bookbashuk #212 - This is too hard to kill.
#212 - This is too hard to kill.
The sharp curved blades headed straight for Felt in an infinite spiral, the wind blades they stirred up easily capable of cutting human skin.
Such a fierce attack, compared to Felt's small frame, would definitely cut her in half easily. Not to mention, Felt had already been frightened into complete stiffness by Elsa's immense killing intent.
Old Man Rom wanted to protect her in his arms, but his startup speed was too slow, and he would obviously be a step late.
However, just as the Bowel Hunter was about to succeed, a crisp collision sound appeared out of nowhere, and the curved blade containing endless killing intent was knocked away.
"Miss, have you forgotten about me?"
A playful voice followed.
Only then did everyone realize.
In front of Felt, a magic circle of blue and white light had unfolded, the magical light stopping the blade's edge, barely saving the thief girl's life.
"Puck, nice work!"
Natsuki Subaru gave it a thumbs up, and Puck also gave a thumbs up, as if they had excellent coordination, even though they hadn't done anything.
Felt then woke up from her daze.
"Wh-Why… …why are you saving me… …I clearly stole your things, why… …"
"Don't misunderstand, I just want you to be interrogated by the guard, not killed by some inexplicable person."
Emilia's answer stunned her again.
Natsuki Subaru rubbed his nose.
As expected, the silver-haired girl in front of him was still so kind. Looking at the flower on her chest—the reward for the two helping the little girl during the second loop—he knew she wasn't inherently bad.
Zun Zun also breathed a slight sigh of relief after seeing Felt being saved. After all, if Felt had died, he might have killed Natsuki Subaru on the spot and entered the loop again.
Center of the battlefield.
The violent lightning just now struck Elsa, and under normal circumstances, anyone should have died, but—
"Did it get her!?"
"Why say that kind of line at a time like this!?"
Natsuki Subaru shouted at Old Man Rom.
Under everyone's gaze, Elsa trembled as she struggled to stand up from the ground, her whole body charred black, even faintly emitting the smell of burning flesh. But after only a few breaths, the charring on her body continuously peeled off, revealing skin as smooth and delicate as an egg.
She seemed completely unaffected.
It's just that her clothes were tattered, and her hair was messy, making her look extremely disheveled.
"M-Monster… …"
Natsuki Subaru exclaimed in disbelief, not knowing whether this sentence had stimulated Elsa, the frivolous man receiving a gaze filled with killing intent.
Puck looked at her thoughtfully, seeming to have noticed something, but didn't make a sound and silently watched the battle.
"Amazing… …Truly amazing… …"
Elsa gently stroked her chest with her hand, the full curves pressing down constantly, her cheeks flushed and her body trembling slightly, as if enjoying the afterglow of being electrocuted.
If it weren't for the wrong hair color, Zun Zun would have thought she was Darkness.
How perverted.
Elsa stuck out her tongue and licked her lips, looking at Zun Zun with a greedy glint in her eyes, a lust that was not for possession or ravaging, but an eagerness to tear out his intestines.
The Bowel Hunter flipped her wrist, and another curved blade appeared in her hand.
No need for words.
She stomped on the floor and continued to charge, Zun Zun's lightning also constantly shooting out, turning the battle from a battle of offense and defense into a chase.
Spinning and leaping, her body stuck to the ground as if lying prone, sometimes running and dodging on the walls against gravity. If she judged that she couldn't dodge even like this, she would use her curved blades to block the lightning, dealing with her opponent's attacks with overwhelming skill, her combat techniques incomparably exquisite.
Her strength was even greater than before.
Zun Zun constantly shot magic, sometimes using large-area attacks to force back Elsa, who was constantly closing in. But she, who was repelled, refused to give up, repeatedly charging forward again, making her extremely annoying.
Undoubtedly, it had entered a war of attrition.
Natsuki Subaru bit his finger, anxiously saying: "If we can continue to use numbers to wage a war of attrition, we can win, but… …"
"The problem is the amount of magic power. But I didn't expect that little guy's magic power to be so strong, it's already no less than Lia's."
Puck praised slightly.
Zun Zun was, after all, a genius of the Crimson Demons, so his magic power was naturally abundant, but just as the two said, this battle was a contest of magic power and stamina.
"But why doesn't Elsa run away?"
This was the reason for Natsuki Subaru's curiosity.
Zun Zun's magic constantly struck Elsa, the charming beauty was almost electrocuted into grilled meat, with Elsa's speed, honestly speaking, no one could stop her from escaping, but she still stubbornly held on.
Could she be a super Do M?
