You can dodge, you can hide, you can use tricks to prevent yourself from falling, but it's all meaningless.
All I need to do is take one step at a time, and I'll be able to force you to your death.
Salia, the protector of the mountains, remained silent. However, her resolute appearance revealed her thoughts through her actions.
She didn't use any martial arts techniques to show off, nor did she use many different types of magic spells. She simply faced her opponent head-on, yet she was able to completely destroy him!
* Boom! *
Once again, she forced Rorschach to his next landing spot. She then turned around and destroyed her own path of retreat. From beginning to end, she could only advance, not retreat. In fact, she didn't hesitate at all.
"… If it weren't for the fact that I was standing across from her, I would probably admire her lifestyle."
That's right, lifestyle wasn't just combat style.
After basic cultivation, every powerful individual would have their own path. The more compatible they were with their personality, the easier it would be for them to reach greater heights.
Rorschach seemed like a straightforward person, but he actually had many tricks up his sleeve. He was also quite skilled at using various job classes' techniques and special skills to create a one-plus-one-greater-than-three combo effect. His core combat philosophy was to "find a way to forcefully defeat the weak in the main battlefield that he was good at."
Many things he learned, supplemented himself with other job classes' techniques and special skills were all for the sake of "finding an opponent's weak point and forcefully defeating the weak."
Meanwhile, this bronze-masked woman's combat philosophy was laughably simple.
"Advance. The strong will win. The loser will die."
Rorschach also knew the principle behind this type of domain that could change reality. The more twisted and determined a person's will was, the easier it would be to achieve it. It would be meaningless to lie to himself about this.
It could be said that Salia didn't want to have such a Soul Image domain. She simply felt that this was how a battlefield should be, so she turned it into reality.
Indeed, it was laughably simple. However, it was effective. After all, there was no foundational difference between being kicked into a pool of lightning and receiving a stab to the neck after one's defenses were broken. There was also a stab to the neck after one's hard work.
And right now, Rorschach was the one who had been harmed.
* Clang! *
Rorschach's hand was now covered in blood. The fierce collision sent him flying, and even knocked his longsword out of his hand.
"… Come back."
Even though Roxia had already expected this to happen, he was still forced into a desperate situation step by step by the rope he tied onto his weapon.
There were still four pillars behind him, but looking at the blood on his hands and his trembling legs, Rorschach was worried that his body wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.
"… Am I hallucinating? Why do I feel like her strength has doubled?"
If he was in the Aishi Continent, Rorschach's strength would not be his forte. However, the physique of a Gold Elf was definitely above average.
On the other hand, Rorschach had buffed himself with Ranger's Divine Spells, the God of Games' blessing, Qi, a buff spell that increased his strength, and the Monk's Qi Burst. Under these circumstances, it would be an understatement to say that his strength was tripled.
From being suppressed in the beginning, they were now being suppressed to the point where they were being crushed.
"It's not an illusion. This is a stage where those who advance live and those who retreat die. With every step back, your strength will decrease by one-seventh, while mine will increase by one-seventh. And from the beginning, I was standing at one-seventh of your strength. "
Her words were true, but Rorschach was finally at a loss.
The truth was right in front of him. In other words, he had lost to Salia when she only had one-seventh of her strength?
Now, it was his turn to be at a disadvantage. The ratio of strength between them was reversed. How could he possibly turn the tables?
If Rorschach's guess was correct, the difference in strength between them had reached the point where they could instantly kill each other. Salia didn't kill Rorschach on the spot because she wanted to complete this ritualistic battle.
"That's right. This is a sacred stage. Being able to fall off the stage and die on the spot, combining your heroic soul with Mother Nature's thunderstorm, is still the most honorable ending for a warrior."
"… Ha, I'm not a barbarian warrior like you. I haven't even enjoyed the joys and conveniences of modern civilization. Lying comfortably on my bed and playing games while waiting for the end of my life is the only way I can accept to die!"
Rorschach's mouth was bleeding, but he didn't lose to Salia.
"What a depraved way of thinking! I take back my praise. You're not a qualified warrior at all! You're not worthy of fighting until the very last moment on this glorious stage. "
The Guardian's anger.
"… I'm not a warrior to begin with. You were the one who dragged me onto this battlefield. Civilized people should still be reasonable. I came here with good intentions, but you want to kill me? "
Although Salia had the upper hand with her words, everyone knew that it was impossible for her to be shaken at this moment.
