Chapter 284: The Tin Knight and The City of Hubris (4)
The task of subjugating the red mist was easier than expected.
The opponent possessed excellent physical abilities, but in other words, that was all there was to it.
If forced to evaluate, it felt like a type that fought using various skills was charging in with bare-handed combat while their skills were sealed.
As your sword cut through the enemy’s neck, their body collapsed and spread around.
You, who had predicted this situation in advance, quickly retreated and avoided the mist.
The mist pursued you again, and you continued to evade.
Then the mist spread widely throughout the entire space and began to erode you little by little.
This was something even you couldn’t help. After all, you couldn’t not touch the air itself.
No, if you applied shield bashing well somehow, you might be able to create a temporary vacuum state, but it was difficult to maintain that continuously.
You, who decided to compromise and just think of it as a field effect or something, decided to choose the “Now is not the time” side among the two pasts visible before you.
Honestly, if it were just your personal preference, you would have liked the “Let’s overturn everything right now!” side, but that side strongly felt like it had been distorted by the red mist.
“—No, if we denounce heaven without clear evidence. The world will rather try to silence us and erase our existence. Before raising our voices recklessly, we must first secure solid physical evidence, and also build a foundation for people to accept it.”