The Strongest Dull Prince’s Secret Battle for the Throne

Chapter 170: Spirit Turtle’s Counterattack

The Spirit Turtle intercepts the oncoming attack with its remaining scales but such a half-hearted defense couldnt stop the advance of the two.

The two swordsmen dived into the barrage of scales and headed for the Spirit Turtles defenseless face. They are probably aiming for its eyes.

HAAAAAAA!!

HMPH!!

The two all-out attack approaches the eyes of the Spirit Turtle.

They pulled it off. The moment I thought so, the movements of the two stopped in mid-air.

Guh!!

Tsk!!

The two grumble as they struggle to move but they couldnt even twitch. Then, they were dived down to the ground.

Although they managed to land, they were unable to move. It was as if they were being weighed down and couldnt move.

Gravity huh..!

While intercepting the scales, I realized the true nature of the Spirit Turtles ability.

So moving these scales is one of the applications of its ability huh.

If thats the case then those two are in a bad position. If it has the power to control gravity, a downward attack would be much stronger than normal.

The scales that were circling around me gathered near the face of the Spirit Turtle all at once.

The scales kept gathering together and formed 2 giant spears.

Then, it immediately descended down to the two swordsmen on the ground.

Dont get carried away!!

I open the transfer gate near Elna and bind one of the scale spears with cursed chains.

The descending spear stopped its movement as it was bound by the cursed chains as Elna made her way to the transfer gate while under the effect of the heavy gravity.

It seems the spear that was headed for Egor was stopped by Orihimes barrier and he managed to escape the gravity like Elna.

That being the case, the one who is in the most dangerous position now is me.

I immediately released the cursed chains and got away from the Spirit Turtles vicinity while using transfer magic to group the others up.

It seems that it has quite a troublesome ability huh.

That got me. I was so surprised that the stiff shoulders I have for so many years have healed. WaHaHa.

Egor said as he laughed.

Just what kind of constitution do you have for stiff shoulders to be cured by being surprised?

When I turned my eyes to Elna, she glared at the Spirit Turtle without bothering to hide her bitterness.

Diving me to the groundwhat a humiliation!

Im glad that you didnt lose your fighting spirit.

No way I would lose it right! I will definitely chop that thing up!

That is easier said than done. I dont think that it would be easy for us to get close to it though?

Orihime posts the question.

Not a provocation. She probably means that there would be no meaning unless we come up with a plan huh.

Well, I completely agree. If fighting spirit alone can break through this predicament then we would already have done it.

If we try the same thing we will simply get the same result. It seems we have to come up with a new way of attack huh.

What should we do then?

If we cant break through its defense to aim for its weakness up close then our only choice is to attack it from a distance.

I wanted to avoid it if possible but I will have to break through the Spirit Turtles defense with brute force.

If we go on an all-out attack with these members then the terrain here will probably change. But we dont have to worry so much about that.

If we cant stop it here, the cities in the northern region will fall victim to it.

But.

That being said, it seems that we should be focusing on our defense first.

It probably saw a chance to strike.

The Spirit Turtle gathers back its scales and scatters them around its body.

What is it doing now?

No matter what kind of attack it is, I will stop it!

I am grateful for that. I dont want to use much of my strength before an all-out attack.

True. I will leave defending entirely to you. Thats your specialty anyway right.

Hey, dont say it like that is the only thing I can do! I have a lot of good parts alright!

Ara? Is that right? So can you tell me some of those good parts for future reference?

Hear me then! The first good part about me is my cute ears! The second is my cute tail! And the third is that I am already cute in general!

Isnt that just your appearance! Its totally useless in this situation right!

The fourth one is that despite my age, my chest is big! Its way bigger than yours!

WHAT DID YOU SAY!?

Haa.

What an idiotic thing to say even though the enemy is about to commence its attack.

I get the feeling that even if they are facing against the Demon King they would still be having the same argument like this.

Elder Egor. its a rumor that the Sword Saint can cut anything if he has three chances. Do you think that you can cut those scales any time soon?

Fumu, well, I already remembered their hardness. The next time I will slice through it like thin paper.

Saying so, Egor shows an expression full of fighting spirit.

No matter how much he behaves like a good-natured old man, his true nature is that of a swordsman. He wouldnt be so kind to something that could block his blade.

I dont think a master at Egors level would bluff about this. He probably feels that he can pull it off.

Then.

Female Hero. Can you swing your holy sword at full power?

What are you saying? Thats a matter of course right?

What I am asking here is whether you can bring out even more power from that holy sword.

..you are quite familiar with the holy sword huh?

I learned about it when I studied ancient magic. So how is it? The sword that once defeated the Demons King shouldnt be only at this level right?

Yes. There are several seals on the holy sword. Removing them would increase its power butif I do that the terrain here will be changed.

Your worry is reasonable. I had thought the same as well. However, we cant leave that thing as it is. You need to make your resolve.

To my words, Elna quietly closed her eyes and nodded.

If Elna seriously wields the holy sword, the damage to the surrounding area would be unavoidable but if we left the Spirit Turtle alone, the damage will only increase.

When I think so, the Spirit Turtle opens its mouth. It is probably going to fire another blaze.

We stand guard against it but the Spirit Turtle doesnt immediately release its blaze.

Then, the Spirit Turtle released its blaze that accumulated its power to the limit to the sky.

Mumu!? Has it gone senile in the past 200 years!?

No way thats the case right! It is coming back down!

As Elna said, the blaze diffused in the sky and rained back down in the shape of countless spheres.

It was like a barrage of meteorites.

To make things worse, its scales adjust their position to an irregular trajectory to receive the falling spheres.

Like a mirror that reflects light, the scales redirect the black spheres toward us.

This is bad! I cant defend against it if that attack comes from all directions!

That is probably its aim! Avoid it as much as possible!

I gave the instruction and moved away.

Although the attack power was diluted, it is still a Blaze attack from a Spirit Turtle. No matter how strong Orihimes barrier is, if she has to defend against it from all directions then it will eventually breakthrough.

Evading the black spheres, Egor and Orihime flew to the left while I and Elna went to the right.

However, the attack doesnt end with just one sphere.

Second and third spheres continue to follow us.

In that situation, I tried to transfer away with Elna but Elnas eyes were pinned to another place.

When I was following her line of sight.

Elna was already dashed out at full speed.

No..way

Beyond Elnas line of sight were two children.

A boy and a girl. They probably got separated from their parents.

They both look at the sky with a frightened expression.

The black spheres that are raining down here and there might not directly hit them but the aftermath will easily blow them away.

Thats why Elna dashed toward them.

To protect the children.

However, in this situation, that is a fatal opening.

WAIT! ELNA!

My voice was blocked out by the falling black spheres.

I clicked my tongue and opened the transfer gate but during that time Elna was already prepared for the danger.

Then, as Elna head to the childrens side, a black sphere directly heads toward them.

It was a split second that decided whether she can make it or not.

Elna is probably fully aware of that.

Despite that, Elna dashed in front of the two children and deflected the incoming black sphere.

HAAAA!!

However, because of that, Elnas movement stopped.

Rather than directing its attack at someone who might evade them, the Spirit Turtle directs multiple black spheres at Elna. 

Elna who couldnt deal with all the black spheres directing toward her was blown away.

TLN: Now, suffer the cliff mortal!!!