Ch 141.2
Immediately afterwards a small shadow jumped out of the smoke.
The smoke then cleared up and a small fairy with a pointy hat revealed itself. It was the Pixis.
It glared at us with hatred.
It seems like we disturbed its sleep.
「Oh wow… It really is a strange little thing. It looks similar to Ain-chan.」
「Watch out for the light bullets that it shoots out from its cane.!」
「Okayyy.」 Lydia said as she turned towards me and lifted her thumb.
Good grief, turn towards the enemy would you… Well I guess it’s Lydia I’m talking about, I probably shouldn’t be that worried about her.
The Pixis swung its cane around, and fired off a rainbow-colored bullet at Lydia.
It was a huge cluster of magic power. Without taking her eyes off of it for even a second Lydia jumped up and dodged it.
And while she was still in mid-air, she flipped her body and landed her huge axe right on top of the Pixis’ head.
「…?!!」
The Pixis stumbled for a second but it didn’t look like the axe had done much damage.
Lydia then once again swung her axe and accurately hit the Pixis as it was moving quickly in a disoriented manner.
To think that she’d go ahead and fight the small Pixis in a hand-to-hand battle… Her fighting sense is terrifying as usual.
Even Silverie was shocked at the sight.
「Whoa… Zeph look, the grass is turning purple and dancing around…」
「It was hit by poison and disorder magic. As I said before the Pixis’ bullets can lead to various strange conditions so be careful.」
「O-Okay!」 said Milly energetically as she slapped her face with both her hands in order to pump herself up.
In the meantime I cast Scout Scope.
Pixis Level 68
Magic Power Level 142,210 / 143,510
I tried casting Summon Servant in order to summon Divine Sword Ainbelle, but nothing happened.
Seeing that Milly also looked at me with a strange expression.
That damn Ain, is she sleeping again? After using her so-called Ainbelle Upper the other day against Grain she had completely run out of magic power. Well it was quite the reckless attack so she probably needs the rest. We do have Silverie with us today so it should be fine. We should be able to take care of an enemy of this level.
In the end instead of casting Summon Servant I opted for the Freybrand that was within my bag.
「Zeph!! Let’s go!!」
「Okay.」
Milly grabbed my hand and began gathering magic power where our hands intersected.
It was her way of telling me she was planning to use a combo spell with me.
That Milly. She’s thinking of using Blue Gale again.
I also cast Time Square and while time was stopped I casted Blue Gale twice.
I then fired it off simultaneously with Milly.
「Blue Gale!!」
「… Triple…」
Triple Fusion: Triple Blue Gale
An enormous water tornado sprung up with Pixis in the middle and enveloped everything while rising to the heavens.
Silverie was left lost for words at the sheer power of the spell.
「What the… That thing sure is amazing…」
「Fu, fu, we’re quite the team right?」
「… I guess I can’t let myself lose now can I?」 saying that Silverie also prepared to attack.
Black Zero, Blue Gale, Red Crash… Without holding anything back we continued to fire off spells at the Pixis.
Each time a spell hit it, the Pixis would swing its staff towards us.
However, just as if a mole was putting its head out through a hole, Lydia would then immediately smash it with her axe, drawing the Pixis’ attention.
Lydia was able to draw the aggro of all of the Pixis’ attacks so we were free to concentrate on our own attacks.
「…!!」
「Ahaha♪ You won’t hit me!!」
The Pixis fired numerous spells at Lydia, however no matter how many spells it launched it didn’t seem like it would be able to hit her.
Furthermore, the Pixis’ spells had a lot of gaps and were slow.
Indeed, they were huge clusters of magic, however it was precisely due to that, that they weren’t able to keep up with Lydia’s speed.
Each time Lydia dodged one of those status-altering light bullets, they would then fall onto a tree and make it disappear, or hit a flower and make it run, or hit the ground and make it twist.
The surroundings turned into a wondrous scene.
「Lydia, you must be careful and not get hit by those!!」
「Leave it to me.」
Lydia replied to Milly, however I was honestly more worried for Milly than I was for Lydia.
At one of Silverie’s attacks the Pixis made a flip and flew up in the air, planting itself there.
「Lydia, it’s coming!」
Due to feeling danger the Pixis gathered its magic power and shot towards Lydia.
「Upsy-daisy!!」
While dodging the charging Pixis Lydia also didn’t forget to slash at it as they were passing by each other.
However, without giving it any heed the Pixis just continued to charge towards the direction where Milly and I were.
I immediately pushed Milly as she had frozen up from the shock, and somehow managed to dodge myself as well.
I swept past us, as I felt my fingers going a bit numb.
It seems like Milly managed to get out safely as well.
While I was taking a sigh of relief the Pixis recovered itself and charged towards me once more. Just as I saw it I lifted up Freybrand.
「I guess it’s time I finish up.」
「…!!!」
The Pixis continued charging at me head on.
Aiming for the moment when we would clash I swung Freybrand and cast Time Square at the same time.
While time was stopped I checked the Pixis’ movements and also cast Blue Ball, Black Ball and Green Ball.
At the same time as time began flowing again, I released a Red Ball from Freybrand.
Quadra Fusion: Tetra Ball
As we passed by each other a single line of golden light shone, after which just as I prepared myself and took up my stance once more I heard the sound of something falling behind me.
