Black Summoner: Volume 11 (eBook)

Doufu Mayoi (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-7568-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Even after Kelvin has defeated Gustav in battle, Sera and Bell's sisterly fight rages on. The two seem equally matched, but once they have revealed all their moves and it seems the end is in sight, an unexpected development occurs!

Not long after, Kelvin's party arrives at the home base of the Apostles of Elearis, a place in Abyssland called the Evil Deity's Heart. Just as Rion sets out on her own journey, she encounters Serge, the ancient Hero she once crossed swords with in Toraj!

Come along for the ride as this black-clad Grim Reaper and his friends finally bring the fight to the Apostles in the eleventh volume of this epic journey!

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Chapter 1: Sisterly Fights Can Get Fierce

Even after Kelvin and Gustav’s fight was over, the Demon Lord Castle was still shaking from the intense battle between the Demon Lord’s daughters. Red and blue clashed again and again in a terrible dance that shifted locations in the blink of an eye, wreaking havoc wherever they went. Despite having started in the sky above the castle, the fight quickly broke through the roof, but then sped down a hallway and was back out in the open again after blasting a hole in a wall.

Bell generated tornadoes in quick succession, not caring in the slightest whether she was indoors or outdoors, and Sera mowed them all down using Bloody Reaper’s Tail, a move that involved controlling a large amount of water by having her blood mixed into it. The impregnable castle that once symbolized ultimate power in Abyssland and served as the final destination of the Hero Serge’s journey was now on the verge of collapse. At this rate, it would soon follow the fate of the Tower of Trials.

CRASH!

Bell unleashed an axe kick that landed squarely on Sera, smashing her down with incredible force. However, Sera properly defended herself with a crossarm block and therefore did not take much damage. The shock wave bisected the throne in the Demon Lord’s audience hall, but that was nothing compared to how much of a beating the entire castle had suffered so far.

“Degradation Block!”

Just as Sera started falling, Bell made the blue wind roaring out of her greaves create five walls and sent them after her. Whereas Degradation Counter formed walls that seemed to embody the martial arts phrase “softness immobilizes hardness” by being as elastic as physically possible, Degradation Block embodied the opposite, “hardness severs softness,” by being incredibly hard and tough. And of course, these five walls had been altered by Color Corrosion.

“Fall.”

At Bell’s command, these walls of wind that were now, for all intents and purposes, slabs of solid iron succumbed to the pull of gravity, further aided on their way by jets of trailing blue wind. Bell intended for them to hit Sera right when she crashed into the ground, smashing her into a pulp. Sera could not simply get out of the way due to how large the walls were, but she naturally had no intention of letting herself be killed.

“Blood Ball. Um, five should do, I think?”

There was no way for Sera to tell how many walls there were from her position, and neither did she know the properties of Degradation Block. Acting purely on intuition, she created just the right number of Blood Balls and set her sights on the approaching walls.

“Hup!”

She leaped into the air with her wings spread wide, using Bloodbending to control the Blood Balls and keep them in front of her.

“Make way!”

One Blood Ball made contact with the first wall, splattering all over it like a tomato and staining the blue red. Having gained control over the wall, Sera ordered it to open a hole in the middle large enough for herself to pass through. The same happened with walls number two all the way through five, with the Blood Balls continuing to make a path for Sera.

Color Corrosion, Bell’s Unique Skill, gave her the very useful ability to strengthen or weaken any property of a target, be it a spell or something with a physical form. It was similar to adding white or black to a color on a palette. Bell had managed to develop a unique fighting style incorporating Color Corrosion with close-quarters combat and wind generated through Green Magic. This enabled her to fight effectively both up close and at a distance, meaning she had almost no blind spots. The fact that she had been able to last as long as she had while fighting Melfina head-on indicated that her stats were quite high too.

Of course, Bell also had weaknesses, one of which was time. Unlike Blood Dominion, which took effect instantly, Color Corrosion did so slowly, little by little after the moment of contact. The process was much faster if Bell touched the target directly as opposed to through her wind, and depending on how long she used the skill for, it was even powerful enough to resist Blood Dominion, as she had demonstrated during the Beast King Festival in Gaun. However, in encounters where blows only lasted for brief moments, Sera had the upper hand.

“Get out of my way!”

“No, you.”

