“Hn, this…”
Magic energy is overflowing from the four corners of the throne room, and the room is surrounded by what feels like a barrier.
“So you have noticed. We prepared this to kill you.”
Says Ou suddenly, who has been silently watching this whole time.
“Having the strongest vessel means you can bring out your full power, but conversely, the stronger you are in this space, the more it weakens you.”
“Fufu, so you thought of that. But can you kill this girl? My death means the death of this vessel.”
I feel like she’s saying that not to Ou and the other demons, but to me.
“If you want to save the saint, kill the demon king.”
I hear, and my eyes turn to Eris.
I don’t see any particular feelings on her face, but Chris is next to her with a worried expression on hers.
No, it doesn’t matter. The restrictions placed on me mean I can’t do that anyway.
“It’s all right. Those restrictions have been lifted. After all, that was a kind of curse.”
She says, like she knows what I’m thinking.
I check my skills, and…
‘【Status Ailment Resistance LvMAX】 Effect: Immunity to poison, paralysis, petrification, charm, and curses’
Yes, I’m immune to curses. So does that mean it was lifted?
But if those restrictions were a curse, I don’t know why it didn’t show as such on my status panel. I’m pretty sure that when Hikari hit me with a paralyzing attack, the paralysis showed on the panel.
Then again, maybe it’s a type of status ailment that doesn’t show.
Thinking back, this has to be why Status Ailment Resistance’s proficiency kept going up on its own. In that case…
A scary thought pops into my head. If I don’t have those restrictions, that means I can attack Eris.
At this rate, I’m going to lose Mia.
Mia and Eris. I can’t put their lives on a scale. Chris would be heartbroken if she lost Eris. Just picturing her face makes me feel like my heart is being constricted.
“Give back big sister Mia!”
As I waver, someone attacks Elizabeth, Hikari.
But even though Elizabeth’s movements seem duller, Hikari’s attacks don’t work, and she’s blown back by Elizabeth swinging her arm like she’s wiping her away.
“Doll…”
Elizabeth looks at Hikari on the floor with a mocking smile.
Normally I’d feel angry about a friend being attacked, but I’m not. No, I’m desperately holding it back.
I’m angry at Elizabeth, but that’s Mia’s body.
And even though I’m angry at Elizabeth… At the goddess for what she’s done so far, my body won’t move.
And yet, when Ignis moves to attack her again, my body moves on its own to block the attack.
“Are you taking the goddess’ side?”
Asks Ignis, but I don’t have a clear answer.
What do I want to do? I want to save Mia, but I want to save Eris too.
Is there a way to save both? If there is, I’ll jump on it immediately.
But unfortunately, there’s no convenient solution like that, and I can’t think of any way to save both.
What I can do now, is do my best to block Ignis’ attacks.
Maybe I’m just struggling for nothing, but I can’t stop either. And I know I can’t keep this up for long either.
Maybe I’m just trying to make excuses for myself, telling myself I did my best. I can feel my stamina being scrapped away with each attack.
‘…Sora, I…’
At this point I don’t know what I’m doing anymore, or what I want to do, but then I hear a voice in my head that feels like it’s disappearing.
There’s a nostalgic feeling to it, and I feel like it’s the kind of gentle voice I want to hear the most right now.
I want to know what it’s saying, but when I try to listen more closely, all I hear is the echoing sound of swords clashing.
I try to swing at Ignis to get that out of the way, but he easily dodges, and swings his sword hard from above.
I block it by holding my sword with both hands.
Sparks fly in front of me. I blocked the attack, but I’m being pushed back.
My body won’t hold, and I kneel, and when I look up, I see Ignis’ face.
I see something that feels like firm determination in his eyes.
‘There is one way to save the saint. Will you listen?’
The voice echoes in my head again.
It’s the same that urged me to use Appraisal before.
‘If you can hear me, match my timing and swing your sword. Three, two, one!’
I let the voice guide me, and do a full swing with my sword.
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So that’s an interesting twist at the end do you think that could be the cloud like spirit that is following the MC in the manga