(Why are you alive...)

The sound of the swordfish rang, and the sparks melted into the light of the bonfire.

One of the people in the black suit who saw the scene thought he had taken out the grouse.

Split left and right, they didn't even react to the movement of their brothers.

But Ryouma was alive.

On the contrary, they are still fighting two assassins and surviving a fierce slash.

Brother Gokusei's specialty was a two-handed sword that was as long as an adult's. The blow accompanied by its weight and the skill of its brothers was shamelessly powerful in calling itself the "Goken". Instead, compared to a light sword, the attack was much bigger.

However, they are strengthening their physical abilities and equipment by focusing on their entire body. As a result, they had too much maneuverability to imagine from the outside, and by slightly shifting the timing of their attacks, they were making up for each other's gaps. It wasn't a dull attack that could easily get through.

Still, Ryoma hasn't received two attacks.

The black bundle was small enough to mistake it as "not even able to react" for a moment. By removing the body from the orbit of the two-handed sword in a forceless motion and accurately parrying only the inevitable attack, it surpassed the familiarity of the incoming attack. On the contrary, there was a movement to sew up the gap between the brothers' attacks and turn it into a counterattack.

(There is also something outside the standard)

The assailants here now share information gathered in advance about Ryoma's strength, as well as their predictions of the strength that will be used. Among them, the possibility that Ryoma was wearing martial arts was also considered as a matter of course.

However, Ryoma's main fighting power was thought to be the "magic" used to clear snow and demolish buildings in the city, or the "obedient magic", such as slime.

Because there is no doubt that magic is confirmed enough to blend into everyday life without concealing the person himself. It is a well-known fact that a large amount of slime is used for followers, and it was judged that even if each person is weak, the number will be troublesome.

On the other hand, there was little information on martial arts. In addition to overwhelming the group of young bad adventurers, there were some rumors, but compared to the previous two, the level of vigilance was relatively low.

Furthermore, considering Ryoma's age as "common sense" on the premise, it was difficult to think that her martial arts skills were superior to magic, even if she had some knowledge.

How much time can I devote to my magic training, and how much magic can I use at that age? And how many people judge martial arts to be better in the face of magic and boys who can be said to be strange? Looking at a boy around the age of 10, is there a human who thinks he is an adult male who has been training for nearly 40 years?

Rather, after sealing the magic with magic tools, you can say that the black clothes bundles prepared by the support personnel are well prepared, in addition to the proficiency of the Goken brothers. If the other person is a normal child (......), their work will be done without delay.

Nuuuu!

"Grrrr!"

At the end of the meeting, in less than 30 seconds. The voice leaked was that of the brother who was supposed to be attacking. First, my brother, who held his cheek with his left hand, leaves, and as if to follow him, his brother takes a distance from Leouma.

Brother

"I just swiped the hardware."

My brother tilted his cheek because the right fitting was broken.

Along with the sound of the other hardware breaking, the face of the man with the scales on his cheeks was revealed.

Was that scales a dragon newt?

"Unlike your acquaintance, I wasn't born here." Rather than that, does that sword really make slime into a sword? "

"I've been looking into the slime sword with the clams..."

Ryoma's sword was still a slime sword. However, it was a steel slime sword that evolved from an iron slime. There is no particular change in ability, but it is more difficult to bend, more difficult to break, and is suitable for use as a blade.

"Gather information on the powerful who might get in the way." About the sword, there was a rumor that you wanted to use slime for anything "slime crazy"

If you take our sword so far and don't get hurt at all, you'll have to change your rating.



The swords of my brothers faintly swayed around them.

It is a phenomenon that occurs when the amount and density of Qi used for strengthening exceeds a certain amount.

The "sway", like a flame surrounded by a weapon, was a precursor to the "technique" released with a large amount of air.

Let me show you the meaning of the Sword Stream!

"Flying Dragon Drop!!"

If my brother swung down his sword, the rifting temper would give rise to a blade.

Straight, crossing the ground, slashing with the roar.

Ryouma quickly skips to the side, but

"Flying Dragon Drop!"

My elder brother's beheading was released without putting his hair in. Without any mercy, it aimed at the gap immediately after evading.

However,



The brothers saw. Swinging the sword that creates the wobble, the figure of a leopard. The next moment, a blade that looked like a mirror was unleashed, knocking out the blade that was coming at me.

However, my brother is already in the next attack. I stood up again with a shaking sword and swung it at the same time.

"" Deep meaning "" Flying Dragon Crossing! "" "

The blade released by the symmetrical motion crossed over and attacked the grouse. Ryouma stood her sword in the upper stage again and swung it down. At that time, a larger blade than before cuts off the intersection point of the intersecting blades accurately, and even if you do, it will be canceled.

"... take off your hat. I'm not surprised you can handle a martial arts skill."

