Symphony for the Insect Princess

Sedroon turned a deaf ear to the screams below. She clasped the decorative object at the end of the hilt with her fingers and spun the sword around like a child playing with a toy, drawing out thrilling tongues of fire.

Then the hand suddenly stopped, the greatsword slamming to a stop, pointing directly at Butcher.

"——!!!"

This is definitely not an illusion.

The moment Butcher was pointed at by the giant sword, his magic armor really collapsed.

Because of the hellish heat emitted by the giant sword.

Most of the heat was concentrated on him.

Even though there is such a long distance between us.

The fire element covering the giant sword is probably on the same level as the full-strength breath of an adult red dragon... or perhaps even higher.

(This damn bitch...!!!)

Just as Butcher cursed inwardly and prepared to fight him to the death—

"Hmm...ah? Ahhhh?"

Sedroon suddenly frowned.

She tilted her head, her expression very dissatisfied.

"What a bullshit! Such a pig... Tsk..."

She was mumbling something, seemingly talking to herself.

"Yes, yes...it's so troublesome!"

The next moment, Sedroon impatiently waved his sword, and the pure fire element attached to the blade immediately disappeared, the raging flames also dissipated, and the high temperature that filled the entire space quickly dissipated. Only the fire caused by the magma dripping from the sword just now proved what had just happened.

"You're lucky. I... never mind. This is fine. After all, I actually hate elemental magic. It's old-fashioned and boring. The so-called elemental magic—"

The flames faded, and the greatsword suddenly transformed. As if triggered by some mechanism, the broad blade split vertically in two. The two halves were connected only by two metal beams, the rest of the blade being a wide gap. The hilt, physically separated from the blade, was not completely detached. An invisible magical force connected the hilt and the blade, making it appear as if the blade was floating above the hilt.

"—As long as the effect is awesome enough! Actually, this thing has quite a lot of tricks!"

The split sword suddenly erupted with a powerful surge of magical energy. While it wasn't as powerful as the lava just now, it was still incredibly powerful! Last time it was fire, this time it was wind. All the surrounding air currents converged on the sword blade!

Right in the middle of the wide gap in the sword, a small magic circle was emitting a cyan-blue light. The gathering of wind seemed to be due to it, but it also seemed a little different - Butcher took a few seconds to react.

"...Enchant? Forcing a makeshift magic circle onto a weapon? Is that even possible?"

Enchanting weapons or armor requires a rigorous process. Simply attaching various properties to an item does not count. Only the technology that changes the item from the grassroots level and truly gives it permanent new properties can be called enchantment.

This method of "temporarily" enchanting weapons is unprecedented.

"Ahhh, why the hell are you suddenly being so fussy again! Who cares about the process? As long as I can deal high damage and the effect is cool enough, isn't that enough?!"

Sedroon plummeted, hurtling towards Butcher, her speed multiplied by the wind! Butcher immediately crossed his arms in front of his chest, and the two giant red hands followed suit! A shockwave of red and transparent light erupted in midair, sending Sedroon flying back more than ten meters, while Butcher flew over thirty meters! He cursed softly and spat out a mouthful of blood foam. Just as he was about to retaliate, a bright purple lightning bolt struck him squarely in the chest! If he hadn't subconsciously blocked it with his caged hands, a large area of ​​his chest would have been singed!

The exploding lightning came from far away and approached. Sedroon, who had regrouped, swung the lightning sword in his hand - the magic circle between the sword body had been replaced with a new one, leaping with bright purple electric light!

The characteristics of lightning are high speed and high burst!

With this thought, Butcher clasped her hands together, and with a fierce slap, her two giant hands clamped down on Cedroon. But in the next instant, blazing flames and colorless wind blades deflected the giant hands away! At that moment, three magic circles appeared on her sword simultaneously: bright purple, cyan-blue, and orange-red! Lightning, wind, and flames burst from the sword simultaneously!

The spectators on the ground who had already left exclaimed again as they enchanted their weapons on the spot, with three elemental attributes at the same time!

"Tsk..."

Butcher smacked his lips, and the tremendous magic power penetrated his skin and lingered on the fingertips of the giant red hand, forming ten small magic vortexes.

Chapter 37 Fierce Battle (Part )

Butcher smacked his lips, and the tremendous magic power penetrated his skin and lingered on the fingertips of the giant red hand, forming ten small magic vortexes.

