Chapter 293 Fear (12)
Billy could recover stamina way faster than mana, so he had planned to wear Jeannette out by using Light Spear several times. While that worked for a few times, Jeannetely eventually saw what he was planning and decided to use Telekinesis on his foot to break his stance. In the end, his attack only opened a hole in the ceiling. Not enough to pierce the entire layer, but it almost reached half of it. Not like she was in need to conserve her mana. After all, each of his attacks could be blocked by using only five points of her MP. It was pretty convenient to have a offensive skill like that which already was at the max level...
Jeannete - Lv 85 5.500/22.500 EXP
HP: 112/ 122
MP: 1685/ 2022
SP: 554/ 544
Strength: 25
Speed: 25
Magic: 859
Endurance: 25
Dexterity: 212
Status Points: 00
Skills:
Spells: Mind Control Lv ∞, Telekinesis Lv ∞,
Passive: Blacksmithing Lvl 89, Fire Resistance Lv 55, Heat Resistance Lv 49
Skill Points: 00
Billy had planned to make her suffocate at some point by sealing her in an even smaller chamber of iron, but it was clear that such a plan was a waste of time. If brute strength wasn't helping, Billy decided to use one of his tricks. He dashed toward Jeanette and then swung his spear toward her. She erected her barrier to block the attack, but then Billy moved his weapon to the side and activated the joint mechanism. The weapon split into three parts and passed the barrier by the side. However, the weapon's tip stopped a few centimeters away from Jeannette.
"Really? Really you thought that this would work?" Jeannette asked.
"It doesn't hurt to try!" Billy said and then used Palm Cannon on the barrier in front of him.
This time, the direct hit pushed the Barrier a few centimeters backward. Billy had no idea why that happened… He had hit the barrier with his spear several times, after all. In any case, if the barrier moved, then it suffered more damage than before…
"That move… It seems that you are popular with that old fart," Jeannette said.
"You have to respect your elders…" Billy said after he jumped backward.
Billy soon tried Palm Cannon again, and while it made the barrier tremble, it didn't make it move. He wondered if there was some sort of secret that Gilles didn't mention to him… As if she was trying to prevent Billy from using that move again, Jeannette suddenly used more power with her Telekinesis than usual and then made Billy's polegar and index finger of his right-hand snap.
The sudden pain was bearable, but the anger wasn't. Still, despite that, Billy smiled and charged again while using Light Spear. The barrier blocked his attack again, but Billy got close enough to use Palm Cannon. However, Jeannette had been waiting for that and stopped his punch. While she was at it, she broke some fingers of his left hand as well.
"I should at least commend you for not even groaning while I snap your fingers," Jeannette said. "For a person of the previous world, you must have one very interesting childhood here."
"I trained since I was just four every single day, sometimes, until all the skin of my hands were peeled," Billy said. "Something like this is like a boring Monday for me. That is the result of my hard work, surely you can understand that much. Since you didn't turn like this until you assumed your family business and then took over the state."
Jeanette didn't say anything because Billy was right. When she was born in that world, even someone like her got excited and considered the possibilities of her new life, considering that she retained her memories. Still, things changed once she began to find traces of others reincarnated from the present and of the past. Things were still calm right now, but she knew that eventually, the reincarnated individuals that were born with weird powers would have to fight against each other. Someone like her who didn't receive skills or proper training for combat would be at a disadvantage against the others, so she decided to take over the state and strengthen it and make it work like her line of defense.
"Shut up… What do you know about me?" Jeannette asked.
Billy realized that he had touched an open wound or something when Jeannette used her Telekinesis to bend some of the iron around her and then transformed into iron spears almost instantly. The tips of those had some nasty dents like they were the teeth of a shark… So, it was clear that Jeannette didn't want to kill him. She wanted to make him suffer.
"Let's see you trying to block this," Jeannette said.
Jeannette fires those three spears, and then Billy immediately uses the function of his weapon to split them into three parts. He barely had the time to move those to the places they had been fired at. Still, the impact pushed him backward for several meters while he blocked it. Jeannette didn't hold back this time, so Billy's ears were ringing and his arms trembling. To make matters worse, she was taking some huge chunks of iron from the walls again.
Billy wondered if he could learn Telekinesis now, the skill would come at the same level as Jeannette. Since they were in the same position, would that be weird? Regardless, he couldn't learn such a complex thing so fast.
Jeannette fired the spears again, but this time, Billy had the chance to change his weapon and equip the short spears in each hand. In the end, he blocked two of them by using Light Spear, but before he could hit the third one, the weapon flew in an arc toward his left chest. Jeannette smirked while looking at that, but Billy also had a surprise for her… A huge block of iron began to fall above her.
