Fate DxD

Chapter 41

"You're right! It's not me..." He charges toward me. "But the law of nature will decide!" He hits the ground where I was, so hard that the concrete breaks and lifts under the weight of the impact.

"What the..." I lose my balance but hang on and go over a concrete block. "Honestly, I thought a player who could control plants wouldn't be so strong!"

"Haven't you ever heard of those lotus seeds that sprouted after being extracted from ruins over a thousand years old? Or the weeds that grow through concrete? Plants are far more resilient than animals! And they're lending me their strength!" He said, shattering the concrete slabs into small pieces.

[BOOST] Without answering, I raise my hand towards him and charge my magic circuits, creating bluish flashes all around me, projecting a dozen swords above me and launching them like missiles in his direction. He shields his face with his arms in front. But each blow leaves only a few small cuts here and there on his armor.

(As I suspected, my blades will be of no use against such armor...)

Suddenly, I see a large root rush towards me and grab my gauntlet.

"I don't know what this gauntlet is for, but better get rid of it, the arm with it." The root begins to squeeze hard.

I make my gauntlet disappear and leap to the side to make it reappear immediately [BOOST].

(He can do that too huh, it's going to be complicated...)

I charge my circuit and, in a bluish flash, conjure up a dozen clones.

"I see... your magical abilities are going to make my job a lot harder! You've shown little use of your magic through the cameras, but now you're going all out. It's pretty well thought out, but poorly executed, you could barely scratch my armor. What do you intend to do, now that I know what you're capable of?"

"You talk too much for someone who's outnumbered." At my signal, my clones charge toward him, surrounding him.

The huge root that serves as he's tail sweeps away most of them, but it allows me to project a bow and sword that I transform into a steel arrow. I bend the bow, reinforcing it with the sword and my arms. [BOOST] Feeling the power building up inside me, I take a deep breath, then [BLOOD POINTER] breathes in the energy from the plants around me. Sensing this, my clone disengages, leaving the florist in front of me.

"What the?!" Seeing this, the florist panics.

I let go of the rope, setting off the arrow so hard that I fall. The florist has time to create a wooden shield, saving him from being pierced but sending him flying into the wall behind him, releasing a thick layer of smoke.

(Damn it... If only I'd finished All Might's training sooner, I could have destroyed his damned armor with my fist!)

The florist emerges from the smoke, limping slightly, the blow seems to have had more effect than I thought.

"It was a close call, but it looks like we're both getting tired fast, so it's time to call it a day."

Feeling the ground vibrate, I jump to narrowly dodge the roots trying to pierce me. I run across the reception room, dodging the various vegetation attacking me from all sides, when I'm caught off guard and find myself trapped, bound against my will in a wall of ivy.

Hearing loud footsteps, I turn my head to see the florist charging towards me, shoulder forward, ready to slam into me. I brace my body just before impact. The blow is so violent that I vomit, waltzing through the air and falling to the ground, unconscious.