Chapter 52
[Dancing Evil]
I was standing in front of the wall the man deployed when Hiysan’s attack was interrupted .
I sent a sound to Hiysan, but there was no reply .
It seems that she has fainted . If you use your ability to the limit, it’s natural .
As I was thinking about such a thing, the wall that had been deployed in front of me disappeared .
It’s more like a box than a wall .
Apparently, it seems that box was built with a high durability and can completely guard from all directions .
The box disappeared and the man who appeared in front of me looked at me and put fearless smile on his face .
“Please entertain me… Anonymous .
Don’t you run away this time, okay?”
*cyaki* his katana rub against the floor .
Then, as soon as he took a step, I released a Soundshoot .
Roaring sound .
Clothes store’s display were blown away, and glass showcases were shattered .
That guy…, he was defending by pulling out the wall .
Box… no . It’s a wall . In the case when he deployed the box, I thought that I would approach him instantly and cut his neck off from the back .
To guard in all directions means that there will be no escape temporarily .
I think it’s not a good defense method for him either .
And as expected he can guard against my Soundshoot in no time .
It’s a trick that instantly reads the killing intent and roughly predicts the next attack of the next .
He is not an average ability user .
“Your spirit is good . I don’t hate it . ”
I released another Soundshoot to block his words .
As expected, it is the wall that appears with the explosion sound .
I jumped back a few times to get away from him .
The distance was just too short .
The Soundshoot is excellent . It becomes a barrage and he had no choice but to make a wall appear and defend .
The fireball that Hiysan released before was collected by him touching it .
It seems that sound is truly uncollectible because he is defending my attack with a wall .
Hiysan continuous shooting was prevented with a box because it was difficult to collect that amount of fire arrows in a row .
Throwing knives… I think even a single hit by it is dangerous . I’ll hit it with Soundshoot if possible .
…Other than that, my only option left is close quarters combat .
However, in the close quarters combat, Face Punch-san and Kemuri-san lost . Then this too .
I have to avoid it .
“It’s useless . Well, I think I’ll know if I can prevent it three times . ”
A man reappears from the other side of the wall .
Useless…huh?
No, it’s not useless . It might succeed with enough shots, and it’ll be hard for him to guard instantly every time .
Well, the Soundshoot from the front certainly sounds like a waste .
“…”
“Are you afraid? Why are you keeping the distance?”
I wondered if the voice of the man should be cut off .
…Is it better not to cut it off?
I stepped back when the man stepped forward .
There is no reason to fight head on . The fighting while retreating is good .
In addition, here, Rin and Hiysan are close, and the range of Soundshoot is limited .
I want to leave this place somehow .
Speaking of which, there are few demon beasts on the first floor .
For some reason, most of the people on the first floor can evacuate, so their prey are scarce .
The number of demon beasts on the 2nd and 3rd floors is much higher than on the 1st floor .
It’s also because the demon beasts were released on the third floor .
The screams and chewing sounds that could be here even now are painful .
However, it is helpful that there are few demom beasts on the first floor .
There are Rin and Hiya who can’t fight, so I was planning to kick off the demon beasts while fighting, but it’s unnecessary .
Besides, the number of demon beasts is decreasing . Is it because Tsurugi starts to make his moves?
However, there is a possibility that the third wave is ahead .
I also have to be careful .
Shit, the more I think about it, the more I think I won’t win .
However, there is no choice but to do it .
“Oi oi, somehow your reaction is boring!”
The man said that and threw a knife .
Unlike the previous ones, he’s throwing it using his whole body .
Fast…!
When I saw it, I immediately avoid it by dodging .
“Huh…”
I remove my knife from the holder .
It seems that it is better to guard with a knife rather than to hesitate when it come flying like that .
“My name is Hal . You?”
Hal .
Come to think of it, he was called that way . I forgot, he has such a name .
However, he talks a lot during battle .
Well…
Then~, let’s try provoking him a little…
“My name, huh?”
I wish I could get him with a cheap provocation .
“My name is Shion…
The name of the man who kills you .
Remember that, puppy . ”
For a moment, I felt that the area was quiet .
“Ha ha!”
The man…, Hal looks up at once, opens his hands and laughs .
I swallowed my saliva and gripped my knife .
“Interesting! Don’t regret it, you trash!”
