However, there were some who thought of a countermeasure.
「Move!! Out of the way, you low-ranking soldiers!」
Shouted one captain.
「A rock like this? Just smash it to pieces! I’ll handle it!!」
He was a captain valued for his brute strength.
Wielding a battle axe, he could easily shatter a boulder.
That was why he thought he could destroy the rocks Henry threw with his own attacks.
「Oraaaaaaa!!!」
The captain swung a horizontal slash with his battle axe at the incoming giant rock.
It should have been shattered by that single blow.
But what was actually destroyed was the battle axe itself.
「Wha…」
The blade that struck the rock broke, and the handle snapped.
The captain’s shock lasted only a brief moment―――――
The giant rock struck him head-on.
「Agyabahh!!?」
Crushed beneath the boulder, the captain died.
「C-Captain!!?」
「No way… the captain…」
「Why can’t we break that rock!!?」
Fear and confusion spread among the surrounding soldiers.
The cause of the rock’s unnatural toughness, of course, was psychokinesis.
Henry was using psychokinesis to increase the hardness of the rocks, making them impossible to break easily.
Others, such as mages, also tried to destroy the rocks, but all failed.
Not only could they not break them, they couldn’t deflect or alter their trajectory either.
「Then aim for the source!」
Shouted a Galastone captain.
「Attack Henry directly!! Let’s go!」
「「「Y-Yes, sir!!」」」
The soldiers under him readied their weapons and charged at Henry.
However.
「Hmph」
Henry lightly raised his right foot.
With a thud, he stomped on the ground.
In the next instant.
The ground beneath his feet sank, and a shockwave blasted outward.
「Uwahhh!!?」
Those who had tried to attack Henry were knocked back by the shockwave and fell to the ground.
This shockwave was, of course, created through psychokinesis.
「Damn it…!」
The Galastone captain ground his teeth.
Smiling, Henry readied the next giant rock.
And hurled it far into the distance.
The rock flew toward the hill… toward the direction where King Galastone stood.
「!?」
King Galastone noticed the rock speeding toward him from afar at an incredible speed.
It happened so suddenly his legs wouldn’t move.
「Ah… nuahhh!!?」
「Look out!!」
With a shout, General Rakava shoved King Galastone aside.
The giant rock struck the spot where the king had just been standing.
With a thunderous roar and a blast of wind, the boulder tore up the ground as it rolled away.
「Haa… haa…」
「A-Are you unharmed!?」
「Yes… you saved me」
The king’s heartbeat pounded violently in his chest.
For a moment, he had seen death.
If General Rakava hadn’t intervened, he might have been killed.
「That Henry… to suddenly aim for me like that. How dare he…!!」
King Galastone felt a sharp sting of humiliation at having let out such an undignified scream.
And for making him feel such disgrace, his rage toward Henry swelled until it felt like his blood vessels would burst.
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