The Traveling Hero Won’t Let the Innkeeper’s Son Escape

(Core... Mr. Cyrus also knew about Phantom Core)

Even though we never talked about it, Ruth was surprised that Cyrus also understood the existence of the core. Because he had touched on Orha's existence many times, but he had not said anything about Phantom Core.

(But I guess I shouldn't say 'I got it for the Spirit King'...)

Ruth laughed bitterly and decided to delude herself for a moment because it was going to be long when she talked about her relationship. If you go in and ask me, I'll just have to tell you after everything.

"Uh, with a gift from a friend of mine's parents... is that so different? It."

"Yeah, I've never seen it before. It's the finest core in color. It's not just for weapons (Orihalcon), so it's not very compatible as an attack core."

"Compatibility…"

They have a lot of different kinds of phantom cores as well.

(Mr. Cyrus, you know more about Phantom Core than just Orihalcon...)

As Ruth was impressed, Cyrus, who rose again, turned his gaze away at the place where he buried the zero.

Soon the dirt was dug back in there and Zero revealed himself.

"Oh, I totally lost it."

"My head is on..."

The head of Zero, which Cyrus should have shattered, was back to normal. There is no lack of movement, and I am free to move around.

"Damn, Zero alone could have done something about it, but I didn't know Disnaff was with us. Playback capability is too high. Even though this one is critical. If we don't at least crush the zero core, can't we take it down..."

"Zero core? Does that guy have a core, too?

"Oh. I have it. The power source from which he moves, or nucleus, is the" core. "It's pretty much the same shape as this core."

Cyrus rocks the phantom core attached to Orha.

(That, maybe?

Ruth turned his gaze to zero.

(Can't you see a bit at this distance...... but that one was similar)

Now too far away to recognize the purple light, Ruth looks at the sphere running around the surface of Zero's body and sword when he was just nearby.

"Mr. Cyrus, for once I ask, is it possible that the zero core is purple?

"Ah?... how do you know that? Sure, the color of the core of the artificial series is purple..."

Cyrus looked surprised, but Ruth ignored him and proceeded.

"Is that the surface of a zero body? Inside? Are you moving or what? Regardless…………………………"

"... how do you know that?

Surprise mixes with Cyrus' expression.

(After all, "Arr" is what Mr. Cyrus is talking about)

The purple light I had seen since the appearance of Zero. I was chasing him with my eyes without knowing what it was, but I guess that's the core Cyrus is talking about.

"Then it's hard to follow the movement. But when I was holding that sword earlier, it was gathered at hand, so it was gathered by the direction of power."

As Ruth pondered how Cyrus could destroy his core, he was pulled on his shoulder to block it.

If I looked up surprised, there was Cyrus with a more surprising look on his face.

"What? No way, Ruth, you.... you see that guy's core?

"Huh!? Oh, yes, I understand...... but?... Could it be that you don't look like Mr. Cyrus?

It was strange to Ruth that he didn't see the light shining so strongly, but I remember this happening before. Maybe that core light is also more likely to be something that only Ruth can see.

"You can't see it. It's in his body... No, it must be jamming magic in the first place. You'll never see it from the outside. And that's not working? Ruth, could you possibly use a technique that could disable visual inhibition magic?

"Sikafucking Guy Magic??? What is it?

When Ruth tilted her neck at the first word she heard, Cyrus turned her surprise expression into a grin.

"No, that's fine now. So, you see the core, right?

"If the core fits with those two purple lights...... I can't see it far now, but I can see it clearly according to the nearby. It's in the sword, isn't it?

"And do you see them both? I don't have any hands on this."

Cyrus smiled niggly.

"Look, Ruth. The magic of zero now is inexhaustible.... I guess I've been collecting them all over the place until I came to this village. How we collect them will be long when we talk."

"Yes."

"Besides, Disnaff's,... because he has another core, he's in a state where he's twice as powerful now. Even with Orihalcon, I'm overwhelmingly disadvantaged right now."

By analogy to a previous life car, Ruth took the liberty of imagining that gasoline was in a full sports car with two engines loaded. However, I don't know if I can run fast because I've loaded two engines, because Ruth is not a car developer.

"But if you break the core, even if the magic is inexhaustible, the output will fall overwhelmingly. The ability to regenerate is also down. That way I have a chance too - there's something I want you to do. Can you do that for me? It's the only thing you can do."

"Of course you are!

Ruth, who had to watch the game without being able to do anything, nodded honestly by accident.

As soon as he was ready, Cyrus stood up with his sword. Zero is losing sight of Cyrus.

"... Mr. Cyrus, are you sure you want to do this?

"You have to stop by. If you can't see, you're up to it. This is the only way to break the core accurately."

Ruth held his hands tight. I've never fought like this before, and I can't imagine what would happen. But if Cyrus, who seems to beat Zero, says this is all he's got, he's got to do it.

"Let's go!

Cyrus runs out. - “Bear" Ruth.

(- No, no, no!

Sticking to Cyrus' back, Ruth tasted the speed that was not at the jet coaster of his previous life.

Flying down the cliff intact, Cyrus runs to the side of Zero at such a speed that it is hard to open his eyes at the same time as landing.

Zero, who noticed the two of them, had launched an attack, but Cyrus played or engaged the attack at a speed he didn't think was carrying Ruth, and didn't let him hit him directly. But Ruth, who is on his back, swings up and down from left to right, shaking in his stomach. If I'd just eaten, I'd have been in a lot of danger.

(This, if I hadn't fixed my body, I would have been shaken off...)

