Forbidden Master – Part 9/Chapter 455

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Chapter 455 – No, No, No, No!

Having escaped Jamdi’el’s grip, Earth springs into action once more.

With powerful, varied steps and feints, he bewildered Jamdi’el,

　

〔【Great Demon Light Jab】〕

〔D, damn…… eh??〕

　

He lands a single blow, getting his revenge on Jamdi’el.

And it doesn’t end with one shot.

　

〔Earth Spiral Break】!!!!〕

〔Uwaauah, Brakesruoooou!!〕

　

With Jamdi’el off balance, Earth charged at his greatest and strongest enemy with his most powerful technique.

The world was captivated by that overwhelming presence and, above all, by that passionate roaring cry that shook them to the core.

Would the hero of the next generation finally shatter the legend? That was the kind of premonition it gave them.

But for some, it was different.

　

“No good… Earth’s power is certainly amazing… but even so…….”

“Yes. Jamdi’el’s power, unleashed through magical release, is… superior.”

　

Hiro and Mamu, along with other world-class fighters, assessed each combatant’s strengths objectively and came to the same conclusion.

　

“Yer spot on. That Great Demon Spiral of his might be powerful, but it ain’t enough to take down Jamdi’el.”

　

Hakuki made the same judgment.

　

〔Wh,at, Just quit!? …… eh… nuh… Get blooooooooooownn!!!!〕

〔Releeeeeeeeeeeeent! I Am The Dark Valkyrie, Jamdi’el! Feel the might of a Demon General and Six Supremacy!〕

　

The majority of those watching this scene empathized with Earth’s battle cry and joined in, shouting “Blow her away!” all across the world.

However, those with a clear and objective perspective could see where things were headed, saying, “He’s just one step short”.

But that only deepens the mystery even further.

　

“But you know, if Earth has defeated Jamdi’el, that means…”

“Doesn’t this mean it’s decided…… Huh?”

　

Yes, Earth has already exhausted all his strategies, techniques, strength, and magic—he’s pouring his very last ounce of power into this final strike against Jamdi’el.

However, that power alone wasn’t enough.

　

〔【Gigaspaaaaaaaaaaark】!!!!.〕

〔Oh… sogaaaaaaaaah!〕

　

Jamdi’el’s powerful spell, unleashed in an exhausted state, neutralized Earth’s Great Magic Spiral.

Sighs rose from all over the world.

In other words, Earth hadn’t managed to defeat Jamdi’el.

However, according to what Hiro and the others had heard, Earth defeated Jamdi’el.

If that’s the case, and the battle isn’t settled here, then where? How?

Jamdi’el is certainly exhausted, but……

　

〔Even so, I still have enough physical strength to drop thee!!〕

　

Immediately after Earth’s Great Magic Spiral was destroyed, Jamdi’el pounced on him, intent on finishing him off.

She won’t let him move around anymore, or even recover his magic power.

　

〔【Arcane True Zenith Arm Triangle Choke】!〕

〔Tsuo, i, oooooh, ogo!〕

〔It’s also called an arm triangle choke, but … fall as thou is!!〕

　

She threw her weight into Earth, knocking him down, then positioned herself on top. Reaching under Earth’s armpits, she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and pinned him to the ground.

A perfect lock.

To anyone with even a modicum of martial arts knowledge, it was obvious there was no way to escape from this position.

　

“H, hey, he’s falling here!”

“Earth…… right here…… Huh? But Earth is supposed to beat Jamdi’el…”

“B, but, hey, at this rate, he’s pinned down… uh, surely he wouldn’t…”

“Earth, could he possibly be taking advantage of Jamdi’el’s personality again—uh, uh, doing something naughty!?”

　

The only way to escape this situation is to make Jamdi’el release the hold herself.

The method Hiro and Mamu came up with was the “●●●” remark from earlier.

To do the same thing again……

　

“Ngh?”

　

At that moment, Hakuki looked puzzled as he realized something. Hiro and Mamu also noticed……

　

“Huh? He’s holding something in his hand……”

“…… A needle? He’s hiding something like that…… No, but a needle like that wouldn’t do anything―――”

　

Earth was hiding a needle in his right hand. Not only Hiro and the others, but even Jamdi’el, who was fighting him, hadn’t noticed that he was carrying it.

