isekai sword - chapters 131 - 140

She got to work the moment I had them set, and raised both arms in front of her with her palms facing forward. She made use of the Atmospheric Circulation Control skill and created herself a pair of cube-shaped blocks of air, each about a meter and a half across. Each was populated by a bunch of thin magic threads.

『Oh, I get it now! Nice thinking!』

The combination allowed her to manipulate the threads in midair and move around in kind of the same manner as Spiderm*n or someone with a Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear.

Fran immediately moved the threads behind her and leaned on them to pull them back. They were elastic, so they quickly sprung back against her and launched her through the air.

At first, I’d thought that her actions resembled those of a pro wrestler, but a bit more observation led me to think of the threads as the spring in a pinball machine.

Fran used Air Compression and covered me in a layer of wind as she leapt into the air and delivered a powerful overhead swing.

「Nn. Works well.」
[SWORDBRO'S SKILLS LET FRAN SPIDERMAN AROUND THE PLACE]
- Chapter 131
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『Alright, let’s do this.』

As per her suggestions, I used Long Jump and teleported us way up into the sky directly atop Rynford’s head.

「Starting now.」

『I’ll support you with everything I got!』

「Nn!」

Fran began compressing the air and generating magic threads the moment she teleported. Unlike our little trial run, however, this time, she was going all out and pouring every last bit of magical energy she could muster into her spells. She soon started free falling, but didn’t seem to mind as she calmly placed the thread she constructed above her head.

She then used Air Jump to leap straight up, and did exactly as she had during the little practice session earlier. This time, however, she didn’t fly launch herself horizontally. Instead, she propelled her body straight down.

And that was just the beginning.

Fran used Air Jump and Wind Magic in tandem to create herself a series of vertical footholds, which she ran straight down in order to raise her speed even further. She readied me for action by raising me above her head and used Atmospheric Circulation Control to minimize the amount of wind resistance generated while also using Weight Boost to bolster my weight to a point well over the fifty kilogram mark.

I’d become incredibly heavy for a weapon, but the combination of Fran’s strength stat and the Anti-weight skill allowed her to continue wielding me without any issue.

We rapidly closed in on Rynford, while using the Espionage skill to to remain undetected.

I molded the shape of my body as she got ready to swing. She’d requested me to take on a form with a backwards arching blade. There were a few other instructions as well, and so, in the end, I ultimately ended up as something that closely resembled a katana, a result that left me shocked. I’d never told her about katanas before, the idea she had was one that she’d formed all on her own.

The only worry I had was that our sword skills wouldn’t end up applying to katanas. We did have a few potentially applicable skills, like Single Edged Sword Arts, but their levels were all fairly low. The fact that Single Edged Sword Arts and Double Edged Sword Arts had been differentiated meant that they likely were mutually exclusive, so I made sure to leave two edges and retain a more longswordy shape in general. [1]

「Oh?」

Rynford finally noticed us after we got within the twenty five meter range, which made sense. It was pretty hard to avoid detection without any cover given our proximity to him.

「You were still alive, girl!?」

Rynford stared at her with bloodshot eyes as he let loose a hate filled scream. A rancid, purple miasma accompanied his words and leaked out of his mouth as he shouted. The smoke-like substance was filled with evil energy; everything that touched it, be it skin or armour, would end up melting away as if dipped in acid. The most annoying part about it was that it had an incredibly large area of effect.

So what do? I had no idea how we were supposed to go about avoiding it.

「One trick pony.」

I didn’t manage to think up a solution myself, but it was an attack that we’d already seen time and time again. Fran had long predicted it and prepared a countermeasure.

「Burnia」

Burnia, a level two flame spell, allowed its caster to use the power of an explosion in order to provide themselves a burst of speed. It was a bit difficult to use, as the caster would end up getting caught in the explosion radius.

Fran quickly created a barrier of wind that served not one or two, but three functions. It reduced the amount of damage the explosion inflicted upon us, allowed her to increase her velocity even further, and even protected her from the miasma’s effects as she charged straight through it.

Rynford’s eyes bulged as he realized that she managed to break through his smokescreen without taking any damage.

「Damn you, you impudent brat!!」

He rapidly raised both arms and guarded his face against the assault he couldn’t help but label as dangerous.

What an idiot.

He’d fallen for our feint. Fran had directed all her bloodlust at him while gazing straight into his eyes, so he’d assumed that we’d been targeting his head.

But that was far from the truth.

「Haaaahhhhh!」

『Haaaahhhhh!』

Fran’s strike was aimed not as his cranium, but at his torso.

The level five Collaboration skill allowed me to understand her intents without the two of us having to perform any sort of actual communication. I casted Elemental Blade to wreath my body in flame, activated Vibration Fang, and triggered Magic Poison Fang right as we got ready to strike.

And of course, I wasn’t the only one to act. Fran had activated the exact skills, but with Magic Poison Fang substituted out for Weight Boost. She seemed to know that my blade wouldn’t hold out for too long, so she made sure that the six skills we casted remained active for only a fraction of a second.

