The End of the ‘Bow’

""Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!""

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"Gugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

――BOOM!

Our fight continued in the sky.

Because we were far from the elven village, I didn't think it would get

hit by a stray attack, still I tried my best to lead Canaan's attacks so

that they didn't go towards the ground.

"Gugi… ga…"

With his attacks continued being deflected or avoided, Canaan

seemed to be getting irritated.

――But that worked in our favor, actually.

The more he was focused on us, the easier it would be for us to

make our 'preparation'.

"Two spots left, right?"

"Yeah, that's right. Then our 'light show' will be ready."

"Alright," nodding, I aimed the bow at Canaan.

""Grand Tempest Arrow!""

――BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!

The light arrow swiftly flew towards Canaan while drawing a spiral.

"Gugauu!"

However, having turned into a dark high elf, Canaan's speed had

improved considerably, and he dodged just before the arrow hit him.

――BAAANG!

As a result, our attack just went past him, knocking down the trees

and scraping off the surface of the earth.

I wasn't a big fan of destroying the nature, but right now, there was

no way around it.

"Uguaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

――SWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHH!

While avoiding Canaan's counter attack, we kept the bow trained at

him.

""Grand Eclair Shoot!""

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"Giee!?"

I'd expected no less from the thunder attribute highest level Combat

Art, even Canaan couldn't avoid it.

"G-gah… gi…"

It'd be nice if it could take him down, but even though Canaan's left

half had been blown away, he still turned his hate-filled gaze towards

us.

Not to mention,

"Gugiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"

Following his scream, the half part of his body that had disappeared

started to regenerate.

I supposed there was still a lot more where that came from

considering all the life force he'd absorbed.

"But don't you think it's weird? Since the start of the fight, our attacks

have landed on him for quite a few times, and he'd absorb some of

them, yet others he wouldn't," Zana remarked.

"Most likely, as you said before, there's a limit to his absorption

ability. I mean, all of our attacks are basically powerful. If he were to

absorb all of them, he'd probably get overloaded."

"Seems like it. Well, glad we've gone through the trouble to prepare

the light show to make doubly sure."

"Yeah. Now all that's left to do is to lure him to the right spot, but…"

Seeing that he was irritated by the fact that none of his attacks were

working on us, maybe he'd fall for a provocation.

Thinking so, although I wasn't exactly used to it, I spoke to Canaan

in an arrogant tone, "What's wrong? Is that all you have?"

"Grr…"

...Oh?

"Honestly, I'm disappointed. To think this is the extent of what you

can do after forcefully taking others' power away… Looks like our

'Bow' Saint is nothing much, after all."

"Gugigigigi…!"

It seemed like my words got through to Canaan.

I didn't know if it was Canaan's own consciousness, but anyway, the

provocation seemed to be working.

In that case, I continued to provoke him, "In truth, you just wanted to

triumph over the other elves, didn't you? You joined hands with

Elysium because you thought you'd be able to gain merit that way,

right?"

"—!?"

"You've been called a 'heretic' and an 'abomination' throughout your

whole life, so that's not strange. I could see why you aimed at that

woman first, too. But, are you really okay with this? You haven't been

able to triumph over anyone, yet you were turned into a doll by

Phinis-sama, and now, you're defeated by us—that's kinda lame,

don't you think?"

Then.

"—I'm… not… defeated… yet…"

""!""

The blackdollified Canaan spoke clearly. Which meant, it was safe to

assume that his consciousness still remained.

Maybe we can…

""...""

After we nodded to each other, I yelled to Canaan, "Then, come!

Show us your true power!"

"Ughgaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"

After releasing a loud roar, Canaan rushed in our direction,

attempting a suicide attack.

At that moment, we instantly soared high into the sky, before

activating the five attributes-synchronized Combat Art that we'd

prepared.

""—Grand Full Elemental Descent!!""

"—Gah!?"

Lights of each attribute flew into the air from five different locations—

locations where our previous Combat Arts had landed—and

manifested an ultra-gigantic bow and arrow in the sky.

Also, the five locations connected to each other to form a barrier,

completely sealing Canaan.

And,

""Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttt thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssss!!""

――BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN

NNNGGGGGG!!

"!?"

From high up in the sky, an arrow of light swirling in five different

colours shot straight down towards Canaan's head .