Earth stuck the needle into Jamdi’el’s shoulder.

But……

　

〔What…? Needle…? Thou, hid something like this… in thy hand…… Hmm, but not even a knife, thou cannot believe this slight sting will have me break my technique…〕

　

Yes, Jamdi’el’s reaction was exactly as Hiro and the others had expected.

Earth stabbed Jamdi’el with a small needle he’d been hiding. So what? That’s the level of reaction it warranted.

Yes, that should have been all there was to it… but……

　

〔Wha…… ah…… nuh…… ah…〕

“””Eehh?”””

　

Suddenly, Jamdi’el’s expression changed. Her face stiffened abruptly, and then……

　

〔Gah, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, gah, wh, nu, ah, wh, what is? What did thou do!? Gaaaaaaaah, ga, nu, aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!〕

“”””What the—!??””””

　

Jamdi’el let go of Earth and began thrashing around in a frenzy, her face contorted in what appeared to be intense pain.

　

“W, what happened!? What’s going on?! What did Earth do?! What happened to Jamdi’el!?”

“Why, oh, just from being pricked with such a tiny needle… what in the world…”

　

It was so unexpected that even those ranked among the world’s strongest couldn’t grasp what had happened for a moment.

Jamdi’el, one of the world’s strongest, was writhing in agony from a tiny needle.

And it seemed that even Jamdi’el herself didn’t understand what was happening to her.

Why would something like that…?

　

“…… ah…… ain’t no way……”

　

At that moment, Hakuki, who was close to uncovering Earth’s secret, was the first to realize what Earth had done.

And then……

　

〔…… You have a closed magic hole… I pried it open.〕

〔Wha, ga, ma, magi, hoooooole?〕

“”……………… Huh?””

　

Just like the astonished Jamdi’el, Hiro and Mamu were left speechless at Earth’s words.

Because that was simply impossible.

　

〔Hah, hah… forcibly pried my magic hole with a needle… thou did? Don’t say such nonsense… even by a slight deviation, for thou it is impossible… wretch… not even I can accurately grasp, cannot possibly pinpoint closed magic holes… accurately…〕

〔I dunno… God… maybe he’s on my side.〕

　

If a magic hole is open, magic can flow in and out, making it possible to locate. However, it is “normally” impossible to accurately sense a person’s closed magic hole.

Not even Jamdi’el, who has the Heraldic Eye, could do that. That’s precisely why it’s so astonishing.

　

“…Heh… Haha… I see ‘ow it is… So the bleedin’ ‘God’ ‘as gone and taken Earth Lagann’s side, ‘as he?”

　

Hakuki murmured softly, a smile on his lips.

On the other hand……

　

“Forcibly pry open the magic hole…… causing Jamdi’el excruciating pain….”

“…… Earth…… with that needle.”

　

Unable to figure out the answer, Hiro and Mamu voiced their thoughts once more, then looked at each other……

　

“N…… no, no, no, no, no, no, no!”

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!”

　

Why? That was all they could think.

　

And then……

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

“…… Your Majesty…… I mean, to pierce a person’s closed magic hole like that――――”

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Wait, wait a minute, even I don’t know what just happened… no, no, no, no.”

　

It wasn’t just Hiro and Mamu —even the Emperor of the Empire, one of the Seven Heroes himself……

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

“Whoa, what the heck! He took down the High Priestess with such a tiny needle! Is that some kind of secret pressure point!? And what the heck is ‘Maana’ anyway?!”

“What’s going on here?! I mean, was it even possible to do something like that!?”

“Did Older brother win?”

“Hmm…… even I didn’t quite get what happened at the end.”

“Whoa, I don’t really understand how it ended, but I guess he won, huh!”

“Probably, yes…… I guess!”

　

The residents of Cacretale, who have little knowledge of magic, seemed confused about what had happened. However, they were excited, assuming that Earth had won……

　

“…… H, hey, Fu…… I want to ask you, since you’re better at magic than I am… um… about prying open a closed magic hole… is it even possible to pinpoint its location in the first place?”

“…… Fu …… I would like to know as well. What do you think?”

