Bomb Witch

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[2]

[1]

[Fight]

Americano dives straight into [Bomber Witch]’s embrace.

While curious about how [Bomber Witch] will fight, she feels it’s a waste of time to invest in opponents who die from just one attack like this.

It’s right after fighting [Death Knight].

If they’re going to fall to such an attack,

‘Don’t stand before me.’

[Bomber Witch] couldn’t react.

There was a hint of surprise at the sudden acceleration, but she barely moved even a millimeter. All her reactions were too slow.

The sword tip was already aimed at [Bomber Witch]’s heart,

And thrust in.

The moment the sword touched the fiery skin.

Boom.

“..?”

She woke up with a shock.

Her body was floating.

She was flying.

By the time the impact hit her body, she had already bounced off the ground once, and her eyes saw the floor quickly passing by.

She rotated her airborne body to plant her feet on the ground and brake.

Looking in the direction she had flown from, an explosion was blooming.

She immediately realized what had happened.

‘Reactive armor, huh.’

[Bomber Witch] had deflected the attack that touched her with an explosion.

[Thrust] couldn’t overcome the explosion and was pushed back, and Americano took the blast head-on.

‘I was knocked out for about 1 second.’

No, not even 0.1 seconds.

But she still lost consciousness.

“Interesting.”

She lowered her stance.

And kicked off the ground.

She [Leap]ed to accelerate further and gripped the sword with both hands.

[Form Two Meteor Sword]

Will anti-magic power work?

She charges in to slash.

She firmly fixes the sword and passes by the enemy, slicing with the fixed blade.

That was the technique, but when the blade touched [Bomber Witch]’s fiery skin,

This time she saw it clearly.

A flash erupts from the fiery skin.

Flames expanded.

‘This is no longer just magical power.’

It’s a proper explosion.

Anti-magic power can’t cut through it.

Explosions erupted across the entire surface area of the blade touching the fiery skin.

Bang.

The momentary impact struck her body, and she tumbled rapidly along the ground, caught up in the explosion in the direction she had been running.

She righted herself and stood up with a tumbling motion.

[Bomber Witch] turns to look with eyes that are the only feature on her face.

There are no eyes, nose, mouth, or ears.

Only glowing eyes.

“Don’t bother trying.”

She aims her palm filled with explosive magical power.

“Just explode quietly.”

The floor swelled up.

The overheated floor turned red.

She stepped back to avoid the spot, and the swollen floor burst like a bubble, splattering red liquid earth around.

Looking at the floor that burst like a bubble, a handprint remained.

“….”

Unlike her name [Bomber Witch], it seems explosions aren’t all she can do.

‘Is the principle of her ability heating?’

[Bomber Witch] turned the palm that had melted the floor towards her.

Then the melted floor with the handprint rushed towards her.

It flew at a terrifying speed while melting the floor – wait, does it accelerate the further it goes?

“….”

Newly realizing the irrationality of Awakened Abilities, she avoided the melting floor with a step.

“Quick one, aren’t you.”

She brought out her other hand, and her palm heated up red.

She swung her hand horizontally like swinging a sword.

“Thank you.”

The bigger the motion, the bigger the opening.

She immediately [Leap]s in.

As she dives in, she says,

“Your hand stopped.”

She used both hands, but,

What’s the point of using two hands if one hand stops when you swing the other?

She gripped the sword with both hands and thrust the sword tip towards [Bomber Witch]’s neck.

With a bang, Americano’s body bounced high like a baseball hitting the ground right in front of her face.

She stepped on the ceiling.

She stood on the ceiling.

Standing upside down on the ceiling with the power of [Ink Wheel], she looked down at [Bomber Witch].

“Hmm…”

A fiery silhouette was visible in the explosion, but how to attack that?

[Bomber Witch] looked left and right, turning her back as she searched for Americano. She was flustered, unable to find her, but

Her fiery body flashed brightly and emitted a flash.

Kaboom.

She self-destructs.

Even though the distance to the ceiling was far, the pressure of the explosion pressed down on her body, and she clung to the ceiling with both hands and feet to endure.

[Bomber Witch] was standing unharmed in the explosion, as if it were natural.

“Don’t hide, come out!”

She looks at the ceiling.

Their eyes meet.

“There you are!”

Her melting hand reached out.

[Leap]ing to quickly land behind [Bomber Witch]’s back.

[Bomber Witch] turned around and reached out with her melting hand, so upon landing, she immediately jumped up and came over [Bomber Witch]’s back.

With bent knees and raised back, she also raised both hands high.

Towards the defenseless back,

[Execution Sword]

She swung down the giant sword of magical power.

An explosion erupts.

She was pushed back, scraping the floor.

The explosive force was weak.

It’s because [Execution Sword] couldn’t deal proper damage.

‘This feeling.’

This sensation.

It was vaguely familiar.

Still,

She came up with one method.

“Stop dodging around… Huh?!”

“Hello?”

“You mannequin chest.”

Americano reached out and interlocked fingers with the hand [Bomber Witch] extended.

When she reached out with her other hand as well, Americano blocked it the same way by interlocking fingers.

It’s hot.

She’ll melt.

But she didn’t melt.

[Ice Crystal]

She increased the output.

She raised her magical power.

As if using an Awakened Ability, she poured out magical power with endless output. She drew up the inexhaustible magical power possessed by the [Nine Yin Constitution] to cool the heat melting her palms.

[Bomber Witch]’s eyes, the only visible part of her face, widened in surprise.

“Melt.”

“Freeze.”

She retorted mockingly.

She added one more word.

“Freeze solid.”

