Overlord (book 1)

His hands emitted heat, which started to spread throughout his body.

Gazef broke through his physical limitations, achieving hero-level strength. At the same time, he

simultaneously activated various martial arts skil s─── an act that could be described as a

warrior’s magic.

Gazefs stared at six angels flying in the surroundings.

"「Sixfold Slash of Light」"

This martial arts skill created rapid flashes.

With one move he hit six enemies.

Those hit were cleaved into halves, which became dissipating balls of light.

The rest of the Angels gasped in of surprise while Gazef’s men cheered loudly.

Although his hand ached from using his trump card, something of this degree wasn’t enough to

hinder him.

As if receiving orders to stop the applause, a large number of the angels started their attack

again. One of them swung at Gazef with a red flaming sword.

Just when the Angel was about to hit him with its sword, Gazef immediately activated his martial

arts skill and his body dodged instantly with a mist-like motion.

Before the Angel even had the chance to swing its sword, it already suffered Gazef’s sword

strike. This one move let the angel transform into a ball of light.

Gazef attack did not end there.

"「Full Throttle」."

With movements similar to flowing water, all the angels’ strikes were taken care of.

Using his unique skil , he continues to attack two angels. Like a miraculous scene, Gazef’s

stubborn resistance creates a trace of hope of winning for his men.

However, the Theocracy would not allow such thing, and with mocking voice they extinguished

the soldiers’ glimmer of hope.

"How exciting. But… let’s end this. Everyone who lost their Angel, summon replacements. Use

all your magic to target Strolonoff."

His boiling emotions instantly cooled down.

"Not looking good."

Gazef muttered in a low voice while he dissolved another Angel. There won’t be any applause

even though Gazef continues to strike down angels. The faces of his men were full of anxiety as

they readied their swords to face the enemy.

Be it numbers, weapons, training or abilities, Gazef’s troop was inferior in every way. Their only

weapon ——the hope of victory—— has disappeared.

Gazef fought back by using his reflexes to avoid the weapons of his enemies. Although he only

needed one strike to destroy an angel, the enemies’ main force was stil far away.

Although he hoped his men would make a difference, they were unable to break through the

defence of an Angel without a Magic Weapon. They couldn’t use skil s similar to Gazef’s

「Focus Fighting Power」, nor did they have any weapon enchantments. Even if they managed

to injure the Angels, it was still difficult to cause fatal injuries.

It was hopeless.

Gazef bit his lips and could only continue to wield his sword.

He used several instant kill moves in a row; his record for the consecutive uses of 「Six Fold

Slash of Light」 was constantly increasing.

Warriors like Gazef could use up to six different martial arts skills during combat. Including the

hidden move, he can use up to 7 types in battle.

He was currently using his martial arts skills [Body Strengthening], [Mental Enhancement],

[Enhanced Magic Resistance], [Magical Weapon Enchantment] and martial arts skills to attack

five different targets.

The reason he didn’t activate his limit of seven different skil s was that the amount of

concentration required would be too great.

Especially 「Six Fold Slash of Light」, which required three times as much concentration.

Even for Gazef, who had only two different finishing moves——one which required him to use

up all his energy, and another one that used up four times as much concentration.

If he could use these martial skills, he could easily defeat the Angels. But even if he did so, they would continue to be summoned back. As long as he did not defeat the summoner, he would

have to keep on facing wave after wave of Angels. Waiting for the enemy to run out of magic

power was another idea, but by that time Gazef would have already exhausted all his strength.

As a matter of fact, the sword in Gazef’s hand was slowly getting heavier: His heart was beating

erratically.

「Instant Counter」was a skill that made it possible to follow up on an attack: It allowed the

user to return to his original posture after attacking once so that he can attack again. Although it was possible to attack again quickly, forcibly changing the posture of the body created a great

burden on it.

The 「Full Throttle」 technique allowed the user to temporarily speed up his mental state,

increasing the speed of his attacks. But continuous usage accumulated a huge amount of

mental fatigue.

Together with the use of 「Sixfold Slash of Light」, the burden on his body was immense, but if

he didn’t use it, there would be no way out of this.

“Doesn’t matter how many of you come! You Angels are no big deal!”

This roar full of vigor startled the Theocracy’s soldiers, but immediately a calm voice made them

regain their composure:

“Don’t mind him, that’s just the roar of a beast caught in a cage. There’s no need to be anxious,