However, Rorschach was still able to smile. He still didn't believe that he was in a desperate situation. The reason why he chose to speak right now was definitely not because he wanted to simply say something before he died.
"Hey, do you think this is really fair? I'm not talking about the battle itself. I'm talking about the competition between warriors. Is this fair? Is this really a competition between warriors of honor, and not a form of cheating? "
"…"
Salia didn't answer. However, she paused in her actions, giving Rorschach time to continue speaking.
"There are many types of warriors. There are strength-type warriors like you, and there are also agility-type warriors like me. I'm good at chasing, ambushing, trapping, and sniping. I'm only thirty to forty percent of all warriors in direct combat. You're forcing me to fight you head-on like this. What's the difference between breaking my legs and a fair competition? Do you really think this is a 'sacred stage'? Ha, don't make me laugh! "
Rorschach's question echoed in this domain. Salia also fell silent for a short moment. However, the next moment, she raised her draconic spear, which meant that her will wasn't shaken.
"I feel that the secret of Mount Sainte shouldn't be revealed, even if it's unfair … I'm sorry."
"Paha, you actually apologized. You're actually confused about your own Soul World? You actually think that it's unfair to take advantage of a life-and-death situation like this? What a joke. You're so naive. This is … wonderful!"
Suddenly, this expanse of space shook violently, and then cracks and colors that were out of tune faintly appeared. It was like the graffiti of a child.
Rorschach had been waiting for this moment for a very long time!
Using words to shake his opponent's will and make her stop or go easy on him? Rorschach wasn't that naive. What he wanted was for his opponent to be shaken at that moment. She would be shaken by whether or not her Soul World was fair, real, and necessary!
"It's fake, it's fake, it's all fake. Reality and illusion negation!
From the very start, Rorschach had never intended to fight Salia head-on. He wouldn't have been able to defeat her anyway.
"Honesty" was a wood spirit's natural talent for laziness. It had always been the natural enemy of illusions and illusions. Soul Worlds, domain abilities, and so on sounded grand and powerful, but they were actually nothing more than projections of one's thoughts. Just by looking at how they were constructed, they were essentially no different from illusions and illusions.
It was easy to interfere with one's own abilities, but negating an opponent's abilities would obviously require one to directly fight against an opponent's power.
However, using such natural talents was a battle between two people's abilities. In this aspect, Rorschach was still at a disadvantage. He had always tried to negate his opponent's Soul World, but had never succeeded … The difference in power level between him and Rorschach made it so that even though he countered her abilities, Rorschach was still no match for her.
Since he couldn't buff himself, he could only try to weaken his opponent. Rorschach's words actually succeeded in making Salia doubt whether or not her Soul World was fair, and whether or not it was what she wanted … Rorschach had been waiting for exactly this moment.
"Open up, Dimensional Door."
Roxia still had the advantage in terms of power level. It would be impossible for him to completely destroy this world. However, it would be possible for him to make use of the fact that Roxia was shaken to create an opening in this world.
In just an instant, Rorschach saw an opening, and his hooked claw brought him through the opening, escaping from his Soul World.
"… I'll let you know that such tricks are meaningless!"
However, Salia immediately chased after him. However, it only took her a few seconds to activate her Soul World again. Escaping from Rorschach's Soul World seemed meaningless.
However, the scene in front of her caused her to stop in her tracks.
A gigantic metal airship that Salia had never seen before was floating in midair. More than ten Aishi People's descenders, all of whom had various appearances but were quite powerful, were watching Salia. Meanwhile, Saintess Mu Na was already under their control.
Rorschach was already being carried away by a descender. The airship had already left, and Salia could only silently watch as everything unfolded.
Just her opponent alone wouldn't be able to stop Salia's pursuit. What made her stop was still Rorschach's words.
"Sigh, I've already said that I've already contacted reinforcements from other churches. Your secret has already been leaked, so it's meaningless for you to kill me … My promise is still valid. I'll let that girl come back in a few days. Who knows, we might even be allies in the future. Don't force us to do anything overboard."
That's right, Rorschach had requested reinforcements from the very beginning. Although the Game Church didn't have any airships and couldn't provide reinforcements, since they had already formed an alliance, the descenders from other churches would naturally be able to provide reinforcements.
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