When Sera powered through the walls, she found Bell closing in on her at high speed with wind roaring out of her greaves. They locked eyes, exchanging a verbal joust that were little more than childish jabs. It was only a matter of time before they collided, as both were stubbornly refusing to make way for the other. They’d be darned if they were the first to concede.

“In that case, eat this!”

The two shouted and shifted into attack in such perfect unison it was as if they had planned it out beforehand. From above, Bell shifted into a dive kick with her falling momentum adding to the force of the attack, while from below, Sera whirled in midair to bolster her backhand blow using centrifugal force.

Soon enough, limbs enlarged through Jin Scrimmage and bearing each fighter’s respective colors collided forcefully, representing their wills clashing again for the nth time that day. The wildly blowing winds and shock waves slammed into the castle repeatedly as the sisters snarled at each other in midair.

“Ugh!”

“That’s what you get!”

It was Bell who won this exchange. She did have the advantage of being on top, and she and Sera were locked together for longer than usual, but the biggest reason was that she had enveloped her leg in a coat of wind. This proved effective in protecting it from Sera’s blood, a strategy that Kelvin had also used in his fight with Gustav. Although this meant Bell couldn’t directly cast Color Corrosion on Sera, she could still do so through the wind, which is why Sera was growing weaker with time. Now that she held the upper hand, Bell kicked Sera all the way down to the very bottom of the castle, making her crash through all the floors.

“Owwie! You made me scrape myself a little! The scratch is already gone, but still!”

Even though Sera fell headfirst, the wound she suffered was nothing that Auto Heal couldn’t take care of in a split second. Still, she couldn’t help but lick the part of the hand that had gotten hurt, mainly in an unconscious gesture.

Bell descended through the large hole in the ceiling. “Compared to father, the way you use your blood is far too simplistic, Sera Baal. How about you use that pretty head of yours a little?”

“Ah, I knew it. I was thinking that I needed more ways to use my abilities. Maybe I should ask father for some advice.”

“Good idea. If you manage to survive this fight, that— Huh?”

Bell fixed her gaze on something behind Sera, prompting her sister to turn around for a quick glimpse as well.

The two had failed to notice it earlier when they were in the heat of battle, but there was a crumbling mansion here on the lowest floor of the Demon Lord Castle. Even though this area was underground, the structure was even more massive than Kelvin’s residence. Most importantly, Sera recognized it.

“Is that...the house that I grew up in? Wait, but it seems a little bit different.”

“To think we came here, of all places. I don’t know whether to call this lucky or unlucky, seriously.” Bell sighed as wind continued surging out from her greaves. “This isn’t the Sun Mansion where you lived. This is the Moon Mansion, my home. What’s left of it, at least.”

“Was... Was it the Hero who did that?”

“Hmph. You think I’ll tell you?”

“But you told me the name of the mansion. C’mon, just tell me.”

Bell turned away with an awkward look, clicking her tongue. “Well, this works out. Sera Baal, let’s settle our fight here. If you actually beat me, which I highly doubt you will, I’ll answer that question of yours. In fact, I’ll answer all your questions. The ones that I know the answer to, at least.”

“Simple and straightforward. I’m in!”

“You don’t want to know what I’ll ask for if I win?”

“I’m shouldering so much right now, there’s no way I’ll lose!”

“Oh, you will. And when you do, you’ll die a wretched death.”

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Illuminated by a pale light that gave it a mystical air, the Moon Mansion that was once home to Bell still had a grace and elegance that was pleasing to the eye and emanated such a solemn and calming aura that it seemed to be giving off moonlight in and of itself. In sharp contrast, the movements of the two clashing in front this mansion were as far from calm as possible.

“Hmph!”

“Rah!”

Sera’s crimson fist screeched towards Bell, but Bell kicked it down with an azure foot clad in wind. When Bell cast a blade of wind over a greave and brandished it, Sera caught it right above her head by clapping her bare hands together and snapped it in the same motion. Similar scenes followed in rapid succession. The speed of the fight was already incredible, but because the two were continuously trying to one-up the other, they were still getting faster and faster.

A saying went that a spar between masters would...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.12.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Black Summoner
• Reihe/Serie: Black Summoner
• Illustrationen: Kurogin (DIGS)
• Übersetzer: Taishi
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: action • Adventure • Comedy • Fantasy • Isekai • Light Novel • RPG
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-7568-9 / 1718375689
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-7568-0 / 9781718375680