These whirlpools are all dazzling crimson, and even the space near the whirlpools is slightly distorted. This is Butcher's specialty.

"Spiral Massacre" - sending a seemingly tiny but extremely concentrated vortex into the object it touches, destroying the object from the inside and outside at the same time. This is also the origin of his title "Spiral Butcher".

Butcher didn't want to use this trick.

Because if you use it, it means you are admitting that "this woman is a strong person who is equal to or even stronger than you."

But I can't care about that now.

It had nothing to do with face or anything else, Butcher just wanted to defeat and kill her.

Lightning, wind, and fire, these three combined can form an extremely powerful long-range attack. Lightning is extremely fast even at a distance, and wind can carry fire to clear a large area of ​​enemies. The three elemental attributes complement each other.

What should you do when facing a ranged attack? Dodge? Create a shield? None.

Just use a larger-scale attack to cover the opponent before he takes action!

Two giant red hands clasped together, even their fingers intertwined! A vortex of extremely concentrated magic power now completely enveloped both hands. Like cannonballs about to be fired, they locked onto Sedraon with a fierce grip!

Sensing something was amiss, Sedraon immediately swung his greatsword. Instead of using the elemental force for a ranged attack, he hurled it at Butcher like a giant dart! A dazzling and deadly trajectory streaked through the air as the greatsword hurtled towards Butcher's face, but just as it approached, it collided with the giant red hand! A vortex of magical power erupted with repulsive force, sending it flying without harming Butcher at all!

"Die! Spiral Killing Wave!!!"

The giant red hand lost its shape and transformed into a pure magical cannonball, sending it hurtling towards Sedroon! It looked like a cannonball, but in reality, it was like a moving wall, shredding everything it struck, even causing a noticeable distortion in space wherever it passed! Facing such a long-range onslaught, ordinary war spirits were powerless, not even this woman—

"——This skill name is so stupid!"

At the moment Butcher made his move, Sedroon disappeared from the spot.

Then, with scattered flashes of silver light, she appeared behind Butcher.

To be precise, it was the location of the giant sword that had just been deflected by Butcher.

“——Flash!?”

"Guessed it right!"

Butcher spun around, his gauntlet and the greatsword clashing violently! The enchanted greatsword emitted an extremely aggressive magical wave, slowly eroding his magic armor!

"Flicker," an ancient and elegant art, is a general term for short-distance teleportation magic used by magicians. It's said that in ancient times, flicker was a required skill for every warlike magician, but today, proficiency in it is rare. It demands extreme control of magical power, casting speed, the chosen medium (if any), judgment, and even physical fitness. While any magician can learn it, a single use can cause beginners to vomit violently and become severely exhausted.

And Sedroon's flash seems to be a teleportation targeting the "weapon that has been removed from the hand".

"I really underestimated you, you damn bitch..."

"I've overestimated you a bit~"

"Shut up!"

Fierce fighting, resurgence——

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Time returns to the present——

In just over two minutes, this area near the edge of the city was in ruins.

Starting from the street where the conflict first broke out (now mostly destroyed), the traces of the battle are like a winding snake lying on the streets and houses of the city. Almost all the buildings it passes through have become ruins. There are unlucky people everywhere who want to watch the excitement but end up being sucked in and seriously injured or even killed. There are big pits on the hard bluestone road, with diameters ranging from one meter to hundreds of meters, and spiral cracks everywhere.

Cedroon didn't use any more magic, seemingly enjoying a head-on confrontation. She wielded her enchanted greatsword against Butcher, subtly suppressing him the entire time. Neither of them defended themselves much, Butcher, relying on his physical strength to withstand the pain, while Cedroon was incredibly resistant to blows. Furthermore, her body seemed to be permeated with automatically triggered healing magic, allowing any injuries to heal quickly.

Because of this, when the two finally crashed into the second floor of the restaurant, Butcher had already accumulated a lot of wounds, while although Sedroon was covered in blood, he did not have many obvious wounds.

"Fuck... dog... fuck... dead bitch..."

"Ouch? If the words you spit out from your dog mouth can break my bones, then go ahead and curse! Or are you finally giving in?"

“Who would be a coward?”

Butcher wiped the blood off his face and yelled at Cedroon, who glared at him with contempt while keeping an eye on the people on the second floor of the restaurant out of the corner of his eye.