　

Dumbfounded, Phianse and Rebal asked Fu, the best mage among their classmates at the Academy—and Fu replied……

　

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! That’s… impossible! H, how could Earth… h, how could he do something like that!?”

　

He was utterly shaken by what Earth had done to Jamdi’el, exclaiming “That’s impossible!” out loud.

The only one who knew for sure was……

　

“…So that’s what it was… Come to think of it, before Little man ran away from home… when I found him collapsed in his room, foaming at the mouth… there were acupuncture needles on his desk… ah… I see… “

　

Sadiz, who knew the answer to Earth’s secret, gave a wry smile.

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

And then……

　

“Nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay!”

“Mother?”

“Master?”

　

At a construction site far away, even Jamdi’el, the person who experienced it, is now ……

　

“Nay, shortly after, it was chaos due to the Seraphs…… but after careful contemplation, it was impossible! Absolutely not possible! U, unless…… i, it would require that person’s …… unless thou possess the Six Paths Eye…… That person’s ……”

　

At the time, the turmoil that erupted immediately afterward had completely overshadowed everything else, and before she knew it, Jamdi’el herself hadn’t given it any thought.

But now, she was once again astonished, thinking, “This is impossible…”

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no! That’s, like, totally ridiculous!”

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Th, this is just too much to even conceive!”

　

In the Elf Settlement, while the elves rejoiced at Earth’s victory, Norja and Mikado reacted in the same way as others with comparable power elsewhere.

Yes, the act of precisely prying open someone else’s closed “magic hole” with a needle is that significant.

　

“Sir Earth is truly wondrous! Not only does he wield the mighty Spiral Break, but he commands even so subtle a technique as to wound his foe with naught but a tiny needle… Yet—Brother? Sister? What ails you both? But a moment ago you were so full of mirth and excitement, and now your countenances have grown so strangely tense……”

　

Incidentally, the only ones who were excited were Amicus and a “small group” of elves who weren’t particularly knowledgeable about magic.

　

“Um, Honey…… c, can you really do something like that?”

“…… to us, magic is the same as ninjutsu…… in other words, it’s the flow of ki… opening those blocked passages… is it possible… Koujiro-san?”

“N, no, I don’t use magic or arts, so… I can’t really say, can I?”

“…… Hmm~…… Lal…… you are a mage of the highest order, are you not? What says you of this?”

“Ch, Chieftain…… I …… I never imagined that the mystery surrounding Earth Lagann would deepen even further at this point…”

　

Shinobu, Kagerou, Koujiro, the Chieftain, and Larou’iph all twitched their faces……

　

“B, Big brother…… this might be a bit bad…”

“… a fluke… it couldn’t have been by chance… he clearly aimed for it, and he stabbed it precisely with the needle in one go…”

　

Then, Espie and Slayer, who knew the ‘answer’, turned around with grimaces on their faces. In their line of sight was Earth, shivering and sulking in the corner of the settlement……

　

「…… W, what should we do…… Tre’ainar?」

　

How were they supposed to explain this one?

Unlike the earlier “boobs” matter with Sadiz—they had to cover this up in a whole different way.

What should they do about this?

In response to Earth’s question, Tre’ainar……

　

『…… what…… what shall we do?』

「M, Masteeeeeeeer!?」

　

Even the all-knowing, all-powerful, and flawless Tre’ainar, ended up asking a question in return, sweat dripping down his face and a strained expression on his face.

But Tre’ainar cleared his throat and, though flustered, quickly ……

　

『N, no, but after this, the Seraphs will invade! The entirety of the Heavenly Realm mobilizes! With such impact, surely most of the world’s population will……』

「Y, yeah, that’s right? Yeah, it’ll just slip out of mind!」

『Hmm, that impact… impact……』

「…… Tre’ainar?」

　

The impact of the Seraph’s appearance would gloss over the matter…… Tre’ainar was about to say that, but……

　

『Nwah?! T, tis so… th, that event is yet ahead… to conceal that, tis impossible…』

「Huh?」

　

That’s right—Tre’ainar and Earth still had something even more dangerous coming up after this, something that couldn’t be covered up at all……

　

Yes… the fact that they had summoned something absolutely outrageous.

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