The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

A handshake with Leona.

I have to say that so far I have been at the mercy of her moves.

...... I didn't expect to be so much at the mercy of someone who really fights with skill.

"You can't hit me just by hitting me. This."

He looks at Leona-san, who is out of his line of sight, as he shatters the ice on his right arm with his sword.

Leona's fighting style is a tricky one, using ice magic and swordsmanship.

Probably, when she fought against Mr. Karon, she had used the same strategy to survive his attacks.

"I didn't mean to underestimate him. ......"

She was stronger than I expected, I guess.

I take a small deep breath to calm down and open my free right hand.

I can't beat her by punching and kicking like I have been doing so far.

"Leona-san. I'm glad I fought you today.

What's going on?　Suddenly?"

Leona, who had been frowning at my sudden words, is puzzled.

"I still have a lot to learn. I still have a lot to learn. I don't have enough training and I don't know anything about fighting techniques. My fighting style up until now has been only brute force with violence and a well-trained body."

Even when I was on the verge of defeat, I was able to beat them by joining forces with my friends.

But there may come a time in the future when I will have to fight alone, without being able to rely on my friends.

"I have realized my immaturity. All I have to do now is to try to make up for it."

"......You're very positive. You are ......"

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be here."

If I didn't have a positive attitude, I'd be broken somewhere right now.

Leona's lips move in a small gesture as if she is trying to say something. It seems as if she mumbled something, but the mumbling did not reach my ears due to the distance between us.

......I was a little curious, but I'll ask her about it later.

I changed my mind and readied my fist.

"Now, if they can read my attack, it would be counterproductive to play tricks on them.

There is nothing more dangerous than a false blade.

So, I'm going to smash her reason by breaking through head-on without any tricks.

Leona-san is bracing herself for me, as I lower myself a little. She has no weapon or anything in her hand, but I don't underestimate her enough to let my guard down.

I'm going to ......!

I kick the ground as hard as I can and head toward Leona-san.

If you don't fight close enough, she will take advantage of you. I'm going to take her down with a single blow!

I won't hesitate to use my power!

I won't hesitate to use my power!

Clenching my fists, I get in close in one breath, and Leona swings her ice sword, which could easily be mistaken for a great sword, at me.

The sword, which is emitting a frost-like substance, is approaching me with a speed that her slender arms seem to be incapable of wielding.

"If you rebuild it, I'll break it again!"

"If you can do that!　Break it down and show me!"

It doesn't matter how big it is or what it's made of.

He swings his fist at the approaching sword and tries to break it... but just as his fist touches the sword, the blade pops like a balloon.

"!?　burst......"

The blade bursts open, and a huge amount of frost covers my upper body, turning my vision completely white.

......, a sword without substance!　The purpose is not to attack, but to destroy my vision!

Just as I come to that thought, I hear the sound of something continuously striking each other above my head.

"Swords!　Seize it!"

With a voice, something falls from overhead.

With my vision covered in white, I jump backward as quickly as I can, and swords made of ice fall like crossed swords to the ground in front of me with a clattering sound.

Blinding and restraining to block my movement ......!

His techniques are too diverse!

"No time to rest!　Usato!"

I know!

Leona grabbed the ice sword she had created from her palm and slashed at me.

I immediately ready my fists to intercept her, but my smile tightens when I see three ice swords floating behind her.

"I have to do this much for you ......!"

"Kuh!"

As soon as I evade her slash, three ice swords attack me as if they were chasing me.

The movements are monotonous, but the disparate timing of the attacks is quite disorienting.

"Will they still respond to this?

I'm desperate, though!

In effect, they had to deal with four swords.

Leona is the one who is going to strike the blow, but the ice swords that attack around me at different times don't give me a chance to counterattack.

Somehow, I manage to fight off the attacks and break the ice sword that Leona swung at me, but it is soon repaired from the broken part.

I know, right? It's ice, so it can be repaired immediately.

Let's stop destroying weapons and hit Leona directly. We can't do anything at this point and we'll be pushed aside.

Hmph!

He shatters one of the ice swords with his powerful fist and hits the main body of Leona.

I leap from the spot to avoid the other two, and as I leap, I half-turn in mid-air and execute a heel drop with momentum, just in time for Leona's attack.

However, the ice sword I had just shattered transformed into a circle and deployed as a shield in front of Leona, blocking my kick.

"What?

"Not by force!"

I was blocked only for a moment.

However, Leona-san took advantage of that split-second gap and stepped toward me at once, directly striking my empty torso with a thrust that carried a lot of momentum.

I quickly grabbed the tip of the ice sword, but the momentum didn't stop and it pierced into my dove tail, leaving me motionless in mid-air as I was blown backward with all my might.

"......!"

