I see Ignis and Elizabeth start to fight, drink a full potion, and then create another one with the Creation skill.
What I’m about to do should hit my MP pretty hard. Not to mention that if Elizabeth feels threatened by me, she should try to attack.
If that happens, I probably won’t have the time to drink a mana potion, so what I need now is something to speed up my MP recovery. It would be best if it fully recovered my MP, but apparently that won’t work.
I get an EX mana potion, and use the remaining minotaur magic stones to make a new item.
Here’s the result.
‘EX mana potion – Revised: Recovers twenty percent of the maximum MP value every five seconds. Effect lasts for one minute.’
Whether those five minutes are fast or slow depends on the opponent I’m facing. It sounds great to me, but I’m facing Elizabeth now.
I put up a shield charged with magic energy on myself, drink a mana potion to fully restore my MP, and turn to Ou.
“I’m going to create a weapon that can kill Elizabeth and attack. You and the others attack with the flashiest attacks you have to distract her.”
I have three revised Ex mana potions in my hands. I drink one, and quickly activate the Replication skill.
What I’m replicating is the dragon god fang. I can tell this takes a lot of magic energy.
And I’m using that to make a bullet, a god killing bullet.
I quickly load the gun, and fire at the barrier.
The bullet pierces the barrier very easily, and hits the transparent box. But it looks like the box itself is made of tough materials, and doesn’t break with one shot.
“W-what did you do?”
Still, the fact that the barrier was so easily broken is enough to shake Elizabeth.
I ignore her, press on, and create and shoot another one. But before it hits, the bullet lodged in the wall disappears.
I was expecting it, but the materials being what they are means that they can only hold their shape for a very short amount of time. The mithril I tried before is a rare metal, but the difference is still huge.
And the moment the bullet disappears, the cracked wall goes back to normal.
“Young man, what is that?”
“A weapon made with dragon king fang. But as you can see, I have to force them out with a skill, so the effect is too short.”
I fire again, and again, but it’s no use.
I won’t break through that wall unless I use full auto to fire at the same spot.
That means I have to create a magazine worth of bullets and fire them one after the other… But I can’t. Even if I prepare a lot, they disappear while I’m doing it.
So what should I do?
…Can I create them directly in the chamber and fire them immediately?
Can I even manifest something in a specific place and not in my hand… I guess I have to try.
And as I make up my mind, my shield is broken, and I see the spear Elizabeth was using at my feet.
Not only that, but she’s dashing this way, not caring if she’s damaged along the way.
I’m totally in her sights now. I guess that’s just how threatened she feels.
I’m surprised, and feel a sense of danger I can’t quite describe. I jump to the side, and the spear flies to where I was.
Does it have an effect to go back to her hands? Once I look at her, she’s already holding the spear. again
I quickly fire my gun, but she easily dodges.
She read the trajectory, but that was just a bullet.
However, that confirms that if I’m going to fire, it has to be there.
Maybe I could hit her if I used Transfer the moment I fired, but I’m already using Replication and Creation. I get the feeling that adding Transfer to that would be too much for me.
I could replicate a god killing dagger and use Transfer to stab her, but I already used that trick once, so I’m sure she’s watching out for it.
I really have to create the bullets directly in the chamber like I thought at first.
I’m counting on you, Ignis and Ou. I have to trust them to hold her back, and get to work.
I want to finish her with this.
Once I start firing at the box again, Elizabeth looks like she hesitates for a moment, but gets moving right away.
She fires magic at Ignis and the others, and the smoke it creates fills the temple and makes it hard to see.
Is she going to use the smoke for a sneak attack?
I’m vigilant, but Windsor and other demons surround me. They’ve realized that Elizabeth is after me.
I cast a shield to protect everyone, and press the trigger in full auto mode.
I keep repeating Replication and Creation, and bullets are shot one after the other.
The noise is being muffled by a silencer and Wind Magic, so they are basically inaudible. And as I fire and think about that, which doesn’t really matter, someone grabs my shoulder strongly.
“H-hey, are you all right?”
I move my eyes, and see Windsor looking worried.
What does he mean? Then I feel something touching my lips, and when I wipe with my free hand, I see blood.
Once I see it, I feel my strength leaving my body. I’m about to fall, but Windsor quickly holds me.
And since I stopped firing, the temple is now silent.
Visibility is still bad because of the smoke, and the demons around me are still cautiously looking around.
Now that I’ve stopped using Replication and Creation, I have room to think, and notice something that doesn’t feel right.
Elizabeth hasn’t attacked since the smokescreen went up.
The demons feel it too, and look even more cautious.
And as the smoke goes away, our vision returns, and everyone stops moving out of surprise.
We see something we weren’t expecting. Why? I think everyone is confused.
Yes, Elizabeth is there.
She’s standing like she’s leaning on that transparent box, and when she notices us looking at her, she smiles, and her body slowly sinks.
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Thanks for the treat.
I wonder what is in that box it reminds me of that mayor’s box in Buffy