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

82. Forbidden

There’s no choice but to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

I keep an eye on Electra and the spirits behind her, timing my moves.

“[Maneuver: Fortune Bell]”

Electra murmured.

In her narrowed eyes, I see—the future, most likely.

“…I see. You think you can win if it comes to a brawl.”

Damn it…!

If she can read the future, she knows my every move, my every intention.

In that case, no attack will work.

It can’t work.

What to do—!?

Think.

Find a way to catch her off guard—.

“Your strategy is indeed sound. My combat method is spirit summoning only. I have no martial arts skills, and if pinned down, I can’t match a man’s strength.”

Electra states calmly.

“But it’s impossible. I can ‘see’ all your actions. All your attacks will be blocked. And your defense too—”

“What…?”

“Don’t forget we have hostages. From now on, you are forbidden from using any skills.”

Electra snaps her fingers.

In front of the bound Lilith and the others, a female spirit’s sharp sword is pointed at them.

They gasp.

“If you use any defensive skills, they die. Got it?”

“Damn…”

Reluctantly, I release the [Armor Phase] that envelops my body.

But there are still options.

I have a skill that nullifies the enemy’s attack energy itself.

Using it to block the spirits’ attacks can protect Lilith and the others.

Or, I could use it to directly defend Lilith and the others.

Either way, I can’t let her catch on.

Timing is everything—.

“That’s fine. No, wait—[Maneuver: Fortune Bell]”

The premonition activates again.

“…Hmm. So, you have a skill that nullifies attack energy. And you can project your defensive skills, I see.”

Electra nods to herself.

She probably saw a future where I blocked her attack with [Void Seal].

That was my plan, after all.

So she’s seeing through everything.

“It’s true, that skill can block the spirits’ attacks. In that case, I’d have no means of attack, and you could engage in close combat as you wish. And I’d lose.”

Electra states quietly.

In her calm eyes, a confident light of certain victory shines.

“But—you understand. To use your skill, you need a moment of ‘concentration.’ Both you and I.”

The spirit’s sword moves closer to Lilith and the others.

“Stop it—”

“Don’t move!”

Electra snaps sharply.

“I won’t give you time to concentrate. Before you can use any defensive skill, my spirits will kill them.”

“Damn…”

“I’ll say it one more time. Do not use any skills. If you do, they die.”

“…Understood.”

I can’t use defensive skills.

Then, what options do I have—.

Think.

How to break out of this.

To protect Lilith and the others—!

Come to think of it, why did she use the [Future Sight] skill twice?

If she can see the future, why use it multiple times?

Is the future changing each time?

Or—is there a limit to how far into the future she can see?

I quickly realize it’s the latter.

She even said it herself.

[…I see. The future I saw was you being attacked by the spirits. I couldn’t see the outcome, but—you blocked it well.]

She couldn’t see the outcome, which means…she couldn’t see beyond that point.

Then, if I can exploit that gap—.

I exhale deeply.

Clear my thoughts, my feelings.

She can sense the activation of my skills.

But a new power might slip past her.

It all depends on my will.

To protect Lilith and the others—that strong will decides the outcome.

※

This is my victory—.

Electra was convinced.

“Do not use your skills. If you do, they die.”

She repeated.

Haruto bit his lip and dispelled the rainbow-colored light covering his body.

Such a naïve boy, she thought.

At the same time, she felt relieved.

If she let him live, eventually, she’d be erased by Haruto—.

Even with blurry, fragmented images, she foresaw such a future.

But if she killed him here, the future would change.

Electra would survive.

There were two types of future sight using the power of the goddess of fate.

One was the near-future vision—[Maneuver: Fortune Bell].

The ability to see a few seconds ahead.

And the other was the far-future vision—[Maneuver: Nightmare Vision].

This could be seen further into the future.

Whether it was days, weeks, or longer—Electra herself wasn’t sure.

Compared to the former, the images were blurry and fragmented.

The future where Haruto erased her was seen with the latter ability.

But there was no mistake.

The rainbow-colored light his skill emitted was identical to the one from the boy she faced.

Electra was obliterated by the light endowed with divine power.

A future of destruction.

That’s why she would change it.

She would change it—.

“Here I come, Haruto Riva.”

Electra declared.

Simultaneously, she foresaw Haruto’s future movements.

In a few seconds—the image of him rolling on the ground to evade the spirits’ attacks.

Since his defensive skills were banned, he intended to dodge with his physical ability alone.

But it was just a futile struggle.

Haruto’s physical abilities were mediocre.

Far from a warrior or a martial artist.

“Even if you excelled in physical skills, it’s futile. I can see everything. I’ll attack where you’re moving to. You can’t evade—”

Her victory was certain.

“Now, it’s over.”

Having grasped all his evasive actions, Electra ended her foresight.

She manipulated the spirits and launched her attack.

The first strike.

Haruto evaded the female spirit’s swinging sword with a sideways leap.

Exactly where the foresight predicted.

“There, huh.”

The cannon wolf spirit fired a light sphere at Haruto’s landing spot.

There’s no sign of Haruto using defensive skills.

If he used them, the hostages would die—that threat was effective.

Then, his defense was as vulnerable as an ordinary human.

He wouldn’t withstand the spirits’ attack.

“I’ve won.”

The shining light sphere was about to hit him—.

Suddenly, the world distorted.

“What…!?”

Electra stared in shock.

The light sphere that should have hit Haruto was suspended in midair—.