Points to be cautious of when dealing with a wicked witch.

One, you must not make contact with the witch. Your body will change like a balloon and burst to death.

Two, you must not let the witch go among living people. She will hide her identity by blending into the crowd.

Three, don’t fall for the misconception that the main body is weak because her special skills is are cheats. Being able to freely change the body means being able to implement any ideal body.

Four, please consider the opponent’s defense to be virtually infinite. No matter how much you hit, not a single wound will appear on that body.

Five, don’t expect the witch to fight fair and square. The opponent is not an honorable knight but a cunning witch, and will move to target other allies in the rear at any time, abandoning the opponent in front of her. The moment you let your guard down, your allies will be taken out, and the worst outcome will arrive.

How do you win against such an enemy? Isn’t it too unfair, you ask? It’s okay.

*He is none other than the Tin Knight, after all

[The ‘Tin Knight’ evaluates that bosses with invincible patterns aren’t that rare!]

[The ‘Tin Knight’ argues that there are escort targets who run to the enemy on their own feet and die screaming without being of any help, but escort targets who take care of themselves and properly do their job are rare treasures among rare treasures!]

Unfortunately or fortunately, the Wicked Witch of the North who heard the Tin Knight’s words didn’t ask what nonsense that was.

How could she, when it was a lie to say she heard it in the first place.

In fact, the Tin Knight didn’t say it for the opponent to hear in the first place. He was a man who conversed with enemies through iron.

The Wicked Witch of the North’s swung right arm split the ground, and the mass of tentacles grown on her back aimed at the Tin Knight’s body like spikes.

The Tin Knight swung his sword to cut the tentacles, but the tentacles protected by magic letters were only pushed back momentarily without receiving even a small wound.

The Tin Knight didn’t care.

If it wasn’t completely impossible to physically interfere, there were plenty of ways to deal with it as long as he could affect the opponent’s body.

Deflect the tentacles, deflect, deflect, and when the irritated opponent poured out a bold attack at once, counter with a throw in response.

When the opponent tried to raise their upper body, stab the forehead with the sword tip to prevent it, and if they try to glare at this side, forcibly turn their gaze by kicking the chin, provoke as much as possible until the opponent’s attention is completely focused here, then strike that gap with the White Knight’s blow.

Boom!

The White Knight’s firepower was truly monstrous.

The Tin Knight knew this fact well since he had directly crossed swords with him.

Mombi, protected by the mana barrier, wasn’t pierced by the spear, but rather because of that, her body was pushed back smoothly with each strike.

《How long do you think such petty tricks will work!!》

Mombi, transformed into a bizarre form, shouted irritably.

With both her instant death touch and surprise attacks, which could be called her main skills, sealed, and being forced into only close combat, she seemed to be boiling with anger.

Her body transformed into an even more massive and thick form.

Then, she just started running towards where Dorothea and Gale were.

The Tin Knight and White Knight tried to stop this by swinging their weapons, but perhaps she had greatly increased her weight with the magic just used, the sword and spear bounced off instead.

Dorothea and Gale tried to widen the distance by retreating, but Mombi’s speed was faster.

Inevitably, the White Knight used his own body to block Mombi’s path.

Spear and nails crossed, and the spear succeeded in finally stopping Mombi’s charge, but at the cost of sacrificing the left arm.

The next batter, the Tin Knight, not only blocked Mombi with dazzling sword energy and combat techniques but even overwhelmed her, but because the opponent’s level was so high, the mana consumption was also extreme.

Worried about fuel depletion, the Tin Knight slightly lowered his output, and simultaneously, a mass of tentacles transformed into spikes carved out his side.

After that, Mombi repeatedly used the most annoying pattern for the party.

She increased her body weight to prevent being pushed back by attacks, and charged and attacked while entrusting defense to the barrier, disregarding defense.

Simple, but because of that, it was a tactic without a solution.

This was the Wicked Witch of the North’s domain.

As long as the earth itself supplied power to Mombi, the party had no choice but to be forced into an unfavorable battle continuously.

So they waited.

For the opportunity to come, for their companion’s activity.

And—

***

The girl who had experienced great pain resolved not to live solely for revenge despite that.

Because she knew there were those who lived with pride until the very end.

Because she realized that the duty left to her was not just indiscriminate bloody revenge, but restoring their honor.

Because there were companions who didn’t hesitate to face one of the most powerful forces on the continent so that she wouldn’t completely fall into corruption.

Therefore, she knew restraint, and throughout the battle with the tower, she moved as rationally as possible instead of recklessly rampaging.

However, there was one thing that shouldn’t be misunderstood.

Just because she wasn’t swayed by anger didn’t mean her anger was weak.

The little—no, the young lioness was overflowing with anger.

Boom!

With a thunderous noise, Adelaide and Lotbart’s bodies fell to the 9th floor.

A voice full of bewilderment was heard from somewhere, but Adelaide ignored it and again put strength into her right hand.

《You, brat…!》

Slamming the back of the head of the opponent, who still seemed to have the leisure to speak, onto the ground hard.

Along with a huge impact that shook the tower, countless spider web-like cracks appeared.

However, unlike the 10th floor which had already been weakened by the battle’s aftermath, it didn’t break at once.

It didn’t matter.

She just had to keep swinging until it broke.

Bang!

Boom!

Boom!!

Another floor collapsed.

A large hole appeared in the 9th floor, and the two bodies fell down again.

Lotbart tried to somehow use magic to attack Adelaide, but each time, Adelaide slammed his head to the ground, forcibly interrupting the magic.

The 8th floor ground was smashed.