I opened my eyes to Hal who approached me instantly .
Pure speed .
The distance I took was closed at once, and his katana slashed at me from the side .
I jump back to avoid it .
No, it’s close…!
The tip slashed my tuxedo slightly and the edge return to me like the blade bounced back .
I was prepared to give up one of my arms, so I thrust my hand out and prepare to shot a Soundshoot .
Then Hal stopped his katana and made a few steps away from me .
What appears there is as expected, a wall .
I did not release the Soundshoot, I took a little distance from the wall .
Dangerous…!
Just now, Hal could cut off my arm and pull the wall out before I released the Soundshoot .
I’m saved because he pulled back . No, he is just wary of sound attack, huh .
“Annoying, annoying, annoyingー!!”
Hal jumped down from the top without putting back the wall .
I knew the surprise attack from the sound, so his attack did not reach .
Looking at it, Hal’s attack has switched to throwing a knife .
I tumbled over, heaved the knife, and immediately stood up, I turned my back to Hal and started running .
First, I have to leave this place to talk .
“Don’t run, you small fry!”
Naturally he follows from behind .
It is difficult to avoided a thrown knife while running .
I run as low as possible and place obstacles on the line with him .
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The speed of the guy running while throwing the knife was naturally slower than me .
The distance gradually increases .
“Come on, you want to kill me, right! Face me fair and square!”
What did you said? I’m not going .
If I’m touched, it’s the end and Soundshoot is not effective . How do I deal with such a person properly?
Thinking about such a thing, I jumped over an object’s potted plant and I turned a corner .
However, when I turned, I braked suddenly and I stuck my back to the blind spot at the corner .
Then, I make sounds footsteps that make a sharp turn around the corner and run through .
That guy is moving fast .
When he jumped out of the corner, I shot a Soundshoot from the side .
“Wh!”
The wall is in time .
He could even guard against this, what’s with this guy? It’s already in disgusting level .
However, I can’t complain .
I cut off the sound, appeared from the right side of the wall, and shot the man again .
The wall appeared again .
“Hah…! Hah…!”
Damn, it won’t hit .
Also, I’m shot too many Soundshoot . I can still afford it, but I can only shot it 10 more times .
I turned my back to the wall and started running .
When he smashed the wall, there was a big distance between me and Hal .
I cut off all the sounds that I make .
Footsteps, breathing sounds, rubbing sounds, and the sound of flipping a knife . Everything .
I pick up the grappling gun on my waist and aim it to the second floor .
Then, I pressed the button of my thumb hard and fired a wire .
The ejected wire wraps around the handrail that surrounds the stairwell on the second floor, as intended .
I run as it is, roll up the excess wire, and thrust it into a pillar .
Then, I pulled the wire as it was, and I rush up the pillar .
The power of the grappling gun alone cannot lift me upstairs . However, if I’m kicking the wall, I can somehow go upstairs .
I go upstairs because I need to throw him off once .
A knife thrown by him scratched my mask .
“Wait, stop!!”
I hurried up to the second floor and started running again .
He summoned obstacles between the first floor and the second floor to create a step and climbed up as it was .
However, at that time I had already hidden myself and listened to him from behind .
Hal who went upstairs and lost sight of me stopped there .
“Tsk . ”
After a clicking his tongue one, he slowly walks .
He is completely wary of my surprise attack .
However .
“Behind . ”
Humans are
Relying on sound is, impossible .
The moment when Hal looked back with “my voice heard from behind” .
I jumped to that behind and shot a Soundshoot .
“…!”
But this too…was blocked by the wall .
Well, as expected .
I approached as it was and turned to the back of the wall .
The man’s knife attack me .
The knife graze my shoulder and flew away .
I point the grappling gun at him and shoot it .
However, Hal caught the wire ejected at high speed by hand .
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“What…!”
I cut the wire in a hurry and shoot a Soundshoot .
Naturally the wall protect him .
The wall disappeared immediately, and Hal approached me rapidly .
It’s bad…! There is no escape .
Should I jump to the first floor…? But…!
“Ha ha!”
While I was hesitating, he grabbed my neck, trip my foot and pushed me down .
“Tsu…!”
I was touched…!
However, he did not use his ability, and pressed the newly taken knife to my neck .
