<h4>Chapter 716</h4>


    <h4>716: Siby Battle, Initial Test</h4>


    『Well, here we are! The quarterfinals! The hero of the ck Cats has achieved victory after victory up to this point! Here''s Fran the ck Lightning Princess! She is as small as ever! But everyone knows just how strong she really is!』


    In the quarterfinals, the audience''s voltage was at its peak even before the event started. The crowd cheered so loudly that the earth shook.


    『Against the red mercenary, Siby! She has defeated many strong opponents and won with her overwhelming destructive power!』


    Fran and Siby faced each other on the stage.


    「Hey. Nice to see you again.」


    「Nn.」


    「I saw the Biscot fight. You weren''t serious, right?」


    「Watch and see.」


    「Kukuku. I know it!」


    『Last year''s dark horse against this year''s dark horse! Who will win?』


    Now that you mention it, it''s fitting to call it a match-up of dark horses.


    「Brilliant Lightning Rush!」


    「Huh? So you really are an evolved ck cat, aren''t you?」


    Siby smiles happily watching the ck lightning rushing around Fran.


    SHe''s probably already checked out the information on Fran. It''s a well-known story, so it''s easy to find out if you ask around a bit.


    It''s best to assume that they have at least some information about us.


    「Now, show me your power as one of the best adventurers in the world!」


    「I don''t need to be told.」


    『Let the match begin!』


    「Yeah!」


    「Nn!」


    As soon as the match started, Siby came forward. This was unexpected. In the previous matches, she''d wait and see what would happen first, but……


    This is a sign that Siby''s as serious as we were.


    A sword thrusts out at high speed, and it aimed right for Fran''s throat.


    Even though that was unexpected, this possibility was notpletely ruled out.


    『Air shield, multi cast!』


    This time, I was at full throttle from the very start. I created multiple air shields and blocked Siby''s attack.


    「Chantless?!」


    「Fuh!」


    Fran fires a sh at Siby''s open nk.


    It should have caught her perfectly, but…


    「Kuhaha! It''s so light!」


    「Mnh!」


    It didn''t cut her in the slightest.


    It''s not like it was bounced by a barrier. There was a dull feeling and sound, as if she was hitting a thick tire with an iron pipe.


    The ck lightning did not seem to damage Siby either.


    （Master!）


    『I don''t know yet!』


    It seems like Siby has some kind of skill to mitigate the damage. Physical resistance and lightning resistance? But, could she really have the exact resistances against us?


    「Doryaa!」


    We tried to parry her attack and take advantage of the opportunity, but Siby was the one who struck first. It was quite fast, but not enough to catch Fran.


    Fran, who had avoided the sh with minimal movement, now mmed a low kick into Siby''s inner thigh.


    But it didn''t seem to work either.


    『Then I''ll look for a weak spot!』


    「Nn!」


    From there it was a fierce exchange of blows.


    Dozens of sword shes ensued, but neither Fran nor Siby were seriously damaged.


    Fran evaded everything and Siby simply took no damage.


    That''s right. She didn''t bleed at all no matter where we cut or stabbed her from her head to her feet. Even a thrust straight at her eyeball didn''t leave a mark.


    I tried Destroyer of Evil, Demon Poison Fang, Elemental Swords of various elements… Still no effect.


    「Nice try but it''s all useless!」


    『Then we''ll use magic!』


    I let Fran handle the evasion and fired several spells at once at Siby, who continued to swing her sword down at us.


    Inferno, storm,nd, water, lightning, ice, molten, dust, poison, darkness, light, space-time. I used pretty much every single spell I had that could cause direct damage.


    Then with Fire Control, Water Control, Earth Control, Poison Control, and Wind Control, Iunched non-magical elemental attacks.


    However, Siby didn''t show any attempt to avoid them.


    It seems likely that she has a skill nullifying damage below a certain level rather than a resistance skill. It would be too hard to believe that Siby has resistance against all the attacks I just made.


    「That''s not enough to hurt me!」


    「Then try this!」


    Siby approached us, deflecting the attack with her own body.


    Fran held me at waist height while ducking to avoid a side sh.


    Using all her strength, Fran sends me flying from the sheath made of wind.


    The Sheaths of Wind sh flew right for Siby''s neck with divine speed.


    Against any normal opponent, this would have been the decisive blow. However, Siby didn''t even care.


    I thought it might be a skill that reduces damage beyond a certain threshold, but how could it possibly nullify even this powerful attack?


    Physical nullification? No, that doesn''t exin why ck lightning doesn''t work.


    In the first ce, she certainly took a lot of damage in the fight with Colbert. Thest technique that Colbert had unleashed was indeed impressive.


    Even so, the Sheaths of Wind isparable to that. In fact, the damage should be way higher than Colbert''s because of the addition of my attack power to it.


    So why is there no damage?


    『What kind of a trick is this!?』


    「Nice! That''s a good one! But it''s not enough to beat me! I''m just about warmed up, let''s get this party going!」


    Siby''s pressure increased at once, and her entire body erupted with red magic power.