Chapter 89

Chapter 89

Incarnation

Haa haa.

Breathing heavily, Toby readied his wooden sword up to his eyes. Facing him, Yashichi also similarly took a stance, but looking at his moderately relaxed natural stance, one could see his composure, which clearly implied the difference in ability between the two of them.

Whats the matter? For you to lose your breath over something on this level, you wont be able to survive the tournament from now on, you know?

With the qualifying matches of the Imperial Tournament Festival over, as the whole Imperial Capital was abuzz with anticipation for the main tournament, Toby, who had somehow managed to participate in the main tournament, was being trained by Yashichi in order to survive through the upcoming battles.

The location was a vacant lot further away from the outskirts of the Imperial Capital. With scarce pedestrian traffic, the chance of this grueling training to be known was small. Even if rumors were to spread about it, the main tournament would surely have already been over by then.

Not yet!

Along with such a yell, Toby slashed in. The brandished sword was slashed down heads on with everything he got, but Yashichi simply moved his body slightly to evade it, and retaliated with a sideways slash at once. Pulling back the wooden sword, Toby managed to somehow blocked it, but Yashichis wooden sword that displayed stream-like trajectory was coming after him one after another

Good job blocking it. However, your reaction is still slow!

Facing the attacks that were unleashed one after another by Yaschichi, Toby could do nothing but defend against them. Next to such two of them who were fighting fiercely, the junkers duo were also confronting each other.

Not good enough! Use tempo more.

I see. Its like using arranging young miss hair as an excuse, Ive got to savor the sensation of her nape, right? I understand.

While exchanging such words, Tanaka and Eclair were facing each other with a small box in front of them. They were mutually poking on the box.

Thats right! Its like squishily poking on the Tanaka-sans cheek to pamper him.

Come to think of it, some time ago, I did once poke on young miss squishy cheek and got knocked down, but did I not do it properly, I wonder?

Say what? For you to steal the march by yourself like that, dont you think thats cruel, comrade clair?! Please invite me along next time, very please.

Understood. At that time, please provide me with the proper guidance, Sage-sama.

As such a terrifying scheme was brewing, in front of the two of them, the rikishis were engaged in a fierce combat.

heck, next to someone who is seriously training, what the hell are you two doing?!

Youve finally made a retort about it, huh. Your reaction is still slow, Toby.

Its not like Im training on such a reaction, alright?!

Perhaps satisfied with his reaction this time, Tanaka responded with a thumbs up. Seeing such a usual behavior of Tanaka, Toby couldnt help but let out a sigh.

Toby-sama. Ive already received acknowledgement from Yashichi-sama that Im good enough to aim for the championship. In accordance to Sage-samas words, there is a method to increase my chance of winning further, thus Im currently in the middle of receiving a special training from him.

No, youre totally being deceived there. Its obvious that Tanaka-san just wants to play.

Silence!

Tobys words were cut off by Tanakas shout. You could see the magnitude of Tanaka-sans anger from the force of his voice, which could be mistaken for a medium-ranked councilor. It was a wonder whether his anger would subside even if he was presented with a mufufu image. You could feel such a resolute will from him.

I have no business with a bug such as yourself. The one I have business with is you.

Currypans sight was pointed toward Yashichi.

And you.

And then, the target he pointed out next was Tanaka.

Huh? Me? Why?

It was unknown whether he noticed Tanaka, who raised such a dumb voice, or not, but Currypan continued to speak.

I cant ignore your existences any longer. Ill eliminate all uncertainties here.

Hou, thats quite an interesting story. Lets hear a little more about it.

Yashichi switched his weapon from a wooden sword to a common sword. As if following him, Toby also readied himself for battle.

That power oozing from you two, the undulation of that infuriating guy, I cant stand it anymore.

An ominous power was released from Currypan. At that enormous powerthat unleashed pressure, Yashichi subconsciously gritted his teeth. The moment he realized it, he noticed the peculiarity around him.

Whats wrong, Toby?

At a glance, Tobys figure looked no different than him bracing himself with everything hed got. However, in reality, he was frozen in fear.

The abnormalities in his mind and body that were incomprehensible even to Toby himself. It wasnt only Toby, clair was also in the same state. Without moving even an inch, as if being entranced, she simply could not take her eyes off the object of her fear.

As they were staring at him, Currypans appearance began to change as his skin was torn off as if it could no longer withstand the enormous power.

What was revealed was something that could only be described as a black humanoid. With a blank form with no eyes, no mouth, no nose, it was a monster with too much of an inorganic appearance to be called a human.

Right here, right now, Im going to get rid of you without leaving even a speck of dust.

Voice resounded as if reverberated in the depth of their minds. At that moment, as if flying, the one who jumped forward was Tanaka. It was an action that would have absolutely been impossible from his normal self.

Even Tanaka himself, it was by no means an action that he thought deeply about. Its just, as if driven by an emotion overflowing from the depths of his heart, he simply stepped forward.

However, he soon understood. The power that lay dormant within Tanaka, the power of God, told him. That he had to be the one to face this arch-enemy. And that he was the only one who could defeat it.

Big bro! Ill entrust the two of them to you!

When Tanaka raised his hand, as if colliding against something, the monster was greatly blown backwards. Tanaka soared up as if to after it.

As the two of them vanished beyond the sky in the blink of an eye, Yashichi was in a daze, but he quickly came to his senses, and looked after the fallen Toby and Eclair.

When the breathing of the two had stabilized, and he had ascertained that they were merely unconscious, for the time being he was relieved, he then turned his face toward the direction where Tanaka had vanished.

Yashichi instinctively understood. That the monster from earlier was an existence of a whole nother level altogether that he wouldnt even stand a chance against.

Ill leave it to you, my friend.

And as far as he knew, other than Tanaka, there was no one else who could stand up to it.