150 - - Episode 38 Handy

'Well--then I'll give you a handicap for your bravery.

I opened my hands in a grand gesture.

If you can move me one step from here, NANO wins. If NANO wins, I'll let him go. In the name of Light, I give you my word.

Don't you human ...... incompetent light get all worked up just because you won once!"

Nano, snapping at my provocation, clenches his fists and punches me.

Short-legged, stout-boned dwarves are basically slow, but at around level 300, they are faster than they appear.

With a single breath, the distance between us was several meters.

The crime of destroying the Sword of Fear!　You will pay for it with your life!"

If you can do it, do it!

Nano swung his fist, hardened like a hammer, at my face.

It was a straight, no-holds-barred, foolish move, so I could avoid it by just lightly brushing it away.

Nanno's body easily swims away from my right fist, which he swung vigorously, exposing his back to me unprotected.

I simply put my hand on his back and hook my leg, and Nano easily rolls vigorously on the ground.

Gooooo!"

...... No matter how bad the dwarven species is at fighting and their basic tactic is to rely on weapons and armor, their level of martial arts is too low. It's not a children's fight.

Light oh oh oh!"

Nano, rolling on the hard training ground at the lowest level of the "abyss," cut his skin and soaked in blood, howled at my honest opinion.

It's understandable to be angry at being mocked by a human (an inferior species) who looks down on you, but in fact, it was so poor that I felt compelled to voice a complaint.

Nanno, perhaps annoyed by my remarks, turned bright red and struck at me again.

He didn't listen to my point of view at all, and just swung his fist aggressively.

Does he really want to win?

He lightly parries the attack for the second or third time and rolls to the ground.

He falls on his back on the hard training ground and looks at Nano, who coughs violently.

Do you really want to win?　Or are you deliberately cutting corners so you can die easy?"

The kid is getting carried away ...... because he's using magic items to boost his abilities.

I was told something similar on the ground, so this time I left my wand (weapon) and magic items with him. This is my pure power. I hope you won't make any funny accusations."

d*mn ......!"

Nano stares at me as he falls to the ground, biting his teeth in heartfelt frustration - but apparently, his appearance smells like an act.

Maybe it's because I was fooled by them once during the "Gathering of Tribes" period, but I can feel the smell of lies in ...... Nano's words and actions.

(Maybe he's trying to catch us off guard by acting like he's the underdog,......, based on what he says and does.)

It means he thinks he still has a hand in reversing the status quo.

Nanno stands up again and stares at me with glazed eyes.

He looks down on me, "You human (inferior) ......!　I will snap your thin neck with my own hands right now!"

Nano rushes out with the last of his strength.

(Is he going to hit me again with his foolish honesty?) I was dumbfounded, and he laughed slightly.

He grabs the clasp of the cloak NANO is wearing, unfastens it, and throws it at me while shouting.

Oraaaaah!"

However, the cloak does not hurt us in the slightest.

At most, our vision is blocked for a moment.

--But that's what he was aiming for, apparently.

With a light wave of his arm, he pushed the cloak away and saw Nano closing the gap with a knife in his hand.

With an ugly expression of victory on his face, he plunges the knife in his hand right into my heart!

I guess a human (inferior species) is still a human (inferior species)!　Did you think that I, a genius blacksmith, only created the Fear Sword?　Fool!　I was the first to make an artifact-class knife!　You knocked me out and didn't even check me!　You incompetent human!　Incompetent!　Incompetent!　Incompetent-ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

NANO, in a good mood at heart, not only stabs the knife that NANO has thrust into the heart, but also moves it violently up and down, left and right, to ensure that it destroys the inside, a movement that injures the organ.

If the knife was stuck, it was a move that would surely "kill" the opponent.

If the knife was "stuck," that is.

What a boring plan ...... to aim for."

...... what?"

Nano, who had mistakenly thought that his plan had worked and was making a lot of noise, let out a dumb sound in his voice at my dumbfounded face.

He, too, finally notices something is wrong with my relaxed attitude.

Even though he was stabbed with a knife, he did not scream, raise his voice, or try to fall over from the intense pain.

Nano, who has calmed down from his excitement, looks at me quizzically and turns his gaze to the knife that stabbed him.

The sharp edge of the knife had indeed torn through my clothes, but rather than stabbing me ......, it had not harmed a single piece of skin.

I was so excited that I was surprised to see him.　How come the knife is not stuck?　It's an artifact-class knife!　Well, are you defending yourself with a magic item or something!"

I told you. I didn't want you to make some strange accusation, so I'm having you keep it all this time."

I sigh and grab NANO's right arm, which is holding the knife, carelessly.

When I tighten my grip with force, Nanno says, "Ugh! He shouted like a squashed frog, and the knife fell out of his hand.

I lifted up my right arm and used my free hand to make a hand knife and swing it.

Nano's right arm was cut in half.

Blood spurts out, but I throw him off faster than I can get it onto my clothes.

I throw him down.

Nano screams and rolls violently on the ground.

When he stops rolling, he grabs his lost right arm with his left hand and screams.

Me me!　My right arm, the one that makes my 'legendary weapon' aaaaahhh!

Nanno's exclamation echoed pleasantly in my ears.