Volume 15 - CH 7

The carriage stopped on the way to the magical kingdom of Austin. By the way, Nick told me yesterday that this is the area where the Tengu tribe lives, and that they might charge a toll.

「I'll take a look.」

「Yeah.」

Since there was a possibility of bandits, Serina jumped off the carriage and went to look ahead.

Then she came back with a foxed look on her face.

「Alec, we can't go through here.」

「Huh? No, I heard it's a detour.」

「No. Anyway you'll have to see for yourself. There's a big rock blocking the way.」

Nick, a man I trusted, had asked the innkeepers in the town to confirm the route, so there was no way he could be wrong.

With that in mind, I got out of the wagon and went to look ahead.

「What the hell is this?」

I looked up and opened my mouth.

The road was indeed going straight, but there was a large, rectangular rock about ten meters high blocking the way.

The path was blocked by a cliff valley on both sides.

It reminded me of a puzzle game, but it was huge.

「It doesn't look like any kind of illusion. It doesn't even have a handle, so this might be not gonna work」

Saki said, examining the rock.

「Nick, is there no other way out?」

I turn around and ask.

「Yeah, it was a straight path all the way here, so we couldn't have gone the wrong way. ......」

Nick twists his head.

「Ouryaaaahhh! Kkuhh, this is not work. Brother, this rock is not going to budge!」

Jouga pushed the rock with all his might, but of course it would. It's not big enough to be managed by human strength. It's hundreds, maybe thousands of tons.

「I'm sorry, but we're going to have to go back to the road.」

Nick said with resignation.

「Wait. I've got something to try. I'll take care of it.」

「Oohhh, that's very encouraging. Well, Alec-san, I'll leave you to it.」

I moved Jouga and the others away from the rock, and I drew my sword and unified my mind.

「What is he going to do, that erotic swordsman .....no way.」

Yulia wondered, yes it's as you imagined Yulia.

「Haaaaaaaahhhhh! Oryaahhhhhh!」

I put all my energy into it, and with all my strength, I flashed my sword in front of the big rock.

「「「 Ooohhhh! 」」」

Everyone behind me let out a pressurized cry, but there was still no change in the appearance of the rock.

「Uwahh, nothing is happening, did you fail? That's lame!」

「Alec, you're not cool~. You're only allowed to be that enthusiastic in elementary school! Hahaha!」

The twins were making fun of me behind my back, but I had a good response.

「Wait a minute. One more time.」

I put my energy into it once more, and this time I swung my sword in an X shape.

This skill consumes a lot of TP.

I'm pretty tired.

「Alec, this is ......」

「Everyone, stand back a bit. It's going to collapse」

As soon as I said that, there was a scraping sound and the rock began to shift along the section I had cut.

「Whoa! It's cutting!」

「Seriously!」

「Such a big rock. ......」

「Awesome ......」

「「 Ehhhー?! 」」

It's kind of neat that my friends were surprised and impressed, but it's kind of a failure.

The rock was indeed able to be subdivided into about six pieces, but it had crumbled into a pile of rubble on the spot. This would make it impossible for the carriage to pass.

「Ah, Aleeec! What was that swordplay just now! How in the world did you do that!? I'm, Owahh※▽○※▽○!」

Yulia the forehead Swordswoman is foaming at the mouth, pointing at the rocks and ranting, but calm down. I don't know what you're talking about.

「It's 【Zantetsuken Lv5】!」

I say in a dandy voice.

It's a skill I got a free copy of from Lancelot, the knight of Vernia I met the other day.

He had an air about him, but I didn't realize he had such a skill,......, and it's not someone you want to make enemies with off. His Skill level is already lvl 5 from the start. It was a good decision to raise the level of the 【Skill Copy】 skill itself.

「Za-Zantetsuken.......Ha! I've heard of it. A stiff skill that can cut through iron. As I recall, the captain of the knights of the Kingdom of Vernia had this skill.」

「It seems so.」

I'm not telling Yulia about the 【Skill Copy】.

It's also because we're not friends, although we're students together, but if she finds out, I'm sure she'll say, "That's not fair!"

「It seems so. ...... He's from another style of sword! I can't believe a student of the Welbard Dojo would ask someone like that to teach him!」

Forehead Yulia is going to get angry and make things difficult, but I don't think it's a problem to be taught by someone from a different school.

Maybe that was also Welbard-sensei plan to encourage Yulia to look outside more.

But if you tell that to Yulia, who is very fussy about swordsmanship, it is obvious that it will become a troublesome discussion.

「I didn't learn it from him.」

I'll tell her that. In fact, I did.

「He didn't teach you. ...... So you think you stole his skills? No, that's impossible! There is no way that a rock can become like this just by mimicking a sword. It's impossible」

She's a troublesome woman.

「Maybe so. Well, don't worry about it.」

「No, I do care. Noel-san, you said you were working for Captain Lancelot, right?」

「Yes, well, I am, but. ...... I've heard rumors about this technique, but I've never been shown it. The captain said, "It's not for show," and wouldn't show it to anyone else.」

「Then how did Alec learn it!? Uwahnn!」

Stop crying.

「Yulia, just get out of the way. I'll teach you the 【Zantetsuken】 later.」

「Really!?」

You stopped crying in a flash. She really likes swordsmanship, doesn't she?

「Yeah. In return, I can't teach you for free.」

I smiled wickedly.

「Kkuhh, I don't care, I'm the one who's asking you to teach me, and I can pay you up to a thousand gold」

「That's too small. You can pay me with your body.」

「My body?」

Yulia was puzzled, she didn't know the man yet.

「In other words, he wants me to have sex with you, you erotic old man」

Serina explained to her.

「Nah! Wh-wha-wha!?」

Yulia, whose face is like a boiled octopus, looks like she needs to get used to kissing first.

「Well, I'm not force you. Think it carefully.」

「He's right. You should think it over.」

「As expected of you, Brother, you're not afraid to say things I can't!」

「That's my master for you!」

「No, you guys are going a little off the rails. That's not a compliment.」

「Letty, get the golem out.」

I've decided to count on Letty as my next move along the path.

「No, I can't Alec, did you forget? That golem can't be taken out right away without the evil god. Someone's is burn it and kill it.」

「I'm sure that's been taken care of. How long is this gonna take?」

「Hmm, with a golem that can take on this big rock, it might take an hour.」

「Then do it.」

「No, I'm the one who has to chant and draw the magic circle. It's gonna be a lot of magic and a lot of work, it's troublesome」

「Well, if there's another spell that can blow up that rock, then, no, ......」

I was about to say that, but I was slightly worried that Letty would fail at that.

「Ah! Then we could all turn into something else, like slime」

「Rejected.」

I never want to be slime again. That's a memory I want to forget.

「Isn't there anything else?」

「If you're asking me what else I can do, there aren't that many spells that will work.」

「*Uoaheeem*! Are you in some kind of trouble, people over there?」

As we were discussing how to do this, I heard a deliberate coughing sound from the top of the rock.