I Can’t Run Away From the Girl Who Saved Me

148 – Exam (4)

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Sylvia’s terrifying threats.

Or, as a friendly warning, I recited the spell and covered Pia’s body in even more intense flames.

A hot wind blew fiercely.

The tips of the fluttering hair could be seen slightly melting and falling off.

Pia, now engulfed in a ball of fire so large that even the fox’s form was barely visible, took a step towards Sylvia.

“Another firework? It’s definitely hot enough to burn you, though.”

“If you don’t melt ice with fire, what else can you melt it with?”

“… melt?”

Sylvia threw the chunk of ice she was holding in her hand.

“A little cocky.”

At that moment, I could tell right away.

The fact that I was complacent, no, arrogant.

Maybe I was overconfident in the results of my training, or maybe I couldn’t hold on tight enough to the thought that Sylvia might kill me.

The complacent thoughts that still lingered in my mind even after being impaled up to my shoulder by a block of ice that was noticeably larger than before were shattered with the second attack.

pop,

Before I could hear the sound of something flying, I first heard the sound of something exploding.

No, it might be the roar of ice tearing through the air as it escaped Sylvia’s fingertips.

A violent and terrifying roar, incomparable to the sound of wind slicing through the air, like the tip of a sword.

Training and all that meant nothing.

That moment when I couldn’t even flinch, let alone avoid it.

The chunk of ice that flew through Pia’s body just grazed the tip of my ear.

It seemed that Sylvia had not been able to properly aim due to the inability to control the speed of the ice flying at her and the flames of Pia growing so large that she could not see behind her.

I couldn’t even look back because I was frozen solid, but I knew it was me because I heard two rustling sounds.

The ice chunk went through the log wall of the cabin behind me like a sheet of paper, and then went through the other wall as well.

It was only after I noticed that a strong gust of wind blew over me, tossing my hair wildly.

“Ugh,”

It was fortunate that I couldn’t react.

If I had reacted clumsily and even slightly turned my head in the wrong direction, my head might have exploded.

It was almost as if Sylvia was asking me, ‘Do you really think I can’t kill you?’

Just as I was thinking that, I remembered that Sylvia had made two ice cubes.

I immediately crouched on the floor and shut my eyes tightly, waiting for the shock to come.

“Ash!”

When I raised my head at Pia’s shout, a large earthen wall appeared before my eyes.

Before I knew it, Pia, covered in dirt instead of flames, was blocking my path.

“I know it’s an operation, but it’s urgent, so I… Argh!”

bang!

The loud noise was heard again,

My ears started ringing as if a bomb had exploded nearby.

Dirt rained down on my crouching head.

A mud wall shaped like a large fox slowly leaned towards me, then quickly placed its large forepaws down next to me to support its body.

It slowly tilted as if a large earthen wall was about to fall on me, then stopped about two meters above me.

The mud wall that was about to collapse on my body spoke to me.

“I’m sorry, I couldn’t wait for Ash to use his magic, so I used it first. It probably drained more magic power than if Ash had used his magic on his own.”

“Yeah, it’s okay. Thank you.”

Before leaving the cabin, I had planned to turn Pia’s body into dirt to withstand Sylvia’s attacks.

Although Pia is accustomed to taking the form of flames, and I named her after the magical word for flame, I remembered that she was not actually a flame spirit, so she could be applied to other magics as well.

However, creating fire and creating soil were two entirely different matters.

Creating heat energy and creating matter are completely different concepts, and the amount of horsepower required is also on a different level.

True to the theory, I could feel a handful of magic being ripped from my body.

Of course, there was still plenty of horsepower left, but it was still a surprising expenditure.

“Ugh,”

Perhaps because of the alternating sensations of heat and goosebumps, a sharp, stabbing pain was transmitted to my pierced shoulder.

I said, squeezing his shoulder tightly.

“Now that it’s like this, let’s go ahead with the plan. Let’s just move forward little by little like this.”

“Sorry, Ash. I don’t think that’ll work.”

“what?”

bang!

With another loud roar, the giant fox head made of clay exploded.

Soon, those huge piles of dirt came crashing down on me.

