Cursed Sword Master

"Sistina, don't act like you're the only one who's gonna make a sacrifice in the future"

"... I can't. It is your duty as a samurai festival to protect Master Soujiro."

"Sistina, don't make me give you a second order over and over again."

"... excuse me"

Sistina slumps her shoulders, but I want to get rid of the crappy spirit of self-sacrifice for Sistina as well.

"Right. Souzillow is right. If we can't pay our debts this time, we're all responsible."

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"Don't get me wrong, Sistina. Your feelings are well known to Soujiro and me. But I thought you said we were going to live together.

The responsibility for our actions will be shared between the three of us, victory and defeat. "

Mr. Hotaru told me everything I wanted to say. She is truly a dependable sister. The real point of this party is definitely Mr. Hotaru.

The two most ostensibly will stand up for me. That should put up a lot of places already.

"Yes... I'm sorry. Thank you."

Gently stroke Sistina's head with a leaning and trembling voice.

"Let's go to the tower with a ring on. The punishment is when you get home."

A decent Sistina smiles as she blushes, quickly understanding the meaning of my words.

"Hehe, yes. Treat me with a glass."

"Soujiro, don't forget to smell me."

Another enjoyable evening awaits us today. I have to make a lot of money and come back alive. That would never happen again. Motivation to raw is mildly MAX.

"Let's go to the first level."

After Sistina wore the partying ring, we finally stepped into the tower, coming in front of a one-story door.

I went into the tower and noticed that the walls and floors were made of a combination of square stone like brick.

There are large windows at equal intervals in the walls of the part that hits the outer wall of the tower, apparently exiting the outermost part of the hierarchy.

I didn't see anything in the tower when I saw it from the outside, but from here I can look down at the Lake of Raytalk. They can land near the entrance to the Great Hall unharmed no matter how many levels you are on when you jump out of here on the escape.

It seems that the Lord of each hierarchy is near the center of the hierarchy, so as we went for the Lord, we would be moving away from the outer walls more and more, making it harder for us to leave, so we needed to be careful.

"Okay, first I want to see how much the two of you can move in the fight against the demons. I'll show you where there's only one enemy, so fight one-on-one."

"Yes."

Sistina removes the leather band that was attached to the ax hammer for her shoulder wear and goes to the backpack.

He said, "Do you know where the enemy is?"

"I can feel the signs. I don't know the way, but we should be able to get somewhere."

"Oh well," sign detection "and" kill sensation "were +"

This means you can adjust the count to a certain extent, which I think is a pretty treasured ability.

You will have less time wandering in search of enemies to gain combat experience, and you can avoid getting caught up in dangerous battles in accidental encounters such as when you want to retreat.

"Turn right there, there's probably one. Shall we start with Sistina?"

"Yes."

It hasn't been two minutes since Hotaru started walking in the tower while leading me.

Tension runs on Sistina's body holding the axhammer. Sistina, who has been rigorously trained as a samurai festival, can't help but be nervous because this would be the first time you've fought a demon with a bee.

I mean, Axhammer, Buster Sword, that's a long name and you don't look good. For now, can I have a battle axe and a great sword? I'll think of some good names for you later.

"Sistina, let's go calmly. If you need anything, I'll help you or Mr. Hotaru."

"Dear Souzillo... Yes. Thank you."

"Looks like they noticed. Coming!"

From across the aisle I hear chatter and something hard kicking the floor.

Shit... I was getting more nervous. I'm also terrified that you don't know what's coming out.

"Hey!"

Were you measuring the timing in the footsteps? Sistina turned it from left to side with the blade part of the battle axe.

But the demon that popped out of the aisle didn't have a body at that height.

Keep a simple appraisal.

"Tower Wolf (1 layer) Rank: H"

It would be called the tower version of the wolf we met in the meadow. Moreover, is this sign not only adapted to the tower, but also to the hierarchy?

Anyway, Sistina's hipster blow aimed at a preemptive attack didn't hit a low-bodied wolf. And the empty battle axe slightly shredded the walls of the tower, but stops Sistina from moving at that price.

