Chapter 532: Movements of the Sword God
Howgrey is charging towards me. My instincts tell me that I shouldn’t be regarding him as a threat. However, because of that, I’m unable to comprehend that he fought Volk, that he has such an impressive title, and that he’s charging at me directly all by himself.
Howgrey is… someone I definitely cannot allow to close in. Thinking about it conventionally, with this much of a difference in speed, it should be impossible for any of his attacks to reach me, and impossible for him to keep avoiding my attacks… However, I’ll take the cautious option here, and carefully dispose of him.
I swing my foreleg to ward off Beelzebub. He’s acting aggressively, yet he’s an important part of Lilixira’s fighting force. The fact that she hasn’t let him dispel [Humanisation Technique] makes that obvious. If I send the occasional perfunctory attack to him, she surely won’t take the risk of sending him all-in against me.
As I guessed, Beelzebub avoids it with room to spare. In this gap, I’ll switch my aim to Howgrey… To be absolutely certain, I’ll take care of him at this distance.
I release a [Dimension Claw]. This skill is different from [Wind Slash], in that it distorts space and ignores distance to deal a direct slash. Its accuracy falls with distance as expected, but even so, Howgrey should not be able to avoid it.
My claw attack passes through space to viciously tear through the ground. It does not hit Howgrey. I don’t believe my eyes.
My speed is over five times his. I can’t believe that he’s able to avoid my attack. No, Howgrey hasn’t made any strange movements yet. I might have just missed my target.
Taking aim at Howgrey, I fling a second and third [Dimension Claw]. Both attacks fail to even graze him. He leaps a rift in the ground with [High Jump], and soars towards me in a straight line.
Naturally, I can’t consider it a coincidence any longer. Besides, I’ve noticed something. Just a moment before I release a [Dimension Claw], he shifts to a position where he won’t be hit. With monstrously natural and indifferent movements, he makes such superhuman feats come alive.