Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

21. True Power

"Tch.. how can you-"

"Congratulations? It was so easy. I just jumped between your trap and your magic. Maybe if it wasn't me, someone else would've died. Don't use dangerous magic!"

Kuro replied in a relaxed tone while sitting on a tree branch. In his hand was a wooden one meter long arm that had been used to attack him. He turned it around like a pencil and used it as a toy.

(That's right. He could do that in an instant, no. This was predicted by Knox. That was the reason why I was chosen to test Kuro's speed using sacred magic art.)

Ash smiles.

"intriguing. You're really fast, Kuro. It makes me not underestimate you even if you're not a witch."

Everything is still going according to Knox's plan, so Ash is not too worried when Kuro manages to survive, the problem is....

(The opposite of what Kuro did. He was not a witch, so all of his attacks were definitely not magic. Frankly he cheated in this exercise.)

This was because Kuro could not use magic, but had the ability of a magician, in other words the speed shown just now was also not magic.

What happens if speed like that is used for running in this exercise? 100 Km like 100m is no lie to Kuro. That's a fact.

(It's really bad.).

Ash senses that Kuro's abilities are still a lot he hasn't shown. That made Ash feel a bad feeling.

"Oh .. so you already know about me apparently. Oh, that's not important. Most importantly, I have to go first. See you around.. "

"?!"

Kuro quickly stood up and his figure was instantly invisible again. He's really quick, but-

Ash closed his eyes and concentrated. He sharpens his hearing to find Kuro.

"......?!"

(There you seem to be.)

Ash finds Kuro 500 meters in front of him. Kuro jumped from tree to tree at high speed while carrying the wood in his left hand.

Rather than humans, Kuro now looks like an ape.

"You're fast, but you're not the only one who can run fast, asshole!!"

Ash then activated Leap's magic art.

Both of his legs glowed blue to the knees and a small electric spark appeared.

Magic art Leap is magic that is almost the same as Laila's Burning Dash. This magic allows to move and jump at high speed, but not all magicians can perform this magic.

He then jumped on the ground and chased after Kuro. In both hands were two pistols ready to attack Kuro.

The Ash gun is a pistol capable of firing 150 magic bullets per 10 seconds. Two guns means 300 shots. This is Ash's weapon, which is called Spiria.

It only takes a few seconds to catch up with Kuro. Ash looks up and sees Kuro jumping from tree to tree right above him.

"...hm?"

Kuro who realized Ash was going to attack him just smiled.

Then tens to hundreds of shots were heard in the forest. All those shots hit Kuro at a speed that the eye could not see, but-

"?!"

Ash is shocked as Kuro dodges all his shots with ease. Kuro jumps up and moves 3 dimensions using trees and twigs.

Ash's bullet just hit a tree and made a hole. Leaves also fall off.

Then shortly thereafter Ash saw a bright light not far in front of him.

(Dam.)

Ash gritted his teeth while continuing to shoot Kuro, but out of the hundreds of bullets he shot none of them hit Kuro.

(He was too fast.)

This was very impossible if a normal person were to do it, but Kuro could do it easily.

The light in front of them was a sign that they were going through a forest that was only about 5 km wide. After passing through the forest they will again run in the meadow.

In an instant two human shadows leaped from the forest at high speed. Kuro jumps on top, Ash running on the grass.

(This is my chance!)

Ash didn't waste a chance. He aimed for Kuro who was still in the air and unhesitatingly pressed both the trigger of his gun.

(This time it must have. Unlike in the forest, he could not use anything as a shield. Wait up.-)

Ash's guess is right. Kuro used the piece of wood as a shield by twisting it in the air.

Ash even saw Kuro smiling happily.

"Tch!"

Ash kept shooting. Indeed Kuro can use wood as a shield, but until when can the wood survive?

Kraaacs... Kraa.k..

Kuro wood finally began to crack and began to be cut into pieces. At the same time Kuro landed on the ground.

Ash realizes that Kuro has no shield without hesitation is eyeing the moment Kuro lands. He had even prepared to use sacred magic arts to end this fight.

"...?"

But before he could use his magic, Kuro quickly kicked the piece of wood that had not yet fallen to the ground. The piece of wood shot right towards Ash.

Ash reflexively dodged by moving to tilt his body. He was still activating Leap's magic art so this was an easy matter for him.

But Kuro's attack is not over. He kicked another piece of wood and finally one hit Ash's stomach.

"Guhhhh!"

Ash groans in pain. Leap Ash's magic art was immediately inactive and Kuro's attack was not only that limited.

Kuro quickly attacked Ash who was still in pain. He hit Ash's stomach which was previously hit by a piece of wood so that Ash's pain became 2 times, no, more than that. It was even 10 feet fold because Kuro hit Ash so many times.

