Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

22. Traps

3 Minutes earlier.

Kuro finally started to enter the bamboo forest. Unlike before, he continued to run zig zag to avoid the bamboo trees that flourished.

2 Km into the forest, he found no one to block him.

(Maybe..).

Kuro's guess is right. They don't part like Ash and Kazt. The three of them gathered at a distance of 5 km in front of Kuro. Alex, Toth and Dexa lined up while preparing to summon their magic beasts.

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After calling out their magic names, 3 magic circles appeared and a figure of a magic creature emerged from the 3 magic circles.

Siix is a white praying mantis that has 6 legs and 4 cutting sickles that become the main weapon.

Qwaria is a red fire wolf with two tails that tip like a torch and have large fangs.

Baraki is a stone man with big hands. At first glance, it looks like a muscular man, only made of stone. The three magic beasts lined up in front of the three of them waiting for Kuro.

"Siix, cut!!"

Alex does not control Siix to cut Kuro, but cuts the bamboo trees around them. The bamboo trees one by one fell and produced a circle with a diameter of 20 meters. It was as if they were setting up a battle arena.

But after a while of waiting, Kuro had yet to appear.

""".....................""""

Why hasn't Kuro shown up yet?

He should have gotten there because Knox said that Kuro was running at high speed towards the three of them.

"Toth, use that... "

Toth nodded and began to concentrate. He closed his eyes and used Beast Vision. This was the superiority of a magic beast or a Contractor-type mage. They could use their magic beast abilities depending on the form of the magic beast. An example is Toth who uses the eyes of Qwaria which has a sharpness 100 times that of humans.

Qwaria turned to the side and back as a sign of Toth also looking in the same direction.

".........eh?"

Unfortunately Toth found no one in front, behind or beside them. Bizarrely. Then where is Kuro?

Currently Kuro is on top of a tree while using the Miss Direction technique or eliminating the air of existence. The technique was actually less suitable against witches, but Kuro's classmate was not an experience magician who could use magic to the fullest, so the technique was enough.

"my me...."

He smiled happily as he saw the three friends were looking puzzled looking for him. It was natural considering he was standing between the leaves and the bamboo tree. He spread his legs to hold his body still on the tree.

(I think it will hurt.)

In both hands were 12 pencil-sized bamboo branches whose edges had been tapered. It is a technique to kill enemies from a distance. Usually Kuro used long needles as weapons, but that was no problem. The origin had the same shape, it was enough for Kuro. Of course he had no intention of killing his three friends, he would only cripple the three of them.

Contractor's weakness is the body of the magician who controls the magic beast. In other words Kuro did not need to waste time and energy to deal with magic beasts.

"........This reminds me of when I killed that S rank magician..."

He smiled like a demon and then kicked the two bamboo trees used to hold his body and he then kicked the bamboo tree again until it curved and used it to speed up its jump like a slingshot.

Kuro jumped right behind them at high speed.

"""?!"""

The three of them were shocked when they realized Kuro was behind them. They then prepared to control the magic beast to attack Kuro, but before that happened they felt pain in both their thighs like they had been pierced by something.

The pain in both their thighs made them lose concentration to control the magic beast. Then at almost the same time they felt the same pain in both arms.

The faces of the three of them showed tremendous pain, even Toth was already unable to maintain the form of a magic beast and eventually disappeared into small particles.

"Ugh."

"Dam."

"..Khhhhhh.."

The three of them show hatred and pain from Kuro's actions, but once again they don't see Kuro anywhere.

"""?!"""

The three of them were startled and ended up losing their consciousness as they were hit in the back of their heads. Of course the one who hit the three of them was Kuro who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The three of them fell to the ground and the remaining magic beasts disappeared.

"Yesaaaaa...."

Once again Kuro sighed deeply as he looked at his three friends (enemies?) lying helpless.

