Narrowing her eyes, Shiro took a deep breath and thought about what she should do. Her enemy was a level 100 arena master which presented two problems for her. The first being the fact that he was 35 levels ahead of her which made it so that their stat disparity was huge. The second problem was the fact that she had no idea what his class could do so she had to play it a little safe. If not for the fact that their strengths had such a gap, she would have just brute forced her way through and killed him. Before she could even speak, she widened her eyes when she felt danger assault her senses. Quickly crouching onto the floor, she watched as a wind blade flew past her. 'Tch, if I didn't react in time, I would have been cut in half.' She cursed in her mind. "Hou, fast reactions. I wonder if that's your natural response time or if it was the result of the nanobots enhancing your performance. How interesting." He smiled. "Who cares." Shiro smiled fearlessly. Slamming her palms into the ground, she sent out a wave of nanobots. *BOOM!!!!! Crashing against an invisible wall of sorts, Shiro furrowed her brows before flicking her wrist. *KACHA! Within the swarm of nanobots, several nanotech shotguns were created. *PING PING PING PING! Follow current on novelenglish.net
However, all of the pellets were reflected as they dealt no damage to Redirm. "Interesting. Your control over your nanobots allows you to mass produce weaponry upon command. I'm starting to wonder if I should take you in alive now." Redirm smiled. "But I'm not in a hurry. I should see your limit first." His voice suddenly appeared behind her as Shiro quickly twisted her body and tried to counter attack. "GAH!" Before her kick could even land, he had kneed her in the stomach and sent her rolling across the ground. Slamming her hands into the ground, she pushed her body and slipped backwards. Readjusting herself, she tapped her necklace and summoned Ataraxia. On top of this, she brought out the god slayer sword. Path of Ascendance – Asura Sword Path + Celestial Path! Her body flickered towards Redirm as she was prepared to slice apart any magic that he hurls at her. "Hm… a frontal attack. Not the smartest move I'm afraid." Redirm shook his head and waved his hand. *BOOM!!!! Suddenly, a tier 4 magic circle wrapped around his wrist as the ambient mana surged towards him. "Sh*t! Tier 4!?" Shiro muttered with a frown. Stomping down with her foot, she sent out a wave of ice in an attempt to disrupt him. *KRRRR!!!!! Crashing against an invisible wall, the ice was pushed back and couldn't advance at all. "Hou… on top of nanobots, you also have the usual elemental magic. From my estimations, your ice magic seems to be superior to most people so I suppose you should be around level 75 to 80 give or take. With a difference of 20 levels between us, you might as well give up." Redirm smiled lightly. However, he didn't know that his sentence had set a light bulb off in Shiro's mind. 'He can't check my level and can only guess what I am depending on how I perform.' She thought in surprise. After all, the only reason why she and other people on Earth could inspect items and other people's level was due to the inspect skill that had been given out by the government. Without this, she would be like the people on Aria who didn't know people's levels. Follow current on novel-online.com
This made them all the more cautious so Shiro knew that she could take advantage of this. "So you think I'm level 75 to 80? Are you sure?" She grinned while circling around him. She wanted to find a chance for her to cancel out the channelling of his tier 4 skill but from what she had seen so far, there was a barrier of sorts around him that blocked all her attacks. If she wanted to deal some damage to him, she'll have to deal with that first. Pushing her hands forward, she made a claw gesture as a tier 3 magic circle wrapped around her arm. "Cage!" She commanded. *BOOM!!!!! A surge of nanobots exploded out from the ground and surrounded Redirm like a ribcage. Within the swarm of nanobots, tens of nanotech snipers could be seen as Shiro was pushing the limits of her mana links. It had been quite a while since she last felt an intense amount of pain in them due to the pills that she took, but she must keep in mind that she was only 7% done. 93% of her mana links was still damaged so she couldn't push her luck too much. Clutching her hand into a fist, all of the snipers fired in sync. *BANG BANG BANG BANG! Bullet holes could be seen in the air as Redirm frowned. His class, Arena Master, allows him to set up a labyrinth of sorts which allows him to attack people while being shielded. The strength of this labyrinth is synced up to his INT value and for Shiro to be able to put a crack in it, despite being estimated at level 75 to 80, was an astonishing feat. 'Could this be the nanobots?' He mused to himself while continuing the channelling of his tier 4 spell. Since his opponent held the finished product of nanobots, he had to make sure that he was careful. After all, he doesn't know how much of the concept was translated into reality hence why he was using the most powerful tier 4 spell he could use. "Tch." Clicking her tongue, Shiro had the snipers fire more shots while she created the Calamity Dragon Arrow. However, she couldn't just fire it on its own. If she did, it would do little to no damage. Snapping her fingers, she started to thread nanobots through the arrow along with enhancing the skill with her Celestial Path. That way, not only will its penetrative power increase, but it would also contain magic nullifying properties. Follow current on storynovel.net
'I need something to fire this with. My physical abilities are lacking slightly for this to be worth it.' She thought to herself. Furrowing her brows, she decided on making a ballista since a bow would still rely on her physical strength. But, before she could do that, she activated Fae Illusions. After all, who in their right mind would just let someone charge up an attack without doing anything? Making it so that her illusion is preparing the arrow, she dashed in the opposite direction and stomped down with her foot. Nanobots started to converge in front of her as she was forced to retract some of the ones she used to make the cage around Redirm. With the current state of her mana links, this was the limit of how many nanobots she could make. 'I wonder, would this be enough for a small mech?' She thought to herself. However, with the amount of components and reinforcement a decent mech needed, she'll have to repair her body by at least 15% before she could even think about making the most basic mech. Shaking her head, she focused on making the ballista. She wanted to make sure that this was the best it could be so that it can kill Redirm in one shot. Otherwise, she'll only be risking herself. As the ballista started to materialise, Redirm had finished charging his spell. "It's over. Tier 4 Spacial Magic – Domain Lock!" He commanded. *BOOMMMM!!!!!!! A wave mana exploded outwards as a semi transparent dome could be seen surrounding her illusion. Everything within a 20 meter radius was completely frozen in time. "Hmph, everything that is trapped in Domain Lock will be stuck until I allow them to move again. Within that time, I am able to do whatever I want." Redirm scoffed while walking in the domain nonchalantly. Meanwhile, Shiro's true body was not too far from the edge of the domain. Sweat dripped off her face as she was glad that she had decided to use Fae Illusions. Thanks to this, she was spared of the skill. 'I need to act quick.' She thought to herself and retracted all of her nanobots. Since her illusion was still in effect, Redirm didn't notice anything. 'Compress Form, Enhance Power Flow, Optimising Energy Conversion…' Quickly changing the ballista into a cannon of sorts that was made entirely for launching the arrow, Shiro knew that she needed to finish this before Redirm realised that what he was trapped was nothing. "Now then, I should take you back with me like this and put you under containment. Working with a live subject is much better than a dead subject after all." He mused while flicking his finger. This caused the area affected by the Domain Lock to float up into the air. Stepping onto the island, he placed a hand on 'her' shoulder but widened his eyes when he saw his hand phase through her. "An illusion!" He quickly jumped into the air. However, it was too late since Shiro had already finished making her weapon. [Orbital Rail Cannon – Trinity LVL 65 (Purple+)]