"YAHHHHH!!!"

Ash felt excruciating pain for the first time in his life. His gaze turned white and for a moment he lost his consciousness.

But Kuro's attack continues.

He spun around and directly kicked Ash in his chest.

"Guuuu....h..!!"

Ash can hear the sound of broken bones emanating from his body. He also felt a strong wind as his body flew towards the back.

"Ugh!!"

Ash's body was eventually stopped by a large tree and he lost his consciousness. He's not dead yet. He just fainted.

The spiria in both of his hands turned into small particles and finally disappeared.

Meanwhile, Kuro who saw Ash pass out only put his hands behind his head.

"Am I overreacting?"

He felt absolutely no guilt for breaking a bone and making Ash faint. He felt natural because this was a fight.

Someone loses, someone wins. That'sallthatis.

After that, Kuro intends to continue his run. But when he looks forward and turns his back on Ash,-

"Sacred magic art [Beast Claw]."

Kazt arrives behind Kuro. He had also prepared to attack Kuro with sacred magic art while using Leap's magic art from above.

The Kazt Sacred magic art was a melee attack that used two claws as the main weapon. The claws that were originally 30 cm long now turned into 1.5 meters and glowed white.

Unfortunately, Kazt could only use one claw at a time using the Sacred Magic Art.

Kazt's attack that arrived did not make Kuro panic. He just smiled.

"Heh. You finally showed up too!"

"?!"

Yep. Kuro had known from the beginning that Kazt had gone into hiding and prepared to attack him with sacred magic art.

Kuro moved to the side and in an instant kicked Kazt's claws from the side while still in the air.

"What?!"

Kazt's claws missed the target and headed straight for the ground.

The grass land was cut to 10 meters in length due to the Kazt attack. What happens if Kuro is hit by such an attack?

Kuryuu Academy's school uniform is specially made to withstand magic attacks. But the magic attack will be converted into a psychic attack. In other words, the body will not be injured, but they feel the same pain if they are attacked.

Only 90% of these are converted into psychic attacks. The rest are still physical attacks that are able to scratch the skin and destroy school uniforms.

Again this benefits Kuro who only has attacks not magic. No wonder if Ash's bones are broken in some parts, but Kuro will also experience pain if exposed to sacred magic art attacks.

The only difference is the type of injury that is felt. Kuro will only experience psychic injuries, but his friend who was affected by his attack will experience physical injuries (for a long time).

Fortunately, healing magic is useful at times like that.

Back to topic.

Kuro manages to evade Kazt's attack and makes Kazt's attack hit the grassland. After that, Kuro once again kicked, but this time he attacked Kazt's body which had lost its balance by kicking his body up in the abdomen.

"Gohh!"

Kazt's body flew upwards due to Kuro's extraordinary energy kick. At 7 meters high, Kazt's body slowed down and began to fall due to the force of gravity.

Kazt did not feel much pain, but he was unconscious for a moment.

His claws were now back to normal as a sign that the sacred magic art had gone dormant. Then when he fell, he looked down at the grass and found no one.

He also did not see Kuro running away after attacking him.

"?!"

But he saw two black shadows in the grass. One must be hers, meaning one is Kuro's.

(Don't say if-)

He glanced over and saw Kuro was already preparing to kick him once again with a spinning kick right hitting Kazt's back.

"Ughhh!"

An excruciating pain was felt when Kuro kicked him, but it was nothing compared to when his body hit the ground at high speed.

Boom!!

The ground scattered in all directions and the dust flew.

"Gu-Gaaaahh"

He now felt pain many times over as Kuro not only kicked him to hit the ground at high speed, but Kuro also kicked him again as his body hit the ground. Kazt lost consciousness and was finally helpless again. Like Ash, he only fainted for a long time. His weapon also became a small particle and disappeared.

If humans were ordinary, they would probably die, but witches would only be unconscious. This was the difference between a witch and an ordinary person.

Kuro got up and stood up after giving the final attack to Kazt.

"Is this their only strength? The monsters in the Rukia forest are better. Haaaa.. thank goodness I held myself back."

Kuro was unhappy because his opponent was so weak. The two of them only relied on their magic and gave no meaningful resistance to Kuro.

"I think I'll find an interesting opponent up ahead!"

Kuro smiles and runs at the same speed as Ash.

After a few minutes, he had probably already run about 8 km. He knew because he saw a bamboo forest that was 8 km away from the forest before.

Unlike the previous forest, the bamboo forest that Kuro will enter is a forest that extends along the edge of the lake. Length 10 km and width 1-2 km.

