Volume 4 Chapter 11 Dead Crow
Elena was slammed against the wall next to Mathers without any resistance.
Elk's eyes were fixed on Lolo from the start.
Lolo was ready with a dagger.
"Skill, 'Skill Canceler'!!"
A space where skills can't be used spread out around Lolo.
Elk activated Telekinesis, but even a small stone wouldn't move. It was a cheat skill that completely nullified skills. In a way, it was more troublesome than a 'brainwashing' skill.
However, Elk didn't care.
Lolo ran towards Elk, playing with the daggers in both hands.
"You're pretty good, Mr. Elk!! But in my domain, you can't use skills!! Let's chop you up like this!!"
"...Domain."
Elk pointed his left hand not at Lolo, but to Lolo's left side.
In that moment, Lolo closed in on Elk.
"Behold the power of the highest skill in Dagger Technique, 'Jack the Ripper'!!"
It's higher than the Dagger Saint.
It's the dagger technique of the final skill, 'Jack the Ripper'.
Lolo skillfully used both hands, manipulating ten daggers at the same time.
Using his fingertips, wrists, elbows, and shoulders to the fullest, he approached while sending daggers flying through the air.
"Here I go!!"
Lolo threw a dagger.
Elk deployed blades from both hands and deflected the dagger.
But Lolo was already close.
He kicked the dagger that Elk deflected with his leg, bringing it back to his hands.
Dancing, Lolo unleashed a flurry of dagger attacks. Elk clicked his tongue at the artistic movements.
"Ahaha!! It can't be helped if you can't use skills, right!?"
"Ugh..."
A dagger grazed Elk's right arm.
Blood came out, but Elk ignored it.
Elk pointed his right hand at Lolo, who was swinging down both daggers.
"Skills are useless."
But──Bam!! A rock flew in from somewhere.
It hit Lolo head, making his eyes go blurry.
At that moment───Elk's powerful uppercut landed right on his jaw.
"Gggh!? W-why?"
He must have bitten his tongue because he couldn't speak properly.
Confirming that the skill canceler was released, Elk said.
"Isn't it your 'skill canceler'? Since it's a domain, it should have a range. So I'm manipulating the stone outside your area with Telekinesis, waiting for the moment you let your guard down."
"W-what?"
"Lolo... from here on, I'm really going to crush you!!"
Elk's furious counterattack began.
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Elk pulled Lolo closer with Telekinesis and smashed his face with a counter punch.
He restrained Lolo, who crashed to the ground, with Telekinesis. Then, he slammed him against every wall of the arena over and over.
Did his bones break? Still, Elk didn't stop.
He lifted himself and Lolo, along with the arena, high into the air.
Elk carved out the ground from the plains outside the Galatinne Kingdom with Telekinesis.
It was huge, with a diameter of 800m (≈ 2625 ft). More than 600 of them.
"W-what?"
Lolo said something, but Elk wasn't listening.
He slammed the carved ground onto the stage, again and again, repeating it 600 times. Then, a giant 'sphere' with a diameter of several kilometers floated in the sky.
Elk raised it to its limit───and with all his strength, he slammed it down toward the ground.
"Know this."
An earthquake occurred.
A 'sphere' created by Elk crashed into the ground. The sphere shattered into pieces.
Thanks to telekinesis, the land was protected, so the damage to the Galatinne Kingdom was only about a level 5 earthquake. It was never revealed that this earthquake was caused by just one 'telekinesis' user.
Then, from inside the sphere... a boy with both arms and legs twisted and covered in blood emerged. However, the moment the boy appeared, he was pulled back to the arena with terrifying force.
Pulled by Elk's telekinesis, Lolo collapsed, half-alive.
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After defeating 3 priests from the Goddess Holy Church, Elk gently touched Emma.
Emma was dead.
Though he was stopping the bleeding with telekinesis, it no longer mattered.
"It's okay."
"...Huh?"
"Thank you, boy."
"......Ah."
But then, a 'shining woman' suddenly appeared and gently touched Emma.
In the next moment, Emma's wounds closed, her face flushed... and Emma opened her eyes.
"...Ugh, huh? "
"Emma... Emma!!"
"Aaa!? Y-Yes, Mr. Elk!?"
"I'm so glad, so glad... Ugh, thank you, thank you."
The shining woman smiled brightly.
Then, Poseidon came over, holding his waist.
"Hey, Nightingale! There are so many injured!! Hurry up and treat them, quickly!! Ugh, my back, my back..."
"Understood. Doctor... well then, boy, see you again."
"Ah, yes... um, thank you very much!!"
"Well, thank you. Because you broke the 'wall,' I was able to enter the arena like this. And... I'm sorry for leaving the fight against the Goddess Holy Church to you alone."
"...N-no."
"However, they won't give up just because the 'doll' was destroyed. Boy, it seems we need to meet again."
"......"
The shining woman, Nightingale, left with Poseidon.
She couldn't enter the arena due to Mathers' magic, but after Elk defeated Mathers, she was able to enter. The first thing she saw was the deceased Emma.
And then, he realized.
"Huh? A doll? ...Huh!? No way!"
Lolo, Mathers, and Elena were 'dolls.'
Wooden figures, like sketching mannequins, were lying around. It seemed they were fake ones controlled by a skill.
It was all so confusing.
But... he understood a few things.
"Goddess Holy Church..."
An organization that worships the goddess Pipina.
They are different from Elk; they're people who worship Pipina.
Without a doubt, they would become enemies from now on.
About 2 hundred new students from the academy were kidnapped. Plus, there were many injured... what happened to the individual battles?
"Mr. Elk..."
"Emma. I'm sorry... I will definitely protect you next time."
"Yes..."
Saying that, Elk nodded strongly.
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"Ah───... it broke."
At the headquarters of the Goddess Holy Church.
The 'Holy Scripture Star' Mathers sensed that the 'doll' she created was destroyed.
Watching this were Lolofaldo of 'Void' and Elena, the 'Holy Mother.'
"Is the doll broken? Well, it can't be helped. Even with magic that can use skills, it can only show less than one-tenth of the original's power."
"That's true. Hey, Mathers, why didn't you make a doll of Balthazar?"
"Because it's creepy."
"Haha, I get it. I really dislike that ugly guy."
"Oh, wait. I'm getting information from the broken doll."
Mathers had obtained information from before the doll was destroyed.
The details were in her mind───.
"Ugh, gurgle!?"
""!?""
Mathers coughed up blood.
Nosebleeds, bloody tears, and blood was coming from her ears.
"Me, Mathers!? W-What happened!?"
"U..."
"Move aside."
When Elena placed her hand on Mathers, she quickly recovered.
Holy Mother Elena. She is the saint with the best 'healing skill' in humanity.
Mathers got up, looking pale.
"I have to tell..."
"W-What do you have to tell...?"
"I have to tell the High Priest. There's an apostle at that academy, just like us. That apostle... is completely 'insane'. I have to let them know!!"
What Mathers saw was a scene where a crow, the harbinger of death, crushed Lolo with telekinesis strong enough to split the earth.
Elena said.
"Not yet. The High Priest is currently 'teaching' the new students... no, the new believers who were sent here."
"Y-Yeah... but it's really dangerous."
"Well, well. First, just talk to us."
Thus, the Goddess Holy Church learned that Elk was a 'apostle of the goddess.' At the same time... they also realized he was an unforgivable apostle who betrayed the goddess.
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