Chapter 51 - Dex

Walter was hiding among the slave gladiators, but Ed made sure he killed him first.

His mana consumption was quite large today.

If Ed uses his mana to kill all of the slave gladiators who are blocking the hallway, he will be exhausted of mana. If he knew this would happen, he would’ve used his sword in moderation.

The moment Ed killed Walter, the slave gladiators rushed in.

Ed pulled out the salamander sword from his waist and slit their wrists.

“Argh!”

It’s not fatal, but they wouldn’t be able to lift their weapons anymore.

Two swords passed over Ed’s head. Ed jumped on the opponent’s thigh one after another. If he were alone, he would have attacked his opponents, but it was impossible because he was carrying Leaf on his back.

Ed jumped up and stepped on the wall and cut the shoulder of the opponent who prepared a net.

“Argh! Fire! Fire!”

Ed kicked the wall and went over to the other wall, pulling out two daggers and throwing them. When the two daggers were embedded in the gladiators’ wrists and shoulders in the back, they groaned and stepped down.

Ed, who kicked the wall and fell diagonally to avoid the swinging ax, cut his opponent’s armpit while passing by. The gladiators standing in the narrow hallway screamed in an instant and lost their fighting spirit.

Ed does not stop there and runs again. His amazing sense and agility were able to cut through gladiators while carrying one person on his back.

He didn’t mean to kill them anyway. Ed, who broke through the twelve gladiators blocking the hallway, ran straight down the stairs.

“What the fuck. Who are you?”

Ed kept running while trying to think of a joke. Ed, who was going down the stairs like that, realized that he had entered someone’s gap. When he instinctively took a step back, a spear was stuck in the place he was standing.

Ed turned his head and could see someone standing far away. The man pulled out another spear.

Ed slowly stepped back when he saw it. When the man saw Ed, he tilted his head while holding the spear.

Ed took off his cape and cut off the rope that was tying Leaf. As Leaf stepped on the floor, Ed said with his back against her.

“Stay here.”

Ed wouldn’t be able to fight this man while carrying her.

Ed approached the man standing far away, spinning the Salamander’s sword in his right hand. Seeing that, the man smiled and pulled out two axes behind his waist.

The man said, swinging the ax from his hand.

“My name is Dex”.

Leaf groaned and talked behind Ed.

“He’s the current champion. The unbeaten champion, Dex.”

Dex said, roughly lifting his tangled hair with an ax.

“Yeah. I’ve never lost. Since I was born.”

Sometimes there are people like that. People outside the standard.

As soon as Ed read the gap between Dex, a spear flew fast enough to grab Ed’s attention. Ed didn’t know he’d meet a guy who could fight alone with an intermediate demon.

Ed pointed at Dex with his sword and said.

“I’ll have a hard time trying to overpower you without getting you hurt. So, why don’t you just get out of my way?”

Dex smiled at the words.

“Did you kill Walter?”

“Yes.”

Dex smiled and said.

“Then I won’t move. Thanks to Walter, I was able to fight as much as I wanted.”

Ed could tell what kind of man he was.

He was a person who has a natural talent for combat. And he realized and enjoyed the talent he had. He’s crazy about fighting.

These people can’t communicate.

Ed exhaled for a long time and rushed toward Dex. As the distance narrows at once, the gap between each other intertwines. Ed didn’t like to fight in these intertwined sections, but now he can’t help it.

He wasn’t a person he could kill with a dagger.

When Ed rushed in, Dex swung an ax. If he were an ordinary opponent, Ed would have avoided the ax without a problem. But a few pieces of Ed’s hair has been cut off even though he has tried his best to avoid the ax.

While avoiding it, Ed tried to cut Dex’s side with a dagger, but Dex blocked it with his left hand.

Bang!

As soon as they passed by each other, Ed turned back and threw daggers. Two daggers aimed at the man’s head and legs.

Baaang!

Dex was swinging an ax and blocking the daggers again. Taking advantage of the gap, Ed dug into his arms, holding a dagger as a reciprocal. Dex hit the gourd as Ed approached.

As a gladiator, Ed could see at once that he was good at gladiator combat. But once Ed passed by, Ed found out something. That his agility is a little higher than Dex.

Seeing Dex’s forehead flying in, Ed turned his head and drew a dagger diagonally, avoiding hitting.

Bang!

Dex blocked the sword and smiled.

He has never fought this. This was a thrill that he had never experienced when fighting more than five slave gladiators.

At that moment, he felt the thrill of his neck almost flying away. And he felt numb to the pleasure of winning this thrilling opponent.

Ed could see an ax flying from the other side as soon as the dagger was blocked by Dex’s left ax. It was an attack aimed at the temple because there was no angle to swing the ax.

They were now close enough to touch each other’s shoulders. Ed tilted his head to the left. And he briefly punched under Dex’s right rib.

Bam!

A liver shot. Right in his gut.