“…!”

Is this what it feels like to be caught in a landslide?

I quickly recited the spell while covering my face to block as much of the dirt as possible.

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Sylvia walked slowly across the flat ground that was a mess and covered in mounds of dirt.

Ash is nowhere to be seen.

It seemed as though it had been completely buried under a pile of dirt.

However, Sylvia was able to roughly figure out Ash’s location.

It was because I could feel the magical energy flowing out of his body.

That also meant that Ash hadn’t died or passed out yet.

Sylvia opened her mouth slowly.

“It was a good choice to block it rather than melt it, but choosing the dirt was a mistake.”

There is no answer.

But Sylvia continued speaking slowly, as if she was sure Ash was listening.

“But I didn’t know that you could make it from scratch, let alone use the dirt on the ground. There really is a limit to how much magic is wasted… Of course, it was also difficult to use the frozen dirt because it was winter…”

For a moment, Sylvia stopped talking.

He felt something strange about the words he had said himself.

Sylvia slowly backed away, then stopped dead in her tracks.

No, I had no choice but to stop.

Her ankles were slowly sinking into the muddy mud.

“… Ha, Ash, you’re being a bit tricky.”

As soon as her feet were tied, a large pile of dirt rose up and covered Sylvia.

At first glance, it was a huge pile of dirt, larger than the giant mud wall Ash had created.

“It looks like Sylvia knows some magic too.”

Surely creating dirt was a foolish waste.

But that was just Pia’s improvisation in an urgent situation, and from the beginning, what Ash was after was the frozen ground.

Covering the pier with flames hot enough to burn it was also part of an operation to soften and melt the hardened soil.

In the first place, Sylvia had only seen Pia use flames, so it was calculated that she would not easily notice that she would use dirt.

The mound of dirt, several times larger than Sylvia, if not even larger than the hut, crushed her like an elephant’s leg.

Soon the pile of dirt really took the shape of a beast’s leg, and slowly began to transform into the shape of a large fox.

It was larger than the large flames I had seen at first, and larger than the large mud wall I had just seen, and it was so large that it could easily surpass the trees surrounding the lake.

And on top of that, as if riding a horse, Ash was riding on top.

“Oh my, it’s high, it’s high.”

Ash said sarcastically, holding onto the pile of dirt with one arm.

A smile of conversion appeared on his face.

In the first place, Ash’s victory condition was not to defeat Sylvia.

It’s a fight where you can pass if you just knock her down or somehow subdue her.

A pile of dirt so high that it seemed like I would develop a fear of heights that I never had before.

Even Sylvia wouldn’t be able to withstand this much weight.

Rather, you might be worried that you might die.

“Hey, Ash.”

“Pia? What’s wrong?”

“Something feels a bit strange.”

“Huh? What?”

“Underfoot…”

“Underfoot? Could it be… that Sylvia got crushed?”

Ash quickly looked down with a look of shock on his face.

“Oh, no, that’s not it.”

“…?”

“My feet don’t touch the ground…”

“What are you talking about… Pia”

Pia’s trembling voice resonated throughout Ash’s body.

“Sylvia… stand firm… no, lift my feet…”

“… what?”

Ash recited a somewhat long and difficult spell.

clairvoyance.

It was a high-level magic that was somewhere between intermediate and advanced magic, but since Ash was well-versed in the theory, he could cast it if he had enough time and space.

After a while, Ash, who had barely managed to activate his magic, slowly looked through the pile of dirt that made up Pia’s body.

“… Are you crazy?”

Sylvia was supporting Pia’s legs with both arms.

Even the bent elbows and knees were gradually straightening.

“Oh my.”

It seemed that the mud that had been prepared with magic in advance to bind her feet had served to absorb the shock.

Ash watched the scene intently, astonished.

Then, a faint trace of magical power could be seen surrounding Sylvia’s body.

That’s right.

Just as Sylvia didn’t know everything about Ash and Pia, Ash didn’t know everything about Sylvia’s magic either.

Ash slowly opened his trembling mouth and muttered.

“Reinforcement magic…”

At that moment, Sylvia kicked Pia’s foot away with a short gasp.