After all, look, with Zun Zun attacking here, even if there's a sneak attack, Puck will defend, it's impossible… …wait, Puck's defense?
As if thinking of something, Natsuki Subaru suddenly raised his head to look out the window.
Spirits are very strict about their work schedule.
Even if the sky falls, it won't change their 9-to-5 working hours, and they'll get off work as soon as the time comes.
The battle started in the evening.
The war of attrition between Zun Zun and Elsa had already lasted for a long time, and it was… …
Natsuki Subaru quickly took out his flip phone.
The time displayed on it was 4:58 PM.
Just then, Puck stretched and yawned a big yawn. If it were normal, Natsuki Subaru, who liked fluffy things, would have praised Puck's cuteness, but now he only hoped that Puck could hold on a little longer.
Unfortunately.
"So sleepy, I want to sleep."
Beside the silver-haired girl, the cat floating on her shoulder emitted a faint light, looking blurred as if about to disappear, which meant that the time had come.
"Wait, wait! Puck, you haven't done anything, try harder! I'll let Satella… …your master give you overtime pay afterwards! So, as an adult, please work a little overtime? Please, I beg you."
"I only feel a great malice from you. But it's no good, I've used up too much magic power today."
Puck shook his head helplessly.
Emilia said: "I'll think of something next, you rest for today, thank you."
"If you have anything, I will follow the contract. If it's very urgent, even if I have to squeeze out soul power, I will call me out."
Leaving a warning, Puck's body suddenly turned into mist and disappeared.
Natsuki Subaru bit his lip, unwillingly watching it leave the team. But, someone was even more disappointed and frustrated than him.
"Ah ah, it disappeared, what a pity."
"… …Big sister, although you say that, but actually you've been waiting for this moment, right."
Zun Zun's lightning once again forced back the Bowel Hunter.
He was also a little overconfident.
Admittedly, Zun Zun was not afraid of Elsa in a one-on-one situation, and could even wrestle with her for three days and three nights, but he couldn't stand Elsa not fighting him at all, her target was always Natsuki Subaru and the others behind him. To protect them, Zun Zun had to use a lot of magic power to release magic and force the opponent back.
Moreover, he didn't know if Elsa had evolved or had resistance, the lightning gradually couldn't cause effective damage to her.
She was quite troublesome.
"I'll come help."
At this time, Emilia stepped forward, her small face resolute, obviously not wanting to continue staying in the rear and watching the show.
Honestly, rather than letting her come to help, it would be better to continue to take on Puck's work in the rear.
"Don't forget about me as your opponent!"
Ice blocks ambushed from behind.
Without even looking behind, she waved her curved blades to knock down every ice block, Elsa's senses surpassing humans, causing Natsuki Subaru's throwing action to stagnate slightly, unable to help but make a loud clicking sound with his tongue.
“This game is almost boring, it’s time to end it.”
“...Big sister, your threats are cool, but your escape is pathetic. You can't even get close to me.”
Zun Zun mocked her.
Elsa grinned, not refuting, but her expression suggested she had found Zun Zun's weakness.
Natsuki Subaru stepped forward.
He deliberately squeezed between Zun Zun and Emilia, as if to separate them.
“If you have any real power hidden, I think it's better to use it now.”
“...I do have a trump card, but no one but me can survive after using it.”
“What a coincidence, me too.”
Zun Zun echoed Emilia.
Natsuki Subaru sighed and said, “Spare me the self-destruction skills, okay? I understand, damn it. I'm begging you, don't use them impulsively.”
Emilia indicated she wouldn't, but Zun Zun gave him a malicious smile.
“That depends on the situation.”
“...”
Natsuki Subaru didn't respond, but he seemed to understand something.
“You guys should be done chatting, right? Then I'm going to… make my move.”
Elsa's charming smile merged into the darkness. From a crawling, low posture, she approached with a gliding motion. Seeing the dim light on the knives, Zun Zun swung the lightning in his hand, colliding with great force.
Emilia and Natsuki Subaru also began to act.
One released ice magic, and the other picked up ice chunks from the ground and threw them at her. Their purpose wasn't to hit her, just to slightly restrain her movements.
But the Bowel Hunter's agility was exaggerated. Countless lightning bolts and ice chunks couldn't even touch the hem of her clothes. The two sides seemed to be deadlocked.
“Damn it, is there any way…?”
Natsuki Subaru gritted his teeth.
If you were to say who among the people present most wanted to kill Elsa, he would be second to none.
But there was simply no way now.
Elsa's exaggerated combat skills, and equally exaggerated recovery ability, even he, an amateur, knew that the person who lost this war of attrition would definitely be them.
