The sound of an instantaneous sword strike, "You", is sucked into the sunset sky.

"Guh......!

"Wet!

It was the Holy Sword Excalibur that controlled the meeting.

At the first blow, he plays the sword of Almas, and immediately afterwards the second blow of the shovel approached the white skin wrapped in a transparent dress.

But...

"Nooo!?

Along with the ringing metal sound again, the sword muscle, which should have been going in a straight line, was suddenly being played by something to change its orbit downward.

The Holy Sword is recirculated and cut open the sky, allowing the Excalibur's body to sink deep into it.

"Oh? Didn't you see?

To that voice heard from overhead, she only shifts her sharp gaze to you.

Already Almas restarted his bounced sword on the upper stage and held it back, swinging it down with Excalibur aim.

"Ugh!?

Excalibur sees no defense with the sword Thunder in time, or just jump forward and slap his elbow into Almas's abdomen.

At that time, "Mitsu" metal sounded three times.

"Huh!? This...!

Almas lands off his feet without falling to the ground, even though he is blown backwards as he is, and sets his sword while holding his abdomen down.

"Gee ho... that's right..."

"... your lord too. I was going to settle for the present merger, but apparently I was insulting your lord. The battle started before I showed up... apologize."

"Ugh... I don't need that. It is true that I am inferior to you... but not victory or defeat."

Excalibur had already figured out what had happened.

"The clothes...... steel? Besides, there was a part of us that we didn't see."

It was supposed to hit. A gibberish to the abdomen.

What prevented it was the transparent dress that Almas wrapped around.

Except it's not what I see.

"What your lord said about" limits "meant that we could see…"

That's right.

Indeed, now the Excalibur and the others see a thin, transparent dress.

And it looked like a cloth, but it was actually made of thin steel.

That's why the metal sounded when Excalibur released the elbow punch.

Moreover, there was a completely transparent part that was not visible to anyone other than Almas, and transparency in the true sense hidden in what seemed thin was preventing Excalibur from attacking.

"... you know. It's just not everything... heh!

Almas kicks the earth with his hanging voice.

Intercepting it was an Excalibur with an instant sword, the sword, the sword, but a startling voice was leaking from her shortly afterwards.

"Nooo!?

Because the sword of Almas, the sword that was visible until just before, had disappeared from its sight neglectfully.

"Ugh!"

"Chip...!

Excalibur bounces backwards aggressively, taking distance from approaching Almas.

The earlier merger showed that a simple meeting would win.

But he decided it was more dangerous to attack without darkness than he was capable of yet to be revealed.

"Huff...... turn that Excalibur behind you. That's a big deal."

Kraussolus, watching the two fight, muttered so, not telling anyone.

In fact, Excalibur is the sword "Tsugu", which is at the top of all the weapons.

In addition to the sword moves of the great hero Arthur and the power to rewind the event, he slashed that Fenrill... releasing the immensely powerful slash of light, etc., there are no gaps in the offense.

If there were no rules in this battle, Almas would not even have been able to get close to Excalibur.

"Oh, speaking of which... isn't Armas' arr an ability? Looks like he's been using it a lot of times."

What Mel is pointing out is about the transparent dress that Almas is wrapped around, and its invisible power.

Earlier I played Excalibur slaughter with an invisible dress and now I don't see the sword I have, it was obvious that I was doing something again.

"It's a difficult place, but Master Almas' ability is" the power to freeze what he slashes ". Isn't that how Lord sees it?

"Ah, you know what?"

"I see...... Cruzin, for example, had a soft whole body and a power to spin back in the halper. Some others wore sturdy armor, some read sharply, and some have strong luck. I mean, it's not about ability, it's about characteristics, technology... something like that?

"Yeah. I was wondering for sure with that interpretation. And then, so is Master Brewnak and so on. That person's ability is" a burning throwing spear that pierces everything. "But apart from that, it is also possible to run at a speed equal to the speed of lightning...... you would be right to say that that is more of a characteristic of that one than an ability. It's difficult to draw the line, but I think that's probably what Lord doesn't stop it."

Even as the three speak, Excalibur continues to observe the movement of Almas while maintaining a constant distance.

To avoid going off-site, he continued to circle around Almas as he drew circles, exploring the gaps that punched in the special.

"Chip...!

From the mouth of Almas, haste and irritation leak.

Even though it's me I'm pushing right now, I can't help it because I can't always capture Excalibur.

From her point of view, there was still a gap I could put in more than there was a difference in strength for me to come to the strong.

But it's also irresistible for the opponent to have an Excalibur that weighs in on "Kan".

That's why she stopped on the spot.

"Hey, Levi. How many more minutes?

"What... Oh, yes! We've just got two minutes left."

"Right? If we keep this up, we're both gonna lose."

……

The game lasts five minutes.

Beyond that, they both lose.

