Want to Go for a Round? (Continued)
"Hahaha! That's right, Haruhime, hurry up and use your magic on me!"
Furini, covered in blood, looked towards the palanquin and saw Haruhime.
When William's murderous intent arose, the toad was already in a very bad situation.
His dark brown skin was covered with charred black spots and fist-sized bloody holes, from which blood oozed.
She has survived this long entirely thanks to her monstrous physique; if it were a normal human, such a large amount of bleeding would have caused her to die from blood depletion long ago.
"What is it, Ais!"
William braced himself against the magically crafted spear of lightning in his hand and hurled it with all his might.
"To make a long story short, William, kill Furini."
"There's a girl inside who can use upgrade magic; we need to take her back."
Ais spoke succinctly, because she felt she didn't need to say more; William should understand what she meant.
"I see!"
William didn't ask Ais if she was completely certain that the matter was true.
Besides, he already harbored a deep-seated murderous intent towards Furini, Ais's words only fueled his killing intent and served as a reply to Loki.
"Is this the hero who saved me?!"
When the Foxkin Girl emerged, she witnessed the demon-like Furini helplessly confronting the boy.
The girl, who already greatly admired heroic biographies, felt a flutter in her heart for the first time.
[This body that devoured the gods, this golden light that bestowed upon the gods]
Why is this?! For the first time, Haruhime felt that chanting her magic no longer caused her pain.
May you be blessed, from the mallet above to the earth below.
Perhaps for the first time, she felt that she was no longer chanting magic to hurt others.
[Grow bigger, Uchide no Kozuchi-- ]
This time, the girl sincerely hoped that her magic could become a hero's power.
Golden light gathered and took shape on the girl's body once more, transforming into strands of golden threads that rushed towards the battlefield between the two.
"Hahaha! Well done Haruhime!"
"Bring it on!"
The toad woman, wincing in pain, took another blow from William, staggered back a few steps, and then slammed her battle axe into the ground.
With wide eyes and a loud laugh, he awaited the surge of violent power that would fill his body.
"What's going on! What's going on!"
"Haruhime!"
The blond boy was draped in a golden glow that should have belonged to her, and his toad-like eyes, for the first time, looked like real toads, almost popping out of their sockets.
"Haruhime, when you return to your Familia, I'm going to torment you properly!"
Furini roared in frustration. She did not use her brain much, but that did not mean she was a complete idiot.
If this situation doesn't indicate that Haruhime betrayed her, what other conclusion could there be?
"I say, you actually still think you can safely return to your Familia?!"
People say the more foolish and naive you are!
"Could it be that you're the legendary type who's uglier, dumber, and more brain-dead?"
Feeling the explosive power in his limbs, William continued to verbally provoke Furini.
At the same time, William also glanced at Haruhime, who was staring straight at him after casting the spell.
Although she didn't quite understand why the girl's fair skin turned pink in an instant after just one glance from him.
But that doesn't stop him from understanding how important this girl is!
This girl's magic is definitely not something that can be easily upgraded.
Unlike the abilities of a normal adventurer, he could clearly feel the surging magical power within his body.
The surging magical power within him had completely surpassed his highest level in the Irregular at Magic High School World.
This means that the girl's level increase was equivalent to raising her magic power to level 4, an SSS-level magic power.
The same applies to other abilities; strength, endurance, dexterity, and agility have all been improved to their limits at level 3.
"If Loki knew, he'd be grinning from ear to ear!"
William pushed off with his feet, without using any magic, but his speed was already comparable to Ais's.
They vanished abruptly, leaving no trace, just like before; there was no trace of their presence.
Alarm bells were ringing in Furini's mind; a deadly feeling was creeping over her!
The clashing of spears and axes erupted for the first time in today's battle.
The silvery spear tip and the sharp axe blade sparked a few scattered sparks.
"What?! He actually caught my axe!"
Furini's pupils contracted sharply, even though she had anticipated that William would become even more unpredictable after his upgrade.
But she never imagined that William would be able to catch her axe strike, which William had been dodging since the start of the fight.
"Well, your only advantage is gone!"
"Aren't you panicking right now?!"
Beneath the giant axe, William spoke coldly to the monster.