Chapter 189: Weakness

“Spirit Zeal Descend!”

I changed from a thunder and lightning double enchantment to a thunder and light double enchantment and then did a spirit descent. This reduced the magic consumption a little. Before the evolution, when I did the double enchantment, the Raiden armor and the Spirit Descent at the same time, my body was not able to keep up with the status increase. Because of this, my body creaked every time I moved. But now, my body doesn’t hurt just by moving.

“First, I’m going to make you unable to fly!”

I flew onto the back of the cicada to slash its wings. If I had guessed correctly, the recoil after the shockwave would make it impossible to fly. But the cicada began to flap its wings.

“Huh!”

The cicada only flapped its wings and did not seem to fly at all. It seemed to be just a bluff. So, as planned, I slashed its wings with my right-hand sword.

Kakin!

“eh…?”

Because it was a wing, I didn’t swing the sword with all my might. But that doesn’t mean that I didn’t slice it enough to make a high-pitched noise and yet, my sword bounced off the flapping wings of the cicada.

“Chi!”

As it bounced off, I stepped away from the cicada and then landed on the ground. Then I jumped again to slash the cicada’s wings once more.

“Cut it!!!”

This time, I was not caught off guard and slashed at the wings with all my might with my two swords. This time, I was able to firmly sever the cicada’s wings from the middle. However, just as I cut the cicada’s wings, the cicada began to tremble. Crisis High-Speed Detection also reacted to it, but not as loudly as it should have. So, I released a black lightning bolt from the top of the cicada.

“Mieeeeeeeeee!”

I released the lightning in a way that involved me, so the lightning suction was properly activated. The magic consumption of the current magic is almost zero. The reaction of the high-speed crisis detection stopped.

“Oh?”

Maybe a little shaking and then a shockwave? Perhaps the crisis high-speed sensing was reacting to the shock wave earlier. Maybe this time the lightning numbed it a bit so it couldn’t shoot? If this hypothesis is correct, we won’t have to get hit by any more shockwaves.

“Hmm…?”

A little pleased to be able to counteract the shockwave, I looked at the cicada and felt a little uncomfortable. This discomfort bothered me, so I observed the cicada carefully. The only time I have observed cicadas like this would be in my free research in a previous life.

“Ah……”

I knew what the discomfort was. The severed wing of the cicada was healing. I cut it about halfway through and now only about a quarter of it is gone.

“It’s got regenerative powers…”

It’s not fair that flying monsters have regeneration. The way to defeat a flying monster is to make it unable to fly, drop it to the ground, and then beat it to a pulp. But how could it not be able to fly with this?

“Okay!”

No more slashing wings as they seem to regenerate too fast and it’s hard work. Then I’ll just keep attacking it until it can’t fly!

“Haa!”

“Miii!”

From there I repeatedly slashed at the cicada with my sword. The moment there was even the slightest sign of a shockwave, I unleashed my spirit magic. The spirit descent has helped me a lot because I can only release high power magic instantly during the spirit descent. While slashing at it, I also found that the belly of the cicada was softer than the surrounding area.

“Not yet!”

“Mimi!”

How long has it been? I’ve have been attacking the cicada for at least five minutes. Trouble is, unlike shockwaves, Emperor Moth’s attacks are unleashed without motion. So I have no choice but to defend myself with my sword. Incidentally, the four elves are also too busy dealing with the poison and wind magic released by the cicada to get close to it.

The cicada could no longer regenerate in time and its whole body is covered with wounds. If things continue to go well, we will win, but in similar situations up to now, things have never gone well. So, I kept my guard up…and I should have.

“Hoi!”

As the cicada’s body began to tremble, I released the black lightning as before.

“…eh!”

I thought a little when I started shaking, but this time the shaking was so strong that I suspected it was shaking my body sideways. Perhaps that’s why the black lightning couldn’t prevent the motion. I’m sure that even the Thunder Dragon couldn’t have prevented it.

“Oh no!”

And perhaps because of the selfless slashing, the current location is right next to the spirit tree. If a shockwave is released at a place like this, there is a danger that the spirit tree will break!

“I’ll just have to take the brunt…”

It’s reckless, judging from the reaction to the crisis high-speed sensing, which is much stronger than before, but I have no choice but to do it. That was when I made up my mind.

“Zero-Niisama!”

“Whoa!”

Where did she appear from? Sophie hugged me from the front. That’s right! Sophie was right next to the spirit tree! In my haste, I had failed to look overhead to check my surroundings. If this keeps up, Sophie will too…!

“Raiden double enchantment!”

” Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! !!!!!!!!!!”

Immediately changed from Raiden, light double enchantment to Raiden double enchantment. Then I hurriedly tried to untie Sophie’s arm around my neck to protect her, but she didn’t move at all and I couldn’t untangle her. And just like that, a shockwave was released.

“Noisy… be gone”

“What……?”

Sophie removed one of the arms around my neck and lightly flicked it toward the cicada as if she were dispelling a small insect. Then, the shockwave, or even the cicada, was obliterated. The cicada’s wings, which had been so hard, fell apart without a trace. The cicada is now just a piece of meat. Then Sophie put her arm behind my neck again and hugged me tightly.

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