A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

Episode 442: "Wind Dust" Part 1

Natalia and Slaus face each other over the town of Lemona.

The two of them floated in the sky against gravity, but Slaus was the only one confused about the situation.

"I told you, if you lose your neck, you must die properly. It's common sense, isn't it?

Natalia sucks the smoke pipe into her mouth as she speaks in a stupid tone. Then he blew the smoke gently, but with Natalia's attitude, Slaus was heightening his vigilance.

Natalia had a long attitude when she declared that she would kill Slaus, but the impression was very different when she confronted Slaus about five meters away. Natalia's gaze was sharp as she seemed to be standing still, and I could understand her reluctance to observe the behavior of Slaus.

Gilba and the others are currently disabling the inhabitants of the town of Lemona, but we can't afford to focus on them.

Not on the ground, but in the sky - Natalia standing flat in an area where even a first-class wizard could not stand at all - Slaus was also taking a natural and alert stance.

Natalia exhales purple smoke while keeping such a mouse in sight. Smoke rides in the wind, changing its shape and being pushed away.

Well, it was just a few moments later.

"Nut!?

Slause leaks a voice of anguish at the impact from the side. Suddenly a blow like being hit with a giant blunt object hits the left half of the body and sounds like a thumping sound from the body.

As soon as he decided it was an attack from Natalia, Slaus flew backwards aggressively to escape the shock. And when he regained his posture while rubbing his cone slightly, he fired an ice arrow, not to mention a counterattack.

"Phew...."

Natalia exhales purple smoke again and the smoke changes shape on the wind. Then, in the next moment, the ice arrow slipped away and faded away from Natalia.

The sighting slaw slightly narrowed its eyes and murmured with admiration.

"That smoke tube is not magic... I see, are you watching the wind move with smoke?"

And I saw Natalia's “magic” tongue just now.

Natalia is not blowing smoke in front of her enemies with Date or drunkenness. They see the movement of the surrounding wind and facilitate the exercise of wind magic.

Instead of using magic to generate wind from scratch, using the wind that already exists also suppresses magic depletion. I suppose he's watching the wind flow and “pushing” it with magic.

That's not the only reason I admired Slaus. Natalia may be using wind magic to fly through the sky, but most of the power is not enough to float each person.

That's why we need a wind of momentum that can be called a storm, but there's no big change around Natalia blowing smoke. Even though there is a storm blowing around Natalia, it suppresses the influence to the extent that the wind blowing naturally is not blocked.

I couldn't understand how precise magic manipulation would make it possible.

"Spirit-like wind, huh? It's a big approval... I wonder if such skill was“ lucky ”or" bad "in the vicinity."

So Slaus admired Natalia honestly. I thought it was a nasty opponent, but I recognize it as a user that far exceeds my expectations.

From Slause's eyes, Natalia's strength is comparable to that of an advanced monster. It depends on compatibility, but it may be comparable to higher and lower but even higher and middle monsters.

"... I don't like magic in my hands."

Natalia responded impatiently to Slaus' praise. Then he threw the smoke tube into the pouch hanging from his waist belt without saying that he didn't need it if he saw it.

Slaus looked at Natalia's behavior in sight, while keeping his distance and turning his consciousness slightly toward his eyes.

Natalia is an indifferent opponent, but she's not weak enough to ignore other faces. Reurus, Gilba, the Bishop of Gregory.

However, there was no sign that the Reurus were prioritizing the disablement of the residents or putting a spear in Natalia's battle with Slaus. Without worrying about the situation of a pair of fragments, the residents were disabled from one end and the dwarves were entrusted with transportation.

It was obvious what Natalia and the others were thinking and doing when they saw each dispersed and striving to disable the inhabitants.

Regardless of how vague “manipulation” is as a slaw, there are multiple maneuvers (dwarves) that are capable of attacking an opponent more than a hundred times different in number, and there are still dozens of people (dwarves) who can quickly transport disabled residents.

Besides, I even came out as a sorcerer with enough skill to stop myself alone. Compared to “before”, the situation is too different.

"--That's sad."

Natalia is not sweet enough to leave a slightly unconscious slaw.

Suddenly, Natalia's wind magically warned the body of the slaw, who was at a distance, and suddenly shifted to the side. Natalia, who pierced a gap in her consciousness, cut Slause's torso with a blade of wind without asking.

