CH 77

Beware of slight grotesqueness in this chapter.

(Izumi POV for the whole chapter)

At the same time and in a different place where Ryo was attacked by a man with “Spiritual Sword”.

Except for Ryo onee-chan, all the members of the ≪Mercenary of the Fog≫ are having their meal together. While the food at this general bar may not taste great, the portions are ample, so everyone is content.

Incidentally, the reason why Ryo onee-chan is not here is that after receiving payment for the work, if she arrived here, as is usually the case, there would be no more food left, hence she would eat somewhere else before returning.

And then three hooded people come into the restaurant. Although the mercenaries around us are still bustling about as before, I sense a disturbing presence from the trio, so after giving Mugi onee-chan, Houki onee-chan, and Une onee-chan a look, I leave my seat and attempt to exit the bar as if passing by the three of them.

My body is torn in half from the waist as I pass by them, and I see a spear aimed at Houki onee-chan and ≪Mudbolt≫ directed at Mugi onee-chan.

Une onee-chan carries both of my bodies and darts out of the bar. Following her is a single human being armed with an axe. It is the man who severed me that rushes out of the bar.

From inside the store, raging screams can be heard as if a fight has erupted between all of the mercenaries and the men who assaulted them.

“Ka hi… hi hi hi hi hi hi…”

The face of the man who bisected me is distinctly abnormal. It is as if something has taken over him.

And while I am observing this, Une onee-chan has aligned the severed surfaces of my body, and I am forcibly attaching them together using ≪Self-Regeneration (Medium)≫. Honestly speaking, the pain is still there, but since Une onee-chan is not good at direct combat, it is up to me to fight on my own.

“Hi ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!! ≪Heavy Blow Axe≫!”

“…!?”

The guy charges in and swings his axe down aggressively.

From my right arm, I draw out a bone axe with ≪Bio Weapon Creation Axe≫, then reinforce my own body with ≪Muscular Strength Enhancement≫ and try to intercept it the center of the axe, yet my axe is smashed in one blow and I am slashed from my left shoulder to my hip by the man’s axe in one fell swoop.

It is a deathly agonizing, and under normal circumstances, this would certainly be a fatal wound. But I cannot collapse. I activate ≪Self-Regeneration (Medium)≫ once more, and reattach my body before it becomes detached. Thanks to this skill, there is no bleeding. It is all well.

“wHaT!?”

The man’s movement comes to a halt, perhaps startled by my response, who undoubtedly should have fallen yet didn’t. Here’s my opportunity.

“Izumi! ≪Agility Enhancement≫!”

“Thank you…”

With Une onee-chan’s support, my agility is fortified.

Then I raise both of my arms wide above my head and produce an even more massive and thicker axe with ≪Bio Weapon Creation Axe≫ and strike it down vigorously, capitalizing on my augmented muscular strength and agility.

“Phew. As expected of Izumi’s monstrous strength.”

I can faintly hear Une onee-chan’s mutterings.

But as soon as the axe has crushed the man and landed on the ground, a resounding noise accompanied by a tremendous vibration and blast with a profuse plume of dust and smoke simultaneously.

Furthermore, after the cloud of dust settles, there are objets d’art that I don’t have a grasp of, because what was once a human being has now splattered brilliant red paint all over the area, and the earth has caved in a bit with fissures running all around it.

And then the battle at the bar seems to be over with everyone coming out.

Everybody is slightly shocked by the crater.

“Did you do this, Izumi?”

“What incredible power… I’m surprised it’s not an offensive skill.”

“You have… overdone it…”

I approach Mugi onee-chan and the others, asking them what was transpiring inside the bar, and it appears that the two remaining individuals were also slain by everyone else.

I can see what looks like vigilante corps approaching us.

“Miss Mugi and Izumi should go to Ma’am Ryo’s place. Please explain the situation to her.”

For some reason, one of the mercenaries makes that remark while averting their eyes to the side, so I follow Mugi onee-chan to Ryo onee-chan’s place.