Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel Chapter 33

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This human was not only a powerful warrior, but also a Magic User?!

In this era, humans secretly researching magic was strictly prohibited among various countries.

Therefore, the number of human Magic Users was scarce.

Yet this human girl before her eyes turned out to be a Magic User as well.

Leslie, being a Demon, was also shocked by this situation.

Clearly devoid of any mana, she was actually able to use magic; could it be that she had concealed her mana?

What formidable mana control technique. Magic Attire

However, come to think of why the magic that attacked her just now felt somewhat familiar.

She immediately thought of the lethal magic she had just cast on Xiu Er. She had stolen that spell, though she was not proficient in using it and had no way to compare with that person.

This also gave her a rough guess regarding Xiu Er's magic.

Was it a magic capable of copying other people's magic?

Unable to accurately determine the opponent's magic just yet, Leslie prepared to withdraw first. Her combat style was not suited for confronting warriors head-on; she just needed to wait for the others to arrive...

Unfortunately, Xiu Er did not give her a chance to escape.

The same golden energy shot over once more, targeting Leslie directly!

The female Demon hurriedly constructed a defense magic in front of herself, but regrettably, that attack shattered the defense directly.

Unexpectedly, however, her figure vanished abruptly, and magic covered her original position.

In response, Xiu Er felt no surprise.

The reason was that, under the Detector's display, she discovered that apart from one Demon approaching slowly, the rest had already arrived here.

Leslie originally would not have been able to evade that previous attack, save for the effect of another male Demon's spell, Teleportation Magic, which instantaneously rescued the dying Leslie.

"It seems the opponent is strong. To be able to kill Zera single-handedly—just judging by appearances, I couldn't have imagined that scene."

That masked Demon looked calmly at Xiu Er and evaluated her. Magic Attire

Yet Xiu Er merely gazed at him coldly.

The very next second, however, the road beneath Xiu Er's feet suddenly split open, and countless spikes made of mud emerged from the ground. As they were about to pierce Xiu Er's body, they were intercepted entirely by a transparent circular shield.

"Truly strong. A human who apparently possesses no mana at all can nevertheless deploy such a sturdy defense magic."

Another Demon revealed himself. As soon as he arrived, he cast his specialized magic, Earth Manipulation Magic, manipulating the earth beneath her feet to launch an attack on Xiu Er.

Knowing the opponent was strong, he merely intended to stall for time using this method.

Yet all of it was ignored by Xiu Er with a single shield.

"So this is the human."

A Demon dressed in a butler's uniform also appeared here.

Following the butler's arrival, the remaining Demons arrived here one by one as well.

Now, seven Demons had arrived. Excluding their master Dracole and the recently slain Zera, nine of the ten life signs detected earlier had appeared.

There was still one who had not shown up, and Xiu Er was unclear what was happening with that, but she did not pay it any mind either.

Aside from Leslie, who had sustained heavy injuries and was still recovering, it was now six against one—victory was hers!

The group of Demons simply watched Xiu Er, each wearing a different expression. Every single one of them had lived for a hundred or two years; if it were a normal human, the pressure would probably be maxed out by now.

Unfortunately, in Xiu Er's eyes, these could only be counted as different "Magic Guidebooks" with various subjects. Magic Attire

From the moment the Demons appeared, Xiu Er's observation and analysis had never stopped, with every Demon's physical strength and mana being recorded by her without exception.

And while Xiu Er observed the Demons, they were observing Xiu Er as well.

It was bizarre, not looking human at all.

After all, up to now they had never seen such a bizarre-looking creature.

The halo atop her head, the strange cracks on her exposed skin, the complete absence of any living human aura, and skin that looked entirely devoid of fleshy warmth.

Yet right as both sides observed one another, Xiu Er initiated the attack first.

Taking the brunt of it was the Demon who possessed Earth Manipulation Magic.

Since he had already cast his specialized magic and Xiu Er had completed her analysis, this Demon possessed no value anymore.

Watching Xiu Er flash right before him in an instant, the Demon felt a rare expression of astonishment appear on his face beneath the mask.

The other Demons present were also thrown into disarray by this sudden, godly speed.

Indeed, it was fast. Zera was the strongest warrior among this group of Demons, second only to their master Dracole. Even he could not keep up with Xiu Er's speed, so could the remaining Demons, who were weaker than him, possibly keep up?

The answer was certain.

They could not keep up.

Aimed at the Demon's neck, Xiu Er swung the Gokurokugai in her hand... Magic Attire

Dracole, clad in a set of Blood Knight Armor, walked slowly through the ruined streets.

On his way over, he occasionally caught sight of various spells flying haphazardly in the distance. Those were the Demons' sorceries, as well as the spells of his familiar subordinates.

