Black Iron Magician

Chapter 106 Settlement

As a result of talked to me, Touko showed her back to Haru. It seems that it’s the price of losing her reason that she did something that she normally would never do.

「………」

Haru silently threw an iron ball that she took out of her pouch. The iron ball soars overhead, which is the blind spot of Touko, and when it reaches a certain distance, it falls like a forkball. The meteorite is falling, aiming at Touko’s back of the head.

「Haha! It’s okay, Deris-danna. When I’m like this, my five senses are very clear. That’s why――」

With the sound of cutting the wind, Touko is turning her back on the ground and is facing upward.

「―― I can feel the bloodlust sensitively like this!」

She did an overhead kick to the approaching iron ball. After a high-pitched sound that was hard to describe, the foot protector that collided with the iron ball was crushed, and the iron ball, which boasts its absolute hardness, was shattered into small pieces and scattered.

「I knew that you won’t wait! Yeah, that’s fine, bring it on!」

In exchange for the foot protector that became a sacrifice, her foot seems to be fine. She’s running at full speed without any problems. And then, a terrible thing happens to the ground with each step she takes. It seems that the act of kicking the ground is judged as an attack and ignoring the endurance is applied even to the ground. Each time her sole foot touches the ground, a crack appears as if a huge stake is driven into it. The current Touko has become dangerous just by touching her.

「D-Deris-san. D-Did she just kick it even without seeing it…?」

「Yeah, it seems that she didn’t even need to see it.」

The downside of Berserk is reversed due to it matched well with Touko’s nature. Normally, losing your reason during battle would lead to confusion and that would be fatal. However, by purposely become a beast, Touko is able to move with her instincts and impulse, and she becomes sensitive to information transmitted to her body.

If I were to borrow Touko’s words, it’s something like ‘My senses are clear and I can fight pleasantly! I’m normally like this so it’s not a problem!’. It sounds irresponsible, but it’s actually appropriate.

「Haru is still the same, huh.」

After throwing the iron ball, Haru is in the same low stance as before. She doesn’t seem to try to shoot the black spears floating in the air yet. Is it because she can see that they will be avoided if she shoots them now, or is she thinking about another use?

「Gravas.」

Haru encloses the whole area with the cage of gravity again as Touko is charging at her. The supergravity attacks whoever inside it except the caster, Haru. Unable to evade it, Touko’s running posture becomes extremely low. It got lower and lower, but… she started to run on four.

「D-Deris-san, this is…!?」

「D-Did she awaken her wild instinct…?」

I can’t help but laugh bitterly at this. After all, she’s even faster by running on four. Hey, Karate Girl over there. Where did you leave the karate factor? Even beastmen are walking on two legs nowadays, you know? By the way, both arms have become legs, so the burden on the ground is doubled. The ground is full of holes.

Also, in order to prevent Haru from targeting her with the throwing, Touko is approaching in a zigzag rather than in a straight line. If she’s moving around violently like this, it’ll be extremely difficult for Haru’s throwing to hit.

…… I wonder if this is the wisdom as a beast? To think that her head works better if she has no reason.

「Gaa!」

Touko, who was moving swiftly from side to side, started her attack. I was worried that she would bite here, but the attack itself was a kick that seems to be mainly karate. The karate technique of Touko seems to be engraved to the level of instinct. I’m a bit relieved.

However, the power of the kick is not something to be relieved about. Ignoring endurance should be the ability of Berserk, but she is keeping on getting faster even now. Not only her reason, but does it also remove her body limiter?

「Shi!」

Haru tries to avoid Touko’s kick with light footwork. The petite Haru looks even smaller as she leans forward against the kick. Of course, Touko has no such thing as mercy or holding back, her kick is something that will destroy Haru if it hits and even if it’s guarded by Haru.

Evasion alone wouldn’t be enough. However, Haru sacrificed her still-usable arm and weaved aiki into her evasion. Haru’s arm only touched Touko’s kick lightly, but the power of the kick was immense. At the same time that she was performing the aiki, her arm was making an unpleasant sound from within. As a result of paying the price, Haru got Touko’s back.

If Haru tried to slam Touko against the ground, she would land with her instinct as it is. It would be the same flow as in the early stages. To prevent this, Haru rushed into Touko immediately after throwing her with aiki. After evading, Haru turned around and tackled Touko at high speed. The process from throwing to tackling was almost at the same time, and depending on the viewpoint, it might seem as if Touko and Haru were blown away at the same time.

Haru completely got Touko’s back, but both of her arms are no longer usable. Because of that, she constricts Touko’s neck in the air with her legs. How should I put it, yeah, she’s holding the neck tightly with just her legs. The situation is so hectic and changing so fast that it’s starting to hurt this old man’s eyes. At this time, she adds gravity with Gravas. The two bodies fall to the ground with a heavy sound and dust flies up.

「Ka-haa…!」

「Touko-chan, you are amazing. You are completely surpassing me in power and speed. My body is like this with just a little graze. But, even I learn too. A perfect neck lock can be used even against a superior opponent.」

Is it my imagination? Gobuo is trembling.

「Ha-aa…!? T-That’s still f-far…! F-From b-being perfect…!」

That’s right. Touko is locked from behind, but it’s only her neck. She still can use her hands and feet. If Touko struggles in that state, Haru will be shaken off no matter what.

「Fuha?」

「Ah…?」

Before I knew it, Haru was holding a knife for dismantling monsters in her mouth. And then, the three black spears in the air are pointing directly at Touko below… Uwaa…

「Hofu!」

Contrary to the cute voice, the deed was very cruel. With Touko’s neck squeezed with the feet, Haru stabbed Touko’s right arm with the knife, which she was holding in her mouth, with a considerable amount of force. At the same time, the spears descended from the sky. After that, I’m sure you can guess the result if you count the number of hands and feet and the number of the knife and spears.

「And the final touch―― All Break.」

Haru applies the magic she just learned yesterday to Touko who clenches her teeth. She still can’t use this magic together with aiki since she’s not used to it yet, but she can use it against the opponent whose limbs are sealed like now with touching directly. The effect is that all the stats of the target are lowered by just about 10%, but it has great significance in an equal battle. Moreover, Touko’s sword is already poisoned. There’s no way to reverse the situation now that it has become like this.

「Okay, stop it~! The mock battle is over~!」

Lily’s voice echoed in the room just before Touko was about to let go of her consciousness.