Hard Work Will Never Betray Me (WN) - Chapter 140

“Let’s begin!”

As usual, Marie’s call starts the match, and Nadia and I begin our battle.

“Robe”!

　The physical capabilities of a beastmen cannot be underestimated. Nadia is a relatively tiny girl, but her physical strength is a little higher than my human body. In fact, Nadia, who is blessed with a strong body from a race standpoint, has probably grown more than I have.

In short, it is a fool’s task to challenge a beastmen to a battle in the flesh. And I have the most powerful strengthening skill, ” Robe”.

“Eberhard, you are still of a different level. ……”

Nadia looked at me directly in the face as she said this, but despite the words , there was a strong light in her eyes.

‘—-. Come, Noir, evil creature of the abyss that haunts Purgatory, defy reason and manifest yourself.’

As Nadia chanted the mysterious spell, an undefined darkness like a black smoke rose up from the ground to surround her. Eventually, the smoke that filled the area around her gathered into a single, black cat-like shape and settled down.

“I haven’t seen you in a while, Noir-chan”.

　Noir-chan. The name of the black cat-like summoned beast that Nadia uses. The reason I use the term “black cat-like” here is that Noir is clearly not a cat.

First of all, its silhouette certainly looks like a cat, but there is not a single face part on its head that a cat normally should have. It could be described as a cat’s version of a “flat cat.

Secondly, the meow was difficult to hear. I sometimes get the sense that the cat must be sending out some meaningful information, but it is not a sound.. In addition, it is not a wave of magical power. It is more like a transmission of information that is not clear, but somehow it is transmitted, although we do not know the logic behind it.

　Finally, conscious awareness is difficult. You find yourself there, and when you think it was right in front of you a moment ago, it is no longer there. No matter how hard I stare at it, I cannot tell if it is really there. I am not even sure if it is in the shape of a cat, even though it is called a cat.

Noir, with such an almost otherworldly presence, could not possibly be an ordinary feline.

“Let’s get to it, Noir!

“Then I’ll counter with Lin-chan.”

Noir’s attack was also quite troublesome. As I mentioned earlier, the most obvious thing to do, “be careful not to be attacked,” is not possible because the cat can take advantage of your backside. When noir is summoned, the opponent can only prepare to fight and take damage. Luckily, Noir’s own attack power is not that high, so it is possible to attack if Nadia is defeated before she is cut down. …… Well, it’s not a pleasant way to win, is it?

Lin-chan!”

“Poo!”

Lin-chan, who flew from the divine beast realm in response to the summons, rushes toward Noir with her entire body glowing silver. The sight of the large reptile-sized Linn-chan attacking the normal cat-sized Noir was just like a hunt. But Noir was no average cat, after all.

“No, big!”

In the blink of an eye, Noir grew to a size that easily surpassed Lin-chan, who was more than one meter tall, as if to say, “Where did the law of conservation of mass go? Frankly, it was a little creepy, like a monster.

Pyuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!”

But Lin-chan was not to be defeated, and the silver glow she wore over her body increased even more, and she launched a body blow attack in the manner of a self-destruct.

　—-Zdoooooooong……!

Although expressed as a self-destruction, of course, Lin-chan is not really blowing herself up. I am not such a devil master that I would force such a cruel attack, and most of all, I don’t want the lovely Lin-chan to suffer such a terrible fate.

　What Lin-chan did was to explode a burst of [shock] magic power around her own body and blow away the surrounding area. Since the shockwave is sent outward, Lin-chan will not be harmed in any way. It is a safe and secure self-destructive magic.

　Now, with the current attack, Noir seemed to have been blown away without a trace. ……

“Haaaaah!

“No time to check up on it, huh?”

　Nadia attacked without a pause, and I was forced to respond.

It’s heavy as a rock.

　Nadia, making full use of her physical superiority as a beastman, launches a series of attacks. Each attack is small in size, but the weight of each shot is incomparably heavy.

　In addition, all attacks are combined in a series, so that if one avoids a right eye strike, a left fist will follow, and if one avoids a left fist, a foot strike will follow, and if one deals with a foot strike, a stranglehold from behind will be waiting.

　It is a highly developed fighting skill that makes one wonder if he has studied assassination fighting, but it is frightening because it is based solely on a sense of self.

　However, especially for a race like the beastmen, whose physical ability and sense are infinitely high, it seems that an instinctive fighting style based on wild experience is usually more effective than learning a poorly formulated martial art. Therefore, the strength of beastmen is feared by other races because their fighting styles differ greatly from person to person and are difficult to counteract.

“But there are many ways to fight them!”‘

“Wha?”

