Before I went back to everyone, I wanted to ask Lux something.
"The last blow, did you cut it?
"He's a promising new apprentice. You can't just smash it all of a sudden?
That's what Lux answers while being treated. It would have been weirder if he had stood there, about a decent blow from this guy using immobilization and thunder.
"So you're unhappy with winning?
"No, I just wanted to make sure"
Again, only the sword has a considerable difference in strength. On top of that, it feels like I've fought, and Lord Sergeant is one step stronger than this one. At least we can't beat this guy with only a sword to surpass His Sergeant.
Inferior in swordsmanship, power gains in shelter are almost offset by moves such as immobility and thunder. From here on out, it will take a pure effort to get stronger. Not much time period either. Pretty tough.
Hmm, well, if you can't train and not, can't you help it?
"I appreciate you letting me win"
I just didn't have the money. I was about to go back to Lilia's parents' house and do some money because I was beaten up. The money will come out, but the kings will think what the hell my daughter is doing on her journey.
You can temporarily spend the money you deposited with a commercial guild, but then you pass it on to Anne. I want to avoid that too.
I figured we should keep some money. Let's go make some money early when we settle down.
"I didn't let you win anything..."
I know you didn't do anything clueless, but if you did it with a bee from the start, you'd have hardly had my winning shot.
Well, I can see why you can't do that if you want to see your arms and show them to your customers.
"Fair enough. I'll get you some betting money, so just give me a minute."
Luc, who had finished treatment, stood up saying so.
"How much will it be?
"Twenty times more."
"Oh, wow."
But given the strength of this guy, I also know he couldn't think of losing.
"How much was Lilia betting?
Except for Lilia, it was more or less one gold coin at a time.
"That elf lady is a hundred pieces of gold."
Ten million yen is probably a big bet. That's twenty times... 200 million yen!?
"Your share, apart from the bet, is about sixty gold coins."
Six million yen and the wagering money is eight million yen for two million yen? I made a good fortune. I'm really glad I won.
"But you've got a pretty good forehead to move."
"It's the best entertainment around here. Coming from afar too."
I see. It's a high level thing. You won't see it anywhere else first. I can also see that there is a good figure in the audience with escorts and escorts.
"So that's it. I guess you guys are gonna be here to look after me for a while, huh? Donate a little money for your living."
Hmm. I'd like to spend the money I made on my allowance and a souvenir for the Beast Man...
"Then I'll do about 80 pieces of my share of gold."
I'll take care of you. I have no choice.
"One more voice. You get the best instruction in the world, don't you?
"The rest of the money is not mine."
"Don't be a jerk. We'll have plenty of savings, too, won't we?
"Uh, that..."
"Hmm? I guess you don't actually have any money, do you?
"I don't have to draw it out, but all the money I showed you has been spent."
"Hey."
"Don't worry about the details. I got most of that money from Lilia's parents, and I got an extra one right away."
"Hmm. Then all that money, what are you spending it on?
It's not a big deal.
"Tell me. If you lose, you'll owe me a loan, right?
Hundreds of millions of yen worth of money. I guess you care.
Nothing is so confidential, okay?
"Don't tell anyone, okay?
"Oh."
Lucs chased away the healer who was listening with interest.
"I donated all that money"
"All of that!? Where!?
"Temple of the fort of Bloomdar"
"Bloomdar... Hiragis"
"That sort of thing"
"After the war, do you mean territory or title in Hilagis? If we can get Hiragis back, it's not a bad use of money."
Luc says as convinced. Is that what it is when you think normally? I have a more important purpose to increase my protective capacity, but I can't explain it to this guy.
"No. I don't need a territory or a title, and I don't have handouts in the upper Hilagis. The donation was just a donation, seeing a hungry refugee."
"Really... No, maybe that's what you are..."
"So I was going to buy something for the starving Hiragic people with this money?
"... ok. All you have to do is donate your share."
Aren't you going to put the full amount back there?
"Well, as much as we pay for our own food, we'll make money hunting demons. This place is close to demons, so if you stretch your legs, you'll have as many demons as you want, right?
"To be there, but you, you think you can afford that between training?
