CH 132

4-5 minutes 08.02.2022

───Pachi… Pachi… Pachi…

「Congratulations. You’ve done well to endure this」

After the attack from above ceased, the man slowly walked towards us, clapping modestly.

「Since you have endured so much, let me introduce myself」

「My name is Chuuou. I’m often called Chuboss, but my name is Chuuou. Please don’t make that mistake, okay?」

「「…」」

I don’t know, it’s a totally different atmosphere from earlier… Just before, he seemed… He seemed like a strong man… But now… Well… A great man…?

「… He sound like a narcissist…」

Yeah, he’s like a narcissist. Yes. I feel much better now.

「… Hey. Why do you feel relieved all by yourself? You’re going to fight me now, remember? If you keep that look on your face… You’ll die」

「!」

「…」

The man suddenly starts charging in for the kill… Chuuou… Certainly I’m going to die soon if I’m not careful with this.

「Okay, let’s start with a little test…」

「… !」

───Shupa!!

I was still tens of meters away. However, as if there was no such difference, he instantly closed the distance between us and thrust out his fist. I grabbed him with my left hand and threw him away with the momentum of his fist and the force of my STR.

───Shuta…

「Hmm… You’ve got a lot of power, don’t you? It looks like my little trick won’t work. I’ll start from here as planned!」

「…」

My opponent got a little more serious, so I had to get a little more serious too… However, I’m just going to use my sword.

I put my hand on the hilt of my sword, thinking that.

The reason I keep my sword in my hand is to calm my mind and to keep it in place. It’s not impossible to do it with the sword in my hand, but it doesn’t make much difference to me in terms of strength whether I have the sword drawn or not. If I think I’m vulnerable because I haven’t drawn my sword, I will be attacked in an instant and confronted by the man with a sword pointing right in front of me… That’s what it would be like. I think that Iai and Tachiai are good techniques not because they are weak, but because they have the advantage of not letting the opponent know the timing and not putting too much stress on the dominant hand. I don’t deny that they are special techniques, but….

TL. Iai – art of drawing one’s sword, cutting down one’s opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

Tachiai – initial charge

「《Flame Sword》 《Water Sword》! Fufu! I’m still the king of the rats. I can handle all attribute skills!!」

「I see…」

It’s not so cool when a naked guy with a rat head says it…

Chuuou summoned a sword of fire in his right hand and a sword of water in his left and pointed it at me.

「Well, then───」

「《Thunder Strike》」

───Badjidjidjidji!!

「Guaaaa!!!!」

The thunder magic that Suzu suddenly unleashed hit Chuuou’s water sword and electrocuted him.

「You… You little bitch!!」

「Don’t forget about me!!」

「I’m here too, La!」

「Suzu… Iris…」

「We can’t just leave it all to Aya… And what you just did. It’s pretty exhausting, isn’t it?」

That thing I mentioned earlier is the profound technique I used to prevent attacks from above. There are a total of 3 profound techniques taught by my master. Each of them focuses on defense, evasion, and attack. I used one of them, the one that focuses on defense. I had used it in a previous event, but at that time, there was less magic around me. So the burden was minimal, but this time, I used it for about 10 minutes straight. So the burden was considerable, and even now it was hard for me to speak.

「… Well, there’s still time…」

「「… Did you say something??」」

「No, no, it’s nothing?」

Even Iris has become overprotective lately, but why?

「I guess I’ll take a break then」

「Yeah! Let me handle this!」

「Fufuhn! I’m going to show you what I can do, La!!」

「… Finally, the conversation is over…」

Oh… I forgot…