"Did you imitate (...)?" In the depths of our hearts. "

"It might be strange to say this to the enemy... but it was a beautiful technique, so it was easier to understand." You've set a good example. "

Ryouma's steep brother's face grew steeper as he sent affirmations and compliments to his technique. Perhaps my younger brother had the same look under his face.

You've been able to hide your arms so well.

"I didn't mean to hide it, and I'm not that dexterous." I think it's more correct that it was atrophied. "

Atrophy?

"When I was in the woods, I was alone, for better or for worse, and no one saw me. That's why I just wanted to live free, and I didn't care. But in the city, there are social norms in human society.

It ranges from clear-cut laws and rules to implicit understandings, but "solved by violence" means that you buy a pigeon in most places, and it causes exclusion from society, right? That's why I don't like what I'm good at. There's a reason why magic and slime are more efficient when it comes to work in the city. "

"... I don't know what to say." But that's bullshit. You are one of the mighty. Being swayed by the bullshit of the weak, you look pale and what's going on? "

"It's the power or not that determines everything in the world." Anyone who makes a loud noise can be cut off as much as they want. You know that, don't you? "

Ryouma showed her understanding for the words that her brothers threw up.

"Even if it's not violence, it's power, wealth, and conversational and bargaining power. There are different types, but I can't get them without strength. The more you fight, the more you lose. It's sad, but it's real. If you feel like it, you can kill it... I can't deny the part where you thought like that somewhere in your heart and supported it.

If I hadn't met all the dukes in the Gana Forest. If the people I know in this city don't accept it. At least they wouldn't have helped defend the city, and maybe they were on your side.

Tomorrow is my day. I'm really lucky. ”

One by one, as Ryoma muttered for confirmation, the sense of intimidation released from her body intensified.

Brother takes a step forward to respond.

"I see. It was convenient for you to be blind."

"You're getting stronger, no, you're getting stronger." That's why I'm here to destroy you with all of us. "

The sword's sway spread all over my brother's body.

Rather than "risk" your life, it is a systemic enhancement of depletion to defeat your enemies even if you "abandon" your life.

It is the true power of both of them, and it is a manifestation of the change in their perception of Rioma.

Battle!!

The armor reflects the light of the bonfire, and the two flashed brothers throw away their small-minded moves and cut into pieces.

With the sword in front of him, he could be amputated with every weapon. Ryouma put all her spirits into the sword. In order to counteract the strengthened armor, without paying attention to its body (......), it opposes with minimal body stiffness and pure swordsmanship.

Together, they aimed for a single hit. The intensity of the battle increases with each fight. The ambition and sway of the bumps are mixed together as if they were pillars stretching out into the heavens.

But the antagonism didn't last long. The end of the game came abruptly.

"Grrrr!?"

The sword that was swung down was parrying and pressing against the head of the sword. The impact through the armor inflicts pain on the struck brother, but the fatal injury is not so much to make him incapable of battle.

However, the momentary stiffness created by it literally kills. When the close collaboration, which is the strength of brothers, breaks down, it turns into a big gap.

The moment he switched his body and received his brother's lateral stirrup approaching his neck from behind, Ryouma relaxed her arm. A sword that follows gravity and body contraction naturally changes its trajectory softly so that the sword can be covered with a blade. Shortly after the blade passed in front of Ryoma's chest, a jumping sword slashed both sides of his brother.

Fresh blood flashed and the sword slid out of my brother's hand. One beat later and my brother aimed at Ryouma's neck, but the result was a recreation of the attack and defense with my brother. A lot of bleeding leaked from the armor seam, and the arm swinging the sword drooped.

"...... Huh, is that... our defeat?"

"That's right... sorry, brother"

"Never mind, brother."

Bleeding from more than half of your armpits and arms, and battle wear and tear. Even though they fell down, they only groaned slightly and broke their knees, and their gaze was still strong toward Ryoma.

"... I've been hit hard by a brilliant attack."

”... my arm won't move even if I don't want to be offended. It's so sober”

The wobble gradually weakened. The bleeding continues, and their lives are in front of the wind.

Squeezing the slightest remaining life, the brother asks.

What happened to the black clothes?

"The moment the battle was decided, I ran away in a flash. I thought they were coming for us."

Just then, from the direction where the black suits escaped, the cry of the Doomsday Demon resounded.

While still paying attention to the two of them, if the ryouma is confirmed with a horizontal glance, the fleeing bundles of black clothes are intertwined with thorny weeds stretching from under the snow and swallowed up by the ground.

You've been caught in the trap of the Servitors.

"Well, that's right. You don't have to see the devil for a reason."

"You were not defending us, but arranging us to keep us from escaping."

In an uninterrupted trembling voice, the brother leaves behind.

"" Stunning ""

At the end of the sentence, the two fell apart.

When the heavy armor rang in the mountains and disappeared, it began to snow.

At the end of the night, silence returned to the abandoned mine.....