As soon as she came in, she noticed that among these seemingly useless guys, there was a thin man wearing glasses. Although the guy suppressed his own magic fluctuations, Sedroon still found that he was a real magician... But looking at his nervous expression, he was most likely a loser with high levels but no practical experience, and was not to be feared.

Not far from the man with glasses was a beautiful girl dressed strangely. He had stepped over her when crossing a street during the fight with Butcher. Because her dress was really eye-catching, Sedroon took a second look at her.

Never mind, it doesn't matter what happens.

What matters now is to give this dead piglet named Butcher to...

With this thought in mind, Sedraon sneered and raised his giant sword, while Butcher also took a stance again, and a vortex of magic gathered in his hand.

The others present were filled with fear, but due to the pressure from the two war spirits, they dared not move and could only resign themselves to their fate.

"what!!!!"

——However, a cry of surprise broke the silence.

Setroon and Butcher turned their heads at the same time. The one who exclaimed was the strangely dressed girl. She looked very panicked and was looking around as if she was looking for something.

"No, this is bad! Let's retreat quickly!"

She didn't seem to find what she was looking for, so she looked even more anxious and kept waving her arms, which was very funny. Everyone looked at her like she was a fool.

“Don’t, don’t, don’t look at me like that! Can’t you feel anything? That… that… Anyway, something very dangerous is coming—coming! Aa ...

The frantic explanation turned into a scream at the end. She pulled the girl next to her and threw her to the side. At the same time, the roof was reduced to ashes with a loud roar!

Everyone screamed and fled in all directions, only Sedroon and Butcher remained where they were.

Boom! !

The roof disappeared, and the midday sun shone on the raised dust. In this hazy state, something fell.

The landing point of "things" is right between Setroon and Butcher.

"...!?"

"What the hell is this..."

Even the two experienced people were dumbfounded at this moment, while the bespectacled man Rodrigo in the distance was desperately wiping his glasses, as if he wanted to imprint this strange creature deep in his retina.

"…………"

In full view of everyone, it stood up straight.

It has four limbs and stands on two legs.

He is nearly two meters tall, with a slender and extremely strong figure, reminiscent of fine steel that has been tempered thousands of times.

At first glance, Sedraon thought it was a man wearing strange-looking armor, and Butcher thought so too.

It wasn't until the smoke cleared that they could see clearly.

This thing... is simply a giant insect in human form.

Chapter 38 Ayesha Curtis

At the same time, in the City Lord's Mansion—

It was noon, but the room was dark, with heavy curtains blocking the sunlight.

The room was filled with all sorts of stuff: oddly shaped bottles and jars, colorful reagents, piles of old books, minerals of all sizes, bizarre specimens, all sorts of sophisticated tools, strange instruments, and sheets of paper filled with dizzying formulas. Despite the sheer volume, everything was arranged in a neat, orderly pattern, giving it a relatively neat appearance.

The owner of this room, Aisia, was sitting at a small desk, holding a test tube filled with a reagent that was constantly changing color in her left hand, and writing in her notebook with a pen in her right hand, her expression extremely focused.

She always wore long, royal blue gloves on both hands. They looked silky, clinging to her skin, reaching past her elbows. Her translucent skin was faintly visible beneath the fabric, creating a uniquely beautiful feeling. Wearing gloves was her habit...or rather, her quirk. She rarely took them off, not only when conducting experiments but also in her daily life, except when washing her hands or bathing, and sometimes she would not take them off even then.

"Um...Elsa?"

A weak voice came from behind her. Aisia, whose attention was mostly focused on the test tube, just hummed casually, and the voice behind her sounded even weaker.

"I've compiled the new information for you... Would you like to take a look?"

"Not for now, just leave it there. Thank you very much."

Aisia shook her head, still not paying attention to her stepmother Luna.

When I was alone with my stepmother, her tone of voice was always a little cold.

"Then...is there anything else I can help you with?"

"No more, please go back, thank you mother."

"Go and mind your own business"—Asia waved the hand holding the pen, indicating that she could leave.

Luna, with an expression that was either reluctant or relieved, tiptoed out of the room.

"Luna, you're here too?"

A deep male voice startled her, and the moment the door opened, she was face to face with Saenris who had just arrived here.

"Master! I'm helping Aisha pack her things..."