CH 169

The only ones left were Ryuuze, Basleigh-sensei, and the headmaster. While Tigre-sensei was checking the condition of the defeated opponent, Ryuuze’s yell echoed through the forest.

“Flame Sword! Looks like it can’t regenerate a wound if you burn it! Jack, give me a hand.”

“Y-Yeah!”

“M-Me too!”

“Kudelica and the others should stay back. We’ll take care of this one ……”

Kudelica, which had just blown off its upper body, tried to join in, but was stopped by Ryuuze. He knows that Brao tried to kill my brother, so he is sensitive to the idea of killing people. He probably thought that there was no way he could make Kudelica kill him here and now.

After seeing Kudelica pull back, Ryuuze folded up with a new magic sword that I had never seen before, the Flame Sword.

He and Jack, who is moving in between them, are playing with the Ogre. Jack’s attacks aren’t getting through, but he’s doing a good job of staying out of their blind spots. 

“Gaaaaaaaaaa!?”

“Right on target! Soryaaa!”

As the wound burns, the smell of burning flesh comes from it, and a buzzing sound can be heard. It’s not that they can’t regenerate, but my fireball face attack scratches the surface, while Ryuuze’s sword is a line. It seems to burn the cut surface and interfere with the regeneration.

“Heh, as expected of magic sword you’re going to show Lars for the first time.”

“Jeez, I was trying to surprise you, though! Basleigh-sensei, how is it!?”

“Gorozu! Gorozuuuuu!”

(T/N: I think the Ogre’s trying to say “Korosu” here, which means “I’ll kill you”.)

“Oh, he’s angry now!?”

“Leave it to me!”

He swung his stiff arm and headed for Jack. However, Ryuuze used his large sword as a shield to guard from it. It’s a common technique for Ryuuze to push back his opponent from here, but —

“Gugugu …… He’s really strong ……!”

“Damn, what if I stab him! Gueh!?”

“Guaaaaaaaooooohhh!”

“Jack-kun!”

He thrusts his sword into the thigh of the Ogre, who is struggling with Ryuuze, but is blown away by his free hand, sending Jack flying through the air like a leaf. When Luciel cries out, a large, soft hand catches Jack.

“Y-Yeah, thanks, Sarge!”

“Don’t do that, the forest will catch fire. Don’t worry, Basleigh-sensei will take care of the rest …… Probably ……”

She’s shrugging her shoulder and a little unsure of herself, but Basleigh-sensei opened her mouth with a not-so-teasing air, her fingers twitching.

“Headmaster, I’ll get rid of this thing, okay?”

“I’ll leave it to you. It’ll probably be fine as long we leave one of them. !”

He smiled and nodded at her, and mumbled something to himself.

“Hmmm~ …… It doesn’t seem to have any weakness-like places, huh …… As expected of an Ogre. But even so, my [Fatal Wound] doesn’t mean much, though –“

Narrowing her eyes, she stepped forward and picked up the dagger on the ground, aiming straight for the Ogre’s neck without hesitation. 

“Haaaaaaaaaah!”

At the same moment, Ryuuze spiritedly tried to push the Ogre back. Perhaps angered by this, the Ogre tried to push back again, but…

“Gyauu! …… Ga!?”

“I’ll take that lousy head.”

Basleigh-sensei’s dagger was quicker to cut the Ogre’s head in two.

As Ryuuze back-stepped away, the Ogre fell to his knees, blood gushing from his neck like a fountain.

“Whew, I’m sorry, Ryuuze-kun, I need to concentrate or I couldn’t have done this much-“

“I’ve heard you said that if you don’t keep your mind clear, you’ll end up concentrating all the time and your mind will get into trouble …… Even so, you hit this guy in the neck with one blow ……”

“Well, it’s thanks to this dagger too. This is Luciela-chan’s dagger, right? The other thing is that skills that are too powerful also have disadvantages. If you use it in battle, you become invincible like this …… but God is doing a good job …… Ouch~ ……”

“Hey hey, don’t push yourself, teacher.”

