The battle between Beilung and I continued.
What I learned was that strong magic like bear magic could not be offset.
Beilung avoided bear magic without canceling it out.
In other words, even if it was not bear magic, magic with strong mana couldn't be offset.
In that case, all I need to do was increase its power.
However, if it was too strong, it would kill Beilung just like bear magic.
I released magic that had increased its power.
"It is a waste" ()
An earth magic spear shot out from the ground, but it returned to normal earth and collapsed.
Still weak.
I created an earthen spear with even more mana.
A magical exchange began between Beilung and me.
I attacked while adjusting the amount of mana. Beilung similarly released magic that I could withstand.
His magic gradually became stronger, as if testing the other's ability.
Beilung moved his arms.
A blade of wind attacked me.
I blocked it with a wall of earth magic, but the wind came around.
I moved in the opposite direction where the wind was coming from and started running towards Beilung.
I used earth magic with more mana than before.
Beilung's expression changed.
The earth spear crumbled, but it crumbled slowly.
Didn't the offset happen in time?
In other words, what is the line between whether or not Beilung can offset it?
"Around here." (Yuna)
I used earth magic with more mana than the previous earth magic to create a spear at Beilung's feet, but this time it easily returned to earth.
Did Beilung also increase his mana?
How much is Belung's mana?
No, it might be better to call it the amount of mana that can be put into it.
Even if you had a huge amount of mana, it was meaningless if you couldn't use it for magic.
However, Beilung's expression was starting to change.
The leeway I had at the beginning was gone.
Beilung attacked, but none of them were bear-equipped threats.
I made earth bear magic appeared and guided Beilung's movement destination.
Beilung clicked his tongue and ran away in a direction where the bear wasn't there.
He moved fast, but he was guided so it was not a problem. Wherever Beilung moved, I would be there.
Beilung built a mud wall to keep me away, but I smashed it with a bear punch. I continued towards Beilung.
"......!"
Beilung's expression changed, as if he hadn't expected me to engage in close combat.
The distance between Beilung and I was getting closer.
I wrapped my hands in electricity.
Secret trick. Electric magic.
In this world without electricity, it was impossible to imagine electric shock.
There were few people who knew about electric shock. I couldn't deal with magic that I didn't know about.
Perhaps Beilung had never seen an electric shock before, as his eyes were drawn to the electric shock clinging to the bear puppet on my right hand.
"That magic is dangerous." ()
Beilung's expression changed
Even if you know it's dangerous, it's pointless if you can't avoid it.
I quickly closed the gap.
Perhaps sensing that electric magic was dangerous, Beilung used wind magic to keep it away, but I used the white bear puppet in my other hand to create a wind and blew it away. I wrapped my black bear puppet in electric shock and closed the distance between me and Beilung.
The electric shock applied to the bear puppet was weakened so as not to kill him.
But if you touched it, you would go numb and you wouldn't be able to move.
Its effectiveness had been proven when I used it on the red-clad adventurer I met when I went to the mine to get Mithril.
If I could make him immobile, I won.
I cornered the fleeing Beilung.
Beilung took out his sword and prevented me from getting close.
A sword and electric bear puppet collided.
At that moment, we were both bounced back.
"This numbness..." ()
Beilung dropped the sword he was holding and held his arm.
The electric shock seemed to last only for a moment, but it didn't reach the point where he fell over.
But things were slowing down.
Once again, I wrapped myself in electricity and attacked Beilung.
This is the end.
Belung pulled out a sword from what looked like an item bag, he pulled it out of its sheath, and blocked the weak electric bear punch.
He won't be bounced this time.
Mithril sword...
What Beilung was holding was a mithril sword.
Electric shock had no effect when fighting the Mithril Golem.
Did you spot the weakness of electric shock?
When I thought that Beilung was observing the electric shock wrapped around the bear puppet, he swung his sword and took a stand.
"I thought about not killing you, but it seems impossible." ()
"That's my line." (Yuna)
We were fighting each other to achieve our own goals.
Beilung's was for studying the living me.
Mine was because I didn't want to kill people.
But one word from Beilung changed the way we fight.
The power of Beilung's magic increased and he came to kill me.
Our magic intersected.
Bear's wind magic!
Three wind blades attacked Beilung.
Beilung similarly created wind but was unable to block the blade.
However, bear's weakened wind magic passed through Beilung.
At that time, blood came out from his arm, as if I had scratched him.
He couldn't offset the bear magic, but he weakened it...
He wouldn't offset the bear magic attack, but he would withstand it.
In that case, I just let Belung used his magic until it ran out. He should use a lot of mana to prevent bear magic.
In order to force Beilung to use his mana, I used powerful magic and bear magic to corner Beilung.
