Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival (LN)
Chapter 140.1

Brilliance of Life

It was a strange three-way fight: when Gostola and the others tried to attack Elena, I attacked them; when I moved to protect Elena,

Elena and her team were not only protected from Gostola, but she could use Sorcery, and her old butler and lady attendant also had Rank 3 strength. Even though they were weak, they would not be able to fight Gostola, who had a fighting power close to Rank 5, but they would be able to buy a little time.

It may be possible that I could use Iron Rose to get out of my current situation, but it would be meaningless if they attacked Elena in the dozens of seconds it would take to defeat either of us. Elena might buy me that time, but I could not take such a gamble by myself.

[Aria (Alicia)][Race: Human Female][Rank 4]

[Magic Power: 105/320][Strength: 153/250]

[Total Combat Power: 1428 (With Physical Enhancements: 1774)].

I had not slept for several days after being poisoned before that, and I had not recovered. Considering my Combat Skill and Physical Enhancements, it would be difficult to even use Iron Rose easily.

In a few hours it would be morning, and then the situation would change, but Gostola and the others realized that. However, they stubbornly decided to attack Elena, even at the expense of their own people. It was as if capturing Elena would be the end of everything. …Their behavior was unnatural, and I felt uncomfortable.

But nothing I would do would be any different. Nero and Viro had bought me time with their bodies and led me to this point. In order not to let that go to waste, I would protect Elena with everything I had.

“You little brat!”

A mature Dark Elf called Garry charged toward me, circular blades held in both hands. At the same time, the one-armed Gostola moved toward Elena, and at the same time, my knife clashed with Garry’s Chakram.

*Gakin!

As I exchanged blows with Garry, I maneuvered the Heavy Type pendulum I had been carrying for traction with my left hand and aimed it at the back of Gostola’s head as he turned his back to me.

“Kuh!”

“[Air Bullet]!”

Gostola barely avoided the pendulum from behind him, and when he was blocked by the Wind Sorcery released by Elena, he retreated to his original position, Garry’s Chakram flew past me as if to keep me in check, and as I tried to change my position toward Elena, he returned to his original position. I was also brought back to my original position.

“Damn.”

Gostola looked at me and Elena dismissively, but the hassle was mutual.

You underestimate Elena. She’s not that weak.

“Nuoooooohh!!!”

*Gin!!!

Garry threw the Chakram at me, and I quickly pulled back the Heavy Type pendulum, knocking it down in midair as it moved at high speed.

Such a thing would have been impossible a short time ago. But the experience of seeing through the invisible threads in the fight against Grave made it possible.

Becoming better today than yesterday. Tomorrow more than today. I was getting stronger little by little.

Both my Master and Viro taught me that Combat Power that could be seen was only a rough guide. Combat power was merely a simple quantification of status and skill, and in a battle between higher-ranked fighters, the will to fight and experience…something unseen was necessary.

*Gakkin!

Without looking away, I deflected the Chakram wielded by Garry’s powerful arm with my knife a few centimeters in front of me, and then I thrust the black dagger between Garry’s eyes as I rotated around with my whole body.

“Gooooooo!”

Still Garry was not killed. At that moment, Gostola’s sword was brandished from the side at the threat of death to his comrades. The same Rank 4 would be able to catch it or avoid it. If so, then there was something more I could do.

“What?

I flicked the middle of the sword that was aiming at my neck from the side with my dagger from below. If I hesitated even a little, I would have died. But I had no hesitation.

“You bastard!”

Garry’s Chakram was swung at me from the opposite side, and I jumped over the sword as if I were slamming it down on him from above, kicking my legs up in the air and switching positions.

“You, that ‘technique’!”

“–[Cyclone]–!”

Combat Skill [Cyclone], a ranged attack with Magic Attributes, blasts out and slashes Gostola and Garry at the same time.

Their awareness shifted. The world I was seeing changed. I took another step into the world of the “strong” that I had almost entered, and focused my consciousness even deeper.

***

(What a monster!)

Aria’s fighting skills were no different from their own. She looked like a little girl who had only lived for a dozen years or so. Why was it that even with two people working together, they could not kill her?

Gostola and company, who had not rested even during the day, had lost their regenerative powers, and this girl must have been weakened in the same way.

Was this the potential of humans? Gostola, who had gained a strong body and strength by ceasing to be human, lost their growth as humans at the same time. But this girl was different. Hard work? Talent? It was nothing like that. Just as the princess did not give up in the face of despair, the potential that all humans have, but could not gain because of their weakness – he felt as if he was shown that “brilliance” once again.

“Gostola-sama…”

Garry’s voice, which had one eye crushed and the other pierced between the eyebrows, brought Gostola back to his senses.

The [Cyclone] attack was a low-power ranged technique, not one to be used in a one-on-one battle. However, the attack was draining the Vampire’s life force, and Garry’s wound, which normally would not be fatal, was certainly draining his life force to the point of danger.

Aria was not doing anything passive like stalling for time, but was definitely coming to get their lives. Perhaps she instinctively knew that to fall behind in the face of a strong enemy would be to lose heart. Garry must have sensed this as well. He looked at Gostola with his remaining eyes, which were becoming cloudy like those of a corpse, and asked him once again for his “resolve”.

He had come this far thanks to the sacrifices and dedication of his friends. In a foreign land where they could rely on no one, they had fought for the survival of their clan with only ten men.

If he had been willing to sacrifice everything from the beginning, he would have been able to accomplish his goal. However, Gostola could not abandon his only remaining companion, Garry, at the very end. But–

“…please.”

“Leave it to me. Please, let even just one of you survive and keep the clan alive!”

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