Kuro didn't want to bother, which is why he did all this. Although his actions looked cruel, no, it was indeed a cruel act, yet he did have to do it.

Then Kuro continued his run with a bored face. He was once again disappointed because this was easier than when fighting Kazt and Ash.

Kuro even only took less than 10 seconds to defeat the three of them.

(Yes I think it's natural that they cut the bamboo so that I can't hide and move between the trees, but it makes it easier for me to attack them because there are no trees in the way. Hmmm..I think it's been a great experience for the three of them.)

He smiled as he felt he had taught the three of them a good lesson.

(?)

Kuro continued to run at a high speed even equivalent to or faster with Leap magic. He ran away from trees and shrubs. Jump between the rocks on the edge of the lake and keep running. He didn't see his friend for 5 miles.

He was a little disappointed, but he smiled when he saw two friends were seen at a distance of 6 km by the lake. Kuro knows the two of them are Jinn and Seta.

Jinn was a land-elemental User-type mage, and Seta was a wind-elemental Contractor-type mage. Jinn's rating is B and Seta's is C.

The two of them seemed to realize that Kuro was running towards them, which was why they activated their magic before Kuro came closer.

Jinn's magic arm weapon was two gauntlets that were in his hands. He is a close combatant and a power type fighter. Meanwhile, Seta's magic beast was a 1-meter-long eagle and had 2-plus meters long wings. The eagle was named Frea.

Frea flew towards Kuro. Seta wanted to attack Kuro before arriving at their place.

"....Hmm?"

Kuro smiled as he looked at the combination of the short-range and long-range attacks of the two of them. They are compact because they are indeed paired. However, there is something that makes Kuro's attention, namely the grassland in front of them is not green, but white like glass..

(Is?)

The ice ground in front of them was square 50 m by 50 m. Seeing that, Kuro realized it seemed that they had prepared a way to handle his speed.

But they must have also realized that Kuro could have chosen to run on the edge of the icy land and make the icy land useless. Are they stupid?

Kuro shook his head. He knew right now he was being challenged to take a test. If he dodges, he's called a coward.

Frea was near and prepared to attack.

Frea flew over Kuro and down swooped at high speed while preparing to pounce on Kuro with her sharp claws. Unfortunately Kuro easily dodged it and continued running. This happened up to three times.

Seta realized his attack was useless and finally chose to replace the attack. Both Frea's wings glowed and flew against Kuro at a height of 6 meters.

(Greath!)

Kuro realizes that the light is a sign that Frea will use magic. Frea stopped in mid-air and quickly flapped his huge wings. The wing produced winds at high speed like a typhoon and kept Kuro stifled. Not only that, a long curved dazzling light is also seen between the winds produced by Frea. It was a wind blade that was a common attack of a wind elemental magician.

"Interesting..."

So what should he do?

Kuro was currently stalled due to the same strong wind as the storm. Moreover coupled with the wind blade that flew towards him. It's a pretty bad situation.

Unfortunately it happened to normal people or ordinary magicians.

Kuro ran in the opposite direction and dodged the wind blade that cut through the trees and grass around him. After exiting the attack area, Kuro stopped moving. Shut up and wait.

Frea's attack was strong, but until when would Seta be able to unleash such a useless attack? That's because the distance of Frea's attack is only 10 meters and 5 meters wide.

5 seconds later, Frea stopped flapping her wings and did not use a knife storm again.

Kuro knows Frea's magic is up. It's time for a counterattack.

Kuro kicked the ground and shot towards Frea. This time he was faster than before.

It only takes less than a second to get below Frea, after which Kuro disappears like the earth swallowed.

Kuro's figure reappeared beside Frea and performed a kick attack. Kuro's speed made Seta late in giving orders so that the attack could not be avoided.

Contractor-type Magicians had the advantage of fighting with more numbers. Moreover, they could use magic beasts as monitors. But that doesn't mean that magicians can send their magic beasts to places too far away.