Meanwhile, the wolf, who tumbled under Sistina's battle axe, killed momentum as he slid down the floor with his four-legged nails, shifting direction and dropping his center of gravity in an attempt to fly towards Sistina.

Sistina can't defend herself in time as it is.

Mr. Hotaru snaps his fingers as he pushes me away and hides my eyes when he tries to jump in a hurry.

Then, from the shadow of Mr. Hotaru's hand, only for a moment the visible light develops and disappears.

I hear Hotaru used "flash" with light magic. So to speak, it's like Tianjin ○ or the Sun ○ used a little by Cli ○ N or Sun ○ Sky.

Sistina was just turning her back here, so there won't be any damage, but the wolf who was about to fly this way was looking directly at the light, unable to open her eyes, and she's out of balance and rolling the floor.

"Come on, I'm coming."

Sistina in shape in the meantime now waves the battle axe as she looks at her opponent. But by then the wolf, who had recovered some vision, had bounced back.

The distance stares at each other. Sistina moved hard from nervousness to her first full-scale battle, she had already made her breath rough, and she wouldn't want to move until her eyes recovered if she tried being a wolf.

Seeing it, Sistina waved the battle axe at the wolf again when she was forced to breathe, and although she kept attacking from herself all the time, she was not given an effective blow, and there were many dangerous occasions when she was poked through a loud gap.

"Hmm... Sistina. Why are you attacking me from the beginning?

Speak to Sistina like you didn't see Hotaru watching in silence.

"Ha, ha... let it go, because if you don't attack, you can't defeat it"

"But are you skilled in escort and escort? Isn't it easier to protect him than to attack him?"

Sistina's movements stop for a moment in Mr. Hotaru's words.

"It doesn't make sense to lose sight of who you are just because you've gained more power from your subordination contract."

"... Yes!

Sistina's structure changes when she breathes with a reply that looks like she blew something off.

The center of gravity of the front that was attacking is slowly lowered and the stability is increased. The battle axe, which he held and swung for even longer, has also changed its handshake to medium, bringing the spacing between his right and left hands back wide.

"That... feels awesome"

"Um, not bad. This is not the real power of Sistina."

The wolf is attacked by Sistina before Mr. Hotaru, who snorts in satisfaction, finishes all his words.

Sistina hits the jaws of the wolf jumping all at once with a stone clash of battle axes.

It is a sharp, heavy blow on the center of gravity, unlike the blow that has made me say something to my arms before.

But the wolf regains his posture in the air so as to absorb the shock, and at the same time as he lands, he comes again. Now it doesn't seem to offend you to jump through the universe.

However, when Sistina calmly identified the movement while using both ends of the battle axe to restrain the opponent's movement, she slammed the hammer portion against the side of the wolf.

"Oh, it worked."

He won't be able to stand if that demon shakes his head with that hammer, either. Fluffy footprints are at stake.

Sistina didn't miss that gap, swinging the blade portion of the battle axe down from the top of the wolf.

"First things first. It wasn't a bad move since I turned to take it."

"Thank you. Sorry, I'm embarrassed..."

It would be about the power-relied attack in the beginning.

"It seems I lost sight of myself at some point because I was able to make a contract with your husband and I gained the power I never thought I would"

Sistina brought me the demon stone of Tower Wolf. It was as small a stone as a slightly blackened pinky nail. And for some reason, Tower Wolf's body was gone.

"Why does the body disappear?

"Demons are born with the power of the tower, and when they die in the tower, most of that power is immediately recovered into the tower. But it seems that only the demon nucleus will take a little while to recover, and it will remain there for a while."

"Is that the Demon Stone..."

"Yes, but if the tower drains the demon outside, the tower will not be able to recover the power that gave birth to the demon. And demons working outside change their own flesh to adapt to the outside environment.