It seemed his subordinates had already begun the encirclement and suppression of that intruding creature.

Even so, he still had to head over there to confirm precisely what kind of creature could kill his most capable warrior.

Yes, Dracole had already discovered that Zera was killed, because he could no longer sense the mana that belonged uniquely to Zera.

As he drew closer and closer to the battlefield, however, he sensed something was amiss.

Strange?

Why were his subordinates dying rapidly, one after another?

Ultimately, upon reaching the destination, only a single Leslie remained.

All around were crumbling walls, shattered roads, and buildings completely destroyed in the vicinity.

There was destruction caused by various different magical attacks. Magic Attire

What kind of person could single-handedly rout the encirclement of his subordinates?!

Dracole was curious.

"Lord Dracole, this subordinate is incompetent."

Leslie's voice drew his attention. Looking over, he saw a female Demon with all four limbs severed and large and small holes riddling her body lying on the ground.

She was only holding on until now by relying on the Demons' formidable physique, but it was clear she had reached the threshold of passing on.

He constantly maintained Mana Detection, yet neither with his naked eyes nor his mana vision had he discovered any other creatures present here.

Approaching his last remaining subordinate, he wanted to ask about the entire sequence of events.

"That... is not..."

Unfortunately, before she could finish her words, much like a deliberate cliffhanger in a novel, Dracole—who had expected to learn some useful intelligence—ultimately obtained only a few meaningless words.

The clue was broken. That unknown existence had actually managed to resolve all his subordinates so swiftly, and even in a one-versus-many situation at that.

Her strength could not be underestimated.

Blood Magic

This was the magic that Dracole, a Great Demon who had survived for over four hundred years, had constantly specialized in directly all along.

His application of this magic had reached the realm of pure mastery, and it was his proudest spell. Fictional merchandise Magic Attire

This area, which had already been reduced to a dead city, featured corpses and blood scattered everywhere, which greatly enhanced the power of this magic of his.

Now, manipulating the blood he had collected along his journey for this trip, he began to spread it across the entire town; blood allowed him to know the condition of all areas it passed through.

Yet he found no one at all.

And right as he investigated the entire town, a blue-purple figure slowly emerged within his visual blind spot.

A flash of cold light...

Chapter 9 Battle!

A flash of cold light.

Crash—!!!

The impact generated by the collision caused the rubble beneath the two people's feet to scatter away.

Dracole blocked Xiu Er's sneak attack using the shield on his left hand.

A tremendous force transmitted from the shield to the latter's arm, causing him to feel astonished.

What formidable strength; it was actually even fiercer than Zera's.

Because it was a rear defense, he had only been able to detect the commotion behind him based on the sensation of blood in the environment.

He turned his head, yet saw only a trace of blue-purple hair brushing past the corner of his eye.

!

Bang----!!!

This time, it came from the right.

Dracole swiftly used his Blood Longsword—which was fully as tall as Xiu Er—to diagonally parry this second attack.

Unlike with the shield, this time the attack drove the longsword to stab into the ground and forced it to slide backward, until Dracole finally brought it to a halt in front of himself.

The blade of Xiu Er's greatsword was mere centimeters away from his neck.

"This magic is Leslie's Stealth Magic. Although I don't know how you learned it, I must say, you are also a genius Magic User."

Even while under a sneak attack and right in the midst of combat, Dracole maintained a leisurely attitude, even offering commentary.

"I am the Blood Knight Dracole, human. State your name."

"..."

Clang----!!!

Xiu Er did not answer. The reply Dracole received was the fist Xiu Er slammed over.

Due to the tricky angle and extreme speed, even though he saw the incoming attack clearly, there was no time to dodge, and it smashed solidly against his helmet.

That seemingly delicate fist actually produced a sound like steel when it struck his helmet.

The immense force forced the Demon's body back and lifted one foot by a certain margin, which caused his stance to collapse briefly for a second.

And Xiu Er seized the opportunity of that second. Led by the motion of her arm, Gokurokugai batted away that crimson Longsword and slashed toward this Demon's chest cavity.

Yet it was still blocked by the shield Dracole timely raised in front of him.

He used this force to increase the distance between himself and Xiu Er.

"Such strong power..."

Without giving any time, the moment Dracole just stopped, Xiu Er arrived right in front of him once again.

"Decent speed."

Seeing the greatsword swung over by the opponent once more, Dracole simply raised his shield again following his previous habit.

However, just as the weapon and shield were about to collide,

Xiu Er vanished.

In the blink of an eye, she had already appeared to the right of the Demon, and her originally vertical chopping stance instantly changed into a diagonal slash from left to right.

"Combat awareness is good, too."

A mass of blood suddenly burst out from between the two of them, instantly solidifying into a thick, semi-circular shield.