Shalltear - Massively Casually With Relative Ease

“AAHHHHHHHHHHH!” he roared and slashed at Shalltear. He put all his power and weight into his katana, aiming it at her as she watched him quizzically.

This slash, mobilizing every muscle in his body, could have sliced a human in two from head to toe whether they wore a helmet or not. Brain thought that maybe he had caught her, since she didn’t try to dodge his incoming blow; she simply watched the white flash as it came down.

But the impossible scene he’d witnessed just before dismissed that thought immediately. It can’t be this easy to kill her—

A moment later, his hunch was proven correct. A sharp noise rang out, and Brain saw another unbelievable sight.

Shalltear had swiftly parried with the three-quarters-of-an-inch fingernail of her left pinkie. And it didn’t even look like she had put any effort into it. There was a gap in her fist, and her pinkie finger was gently curled.

She had parried his all-out attack with a movement that could not even be considered playful—his attack that could slice through full plate armor, break swords, and pierce shields.

Frantically gathering up his shattered will, he tensed his arm to stop the vibrations from the impact, brandishing his sword once more—and again Shalltear blocked it without really trying.

“Fwahh...” She yawned ostentatiously. With her free righthand, of course, she covered her mouth. She seemed to be deliberately looking up at the ceiling. She was no longer even giving Brain the time of day.

Still.

Still, Brain’s blade continued to be repelled—by her one pinkie finger!

“RRAAAAGHHH!” A howl emerged from his throat. No, not a howl, a scream.

Horizontal swipe—blocked.

Diagonal swipe—blocked.

Forward swipe—blocked.

Diagonal strike—blocked.

Vertical strike—blocked.

Horizontal strike—blocked.

No matter what angle, no matter where he aimed, all his attacks were blocked. It was like his katana was sucked to wherever the nail was.

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Volume 3, Chapter 2.2