“Wha-!?”
This sudden turn of events made all the girls there react with shock.
“Mister Shien!”
Melika especially cried out in surprise at the sudden unexpected event.
Diere’s hand had, with a spray of blood, pierced right though Shien’s shoulder like a sharpened spear.
“…!”
Shien just felt a sudden pain hit him, making him grunt as his hands let go abruptly and he unconsciously kicked out, slamming into Diere’s shoulder.
“Bang!”
With the sound of an impact, Dier was blown off by a tremendous force and tossed away.
Shien however had a knee to the ground with a bloody hole in his shoulder, still bleeding profusely.
“Diere!”
Lumia cried out at Diere, who was sent flying.
“Mister Shien! Mister Shien!”
Melika watched helplessly at the bleeding Shien like she was about to cry, completely unable to follow just what was going on.
Vivian on the other hand had raised her shield as she kept Shien, Lumia, and Melika behind her.
“Back away, quickly!”
Vivian showed a rare, anxious expression on her face.
However, no one was able to even react to just what had happened, so how were they supposed to follow up with Vivian’s directions?
Shien especially was still somewhat disbelieving despite feeling the pain from his shoulder.
That disbelieving state of his wasn’t just because Diere actually attacked him. It’s even more because of the fact that his resistance skills have been pierced.
“Diere, you…”
Shien looked in Diere’s direction, but he couldn’t say anything more.
It’s because the scene that appeared before him was just that unbelievable.
“————”
Before his eyes, Diere, who was kicked away by Shien was acting like a puppet moving under unseen strings. She moved in ways that defied how humans should be able to, pulling herself up from the ground with jerky motions.
“Rumble…”
The air was trembling next to Diere’s body, blasting out waves of magic power.
Everyone could see that the near solid magic power as whipping about with Diere at the center as it slowly flowed into her body.
No.
Rather than that, it would be more accurate to say that it’s flowing into the single horn on Diere’s head.
In such a situation, Diere slowly started giving off a terrifying aura.
That aura is by no means weaker than the aura that Shien gave off when he just arrived.
“Roooooaaaaaarrrr–!!!”
The next second, Diere’s scarlet eyes snapped open. Then she raised her horn that’s shining with a scarlet light as she let out a terrible roar.
The roar whipped the air about and blasted out in a shockwave, kicking all the dust around Diere into the air in a wave that blasted out all around her.
“Kyah!”
Lumia and Melika unconsciously screamed.
“Gah…!”
Vivian stood in front of everyone, blocking the wave of dust with her body.
Shien also raised a hand to cover his face.
However, Shien was also staring at Diere in shock.
Under the effect of his [Appraisal] skill, Shien clearly saw it.
Diere’s level was rising at a shocking pace.
Lv.70…
Lv.75…
Lv.80…
Lv.85…
Soon, Diere’s level had grown to over 90.
Even so, it was still climbing.
“How is that possible?”