I barely managed to defend myself in time, but the momentum of the thrust was not enough to kill me, and I landed on the ground, spinning once.

This is the same magic bullet maneuver that Kazuki demonstrated in Lukvis.

She is attacking it with three swords ...... and she herself is joining in the attack.

Kazuki is stronger in power, but when it comes to technique, Leona is superior to her seniors at Lukvis and to Kazuki. ......!

"Oh, that was a close ...... call."

When I look up, I see a number of ice swords falling on me.

I quickly roll to the side to avoid them, but they keep falling toward me.

"They're coming to take me down hard, aren't they ......!　Leona!"

I can't get anywhere at this rate, so I generate a large healing magic bullet with my palm and throw it at the ice sword that is falling toward me, knocking it off in one fell swoop.

"......!　I've been dropped!

"I'm not going to spare any of my own!"

I, a healing magic user, throw a healing magic bullet to Leona, who is upset that I broke the ice sword in the air.

Even though she would have been hit by a normal opponent, Leona would have easily deflected it. In fact, the same was the case with Mr. Fegnis, the chief knight of Samaritan's Head.

So, I try to approach her without any restraint, following the healing magic bullet.

"Magic bullet ......!

After blocking the healing magic bullet with her manipulated ice sword, Leona-san created an additional ice sword and shot it out.

I am sure that the ice swords that are about to rain down on me are interwoven with magic bullets that stop my movement. And unlike the previous dagger, the ice sword is falling as if it is being pulled toward me.

In order to keep moving and to get closer to Leona..,

"All you have to do is avoid all of them!"

I have trained eyes and body.

Then all I have to do is trust them and push forward.

Instead of hesitating, I take a giant step forward.

"Oh, ......!"

I catch the ice swords that rain down like rain with my eyes and avoid them as I run.

The ground is gouged and shards of ice are flying in the air, but I keep moving forward with all my might, and ahead of me, I see Leona with a shocked expression on her face.

"Ah!

I've got her!"

I shake my fist at her, dispelling the cold air with my hand and holding my fist at my waist.

My fist is blocked by layers and layers of ice shields in the air, but regardless of that, I swing my fist out and hit Leona directly with the shields.

"What the hell? ......"

"You're shallow or ......!"

You jumped backwards and let the power flow through you!　Then I'll hit him directly next time!

He raises his fist and tries to strike again.

Leona looked at me in pain as she landed on the ground. She threw away the half-broken ice sword that she must have used for defense, and meditated.

"I guess I'll just have to use it. ......"

She muttered quietly and began to put her magic power into both palms.

She did not just put magic into her palms as she had done in the past. The color of the clear and beautiful light blue magic power became darker as the magic power was poured into her palms.

"I won't let you do it!

With that, I understood what she was going to do.

That's why I had to stop her.

She kicks the ground with all her might and tries to close the distance at once, but at that moment, her magical power changes into a dense color much faster than mine.

"OLA!"

I'm going to finish her before she does something to me.

At the same moment as she lowers her fist, Leona puts her hands on the ground in a surprisingly calm motion and mutters these words in a voice that I doubt I can hear.

"---strengthening of the system."

Instantly, a wall of intense cold air appeared between me and Leona.

A wall of cold air appeared between me and Leona.

Strengthening the lineage with ice magic.

The brave Ms. Leona created a wall of ice by strengthening her lineage.

The ice wall was so transparent that one could not even tell that there was a wall there.

However, I immediately understood that it was not just a wall, because of the intense cold air it emitted.

"--First!　......GGUGH!"

Before I hit the ice wall that appeared just before my fist was about to swing down, I thrust my foot into the ground as hard as I could and applied the brakes.

My foot hurts intensely, but I still manage to stop one step short of hitting the ice wall.

"......!?"

It's not enough to be in pain if you crash head-on into a wall like this!　There is a possibility that your whole consciousness will be blown away!

What kind of timing is this guy using?

Leona, who was beyond the clear ice, was breathing on her shoulder and looking at me with a frustrated expression on her face.

"...... is this the ...... way to go?"

If I continue to go around ......, I can beat Leona.

The game is as good as decided.

She made a last ditch effort to strengthen her lineage, and it failed.

......If you care about winning, you can go directly to Ms. Leona. .......

"No, you're wrong. ......!"

There is no way she can bypass him now.

This is Leona's trump card.

That's why I want to know how much my current power ...... fists can penetrate. ......!

I'm coming!　Leona!"

"......!　Usato, what are you--?"

I'm not so concerned about winning that I can't keep my fists up in the air in front of it.

I slammed my fist into the ice wall with the fist I could muster in my current position.

OLLA!

A powerful sound like a metal clash echoed through the training hall.

