The Hero King, Reincarnate to Master the Art of War ~And Thus, I Became The Strongest Knight Disciple (♀) in The World~

Chapter 453: 16 Year Old Inglis and the Highland on Distance Sea (62)

chapter 453: 16 year old inglis and the highland on distance sea (62)

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"...!?"

"above us!?"

"she's coming down fast!"

tiffany descended at incredible speed, her leg raised for a devastating kick. she seemed to burst forth from a gap in the clouds, hurtling toward them with the intention of using her momentum to bring them down along with the star princess.

"no... we can't dodge in time!"

the ship's controls couldn't respond quickly enough.

"i'll handle this...!"

leone barely managed to react. she thrust the blade of her black greatsword artifact into the path of tiffany’s kick. the clash of tiffany’s greave and the greatsword's blade rang out.

however, leone's footing wasn’t on solid ground—it was on the star princess, floating in the sky. the force of the impact was too much to bear, causing the ship to lurch violently.

"urgh...! we're going to flip over! mais, hold on to me tightly!"

"o-okay!"nôv(el)b\\jnn

"i’ll stabilize it!"

liselotte leaped from the deck and activated the gift of her white wings. she swooped beneath the tilting star princess, flapping her wings with all her might to support the ship’s bottom.

"we’re holding... somehow!"

"you reacted well in the moment... but this isn’t over!"

tiffany pushed off the blade of the black greatsword, propelling herself upward with a powerful leap. it appeared she was retreating temporarily, but—

"ha ha ha ha ha! crush them all!" maxwell's laughter echoed as it drew closer.

as if to take tiffany's place, the faceless giant leaped from the airship. the massive hand, outstretched, came crashing down with the intent to obliterate the star princess.

—there’s no time to maneuver! it’s impossible to withstand this mass!

"jump off!"

liselotte’s urgent voice rang out.

"!!"

without a second thought, rafinha and the others leaped from the star princess.

like swatting an insect, the faceless giant's hand smashed into the ship with barely any resistance. the star princess plummeted, spiraling downward toward the central research facility of illuminus.

although rafinha and the others narrowly avoided the attack, they were now suspended in midair, overwhelmed by the unsettling sensation of freefall as their bodies hurtled downward.

"ahhhhhh!?"

"it’s okay, mais! liselotte will—"

"aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

leone let out an even louder scream than mais.

"leone, it’s fine! don’t worry!"

the faceless giant's hand shot out, seizing the woman in its grip.

"ugh...!?"

"mother!!!"

mais let out a piercing scream.

yes, it was mais' mother—the second professor of illuminus—who was now caught in the giant's grasp. the faceless giant's mouth split open like a gaping maw, preparing to throw mais' mother into it.

"stop this!"

at that moment, liselotte, descending rapidly, closed the gap to the ground. holding tightly onto rafinha, she positioned herself to wield her bow artifact with both hands. rafinha had already drawn back the string of her radiant arrow of light.

"we won't let you hurt mais' mother!"

the unleashed arrow of light, glowing with a pale blue spiritual essence, shot through the faceless giant's arm, blasting it away.

"i did it! i actually did it!"

though rafinha struggled to control her power, this success—only the second time since she'd stopped leone under tiffany's control—brought immense relief. most importantly, she had saved mais' mother.

"marvelous, rafinha!"

"incredible! so this is the power that stopped me... it really is similar to inglis’!"

"yeah, i can’t control it at all, but i’m glad it came through at the right moment!"

"mother! thank goodness!"

mais ran to his mother’s side.

"mais! and everyone—thank you for saving me!"

mais' mother bowed deeply to rafinha and the others.

"no, we’re just glad you’re safe!"

"but!"

"indeed, we mustn’t let our guard down!"

as rafinha and the others landed in front of mais’ mother, the giant picked up its severed arm and reattached it to its body, seamlessly regenerating.

"ah, my giant! no pain, no pain! it reattaches itself right away! but to think you could so easily blow off the giant’s arm... you're not just inglis eux's little shadow, are you?"

"shut up! mind your own business!"

as rafinha retorted, her eyes caught sight of tiffany standing beside maxwell.

"there’s no need to be shaken. after all, you have me—don’t you?"

"lady tiffany... then grant me your strength!"

"of course, i shall."

"let’s go, my giant! hyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!"

tiffany’s body began to glow brilliantly, and maxwell's form was absorbed into the giant's chest.

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