Overwhelming The Enemy With Skill Evolutions And Titles

Whoooom!

The Apostle roared.

It launched a fireball from its emblem.

“Guh…!”

I tried to activate [Ice Shield].

But I was exhausted from repeatedly using skills earlier, and I couldn’t activate another one immediately.

The fireball hurtled toward my face.

This was bad. I had no way to block it—

“G-get away from me!”

The instant I shouted instinctively,

Whoosh…!

The fireball suddenly made a U-turn right in front of me.

“Huh? What…?”

The fireball then flew straight back toward the Apostle and exploded.

Ooooooh…!?

Even the Apostle seemed bewildered.

What just happened—

“The fireball moved exactly the way I wanted it to…?”

Could this possibly be—

“Was that the power of my ‘titles’…?”

The three titles I’d received.

Had these titles granted me the ability to manipulate fireballs…?

The first title did say “Commands Flames,” so that certainly seemed plausible.

If that was the case, I could easily counter its fireballs.

“Now all that’s left is—to land a decisive blow.”

Even repeatedly unleashing ranged attacks like [Fire Arrow] and [Ice Blast] hadn’t been enough to finish it off.

If anything stood a chance, it would have to be a close-range attack—

And if I could land [Whirlwind Slash], which seemed to be the most powerful of my close-combat skills, I might actually be able to defeat it.

“But to do that—”

I stared at the Apostle and gulped.

“I’ll have to get past its attacks and close the distance until I’m within range of [Whirlwind Slash].”

Tension and anxiety welled up inside me.

But I had no choice.

I kicked off the ground and broke into a sprint.

“What the…!?”

My movements were noticeably lighter than before.

It was almost as though I’d sprouted wings—

With every step, I felt as though my body was soaring higher off the ground.

And with every stride, I seemed to accelerate at an incredible rate.

Whoooom!

The Apostle fired another fireball, but I deflected every single one.

Changing tactics, the Apostle began throwing punches and kicks.

“[Concentration]—Rank Up to Ultimate!”

I hastily evolved my [Concentration] skill.

The Apostle’s attacks suddenly seemed to move unbelievably slowly.

It was probably because my concentration had been heightened to its absolute limit.

I easily dodged its punches and kicks, closing in until I was right beside the Apostle.

There! I was finally within striking distance—!

“[Whirlwind Slash: Ultimate]!”

As I brought my sword down, it generated a blade of wind that sliced the Apostle cleanly in two.