episode_0149

“… Tsk.”

Athena, who handles silver threads and attempts endless attacks.

Over the hundreds of years she has lived, she has defeated countless enemies using this method of attack.

But at this moment, the face of the great sorceress Athena was filled with a deep expression of annoyance.

Rosebeta, who is easily warding off countless attacks.

The thread she sent out contained a condensation of tremendous magical power, and it contained a power that could not be blocked by the barriers of ordinary magical users.

But, even so, at this moment, in front of her eyes stood one of the few beings that could do so.

In response to Athena’s condensation, Rosebeta uses a barrier like a shield with an equally high density of magical power to protect herself.

Her barrier showed no sign of being breached, despite Athena’s considerable efforts, with only light scratches.

‘Damn. Is it true that normal attacks are no longer effective? Even before, I was able to break through the barrier and inflict some damage with this level.. Now, I can’t do that.’

It’s foolish to continue doing this once you’ve confirmed that normal attacks won’t work.

Then Athena stopped her simple attack and began to surround the room with threads as if she were spinning a spider web.

And, seeing her like this, Rosebetta began to frown slightly.

‘It’s this again… I had a hard time the other day. I wonder what it’s like now.’

An attack that is carried out completely surrounding her.

Even for her, it was impossible to defend against this.

“Haaah!”

Then, as soon as the thread is pulled, countless threads fly towards Rose Betta in an instant.

It was a blow with the power to cut an ordinary being’s entire body into pieces like a radish being sliced in one breath.

“Pak!”

A clear, flashy stream of blood.

however..

“… As expected… you’re a monster… you b*tch…”

“… ”

Athena gives a brief evaluation of the scene before her eyes.

Her web-like strikes are impossible to dodge and are considered to land perfectly.

But at this moment… what she saw was not the torn, broken, or broken-off form of Rosebetta.

That was… that fleeting moment. The sight of Rosebetta catching the threads flying towards her with her bare hands.

However, at this moment, her hand did not look like a normal human hand.

Her hands were rough and twisted, like the hands of a devil.

It seemed to have transformed its body using magic power, and although it was bleeding due to the aftereffects of holding onto Athena’s thread, it showed no signs of being torn or cut, even though it was holding onto her thread, which was flowing with an enormous amount of condensation at this moment.

‘I’ve seen it a few times before… Did it get stronger again since then? Before, I was able to cut off two or three fingers.’

From the beginning until now, every time we exchanged sums, I felt the other person’s remarkable growth.

Looking at this, Athena automatically began to frown as she thought about what would happen next.

‘That means. Could it really be…’

The prediction was quite possible.

However, from her perspective, it was a fact she never wanted to admit, and so she had to go to great lengths to confirm it.

Then Athena began to gather the threads that were spread out in all directions, and then the threads..

It began to surround her body in a shape similar to a cocoon.

At the same time, the immense density of magical power is felt.

Seeing this, Roseveta finally began to realize that her opponent was truly preparing to attack.

‘Is this how you’ll go all the way?.. I respect that attitude of not knowing how to give up.. but it’s still not a very nice sight.’

With that in mind, I thought it might be a good idea to talk to Dorothy about this incident that I originally intended to just let pass by.

Roseveta began to give commands to the magical power contained within her body.

If the other party has decided to go all the way, then we must respond accordingly.

Since she had already created an environment where she didn’t need to worry about what others thought in advance, she decided to let loose and run wild to her heart’s content.

And after a while…

‘Coming..’

-Bam!-

Athena appears inside the crater as it bursts.

Instead of the maid outfit she was wearing just a moment ago, she was wearing a silver armor made of thread covering her entire body.

Here, her body, with its wings reminiscent of an owl and its hands resembling talons, began to exude a magical power that made one feel a tingling sensation just by looking at it.

However, these changes in Athena’s appearance… felt shabby compared to the changes in Rosebeta that followed immediately after.

“Monster year… ”

“Haaah… ”

Unlike Athena, who had little physical change other than the wings on her back and her hands that had been transformed into claw-like shapes, Roseveta’s transformation was literally dramatic.

The shape of the face became distorted, the body grew dozens of times larger, and the once smooth skin began to become covered with scales.

Its appearance is… like a twisted dragon.

Athena glared at her with a slightly tired expression at the change in Roseveta that occurred while destroying the building just through the process.

‘It’s not as good as before, but it seems to have grown by at least 30%.’

If it had simply grown in size, it wouldn’t have been so scary.

In general, growing larger also means slower movements.

With such a huge body, it might seem like it would be difficult to even attack Athena, who had the body type of an ordinary human.

however..

-hook!-

“!”

-bang!-

A loud noise and flying debris are heard in an instant.

At the same time, Athena’s body flew up into the sky.

A blow made at a speed that is invisible to the eye.

Looking at this, Athena bit her lips slightly and looked at Rosebetta who was looking up at her.

‘As expected, it’s amazing. Despite its size, its speed hasn’t slowed down at all. No.. has it actually gotten faster?’

Athena began to sweat coldly as she looked at the marks on her armor that had been left by that blow.

and..

“Kuaaah!”

The next moment, Rosebetta spread her wings and soared into the sky, letting out a terrible cry.

Seeing a being of her size flying towards her at the same speed as her, Athena quickly raised her claws and responded.

and..

-Bam!-

Two beings clashing against each other in the sky.

At first glance, it looked like a showdown between a giant monster burning red and a noble warrior in armor.

In reality, the situation was one of self-defense between the Duchess and the assassin who attempted to stab the heir to the duchy and the assassin who confronted him head-on.

“Huh!”

“Kyaaak!”

Rosebeta attacks while spitting out a sharp sound that seems to be a distorted version of a dragon’s roar.

In response, Athena began to become more and more defensive as time passed.

Although the speed of the two was roughly the same, Rose Beta was one step ahead in terms of power.

In addition, each of Rosebeta’s attacks could have been fatal to Athena if they landed well, but in Athena’s case, she was able to take advantage of her small surface area and attack countless times, but was barely able to deal any damage.

The root cause is… the difference in the amount of magical power being poured out in real time.

The power of Rosebeta, which literally looks like an ocean of magical power that never dries up,

Athena eventually had no choice but to admit it.

‘The Strongest Witch… Indeed… Now I think I know how scary that title has become..’

As soon as she reached that conclusion, Athena removed the armor and transformation that had been surrounding her body.

Seeing her like this, Rosebetta asked her in a voice that was not her usual soft voice, but rather reminiscent of the howling of a monster.

-“Are you finally giving up?”-

“..Yes, that’s right, Rosebeta. I lost.”

-“That worked out well.”-

With those words, Rosetta, who had been a giant monster, returned to the appearance of a dignified duchess.

Then she looked at Athena with a cold look in her eyes and said:

“That’s it. I hope I never have to see your face again. I’ll say it again, Dorothy and I have crossed the river of no return. We have something to protect, so we will never be together again. Not ever, not ever.”

“… That’s too bad.”