Meanwhile Knox, Ken and Suburo watch over Kuro from a very distant place.21 km from where Kuro is as he defeats Ash and Kazt. Saft wasn't around them.

As before the three of them used binoculars made of ice and earth, but this time it was bigger.

They were currently in a vast land that was all dry. The land in their place right now was only rock soil, so this was very natural.

"Heyy.. Knox, isn't this impossible?"

"What?"

Suburo is in disbelief because he sees Ash and Kazt being defeated by Kuro very easily.

But it seems Knox just fell silent and did not feel surprised at all as if he already knew it would happen.

"Of course they both defeated Kuro very easily."

"Ohh, you shouldn't be surprised. I knew this was gonna happen. What surprised me was that he knew very well the weakness of their magic weapons. This was the first time they had fought."

"It's probably because he's more experienced than we are" Ken told Knox and Suburo.

Knox nodded while Suburo was only dumbfounded for not understanding.

"Kuro is from the Blad clan, so maybe he is the most experienced person in real combat than the rest of us. Knowing the weakness of our magic weapons is not a difficult thing."

"Hey.. heii the Blad clan? You're not kidding, are you?"

Suburo showed a pale and incredulous face. It was only natural considering that the Blad clan was a clan living in the middle of the Rukia forest that was known to be the most dangerous in the Houou empire. High-class monsters and various kinds of dangerous spirits and demons were very numerous in the Rukia forest.

Only high rank magicians and strong people could make it out of the Rukia forest safely. The Blad Clan was the only clan capable of surviving and surviving the monsters. They also sold various magic materials from the monsters they killed.

In conclusion, if Kuro is from the Blad clan, then fighting is his daily life. And because he was alive and in school is proof that he survived all those fights. In other words Kuro is strong. But how strong is he?

"No. At first I didn't think of it that far, but I remembered that Kuro's origin was Rukia forest, so I could deduce that he was from the Blad Clan."

"Then we quickly changed our strategy against him. If this keeps us-"

"No. We don't have to change our plans. You should know that knowing that Kuro is from the Blad clan will not change our situation. My plan is perfect anyway. You know that, right?"

"........"

Suburo speechless. Then nodded while swallowing his saliva.

"The only thing capable of thwarting my plans is if Kuro is a witch, but he's not. He's just strong and fast. The conclusion is that we will succeed in stopping it!"

Knox has announced a definite victory in his hands. As a strategist, this is perfectly natural.

He had already predicted the 3 steps forward that had occurred during Kuro's approach.

He was actually just using his friend just to find out how strong Kuro was. Yep. He is very curious, but of course he will still stop Kuro because he is the chairman of the GSPFL.

He was indeed cunning and clever at utilizing others, but that was what made him respected.

"Knox, Urubo. Kuro had just passed through the bamboo forest and was heading to the 2nd group."

""?!""

Ken's report shocked Knox and Suburo. The two of them did not expect that Kuro would quickly pass through their 3 friends who were in the bamboo forest.

"Hey. Isn't it only about 5 minutes?"

"Yes that's it. It's possible that Kuro just went through the woods and didn't meet Alex, Dexa, and Toth."

"That's it, but Kuro can't beat all three of them in 5 minutes" Knox said.

Knox thinks that way because the three of them are Contractor-type magicians, in other words the 6 enemies that confront Kuro (3 magicians + 3 M

magic beasts).

In addition, 5 minutes is too short.

"Alright, call team 3 that Kuro has already passed team 2 and will get to where they are soon!"

"Okay."

Ken then contacted team 3 with communication-type magic. The small magic circle in his hand was a communication-type magic drawn using blood as an intermediary.

The communication-type magic like the one they used was only temporary and would soon disappear if the magic circle in their hands were removed.

"Suburo, keep an eye on Kuro. I'll call team two to ask why Kuro got away so easily."

"L-yes..."

After seeing Suburo watching over Kuro again, Knox began to contact the 2nd team in the bamboo forest with communication-type magic.

He concentrated and flowed the mana into the magic circle in his left hand. The magic circle instantly glowed and revolved. It was a sign that magic was active.

"(Alex. ......Did you hear me?)"

'..........'

There's no answer.

Knox knew that the communication magic was active, that Alex should have called him or answered him immediately, but the three of them did not answer.

There is only one possibility why they did not answer.

(Don't say if---)

Knox began to think of the worst possible.

The three of them had defeated Kuro, but how did he do it within 5 minutes?

Meanwhile in the bamboo forest, 3 men were lying on the ground full of dried bamboo leaves.

They all suffered the same injuries: 2 small bamboo sticks in both their thighs and 2 small bamboo sticks in their arms.

Blood flowed from their wounds, but not too much.

What really happened to them?