I Was Reincarnated with OP Invincibility, so I’ll Beat ’em Up My Way as an Action-Adventurer

104. It’s Super Effective

“This is no longer training. Let’s face each other, staking our pride.”

Greed swayed its seven heads.

A faint light glowed in its mouths.

The dragon’s breath is coming──.

I immediately activated my ‘defense’ skill.

Creating a rainbow-colored dome, I prepared for the attack.

“Luca, Sarome. Don’t leave the dome.”

I cautioned the two.

As long as they stayed within the dome, even an ancient dragon’s attack would be completely blocked.

That had been proven in the earlier battle.

But if they stepped even one foot outside, they’d be turned to ash in an instant.

“We have to hold him off while staying in the safe zone…!”

“Safe zone, you say?”

Greed roared.

“How naïve, boy.”

“What?”

“My weapons aren’t just physical blows or breath attacks. For instance, there’s this dragon magic, Dragon’s Roar.”

Its seven pairs of eyes emitted a sinister light.

At the same time,

“Huh!?”

“W-what…!?”

Luca and Sarome’s confused voices echoed right next to me.

When I turned, their figures were wrapped in some dark force──and disappeared.

“Luca! Sarome!”

A moment later, they reappeared at the edge of the room.

More than a hundred meters away from me.

“Teleportation magic──!?”

“It’s a variation of a spell originally crafted by Ga-Zegalia Fio, the god who governs ‘transportation’──the extradimensional transfer spell, Syrega.”

Greed explained.

My skill was only ‘defense’.

It seemed like it couldn’t block a non-offensive spell like that.

“Let me ask again. Do you still think this is a safe zone?”

Greed’s seven mouths opened simultaneously.

Red, blue, green──colors of various brilliance filled their insides.

This is bad!

The spot where they’re standing is outside my defense skill’s range.

“It’s a breath attack! Run!”

I hurriedly shouted at Luca and Sarome.

As for me, no matter where I was teleported, I was still within the defense skill’s protection.

But they were different.

Once they left my side, they were outside the range of my skill.

“In that case──”

Following the strategy from the last battle, I split my skill into two areas.

One to protect myself.

And the other to fly towards them.

But──will it make it in time!?

“It’s pointless, my attack is faster.”

Greed declared mercilessly.

I instinctively knew it too.

Before my skill could reach them, the breath attack would burn them to ashes.

There was no escape from a wide-range dragon’s breath.

“What do I do──!?”

My hesitation lasted only a moment.

If they couldn’t escape, there was only one option left.

“……Bring it on!”

The rainbow light surrounding me vanished.

I had canceled the defense skill.

“Ah, so you’re sacrificing yourself to lure my attack?”

All seven heads turned to me.

“I was curious to see what you’d do if I targeted your comrades──but this is unexpected. How amusing!”

The breath attack was unleashed at once.

I tried to redeploy [Armor Phase], but I couldn’t make it in time.

Activating the skill required a brief moment of concentration.

And the dragon’s breath was faster than that.

The multicolored breath engulfed me entirely, consuming me──.

But just before that.

A symbol of a goddess, with twelve wings spread wide, appeared in front of me.

The torrent of breath slowed, and the surroundings shimmered.

The seven streams of breath reversed, returning to the dragon’s mouths.

“The Sixth Form, [Reverse React].”

An automatic guard that activates once a day when I’m in danger.

It reverses time itself, bending even causality, to nullify a fatal blow──the ultimate defense.

“What is this……!?”

In Greed’s moment of surprise, I ran over to where Luca and Sarome were.

“Haruto, what just──”

“Are we… safe?”

Luca and Sarome stared at me with shocked faces.

They wouldn’t be able to fully comprehend what had just happened.

“So, it’s a defense that manipulates time.”

The ancient dragon growled fiercely.

It glared at me with sharp eyes.

“……But it doesn’t seem all-powerful. I’ve analyzed the quality of your power… You can only use that ability once a day.”

He saw through it.

I glared back at Greed.

“If you take another fatal hit, you won’t be able to block it. There’s no second reset. Keep that in mind, human.”

I didn’t need him to tell me that.

The Sixth Form can’t be used consecutively, and I had no intention of doing so.

It’s just a ‘one-time insurance.’

“If I get hit again, I die.”

That’s why I didn’t want to use it until the last possible moment.

“From now on──I’ll suppress you with my own power.”

“Suppress? The ancient dragon, the symbol of invincibility? Interesting, give it your best! My blood boils even more──”

One of the most powerful dragons in the world.

Facing its overwhelming presence, I considered my next move.

My skill always had a brief delay before activation.

If the two were teleported again like earlier, the dragon’s breath could reach them before I could defend.

What should I do…!?

How can I prevent that──?

No, preventing it is impossible.

I’ll have to defeat him before that happens.

I must crush him.

I have to show my strength and force Greed to acknowledge his defeat.

Otherwise, Luca and Sarome will be wiped out…!

The tension, anxiety, and fear of carrying someone else’s life weighed on me.

“Don’t leave my side, both of you.”

I called out to Luca and Sarome.

……Even though I knew that if Greed used teleportation magic again, it would be futile.

“Don’t underestimate me, boy. I don’t wish to kill you meaninglessly, but to enjoy this fight──I will use any means necessary.”

The ancient dragon growled menacingly.

“Don’t let your guard down for even a moment. Focus every ounce of your being on my every move. Otherwise, either you or your comrades──one of you will be wiped out.”

Greed stood still, observing my next move, or perhaps waiting for the right timing.

The fact that he was doing nothing only increased the eerie pressure.

What’s he going to do next?

Claws, fangs, or breath attack?

Will he teleport the two again and attack like before?

Or does he have another technique up his sleeve that I can’t anticipate?

I can’t read him──.

My anxiety and impatience grew.

A warm bead of sweat trickled down my cheek.

“Calm down.”

Suddenly, Sarome whispered as she hugged me.

“Huh……!?”

“It’ll be alright.”

Sarome looked straight at me.

The same cheerful smile as always.

Her bright smile seemed to ease my tension, which had been wound tight.

And then that smile filled my vision,

“Sarome──mngh!?”

Suddenly, my lips were sealed by her soft ones.

“Hehe, a charm to give you courage.”

After the brief kiss, Sarome grinned mischievously.

“It’s my first kiss, you know. It’s gotta be super effective.”

As she spoke, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

“……Yeah, you’re right.”

Thanks to her, I had calmed down.

Though my heart was still pounding a bit.

But it’s fine now.

It was strange how just a kiss could shift my mindset so quickly.

“Thank you, Sarome.”

I thanked her, then turned to face Greed again.