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Sprout of Envy

Guy and Chloe have been locked in coh neither of the it seriously, fatal attacks areto discern the scope of their opponent's strength

「Die, Calamity Claw!!」

「Naive」

Chloe received the attack that Guy released towards her with the Spirit Sword she wielded

Her Spirit Armament has evolved into a God class weapon It hasn’t been destroyed, even while she's used it to receive attacks froest Demon Lord” Guy

Not just that, she makes use of the sword's capabilities to repel Guy's attacks

Chloe th escapes fro sound)

She began coughing up blood, and blood started flowing from her eyes and nose

The previous attack was supposed to have been perfectly parried But, that was only what it looked like on the surface

An attack invisible to the naked eyeto take her life――

「Die, Calae in expression, Chloe evaded the attack with large exaggeratedtowards Guy, like nothing had happened

Her face, which should have been bloodied after receiving Guy's attack, was now back to her nor ever happened

It was aGuy's earlier attack hadn’t happened――

「Ahhahahahaha! As expected of the hero!! Not shabby at all

I'ht」

「You'd probably be dying right about now, if you received that attack instead」

Chloe gave a mild response, in return to Guy's honest praise

She didn't give much of a response, to the many other taunts that came after That was because, she knehat he said was all true

Which was the reason, for how complicated she felt on the inside

The attack that Guy used――Calamity Claas an attack that carried an intense poison property

But it wasn't so on the level of a "poison", it was an attack that infected the target with an infectious virus, which also corrodes thefrom the point of contact

In fact, Chloe has Really "died" once to this attack

Although her absolute defense auto attacks, it doesn't stop the virus which spread to her from her sword

As such, Chloe met her de Guy's attack

Using Ulti-Sothoth)』, she successfully evades the attack, after "re once in the future

After experiencing the event once, she returns to the past

In other words, "re her, it’d si the attack, but the truth is far fro the best choices in defense she could choose

But, even though she is totally evading Guy's attacks byuse of her ability to "re est existences, whom she had battled in the past, she needs to take all of Guy's attacks seriously

Even though there was no intent of taking the fight seriously froet mixed in nonchalantly, it wasn't a situation where she could be co, Guy released attacks that meticulously attempted to set up his opponent in layer upon layers of traps

But his intentions have been fairly obvious, as he has been using attacks that could be recovered froht "kill" Chloe

He was planning to get Ri Chloe from her curse

But, Chloe knew, that such a feat was impossible

The reason was that Chloe "remembered", in one of the instances where she died, Guy tried to undo the curse but regretfully mumbled「So it failed」

This proved that he curse that Yuuki cast on her wasn't so that could be so easily re to what she was ordered to do, which is to keep Guy occupied

And fro Guy is

Hes seen through all of Chloe's attacks

Even though neither of theht seriously, Chloe has already "died" 3 tile unavoidable attack, but wasto her death

It looked as though she was being given choices, but in fact, the whole fight has beenin whichever direction that Guy wanted

There was once, where she "died" due to her own carelessness

Sheti her heart pierced

This simply means, that Guy can " that result, Chloe has forgone with the usage of ti abilities As all it would do was let her opponent know she can stop ti in his attacks

If he did that, Chloe would also be able toa space time type ability user would be made known to Guy

But Guy wouldn't make such a simple attack

On this point, he was an opponent which was very different when co absolute confidence in his skills, he wasn't one ould use such ability driven attacks

Which hy, Chloe was embarrassed at the fact that she made such a mistake herself

When one releases an attack, one needs to take into account the possibility of the attack being guarded, so there was a need to chain attacks to the point of a finishing blow; this turn of events got Chloe to reaffir she was supposed to have understood, fro on her own actions, as she didn't notice she has gotten negligent, because she had attained an ability which was all too powerful

And once again, she confronts Guy

If they both went at this seriously, the situation would probably be a whole lot more different than it is now

Guy wouldn't have the chance to play around comparatively, and Chloe had the confidence to defeat Guy with her full power Absolute Blade Flash

But, if it was an all out brawl against Guy without the use of any abilities, there was almost no doubt that Chloe would be defeated

That was just hoerful Ulti-Sothoth)』 was

Which was also why it wasn't a good thing, that she has been so reliant on it up till now

Through this battle with Guy, Chloe was brought back to the basics, she returned to the s and renewed focus

Guy squinted at the appalling results

He has yet to meet such a foron[1]" Velzard

He prided hier than before, but looks like this still wasn't enough

Chloe never fell for Guy's traps Another supposedly fatal attack whiffs, his h

That's da this seriously, would he be able to win if he did? Even if he asks this question it's not like he has the answer to it would be his honest thought

What this e it

The fact that "The True Hero" Chloe O’bell, is an existence that was equal to Guy Crith!)

Guy let out a content snicker

Here he was thinking of defeating Chloe and re her, as a card he can play against De as planned

Chloe, was an even stronger being than Guy has assumed her to be

For Guy, he was already at the point of "A Farce? No shit dude!"

Against Chloe's ultra first class sword arm, Guy was unar, so Guy drew his shilst thinking of such thoughts

「Take pride in the fact, that you have ed to make me draw my sword」

As he said that to Chloe, he pulls a sword out of another dimension

Demon Sword "Earth”[2] has been yielded to Milim

To replace that, he created Deest sword in existence, forged from the hardest physical element known as the "Star Heart"

Compared to Miliave off a rainbow colored luster

The deripped in Guy's hand

Suppressing the waves e Chloe

He had the intention of enjoying a pure duel of only swordplay

He was confident in his chances of victory, against Rudra or Velzard

But, as he faced Chloe, the strongest hero, he had no such confidence in being victorious

This hat it reallyLeon and Velzard as though he would a friend, deep inside he knew that neither of them could be called equal to himself

That hy, he was elated

(This is much more than I could have ever hoped for, "Hero" Chloe!!)

With tensions as high as that one ti" Veldanava, Guy confronts Chloe

There was so the battle between the two of the that Guy is enjoying hi within her innerer? No, it's so else It was Envy

Velzard has been envious for the longest ti" Veldanava acknowledged Guy

Staying huhts away froh that heart of hers noere the contents of a o

There was a special forons, it was a e from her supposedly deceased elder brother Veldanava, that has her bewildered

――Would you h, as she thought of the contents

She has knowledge of the current dispute with Yuuki, and also about the contents of Demon Lord Rira Mainyu that resides within Yuuki would be Veldanava

Velzard was hesitant

In truth, there was no need for her to hesitate