Kono Sekai ga Game da to, Ore dake ga Shitte Iru

Chapter 93: The Battle of Truth

"Somehow, you're going to make it..."

I can't be clear, but my guess is that the end of the war isn't open to criticism yet.

According to Mitsuki's Explorer's ring, the king is still in the king's capital in position.

As soon as the battle began, there must have been an event where the king would strike out of the castle.

That that hasn't happened yet would be natural to assume that the battle hasn't started yet.

We're already rushing to the field near the city.

Regardless of if we make it to the start of the battle, the battle itself was over when we rushed, which doesn't seem to be happening.

Just a little, slow down the pace of progress.

Quickly confirm the operation while the enemy is not yet visible.

For once, but while I was walking, I also checked the types of enemies.

So far, but there are no enemies among the monsters that I've never seen from the west.

As for the level distribution, there still seemed to be no enemies in the Butcher class, such as 130-170.

They say some monsters are no match for Mitsuki when they go to the depths of the west, so an enemy flooded from the edge of the unimplemented area, maybe it's enough to interpret it.

However, there is still about as much opening as heaven and earth in enemies around level 100 and around 150.

Honestly, if a level 150 class enemy leaves it to the quantity to attack, what an instant the city will fall.

At least, the level of ability to accommodate the Knights is slightly over.

I don't know how mixed high level enemies are, but if we don't work hard, the damage will still be done.

"I knew we'd go according to the original plan.

When the battle begins, poke the back of the enemy and draw the demon's attention.

That should reduce demonic pressure and make the city a lot easier. "

When I said it, Mitsuki distorted her cat's ears worryingly.

"Demons basically have the habit of being attacked by their closest enemies.

If we stick the three of us behind the enemy, we could be the only ones behind them, right?

"Of course, I know.

That's why finding a flock of enemies won't get your hands on it until the battle against the city begins "

As far as feelings go, we even want to take on the whole army on our own.

But on a boulder, that would be reckless.

"It would make a tough fight for both of us..."

Mitsuki blocked my words with a strong tone.

"No, what I care about is you."

"My...?

Unexpected words, confused.

Looking sharply at it, Mitsuki said.

"To be clear, if you're a demon about level 170, you're not my enemy.

It will take time to destroy, but you can be sure that you will never be killed. "

"If it's Mitsuki, it could be."

If you limit yourself to the ability to survive, you can say that Mitsuki is definitely the best NPC for this' cat ear cat '.

In addition to its exceptional ability to evade, it also has excellent magic and abnormal state resistance.

I have the peace of mind that no matter what large group they are, she would be able to cut through.

"I'm anxious about Mr. Ringo's defensive abilities, but if you take a distance and have him fight, it's fine.

There's no first ranged attack that outweighs her thunderbolts, so if you're shooting each other from afar, you won't lose first.

Even if she's at a disadvantage, she also has the agility to escape when she's in danger. "

That makes sense, too.

In fact, in this fight, Apple intends to have it thorough for ranged attacks.

I don't know if I can shoot a thunderbolt at him because Maki is in the princess position.

We need one person to engage in an anti-aircraft attack, and if so, we don't need to be forced to approach the battlefield.

That would ensure some safety.

"So the problem is you.

I also appreciate your creativity and how you use moves behind people.

But this time it's a bunch of demons with no preparation whatsoever and they don't know who they are.

… can you still fight?

Mitsuki's gaze pierces me.

If you think about it, you might as well be told that.

I've crossed paths with my opponents many times to win, but that's more driven or knowledgeable than strength.

Mitsuki is asking if we can really fight in this situation where there is little advance information and it could be a riot.

But I felt a strong expectation of me in the back of Mitsuki's eyes.

While I say that in my mouth, it's definitely Mitsuki who's buying me the most of my abilities.

And now I have enough power to live up to that trust.

(Right...)

I could only spare a little time.

Besides, I'd like to see how much I can do before a full battle.

"Then I'll prove it."

So I declared that, pointing to a monster in armor that looked forward, far away.

Living armor, level 160.

A monster with strong resistance to physical attacks, it can be described as an opponent that is not compatible with us who are warriors.

But on the contrary, if we can defeat him, it will prove that we can defeat most of the demons we've raided this time.

"Let me take down the living room armor over there before Mitsuki does.

That way, you'll recognize my powers, won't you?

"I see, you challenge me to speed battle against them.

All right, take it. I'll stand. "

I haven't shown that side much lately, but Mitsuki originally likes to compete.

I thought they would definitely come aboard.

The two of us stand side by side to identify our goals.

Measure the distance to the enemy and assemble in your head how to defeat it and how it will flow until you defeat it.

"When you do this, it looks like you're kind of back in time."

Unexpectedly, Mitsuki mentioned that.

Speaking of which, I recall this is how Mitsuki and I were winning and losing and becoming friends.

"Please don't use strange hands like before."

I laughed bitterly at the words.

"Oh, I know.

This time, I don't do small work.

It's a real battle for strength. "

Otherwise, Mitsuki won't be able to recognize my prowess, and I'm sorry.

So to take him down before Mitsuki does, I have to accomplish two things.