[Ice Crystal]

This skill freezes the opponent’s magical power.

She had already raised the output enough to freeze the blue flames of [Magic Sword] and more.

The ground behind [Bomber Witch] tried to melt,

The ground behind Americano froze solid.

Smoke rose from their interlocked hands.

She’s melting.

She’s being pushed back.

[Bomber Witch]’s output was ahead.

Not only could she not catch up,

‘She’s leaving me behind.’

Although Awakened Abilities release magical power along the usage pathway, she lost the speed battle at the point of going through one step of the process.

However,

[Bomber Witch] seemed to be confident in her [Magical Power].

It’s decreasing.

The heat.

“Y-you crazy…”

“You must be high level, huh?”

Why would she dive in knowing it was an unfavorable battle?

The weakness of Awakened Abilities.

That’s endurance.

Awakened Abilities show the height of inefficiency at the limit of magical power allowed by the level, as much as their strong power.

[Bomber Witch] tried to shake off Americano’s hands gripping her own.

There was no way she’d let go.

‘There’s no way I’d let go, right?’

She poured in even more magical power.

“Freeze.”

She froze it solid.

As the explosive magical power emptied out, she filled that emptying space with cold, frosty magical power.

Patchy frost formed on [Bomber Witch]’s hands.

“Freeze solid.”

The frost spread from [Bomber Witch]’s hands up her arms to her shoulders. Crack – it broke in the middle of her forearms.

“Ah… Aah…”

Abandoning [Bomber Witch]’s frozen arms, she reached out and grabbed her neck.

“Surrender?”

“Ha…”

“Ah…”

The frost-covered hand froze [Bomber Witch]’s neck.

The power of [Ice Crystal] that freezes magical power froze [Bomber Witch]’s neck to the bone, and it shattered like a leaf dipped in liquid nitrogen.

[Bomber Witch]’s corpse disappears into polygon fragments.

[YOU WIN]

“Phew…”

She won.

When she saw defensive techniques like reactive armor, she wondered how to attack it.

‘As expected, if you keep pushing, the answer comes out, right?’

She grinned.

She had directly defeated a hunter she had seen in reality.

That made her strangely happy.

A sense of accomplishment, you could say.

A feeling of having confirmed something.

Americano remembered the sense of déjà vu she felt from the nickname [Bomber Witch].

She had seen [Bomber Witch] in reality before.

She couldn’t see her true appearance because of the skin, but she wondered where she had seen the nickname [Bomber Witch] before, and it was her hunter name.

She mainly worked alone, so her recognition was low due to working solo.

An explosion ability user whose abilities were highly evaluated, rising to B-rank as a solo.

She had seen her a few times while working as an Unawakened Hunter, but had never worked together or seen her fight.

She recalled [Bomber Witch]’s explosion.

So that’s how she fought.

‘If she fought with that as her original magical power, it would be incredible.’

How strong was she in reality?

She looks at the spot where [Bomber Witch] died.

Phew.

“Next time we meet, I should teach her the Nine Yin Severed Meridians and Mana Cultivation Method.”

She realized it was quite fresh and fun to fight Awakened Ability users too.

Full Dive was a game about fighting with swords, and each swordsmanship and monster felt new, but thanks to Awakened Abilities, she could expect even more diverse battles.

The colors of Full Dive reflected in her eyes brighten even more.

As expected, a god-tier game.

‘Moreover…’

There was something Mew had said.

Little Witch Mew in Gospel.

She had said that if you seal a Hunter Hero with a Demon King Stone, you can use Awakened Abilities.

You’d think that wouldn’t be possible in a game, but.

The connection with reality has already been cut off.

The manifestation of Awakened Abilities,

Even physical changes,

‘It’s hard to say for certain that it’s impossible.’

So the Hunter Heroes needed to become even stronger than they are now.

Plus, Heroes who have mastered both Awakened Abilities and in-game swordsmanship. She was already starting to look forward to the next Hero Tournament.

Anyway,

“That’s the 7th win.”

The next opponent arrived.

Skilla.

She woke up in the temple.

She had challenged the 31st floor.

On the 30th floor, she met the Basilisk and defeated it like Anonymous had done.

Up to there was good.

When she ascended to the 31st floor, a witch was waiting.

The witch used the 31st floor as her workshop and unleashed endless magical bombardments.

It was possible to block with armor, but the witch who noticed the performance of the armor immediately used magic utilizing heat to roast Skilla.

‘You wore equipment that doesn’t suit you.’

The witch’s mockery rings in her ears.

She left the temple wearing the Resurrector’s Garment.

On the way back to the castle.

The guild was in a commotion.

They had been dispirited from defeat, but now they were energized as if nothing had happened.

She could guess why the Heroes gathered in the guild were assembled.

Anonymous had uploaded another video already.

She went to the guild and checked the stone tablet.

<33rd Floor Solo Ranking>

[1st Place (Anonymous) – Zeus Wasp Nest(EX)]

It was at the very top as if it were only natural.

Skilla bounced on her toes as if it were her own achievement.

She was about to look at the 33rd floor.

The field ranking side was also in a commotion.

Her ears perk up.

“Death Knight?”

“They defeated that?”

“Is that even possible?”

“But someone other than Anonymous ended up defeating it, right?”

People who can’t believe it even after seeing it.

Death Knight?

Anonymous?

What?

She went to check right away.

<This Month’s Achievement Board>

[Lv.(Hidden) (Anonymous) – Solo Subjugation of Death Knight]

Death Knight.

Solo subjugation.

“Solo subjugation.”

Her vision spins.