　I deployed the “Silver Armored Aegis” and hugged Nadia as it was. The silver armor, which is charged with the magic power of [shock] and reflects silver light, restrains the petite beast girl in its embrace and does not let go.

“Aaaaah!!!!!!!’”

　Burr, burr, burr, burr ！！！

　Nadia screams in pain, unable to escape the continuous shockwaves. Her physical strength is being steadily reduced.

　But before I could get to the end, I suddenly felt a bad presence, and I released Nadia.

　At that moment, Nadia’s figure wakes up and a dark haze forms in front of my eyes.

“It was the ….. noir. Well, I didn’t think I could beat it with that thing.”

　Lin-chan seemed to have blown Noir away, but it was standing there with no damage, as if it were a natural thing. I didn’t realize that an undefined summoned beast (which may or may not be a demon or a divine beast) could be so nasty.

“Ugh. ……. Thank you, Noir-chan.”

Nadia looked severely damaged, but she did not appear to have given up in the slightest. I was so sure that I could win that I couldn’t help but feel a strong sense of resolve in her gaze that made me tense up as well.

“Lin-chan, let’s go!

“Pew!”

Lin-chan, who failed to defeat Noir, comes down to my side with a look of revenge on his face. I’m sure I’ll get him this time!

“Noir, we’re going too!”

Nadia cried out and launched a magic circle before Lin-chan and I could even start our attack.

“…… ‘Counterfactual Virtual Anti-Realize’!”

In response to the glow of the magic circle, Noir also began to glow strangely

I thought to myself, (　What the hell?)

I looked down and saw, to my surprise, what appeared to be Noir’s split body entangled in my right ankle!　Again, it’s Noir’s “attack before I know it,” but this time I feel an atmosphere that’s somewhat unusual. This is not good!

Soon the glow of the Noir splitting body at my ankle and the main body of Noir wrapping Nadia reached its peak.

”The ‘superscription correction trade’!

“Aaaaagh!”

The next moment, I felt a shock like a lightning bolt throughout my body, and I rapidly lost all my strength.

“Status open !”

———————–

Eberhard Karlheinz

Von Flensburg-Farenheit

Life force : 115/1251

Magic Power : 63,085/75,330 1

Physical Ability ： 2115

Intelligence ：141

Magical Attribute ：-

Magical Ability : [Impact

Proficiency ：【Practice makes perfect 】and

　Proficiency : [Divine Beast Contract] “Lindwurm the First Dragon

　　　　　　Dragon Vein Connection Astral Connect

———————–

My life force has been reduced …….

　How horrifying, his life force had been drastically reduced. What does this mean?　Is it the curse of Nadia’s dark magic?

“. now Eberhard’s life force value …… is exactly the same as my life force value.”

　Confused, Nadia spoke to me. She still looked a wreck, but she seemed to have a little more breathing space than before.

“Nadia’s life force value is the same as mine?”

Yes, I knew this was the only way to defeat . Eberhard.”

‘So, that’s why you deliberately took my attack earlier ……?

“I really tried to run away from that one!　I ended up getting hit by it. ……”

It seems that Nadia had not planned that far ahead.

“Either way, if I fought Mr. Eberhard, I would surely be severely damaged. So this was a kind of wager. Would I fall first or would I cast a spell on . Eberhard?”

“Nadia won the bet, didn’t she?”

“Yes. . …… but it doesn’t mean that I have won the battle yet. Let’s move on ……!”

“I’m sorry, but the win is still close.”

I deployed the “Silver Armored Aegis” again, which had been canceled by the current spell attack, and then I kneaded together an enormous amount of magical power to activate the non-attribute recovery magic “Healing Accelerate”.

“It’s the power of amount!”

I was forced to recover my life force with the power of my magical energy. The magic value is rapidly decreasing, but fortunately, I do not have to worry about running out of magic power because I have the level of magic power of an oil-producing nation’s oil fields.

“Oh, no, it’s not good!　Hey, I’cat punch’!

Despite the cute name of the move, Nadia releases a brain-muscle attack that fully demonstrates the beastman’s crazy physical strength. When she catches it, she makes a “thud! The ground cracked and caved in at feet, but it did not penetrate my “Silver Armored Aegis.

“Continue —- ‘Gale’!”

“〜〜〜〜〜〜!!!”

Nadia, who has used up 99% of her magic power and is fully injured, is unable to take avoiding action. The noir, which is the only thing that can be relied upon, is also unable to keep up with the current situation and has been repatriated.

　”A storm blows into the “spiritual sanctuary.”

When the wind and the smoke subsided, Nadia was still fallen.

“Winner, Eberhard!”

　Thus ended the match between me and Nadia.