Chapter 51 Chapter 51: Vanish with the Butterflies!
Chapter 51: Vanish with the Butterflies!
A little faster... not enough, still far from enough... she had to be even faster!
Seele's figure appeared exceptionally small amidst the monsters that were easily two to three meters tall. Even though her speed was indeed fast, she could only barely manage to avoid being hit.
They were clearly a group of rift creatures with hardly any intelligence, and each one's size and abilities were different. Yet in such a complex situation, they could avoid interfering with each other, or rather, cooperate perfectly, continuously driving Seele into a corner.
Every time she just dodged one crisis and wanted to launch an attack, several other rift creatures would attack with pinpoint accuracy, forcing her to abandon the idea of attacking and continue dodging.
Following this trend, even if she could precisely dodge every attack, there would eventually come a moment when her stamina was exhausted.
Moreover, the most important point was—her purpose in coming here was to train her own strength, not just to train dodging skills!
Such high-frequency dodging was extremely draining on stamina. Finally, in an instant when she dodged towards an open area, a rift creature seemed to have been waiting there in advance. Its sharp claws slammed down fiercely, forcing her to barely raise her scythe horizontally in front of her chest.
Boom————!
Under the immense force, Seele was forced back several steps. Such an obvious movement was immediately seized upon by another rift creature nearby. Another huge claw swiped towards her.
Ssssh——!
In an instant, blood splattered. Three clear bloody gashes were directly slashed onto Seele's left arm. Even though she tried her hardest to increase her speed, some physical limitations simply couldn't be broken through.
At this rate, forget about a breakthrough in the heat of battle; if her injuries became any more serious, she might not even be able to participate in the counterattack a few days later.
"Let me... go even faster!!!"
Perhaps stimulated by the pain, the mark on Seele's back suddenly blazed with brilliant light. Immediately after, facing the incoming attack, her figure instantly turned into an afterimage and appeared without warning above that rift creature. Before anyone could even clearly see the scythe-swinging motion, the next second, her figure was already standing in another slightly open corner.
Boom——!
That massive three-meter-tall body stood still for a moment before splitting into two halves in the next instant and collapsing to the ground with a crash.
But those emotionless monsters wouldn't hesitate because of this. Lethal attacks came again almost the instant she finished the fight... yet this time, the result was exactly the same as before.
With just two flashes of afterimages, the attacking rift creature also completely perished after a momentary pause. This time, the remaining monsters began to hesitate somewhat.
Not because they were afraid of their companion's death, but because they couldn't quite distinguish which was the real body—the afterimage in the air or Seele herself standing on the ground.
Of course, this hesitation didn't last long because they soon included the afterimages as targets for attack as well. But there was only one outcome to this—it became increasingly difficult to restrict Seele's movements.
And from this moment on, Seele was no longer just the hunted party; she gradually began tipping the scales of victory bit by bit in her favor.
But just as she cleared about one-third of the monsters in this way, she found her stamina already beginning to fall short. And even after eliminating a full third, there were still nearly a hundred rift creatures remaining in the field.
Even with a temporary breakthrough, she once again had to face a desperate situation—she simply couldn't clear this many monsters.
Seele absolutely could not accept such an outcome. There were still many things she wanted to do and accomplish. If she couldn't even complete a simple training session, what right did she have to say she could achieve those things?
Moreover, she also believed in Kevin... Since he had made her face so many enemies, it meant he believed she could handle this many enemies.
Why couldn't she do it?!
If her speed wasn't fast enough, then become faster; if her attacks weren't strong enough, then become stronger... Besides, she didn't just rely on brute force; she should develop her abilities to their extreme too!
——————Boom!
After using the force from a rift creature's attack to leap high into the air, Seele completely ignored the energy attacks coming at her. Gripping her scythe tightly, she looked down upon all the monsters below.
"Vanish with the butterflies... you phantoms of the past!!!"
Seele's figure suddenly disappeared. In an instant, it transformed into countless phantoms appearing above each rift creature. Following that loud cry, these phantoms simultaneously slashed down at their respective targets—
This was nothing like mere afterimages formed solely by speed; each one clearly possessed destructive power no different from the real body. Almost in the same instant, all the rift creatures were split in two.
From a distance, these漫天 phantoms truly resembled butterflies dancing gracefully.
As the phantoms gradually dispersed, the monsters in the field fell one after another like dominoes. In the end, only Seele herself remained standing in the field, barely supporting herself with her scythe.
"Huff, huff, huff..."
Even though signals of pain kept coming from all over her body, Seele still insisted on standing there, raising her head with effort to look at Kevin who was walking towards her step by step.
"So? Didn't disappoint you, did I?"
"......"
"You did... excellently."
In fact, Kevin hadn't told her that she absolutely had to clear out all these monsters. He had even thought that if this child could just keep fighting persistently, it would already count as significant progress.
But the outcome did somewhat exceed his expectations.
And after finally receiving Kevin's affirmation, Seele's nerves, which had been tightly wound all along, relaxed as soon as they could. Her entire body began uncontrollably tilting forward, forcing Kevin to reach out and support her.
Sss... Why is this guy's hand so cold?
After her arm came into contact with Kevin's palm, Seele's expression immediately twisted into a grimace.
But thankfully it was bearable. Considering how thoughtfully he had trained her, she'd just pretend nothing happened!
Just as Seele was trying hard to adjust her breathing rhythm, in this desolate square devoid of people and littered with monster corpses, a third voice abruptly rang out—
"Huh? Big brother, what are you doing here too?"
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