Magic at Level 3 [Magic Control] to erase some of the magical elements that make up the spell and nullify its range.

“Aria!!!”

The range of the curse used by Sage had spread enough to reach Dino.

That was the moment Dino had a moment of hesitation about whether to intercept me or avoid the curse, I unleashed the dark magic I had been saving up.

“??Shadow Pain ??”

“Gugaaaah!!!?”

Even Shadow Pain, which should have been ineffective against a superior opponent, could still halt him for a moment if it was the first time he had been affected by it.

As I passed by Dino, I slashed his flank with my knife, and the moment I passed by, Sage’s spells rotted Dino’s left arm and left leg.

“Geeaaaahhhh!!!!?”

“Ashe-haired!!!”

Sage roared and broke several fingers at the same time.

I was sure he wanted to end me with that curse, since he was willing to sacrifice his own fingers.

Three kinds of spells attacked me as I ran through the guild using my night vision with the lights out.

No matter how slow the spells were, I would be able to dodge it and won’t lose against it. But why did I put out all the lights?

“What?”

I, the one whom he thought had received the spell, suddenly disappeared from my spot.

Even though I knew that there were beastmen and elves who were strong when it came to night vision, I dared to turn off the lights. It was not only to protect myself from humans, but also to do other things.

Using humanoid figures for my Illusion to fool others while I used my night vision to aim at my enemies. After setting up traps, then ran around aiming at humanoid figures in the dark.

“Guboh!”

Taking advantage of this momentary gap, two pendulums flying from an unexpected direction pierced Sage’s neck at an angle.

It was a fatal wound. But Sage, with blood gushing from his throat and mouth, turned his hand toward me to find me lurking in the darkness and unleashed a spell.

“…Fuh!”

I released the Concealment and prepared to squeeze the air out of my lungs.

I admired his persistence. If that was the case, then I too took the fight head-on and pulled out several throwing knives strapped to my thighs with both hands.

In the time that I felt the body enhancement prolonging, Sage clamped his fingers to activate the spell, seeing him take a stance I swung my knife at him.

At this point, it’s a phase–

*zash!!!

“…Yo… you…”

My knife pierced Sage’s throat and chest, and Sage’s curse never reached me.

“Gaaaah…”

The curse that was released was blocked and taken head on by the huge body that interrupted me.

“Gord…”

Gord, who had prevented the curse by acting as my shield, clutched his remaining left hand around Sage’s neck.

“This…experimental animal…aaaaah!!!”

“Gaaaahhhh!!!!”

Gord’s persistence overcame Sage, and his hand ripped off Sage‘s neck in a crushing grip.

A slight glimmer of intelligence returned to Gord’s eyes as he put the finishing touches on Sage.

Well…I did try to neutralize the drugs that had bound Gord, now he had regained some of his self.

“Gord, you won.”

Gord’s eyes reflected mine as I muttered this, and his mouth twitched slightly as his body disintegrated under the curse.

*doom!!!

Suddenly, an explosion sounded from deep within, and the flames of the gas that ignited and overflowed had engulfed Sage.

From far away, the decisive screams of the still surviving guild members could be heard. No one could escape. This guild was finished.

“…Are you satisfied?”

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“…”

Dino was still alive, though half of his body was invaded by the curse and his side was cut off.

In the hall where the spreading flames had turned the place into a madder shade of red, Dino and I looked at each other as we both fell down, unable to move, and he smiled slightly, maybe sarcastically.

“…to have my guild crushed by a child like this…are you satisfied after saving Celeshura? But you, too, are finished. Now…no one can escape…Aria…you have won, but our beloved Master will forever regret losing you.”

Dino laughed tartly, saying that his deeply compassionate master would surely be saddened.

“Is that all you have to say? Then goodbye.”

As I nonchalantly loaded a short arrow into the gimmick of the crossbow, Dino’s face gradually distorted, and his wide-open eyes reflected me, who was coldly looking down at him and the arrow that was released, but after that, he never moved again.

“To the other side of the world, you guys go alone.”

***

*gagaaan, *Godooon!!!!

There must have been a gas reservoir further underground in that mine.

The explosion that reverberated throughout the underground shook the massive chapel of bedrock and stone, the bells spilling out of the collapsing tower of the church rang, reaching the ears of the residents who stared dumbfounded at the crumbling church.

“…”

I watched the scene from the shadows of a remote building.

I had managed to escape from the basement, from which no one should have been able to escape. It was a gamble, even for me, but I had a reasonable chance of winning.

I used Radha’s Shadow Walker.

It was a Level 4 dark magic, but being familiar with Shadow Snatch, a reconfigured version of it, I was able to activate it just in time, even though I had to use up all my magic power.

Shadow crossing could only move to shadows that were connected to my magical element.

For this purpose, I had put a thread of my magic through all the vents when I plugged them up.

From there, I was able to move to the main room of the cemetery by using shadow crossing, but most of my magic power was depleted due to the use of magic beyond my Level, and I almost died of a debilitating illness. However, I was lucky that I always had a bottle of potion to restore my magic power, and I had managed to recover enough to move and escape from the collapsing chapel.

The Northern Frontier Branch of the Guild of Assassins was destroyed. I didn’t know what this would mean and how it would affect the other branches or the nobles who were involved. But–

“I’m prepared for that.”

With one last glance at the crumbling chapel, I disappeared into the darkness.