In terms of the balance of power, Asterus has an absolute advantage.

So Bale followed Ace's advice and never fell into passive defense.

Take the initiative to attack, let the opponent defend, and dodge the opponent's attack.

A fierce white-knuckle battle began.

Bell dodged the double-edged axe he swung widely, but although he avoided the axe, he would also be affected by the wind pressure.

Bell's skin, which had dodged several slashes, had begun to bleed.

Bell at lv3 understands that this is an overwhelming gap at a glance.

Relying on his agility and size, Bell allowed himself to go around the back of Asterus as much as possible, no matter how Asterus wielded the axe with both hands, no matter how he turned around, Bell would not let himself appear directly in front of Asterus.

Seeing the rabbit-like Bell's top-notch agility and swift dagger, Astyros smiled as he easily met it from the side and back.

This is not the minotaur whose arm was cut off by Ace in the original books, but Asterus in his heyday.

The slashing axe sent a scream into the atmosphere, and the floor where the boot stepped kicked up a cloud of dust and debris.

As the boy and the monster competed in strength and speed, the spectators outside the battle clenched their hands.

The heretics cried out in more joy, and the Hestian clans, knowing that Bell would not be in danger of dying, still sweated.

"Moooo Asterus roared excitedly, fiddled with two axes, and began to attack Bell as he jumped around like a storm.

Bell had experienced this roaring "feeling" before, and it was a memory that gave him the creeps.

It was the wall that I was able to cross through that "adventure", and I would not give in again. Bell thought.

Facing the high-morale fierce bull, Bell clutched the pitch-black dagger and the true red short knife and unleashed a combo.

Dodge narrowly through the gaps in the blades of the axe, and look for an opportunity to leave scratches on the bull.

Faced with the deadly double-edged axe of countless slashes, Bell struggled to get around the monster's back, but this strategy was gradually defused by Asteros, who kept changing directions.

The other party has subtle "skills" and "strategies" that are not found in the past scenes, which makes Bell feel anxious.

Just when he was confused, this fierce bull was frantically thirsting for "power".

Bell shook off the entanglement and once again rushed into the gap between the enemy's attacks, unleashing another slash with his twin blades.

"Moooh

The Minotaur used the great axe as a shield and trampled at the same time.

The ground shattered, which directly destroyed Bell's posture. The double-edged axe followed, and Bell hurriedly kicked the enemy's body to evade urgently.

Several gray hairs were cut off, and countless sweat mixed with blood splattered.

The entire flesh of the enemy is an incomparably ruthless murder weapon. Each one can kill Bell.

Even Fellowos stood up, ready to intervene to end the duel.

Looking at the trembling teenager's inability to be distracted, the fierce bull laughed and stabbed the red horns of his head.

Bell quickly raised his hand, but he couldn't stop it completely.

Bursting with a cacophony of metallic sounds and a large number of sparks, Bell flew upwards and found a kick from Astilos, who was in hot pursuit.

Bell crossed his arms to defend against super-hard metal, and then his entire vision shook violently.

The wrist bones seemed to make a cracking sound, and Bell, whose eyes were bloodshot, was kicked back again.

Along a gentle parabola, a human bomb, Bel-kun, crashed into the flat ground behind him at a violent speed.

This time he didn't get up so quickly, but held his head to reduce the impact of the landing, so that he was a little less injured, and at the same time, white light began to accumulate on his right hand.

By the time he stopped on the ground, his body had already suffered a lot of injuries, but the light on his right hand had accumulated a lot.

The skill "Hero's Wish", the power to reverse the situation in the face of adversity, can charge active actions, whether it is direct attack or magic, the longer the charge, the more powerful.

At this time, Bell did not have a chance to draw the magic sword again, but used all his energy to magic.

Trembling, he stretched out his right hand and struggled to half-get up, "Flame lightning!" ”

A fire magic that was several times more powerful than before, thinking of Asteros attacking.

Watching the flames engulf the bull, Bell picked up his weapon and stumbled up again.

With a trail of pure white hair, Bell swung a pitch-black and true red dagger.

Asteros, baptized by the powerful flames, was bleeding from his body, and when he saw his fierce rival reappeared, he roared with joy again.

"Ahh

"Oooo

On one side is an adventurer with a head covered in blood and a dirty face, but still roaring.

On one side is a little embarrassed, disgraced, and unusually happy.

The expression on the young man's face was not the same as the previous Bell, smiling bitterly, timidly, and crying.

Now he's a roaring man.

This is the expression of the challenge of "adventure".

Here it is - "Adventurer".

There was not the slightest confusion on Bell's face.

Faced with the enemy in front of him, in the face of the laughing rival, he gambled everything.

Because like the enemy in front of him, he also "craves".

With each collision, the red knife gradually succumbed to the hard blow of the double-edged axe. Finally, Welf's "Ushiwakamaru" forged with half a cow's horn shattered.