I'm told we're going to run out of all the demon stone power that was at its core as a force for that. "

In other words, the demons of the tower are restored to the tower by leaving the demon stone, and the demons outside the tower are missing the demon stone, but the body remains? Do I have to hunt outside when hunting for materials?

It is also likely to be necessary to hunt considering the profit from the sale of demonic stones and the profit from the sale of materials.

Demon Stone (None) Rank: H

I guess nothing means it doesn't have an attribute attached. The rank is H. Is this the case for a tier... how much can this sell for? I want to pay my debts back early. If Kata in debt is going to take Sistina, I'm going to have to kill Will already.

Whoa. Thoughts have gone in dangerous directions. The deadline is 300 days, so you just have to earn 1,000 mars a day.

"All right, Souzillo's next. Is it... this way?"

When I throw the Demon Stone in my backpack, I chase after Mr. Hotaru, who walked out.

"Good luck to Sistina"

"No, I just knocked one down, but at this rate..."

"I have no choice. I'm guessing you're not used to the power yet, 'cause this was your first real fight."

"I can't say that. This is completely irrelevant to the demon."

Sistina was right. I wonder, have you not yet lost the mood for foreign world tourism? I don't mean to...

Anyway, I have to fight to keep my guard down. There's no going back to death or Continuum in this world.

"There he is. Be aware of the way I taught you to walk and fight calmly."

Hotaru's guide was preceded by the same Tower Wolf 1 hierarchy as earlier, but only the rank was G.

"Okay."

Reply and pull out the great sword with the cherry blossoms on both hips, standing in front of the wolf. I've already noticed this one over there, and I'm getting low profile and accustomed to grunting and intimidating noises.

Position the sword in your right hand in front of you, and hold the cherry blossom in your left hand sideways to support the sword.

Scarier than I imagined. Even on Earth if you normally fight with dogs in bees, you can't win, but all of a sudden you're mullified with demonic wolves from different worlds and battles and such if it's true.

"Ooh! Abrasive!"

You felt a momentary gap that took my consciousness away from me for such a thing, the wolf jumped in a straight line towards me.

If it comes down to this, it's not a normal situation to pack.

Manage to roll and avoid.

"Whoa, I'm not your opponent."

Mr. Hotaru bounced back at the wolf I had slipped through behind.

I rolled over and avoided it because I was too scared to move my body. Then if we don't continue to act later and if we have more than one enemy, we'll give it a big gap.

More importantly, there is danger to the people behind us.

Should I spread out the room a little further behind me?

The wolf strikes me in a low position as I pack myself in the time Mr. Hotaru has spread for me. Whoa! Danger! He turns away and slaps the sword on his right hand, but by then there will be no more wolves there.

Damn, faster than I imagined. But if you're coming, come on, you one-patterned dog. If you're going straight into it, I'll slap you to death to go with it.

Look closely... timing... huh? Disappear

"Ah! Danger! Master Souzillo, to the left."

My consciousness flies for a moment after I raise my left arm aggressively to Sistina's voice but with a strong shock.

"Dear Souzillo!

Ku!

"Ugh!

When I noticed, the wolf I ate in my left hand was pointing a bloody eye in front of me.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

"I don't have a choice... stay out of the way!

The wolf in front of him disappeared at the same time as the relaxed voice of Mr. Fluorescent, and Mr. Fluorescent's white fur and thighs were visible in front of him.

"Sistina. Just stop him for a second. Don't kill me."

"Yes!"

Footsteps running through my side.

"Look, stand up, Souzillo."

His knees were shaking as he stood up supported by his armpit. Look at the rough left hand. Apparently he was bitten by the cage hand he was equipped with. The cage hand was scratched and bleeding from the inside of his hand, but it didn't seem like a major injury.

I thought they ate me up. A breath of great relief leaked unknowingly.

"Mr. Hotaru... sorry"

"Soujiro, what are you getting so hard for?"

"No... because we fight demons..."

Mr. Hotaru slowly unwrapped his hand holding the great sword with Cherry Blossom, who was gripping his hand so hard that it turned white, that he released the two weapons from my hand.

