'No wonder such a thing needed [Insanity] to pull off, but what else can I do? The time I have for [Overdrive] is ticking away and these five don't want to let up.'
Hiro continued to evade the projectiles and parried them with his superhuman speed. Suddenly the transmigrator saw the White knight freeze up like a statue.
'Ho? So even if you can see and act in bullet time, you cannot do it forever. Right there must be a cool down otherwise people would go insane in this realm.'
The transmigrator continued to dodge the assault of the devoted. Aside from the initial shock of all of them appearing at once, Hiro noticed if he didn't attack them their "Mind Eyes" or whatever didn't activate, so they remained still.
Currently, only the crybaby from d*mon Sl*yer, the hunter, the dude with wires, and the archer could still move. It seems like the four were pure agility builds which would explain why they last as long.
'The only plan I got is to kill streak my way to level ups, with [Legacy of Vengeance], I might be able to reach higher the more I kill.'
As Hiro was contemplating his next actions, the white-haired assassin suddenly moved at the same speed as Hiro. His voice could be heard after he already attacked the transmigrator, such became the speed the devoted moved.
"[Haste]."
The white-haired assassin lunged forward and attacked Hiro. The transmigrator didn't shy away and parried the blow by hitting the assassin's bladed weapon upward.
"[Sword Driver]", with the flow of time in the Spirit realm, Hiro and the assassin clashed blades in a wild dance. Bit by bit however the increasing blade threw his opponent off.
"What the fuck is up with this sword? Why can't its size remain the same for like five minutes!"
Hiro smiled and increased the intensity of his attacks, [Sword Expert] allowed him to fight even sword styles he knew nothing about. And [Sight Beyond Vision] increased his ability to learn about swordsmanship.
"Jealous? My girls made this for me, when I get home I will throw them all on my bed and ravage them all at once!"
The assassin fought with combinations of feints, blocks, stabs, and counterattacks. He remained crouched as he aimed both high and low. Hiro danced with him while using the ever-increasing size of [Blade of Mitsurugi].
No matter how far the assassin pulled away, Hiro always got in his face. Due to this tactic, neither the range fighters nor the other AGI swordsman could attack them. In annoyance, the assassin leaped back in an arch. As he said in irritation and contempt.
"Why the hell would I be jealous of a corpse, a burnt mummy, and an armless maid? You collecting disabled women like you want to make a harem of special needs or something."
The moment he got out of a way a streak of lightning came for Hiro. As if expecting it. Hiro then got into a low crouch and used a skill. "It's here, [STRAIGHT PIERCE]! [IMPACT]!"
The transmigrator noticed from earlier, supplemented by his knowledge of manga. Intense acceleration prevents proper maneuvering. Due to being as fast as lightning, Z*nitsu always moved in straight lines.
Then what happens if use put a large sword with the business end on his path? Similar to what Hiro expected, the lightning swordsman had no other recourse but to slash the heavy greatsword coming or him.
"RAJIN SWORSMANSHIP - 1st form [IKAZUCHI]!" The power of his attack wasn't able to stop Hiro's skill and the swordsman was shoved aside. Like a bullet, Hiro continued to charge towards Frank. Wires chased after the transmigrator, and due to fighting on different wavelengths, Hiro had the upper hand in terms of speed.
"Here goes nothing. [Skill cancel]!"
The white assassin hurriedly came in front of Frank in an attempt to block Hiro's skill, only for the transmigrator to suddenly stop and change directions to slice the neck of the R*y M*stang rip-off.
"NOOO!!" cried the assassin.
As the blood slowly start to drip from the mage's neck, No one except Hiro understood what happened, they all thought the target was Z*enitsu, but the transmigrator blew passed him. His sword pointed at Frank as he charged.
Frank stood at the center of three mages in a line chanting spells as they faced Rilu. The three were about five meters apart each. Hiro passed the finger-snapping mage as he rushed toward Frank.
Yet at the last second, he suddenly stopped, then changed targets slicing the neck of the mage a couple of meters away to the left of his original target. The Transmigrator fought in such a messy manner no one could predict who the actual target was.
- Alert: Fortitude [C] Lvl 5 has leveled up to Lvl 7 -
- Alert: Masochism [C] Lvl 5 has suppressed the shock response of the host's autonomic nervous system -
- Alert: Fortitude [C] Lvl 5 has leveled up to Lvl 6 -
- Alert: Iron Will [D] Lvl 1 has suppressed the panic response of the host's autonomic nervous system -
- Alert: Iron Will [D] Lvl 1 has leveled up to Lvl 2 -
'Alright! That worked but holy shit that hurt like hell!'
Hiro's arms burned like there were set on fire, and felt excruciating pain like thousands of hammers smashed him from head to toe. His muscles all screamed in agony as they became extremely heavy like they were made of lead. Yet as he lacked any other alternative, the transmigrator decided to continue executing [Skill Cancels] as feints.
The range fighters started using skills as they tried to cover the mages.
"[Rapid Arrow]!" "[Five in one]!" the hunter shot five arrows in a straight line, while the archer launched an arrow that flew ten times faster than normal.
However, instead of dodging, Hiro hid behind the headless body of the recently killed devoted. As the impacts of the arrows slammed into the headless corpse. Hiro continued to use the corpse as cover and scrambled to the ground towards the one on the opposite side.
Due to the flow of time, the length of his weapon was still steadily increasing along with its weight. This was the reason Z*nitsu could stop it. The white-haired assassin lunged at Hiro from high above only for his target to throw his sword toward him like a spear while being coated in spirit power!
Hiro then leaped towards the sword and rode it like a surfboard. Unable to keep up with the transmigrator's antics. The assassin dodged in panic. Only to be smashed into the head by Hiro's jumping knee strike.
Again taken off guard, the assassin puked blood from a surprise attack with 9999 AGI. Z*nitsu continued to attack Hiro but the transmigrator did the unthinkable. Hiro approached the assassin and smashed his left land. He then took the man's arm-mounted sword and threw it towards the neck of the 3rd mage to the right of Frank.
The devoted couldn't help but shout "FUCK!"