Sorry, thanks, I'm going to move on. Bell immediately unleashed the flames with his bare hands, aiming at the fierce bull that was crushing the ground, and the thunder light wrapped in the flames burst out.

Bell, let out a roar.

"Ahhh————!!h

The boy's roar shook the entire venue, even drowning out the applause of the audience.

Bell threw down the severed "Ushiwakamaru", with a Hestian blade in one hand and a short-bladed magic sword in the other, and launched a charge again.

The twin blades and the twin axes collided together countless times, and countless times erupted with a loud slashing sound.

"Mmmm

As if they had racked their last ounce of strength, Bell and Astyros' attacks became even more swift.

Bell's wrists snorted, but he didn't care.

No matter how much pain in his wrist was, he wielded his blades desperately, and the burning pain turned into the driving force of the attack, and he kept slashing away.

The blade of the god slashed down and was bounced off.

Bell took advantage of the situation to unleash a whirling slash, but was blocked by the double-edged axe.

Even the containment thunder he released was directly crushed, and an oblique slash came in front of him.

Bell's gear is peeling off. The hand armor with shattered armor and the shoulder armor used for emergency defense were all destroyed by the onslaught of Astyros. The pitch-black turbidity turned into a threat, and Bell continued to crush.

To be able to support under the able-bodied Asterus until now is already a song and a cry.

"If it weren't for Ace's targeted training, I would have been killed in seconds." Bell clearly recognizes.

At the same time, he also realized that he had reached his limit.

Relying on his skills and momentum, he has fought hard until now, and he has no way to maintain his agility to dodge.

It's so strong.

Astyros was so powerful that he couldn't do anything about it.

The pitch-black giant fist and the double-edged axe are constantly harsh on Bell, who can't even defend himself.

- I want to be strong.

In order to surpass this fierce rival - in order to surpass this powerless self.

- I want to be strong.

In order to defeat this fierce opponent - in order not to miss out on what is dear to you.

- I have to be stronger.

Just like a hero.

Just like heroes, in order to protect important beings, in order to protect important people.

- Me.

Want to be a hero.

"-Uh-huh!!"

Bell let out a roar.

He kept accelerating his body towards the realm of pure white.

He rushed at all obstacles, everything reflected in his eyes began to burn, and he accelerated towards the pitch-black fierce bull waiting in front of him.

As he quickly stepped out of his left foot, Bell swung the blade of the gods.

Rightfully blocked by the axe, even the godblade came out of his hand and flew out.

Bale ignored it completely, and as he jumped, his left foot kick exploding on the protruding bones of Astyros' face.

Like its enemies, the rabbit uses its own flesh as a weapon, but not enough for Asteros.

But at this time, Asteros - his eyes suddenly widened.

I saw that Bell, who was in the air, maintained the posture of kicking out his left leg, and showed the muzzle of the cannon - his right hand.

"Flame Lightning!"

The zero-range artillery bombardment, because it was too close, the attack was too concentrated, and it hit the place where the strongest people were weak, this must-kill hit the one eye of the fierce bull.

Bell himself was blown away by the storm, but the moment he hit the ground he rushed again.

He grasped the only remaining short-bladed sword in both hands and stabbed it into Asteros' armor as he unleashed it.

Another explosion at close range.

The armor of Asterus was completely shattered, and the entire giant body began to spew a large amount of blood, and Bell was blown away again by the explosion, and at the same time, the charging of a new "Heroic Strike" began.

"Mmmm

Asteros finally took a damn hit. And the ulcer left eye, obviously seriously injured, he smiled.

Just as Bell was charging up again, the double-edged axe also broke through.

The blade of the axe swept over the boy's shoulder, and blood gushed out; The sound of muscles shattering leaked from the armor that resisted sword strikes.

At the same time, the white light in Bell's hand also converged on the magic sword.

The "Heroic Wish" was activated, causing the magic sword to erupt with far more power than usual, and a shockwave erupted towards the fierce bull, filling the entire field with a large amount of smoke and dust.

The dust settled, revealing the scene inside.

The magic sword in Bell's hand turned into black wreckage and shattered, and the defenseless Bell fell forward, unable to get up again.

Asterus, who was more than a dozen meters away, was apparently swept away by the explosion, and was now covered in blood, holding his axe against the ground, staggering to his feet, still gasping for breath twice, and roaring in the sky.

"Whoa, whoa!"

Bell lost.

There's no need to go any further.

Spitting blood from his mouth, the boy lying on the ground turned over with difficulty and lay flat on the ground, waiting for the shadow of Asterus to approach.

"Bell ......"

He didn't hear a roar of battle, and Bell squeezed out the last of his strength and looked up.

I saw a pitch-black bull standing in front of me like a winner.

Asteros, who was standing quietly on the side, looked down at Bell, who was covered in bruises, and said.

"In this way, it is a victory and a defeat......"