Facing the black sword light that turned into a black wave, Cleopatra, whose movement space was blocked by the tornado, immediately clasped her hands together.
"[Wood Release·Five Layers of Rashomon]."
What appear to be wooden gates are rising from the ground, depicting totems that resemble ancient mythical beasts.
The first gate lasted less than a second and was penetrated on the spot. The second gate held on for a little longer, but it also shattered. The third and fourth gates also failed to resist. Finally, the sword light was consumed on the fifth gate.
After exhausting its forward momentum, the energy accumulated and exploded on the spot, blowing the door down.
Kirito took advantage of Cleopatra's opening of the door and stood up, and rushed forward, using [Quick Switch] with his left hand to take out the small steel cannon.
He believed that the opponent's very flawed posture would definitely release a large number of snakes to buy time. The best way was to spit them out from the mouth. As he expected, when the opponent opened his mouth, the small steel cannon penetrated the opponent's mouth and shot wildly.
One breath.
This output did not seem to be enough to defeat the opponent. While Kirito was forced to swallow the shells while Cleopatra was still there, shaking and trembling, the Wuming Black Sword took some time to accumulate the ten-consecutive sword skill [Rising Star Ascension].
The magic sword skill [Cruel Freeze], which does not conflict with the inherent sword skill, was activated in parallel, and the blue sword light turned his lower body into multiple pieces of frozen meat.
"Brother, right!"
A hemispherical shield immediately appeared on Kirito's body, which was Leafa's wind-attribute defensive magic, and was immediately pierced by the cold sword.
But this was enough for Kirito to react. He quickly turned around and crossed his cannon and sword to deflect the sword that was stabbing him. Cleopatra, whose back and lower body was almost a snake, was completely intact.
"What's going on? Did you escape in advance by shedding your skin as a substitute?"
"Although this answer is only forty points, I basically understand why 'God' thinks so highly of you."
Cleopatra didn't even look at Leafa and Lisbeth, who were already rushing over. She summoned a three-headed snake to stop them without any movement.
"Which god are you referring to? What is your purpose?" Although Kirito was frightened and worried, he pretended to be calm and asked.
I am more or less aware that the BOSS that looks like Cleopatra is definitely not summoned to protect this place. Her AI is definitely more advanced than that of the Scythe of Destiny, at least she is not a full-time guardian here.
"You can understand, the more knowledge you have about the world and the more power you have, the more you can understand the despair of being unable to control the truth no matter how hard you try."
"Sorry, I don't understand it at all."
The two sides faced off again.
Kirito faced Cleopatra in a sword fight. Although he was constantly forced back and knocked away, he could barely recover his posture before the next round. He continued: "But I have already tasted and experienced some of the similar feelings.
The strongest feeling of self-righteousness is really hard to give up. If a stronger guy appears in front of you, it will be difficult to accept it for a while. You are indeed strong, but you are still far from the strength I have seen.
"
Cleopatra said in a hoarse voice: "As you said, the limitations of my own life determine my upper limit, so I have given up. I decided to - witness the birth of God with my own eyes and become a helper in his process of becoming a god.
, become his nourishment. Isn’t this your full strength, or is it that I have to do something to them to make you take it seriously and break through your own limits and constraints? "
Cleopatra has a layer of pale translucent armor outside her body, making her look like she has expanded in a circle, and her arms have increased to four, all holding swords!
Kirito frowned, why does this feel similar to Krampis' [Titan Goddess] mode? The style is obviously completely different.
However, this sense of oppression made him understand that if the other party really wanted to kill them, they would probably be dead long ago. One sword was too much for them to fight, let alone four, and they could summon snakes.
The four swords were swung down at the same time! The burst of light made Kirito realize that if he didn't follow up, his sword skills would emit sword light and hit his companions who were fighting dragons and snakes from behind.
In the sight of his golden eyes, time seemed to slow down. He rushed towards one of the swords, roared and raised the small steel cannon to launch the charging skill [Frenzy Stab] and fired at the same time, so that the shooting power would be superimposed on the charging skill.
power.
This blow successfully blasted away the sword and the hand holding the sword.
"Sure enough, if you can rely on posture and the way you hold the weapon to make the system recognize that sword skills are interconnected on different types of weapons, then the output power of two swords will be much higher. But if you want to exert the maximum power, guns and cannons must also be crafted.
The magic sword or even the artifact must be made from materials and equipped with a bayonet that makes it easier to activate sword skills."
But before that, he had to break through this difficulty. Kirito's proactive attack gave him a little time lag before the other swords struck him. In less than half a second, the unmarked black sword in his left hand released [Half Moon Breaking the Sky]
】Dispelled the energy that was about to burst out from the second sword, the small steel cannon in the right hand kept firing and suddenly activated the "Swivel Shield", and then activated the magic sword skill "Cruel Ice" to open up a circle in the shooting range.
, a large area was frozen.
This level of ice naturally could not block Cleopatra's stronger sword strike, but it successfully blocked Cleopatra, causing the sword light released by the third sword to deflect and hit the wall.
There was only one-third of a second left before the final blow of the four-hit series landed on his head!
But the weapons in both hands cannot be withdrawn for a short time!
"boom!"
The sword was completely blown away by the black wave of [Weapon Strengthening Technique [E]], and the damage spread from the sword to the arm. The life-sucking destruction continued to soar up and destroyed half of Cleopatra's body.
Thanks to the BLACK★ROCK-SHOOTER-style armor that Kirito currently wears, it has counter-shock defense and knockback resistance. This is the result of his counterattack when the opponent was unable to advance for a short time before being penetrated.
Just as Kirito was relieved that he deliberately exposed a flaw like a door to open the door to trick the other party into falling into the trap, the opportunity immediately gave the other party the opportunity to shed her skin again, and the intact Cleopatra emerged from the snake's mouth as if it had suddenly dislocated, and was frightened.
How to fight this?
Although in his eyes, which can measure the opponent's HP, the opponent has also become weaker, but it is still much better than his current state.
"[Sora no Tachi·Zanwu]."
Cleopatra's four swords suddenly extended, and the left and right sides twisted into drill-like shapes. They ignited with pale light, pushing Kirito, who was forced to raise the sword again and relying on the defensive sword skill [Spin Shield], against the wall.
, but the impact of this blow was extraordinary, causing him serious harm.