Basleigh-sensei crouched down, sweating and holding her eyes, and Ryuuze helped her back to Luciel and the others. It is true that if you were to use such a thing in succession, you would have a pile of corpses, and you would be better suited to be an assassin than a minister.

I finished treating Makina, so I took her in my arms and walked back to the others. One person left. The headmaster has been pounding various magic into him, and it seems that his regeneration hasn’t caught up with him.

Then Tigre-sensei calls out to the headmaster.

“Headmaster! This one is definitely dead, that’s the only one left.”

“I understand. Then it’s time to end this. I’ll use ancient magic to slice through .”

“Agaaaaaaah!?”

The headmaster waved his hand vertically in the shape of a knife, and suddenly its arm was blown off. It’s hard to see because it’s dark, but based on the name, I’m guessing it was a vacuum blade that flew off …… A spell that can blow off the arm of a hard ogre …… Let’s remember that.

As it was, he swung his hand to the side and slashed his knee, causing the ogre to fall forward and howls. They didn’t think of putting on their own limbs, and just struggled in place.

“Gaaaaa……!”

“I’ll hold on to your arms and legs. Or rather …… Do you think they’ll come back to normal?”

“……”

The headmaster did not respond to Tigre-sensei’s words and looked at the struggling ogre. To be honest, I don’t think it’ll be back, so I’m having a hard time figuring out what to do.

“Sarge-kun, can you grab him and bring him back?”

“…… It’s not that there isn’t a way. If we go to the Capital–“

“No, I can’t have that.”

The moment the headmaster mentioned that there was some way to do it, a different voice came from somewhere than any of us.

“!? …… Who is that!”

I shouted as I looked around, and right after that, a sharp, heavy-looking spear was thrust into the head of the ogre, who’s arm was severed.

“Aga …… gu ……”

“I-Is it, dead?”

“Yes, he is. I’m sorry, but it’s better for the world that a villain like him who kidnaps people dies, right?”

When Ryuuze said that with a cold sweat and a stunned look on his face, a voice from somewhere sounded like it was amused.

“Where are you, come out! So you’re the mastermind!”

“There’s no way I’ll come out? Really, I knew you wouldn’t go easy on an ogre, but I didn’t expect you to try to capture him alive. Hahahahaha! Ahhh, there’s no point in trying to examine the body. After a certain time ……”

When someone chuckled, the body of the ogre whose head had been skewered by the spear began to melt into bones with a sizzling sound. 

“Evidence Destroyer!? Maybe this kidnapper is–“

“I’m a pawn. Of course, right? Even if you leave it alive, it probably won’t do anything well, so isn’t it great.”

“Even though you’re the one who requested it ……!”

People toy with people. …… When I shouted in anger.

“Well, yeah! But, well, we got what we came for, so …… let’s call it a day.”

“Damn it …… where are you!?”

Tigre-sensei went in the direction of the voice, and the headmaster and I looked at it from the sky with our levitations, but there was no sign of it.

“…… They’ve been watching from the shadows?”

“What was that about? Wasn’t their purpose was to kidnap Luciel ……?”

As we watched the four kidnappers reduced to bones, we felt sick at the aftertaste of the ending.

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“Are you done with Lars-kun?”

“Yeah, I’ve noticed before that Lars-kun seems to be able to explode with power for a brief moment in anger. If you’re training Dragonic Blaze with the [Jack-of-all-Trades] skill, it’s no wonder it’s so powerful.”

The hooded man said happily, and the woman opened her mouth.

“I wouldn’t want you to get involved, though.”

“Don’t say that. I’ve finally found someone who can kill me, and if I can get him possessed by a god, my wish will be granted! For that, I need him to be powerful enough to possess a god, right? [Jack-of-all-Trades] …… I failed that time, but …… this time ……. Haha …… Ahahahahahaha!”

It has finally ended …… However, the mystery remains ……?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Sensei, huh?”

The purpose is also bizarre ……?