Dex’s mouth opened wide at the attack.

A person with a natural talent. It must have been the first attack that actually went through since he never got hit very much. Ed’s left hand went into his jaw.

Crack!

Dex’s chin lifted and his eyes loosened. Looking down at Dex, who collapsed on the floor, Ed breathed heavily.

He has never seen someone this strong, it was as if he were a demon. A genius of this level is bound to somehow be swept away in the demon’s era.

Since this happened, Ed decided to pick him up.

Ed took off Dex’s clothes, turned his arms back, tied them tightly, and then tied his ankles tightly. With Leaf on his back and Dex on his side, Ed immediately took off.

Thane made a long sigh.

“So you killed Walter?”

“Because I couldn’t let him catch me. He tapped me.”

“Alright then. Anyway, why did you catch him? The champion of the royal road.” “Do you know him?”

“I know him. He’s the champion of the royal road. He is as famous as Pendragon in the royal road. No. Kids these days know this guy better than Pendragon.”

“Really?”

Ed thought it would be understandable because he had that much ability. Thane shook his head and continued to talk.

“He’s at the peak of the slave gladiators. He’s also the representative of the kingdom of Travia.”

“That’s kind of grand.”

“He also participates in the gladiatorial competition against cities and the gladiatorial competition against kingdoms.”

Ed thought he shouldn’t have brought him along. If Ed knew he was that famous, he would’ve left him behind.

Thane looked back at Leaf, who Arin was treating.

“But I’m glad that child has been saved.”

“I was a little late. If I came a little faster, she wouldn’t have got beaten.”

Leaf met Kyle and Merjen and fell asleep while being treated.

Arin treated Leaf’s wound and explained it as she stood up.

“Her wound has almost recovered. She’ll be able to wake up tomorrow morning.”

“Thank you.”

“Thank you.”

After hearing Kyle and Merjen’s answers, Arin approached Ed.

“How are you feeling?”

“I used a lot of mana, but other than that, I’m fine.”

“That’s a relief.”

Arin looked disappointed that she could not be with him. When Ed smiled awkwardly, Merjen approached Kyle. Merjen approached Ed and hesitated to say.

“Thank you. I’ll help you whenever you need me.”

Ed couldn’t recruit Merjen as a teammate, but he thought today’s hard work was enough to create this relationship.

Kyle bowed deeply to greet.

“I will pay back this favor.”

Kyle’s skills aren’t as great as Merjen’s, but he had a great personality. Even if the world collapsed, Ed had never seen a noble kid bow sincerely until now.

Dex woke up as Ed nodded.

“Ugh”.

Dex, who came to his senses with a moan, looked around and tilted his head.

“Where am I?”

When Ed turned around, Dex confirmed that his hands were tied and rolled his body and pulled his legs out between the tied arms. And Ed pointed at him with a sword as he tried to untie the string tied with his mouth.

“If you untie it, you’ll die.”

Dex stared at Ed with the string in his mouth. And when he realized that the gaze was no joke, he jumped again, held his back, and collapsed on the floor.

And he looked at the people who gathered there. There was only one face he knew, but he roughly understood what kind of people gathered there.

The woman, who had a subtle blue color over her skin, was presumed to be a holy knight based on the energy emitted, and the girl with small purple hair and glasses looked somewhat dangerous.

Young people with haggard complexions look like they are falling apart, but there are a lot of people with that much ability.

And the one who knocked him down. It was the first time in my life that he had been hit and collapsed by someone like this. Because he usually almost won every game without getting hit.

He wondered why these monster-like people could be gathered in one place.

“What are these big people doing together? Are you trying to catch demons?”

Ed nodded to Dex’s question, which penetrated the core.

“Right. We catch demons.”

Dex paused to see him seriously responding to what he jokingly said. Actually, he was just wondering. The only face he knew was Thane, the demon researcher.

The famous Pendragon was sitting next to him last time.

And, he couldn’t hide his shock when he heard that he was actually hunting demons after seeing a holy knight.

Isn’t that what the 3 legendary heroes used to do?

Honestly, even if you live in a large city, you rarely meet the demon. There are churches in large cities, so demons don’t run wild.

As a champion of the royal road, he had never thought of catching a demon because he was living a luxurious life for a slave.

Dex stared at Ed.

“Do you really catch demons?”

When Ed nodded, Dex thought for a while and asked.

“Are demons strong?”

“They are strong. I have to risk my life every time I fight one.”

Dex stared at Ed at the words.

“A man as big as you risks his life?”

“Yeah. That’s how strong demons are.”

Dex realized Ed’s sincere words.

He thought he could die for the first time while fighting Ed. It was a thrill from that urgency that he had never felt before.

Only after facing death could he feel vividly that he was alive. Now, he can feel that every time?

Dex said with sparkling eyes.

“Please. Let me hunt demons too.”

Oh my. Ed just threw the bait, but it looks like he caught a big fish.