CH 4

The four men surrounding Souya gradually narrowed the circle of encirclement, but they did not attack.

They may be wary of his ability to subdue one man in an instant, or they may be aiming to counter at the timing of his attack, or they may be waiting for him to surrender. It could be a stalemate due to the lack of coordination between them. In response to this situation, Souya ponders a way to break the deadlock.

(Hmm. — I should try to provoke them a little.)

Souya exhaled a small breath and finished preparing to speak.

“How long are you going to surround me? I’m getting tired of this situation, you know.”

It was Souya’s dumbfounded voice that broke the tension. One of the men, annoyed by this, vigorously thrusts at Souya in the face with a dagger.

Souya narrowly avoids the man’s dagger thrust and hits him in the face with a cross counter.

“Gaha!”

“Sixty points. It was not a bad shot to aim for the face. But your blade won’t reach me.”

The man who took the counter seriously fainted and collapsed. The dagger is loose from the man’s hand, and Souya quickly snatches it away.

“There’s an opening! Go fuck yourself!”

At the same time, the western-style saber of the man who seems to be the boss, grasped Souya’s torso and hits him perfectly.

“Haha, what ……! the hell …… he stopped the blade!”

The blade of the main man’s saber, which should have been a perfect direct hit, was blocked by Souya’s business suit and could not cut through the flesh of his torso. 

“It’s a really well-made suit. So you’re saying an attack of this magnitude won’t be able to damage it.”

The business suit given to me by the goddess Eris was given a blessing of a high-level enhancement [Enforcement], which almost completely blocked the attacks of the man who seemed to be the boss, and the slight tears in the suit were repaired by [Regeneration], making it as good as new.

(Well, there’s still a little impact from the slamming.)

Soya rubbed the area of his abdomen where he had been cleaved. It may be as small as a bruise.

“…… What, a magic item! That’s cheating!”

“Cheating? Is that something that you should say?”

While playing with the dagger that Souya had taken from the man, he had a disgusted expression on his face.

“Then I’ll go for your bare neck!”

One of the men who hadn’t made a move aimed at Soya’s neck. But not even a trained assassin would have the skill to pinpoint and attack such a limited area, and it should not be a thief’s style, so Souya saw through the trajectory and stuck out his arm, catching the dagger with the sleeve of his reinforced business suit. 

“Guh …… Gebo!”

“Twenty points. If you’re going for it, you shouldn’t say “I’m going for it” out loud. Unless, of course, it’s working as a feint.”

As soon as he caught the blade, Souya’s knee kick him in the stomach. This man also collapsed, foaming at the mouth, and then fainted.

“…… I-It’s no good, h-he’s through all our movements …… We can only run!”

One of the men in the enclosure was trying to escape from the enclosure. Souya held his dagger in one hand and touched his black glasses with the other as the man ran away, showing his back. The black glasses given to me by the goddess Eris contain the magical power of the Weakness Detection [Weak Point], which allows me to dimly see my opponent’s weaknesses. 

(His weak point is — there’s a strong aura on his left shin. He has a scar on his shin. That’s a perfect match.)

Souya threw a dagger at the left shin of the fleeing man.

“GUAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

Scream. The man who ran away had an old wound on his left shin gouged out by a dagger, and he fell down in agony. The pain seems to be quite intense.

“Old wound, huh? I’m sorry. I guess I didn’t need to target your left shin. A thick dagger like that will basically hurt anywhere.”

Souya mumbled a little apologetically to himself as he screamed so much. The Goddess Eris has given me the ability to use my black glasses as a weakness detection [Weak Point], which will come in handy when I face stronger opponents. Souya turned to the remaining man, the one who seemed to be the boss. 

“Now then, you’re the only one left in the enclosure so quickly. You’re the boss?”

“…… Who are you? This is strange. This is really strange.”

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“There’s nothing strange about it. It’s exactly what I expected.”

“This is strange, so strange …… You’re acting like a master of something.”

“I think you’re just not good enough.”

“…… I surrender now …… Well, I guess I can’t really do that now.”

“I’ll make you incapacitated. To the extent that you won’t be able to hold a weapon ever again.”

Souya told him ruthlessly and plainly. A sharp look behind his glasses pierced the boss.

“You bastard ……!”

The man who seems to be the boss is on the verge of panic, and in desperation, he swung his saber at Souya in the upper part of his body. 

However, despite his desperation, since attacking any part of the business suit would not result in a fatal critical wound due to the protection, the choice to go for the head itself was ultimately a safe one. 

“Good aim, but if I know you’re aiming at, it’s easy to counteract.”

Soya easily dodged the big swing with a backstep, and then moved forward, hitting the man in the neck with a hand knife, followed by a punch to the face, and finally a flying kick to the chin. 

He avoids the areas covered in leather armor and accurately hits the areas that shows strong response with weakness detection [Weak Point].

“Gaha …… You’re …… too strong.”

The man who seemed to be the boss collapsed to the ground spectacularly.

“50 points. Aiming for a comeback. That’s a great idea, but.”

Souya stomped on the wrist of the collapsed man who was holding a saber. 

“GYAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

“……. Collapsing while still firmly holding the saber ・・・・・・・That’s kind of weird, isn’t it?”

The man who seemed to be the boss seemed to have fainted this time from the intense pain. Souya took a breather after wiping out the enclosure, and quickly cleaned the dust from his business suit. 

(I guess that’s it …… No, I’m pretty sure there was one other enemy besides the four who joined the enclosure. . Where is he hiding?)

Souya looked in the direction where the Little priestess was. 

“Oh dear, I’d completely lost track of that. 0 points. Seriously …… I’m such an idiot.”

It was Souya’s policy to do the work he was given as best he could. However, he was so engrossed in the work he was given that he was unaware of what was happening off-screen. And that is a blunder for which there is no excuse.

“…… You monster glasses bastard, don’t move!”

“…… A-Awawawawa. I’m sorry! I’ve been caught!”

A man who did not participate in the enclosure had just arrived at the little priestess who was looking at the situation 10 meters away, and he was holding a dagger to the little priestess’ neck.