The farther the distance, the more magic and concentration is required to control the magic beast. That's why it's not strange for Satan to be late in giving orders even if he's connected to Frea.

But that was not the only thing that made Seta upset. Kuro's attack had enough power to knock Frea down and crush him into particles.

Due to the side effects of the destruction of the magic beast, Seta lost a lot of magic energy and power.

Meanwhile Kuro felt a little amused. Frea's attack was strong, but there were still many gaps. He then glanced at Jinn. He hopes Jinn's attack is disappointing.

Kuro landed and immediately ran. He occasionally jumped to avoid the trap hole he had set up.

He can guess who made the icy land of Ishi and Suburo who are water element magicians. But if making icy soil just to slow down Kuro's movements, they shouldn't have to do this.

(Could it?)

Kuro's guess is right. It was reinforced with a different color of ice sheet in the middle.

At the same time, Jinn smiled and prepared to use magic arts.

Jinn's magic arm ability was able to amplify the blow attack many times depending on the magic energy used. The Gauntlet in Jinn's right hand glowed, then Jinn struck the ice sheet that was in front of her.

The crushed ice sheet extends towards the middle and shows the water under the ice sheet.

(Great!!)

At the moment Kuro can't stop because of the slippery ice. He also saw the water that was in the middle of the icy land. This is what causes the color of the ice sheet to differ.

This is not ice. This is an ice pool.

Realizing that he could not stop, Kuro finally resignedly splashed into the pool, but before he splashed, he twisted his body several times like he was dancing.

"Sacred element art Ice Cage"

In an instant the water that was in the middle of the ice sheet froze with Kuro.

Jinn and Seta smile happily at being able to freeze Kuro. Kuro is strong, but strength alone is not enough to escape from the ice prison.

But who used the water-type Sacred element art?

He is Ishi. He emerged from the underground beside Jinn. It was a hiding place prepared to trick Kuro into thinking he was dealing with two people. Ishi looked happy, but also looked very exhausted.

The three of them then walked towards the middle to see Kuro frozen inside the ice pond. From the outside it looks wide, but actually the pool is as deep as 8 meters. In this way, the three of them had managed to stop Kuro.

Jinn still activated her gauntlet to keep watch because they didn't know how strong Kuro was yet.

"Huhh.I didn't expect one person to be so troublesome!" seta.

"Yes. I agree."

They were currently standing right where Kuro was drowning and frozen. They also noticed the ice that locked Kuro up. Hard, cold and slippery. They wanted to make sure that Kuro was completely frozen, but there was something strange beneath them.

The ice that locked Kuro up was not clearly visible. It's like there's a big ball in the ice.

"We're like dealing with an S rank magician, is it true that he's just an ordinary person?"

".......Maybe he did some strenuous exercise to accomplish all that."

Jinn made her comment.

He actually quite admired Kuro for successfully making them such hassles.

"Then what should we do? Ishi, you know if he doesn't come out soon, Kuro could be dead."

"Seta, you don't have to worry. I'll set him free soon, but it's just his head, he he."

"That's the plan. ha ha.."

The three of them smiled wryly, then nodded at each other.

"Ishi, leave it to you!"

"OK."

Ishi then squatted down to find the location of Kuro's head, but it wasn't easy because she didn't see anything in the ice.

KRAAAKKKP...

Suddenly they heard the sound of ice cracking just below them. The crack comes from inside the ball that is inside the ice.

"Imust be!"

"Damn! Seta, Ishi, get out of there!!"

The three of them quickly got out of the way and walked towards their original place, which was the edge of the ice pool.

Unfortunately they can't go fast because of the slippery ice. It is easy for Ishi and Jinn, but Seta is already too tired. They both held Seta's hand and pulled her.

Kraaaac.. Kraaak. kraakkk..... .KRAAAaa

The cracks widened to make the entire ice pool began to break into chunks.

Then an explosion occurs where Kuro freezes and flies a chunk of ice.

