Chapter 187
Chapter 187
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 187
Chapter Title: The Utility of a Treacherous Subject - Part 187
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[...And that goes for my dolls too! Ha!]
Likewise, the 'Soul Knights' were also in an uproar, trying to locate Beonald within the thickening white fog and attack him with various weapons.
But Beonald paid no mind at all. Without a word, without even breathing or swinging his weapon, he focused solely on evasion. He noted how the white smoke seeped between the plates of their armor, pulled out another magical tool, and then prepared his sword.
‘Did he really think I'd do this just to block his vision?’
Clang!
He swung his sword at the 'Soul Knight' charging at him, and steel clashed against steel, sending sparks flying.
In that instant, that small spark ignited the fine powder saturating the white fog all at once, at a speed invisible to the human eye.
[What the...?]
KWA-BOOOOOM!
A dust explosion. Being an alchemist was part of it, but the safe management of various mines was also crucial from the perspective of a ruler governing a nation. If an accident occurred and operations halted, it would be problematic. He had analyzed the causes of past accidents and sought out their results, and thus he knew.
[No, what... how did he...? He created this much explosive force, yet I didn't feel any magic power at all? But it's useless anyway. Do you think my 'Soul Knights' would fall to a mere explosion like this?]
Clank... clatter...
However, as if to say the explosive force of a dust explosion alone was insufficient to damage Dante Dinar, let alone the steel-clad 'Soul Knights', the fallen knights began to rise again.
Beonald, swept up in the dust explosion, discarded the remnants of a scroll inscribed with the 'Protection Spell' magic, stood up, brushed himself off, and grabbed his sword again before charging at Dante Dinar.
[Ha! How foolish! Playing petty tricks, have you lost your mind? You look worse for wear after being caught in that explosion! My dolls