“I gooot yooouuu!”
Damn!
“Kuhihi, don’t move…
Enjoy the feeling of a knife slowly sticking in your neck . ”
“…!”
The sound attack won’t make it in time…!
Then…!
I shot the grappling gun in my hand to the sky behind the man, and when I grabbed the released wire with my opposite hand, I hooked it on Hal’s neck and turned sideways .
The knife that was being pushed with that momentum moved, and my neck was deeply torn .
“Tsuu…”
I let out a voice involuntarily .
…it’s around my collarbone . It’s great that I managed to diverted it somehow .
That guy, why didn’t he use his ability to collect me?
No, Hal’s ability is just to collect things . And to kill me, he doesn’t need to use it?
I squeeze the wire that tightens the man’s neck and slowly moves back .
Blood bleeds on my hand holding the wire .
“Guu…e…!”
Hal grabbed the wire with a trembling hand .
He’s going to collect me by touching the wire, tte there’s no way, right .
With that in mind, I cut the wire and shot a Soundshoot .
The roaring sound reverbrate .
The objects around him were caught up in the Soundshoot and blown away .
No wall appears…!
Is it a direct hit?
At the moment I thought so, his sound appeared behind me .
“Die, oraaa!!”
A clear teleportation .
The same thing happened in an abandoned building .
I can’t react…!
The sword stabbed from behind hit my shoulder directly .
The blade penetrated with an unpleasant noise, and I opened my eyes wide .
I was confused by the pain, but managed to release a Soundshoot behind me .
Hal pulled out his sword and made the wall appear to guard against the Soundshoot .
I make a distance between us .
“Huh, huh… huh…”
I received fatal damage .
Damn it .
“Huu, huu, you certainly can entertain me…”
Said Hal, who had pulled back the wall and appeared in it’s place .
“The blow I received just now was painful… Then I can’t fight anymore .
I’m bleeding so well”
That’s right .
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The ability is overused . It’s bad . This situation .
And what’s with that teleportation .
Another ability…?
Or, he collect himself and appear in a different place .
There was a slight time lag, so possibility is high .
He didn’t used it often because it has some disadvantages?
Shit, I don’t understand .
“But, I’m not done playing, y’know?”
Hal slowly approached me .
What to do… Should I release a serious Soundshoot…?
However, I don’t think I can break through that wall .
I don’t know what material it is made of, but it is quite strong .
If I shoot it continuously till it reached it’s limit…?
No, it’s impossible . It also endured continuous fire attacks by Hiysan and is durable .
At that time, I came up with a plan .
If it’s this… Will it work…?
It’s worth trying .
I put both hands forward and prepare to shoot a Soundshoot .
My left shoulder that was stabbed hurts a lot .
“That again, huh . It doesn’t work well, so stop it . I’m tired . ”
It has been proven that the power of Soundshoot becomes lower as the range is narrowed down .
I had narrowed down the range until now, and I was shooting more carefully .
The reason for doing so is that it still has sufficient killing ability and that serious Soundshoot has poor stamina efficiency .
I understood that the wall won’t be destroyed with only one shot of my serious Soundshoot .
However, the Soundshoot that I shoot from now on will be in widened range .
Almost Serious Soundshoot .
The civilians may be injured .
However, there is only this…!
“It’s okay to shoot, but don’t overuse it till you kill yourself, okay?”
I released a Soundshoot to block his chattering .
Clearly different firepower than before .
*Bishibishi* and cracks entered the floor, and the explosion sound continued .
He is guarding with the wall as planned .
My head shook .
Am I gradually reaching my limit?
But another shot…!
“Haa!”
The wall that he summoned does not make a slight movement .
Another shot…!
“Fall dooown!”
I raise my voice and release a Soundshoot .
*bakibaki*(cracking sounds)
I erased that sound .
Don’t let him know .
I was unable to endure the Soundshoot, and when I saw the “that” that was falling, my mouth suddenly loosened .
I lowered my hands and breathed out .
Seeing the Soundshoot stopped, Hal remove the wall .
“Are you satisfied?”
Hal said so with a proud face, I thrust my thumb up and turn it upside down .
Then, “Ah?” , He made that kind of voice while making a bizarre face .
Immediately after that .
Hal became underlay of the “ceiling that fell from above . ”