That, however, was more than enough. Fran drew me from the air she had compressed around me like a sheath and concentrated all her energies into a single godspeed slash. [2]

Her attack wasn’t like my Telekinetic Catapult. It wasn’t something as simple or dull as a display of brute force, but rather, a finely crafted technique that embodied the very meaning of the term “ultimate.” [3]

「Nraaaaghhhhhhhhh!!」

The vicious strike left a deep wound that extended all the way from Rynford’s shoulder down to his midsection. I felt my blade sever his very heart in two.

We weren’t able to immediately check out our handywork in detail, as I was forced to teleport Fran away before she crashed into the ground.
[LONG-AS-FUCK ULTIMATE SPEED BLITZY MOVE ALLOWS FRAN TO ATTAIN 'GODSPEED' WHICH SHOULD AT LEAST PUT IT AT SUPERSONIC (ESPCIALLY SINCE IT'S IMPLIED TO BE BETTER THAN THE CATAPULT MOVE WHICH IS SUPERSONIC]
- Chapter 131
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It looked like Magic Poison Fang was doing its job too. Rynford’s state now claimed him to be envenomed. That said though. he had Resistance to Abnormal Status Conditions and Regeneration so he wasn’t actually taking all that much damage. That said, the fact that we’d more or less nullified the effects of Regeneration meant that he was now far more vulnerable to all the other combatants’ attacks. In other words, he was pretty much screwed.
[POISON EFFECT OF HIS BLADE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO NEGATE REGEN THAT ALLOWED SOMEONE TO LIVE WITH THEIR HEART SPLIT IN TWO AND WHO HAD RESISTANCE TO POISONS ON TOP OF IT]
- Chapter 131
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But luckily, it turned out that the battle had still yet to end.

「Hoooowlll!」

Urushi imitated Fran’s actions and dashed straight down from somewhere way up high. He drove his fangs into Rynford’s neck and gave it a good tear before plummeting back into the shadows the moment he was about to faceplant.

Damn boy! You totally just stole the spotlight right there!

「Graaaaggh… Why… Not like this…」

And leaving only those four words, Rynford breathed his last.

「Oh god fucking damn it! Stupid god damn dog got in my way again!!」
[DOGGO DIVE-BOMBING A RAID BOSS TYPE ENEMY]
- Chapter 131
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「Whimper…」

Urushi popped out from the shadows as Rynford’s remains continued to degrade. The combination of his pain filled whimper and the blood dripping from his mouth indicated that something wasn’t quite right.

『What happened boy? You alright?』

「Rynford’s fault?」

「Whipmer…」

We quickly peeked into his maw and found the source of his pain. The large wolf’s fangs were in a sorry state. Ever last bit of his jaw seemed to have been suspect to some sort of damage. Worst of all were his canines, which had been torn out altogether. Their now empty sockets had even started to hemorrhage.

Despite all the damages incurred, I couldn’t really say I was even the slightest bit surprised. The attack Fran and I had used was one that came with enough drawbacks to completely wreck my blade. Urushi had copied us, so it only made sense for something similar to happen to his fangs.

『Don’t be pushing yourself too hard now, alright?』

「Woof.」

「But, actions performed were cool.」

「Bark!」

I quickly patched him up by throwing a few heals at him.
[SWORDBRO QUICKLY HEALS DOGGO'S FUCKED UP JAW]
- Chapter 132
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According to Amanda and Gamud, the Guild’s interior was basically devoid of human life. There was some evil energy flowing out of from within it, but the amount was miniscule relative to what we felt back at the temple, so I didn’t really think it to be an issue.

Urushi, however, thought otherwise.

「Growl.」

He barked a low, guttural bark while staring straight at the building before us.

「Is something wrong, Urushi?」

「Woof woof!」

The wolf answered Amanda with a pair of more vigilant barks.

「Something coming.」

「?」

「Are you certain? My senses are failing to react if so…」

Neither Forrund nor Philip were able to sense whatever it was Urushi was detecting. In other words, this was probably the work of his newly acquired Evil Detection skill, as no one else present happened to have it.

The skill was still just level one, but it seemed quite effective seeing as how he was able to outdo several A ranked adventurers in terms of detection.
[DOGGO GOOD AT SENSING EVIL STUFF]
- Chapter 133
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It really did look quite good. The atmosphere was all lively and stuff too, so I kinda wanted to join in. It was about time anyways.

『Fran, it’s time.』

「Getting master. Will be back soon.」

「Please allow me to join you! I simply have to greet him upon his arrival!」

That’s a bit troubling. I’d been planning on using Doppleganger Synthesis just outside the store.

（Teleport.）

『Yeah, I guess I don’t really have any other choice, do I?』

「Bit far away. Will need a minute.」

I teleported a bit away and made a doppelganger. Normally, Fran would be able to teleport us both back, but that didn’t seem to be working. It normally worked because I counted as a piece of equipment, but a humanized doppelganger was uh, kind of not a piece of equipment. Luckily, it didn’t actually really matter because my doppelganger could still use space/time magic anyways.

And so, we teleported back to the restaurant.
[SWORDBRO IS ABSOLUTELY GEAR REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE - AND DOPPLEGANGER CAN TELEPORT]
- Chapter 140
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