While watching Excalibur react, Almas went on to say more.

"Well, I'm okay with that? If you want to draw from the Holy Sword Excalibur, it's more of an honor. It's just... Is that all you need?

Determining that Excalibur hadn't attacked him because he still hadn't seen out his powers, Almas decided to drag her forcefully into the battlefield by telling him the time remaining and stirring up that self-esteem.

And the prospect of...

"F... you have a good mouth, Almas. Fine. Why don't we take your measures? But..."

Moments, the overwhelming magic that overflows from her entire body flows once and for all to the Holy Sword.

That's when a glimmer of sweat swept through Almas' cheeks.

"This holy sword... it's not Dada, is it?

Shortly after that word was uttered, the ground that was bordering Excalibur's feet was heavily decided as if something had exploded, and that had turned into propulsion as it were, wiping out the intermission with Almas at once.

"Huh!"

In a world less than a second, Almas knocks his magic into it, keeping his sword, the sword, hidden.

Just one blow.

As long as we can get that in, we can freeze Excalibur's body.

However, in order to do so, we must defeat ourselves... and prevent the desperation of the Holy Sword.

"Hahhhhh!

The holy sword on his right shoulder glows, without any additions or subtractions, roaring if he does not slaughter the enemy in front of him.

That's how they waved it down. A special blow.

"Now......!

Moment Almas uses almost all the thin steel to create a path to reciprocate the Holy Sword.

Same counter as the first meeting.

Recirculate, slash and lay low.

That was Armas' method of warfare.

Unlike the first, however, Excalibur is all-powerful and the sword of Almas is hidden.

That's where we had our chance.

If the full blow is taken away, Excalibur's body sinks deeper than it was at first, and if he does not see the sword of Almas, it will not be easy to swallow it.

But it's...

"What!?

"The Great Army is..."

Excalibur is talking about if you let it go properly.

"It should be used for positive motion"

The holy sword, which has lost its instant light, dances through the universe, and the eyes of Almas nail to it.

And it was the Excalibur-body clench that instantly moved sideways and disappeared from Almas' sight that struck out her jaw.

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"Ahhhhhhhhhh"

"My jaw hurts"... I guess.

"I'm sorry... I can add and subtract..."

That sounded awesome...... that hurts.

The game was an Excalibur victory due to Almas' stunning.

Almas still can't get up and is rubbing his jaw with a big letter on the ground.

"Wow, it's a rumor. Ah, Kuyahifu..."

"It was not a consolation, but a brilliant battle. I don't know what would have happened if I hadn't. It's a piece of paper."

Indeed.

Excalibur drove him to victory, but on the contrary, it can also be said that he was forced into a situation where he had to.

Almas was strong.

Really.

"... hehe, hehe, hehe, hehe, hehe. Heh heh heh heh heh. Heh heh heh heh. Yes."

Um... "Losers don't talk, just winners. Don't talk. Losing is losing. Please put it back" …… "

"Okay. I'll call you back, Almas. Get some rest."

"Mmm... mafu"

I pull the magic out of her and put it in Mel's notebook.

"Hey. After all, how did Almas hide his sword?

"Hmm? Oh... I think that's probably the same principle as the underwear Almas wore. I guess I was able to be transparent when I didn't dare."

"Oh, you know what?"

"Everything was meant to hide it."

"Maybe. Well..."

This ended all of the first round.

Winners were Durandal, Trident, Dragvandil, Gayborg, Hercules, Gayborg, Garadoborg, Myornil, and Excalibur.

It's nine of us, but we'll just have to make good adjustments there.

Ever......

"It's already sundown. Let's call it a day."

The sun was setting and the night was approaching from afar.

You should go on tomorrow.

"Right. Now prepare your meal."

"Yeah. Oh, it's my fault, and how about the Clausoras and the others with me?

"Hmm... let's just say it's sweet for you"

"Mm-hmm. Am I good too?

"Me too?

"Of course. I'll call someone else tomorrow. Let's eat like this today."

"Wow!"

"Levi's cooking... um, Kanbao..."

"Ha! Shall we go back to the mansion?"

"Ah, Lord. Take this."

"Hmm? Oh, that..."

What Levy had in his hands was that demonic stone sent to him by Mr. Byrne.

It should have been in a bag that was always lowered to the waist...

"It was falling to the ground. Probably spilled out of the bag when I suppressed Master Myolnir. I'll pay you back."

"Mmm, thank you, Levi"

I bag the demon stone I received and walk out toward the mansion.

Speaking of which, it's been over a month since I received this demonic stone, where is Mr. Byrne now?

Safe... No, you're on a level I'm worried about.

I'm sure we'll see each other soon.

I'll be waiting. Mr. Byrne.

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"... Hey, Byrne"

"Oh... I just felt that way"

When the Lords arrived in Sumeria and were spending their first night, in a remote northern land, one battle was about to begin.