While doing so, Sistina continues to adorn wolf attacks with battle axes.

"Okay, let's change our minds."

"How do you think?

"I hear the tower demons and the others will be drained outside if no one is defeated."

"Huh? Yeah, you said that."

How could I suddenly say such a thing?

"What would you do if that demon were ejected into the city?"

Um... that's a demon, so naturally, people.

"That's right. Probably attacking people. Don't worry about the young and the old."

You must have noticed that my complexion has changed. Mr. Hotaru says the answer before I say it.

"Kill people without meaning. If a demon is a man, he's definitely a bad man."

Something cools soothingly in my head.

"Mr. Hotaru. Knife."

"Um, now hold on tight."

When Hotaru receives the Great Sword from Sakura, he slowly heads toward Sistina.

"Thank you, Sistina. It's all right now. Take turns."

"But... ah, yes!

I've turned my worried face for a moment, Sistina, but the moment I saw my face, I gladly broke my face and retreated behind.

The wolf that was being bounced off by Sistina is staring at this one. I guess you're angry that things don't go the way you want.

There is no more fear in that. It's none of my business what the bad guys think or do. The unsaveable bad guys just get rid of it.

Take the wolf's fangs attacked with the cherry blossoms on your left. Slash the opponent from the side with the sword of his right hand where he stops moving.

It was a little shallow. I gave you a scratch, but the movement was dull enough.

Once drawn, the wolf comes into a straight line again. The wolf disappeared again the moment I thought this was the time. No, I didn't disappear. Were you jumping sideways and landing on the wall right in front of me and jumping from there? I see you didn't see me until just now.

I dropped it. Grabbing the ground with my center of gravity slowly lowers my body. A wolf passes right in front of you.

I stuffed up an appointment to go after him, and I swung down the sword in my right hand looking behind his neck.

◇ ◇ ◇

"Huh... it was dangerous."

If you calm him down, he wouldn't have struggled this far, but it's a mundane thing.

And Mr. Hotaru is amazing after all. I guess I've only lived in battle for hundreds of years and my sense of battle is slipping out.

It must not be possible with some concurrent experience that you can fix it instantly just by looking at Sistina and how I fought.

"Dear Souzillo. This way."

"Demon Stone (None) Rank: G"

Appraisal of the Demon Stone brought by Sistina had the same G-rank as the Demon Rank. It also seems to be slightly larger in size.

Does it mean that when you go in this stream, the rank of Demon Stone increases as well?

And I'll borrow your left arm.

Sistina gently takes my arm with Sakura in her hand.

"... Yikes!

"Please don't move it." Healing ""

With Sistina's spell, my hand is wrapped in a blurry, soft light, and I gently put that hand against my wound.

"Ah... awesome"

The wound on his arm, which the wolf's fangs were devouring and scraping, recovers visibly. A few seconds later, there were no scratches at all, although blood stains remained.

"This is the magic of recovery. It's amazing. Thank you, Sistina, it's completely painless."

"Yes, I'll heal you whenever I can, but don't get hurt if I can."

It's Sistina's word I joked about, but I'm sure she meant it. Seems to have worried me. I'm going to add 'thank you' to this evening's 'punishment'.

"All right, one tier won't be a problem with this. We're going from one end to the other."

Mr. Hotaru gives a fierce grin with a fluorescent circle at the end of his right hand.

"The basics are that Sistina attracts the opponent in the avant-garde.

Souzillow is a strong, if you say so, play, but before you get used to it, you won't know where to go, so I'll give you directions for a while.

Don't think your instructions are just your voice. In some cases, empathy is the only way to make it.

Move quickly where you are told to fight. If you want to move at your will, you can do whatever you want. You can make it up to me around here. "

"Yes!"

Copy that.

Mr. Hotaru, who nodded to Eagle Deep in response to our reply, starts traveling fast.

We need to fight anyway, and I think the momentum is important, but I also feel that Mr. Hotaru is too lively. It may have been quite stressful to spend the last hundred or so years just being decorated, even though it was created to fight.