Seta, Ishi and Jinn had reached the edge of the ice pool, but they could not calm down.

"?!"

Jinn's eyes opened wide as she saw a half-meter-long chunk of ice flying towards the three of them. He quickly pushed Ishi and Seta to the ground and directly hit the chunks of ice to the head of a piece. Unfortunately the chunks of ice that floated towards him were not just one.

Another half-meter-sized chunk of ice flew towards him, yet he easily smashed it to pieces.

"Yes my. I didn't think you were really troublesome. Are you really human, Kuro?"

"........."

Kuro just smiled. He walked slowly towards Jinn, Seta, and Ishi. In some parts his clothes were frozen and wet, but Kuro looked fine.

While walking, he kicked the ice under him using his heel to shatter and soar upwards, then he immediately caught and threw a chunk of ice towards Jinn.

But once again Jinn destroyed it.

"I'm human. Didn't you see it?"

"Where can a human escape from an ice prison easily."

"It would be hard to get trapped, but it's different if you weren't trapped, right?"

"""?!""""

The three of them were shocked at the same time as they realized the meaning of Kuro's words. Kuro knew from the beginning that his opponents were not only Jinn and Seta.

"That's what it looks like." Jinn smiled. "It's a very predictable trap, but I'm a little curious how you got away."

Hearing Jinn's question, Kuro smiled and stopped stepping forward.

"Hmmm... well you three must know I twisted my body before it splashed right?"

"......Don't tell me you did it in the water, too?"

Seta was astonished by Kuro's explanation which could be said to be hard to believe.

"Yes that's it. I turned around to get rid of the water around me so I wouldn't freeze. In addition, this is not the first time I have faced a trap like this, yahh."

Although Kuro's explanation made no sense, they now understood why Kuro had escaped the trap of the three of them. It also explains that in fact Kuro was accidentally trapped. But what's he doing that for?.

"Well, can we start the second half?"

Kuro's words made the three of them excited. The fight is not over. Ishi and Seta went straight ahead and stood straight beside Jinn.

"Interesting... Freah!!"

Seta immediately called out his magic name. A magic circle appeared above Seta and gave rise to the eagle. But it is smaller than the previous one. It was a sign that Seta had almost reached his limit.

But Seta's expression did not indicate that he would retreat or give up.

"Yes. I agree, Miken!"

Ishi called out her magic name. A blue rapier pointed sword appeared in thin air and landed on Ishi's right hand. Ishi had even mounted a horse like a swordsman. From the look in his eyes, Kuro knew that Ishi was serious about fighting.

Meanwhile Jinn put up the horse and clenched her hands. A yellow colored aura emanated from the two gauntlets in his hand.

Kuro just smiled a little. He then jumped onto the edge of the ice ground beside the three of them.

Nothing stops Kuro. The three of them then repositioned their formation. Jinn and Ishi were in front, while Seta retreated behind them.

"Well, we can start the second half. For that I will also seriously demonstrate my true abilities."

Kuro's gaze was different from the one before. Now his gaze was sharper and his concentration level was extremely high. Moreover he exuded a powerful killing aura.

Ishi, Jinn and Seta were once struck by the killing aura Kuro gave off, but they recovered quickly.

Then with the ice sign shifted, the fight began.

Kuro kicked the ground and moved forward. The same is true of Ishi and Jinn. Seta controlled Frea and flew over the three of them.

"Yahoo!!"

"?!"

Kuro was surprised when Jinn's movements arrived faster like using Leap's magic art and aimed his punch right at Kuro who was also doing the same movement. Both of their fists clashed against each other.

Winds gushed fiercely from their blows as a sign of the strength of the punch they both struck. Their feet were also drowned in the ground as the ground was unable to withstand their strength. The land around them was also destroyed and scattered.

"Hehh..."

"Not bad..."

Needless to say, their fists had already conveyed everything.