But at this moment—
Natsuki Subaru's eyes saw something incredible.
Felt and Old Man Rom, who had been lacking any presence, suddenly jumped out of the tunnel, raising the short sword and wooden stick in their hands and launching a surprise attack on Elsa.
“This is my return gift!”
“Die!”
“—Idiots.”
What responded to them was Elsa's slightly twisted and sinister sneer, as the curved knives in her hand slashed towards the two. Unable to dodge in mid-air, they would definitely be disemboweled, and their intestines would be scattered on the Bowel Hunter along with scalding crimson.
But before that.
“Light of Saber!”
The lightning behind him pounced on Elsa's back, its speed catching everyone off guard, successfully stopping her attack. At the same time, Felt and Old Man Rom's attacks landed on her seemingly delicate body.
After a successful strike, everyone retreated.
But Elsa only staggered a few steps, pulled out the short sword inserted in her chest, and returned to her original state.
“Big sister, although I know it's rude to say this, but you're too hard to kill.”
Zun Zun gasped slightly.
“Heh heh heh, I'll take that as a compliment.”
Elsa's lips curled up.
She seemed to enjoy this kind of fighting—even though it seemed that she was the one being injured. But the price was that Zun Zun's magic power and physical strength were about to bottom out in order to protect these people.
If he couldn't defeat her before that…
He exchanged a look with Natsuki Subaru in secret.
Zun Zun then entangled with Elsa again.
“Oh dear, aren't you three cooperating with each other? Or are you planning to launch a surprise attack in secret like before?”
“Big sister, take a guess.”
The two clashed fiercely.
Emilia still wanted to help, but Natsuki Subaru held her back and shook his head gently.
Felt also bypassed the battlefield and joined them.
“Hey, don't just watch!”
“I want to help too, but I can't be of any use right now! And… we have to leave the loot house.”
“What are you saying!?”
Natsuki Subaru's words stimulated Felt, her eyes widened and her lips trembled slightly.
“This is Zun Zun's idea!”
When he asked if they had any trump cards just now, Zun Zun and Emilia both said that only they could survive once they used them. Although he asked them not to use them easily, it seemed that they had to use them now.
It wasn't impossible for Emilia to stay, but Elsa seemed to be more focused on Zun Zun now. Honestly, he also realized that they would only get in the way if they stayed.
They might as well leave here and give Zun Zun space to use his ultimate move.
“But that can't…”
“Believe in him at this time.”
Natsuki Subaru patted Felt's shoulder and gave the red-eyed, golden-haired little girl a big smile, “Didn't he propose to you? You guys should get married after he comes back… Ah, did I accidentally set a flag?”
“We're not that kind of relationship!”
Felt couldn't help but shout.
It was like shooting himself in the foot, that's what this situation was like.
There wasn't enough time.
The battle became increasingly fierce. That Bowel Hunter was like an unkillable cockroach, a battle maniac who was addicted to fighting. The more injured she was, the more fierce her moves became. If this continued, they might be wiped out.
So they didn't care about alarming Elsa, and the group quickly ran towards the entrance of the loot house.
“…Want to run?”
Elsa was slightly stunned, but quickly chased after them.
Her first goal was to retrieve the insignia, and the insignia was currently on Felt, so how could she watch them escape?
“Big sister, are you going to abandon me?”
“You're the one who's going to be abandoned by your companions, aren't you? How pitiful.”
“Haha, on the contrary, I have to praise him for actually understanding what I meant.”
Zun Zun laughed.
Elsa didn't care about these things. She dodged Zun Zun's attack and rushed towards the crowd at the door without slowing down.
“Now!”
“Ice Wall!”
At Natsuki Subaru's roar, Emilia erected an ice wall, blocking Elsa's path. In just this short moment, Zun Zun then pounced on her and knocked her to the ground.
“I caught you.”
“…I hate men who are persistent.”
“Then I'm really sorry.”
Zun Zun held down her hands tightly, using all his weight to restrict Elsa's movements, making her unable to move.
This posture lasted for a long time.
Elsa struggled while laughing softly, “So, you still want to use your violent magic to shock me? Unfortunately, it has no effect on me now. And… your magic power and physical strength are already bottoming out, right? You probably won't be able to fight anymore after this. I see, I understand, you're actually the rear guard, to buy those people time to escape, right?”
“Unfortunately, big sister, you guessed wrong.”
Zun Zun lay on the Bowel Hunter's back, feeling the soft and elastic body, but the next move had no intention of showing mercy.
“—I freaking explode!”
With a boom, the world achieved nuclear peace.