Besides that, I guess I can't help but be happy to move and fight as I please myself.

Sistina won't even know about Mr. Hotaru's detailed circumstances, but I guess the atmosphere is guessing. When you gaze at me, you shrug each other's shoulders and laugh.

"Let's go! Three!

Whoa. You suddenly have three bodies or something. It's really one end.

"Tower Wolf (1 tier) Rank: H"

"Tower Wolf (1 tier) Rank: G"

"Stone Papette (1 tier) Rank: G"

There is a stone doll about the size of a child with a stone axe on the front and the wolf stiffens both sides of it.

The little doll in the front would be the stone puppet.

"Wolf 2! Right G, left H! Stone Doll Rank G!

I'll pass on the appraisal results to both of you at once. It would make sense to tell them that the wolves who fought me have been making tricky moves, maybe because of their high ranks.

"Sistina is a doll in the center. Souzillow on the left. I'll do the right."

We snorted silently at Mr. Hotaru's instructions. We scatter as he tells us. First, Sistina rams into the center and wields a massive blow from left to right.

This is not a repeat of earlier mistakes. They broke up their enemies by making a big attack and letting them join the wolves.

After that, he's about to enter a calm battle with a stone doll against him.

Mr. Hotaru is taking the G-ranked wolf completely into his hands against him. He is pushing his opponent forward with a millimeter cut to make sure he moves. I'd love to be able to catch up with that move someday, but honestly, I also feel the hurdles are too high.

Anyway, the two of you don't seem to be worried, so it's me later.

One sword at a time, when the wolf comes forward, it is not comparable to Mr. Hotaru, but he uses walking methods. Then, if you can, attack with the weapon of the person who can attack at that time.

When your opponent jumps at you, you dare take an attack with Cherry Blossom. There's a hit correction, so if it's one tier, it shouldn't be damaged by an attack.

Leave the opponent out of balance by distracting from the power of the opponent in an unstable state in the air as it is before pursuing it.

All right, that sounds good. Confirm that the defeated wolf begins to disappear before confirming the other two, but Mr. Hotaru is already arm-wrapped and watching the game after the victory.

Sistina had just smashed the head of the stone doll with a hammer.

"All right, if you pick up your own demon stone, we'll go next."

Not even while I'm resting. Well, I'm not tired yet, but if Hotaru thinks about the area and doesn't seem to have it, I'll have to stop him, so be careful with myself and Sistina's health.

Eventually we went around the tower to be dragged by Mr. Hotaru and fought enemies of almost every area except the main area on one level. All that came out were one-tier demons, G.H. rank of Tower Wolf and G. of Stone Papette, followed by G.H. rank of a large bat-shaped demon named Tower Bat.

Maybe only these three types of demons emerge on one level of Raytalk.

"Uhm. Shall we cut it off today around here?"

"Ha, ha... yes. Now let's get out of that window."

"Phew... I might just be tired. The power ankle is getting tough."

Looking out the window, the sun was already about to set and the lake was glowing orange. I know it's a romantic view if it's true, but we're exhausted. We can't afford to enjoy the view.

Jump out the window one after the other with Sistina in the lead. I peeked down and looked at it before jumping once, but I wasn't sure if my vision was distorted and high or low.

"You're going to walk home... tough. This could really use a change of location."

Start thinking about relocating for a different reason than the women while walking the journey from the tower to the transfer line. Mikalea's transfer team is quite a distance from the tower, so it's good to go, but it's hard to get home tired.

In the meantime, the women are positive about moving in, and tomorrow we'll take out the Micalea Inn and find a place to stay in Raytalk.

"I'll forward it, then."

Fly to Micalea in the transfer formation where you finally arrive.

When I get out of formation, I greet the staff sister and head to the money exchange. I've also heard the market for the money exchange in Raytalk for once, so they won't be buying it down. We have Sistina, too.

In the end, the demon stones we earned today in the tower were unaffiliated demon stones, H42 and G16.

