Volume 4 - CH 5

Chapter 5 – The Conclusion

“That’s cowardly, Eto!1”

Suddenly, Ronaldo’s voice echoed through the training ground as if to drown out the cheers. And when Eto directed his gaze at Ronaldo, he found Ronaldo glaring at himself while grasping the training sword.

“What do you mean by that, Ronaldo-sama?”

Saying that, Eto casually gripped the training sword in his right hand. Truth to be told, he is no longer surprised at whatever Ronaldo says. He just felt like listening to it, of course, without letting his guard down.

“It was cowardly to use an enchanted sword in a mock battle! That made me unable to block your sword. Thus, this mock battle is invalid!”

“Funny. My specialty is neither sword nor attack magic, but support magic, you know? What’s wrong with a support magician enchanting his sword?”

When Eto questioned him, Ronaldo noticed that the odds were against him, making him clench his teeth and shut his mouth.

In the end, the mock battle left a bad aftertaste for Ronaldo, but Eto thought even if he said that to him, nothing would’ve changed. Hence, he began cleaning up in order to leave the training ground as soon as possible.

“I won’t admit it. I won’t admit it, Eto! Let’s fight again!”

Ronaldo suddenly screamed and went to pick up the Holy Sword that he put in the corner of the training ground before pointing it at Eto. Ronaldo’s face was flushed, his breathing also became rough, and he doesn’t seem to be able to make a calm judgement right now.

However, looking at such Ronaldo, the only thought Eto had at that time was just, ‘Really troublesome’. But that’s natural. Because, even though he just wanted to enjoy sightseeing in the royal castle with his party and return to their inn after that, for some reason, he ended up fighting with the Hero, which made him sighed deeply.

“You bastard! Are you mocking me?!”

Perhaps thinking of Eto’s sigh as an insult to him, Ronaldo screamed and poured his magic power to the Holy Sword.

A wave of magic power then emerged from the Holy Sword and shot towards Eto. Moreover, there are knights behind Eto, who were likely to be injured if Eto avoided the strike.

Thus, Eto quickly casted ‘Enchant – Fire Sword’ and swung it, while pouring more magic power to power up the sword. The fire blade that released from Eto sword then collided with the wave of magic power released by the holy sword, illuminating the entire training ground with dazzling light. Fortunately, when the light disappeared, Eto found that no one was injured because of the clash. In other words, Eto’s attack managed to completely erase the Holy Sword’s magic power.

“You bastard! Until when you are going to hinder me!”

Eto could no longer understand what Ronaldo was saying. A part of him really wanted to point something like ‘You are the one who hindered me from fulfilling my role in the hero’s party, though’ to Ronaldo, but decided not to.

“To think I actually admire someone like this before… Really unpleasant”

Thinking that it would be annoying if he didn’t do anything, Eto quickly closed his distance and casted some debuffs at Ronaldo.

“Slow! Dark! Gravity!”

And Ronaldo, who was prepared to be attacked by a sword, was surprised. But before he was able to do anything, the debuffs that Eto casted on him in quick succession made him unable to move his body in an instant.

His body was unable to move because of ‘Slow’, and his sight was stolen by ‘Dark’. For the finisher, ‘Gravity’ made his body stuck to the ground.

“Ronaldo-sama, this is my support magic. I decided to go on my own adventure using this power. So, please don’t disturb me anymore.”

“Ugh, Eto, you basta–”

Then, having completely blocked Ronaldo’s movement, Eto lifted the training sword that was enchanted with ‘Enchant – Thunder Sword’ and brandished it at Ronaldo, who was still stuck to the ground. And Ronaldo, whose body was pierced by the lightning from Eto’s sword, immediately lost his consciousness.