The ice wall is so cold that my breath turns white and I can feel the freezing coldness in my fist.

This is the real fist that I can make right now.

He slowly releases his right hand and looks at the place where he hit.

There is...,

"......!　Ha ha ......"

The ice wall, which he had slammed with all his might, was there without a single crack.

It was different from the time of the evil dragon. This wall was so solid that I was even convinced that I would never be able to break it.

Strengthening the ice magic system.

Leona's strain enhancement is to create an ice wall that no one can break.

No, with a user as skilled as she is, even a simple hard wall would turn into something extremely troublesome. In fact, if it weren't for me, I would have been seriously injured by the ice wall that was put up at that time, crashing head-on into it.

"I, too, still need more training. ......"

Once again aware of my inexperience, I look at Leona, who has remained motionless with her hands on the ground since a moment ago.

Through the ice wall, I can see that she is swaying her upper body dizzily, as if she is about to fall down,

"Leona?

I rush to her side and support her, and she looks a little unfocused and apologetic with her eyes.

I tell Mr. Aruk, who rushes over to me as well as myself with her supported, that the handshake is over.

"Leona-san, are you all right?"

"I'm sorry. ...... I'm running out of magic power. I think I pushed myself a little too hard. ....... You should feel better in a while. ......

It's true that with all that magic, it's not surprising if you're on the verge of running out of magic.

Besides, strengthening the lineage uses more magic power than normal magic.

For the time being, I apply a healing magic to cure the fatigue.

"That's great! Leona's lineage enhancement. I didn't think that it would prevent even my full strength.

"Ha-ha-ha, even Kalon can't break it. It's also the only technique I'm proud of. ...... though it failed too."

Leona, who was now much paler, laughed weakly as she looked up at the ice wall that still continued to exist.

"If we had hit such a strong wall head on, it would have been you who would have won.

"......, you didn't hit me."

"Well, I had to use force to stop it."

To tell the truth, my leg was under considerable stress at the moment I stopped.

I could have healed it instantly with healing magic, but one wrong move and I might have been knocked unconscious by the impact of crashing into the wall.

......It's not even funny that I fainted from the impact of my own crash. .......

"Are you all right?

"Yeah, I'm just a little out of magic. ....... Thanks Usato, I'm fine now. ......

Leona said to Aruk, who came running to her, and stood up by herself, though she was still wobbly.

After confirming that Leona and I were not seriously injured, Alc-san relaxed his shoulders as if reassured.

"Well, I wasn't sure when to stop you. When Usato-sama hit Leona-san in a devilish manner, I was ready to stop you at any time, but I guess that wasn't necessary.

"Did I look that scary?"

I'm becoming more and more of a monster with my expressions. .......

Aruk-san, who laughed at my somber depression, looked at the ice wall created by Leona's lineage enhancement with a sideways glance and let out an exclamation of admiration.

"It's a lineage enhancement that excels in defense. From the looks of it, she has created ice free of any impurities, is that correct?"

"Ah, yes. You understand it very well. ......"

Aruk, who considered this with his chin resting on his chin, was affirmed by Leona.

Ice without any impurities, huh? I don't know what it is, but I'm sure it's a stronger substance than I thought, since it was created by magic power.

"It is a substance that can even block Usato-dono's fist. ......"

"Well, I don't think it will break at all. I've never seen anything like this before.

"You are the proud knight of Mearaq."

Leona looks a little offended by Aruk's complimentary words.

Perhaps sensing something in her, Mr. Alc stops speaking and turns his gaze toward me.

"Well, Usato-sama. Did you gain anything from your meeting with Leona?

Did you gain anything from your meeting with Leona?

I nodded to Mr. Aruk's words.

"I have power, but I don't know how to use it. Fighting with Leona-san made me realize how much I had been fighting by senses and strength.

It is enough to understand that. It is important to be aware of what you are doing.

I am an amateur when it comes to fighting.

But I can't stay an amateur forever.

"There is no limit to how long I can train. You, Usato, will learn only the basics of fighting. In your case, if you have the right posture and attitude, you will become even stronger than you are now.

"Attitude and attitude."

"You are a little too strong, Usato-dono. First of all, you must learn to control your power.

Control of power.

Is that what I need to become even stronger than I am now?

Then I'll just have to learn it. I'm sure I'll need it for the rest of my journey.

"I will help you. I will do my best to make up for what you lack in this period of time.

"With Leona's help, we are a hundred strong. I'm counting on you.

"Well, I'm ...... that good to be told that."

I nodded at Leona's slightly reddened words, turned to face them again, slapped my cheeks to get into the spirit, and bowed my head as hard as I could.

"I'm looking forward to working with you!"

These few days, until the special armor is ready....

I will train again to gain new strength in this place.