"Whoa. You guys got out of here after lunch. It's a party. All the demon stones themselves are small, but you've been hunting this many in less than half a day?

"It's pretty lame... I can't do it every day."

"I guess. You look pretty tired."

"Oh, so you need to appraise me early."

"All right, all right, let it go."

Mr. Hotaru pokes his side as he bites off the stretch looking at the buyer who starts to select one demonic stone at a time on the counter.

"Souzillow. Leave me about ten demon stones without selling them all."

"Mm. Copy that."

Can I have about 2 Gs of H8 for now? I'll give it to Mr. Hotaru when I pull ten out of the mountain before the buyer sorts it out. Hotaru's porch is handy for putting a little stuff in and out, isn't it? The backpack is so hard to have to be unloaded once.

I'll put a small eye on my hip, too, apart from my backpack.

I will then ask Mr. Hotaru to put out the wood tag for the transfer team royalties he had kept and keep it at the counter.

"All right. There's 2,000 piles over here. This little but well-shaped one is another 500. That's 2,500 a piece.

3500 per round for the larger one. There's only one more thing. I'll buy this spherical one for 5,000. "

Yeah. How much did it end up? It's a hundred million bucks to calculate because you're tired.

However, the price of Raytalk is also 2,000 small. He said it would be about 3,000 large, so it should be a reasonable assessment.

"Sistina, I'll take care of it"

"Yes, I don't think it's a problem, so I'll sell it to you."

"Thank you. I would buy it more expensive if it came with attributes. But it would also be helpful if you brought so many of these.

A normal Seeker party like going to the first tier would be nice to bring back a few Demon Stones at best. Nice to see you again. "

A few demon stones... and you make roughly 10,000 marl a day. If I split that up with a party of about four, 2500 a person. If I used 500 for the inn, I would only have 2,000 per person left.

I can see how we've been working too hard today. Pretty big reason for the lack of time L.A. in searching for demons.

The buyer offered twelve gold coins and five large silver coins when the demon stone was thrown in. Is the return of the deposit also combined 125,000 mar? If Demon Stone could sell this high, it would be good to be able to repay the party ring debt as soon as possible.

On the way home, I bought another item the same size as the porch held by Mr. Hotaru and five additional simple food sets that I consumed today. Tower exploration is surprisingly hungry.

When I managed to get back to the inn, I unloaded my stuff and went straight to the dining room. I ate a lot because I moved well. So much so that one serving with Sistina was not enough to add another serving and share it with Sistina to eat.

"I tried to bring you around a little forcefully today to make sure the two of us fought each other and to get us used to the tower in a disintegrating way, but you followed me a lot. If this isn't even an impossible challenge, we'll be able to fight steadily in the tower."

Mr. Hotaru began his lecture on exploring the tower today as he leaned a fruit wine jock at us with a swollen stomach.

Apparently the rating is generally good. More importantly, that unscrupulous battle seems to have been for exams and training, so we should be able to fight more calmly after tomorrow.

"Good. I thought this was getting a little rough every day. The truth is."

"Ha-ha-ha, if you say soudilow. It seemed like there was plenty of room."

"I can't believe there's no room. It was full. Sistina wasn't half as stable."

"Well, Sistina is still a big combat-based skill in" escort "and" escort ". And with the benefit of the subordination contract, even the stomach serves as an avant-garde Waller."

Sure, Sistina's moves on defense are amazing. It is not a defense that does not even make Mr. Hotaru attack, but a defense that skillfully uses his weapon to deny or prevent his opponent from attacking.

You shouldn't have had a single decent attack today on that defense. By the way, I was kind of hit, and every time I had Sistina 'cure' me.

"If Soujiro is also heavily weighted or low-tiered, he will be able to fight enough without combat skills if he enters Optical Mode. If you get used to fighting a little more, you won't get attacked today."

I don't remember Mitsuji Mode becoming a deputy general. I may not be wrong in the sense of crusading villains, but I guess I'm the only one who can get that story through.