No? Don't you... what do I do? I also have trouble not making any money at all during my training.
No, you had 200 million yen of Lilia's money. I wouldn't care for the time being with that.
No, I'm so glad you won!!
When I got back to everyone, he greeted me with great joy, and Lilia and other people hugged me in the first place. I've been working a lot today, and I'd like to go home and rest now.
"I really can't believe you beat Master Luc..."
Says Tatiana, who has come so far tightly, and Kathusha, who stuck behind him, also has his eyes round.
"I told you. Masaru said he couldn't lose."
"It was a pretty remarkable way to win."
"But you did a really good job! Now Masaru is the heir to Kensei!
"Um, let's not do that, Ellie"
"I'm not talking about it. Around you, Satie."
"Yes."
When I pick up the voice of the audience that's still bothering me, I do say that. It was well known here that Kensei was looking for a successor, but thanks to his stupid strong backpack, it seems difficult even to reach before Kensei instead of his successor.
But the undefeated Lux Hayda finally tore, and a sufficient successor to Kensei appeared.
"You do that between swordsmen..."
How did this happen when I was going to leave the sword to Sati? No, I'm sorry I won, but if I lose, I lose and I have money.
It's a great honor, Lord.
I don't think I can make the sword any stronger.
"How's Satie?
"I wish I could be strong too, so nothing"
Well, Sati doesn't feel like Kensei either.
"So what about Will?
"Brother, aren't you trying to push me for now?
Exactly how many times do I learn? Damn it. This guy's a prince of an empire who's hiding his identity, but he's totally inconspicuous. Why am I so active in mediocre civilians? Isn't that strange!?
"If you're the successor to Kensei, Luc can do it."
Strength and lineage come with origami. No one will complain. I just brought the stakes. Tell Lux.
"I'm the mouth I gave up on the way. And you're stronger than me."
"Then I wish I could be one of them"
"But that's still not enough. As it is, the position of Kensei will not be inherited by anyone and it will be over."
I don't think so. Even the brave ones are for one generation only. Even Kensei would have been an exceptional swordsman with no substitute.
"That's why I'm counting on you. You make sense!
Can't the guys up there talk...
"Besides, it's not me or you who decides on a successor. If you admit it around you, you won't be able to react."
I don't think I have a choice. Is it the end of your luck that you've come here?
I can't help talking about it forever, so I take the stakes.
"Well. At the end of that gate awaits the Sword Saint Barnabash Hayda. He who defeats the trial. I want you to go through the gates."
The gate opened heavily at the hands of his men when Lux said out loud that he wanted to play again. Is this part of the show too? Go on and say it.
"If you want the sword to be extreme, this is the real test from here. The guys up there have a lot of blood. Be careful."
I don't know. But if I didn't go, I'd probably head to the gate.
"Oh, yeah, yeah. Beyond the gate is already a demon. Just be careful, 'cause some demons are coming, okay?
What you have in your hand is a simulated sword... okay. It also feels cowardly to have our gear in action here.
But Lux stopped me trying to move on.
"Wait, wait. Only those who have missed the trials can move on from here."
"What!?
Lilia brought a voice of dissatisfaction, but it would be reasonably natural. But can't Will and Syrah either? These guys want to get Kensei trained, too.
"Will and Syrah take him. These guys have qualities."
I want to strengthen it quickly. But Luc has a sinister look.
"How many of you go for this gate and die, yet you think you can't get through here?
The only way to the strongest swordsman.
"If you're strong, no one's gonna complain, right? That's what you said."
I beat Luc. I'm the strongest here. Francesca came through on a recommendation. If you have my recommendation, fine.
"Hmm. A little short, but those two would be fine"
The rest of us are interested in blah blah blah. Later if you want to see Kensei.
"Then why don't we take the test, too?
But you can't give up. Lilia said something terrible.
"Oh, that's a good idea. It's a hassle, so if we take you down, that's fine, right?
Luc's face caught on.
"Aren't Ellie just as tough?
Lilia could have won, but my magic didn't work. In Ellie, the winning eye may be thin.
I'm thinking about winning for sure.