Slaus instantly concentrated on the spooky nature that the blow had no lethality and the breeze had cut him off.

"I've only lived for a very long time, but it's the first time I've ever felt like I could focus on something extra."

Natalia's gaze at Slaus was sharp, even though she sounded sad in her words. When Slaus realized that he was turning his mind, he gently waved the wand he was holding in his left hand.

"Nh! Chi!

The blade of wind flew from all directions of the slaw to match the movement of the cane. While holding the severed torso with his left hand, Slause waves his right hand loudly to counter Natalia's magic.

Natalia is undoubtedly superior in the field of wind magic, but Slaus has enough magic to compensate for the difference in skill. Compared to Natalia, Slaus strays the blade of the wind by hitting the wind with force.

The sharpness of the wind blade released by Natalia would be comparable to the slashing of a sharpened swordsman. But naturally there was no point in not hitting it - Natalia waved her wand once again.

"Gu!?

The blade of the wind dives along the storm's “flow” wrapped around Slaus and slashes Slaus' right arm. The deflected wind blade alters the trajectory and hits Slause again, slashing both feet.

In the blink of an eye, Natalia slashed her right arm and both legs and looked at her with a cold eye and waved her wand again without hesitation. The green jewel at the tip of the wand - the wind's "jewel" - sparkles a little.

Then, in the next moment, part of the wind that Slaus was wearing changed its movements. Then the wind engulfed the right arm and both legs that had been slashed, and instantly turned them into fine dust.

"Chi... even some of the wind that I've created can be manipulated."

Despite losing his right arm and both legs, Slaus only stuck his tongue and complained. There is enough magic in Slaus to fill the difference in skill with Natalia, but Natalia manipulated the wind created by Slaus to "rip off” it.

It is a tragic situation in which ordinary people suffer fatal injuries and confidence is shattered. But Slaus didn't seem anxious. Red light gathered at the tip of the amputated right arm and legs, and the right arm and legs that were supposed to have been lost in seconds appeared.

"Beautiful... so beautiful."

A slaw that moves gently to indicate that the slashed right arm and legs are back in place, while praising the tone of voice.

Natalia doesn't move a single eyebrow against a slush that's a lot of skill but doesn't say "that's all”. I just listened to it in advance and actually checked it out with my own eyes. If there is no reason to be upset, she opens her mouth as if it were calm.

"You can fly, you can gather magic from humans, you can handle all sorts of classes of magic, a few attacks will soon be back to normal... I see, I am convinced that there are several Gregorian bishops coming together to take care of it."

Natalia murmured in a slightly dazed tone to the admirable Slaus.

I also heard from Reurus and Gilba, but they don't die when they snap their necks, destroy their hearts, slash their arms and legs, and they regenerate quickly. Natalia thought it natural that Gregorian faces should rise and be killed.

At the same time, I have doubts.

"But isn't that strange? I heard you weren't that regenerative when you were crushed before... where did you get that power?

Natalia answers such a question as she watches Slaus.

Even though slimes are famous as monsters that do not die even if their bodies are slashed, it is also known that there are weaknesses called "nuclei". If you crush your whole body, you may die, but it's very unlikely that the slaughter that knows Natalia's skill to be able to “it" has not escaped.

Natalia thought it was some kind of magical doll, but even Rebecca couldn't make such a troubling performance. I also considered the possibility that there might be a runner who manipulates the doll called Slaus somewhere, but I can't feel the magic that seems to be there.

That would be the regenerative power that Slaus possesses, but Eliza, who is supposed to be of the same species, does not have extraordinary abilities so far.

--However, I heard that Reurus, who had a 'contract' with Eliza, did something similar.

(Well, whether or not you have the ability, if you wear out magic to regenerate it, is there a way to hit it...)

It's a threatening regenerative ability, but it can't be copied at any cost. They may be using magic gained from the inhabitants of Lemona, but there are limits to it.

As long as there are magicians like Natalia, most of the inhabitants have no magic. Even if they are stealing life instead of magic, there are limits beyond the parallel rescue of residents.

If there is a problem, it is unclear how many times we have to kill it.

Can you kill him ten times as he is? It will be tougher than that, but there is no “true”... please, Reurus)

Natalia sharpened her consciousness so that she could kill as many slaughters as she wanted, without turning her attention to the “Reurus Under the Eyes”.