First, getting there before that monster, faster than Mitsuki, who was called the fastest 'cat ear cat'.

On top of that, it's about getting rid of that hard monster in the short time before Mitsuki catches up.

Take a deep breath before the battle.

The policy has been decided.

After that, just do it.

(Okay, I can go!

When I finished all the prep... the apple that came out of buying the referee,

"... Beginning"

Hands up with the adorable hanging and the battle began.

"'Step'!

The first step, at the exact same time.

However, Mitsuki moves faster than 'step'.

Still, if you're a fast 'step' in the first half of your skills, you won't be let go much.

I managed to follow you in "Steps,"

"'High Steps'!

In "High Steps," line up next to Mitsuki,

"'Shrink'!

Completely overtake Mitsuki with his last mobility skill, 'shrinkage'.

... but it doesn't last from here.

Because shrinkage is the highest skill, it cannot be cancelled with other mobility or attack skills.

Spoil it from here to accept skill rigidity or force it to cancel with high cancellation performance skills such as' jump '.

Whichever you choose, you lose precious time and stamina, and as a result, you get plucked by the mitzki.

It's blocked in all directions.

- And that would have happened to me back in the day.

But if it's my ability now, I can hit another hand from here.

Shrinkage cannot be cancelled with other mobility or attack skills.

But on the other hand, if it's something other than skills, you can cancel it.

"'Air Hammer'!

Just before the stiffness of my skills occurred, the magic of 'Air Hammer', which I had been prepping for '...', bounces my body forward.

My body, which finished shrinking, accelerates further forward from there.

I twisted my mouth to the feeling of cutting the wind.

This is another skill cancellation method in Cat Ear Cat, KB Knockback Cancellation.

Assuming the cancellation of the skill by skill is the cancellation of the table set by the producer, it can be said that this' KB cancellation 'is the cancellation behind the specifications of the game.

Knockbacks are game terms and generally refer to 'blowing up an attacked opponent'.

This "KB Cancellation" method, as its name suggests, is an absurd move knitted by the "Cat Ear Cat" players that overwrites and erases skill rigidity with a knockback.

I know we talked about this during the "Disturbed Cherry Blossom" explanation, but normal skills without super armor can force you to lean back and interrupt your moves if you eat a strong attack or an attack with a knockback during skill activation.

What took this backwards was a technique called "KB" Knockback Cancellation ".

The mechanism itself is nothing difficult.

At the end of a skill, I deliberately apply a knock-back effect magic to myself to omit stiffness "Cancel" and use the skill as soon as the knock-back is over is its basic use.

This technique, also known as the 'Rapid Fire Mechanism' and others, brought as much shock to all 'Cat Ear Cat' players as' Divine Speed Cancel Move 'because it would allow them to series their skills faster than normal.

Although it is not possible to cancel a special attack determination such as "Disturbed Cherry Blossom" or a skill with a super armor such as "Out of Blade Color Return", it is possible to cancel at most any other skill at any time.

This dramatically increased the freedom of 'cat ear cat' to fight.

In fact, there are two magics commonly used by knockbacks: 'Petite Projection' and 'Air Hammer'.

Both operate on the assumption that they hit you, so magic custom reduces power and improves chanting performance is fundamental.

'Petite Projection' is weak and has a very small knockback effect.

If you hit yourself with a blast of petite prosciutto right after your skill with a time limit activation, you will be able to act quickly in a much shorter time than your skill rigidity.

It is arguably the easiest KB cancellation magic.

"Air Hammer" is inherently magic that "shoots out a chunk of wind in the direction you specify and blows the enemy you hit in the direction you specify," and you can't even use it on yourself as it is.

However, lowering the range distance to the nearest minimum with custom somehow turns it into 'blow yourself away in the direction you specify' magic.

As a first guess, 'fluctuating in range is actually the end position of the magic, and if you make this extremely small, the end point becomes closer to the surgeon's body than the beginning of the magic, so the magic will be ejected towards the surgeon', but I'm not sure.

Well, whatever it is, it would mean the usual setup mistake.

The characteristic when you use this on yourself is the opposite of 'petite provocation'.

Because of the great distance, time, and speed traveled by knockback, it can also be used as a means of evasion and travel.

And now.

While I actually use the knockback by 'Air Hammer' to move,

("Air Hammer"!

In retrospect, chant 'Air Hammer' again.

This is the advantage of cancelling a skill using the KB method that is not part of the normal cancellation.

There is a clear difference between skill rigidity and reclining state, unlike skill rigidity where neither skill nor magic can be used, you can chant magic while you are in the reclining state with a knockback.

As another aside, the stamina recovers naturally at the same rate as normal during knockback.

In other words, by pinching a knockback between skill combos, you can recover the stamina slightly.

And the moment the knockback was over and my feet were on the ground,

"'Step'!

Activate the skill again.

Again, connect 'High Step' and 'Shrink' and pinch 'Air Hammer'.

This one uses superior skills, and speeds up more than divine speed cancellation moves as long as it doesn't pinch cancellations such as slashes and horizontal giraffes along the way.

If the MP is a little more lubricated, I can connect "shrinkage" and "air hammer" directly, but this time I dropped it off.

