Chapter 196: Unpredictable (2)

「The match is over! Listarte! You defeated Leon! 」

「I…did such a thing…? 」

After hearing Celseus’ words, I hesitantly looked back at Seiya. Then, Seiya, who was always quick to disagree with Celseus, nodded in agreement.

「Even if a first-class sniper tried to assassinate Leon from the shadows, he wouldn’t be able to hit him with a bullet. Leon was a beastman in his original world, so he has wild instincts. I can say that Volt Prediction is a skill that has further honed that instinct and evolved to the point of being able to predict attacks. The only person in the world who could hit Leon with a bullet is Lista. 」

「That’s a real miracle!! 」

Celseus was too excited to hear what Seiya was saying. Seiya immediately looked skeptical.

「A miracle? No, because I expected this. This is the countermeasure beyond reason against attacks that are too difficult to subdue. I said, “Perfectly Ready” during her practice. 」

「Ah! 」 I remembered my gun practice at Tarmine Castle. Seiya said this as he watched me miss multiple times.

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『…Ready Perfectly. 』

『Is that sarcasm!? 』

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I shouted out of frustration, half crying, but…

…But that wasn’t a sarcastic remark!

At that time, Seiya already knew my goddess’ trait of not being able to aim and shoot at people! And if Leon had sealed his attacks, he was going to use that trait to counter him!

「But it doesn’t make sense that it hit something that wasn’t even aimed at…」

「There are conflicting feelings in her mind, “I don’t want to harm people” and “I want to save the world since it’s my role as goddess”. By closing her eyes, the former conflict fades away, and the bullets hit Leon, who’s an obstacle to saving the world. I speculate that this is what happened. 」

I was listening to Seiya with a slightly red face. It was embarrassing that Seiya understood the feelings I had deep inside my mind, feelings that I didn’t even know.

Seiya seemed to ignore my thoughts and said while looking at the fallen Leon.

「It’s about to start. 」

Leon spoke hatefully while holding his wound.

「Damn it…! Magic bullets…! 」

「Go!! Fireworks!! Destroy himmmmmm!! 」

Celseus let out a roar. We both knew how the Rainbow Festival Bullets exploded when they hit the wall.

…Leon was already wounded! On top of that, if that magic exploded inside his body multiple times, then…!

We could win! Just as I was sure of victory, Leon stood up and another pale lightning flashed from his body. Unlike before, the lightning was coming from both of his arms.

「Is he gathering lightning aura in his arms…? 」

What on earth was he trying to do? My doubts were immediately cleared. Leon placed his right hand on his stomach and his left hand on his chest.

「Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!! 」

Leon shouted as he unleashed his own lightning power! Celseus said as if he had realized Leon’s intentions.

「He stopped the magic bullets from being activated with a powerful lightning attack!! What a fearsome bastard!! 」

The lightning had burned his chest and stomach black, and Leon’s breathing got extremely rough. He was clearly damaged, but still grinned happily.

「It…It isn’t over yet! I still have magic bullets! 」

I raised the gun to the ceiling again. Seiya held my hand down when I tried to close my eyes.

「That’s enough. I’ll do the rest. 」

Then, Seiya leapt forward in front of me.

「If Volt Prediction isn’t activated, then my attacks will hit Leon without a problem. 」

「Bu…But, Seiya, your legs are…」

Suddenly, Seiya, who seemed to be out of breath, moved in an instant! Leon noticed that Seiya was swinging the Egzation blade in his left hand upwards in front of him! Leon opened his eyes wide in shock and yelled.

「You bastard…! You still have that much energy left…! 」

「Atomic Split Slash! 」

Then, he hit Leon with an Earth Magic sword attack that he had missed earlier! Seiya’s tremendous attack caused the marble floor to collapse!

…Great!! This should decide the outcome of the battle…wait, whoahhhhh!?

The ground beneath our feet collapsed and Celseus cried out, 「Gyaaaaaah!! 」.

The floor of the round table was torn apart by the powerful Atomic Split Slash, and Leon, Celseus and I fell to the first floor.

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