Realizing that he no longer had the leisure to use sophisticated magic, Lotbart attempted to resist with hand-to-hand combat. When the scepter struck Adelaide’s head hard, her skin was torn and the flowing blood froze from the cold.

Adelaide moved her arm again without even changing her expression.

The 7th floor collapsed.

“W-what?”

“Someone fell from above!”

“The golden-haired swordsman! It’s Lennart! One of them!”

As if the entrance blocked by the pirate crew had been breached, those who appeared to be Control’s reinforcements discovered Adelaide while climbing the tower and poured attacks.

Lotbart hoped for Adelaide’s attention to be diverted elsewhere and tried to escape, but Adelaide just endured the incoming attacks with her body while swinging Lotbart down again.

The 6th floor was breached, and their bodies fell down again.

《…Guh… huk.》

The fact that Lotbart’s body could maintain a somewhat intact shape was largely due to the enormous mana contained in his body and his transformed bizarre form.

But perhaps the damage had accumulated to the point where even such a body could no longer handle it, as Lotbart’s limbs began to convulse.

Adelaide wasn’t unscathed either.

No, in terms of outward appearance, Adelaide’s condition was even more serious than Lotbart’s.

Yet she didn’t stop attacking.

The 5th floor was breached.

In his dazed state, Lotbart somehow tried to counterattack.

He wasn’t just a king skilled in scheming.

Unlike in ancient times, in the modern Magic State, where the concepts of mages and royalty had become mixed, the king also had to be excellent as a mage.

Therefore, he didn’t stop training even in old age, and his practical experience was also abundant.

But, none of his experiences could have prepared him for the fight before him.

The battles he had experienced, the battles he had thought of, were more dignified, formal, and majestic—it wasn’t this kind of dogfight where beasts seemed to be tearing at each other.

No, considering that even ordinary beasts were extremely averse to situations where their own bodies might be hurt, this was a fight below even beasts.

Thud, thud, thud, thump.

Lotbart’s body, which had been repeatedly slamming into the ground like a hammer, suddenly bounced off in a bizarre direction.

It was because Adelaide’s right hand, unable to withstand the severe cold and continuous impacts, had become too damaged to hold onto anything anymore.

The skin had been torn off, and all the finger bones were crushed in bizarre directions.

《…!》

Realizing that this was the chance to escape, Lotbart somehow tried to get up.

Just as he turned his upper body, placed his hand on the floor, and tried to stand up by stepping on the ground with one foot.

“—Three more floors.”

Adelaide’s left hand grasped his ankle.

Heaven and earth reversed.

Boom!

The debris of the 4th floor fell down along with Lotbart’s body.

The extremely primitive violence of various parts of the body being broken and damaged steadily shaved away the old man’s greatest weapon—reason.

Now, he couldn’t even maintain his dignity and squeezed out a shout to the Control mages who looked at him in surprise.

《Kill her! Somehow kill this monster!! She’s the enemy of the tower!!》

The mages’ reaction were slow.

Those who had somehow shaken off the pirates who kept reviving and grabbing their ankles and climbed up were confused at the sight of the two figures in the debris of the broken ceiling.

Not a single person recognized Lotbart, who had become completely transformed and was screaming while having lost even his usual dignity as their tower head.

Therefore, their choice was rational in a sense.

“It’s the Lennart woman!!”

“Protect the tower! Kill all the intruders!!”

The violence of various attack magics swept over, as if trying to bury Adelaide and Lotbart together without distinction.

《You idiots…!!》

Lotbart was enraged, but it was impossible for him to correct the misunderstanding.

Adelaide used Lotbart’s body to block the incoming attack magic.

And what she did next was all too obvious.

A large hole appeared on the 3rd floor.

Lotbart’s appearance upon reaching the 2nd floor was misery itself.

The scepter that symbolized glory had long since broken and been discarded somewhere, the crystal armor that exuded dignity was in tatters, his legs were crushed, and only one arm remained.

Adelaide was also in a serious state, to the point where it was indistinguishable whether what was attached to her wrist was a human hand or a crushed lump of meat.

A situation where she could no longer grab or swing anything.

So, she mounted Lotbart.

Two fists facing each other came down like hammers.

Thud!

Her stamina, her body—everything had already reached their limits.

Yet the attacks didn’t stop.

Thud!

The Belt of Amaryllis emitted a fierce energy, as if to say this was how my master should be, and the violet lightning intensified its light as if to say pour out more anger.

The ground shook, and cracks appeared.

Boom!

There were those who watched this scene, but intimidated by Adelaide’s ominous appearance of only swinging her fists while blood was streaming, no one could move.

In the final moment, there seemed to be a sign that Lotbart wanted to say something.

It might have been a plea to stop, or he might have tried to leave some last words as a king.

Adelaide didn’t listen.

After the head mixed with crystal was completely crushed with a splat, a small gap just big enough for two people to barely fall through appeared on the floor.

The body of the old man who dreamed of being king fell to the 1st floor, shattering and scattering from the impact of the fall.

After calmly watching that sight, Adelaide’s brightly burning gaze quickly weakened like a candle flame dying out.

After confirming the sight of Sophia unhesitatingly throwing her body through the gap of the hole Adelaide had broken through far above, the lioness lost consciousness.

***

The Tin Knight’s sword energy and the White Knight’s charge simultaneously pierced Mombi’s body.

And from Mombi’s counterattack, some part of the two knights’ bodies was shaved off.

A situation that seemed unchanged at first glance.

But the magic letters surrounding Mombi’s body no longer filled up anew.

The connection linking her to the ley lines had already been severed.

The witch’s face hardened as she realized this fact, and the Tin Knight shouted.

[The ‘Tin Knight’ cheers that Adel is indeed his pupil!]

***

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