But still, I pulled Mitsuki apart to some extent.

If we keep going, we'll be able to preemptively attack enough living armor.

(From here, it's a power battle!

You could have shown Mitsuki my speed.

And then, show your aggression.

And prove to Mitsuki that I can fight, and then to myself!

Enemy at present, I activate magic. Book, and...

"'Step'!

Think back, fine-tuning the distance.

Sure, I don't have any privileged basic abilities like apples or out-of-consciousness normal attacks.

Without the quickness of a cheetah like Mitsuki, there's no excellence in swordsmanship.

Still......

"'High Steps'!

I have a legitimate strength as a game character.

Even if there was nothing special, it just raised the level, harnessed strong weapons, and collected easy-to-use skills and magic.

You don't have to keep up the way you fought when you were playing the game, or you have enough ability to reproduce about 80% of the time.

"" Kill the Moon "!

One of them is the Mid-Range Attack Skill of the Megatron, which is activated by time difference.

After swinging the weapon, a slaughter occurs a little while before moving away.

Because there is a time lag before a slash occurs, it is difficult to make it hit if you are unfamiliar, and because there is no judgment on the first shake, if approached, you will be defenseless, but there is enough utility in this move to compensate for it.

"'High Steps'!

Is the motion of the move supposedly over at the time of the first weapon swing, or can the skill be cancelled before the slash of a fate occurs?

Besides, even if you cancel your skills there, the slaughter will activate properly.

So,

"'Jump'!

Buy distance and time with "High Steps" and "Jumps" to match the occurrence of slaughter in the rest of the moon,

"" Yokohama "!

Using another skill enables simultaneous attacks on both skills.

However, there is no great advantage to simultaneous attacks on skills.

But there is an exception to everything...

"'Powered'!

I had an active appointment during my last reclining. The power-up activates for a limited time and makes my body glow red.

And this is why I'm targeting simultaneous attacks.

The effect of normal power-ups is to multiply muscle strength by 1.3 for 30 seconds.

But by using magic custom, I cut the duration of magic to the limit, increased it to MP consumption, and maximized the magic effect.

This is the magic effect of the finished result.

"Multiply muscle strength by 9.9 for 0.5 seconds"

We know that the configurable range of capability enhancement and weakening states in "Cat Ear Cat" is 9.9-0.1.

This means that this magic can do the maximum capability enhancement you can want on your system for just a few moments.

As a price, its effect time is only one-half a second.

But in the meantime, all attacks will turn into a Special Strike!

"This, but yeah!!

In response to my roar, two skills at the same time, vertical and horizontal slashing capture armor.

Hard feeling on the arm.

But now that I'm empowered, I can push it through with force.

Aiming for weaknesses is not such a hassle to imitate!

Keep it up, shake it out!!

(- Coming through!

Along with its unique feel, its arms are swung through.

The armor was torn apart, and the vertical slashing line in "The Moon of the Slash" and the slashing line next to "The Horizontal Giraffe" overlapped beautifully, and the trajectory of the cross was drawn.

(What do you say!?

With my sword swinging out to the side, I look up at the monster in my armor.

No matter how many Level 160 monsters you split your body into four parts, you don't seem to be able to live.

Living armor didn't even fight back, it turned into a grain of light and disappeared into the sky.

"... Phew"

The skill to visit with the end of the move leaves me stiff and I exhale the breath I was packing.

twitching, and a sense of achievement.

Now, the battle is my win.

But I think I got something more valuable than that.

That's confidence.

I've never done anything decent to fight before.

He has relied on odd measures, deceived his opponents with his mouth, and defeated his enemies with his driving more than his ability.

Because of this, he was nicknamed "The Wonder Swordsman".

But now...

"The strange swordsman may be out of business by now..."

Now I can finally say it with my chest up.

I don 't--

"- I'm strong enough to fight normally already!!

leave it to the overflowing fullness, and when I proclaim so exalted,

"What?"

From behind, I heard a surprise.

What, an upset voice like "I didn't have that idea" right now.

Turn around and ask Mitsuki, who has caught up to you.

"Uh, no, me now, I was usually strong, right?

Don't use odd tactics or strange swords. But you could have fought properly and normally, couldn't you?

"... Huh? Oh, yes. Right.

Phew, normal, normal... you were the usual!

Mitsuki answers as she quiddles her cat ears.

Staring suspiciously, Mitsuki turned away.

And cat ears. "Don't look at me! ♪ And I'm all down with all my strength ♪

(Uh, why are you reacting like that?

Mitsuki has even collapsed her usual iron skin and is behaving suspiciously to see it.

I don't know why, but I'm confused.

"... soma, kanno, i am"

"Apple...?

A girl with blue hair slowly approached me.

After all, apples are my goddess.

When she gently enveloped my hand, which was excited and powerful, the feeling of standing sawdust healed.

Then the goddess looked up at me and said this to tell me.

"'Mundane' and 'I want to' are different words, right?

... God is dead.

(The way I fight, I wonder if it's still weird watching from the side...)

It was a pre-showdown act, when such new worries arose and I was constantly reminded of the harm of the VR game: my point of view.