Black Iron Magician
chapter-105

Chapter 105 Release

Haru grabs the leg kicked up by Touko and throws Touko with all her power. The thrown Touko lands like a cat to minimize the damage and immediately jumps on Haru with no time to feel any pain. After about a minute of this exchange of life (supervised by Lily), the two of them, who had been moving at a dizzying pace, began to change.

First of all, Haru is unable to catch up with Toukou’s attack, which is gradually becoming sharper and faster. In fact, even though she is handling the attack well, she’s receiving wounds in the meantime.

The strategy of Touko is to keep colliding with aiki head-on. However, she simply trained her fists, kick, and bodywork, and since it’s simple it’s strong. After all, she’s similar to Nell.

And yet, Touko is not in a dominant position. Every time her body is thrown into the air by an unidentified technique, her body is attacked by Haru’s dark magic. In other words, Haru’s favorite poison is applied at the time of contact and Touko is in an abnormal condition. When I thought that Touko’s clothes were awfully wet with sweat, it was the water from 『Viobomb』 that’s sticking to her tan skin.

She uses this magic, which is originally being shot as a mass of water, with minimal magic power to adjust the amount of water released. Since Haru touched the opponent directly with the palm of her hand, she doesn’t need as much water as when shooting it and she applies the poison while suppressing the magic power consumption. I’m sure that she uses it directly if it’s a short distance and applies it to a stone if it’s a long distance. In Haru’s case, she may need magic that can produce stronger poison than flashy wide range magic.

From her job as a brawler and from her personality, it seems that Touko doesn’t learn magic. Then, the only way to attack is with her own body. If it hits, it will be deadly. But, the opponent, Haru, is like a natural enemy that uses poison at the moment of touching, so it’s hard to say that it’s a good match for her. The persistence of Touko who keeps raising the gear in succession while being harmed by such poison is probably because the opponent is Haru.

「!?」

「Cough…!」

And with the crossing just now, the two clearly received damage. Touko’s speed exceeded Haru’s reaction, and Haru received a clean hit from the dropkick. She barely managed to guard herself with her left arm, but judging from how Haru’s face frowned, it seems that it’s not a light wound.

On the other hand, Touko fell into a more deadly poison through Haru’s left arm. Her mouth spits out fresh blood, and each time she uses her body, the poison spreads through her entire body. Her face is still smiling, but there’s no way it’s not painful.

「Not bad…!」

「As usual, you too!」

With both received damage that can’t be ignored, the close combat that was held in quick succession finally stopped. Haru shakes her left arm lightly to check the sensation of it and Touko spits the blood accumulating in her mouth to the ground. Judging by the swelling on her arm, Haru’s left arm is definitely broken. If I use light magic to heal it, it will heal completely, but I can’t do that until at least the mock battle is over. Touko is in the worst condition and is looking pale due to the poison.

「It seems that Touko is concerned about her unique skill and wants to end the battle quickly.」

「I think Haruna will focus on winning, but Touko tends to enjoy the match itself, so it’s a bit hard to read… Perhaps, she’ll ignore the loss and gain of her unique skill.」

「She’s the type of person who values mutual touching, huh?」

「I-It depends on how you look at it… Um, just to confirm, since both of them are injured, is it a draw?」

To answer Chinatsu’s question, I send a gaze to Lily. She returns it with a bewitching smile and gaze, and then she waves her hand violently.

「It seems that the judge doesn’t think so. For her, it seems that it’s still in the early stages.」

「………」

「Don’t look at me like that. Despite how she looks, I’m sure she will stop the match if one of them is in a crisis.」

Lily is a girl who can do it if she tries. Even though she’s a bit catastrophic at the housework, a hopeless succubus who tries to tell dirty jokes if there’s a chance, and even her sleeping posture is the worst! She’s a girl who can do it if she tries! With a half in doubt feeling, no, I’m doubting her to be honest, but I believe her to some extent!

「Ah, they are moving.」

「Yeah.」

After a short break of conversation, the two of them began to move again to overthrow each other.

「Crime Lance.」

「Berserk!」

Haru produced thee black spears. Just like when she fought with Eyeglasses-kun, they are floating slightly above her head with the spear tip looking down on Touko. Haru is staring at Touko like a scorpion with three tails. Haru herself is leaning forward, making a low posture with her center of gravity extremely downward. Is this… a wrestling stance?

As for Touko, her nature changed completely as soon as she shouted the name of her unique skill. Her originally sharp eyes become sharper and her fighting spirit is filled with killing intent. In other words, it’s that of a beast.

「Ahh, I felt something was amiss, so she was using her ability only at the moment of attacking until now, huh. This time, she’s releasing it for real and will fight with her all.」

「……? Is that have any meaning? If that skill has a disadvantage due to overuse, I think it’s better to use it only when necessary.」

「There are some cases where it has meaning, you know? Especially for someone like Touko who acts with feelings.」

「?」

Chinatsu tilts her head. Yeah, Chinatsu is the exact opposite type of Touko, so it’s inevitable if she doesn’t understand.

「Sometimes, someone like Touko who likes to move her body rather than thinking is stronger when going wild with her all without minding about the details. Like, overturn the situation with vigor. Until now, she has been switching her ability on and off every time she attacked, so that might have been a factor that made her not able to fight pleasantly. It will consume a lot of fuel if she doesn’t do that, but her condition will be the best. Minding about the fuel consumption and fighting in energy saving mode, or go wild without thinking ahead, which is more troublesome when fighting against Touko?」

「… The latter, I guess. Touko was a type who was strong against adversity.」

「Then, the current Touko is the strongest.」

「But, Haruna is even stronger against adversity than Touko. She’ll be fine.」

Chinatsu said so and sat down on the sheet. She believed in Haru’s victory and decided to wait. How admirable.

「Haha! You are more or less right, but you are wrong, Deris-dannaaa!」

Touko, who’s somehow in high spirits, talked to me. She has sharp ears, huh.

「I told you, didn’t I? My Berserk has no downside! If I overuse this ability, my reason is the only thing that disappears! But, such a trivial matter is not a problem! Even in this state, I will fight with my own will and enjoy the battle thoroughly! After all, I’ve been living by instinct all my life!」

「「………」」

Ahh, she sure seems to has lost her reason.

「Well, I think it’s better to have a bit of reason, you know?」

「Hm?」

Touko, look behind. But I’m on Haru’s side, so I avert my gaze.

「Hmm?」

Haru began her attack from behind Touko, who had a leisure conversation with me.