I fought over what I was going to do, but the methods of warfare are simple. Prepare a giant shield to buy chanting time, that's all. No one can stop Ellie's magic with the same chanting speed as mine. I thought of something similar, but Ellie's idea would be easier. Plus, it looks like we have other backs.
Good. Anything and I don't think I'm going to let the magic go. If I did that, there would definitely be a dead man...
"If I'm going to win, I'm not going to give a shit like Masaru!
You can't!
"Stop it, Luc. If you eat Ellie's magic without additions or subtractions, you will die!?
"Oh, okay, okay. Already on your own."
I said with my hands flickered like Luc was a pain in the ass. Hmm, that's the easy part.
"Oh yeah? I wanted to try being flashy like a masal too"
"Right. Sooner or later, my concubine will let me go through here with my sword."
Haven't Lilia given up yet?
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It's a mountain path through the gate. They walk a little to where Kensei is.
"Tirica wasn't willing to try?
Tirica was just quietly watching Lilia and the others interact.
"Because I am a true and false official."
"So?"
"There is no gate to be closed in front of a true and false officer, Masar."
That's what Ellie supplemented me with. I don't know what kind of door, but it's a safe. It has to be opened, and if you tell me to show it, I have to show it. Yes, Ellie explained it to me.
Private abuse is out, of course, but that's my related story, and it's a private or public, subtle line.
"Well, that's a public story."
"You need to see everything as a true and false officer"
Is that what it is?
There was a reaction to the detection as I walked as I spoke. One on the way and eight more upstairs. Will one of you welcome me?
"Masal, are you pale?
"Oh really. Are you all right?
"Pretty tough. I mean, you guys were watching my fight, weren't you?
I honestly don't feel good. I just want to take a break soon.
"But look. You didn't fall, and you were right back up and chanting. I thought it wasn't that damaging..."
"I've been so patient!
"Fair enough. Let's go back and rest as soon as possible today."
"Right. Too much work today."
I'd like a couple of days off, if possible. I'm not going to be in training in this condition anyway.
"You didn't have to win because you couldn't, did you?
I didn't mean to push you, but that's what happened to you on the spot, Nori. It got a little too hot.
"Oh, it's good practice to do it with the first person you see in character. There are few people I can be serious about. Demons are different people every time, and look at them as virtual oak kings -"
I felt uncomfortable talking to Pepper. This area is a straight main road. The reaction of one person isn't moving, so if he's not buried in the ground, he should be right around the corner and already see it...
"What's going on? I knew you were sick?
Yes, Tirica asked.
"Everybody stop"
Everyone stopped at my word, too. The detection reaction is on the road, not in the woods. That's just a few meters away, too. Are you hiding under the ground?
No... something... something.
That guy was so grandly sitting on the edge of the road that it was strange that he'd never seen it before. Strange mask on a robe in black. And a stripped black sword in my hand.
The other guy with a different style so far, why didn't you get so close and notice!? Hidden skills or some kind of magic?
He moved loosely. Not good. Nobody realizes this guy but me!?
"And,"
"What?"
My neighbor Ellie puts her neck around my words.
"Enemy attack!
He's an assassin because of his outfit. There is a possibility of someone of Kensei's disciples, but they come at us with seriousness. This is the enemy.
"Huh? Where!?
Everyone is decent. You're getting close, but I still don't see it.
But just before my diagonal, Satie noticed and moved - she rang properly and was blown away by a blow, and Syrah, who continued to be next to Satie, also ate herself, moaning and collapsing all the time.
"What is this guy!?
He punches a blade sword into an assassin who turns to me, but he's taken it. Damn. If this is the case, I should have turned it into a real-life gear.
Looks like Ellie and the others finally recognized the assassins too, but we can't afford anyone doing or explaining anything. Two avant-gardes were hit in an instant.
The road isn't very wide, and both my neighbors are Tirica and Ellie. My lord will be in Lilia behind me. Syrah is down before.
"Will, give me Satie!
Ellie's instructions flew. Satti was receiving with a sword. You should be safe.
But - the sword you put together is pushed back critical.
