Bro, I'm not an Undead!

Chapter 1339: All's Fair In Women and War (4)



Nigerra was unbelievably fast, Yuyui had to say.

Even though she (Nigerra) had just explained how porria was one of the reasons the Order of the Trodden Rose existed, the woman's death didn't seem to bother her. In fact, it fuelled her desire to fight Yuyui seriously.

The lime-haired girl's senses drew taut. Nigerra was a distance away, and then she wasn't. Yuyui found that purple arrows had appeared over her, completely paralysing her. Even though she could break free, she couldn't do it faster than Nigerra could grab her by the hair, slam her violently into the ground and slam her open palm into her face!

Yuyui was stumped.

She died instantly.

When she spawned, she saw Nigerra flash her way again, and her leg whipped faster than light at Yuyui's head.

.... And the girl's vision was whisked away, as though her body was suddenly thrown into the distance. But it wasn't her body. It was just her head.

Yuyui had died again.

She respawned again.

Yuyui barely had time to think, but she wasn't flustered. She had already known that Nigerra was a Form User, so her prowess in close quarters was much greater than that of the likes of Porria. This, plus the fact that she was a Beyond the Veil Stager, and apparently knew how to permanently kill Yuyui, were all factors that increased her threat level to extremes.

But then again, she was a worthy opponent.

'I think I can start judging her speed now. Somewhat.'

Upon reviving for a third time, Yuyui activated the Starmation, Stagnant Parameter. A cube of highly-condensed mana plates appeared around her just before a hideously powerful blow could touch her. The cube shook slightly, but remained intact. From its safe embrace, Yuyui saw Nigerra grin.

"Now, now, don't hide away after all gall from earlier," Nigerra said. She couldn't see what was protecting Yuyui, but she felt its integrity.

Aizel rushed in from the side, her Eye of the Prince, active.

"Who said anything about hiding?" Yuyui said, and she dropped the protection of Stagnant Parameter right when her Eye of Dispersal appeared on her forehead. It released the same pulse of dark energy as before outward, but Nigerra was gone before it could touch her.

Aizel was a moment late in responding. Sparks went flying when the dark energy of dispersion met the shallow radiance of the crown she had received through the Eye of the Prince, and less than a moment later, the dark eye dimmed.

Yuyui honed in on that moment.

Just like Nigerra had said, Yuyui's eyes were stronger than those of the Order of the Trodden Rose!

She was a legacy, after all.

She was upon Aizel before the woman could realise what was going on.

The Eye of the Prince forced anyone she deemed to be an enemy to fail when intending to harm her. Conversely, it took away her enemies' ability to resist any of her attacks, which was why it paired very well with her Territory!

But now it had met the Eye of Dispersal and had been temporarily disabled.

Yuyui's body flashed with Perfect Aura as her eye closed, and the Aura streaked out like sharp light, formed a vague humanoid form - a Genuine Incarnation - and zoomed towards Aizel so fast that she only saw a sharp glare before being decked in the face by a fierce blow. The attack did no damage, but it distracted her from Yuyui coming on her. Her body, swimming with Nitros, was lithe and deadly.

She had landed a thousand blows under Aizel's arm before the woman could use her skills to defend. Bones crunched and pierced her flesh. Yuyui had forced away Aizel's arms when she raised them to guard, pulled her close and delivered a knee into her jaw. Her skull might have shattered.

But then purple arrows appearing on Yuyui's legs had forced her to stop, and Nigerra descended on her like a bolt of lightning. Before she could squash Yuyui like an ant, however, a purple arrow appeared on her chest, facing upwards!

...!!!

"Oh!" Nigerra cried, ecstatic, and was forced back up the way she had come.

Yuyui had copied her application of the Eye of the Moving!

But Aizel had recovered and her Eye of the Prince was restored. Yuyui broke free from Nigerra's arrows. Her Eye of Moving was stronger than that woman's after all. She surged to meet Aizel, her Eye of Dispersal opening again, but...

"WHAT A LEGACY YOU ARE!"

A beast of a woman had flown in and snatched Yuyui from the ground, taking her up into the sky.

Franceesta had returned, and behind her back, Yuyui saw a pair of large, pretty silver webbed wings. As a Summoner, Franceesta had a wide selection of odd creatures to use for her benefit. She spun with Yuyui before flinging her down with all her might, but Yuyui flickered. She refused to be thrown.

Or rather, she had been cast down, but she was so quick, she had returned before Franceesta could register how she had climbed back up.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The air was shrieking at staggeringly miniscule intervals. Nigerra was running on it and in a nanosecond, she had reached Yuyui and Franceesta.

Yuyui hurried to block before Nigerra's fist blasted her torso off. She had gathered all her Nitros to defend as well...but even then, her arms exploded like bloody balloons.

Nigerra grinned.

"Come now, you're catching up. Show me more," she said.

Franceesta laughed. Her arm was suddenly covered by runes and then it wigged, churned and changed into a great, blue-scaled serpent that she forced towards Yuyui. The serpent hissed, opened its large, extendable mouth and spewed a concentrated stream of what might have venom!

The venom was potent, it poisoned the sky, turning it a sickly shade of green with bubbling boils and dripping ooze. Yuyui kicked off the air and dodged the stream easily, but Nigerra caught her in her course and in a horrifying feat of speed, her palm was engulfed by a throbbing golden light and she sent it forth at the same time!

This was the same technique that had killed Yuyui before.

But she didn't meet it with fear.

'Finally. I can see her movements!' she thought, as her eyes opened wide.

Yuyui swivelled and pivoted in mid-air, dodging Nigerra' palm. Then her foot was whipping into Nigerra's neck in the next instance. There was a crack in the air, and space shuddered and

cracked, exposing Stagnant Space!

Nigerra grunted and spat out blood. Arrows appeared over her body to stop her from succumbing to the intense force that wanted to send her storming towards the ground.

The skin on her neck to her jaw was sizzling with fierce heat, and her teeth could be seen

sticking out.

She gave a chortle just as Yuyui's [Tenacious] activated, healing her broken arms.

Aizel was shooting into the sky to join the others. Jets of Nitros were propelling her up from ground, and soon, she had joined the rest, making the battle a three-on-one.

Franceesta seemed to have a large collection of high-tier summoned beasts to use, and Nigerra was yet to even show the true worth of a Beyond the Veil Stager.

But Yuyui didn't mind. She was adapting, and in more ways than one.