Turning around, I saw the Pixis dissolving into empty air.
I somehow managed to beat it huh. It’s hard to land Tetra Ball on a moving enemy, however I guess it’s not that hard to land it when the enemy is charging right at you.
As the Pixis disappeared, it left behind a small bracelet with a star decoration.
「A Prism Ring huh.」
Silverie picked up the bright rainbow-colored bracelet and threw it at me.
Since the battle was now over, all of us gathered.
「It turned out to be easier than I expected, didn’t it～」
「You’re right. You did quite well.」
「Ehehe, thank you master♪」 Milly said as Silverie stroked her head.
But still a Prism Ring.
It was a rare equipment that increased one’s resistance to magic.
I thought about who to give it to, however in the end there was only one suitable person…
「Lydia, put this on.」
「Whoa, what a beautiful bracelet.」
「It’s a bracelet that boasts a high amount of magic resistance. It’s perfect for you since you always stay at the vanguard.」
Considering it was Lydia we were talking about, there was a chance that she wouldn’t even get hit by a single spell, however it would still be useful if the worst came to pass.
「Thank you Zeph-chi♪ I’ll treasure it.」
「If you say that.」
「Ehehe.」
Lydia seemed to really like it as she kept looking at the Prism Ring from various different angles as she put it on her arm.
I even got a little bit flustered as I looked at Lydia’s wide smile.
It was then that I noticed that it was unexpectedly quiet.
It’s usually way noisier than this… I looked around and noticed that she wasn’t there.
「… Milly?」
Even though she was here just now, Milly was nowhere to be found.
Did she get kidnapped? Or maybe she went to relieve herself? … No wait, there’s something that comes to mind.
「… She probably got hit with Transparency.」
Within the quiet forest only the rustling of the grass could be heard. Transparency.
The spells that the Pixis use have various effects, and due to their mischievous personalities, many of their spells change the appearance of the one that is hit by them.
Transparency was one of those spells. It makes it so that people in the area cannot direct their consciousness towards the one hit by the spell.
It doesn’t only make them invisible, but also makes it so that it’s impossible to detect their odor or even magic power.
Even though the person himself is still there, he cannot be perceived by others, just as if he had become transparent.
In other words, Milly is still here, however whether she talks, or tries to touch us, we won’t be able to notice her.
「I’ve heard rumors about it, but it sure is a strange phenomenon.」
I tried to stick out my hand towards the place Milly was just at, however I couldn’t feel a thing.
After all, even if I happened to touch her I still wouldn’t know.
Which meant that we didn’t even know whether or not she was here.
「Transparency huh… It’s true that I can’t feel Milly-chan’s presence at all.」
Transparency had a really long duration, and continued for around half a day.
It didn’t cause any direct damage, however it made it so that your teammates couldn’t see it, so one could easily get caught up in between attacks, meaning we couldn’t fight recklessly.
「Hm? Zeph-chi, you also seem to be going transparent.」
「What?」
Looking at myself, my body was also starting to grow transparent.
Come to think of it, the Pixis did graze me as well. It might be because of that, that the Transparency took a little bit longer to occur.
While in the process of disappearing I turned towards Lydia and shouted.
「Both of you, get away from me!」
「Zeph-chi what are you planning on doing?」
「I’m fine, I’ll return to the inn as soon as the Transparency wears off so don’t worry. It’ll get messy if I get involved in your battles so it would be for the best if you get away from here.」
「Okay. Well then, we’ll see you later.」
「See ya.」
Just as I said that my body completely disappeared. I was completely swallowed by the Transparency.
After looking at my direction for a bit, both of them turned towards the opposite side and left.
It seems like they really couldn’t see me.
Feeling somewhat sad I tried to lower my hand, which I had raised earlier.
「So… Zeph.」
In front of me I heard Milly’s voice.
And I also felt a soft feeling coming from my hand.
I managed to lightly push it as it gently rested itself in my hand. As I did that it quivered.
And at the same time Milly revealed herself.
I guess since I got swallowed by the Transparency spell as well I can now see Milly.
Come to think of it, I did hear something about being able to interact with people that were hit by the Transparency as well.
While quivering Milly glared at me.
It appeared that my hand had landed perfectly on her chest before I had noticed it.
「How long do you plan on touching it!」
「… I’m sorry.」
As I lowered my hand, Milly turned around.
「… I can’t get married anymore…」
「I admit that I’m at fault, but if you didn’t like it why didn’t you move away immediately…」
「B-But… it’s because you… you were clinching onto my chest so I couldn’t get away!!」
「Clinching?」
…That’s surely not what happened though.
Was what I was about to say but then I saw Milly glaring at me, just as if she had read my mind.
I decided to stop stirring the hornet’s nest and said nothing else.
「… Either way, how about killing some time before going back? It will be pretty troublesome if we return to the city while still under the effect of the Transparency.」
「Well I do have to keep an eye out for you so that you don’t do anything lewd while still under the effect of the Transparency.」
「Like I would do that!」
「Didn’t you just do it to me!」
Having been told that I couldn’t deny it, however wasn’t that just now just inevitable?
Still, despite the things she was saying Milly’s mood didn’t seem that bad. I don’t get her.
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