Chương 296: Chapter 279. Another Predictable Surprise

" But why?" Princess Alice was confused as I asked her to watch over Sarah so Anna and I could go and finish this fight. She apparently didn't understand why we asked her to do it." Well, you're actually someone here that's close to Sarah besides Anna and me, so we can go and fight him without having to worry about her safe-"" No, I mean why keep me away!? I want to fight him too! He kidnapped me for God's sake!"" I understand that, but you don't have an actual way to hurt him currently."" What do you mean?

Anna can just enchant my swords again, can't she?"" Not now, our mana is nearly empty. I'm only at around 10% right now and Anna is... Anna, how much do you have left?"" About 15%."" And you both want to go and try fighting a God with barely any mana left at all?"" He hurt Sarah, so yes."" Well, me too!" I didn't expect this much push back from her... I thought she would be tired after beating the giant, but she's still raring to go, isn't she? Maybe we should try doing this as a trio?

I mean, it wouldn't be the wro-" / THOOM! /" Holy Fla-" GRIP! PUSH! /CRASH! / pain..." I assume I'm not interrupting anything, scum?"" Hmpf!" I couldn't help but grunt at the pain. He appeared behind me again and smashed my head into the ground. Thankfully, this time we were on dirt and grass, so the damage wasn't as bad as the time he did it on that basement's stone floor. /CLANG! /" You'll never learn, will you, mutt?" I can't see, but based on his insult, I think Princess Alice attacked him."

We're going to destroy you!"" You'll all die attempting to." Princess Alice gritted out a threat and the God Of The Blackwood calmy replied. Anna must be looking for a moment to use her Goddesses' Manas... No... Sarah... She must be watching over Sarah since this bastard is here now, otherwise she'd be the first one to attack him. Let me see if I can help her protect Sarah though? I start to channel my mana into a Spell." Holy Flames!" /WHOOSH! / Release!" Fool!"

Despite his reaction, the jerk got off of me and seemed to clear a good distance. I was able to stand up finally." Matthew, are you okay?" Princess Alice called to me, she seemed a bit worried, I was more concerned about Sarah who was still sleeping soundly currently... Despite all of the commotion... Anna was guarding Sarah, just like I thought. That's fine though, I'd rather have someone he's afraid of taking a hit from guarding Sarah rather than someone else.

I looked back at our opponent and began to prepare how I would beat him.... Or at least... That was the plan..." Uhm? Matthew, what's the deal?"" What do you mean?" If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it's taken without the author's consent. Report it. Princess Alice seemed confused about something. I didn't know what she could be talking about though?" Well... That."" Hm... Oh?" She points to my side... Oh, after looking, my Holy Flames were still around me.

I guess since I just used it to force him off of me, it didn't get sent anywhere... This should work out well... Actually... I wonder? / Whoosh! / I cracked a smile as the flame shifted into a square instead of a circle. It changed shape as soon as I wanted it to. At first, I thought the flames would come when I called them, but it seems that they're only instantaneous after the initial forming of the flames from invoking the Spell.

Usually, this is something that doesn't matter, but considering I just got my face smashed into the dirt because I thought it would be an instant summoning, I think it matters... And so does my nose... Anyways, I should answer Princess Alice's question." Because I never sent the flames out to attack something... It's just hanging around me.... I think?"" You think?" I nodded to Princess Alice's repeating of my words. I mean, it's Magic, not Science after all." Yeah, I think.

I don't have a teacher for this Job of mine. I kind of just go with it and do everything by feel."" What about that book you were reading on the way here?"" You mean Daniel Claro? The guy just recounted his adventures. I didn't read anything about how to use Paladin abilities. That would've been nice though." Princess Alice seemed to be looking at me with a sense of pity. I know, I'm basically at the whims of what I find out through training and experimenting with my mana and Spells.

To describe it as "a pain in the ass" would be an understatement. Even more so with my Duties as a Lord and now, Businessman. Because of those 2 things and everything I had to do to kickstart Paradise back on track to being a decent place to live, I ended up neglecting my training to a degree. There's only so much time in the day and I'm a guy who likes to sleep." But, then, what's even the point in reading any of that?" Princess Alice had another question...

I don't know if right now is the greatest time to answer these questions, however." Long story short, I hoped that he would answer a few questions for me... Or I'd learn something about my Job... I haven't finished the book, but I do have an answer for something that was bugging me since I arr-- Since I became able to use my mana as a Paladin." That was close, I almost said I wasn't from here. I think the lack of sleep is starting to get to me.

Sure, only Alice, Anna, Sarah and the asshole are here, but I still can't risk it getting out. At least for now anyways." You have it hard, don't you?"" It's not all bad, I mean I found Sarah and Ann-" /THOOM! / Not this shit again. /Whoosh! /" Ah!"" I missed... Shame." /THOOM! / He moved back from attempting to attack me again. Just like I thought, he tried to do the same thing again. Attacking me from behind. He's almost too predictable when he has to actually dirty his hands.

Because of that predictability, I was able to lay a trap, I shaped my Holy Flames into a cage around me and made spikes form from all around the cage. It sort of looked like a flaming durian from my world now that I think about it. I'm glad it worked though, he ran after a part of his robe was stabbed through. I returned the cage into a ball of fire that floated around me. I could get used to having something like these flames around me all the time.

Granted, Scarlet, Julia and my Summons also alert me to things, but being able to react on my own with my own senses is nice for a change." You ingrate!" Seems he's cranky that he couldn't touch me. A smile returned to my face." What's the matter? All I did was singe your robe, next time I'll have a spike or two go through your heart and head."" You dare mock me!?"" Yes, I do." /BOOM! Whoosh! /" You're going to need to try harder now... But can you even afford to do that, I wonder?"

His anger made him try and throw a black seed towards me. Changing the flames into a wall stopped the seed and reduced it to ashes. I couldn't help but gloat a little. Then I added a little question on the end, mostly because I want to confirm that I'm right about his strength. I could talk to Angela about it, but I don't want her to be accused of interfering in anything.

I'm not sure what the rules are or where there's gray area, but considering that she hasn't spoken to me during all of this, it's better to be careful about it." Wow!" Princess Alice was impressed by what I'm doing. I'm more impressed about it to be honest. The Holy Flame Manipulation that I'm using hasn't cost me any mana to manipulate it. I wonder if it's like Newton's cradle back in my world? That or something like a battery-operated appliance.

Since I fed it my mana, will it keep running until its mana runs out?" Pretty cool, right? Just wait till you see what happens when I actually hit him with these flames. I wonder if he'll explode like his giant did?"" You actually think you can hurt me?" I turn and talk to Princess Alice, with those words, I brought out a retort by him. That was good, because it meant I can insult him even more." Yes, I do. If not, why would you run away? Why not keep your attack going?

Unless you're scared about what'll happen when my flames pierce you? Don't fear it, I don't know about you, but this Mortal wants to see what happens when a Wood God gets set on fire. How about you, Alice? Anna?"" I have been wondering how fast he'll catch fire, Darling."" I'd imagine it's like burning dead wood." Anna and then Princess Alice responded to me." You think just because I returned here, that I can't beat you? You're bigger fools than I thought. Don't worry, I end this soon, scu-" / BANG! Whoosh!

/ Well, I'm waiting to see it?" I spoke out as a familiar flame hit the God Of The Blackwood and sent him flying." Sorry we're late, Matthew!" Count Sark called to me as the Count Families approached us with our little Army following behind them. Seems this fight isn't going to just be a repeat of our first encounter?