I Was the Supporter of a Popular Dungeon Streamer, but the Power Harassment Was Too Much, so I Quit. I’m Useless Anyway, so It Shouldn’t Be a Problem, Right? Huh? The Views Are Dropping Like Crazy? - 29

Chapter 29: Hamura vs Isshiki & Kazuhara

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Kazuhara-san narrowed his eyes, veins bulging across his face.

“Ohh? Seems like you’re seriously underestimating us… Oi!!”

Kazuhara-san stomped on the ground. Cracks spread across the floor in response. He didn’t have the enhancement effect from OOParts. Which meant he achieved this level of physical ability using only enhancement techniques? That was incredible.

“Let’s hurry up and get the match started already.”

Isshiki-san said while adjusting the training area’s settings on a panel near the elevator.

“O-Oi! H-hold on! I haven’t actually agreed to this two-on-one match yet—”

“Alright. Settings complete.”

A green bar appeared in front of me, Kazuhara-san, and Isshiki-san. This was the same HP system used in my duel with Abisu.

“The match is over when this bar disappears, right?”

Isshiki-san gave me a small nod.

“Tch! Fine! Whatever. I’ll make you realize your mistake soon enough!!”

Kazuhara-san rolled his shoulders and charged in. His right fist came straight at me. I matched his right fist with my own, with my prosthetic right hand. A thunderous GAAAN!! rang out as the impact exploded, sending a shockwave through the air.

“Oh? So you can take on my punch straight up, huh…!”

“Was that your full strength? If so, it’s below my expectations.”

“Like hell it was!!”

Kazuhara-san followed up with a left-handed palm strike. I blocked it with my left arm, but the impact sent a shockwave straight through my core, blasting me backward.

“Kh—!?”

“What’s wrong!? That was just a palm strike, you know!!”

This technique…! That was the release of internal power from Chinese martial arts! A method that controlled kinetic energy to send force rippling through an opponent’s core! Unlike OOParts or magic spells, pure martial arts didn’t emit magical wavelengths, making it hard to react in time.

“【Earth Quicksand】.”

“-!?”

A voice rang out from behind me. I turned to see Isshiki-san  had unleashed a cascading wave of earth and sand, like a landslide.

“【Soaring Swallow Explosion】!!”

I summoned a flaming bird and sent it crashing into the wave of earth. The【Soaring Swallow Explosion】deflected the【Earth Quicksand】, but the scattered sand and dirt buried my feet.

“【Devourer Swamp】.”

The earth and sand beneath me transformed into mud, trapping my legs. A spell that turned sand and dirt into mud, 【Devourer Swamp】! By combining it with 【Earth Quicksand】, she could use it even in concrete terrain without any dirt on it! Clever! As I admired her tactics, Kazuhara-san’s shadow loomed over me.

“【Giant Fist】【Steel Fist】【Crimson Fist】!!!”

Leaping into the air, Kazuhara-san first activated 【Giant Fist】, swelling his right fist to the size of a giant’s. Then, he hardened it with 【Steel Fist】, turning it as tough as steel. Finally, with 【Crimson Fist】, flames wrapped around his massive, reinforced fist. A giant, steel-hardened, flame-coated right fist…! If that fist hit me, my HP bar would vanish instantly!

“And now.. 【Wind Shoes】!!”

【Wind Shoes】 was a spell that granted three mid-air jumps. Kazuhara-san kicked off the air, rocketing toward me.

“Take this! This is my strongest magic combo… Meteor Strike!!”

He kicked off the air twice more and charged in at maximum speed. Indeed. He was practically a meteor.

“There’s no magic that can break through this! This is the end for you!”

There was a magic that could break through it though.

“【Phantom Formation Mastery】”

I created four clones of myself.

“What!?”

My clones and I thrust our right fists upward, all five of us catching Kazuhara-san’s Meteor Strike. The mud at my feet exploded outward, and the shockwave blew apart the walls of the surrounding ruins. A storm raged around us, with me and Kazuhara-san at its center.

“Goddamn itttttttttttt!!!!!!”

“What an incredible power…!”

We clashed for four seconds. Finally, the storm subsided, and the force of Meteor Strike finally diminished.

“A five-character magic spell…!? Don’t screw with me… How can someone with a five-character magic spell stay as a nobody?! Why have I never heard of you before?!”

“Well then, it’s my turn.”

The magic’s duration ended, and Kazuhara-san’s fist returned to normal size. The tables had turned. Just as my clones and I—five in total—were about to charge at Kazuhara-san…

“【Binding Nail Bullet】”

From behind, Isshiki-san fired twelve black spikes shaped like nails. These spikes worked the same as 【Eightfold Bind】. Once hit, the target’s would be fixed in place, preventing the target from moving. I was caught off guard. Two of my clones were pinned by the spikes. However, I and the remaining two clones managed to dodge it.

“-!? You sure know when to use your magic spell, but three of us is more than enough.”

The three of us lunged at Kazuhara-san.

“Sh-shit!!”

Kazuhara-san desperately held his ground against my relentless attacks, using both martial arts and magic. But—

“I’m picking up the pace!!”

Gradually, he started getting overwhelmed. Finally, Kazuhara-san ran out of breath, and one of my clones hit him hard in the stomach.

“Gah!!”

He staggered back heavily. I and the remaining two clones followed up with a flurry of blows.

“This is the last one!!”

We rushed in from three directions, cutting down his HP.

“Dammit!!”

With that, there was only one left, Isshiki-san.

As soon as Kazuhara-san fell, 【Phantom Formation Masteryy】’s effect also came to an end. Now it was just me, standing alone against Isshiki-san.

“【Phantom Formation Mastery】 consumes a massive amount of mana. You can’t use it repeatedly.”

“You’re exactly right.”

Even without a five-character magic spell, I could handle a one-on-one fight.

“【Moonlight Thunderstrike】!!”

I fired a crescent-shaped lightning attack and at the same time, I activated 【Whirlwind】 without chanting. I hid the wind blade in the shadow of the lightning.

“【Moonlight Thunderstrike】”

Ichishiki-san also cast 【Moonlight Thunderstrike】, nullifying mine, but she couldn’t stop the hidden 【Whirlwind】. The wind strike hit her shoulder.

“-!? No way…”

“Chantless magic!?”

Both Isshiki-san and Kazuhara-san were shaken by my use of chantless magic. That one attack shaved off 20% of Isshiki-san’s HP gauge. If I could keep pushing her like this—

“Nhufufu…!”

“Huh?”

…Did I imagine it? I thought I just heard an indecent sound coming out from Isshiki-san’s mouth…

“…Amazing… Yeah… Seeing it live is just… Incredible… So much better than watching a video…”

Her cloyingly sweet voice was laced with an unsettling sultriness. Isshiki-san’s previously expressionless face twisted into something entirely different. She looked downright… Lecherous. A chill ran down my spine. My feet froze in place.

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