Of course, the time that Pia’s feet were separated from Sylvia’s hands was very short, as the weight was heavy, but that short moment was enough for Sylvia.

Sylvia lifted her leg so hard that it almost twisted her knee.

The mud that had wrapped around her ankles let go of her feet as easily as if it were a calm surface.

Sylvia rolled backwards and got out from under Pia’s feet.

At the same time, Pia’s legs slammed into the floor, and Ash was thrown off Pia’s back by the impact.

“Hey!”

“Ash!”

Ash, who had been floating in the air for a moment, plummeted towards the ground.

And just below Ash,

“…Congratulations, Ash.”

Sylvia was pulling the ice block out of her hand again.

“I didn’t know you would push me this far.”

Ash was astonished.

There is no avoidance in this situation.

Even trained legs are useless if they can’t touch the ground.

Even if I tried to use some magic, it was not easy to come up with the right magic to use in this situation.

It was a problem that always came up for theory-oriented students.

“Pia!”

But Ash had a loyal guardian spirit.

A large pile of dirt surrounded Ash’s body.

A pile of dirt, shaped like a large ball, was falling towards Sylvia.

Sylvia felt an intense magical power surge from the large falling sphere.

Is it being hardened with hardening magic?

Under the growing shadow blocking out the sun, Sylvia smiled faintly.

“Okay, a head-on confrontation isn’t so bad.”

Sylvia grew an ice sculpture.

Beyond her hand, a sharp cold wind swirled around the ice block that was almost as big as Sylvia’s head.

Sylvia felt a tingling sensation in her fingertips.

A feeble statue.

Although she could use magic, it was true that she was not used to it, and Sylvia realized that this was her last attack.

Sylvia squeezed out her vast magical powers to blow up the ice as large and cold as she could, then raised her other arm in a flash.

“Ugh!”

And then, with a loud roar, he threw the ice block into the air with all his might.

The ice shot up into the sky, as if a forcefully crushed water spring had been thrown back.

Clang!

The ice shards shattered the mound of dirt in an instant.

for a moment,

Break it?

“Oh, no!”

Sylvia looked up at the sky in surprise, then quickly covered her face with her arms.

Shards as hard as glass rained down on Sylvia.

The pieces poking Sylvia’s skin felt strangely hot.

“Ash you… profit,”

The identity of the intense magical power I just felt was probably fire magic.

It seemed that the clay, baked from the inside with intense fire magic, was rapidly cooled by the cold air created by Sylvia’s ice, and became a kind of porcelain-like state.

Sylvia raised her head, scattering divine power.

As the pieces are embedded in your face, they heal and stick together.

But Sylvia paid no attention and continued to search for Ash.

However, there was no more ash in the air.

“…what is this,”

That was when.

The sound of the ground being kicked vigorously tickled Sylvia’s ears.

“…!”

Before Sylvia could react, Ash jumped up from out of sight and hugged her side.

It was almost like a tackle.

Sylvia tried to endure it, thinking about how Ash usually hugged her, but Ash’s strength was stronger than she thought.

The body gradually tilted to the side.

“Ash!”

Although she had already lost her balance and was on the verge of falling, Sylvia’s incredible strength refused to let her fall, holding on.

Ash let out a loud scream that he had been holding back for fear that she would react quickly, seeing Sylvia standing still in an absurd position that was practically the same as falling down.

With a shout, an even stronger force pressed down on Sylvia’s upper body.

Sylvia gritted her teeth.

no,

no.

You can’t beat me.

“Come on…! Fall down!”

“100 million!”

Why don’t you know?

This is for you!

How dangerous is the Demon King?

What you are trying to do is so dangerous!

Sylvia grabbed Ash by the nape of his neck with her strong hands.

It was almost a habit.

Because I usually just break the necks of enemies who cling to me like this.

But at that moment, something caught Sylvia’s eye.

Ash’s shoulder blades were soaked in bright red blood, and there were sharp shards of ceramic embedded in his back.

“… ah,”

Sylvia’s eyes shook violently.

She soon closed her eyes tightly, let out a short sigh, and slowly fell down with Ash.

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