Chapter 14 : Mina - Fight with life and death.

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"H̶̙̘̮̗̩̲̔̿̈́͝R̷̢̯̳̈́̍͆̀̑͛̋͜A̵̗͂̄̑Ą̸̹̪̱̱͙̦̝̎H̵̛̠̝̲̳͊̅̑̍͊́͠H̴̨̬̺̳̺̻̀̀͂͆͋͂̈Ğ̷̡̥͇͍̜̗͊̄̓̀͘͝G̸̢̢̼̯͙̗̈́̇̽̏̾̈̏̚Ğ̶̡͖͖̰̬̪̼̐̓́͛̚͝G̶͉̘̙̦͍͊̈́͆͛̔̒͝!"

"Maya, I don't like those noises and that scream..."

"You should! That thing is getting stronger with the countless goblins..."

"We have to stop it! If it manages to balance death and life within it, it will become unstoppable!"

Maya used her Puppet Gloves, fused with the copy of Earth, and synchronized with it to launch an attack in the cave, trying to kill as many goblins as possible while also hitting that monster.

The explosions continued, and eventually, the knight emerged from the ground, attacking Maya with an energy blade drawn from his sword.

But she blocked the attack with Gold, using the gold element to strengthen her shield. Additionally, she raised metal from the ground to create a more powerful shield, which she fused with a shield of earth created by Maya, reinforcing her defense.

When the energy blade struck, the earth-gold shield shattered, and the impact reached the gold shield, which was pushed back toward Maya. She managed to withstand the blow, but a huge gash marked her Gold shield, making it fragile. However, under the effect of the metal magic, the shield repaired itself.

As for me, I ran toward the knight, my umbrella fully extended, resembling a small spear.

I reached within range and thrust at him, but he blocked it with his shield. I then fully opened my umbrella, obscuring his view, allowing Poison to use her two daggers soaked in poison. But the knight seemed to sense the threat and decided to stab her.

Dodging the knight's thrust, Poison managed to graze him. But at that moment, an explosion of death energy threw both of us back.

Planting spikes at the ends of my DQS, I clung to the ground with my free hand, helping myself to stop.

When I looked at the knight, an aura of life spread over him, neutralizing the poison.

Not only I, but Maya also frowned.

"This isn't good..."

I ran toward the knight again, holding my umbrella like a sword. Earth spikes appeared around me, rushing toward him first, but he blocked them with his shield with minimal movement.

A giant earth hammer appeared behind him, but darkness materialized in the form of spikes that destroyed it before it could reach him. At the same time, I took the opportunity to get closer and attack him with my umbrella.

The knight and I exchanged several sword strikes while Poison launched poison bombs. But each time, the knight healed himself with life magic.

As we fought, Or charged in, covered in a golden cone.

The knight did the same after pushing me back with death energy. The two collided, shield against shield. An explosion of energy followed: death destroyed all life around, while gold froze everything it touched, turning them into golden statues.

Despite this, we continued to fight. Earth magic burst forth from all sides. With Or, we engaged in close combat, utilizing my impossible movements granted by my Doll Mask. Poison struck with her poisoned daggers whenever an opening appeared.

Soon, we noticed that the knight couldn't use death and life together, and there was a gap of a few seconds between the two. The problem was that he was gradually getting used to it, and everything around us began to disappear.

Meanwhile, the goblins kept pouring out of the cave. Despite the carnage caused by the knight and the partial collapse of the cave, there were still many left.

"Maya! What do we do about the goblins?"

"Leave them! The others will handle it, make sure the knight doesn't absorb any more of them!"

Every time the knight attempted to absorb a goblin to gain power, we tried to stop him, but we couldn't always succeed.

Or launched a golden wave from her sword, while the knight retaliated with death energy. At the same time, he summoned dark energy blades that were attached to his back, ready to attack us.

Or engaged in a duel with him, but she was gradually losing ground. Meanwhile, Poison and Earth continued to occupy the dark blades. As for me, I dodged and blocked with my umbrella, looking for a chance to get closer.

Just as I was about to pierce him, several new dark blades surged and pierced me. But I smiled, pouring all my mana into my regeneration and activating Two Thought to inject even more mana into my umbrella.

From the tip of my umbrella, an explosion of pure mana shot out, cutting through the air with raw power. The energy, initially concentrated into a fine beam, expanded into a cone, illuminating the gnarled trunks with a bluish light.

The knight, covered in dark armor on his back, did not retreat. The darkness around him thickened, seeking to absorb the attack.

"AAAAAAAAHH!"

With my scream, I pushed my mana to 200%. The cone widened, and the power of the pure mana increased even more.

The darkness trembled, becoming a wall of darkness that plunged the area into artificial night, attempting to absorb the onslaught.

"H̶̙̘̮̗̩̲̔̿̈́͝R̷̢̯̳̈́̍͆̀̑͛̋͜A̵̗͂̄̑Ą̸̹̪̱̱͙̦̝̎H̵̛̠̝̲̳͊̅̑̍͊́͠H̴̨̬̺̳̺̻̀̀͂͆͋͂̈Ğ̷̡̥͇͍̜̗͊̄̓̀͘͝G̸̢̢̼̯͙̗̈́̇̽̏̾̈̏̚!"

My body cracked under the intensity of the two forces, but I did not stop. No! I will not stop!

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Under the blue light of pure mana and the black of death, neither of us retreated, but the pure mana advanced relentlessly, making the artificial night around it waver. The confrontation reached its peak.

"DIE!"

The pure mana and my umbrella penetrated the knight, and then I opened my umbrella inside him, triggering an internal explosion.

BOOOOOOOM!

"Mina!!"