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A couple of days had passed ever since that incident on the Waterfall of Dreams. We were able to clean up and get the pce back to how it looked before. The only difference that we made this time, or rather, the difference that Lura made, was that she set up a "Powerful" barrier of some sort
She expined it to Mashiro and I when she got back, dragging the st body. The only thing that she repeatedly say to us is that she won't be making the same mistake anymore, and is confident on the new barrier that she set up
I can feel the regret from the tone of her voice when she let that incident happened. It was a mistake that they can't afford to make again, but it was also the mistake that they can't avoid, especially that the Hero that we fought, had a dispel spell
Thanks to that incident however, I was able to learn that dispel spell with the help of my Fatality skill, as well as the new information that I can't be affected by the dispel field...
...yes it doesn't affect me, but it does affect Lura. Mashiro also isn't affected by it because Demicats solely rely on their physique
If I were to integrate the things I've learned from watching isekai animes, is that spells such as weaken, dispel, immobilization, and such are a common thing...
...Sure I may be able to find a way to break from those with my Fatality skill...but what about them...?
As I sat down in a tree stump that was near our home, thinking about what I can do, they finally came back
"Rui sama!"
"..."
"...?"
"Leader?"
"? O-Oh, you're back"
"Is something wrong, Rui sama?"
Mashiro said, as she leaned closer
"Nothing, just thinking about something"
With heavy thoughts on my mind, I backed off, not even noticing her advancement
"I-I see..."
"Hear this Leader! I beat Mashiro 3 times!"
"I-I also beat you 2 times you know!"
"You had a spar?"
"Mm! It would benefit both of us since we specialize in different combat strategies"
"That makes sense if you say it that way"
"That reminds me, Leader"
"...?"
"I still don't get it even if you said it before, but how were you able to dispel that dispel field?"
Even with the simplest expnation that I had, they weren't able to comprehend it
"Like I've told you girls many times before, I cut the mana flow with my Fatality skill"
"But that's it Leader, how come you're able to cut someone's mana flow with a skill?"
And again, another question of Lura that she's been giving to me the whole time
"I just felt like I can cut through it"
"Hm..."
Even with the same answer that I gave her over and over, she never questioned me further from that
"Rui sama is just that powerful Lura! Give it up!"
"I just thought that...maybe I could learn it you know?"
I see...so that's why she wanted to know how I was able to do it
"Trying to copy Rui sama I see I see I see"
"W-What? Is it wrong of me to try and imitate what Leader can do?!"
Mashiro smirks at Lura as Lura tries to act not bothered by it
"I'm not against you on copying me or anything"
"!"
"But I don't think you'll be able to replicate my Fatality skill"
"Is it because you never use any mana to begin with...?"
"That's exactly it. I know how to do it in my case, but how would you do it in your case?"
"..."
I wasn't trying to demotivate her or anything, I was giving her some key points or differences if she does want to replicate my skill
"I was able to create different types of spell thanks to my imagination, and how I would able to bring them to life with the methods I know, but in your case, you would need to use some of your mana to be able to do the same thing, as well as be able to do the method that I've been doing"
"Method..."
"My imagination of a certain spell wouldn't work if I don't know the nature or the process behind it. The same thing goes for you, right?"
"Right! I will learn it even if it kills me!"
"Hold on, don't overexert yourself for that skill alone!"
I said to her, but I doubt she heard my st statement from the looks of her eyes...
"Now I'm eager to start-?!"
Suddenly, the enthusiastic Lura, stood silent
"What's the matter, Lura?"
"...Leader..."
"...?"
Lura looked at me with a serious expression
"Someone...broke the barrier again"
"?! Rui sama!"
If Lura set up a stronger barrier than before and is now broken by someone else, then that person is probably stronger than that hero
I saw Lura in the corner of my eye, seemingly thinking to herself that she made another mistake
"Don't let it get to you, Lura. Mistakes makes us stronger"
"...?"
"Plus, there's no such thing as a perfect barrier. If someone broke into your stronger barrier, that just means we're fighting against someone as strong enough to break it"
"I probably messed up somehow-"
"No. You didn't mess up, in fact you didn't fail this time"
"Huh?"
"Because you were able to tell me what's happening"
"!"
What matters the most right now, is that Lura isn't doing something on her own and is telling us what we need to know
"I'd say you did pretty well! If you hadn't set up a barrier in the first pce, we wouldn't even know if someone entered the pce"
"..."
Lura lowered her head as she asked me something
"Why...are you so nice...to someone like me...who fails easily...?"
"...?"
As I tried to listen, Lura only mumbled, to which I couldn't comprehend
"Lura...?"
Meanwhile, Mashiro looked in curiosity to Lura
Since the barrier in our area is still active...that means
"Are they in the Waterfall of Dreams right now?"
Lura look at me with redness on her cheeks
"A-Actually, they're inside of the illusion barrier right now"
"Huh? Say what now?"
"They've broken the first yer of my illusion barrier, but they haven't break the second yer, I think its because they haven't figured it out yet"
"!"
What the hell...A multiyer barrier? she stacked another illusion barrier on top of her illusion barrier?
"That's actually great! I never thought you would be able to think of something like that! You just gave us time to get in there before they actually break the second yer Lura!"
"..."
She looked away the moment I was genuinely complimenting her efforts
Somehow...I can feel Mashiro gring intensely at us, she then walked closer to us
"Rui sama..."
"...?"
"N-Nothing, shall we go now?"
"Yeah, we should..."
Not paying attention to Mashiro's concern look, I prioritized on the thing we should focus on first
"W-Wait, Leader!"
"? Something came up?"
"Nothing really...but I have a pn in mind if you do want to hear it"
"Oh? Do tell us right now"
...
Mashiro and I listened closely to Lura's pn...
...
...only then to eventually found out that it was a feasible and quite effective pn
I quickly agreed to her proposal while Mashiro took a few seconds to consider it. Eventually, she also agreed to it with a smile on her face
The three of us then head on to the Waterfall of Dreams to execute the pn that Lura had made...
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