The current situation was a bit bad.
Tsukasa thought to herself.
That Elf Race patriarch was very dangerous.
As for how dangerous?
It was to a life-threatening degree!
Ever since this man appeared, her whole body had been crawling. Her max-level Danger Perception let her know clearly that the opponent indeed possessed the ability to kill her. One should know that even that Wakaba-san hadn't made her feel this level of pressure before.
It was simply a life-or-death situation.
The perception skill was signaling frantically, telling her that from now on, even a single mistake could cost her her life.
The Elf Race patriarch saw the magic power surging within her and said with a sigh, "In less than a year, you've already grown to this extent. It seems you truly might be the person from the prophecy."
A prophecy—so there was such a thing?
The thought of her future being predicted and recorded made Tsukasa feel extremely disgusted. She hated this kind of setting the most!
"Are there mages within the Elf Race who have mastered such a skill?"
As Tsukasa spoke, she looked at her teacher from her previous life.
She highly suspected that this prophecy-type mage was this teacher of hers.
The Elf Race patriarch said, "You do not need to know so much."
How cold~ Tsukasa narrowed her eyes.
This guy seemed to think he had her cornered.
She looked curiously at the teacher.
"This is the protection you spoke of? Truly unique in style."
"Lord Potimas, please give me one more chance!"
Felimeth pleaded with the patriarch.
Tsukasa looked at their relationship and felt it was a bit different from what she had imagined before.
Wasn't the teacher the daughter of this patriarch?
But looking at them, there was no feeling of a father and daughter between them.
Potimas said coldly, "Felimeth, do you wish to repeat the mistake of that year?"
Felimeth seemed to think of something because of his words.
For a moment, her face was full of pain.
"Everyone must take responsibility for their choices. From the moment she chose to be our enemy, you had to make a decision. Just because she is your student, can you forgive her for slaughtering your compatriots?"
"But that hasn't happened yet."
"By the time it happens, it will be too late. She is the demon from the prophecy who burned down our homeland."
"We are taking action precisely to prevent such a future."
"But you have already failed."
"Please give me one more chance!"
"Felimeth, it seems no matter what I say to you, it's useless."
"You once promised me!"
"Is that so? Then I'm sorry, it seems I must break our previous agreement."
Tsukasa watched the two who were about to fight, feeling a bit confused for a moment.
Clearly, the subject of the conversation was her, but why did these two suddenly start arguing?
Felimeth suddenly said to her, "Classmate Tsukasa, teacher will help you hold him back. Find an opportunity to escape!"
Tsukasa: "...?"
Potimas looked at Felimeth indifferently.
"You wouldn't want to challenge me, would you, Felimeth?"
"I will never let my student be harmed in front of me!"
"..."
Potimas was somewhat surprised.
He suddenly started laughing.
It was as if all those previous expressions were just an act.
"Hehehe, hahahaha, interesting~"
That laughter was extremely chuunibyou, with an off-the-charts embarrassment level.
Tsukasa watched this person from the side with a face full of admiration.
Although it was very chuuni, it felt quite cool.
"Fine, then I will give you one chance, Felimeth. If you can successfully stop me here, I will no longer interfere in this matter."
Potimas now took off his previous mask and revealed his true nature.
He said to Tsukasa, "Well then, don't let Felimeth's kindness go to waste. Work hard to stay alive~"
Tsukasa: "..."
She indicated that she didn't want to talk.
"Hmph." Potimas was somewhat displeased by Tsukasa's silence.
He raised his left hand, and his arm began to transform.
Beneath his skin, there was actually machinery!
In the blink of an eye, his left hand had turned into a machine gun.
"Then, let the game begin."
As Potimas finished speaking, the muzzle was already aimed at them and began to fire.
Felimeth extended both hands, palms pressed against the backs of each other, stretching them out.
「Blessing of Wind」!
「Shift Form, Swap Shadow」!
"Classmate Tsukasa!"
The magic activated instantly.
Before they could be hit, an afterimage was left in their place, and the two had already transferred from the living room to the outside.
Tsukasa asked, "Space Magic?"
Eidor, hidden on her person, replied, "No."
Boom!
The wall of the villa was blown open.
Potimas walked straight out through the hole in the wall; at this moment, both of his hands had turned into machine guns.
That guy looked just like a Terminator from a movie.
"Tsk, isn't this a bit off? Why am I, a Transmigrator, being hunted down by modern technology?"
According to the tropes in novels...
Shouldn't it be the Transmigrator using modern technology to crush the backward natives of the other world?
Why is reality the other way around?
Clearly a Transmigrator from modern times, yet using magic.
A native of the other world, yet using high technology.
"It should be fine if I use a bit of my true skill, right?"
「Anti-Magic Barrier」 activated.
With Potimas as the center...
The world changed.
Felimeth's half-released magic came to a screeching halt, and she said in shock, "This body of yours is actually carrying an Anti-Magic Barrier device!"
"Well, since I thought I'd see a certain annoying rival here, I used this body. But it seems she isn't as capable as I imagined."
Potimas smiled and spread his hands, as if announcing that the game was already over.
"Ugh!" Felimeth pulled out a short blade and said, "I won't give up!"
Potimas shook his head.
"It's already over."
In the next moment, his body rushed forward, just like a martial arts master in a movie.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Felimeth.
A heavy punch struck Felimeth's lower abdomen hard.
"Cough!"
Felimeth fell to the ground, unable to rise again.
"Run... quickly..."
Potimas said to Felimeth, "Just rest well there."
Tsukasa hadn't expected this battle to end so quickly.
After all, Sensei's attributes and skills weren't weak.
From the data, she was even stronger than Tsukasa was now.
But what on earth was that Anti-Magic Barrier?
Why was it that as soon as that thing came out, Sensei's skills could no longer be used?
Potimas looked at her.
"It seems you've realized. Inside this Anti-Magic Barrier, you cannot use any skills!"
Unable to use skills.
Only the most basic attribute values remained.
While Potimas himself possessed a mechanical body and carried a lot of heavy firepower.
This move was simply unsolvable.
What a dirty trick.
Tsukasa didn't expect that such a'Silence Barrier' skill existed.
No, that didn't seem like a skill, but rather some kind of Taboo technology.
She just watched this man, standing within the barrier.
That skill named 「Taboo」 was constantly increasing in proficiency.
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