These places have gone into the light.
　Is this the Manticore's ability?　
　When you're feeling defensive.

Revell, let me take care of this!

　I felt the wind behind me.
　It was Anna's voice.
　And then a dragon sashays past me.
　It's about two meters long by eye, but it looks vaguely like Kyu.
　No way. .......
　Is that Kyu?

"Aruji!　I'm coming to get you!

　Just as I was thinking that, I heard Kyu's voice on telepathic communication.

"Kyu, it's you.

　I don't really care why Kyu's body is growing.
　We can't afford to be surprised.
　Right now, we have to take down the Manticore.

Yes!　I'm gonna get him!

　The ability of the larger Kyu is unknown, but the magic power that he wears is greater than that of the Manticore.
　Even if Anna rode Kyu and showed her talent as a [dragon knight], the chances of defeating the manticore would be slim.

''It's hard to defeat it. Can you buy me as much time as you can right now?''

Okay, okay!

"Don't take it easy.

　Thanks to Anna and Kyu, I won't be the Manticore's target anymore.
　If I let this opportunity pass, I'll lose the game entirely.

　How long will Kyu and Anna buy themselves time against the manticore?
　And how much time will my body have left?
　Time is running out.

　But one thing I do know is that if we fail, we're all going to die.

　We won't let you die.

　I will bring the Manticore down.

Huh...

　The poison is slowly invading my body.
　I'm feeling lightheaded.
　It feels as if the body doesn't belong to me.
　I feel painful.
　I feel nauseous.

　I feel nauseous. ...... You've had it a million times before.

　Take a deep breath.

　Close your eyes and focus on the magic flowing through your body.

　This time that Anna and Kyu made for you.

　It's a moment that can't be wasted.

　The Manticore's venom has given me a way to control my magic.
　I will apply it carefully and quickly.



　Done.



　The flow of magic is even now.

　All that's left is to use this state to lock your whole body up at the moment of the sword strike.


　And with this condition, you'll definitely be able to get the Strong Sword!

　...... but there were two things that didn't feel right to me.

　The first was: is the Hard Sword really going to defeat the Manticore?　That means .
　If I get the one I couldn't, there's a good chance I'll be able to defeat the Manticore, but not necessarily.
　It's definitely powerful enough to be considered a killing blow, but I've come up with a way to improve the Sword of Steel.
　That was another strange feeling.

　Magic is like a wave with maximum and minimum flowing through it.
　We need to make the magic evenly distributed so that it becomes an average value.
　Because this used the entire flow of magic power, it was definitely a blow with all the power Lloyd said he had.

　However, if the magic power is maintained at its maximum position instead of keeping it at the average value, won't it be possible to deliver a blow that exceeds the full power of the weapon?

　There's no way that's possible.

　There was a part of me that thought so, but with the application of ancient magic──there was a high possibility that it would be possible to achieve this.

　Unlike modern magic, ancient magic has a higher degree of freedom and is more difficult to use.
　Without the knowledge of ancient magic, you can't even use ancient magic.

　Uniform magic power from average to maximum.
　To achieve this, you must use ancient magic to amplify the magic power while it is evenly distributed.

　It's quite difficult to use ancient magic to keep control of the magic evenly distributed.
　If he slackened off for even a second, his improvement would not be successful.

''Geez.''

　Maybe it was the poison, but I was coughing up blood.
　Blood was pudding.
　...... Don't let that upset you.
　Don't lose focus.
　Believe in yourself, and focus on success.



　All right, we've evened out the magic at maximum strength.



　Anna and Kyu seemed to be fighting that manticore like it was the only thing holding them together.
　Briefly relieved that they were safe, I rushed forward with great strength.
　Now is the time to assume I was dying, off target and out of consciousness.

　But as I get closer to the manticore, it changes its target to me.

You're late.

　In this state, you will find that your physical abilities are higher than when you have maxed out the Physical Strength.


　Of course it is.
　The magic I now carry is beyond my limits.

　The Manticore moves its venomous hook at breakneck speed and tries to stab at me.
　I leapt and dodged, and it flipped rapidly toward me in the air.
　Like a reminder that playtime is over, the Manticore is coming to kill me for real.
　I can't move freely in the air.
　So I'll turn around and dodge the poisonous needles.

　I'll raise my sword in the air and aim at the manticore's neck.
　If I miss, death awaits.
　Not if I can't land the blow.

　But I'm not worried.



　I was over the edge, and I knew that I was instantly more powerful than the manticore.



It's over.



　I landed on top of the Manticore and unleashed a killing blow.



"I have created an original skill.



　At the sound of that message, the manticore's head was severed.


　The manticore slowly fell to the ground as its head and body were separated.