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Chapter 305 - The Wedge Sword-King Enshrines a God, The World Records the Heroic Tale of Two - Part 1

Here I come.

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—True to our word, we went all-out.

Charging simultaneously at the white and blue knights, we swung our respective blades at the armored figures, who reacted to our full-speed assault as if it were nothing.

Sora combined her eight attendant swords into a single cannonball of magical steel and fired it at 'White'—

"[Turm Riesenhaft]!"

—and as 'White' effortlessly parried the attack, she followed up with her absolute maximum firepower from directly above—unfortunately, I don't have time to see how that plays out.

"[Whirlwind]."

And I activate [Reflect Blower] in parallel. The twin swords that closed in on me from both sides with a speed surpassing my own 'base' top speed are parried by my left armored arm and my right white sword.

[Construction]—as if seeing the knight's magic swords as a rival, my white sword shoots out on its own, and in its place, I summon a small, silver-armored shield to my now-empty right hand.

I use the [Spinning Shield] to bat away the kick from its left leg, which had sprung up the moment its sword strike was blocked. Seizing the opportunity, I clench my left fist… the first attack is yours, of course!

"Hmph—"

'— — — — — —'

"—Fly!"

The armored fist, clad in a gale, lands on the chest of the now-unbalanced 'Blue.'

My base Agility and Strength stats may not be that different from a typical light warrior's—but with the inertia boost from my high-speed footwork, which includes 'Matoi' and the other mobility skills that have been causing such a stir since the stream, and more importantly,

—the left straight, packed with energy equivalent to a several-hundred-kilogram iron mass, has got to hurt, right? And this one comes with a freebie storm release. Don't be shy, take it all!

I would have been shocked if it had stood its ground, but thankfully, my opponent isn't quite that ridiculously overpowered.

As I chase after 'Blue,' which was sent flying by the punch and the storm, and move in for a follow-up—

"Good luck!"

"You too!"

—I exchange a few words with my partner, who is keeping 'White' pinned down.

With a smile still playing on my lips—I charge forward, without a single worry in the world.

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The back I'm chasing is no longer far away.

That fact, which warms her heart no matter how many times she savors it, becomes a torrent of manifested magic that envelops the girl's avatar.

Her spirit is high, her condition is perfect—now is the time to become the person she dreamed of being.

"[Ende]."

She dismisses the large and small magic swords attending her and summons a single sand sword to her hand.

"[Prima, Eins]—here I come."

Convert overflowing magic into stats—her newly acquired skill, [Mana Cladding], alters her avatar's specs according to her will.

The 'White' knight, which had deflected her massive sword, took half a second to regain its posture. Which meant its greatsword was already swinging down on the enemy it had acknowledged.

"— — — — — —!"

The girl, her amber eyes shining faintly, returned the favor.

With a single, focused shout—she parried the mighty sword head-on.

She used the momentum from sweeping the greatsword aside to convert the excess energy into a spin. Undeterred by having her blade parried, the knight sprang up with a knee strike, and as she passed it… she activated [Optimize Alert].

From one hand to two.

Her magic sword transformed from a single-handed straight sword into a greatsword.

"—Hah!"

She put all her centrifugal and rotational force into a second strike and slammed it home.

The impact that traveled through her hands was immense—but the resulting sound was far from a satisfying clang.

"Ngh… just like someone I know."

'White' leaped into the air as if bouncing, taking Sora's blow while hiding its body in the shadow of its greatsword… without a single scratch on its five-layered HP bar.

It expertly rode the impact to create distance with nimble movements and reset its stance as if nothing had happened.

"This armored knight does things just like a certain someone I know…"

Its agility and mobility were on a completely different level from the 'previous' [Angalta]. And from the feel of their blades crossing, its physical strength was no less than before.

The fact that this reality made her happy, not fearful—

—was just something that couldn't be helped.

"I might get scolded for being 'unladylike'…"

But—she raised the greatsword of sand, which seemed ill-suited for her small frame.

"Because I'm a 'swordsman' now, too."

The girl, tracing the path of the adventure story she so admired,

"I'm sure they'll forgive me for going on a bit of a rampage."

—smiled, looking like she was having the time of her life—and now, she swings her sword with all her might.

"—Huh…?"

…As she swung, she tilted her head.

Hmm, the two 'magic swords' that were attending the 'White' knight I'm facing,

Where on earth did they go?