Belung also shot magic, but I offset it with bear magic.
The equilibrium gradually collapsed.
Number of PvP battles. The number of battles was overwhelmingly higher for me. There would also be a difference in the amount of mana.
Beilung's legs got tangled as he tried to avoid my magic.
He was out of stamina.
Thanks to the bear equipment, I had plenty of stamina and mana.
But that was not the case with Beilung.
People had limits. ...I was a human too.
I created a wall of bears to surround Beilung who stumbled.
Beilung reacted to the mana from the ground and tried to leave, but it was too late. Beilung was surrounded by a wall of bears and could not escape.
I caught him.
"Yuna, are you done?" ()
"It's over, but don't come near me yet." (Yuna)
I caught it, but I didn't know what to do with him.
I slowly approached Beilung.
"It's my victory. I'm sorry, but I'll let you destroy the magic stone." (Yuna)
If a shock was applied to Beilung's body through the gap between the bears, the magic stone should break.
Somehow, it looked like I'll be able to finish him without him getting killed.
"Don’t be silly." (Beilung)
Beilung glared at me.
Well, I guess he didn't expect to lose to a woman dressed as such a silly bear.
"I won't give it to you" (Beilung)
The moment Beilung said that, Beilung's mana amplified as I could see.
Then, an unbelievable scene happened right in front of my eyes.
The bear wall was falling down.
...Did you erase the bear magic?
"It hurts" (Rhone)
When I was surprised, a voice spoke up from behind me.
When I turned around, I saw Rhone holding her body in pain.
"Sister!" (Prim)
"What have you done?" (Yuna)
"It's okay because I just received the magic power." (Beilung)
Does that mean he used Rhone's power forcibly?
He can do that?
"But it's your fault. I didn't want to do this either. But you won't be mine." (Beilung)
Beilung's eyes widen.
I didn't need lines like that to propose.
In the first place, he probably just wanted me for Prim.
"Ugh, it hurts. My body hurts. B-Belung, are you..." (Rhone)
Rhone began to suffer again. Prim hugged Rhone with concern.
"Yuna, Beilung is stealing magic from the residents." ()
"The mana of the city's residents? There's no way that's possible. Everyone should have destroyed the device that stole the mana." (Yuna)
There was smoke. This was the signal that the device that stole mana had been destroyed.
"Did you think that was all there was to it? That can't be true. You never know when someone might appear to steal Rhone." (Beilung)
Is that why he was indifferent even if the place that stole mana was destroyed?
"However, there is one problem with this, so I didn't want to use it." (Beilung)
Beilung's expression changed.
He smiled lightly, his silly expression disappeared, and his eyes bulged.
"No matter if the other party is the king, I will not give up Rhone. I will not forgive anyone who takes Rhone away." (Beilung)
Beilung screamed, and Rhone began to suffer.
Mana is flowing to Belung through Rhone!?
"Kumayuru, Kumakyu!"
My voice was drowned out by the wind.
The moment I thought the wind wrapped around Beilung's body, a storm broke out around Beilung.
Flowerbeds were destroyed, trees fell, and the windows of the mansion were broken.
The storm had subsided and I saw Kumayuru and Kumakyu.
Kumayuru and Kumakyu were protecting Prime and Rhone.
"I'll kill you. I'll kill anyone who takes Rhone away." (Beilung)
He looked like a different person from the person he was fighting just now.
"Yuna, be careful. It's not the Beilung from before!" (Rhone)
When Rhone said it in pain, Beilung launched an attack.
It was different from earlier when we were fumbling and attacking without killing each other.
When you killed someone, you could feel the emotion.
"It's a side effect. It's okay for a little bit, but when you get stronger with my power, your personality changes. There was someone who tried to steal me away from me once before. At that time, Beilung got angry and destroyed the whole area." (Rhone)
Side effects... things like that.
Come to think of it, the knights became more arrogant as they became stronger. I honestly thought he became arrogant because he gained power, but maybe that was a side effect.
Author's Note
I apologize for not being able to post last week.
I wrote it in the activity report, but I couldn't write it according to the plot.
Yuna can't kill people. While keeping that setting, the plot was to corner Beilung and have Beilung forcibly take the mana from Rhone, but how can they corner Beilung when Yuna can't get serious? It's difficult when you try to write it like that.
I've rewritten it many times, but I'm not completely satisfied with it. It's completely underpowered.
Also, I learned about the existence of a "like" function. There was something like this. Thank you for setting it up.
[Notice] The release date of book volume 19 is October 7th. (The cover illustration is now available in the activity report)
[Notice] The release date of book volume 19 is October 7th. (The cover illustration is now available in the activity report)
* Thank you to everyone who reports typos.
Please note that some kanji have been revised to match the book, so some may not have been revised.