The Exiled First-born of the Noble house. Rising to the top with the Worthless Skill [Null Poison]

Chapter 423

Elite vs Scrub

The oncoming gale of sand was very easily blocked by the icy breathe from Snow.

After that, Snow began to run towards Elphas with tremendous speed, and thrust the icicle protruding from its forehead area straight at her.

Snow’s attack perfectly stabbed into her heart area, and any normal living being would have died there and then but……..

The opponent was already dead, and her heart had already been pierced by herself.

Elphas pumped mana into both her hands and then blasted it at Snow who’s head was still stuck in her chest.

“[Twin Grenade]”

Catching Snow, she fired a fire type magic from point blank range at it.

Since fire magic was exceptionally effective against Snow that excelled in the ice element, Snow ended up taking a lot of damage from the attack.

The smoke from the explosion made it difficult for me to clearly see it but, I ran in anyway worried for Snow’s safety.

Seeing the impact of the spell, I wouldn’t have been shocked to see Snow completely fainted at the very least but, I suddenly caught sight of Snow leaping through the air.

It seems it had somehow managed to cancel its spiky ice armour just in time to avoid Elphas’ attack.

I was panicking but, I’m glad it didn’t get fatally wounded at least.

“Snow, you okay? Thank you for protecting me.”

“Aurf!!”

While patting and thanking Snow as it came running back to me, I checked it body all over to make sure it wasn’t injured anywhere.

There were a bunch of scratches here and there but nothing too serious thankfully.

“Looks like you really did beat the Melanchimaera and the Noble Lich eh? Snow did its job properly, and even had to come protect me as well. I feel  a little pathetic.”

I ended up letting out such miserable words, but Snow licked my hands as if to console me.

“Sorry, now’s not the time to be lamenting in my own misery eh? I’ll fight by myself from here. Snow, focus on recovering your stamina so that you can carry me afterwards when I collapse from exhaustion okay?

“……….Auu.”

Snow seemed a little displeased upon hearing that instruction but, it did affirm with low growl. And so I walked forward, leaving my back to Snow——and once again approached closer to Elphas.

Perhaps it really would be better to just fight together but, since neither physical damage nor freezing damage have any effect on Elphas, Snow would have a rough time against her.

In that case, I need to forget about everything else and use all my remaining strength to find a path to victory.

Having decided to use [Mana Rampage] again with the little amount of mana that still remained within me, I challenged Elphas to our last duel.

“[Mana Rampage]”

My second time using it today.

In such a short time, Mana Regen would not have stocked up on a lot of mana so I needed to put an end to Elphas this time no matter what.

And so the action I took was——–somewhat similar to what Elphas herself had done, an act of self-harm.

“[Rising Accelerate]”

Embracing myself as I activated this magic, I slammed lightning magic into myself.

A strong shock ran through my entire body, and the pain brought me extreme agony but…….i bit down on my lips and endured the pain with sheer willpower.

——compared to what my life was, simply surviving day to day in the back streets, like I was slowly sinking in a swamp with no real goal in sight, this pain was quite literally nothing.

Recalling my own past, and then recalling all that I experienced after meeting Chris-san, I ended up grinning.

Yeah, I’m getting used to the pain now.

I stretched my arms, and my Achilles tendon, as I warmed up like I was exercising.

From here on——I will not even allow Elphas to do anything as I continue to blast her with attacks.

[Rising Accelerate] was a magic that made lightning coarse through your entire body, and unlocked all the limiters inside it.

Since this was a forceful method of doing so, it came with an unbearable amount of pain, and I never really had a reason to use it when Chris-san or Ralf were with me but, this was exctly the kind of moment it was made for.

Running at a speed that would be unimaginable for me normally, I quickly rushed close to Elphas.

Recalling how I used to commit thievery back in Realzard, I quickly lunged straight under her, and then unleashed the magic flowing through my body.

“[Lightning Bolt]”

It was Fecilia-san’s speciality magic, one that I had been practicing in secret ever since I saw her use it.

Since I blasted at her from extremely close range, Elphas body was mostly burnt to a black crisp, and yet, she began to move to counter attack back.

But before she could cast it, I fired another lightning bolt, completely disabling Elphas’ body.

Even after completely eviscerating it like this, I knew she would be restored to normal if I let her use [Things repair] so before that happened, I fired another high firepower magic at the black clump directly this time.

I kicked the ground to leap up, and got close enough to not let that thing escape——and then I began to chant the spell for my magic.

Elphas had already recovered behind me and was preparing to cast a magic aimed at my back but, I paid it no heed and focused only on destroying the black clump.

“Two of the four gods that created this world. The light of judgement that shines upon this world and incinerates evil, and the breath of life that delivers love to this world. Redder than blood, faster than time, illuminate a path of light through the darkness. Let my body be the source of thy power—- [Prominence Vortex]!!”

The [Prominence Vortex] enhanced by my [Mana Rampage] reached maximum destructive strength and made a direct hit on the black clump.

And at the same time, I felt a intense heat hit my own back but, once again, I ignored it and continued to blast my magic at the black clump.

The black clump seemed to cry and wail in a tone that would probably remain in my head for the rest of my life, as the lightning flame fired by me that shone bright like the sun——-completely evaporated it into nothingness.

With relief came a sense of power completely leaving my body as well an intense amount of pain.

My mana had completely run out, my stamina was gone, and I was in tatters after getting by the magic from behind.

I wasn’t even able to break my fall so I thought I really might die from the impact of the fall but……what I felt in the end was just soft fluffy fur.

“Snow, thanks…..”

I couldn’t even see but I knew that Snow had supported me just in time so I spoke words of gratitude to let it know.

I managed to somehow stand again, squeezing the last remaining shred of strength in my body as well as taking support on Snow, and then looked at Elphas.

Thanks to [Things Repair] her body had been fully restored to its pristine beautiful form.

But, like a puppet with its strings cut, her body simply collapsed to the floor, unable to move.

“……….perhaps if we had met under different circumstances, we could have been friends. It was quite tiring no? It was a good fight, really. But rest in peace now.”

Her half white hair. Her unchanging expressions, and her unhesitating resolve when killing herself.

Even I could tell that there was probably a lot going on with Elphas, things that she must have been constantly brooding over.

After giving her some final words of thanks as appreciation after her death, I too collapsed on Snow’s back and slipped into a deep slumber.