I, who was reincarnated as the villain character in a game, was secretly enjoying my role as the villain while pulling off heroic moves behind the scenes. However, my actions were exposed to my fiancée, who absolutely despises me - Episode 45

Episode 45

I took a light deep breath before launching my attack while clad in the strongest equipment.

I didn’t resort to surprise attacks with spatial magic. I understood from the performance of my own magic that I could defeat them by pouring in magical power.

As I launched my attack,it reacted instantly as well. There wasn’t even time for a preemptive strike…!

As I accelerated and thrust my short sword, Bloodzaurus intercepted it with its proud horn.

I sliced at its face, but there was no sensation of cutting.

This must be a barrier.

Crackling sounds, like thunder, echoed as Bloodzaurus exerted force.

I jumped backward, regained my stance, and Bloodzaurus immediately charged.

Fast. I dodged its attacks sideways and swung my short sword.

First, I needed to wear down the barrier. With a feeling akin to peeling off skin, I inflicted damage on Bloodzaurus.

…I could keep up with its speed.

However, I was only slightly superior; one moment of carelessness could lead to defeat against such an opponent.

I remained focused and continued to attack Bloodzaurus.

It staggered back twice.

Bloodzaurus’ barrier could be broken after three staggers.

Perhaps one would despair at fighting Bloodzaurus, who seemed invincible at first glance, but I had a scenario in mind until I finished him off.

Bloodzaurus glared at me and charged, but I swung my short sword vigorously.

“Gi…!”

With a short, brief scream, Bloodzaurus staggered back significantly.

At the same time, a sound like something cracking echoed, and the barrier covering Bloodzaurus shattered.

With its vulnerable body exposed, I struck him with my Dark Fang and Mithril Knife.

Despite the barrier being broken… it’s still tough…!

But unlike before, its injuries were clearly increasing.

“Gu…!?”

Bloodzaurus, who likely rarely took damage, glared at me in surprise.

It probably hadn’t been injured until now. If the barrier could protect me from my boss’ harassment, that would be even better.

I kicked the ground, attacking Bloodzaurus’ legs persistently as I flew left and right, and it fell.

As Bloodzaurus tried to get up, I struck him with attacks.

“Gaaaah!”

Bloodzaurus roared, blowing me away with a shockwave.

After looking at Bloodzaurus, who had risen to its feet, I let out a small sigh.

There’s a creature coming towards me in response to that roar.

…Still, it’s unlikely I can defeat him without magic.

If other creatures come, I won’t be able to defeat them with just my short sword, so I reluctantly unlocked spatial magic.

The activation range of spatial magic is where my field of view reaches and places I’ve visited before.

Aiming for Bloodzaurus’ legs, I activated spatial magic.

Bloodzaurus momentarily seemed wary of my magical power.

But it was too late. Something like a black vortex I created appeared at Bloodzaurus’ feet and swallowed them up.

It tried to escape instinctively, but I cut off its legs faster.

“Gyaaaah!?”

Bloodzaurus’ scream echoed, and its body began to collapse.

Stepping in immediately, I swung my Dark Fang at its exposed neck.

…There seemed to be no time for him to harden its scales in response to my attacks, and my Dark Fang easily tore through its body.

After quickly collecting the materials with spatial magic, I left the scene.

…For now, I can manage one-on-one.

However, that battle just now was quite intense.

I was quite tired from staying focused for so long.

But I can do this. From now on, I’ll just keep leveling up here.

With my breath slightly disturbed, I walked through the Fifth Layer in search of the next prey.

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