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The Paper User: Exiled for a ‘Trash Skill,’ Awakens True Power and Rises with Two Unique Skills - Chapter 50

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Chapter : The Victor

After several seconds of silence—

I exhaled deeply while standing on the paper platforms.

“It’s… over… isn’t it?”

He was a dangerous and strong opponent. If it were just me, I’d have been killed immediately.

But thanks to Kinako and Sylphiel, we somehow managed to win.

I was glad I had prepared plenty of light-attribute paper for the Golden Paper Blizzard. Without enough quantity, the technique’s power drops.

“Hey, you, E-Rank!”

Sylphiel, standing on the paper platforms, called out to me.

“Tell me your name.”

“Huh? My name?”

“Yes. What’s your name?”

“...Yakumo.”

“Yakumo, huh? And this is your ability, right?”

Sylphiel pointed at the paper beneath her feet.

“Quite a useful skill. And your weapon, too.”

“This weapon was made by the leader of our party. It consumes magic power to enlarge or change the shape of its blade.”

“A weapon that uses magic power… So you have the skill ‘Magic Amplification,’ right?”

“No, not ‘Magic Amplification’—it’s ‘Magic Maximization.’”

“…Huh?”

Sylphiel’s green eyes widened.

“Wait a second. The ability to manifest paper is a Unique Skill too, isn’t it?”

“Yes. I have two Unique Skills.”

“Huh? Two Unique Skills? I’ve never seen a human with that before.”

“That’s right…”

I scratched my cheek with my index finger.

“Hmm…”

Sylphiel stared at me intently.

“Hey! You guys!”

Kinako called up to us from below.

“How long are you going to stay up there? Let’s help Almine and the others!”

“Yeah, got it!”

Sylphiel and I descended the paper platforms and started running together with Kinako.

When the last skeleton soldier was defeated, the members of the Moonlight Guild sat down, exhausted.

I wiped the sweat from my brow while catching my breath.

That was close. I don’t have any magic left even to produce one more sheet of paper.

“Yakumo-kun.”

Almine touched my shoulder.

“Are you hurt?”

“Just a scratch or two. How about you, Almine?”

“I’m fine. Pirun protected me in berserker mode.”

She pointed to Pirun sitting on the ground.

“Still, to defeat such a strong demon… Yakumo-kun, you’re amazing.”

“No, that’s not true. Sylphiel was the one who dealt the finishing blow.”

“If you hadn’t been here, Daglud wouldn’t have been defeated.”

Kinako, who was beside us, said.

“I was surprised by your Golden Paper Blizzard technique, but more so by the plan to make a giant pillar out of paper and ambush him. That caught Daglud completely off guard.”

“That’s because Kinako lured Daglud close to the pillar.”

“Ah, he was trying to kill the injured me, so it was easy to lure him.”

Kinako’s lips curled into a slight smirk.

“It was lucky he leaned his body against the pillar.”

“No, that was the plan.”

“Hm? The plan?”

“Before that, Daglud countered the paper birds’ attacks using the pillar as cover. So I expected him to act the same way.”

“I see…”

Kinako looked at me steadily.

“That was impressive given the situation. Your strength isn’t just from your skills.”

“Yeah, that’s true.”

Almine agreed with Kinako’s words.

“Thanks to you, Yakumo-kun, I survived too.”

“Survived?”

“Don’t you remember? You saved me from the queen spider’s charge.”

“Oh, right.”

I recalled the moment I rolled on the ground hugging Almine.

“But at that time, my body moved on its own.”

“On its own?”

“Yeah. I just thought I had to protect Almine. So there was no calculation or analysis of the battle situation. I just charged in on pure instinct.”

“…I see.”

Almine’s dark blue eyes shimmered with tears.

“You saved me again, Yakumo-kun. Thank you.”

“I’m the one who should say thank you. Without your clothes, I would have died.”

We smiled at each other.

“Almine-san.”

Colinne called to Almine.

“Is everyone able to move? We should meet with the investigation team hiding nearby and escape the underground city quickly.”

“Yes. We’re fine.”

Almine answered.

“We still have some healing potions left.”

“Then let’s move immediately. There might be other demons or dangerous monsters.”

“Don’t worry.”

Sylphiel, who must have heard Colinne’s voice, spoke from a distance.

“Even if other demons appear, I’ll take care of all of them.”

She twirled the Twin-Headed Light King’s Blade as she said it.

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