What, this power!? I've never lost my strength. I'm being pushed.
But the force unwittingly loosened.
"Hey!
I wanted to call Tirica, but I let her jump. He couldn't avoid the beast that suddenly appeared and was knocked down. Nice one, Tirica!
"Masaru, stand back, too!
Ellie was starting a magical chant. Tirica is dragging down Syrah and retreating.
"Regret in the afterlife, you moron!!
Thunder activated once is inevitable. That's what I thought, but the defense method was simple. He grabbed the sand and threw it up.
Ellie's discharged Thunder collided with the sand and discharged violently on the spot. I want to, but I can't see him anymore. Did they do it in an instant?
But go on. Lilia was finishing the chant.
"Blow it up!
Lilia's unleashed windstorm has the power to mince the oak if eaten properly.
A flash of sword. That alone didn't look as if he had been damaged, only tore apart the surrounding woods.
But I'm also finishing the [Fire Arrow] chant.
"Fire Arrow"
But it's twelve. A large number of widely deployed fire arrows are neither defensible nor dodgable on the surface. Even one shot has the power to kill an orc.
Hit it. The moment he thought so, he scratched the twelve fire arrows.
I cut off as much as I needed and the rest seemed to slip through the critical areas. They're coming straight at me.
Not yet. Attract enough - big rock drop.
The four big rocks that suddenly appeared directly above him were supposed to be inevitable this time. But...
Bong. It sounded like an explosion, one big rock bounced, and a crushed rock poured down on me, too. There's no guy under the rest of the big rock that fell, and he's... behind. They circled around avoiding the big rock.
Ellie, who was chanting, ate herself and collapsed without a voice. And Lilia's Spirit broke his defense in an instant, and Lilia fell, and Will, who tried to face it, was finally hit.
Satti was up but still fluttering, and Tirica was on that side.
"Over here!
Satti set up his sword and shouted, and he glanced at you. There's a distance from me. I missed my attention.
Trump card - [transfer sword] - appeared directly behind him on a short-range transfer. The sword - my sword aimed at the neck muscle from behind was taken without even looking at it, and Satie slashed it in there in good time.
Sati's sword is also avoided and attacked by two men, but received and dodged. Just make sure you don't get hit by a sharp counterattack. Power and speed are mortal apart than anyone I've ever fought for. Neither of us can win.
But even just a few hours did not buy enough time. Tirica was chanting summoning magic. I have no choice. No spare time.
The assassin stopped moving and looked up at the sudden emergence of a dragon after knocking down the trees.
"Hey!
Me and Satti retreated into a distracted gap, and which one of you penetrated.
What do we do? If Lilia or Ellie's okay, we had a choice to run, but all that's left is me and Satie with Tirica. Not even me and Satie can hold him in for long. Even though he's distracted by you now, does he shut up and watch you retrieve everyone who's scattered and fallen and chant the gate? Dangerous.
Fold up here at once.
Chanting -
Which assassin you were dealing with scratched out to the lid. But my perception of signs definitely captures him.
"Right!
He appeared on his sieved tail. Gotcha! I'm sorry, but for every...
"Wait, wait, wait, wait! Stop fighting on both sides!!
The assassin lowered his sword whilst avoiding any attack on Luc's voice as he ran from under the mountain path.
"What is this dragon!?
Tirica stopped the new intruder and the assassin stopped at a distance.
I thought you were related to Kensei. No one has been killed in this fight alone. We were all defeated ourselves.
"Shit, that was a good place."
Said when he saw the giant fireball I made. Right. Just one more second, if the backpack was too late, I would have blown him away.
Even if this guy was fighting to keep us from killing, he wasn't exactly a handicapped opponent, and maybe my life was the only way to aim. And after it was wiped out, I couldn't even have a hopeful observation that we were still alive.
"Master, the prank is past!
What Luc calls his master...
"Kensei, Barnabash Heida"
Tirica shrugged.
"Goddamn it, that's a voke. It's a lot better for me to live."
Kensei laughed joyfully when he said so when he took the mask, and Lux looked at the surroundings in a dismal manner where which one scratched off and was exhausted as far as destruction was concerned.