Ruth was right to have his body tied up.

Ruth's body is now secured to Cyrus' back with his clothes. It seemed impossible to stick with my hands, so I asked for it myself. It doesn't mean anything if they fly on the verge of being useful.

"Ruth, we're getting close! See!?

"Ha, yes!

When I approached the point where I could clearly see the figure of zero, I saw a purple sphere glowing with my right shoulder in Ruth's vision.

"Right shoulder!

"All right, let's go!

Cyrus' sword is swung down toward Zero's right shoulder. Zero hurried to cover his right shoulder and turned his sword. Hit with the great sword of Cyrus, sparks scattered and zeros blown backwards.

Even though Zero has a double output and multiple moves are possible, as always, the power alone is still slightly above Cyrus.

Cyrus flies again to a zero that stops as he plunges into the ground.

As Ruth directs his left leg, he slashes up as he crawls the Great Sword to the ground thread. Zero, who inevitably shredded his heel, dodged again, but his expression was cloudy.

"My lord, how can you, take that position...... no way the core!? Until now, I can't see. Ta's off."

"Thanks to Ruth, he looks round to me!

When Cyrus told him to provoke, Zero's thin purple eyes turned to Ruth.

"Again, from before o...!

Now Zero moved out first. Its eyes only stare at Ruth and run straight. Cold sweat streamed down Ruth's back, staring at her eyes without temperature.

"Coming, okay?

"Yes!"

The moment Zero enters Silas' time, I feel a cold sign behind my back. When Ruth turned around, multiple demonic squares appeared behind him and black needles were appearing.

"Behind you, Mr. Cyrus!

Quicker than Ruth's voice, a shield appears behind him. It covered Ruth's entire body and prevented all attacks from behind. Cyrus ordered Orha to prevent the attack. Only the sound of metal bumping into each other echoes.

"Whoa!

When I swung the front to the fierce impact, Cyrus and Zero were just putting their swords together. To keep Cyrus from losing his power, or around zero, there are multiple black swords appearing besides real swords. It's all sorcery.

Cyrus, who played them once, strikes the sword again.

"Ruth, where's the core place!?

"Abdomen, lower left!

"Sasse, no!

Zero accurately guarded where Ruth instructed Cyrus to move the core, yet instantly.

"Ruth, what's next?

"Left elbow!

As the two of us continued to aim at the zero core for a while, Cyrus and Zero were gradually hitting each other with their swords for longer.

I guess Zero realized that if Ruth didn't get a core in his sight, he wouldn't have to worry about being targeted.

As Zero thinks, the closer the two are to each other, the less Ruth can see his whole body, and the less he can follow the core with his eyes. If we distance ourselves from the two, we can't even get off Cyrus' back because there's no such thing as zero killing a stand-alone ruth. Cyrus became the wingman to fight with the useless Ruth on his back, more overwhelmingly disadvantaged than earlier.

But this is what Ruth and the others were waiting for.

(- Here we go!)

Ruth's vision puts the core of purpose in. The timing is only now.

"Mr. Cyrus, not yet!

"Oops!"

To Ruth's voice, Cyrus drew his sword in front of him. A zero body approaches Cyrus with the sword, suddenly pulling the sword he was pushing at his disposal.

There was an impending impasse in front of Ruth.

"-Olha! Aim for that core!

At the same time Ruth shouted, he embarked on himself and touched Cyrus “sword.

At that moment, my body glows to respond to Ruth's voice.

Some of Cyrus' swords changed, and a white blade tip emerged from the body Ruth touched. Its blade tip stretched like a snake while Ruth blinked, pushing the gap between Cyrus and Zero's body at the rate at which the thunder fell.

- The aim is a sword pattern. Zero wasn't conscious, it's the core of the sword (Disnaff).

"Nah!?

Zero, realizing Ruth's purpose, raised his voice slightly - but it was too late.

At speeds beyond the light, the white blade tip pierces the core in the sword pattern -.

"Ugh!

"Wow!

As soon as the core was crushed, ripples like explosions spread around them, blowing everyone off the spot.

The area turns bright white for a moment, and strong winds and shockwaves destroy the surrounding trees and the ground. Ruth was blown away when the clothes that were fixed to Cyrus' body were torn.

"…………………………………………………"

Ruth, who had lost her mind only a little, woke up in a hurry.

"Ah, that...... safe?

Though there's pain everywhere, he doesn't seem to have suffered enough injuries to keep him moving.

"…… Wow."

The surroundings were even worse than when Cyrus and the others were fighting. Everything is blowing up like a part of the mountain was ripped off.

Cyrus told me that breaking the running core from the front would cause an awesome explosion, but it was more than I expected.

"But why am I safe...? Oh, Orha........."

On Ruth's knee was an orha in the shape of a finely scratched knife.

"You, you protected me, not Mr. Cyrus?

The fact that Ruth was intact in this situation must have been because Orha protected him. Otherwise you would have been seriously injured.

"Orha. Thank you…………."

What a weapon of contractor thought, Ruth stroked to praise. Ruth's magic is cute, so there's no response, but I'm sure he's conveying his gratitude.

(Even so, I'm glad the operation succeeded...)

Zero seemed to fool me completely that Ruth had only the eye role to see the core, but the earlier battle was an operation to let Ruth break the core of Disnaff from the beginning. Cyrus was more of a shield and a shield. I aimed for all the zero cores and told them I was seeing them, also to distract my consciousness from the core of Disnaff.

(Orha really followed my instructions, as Cyrus said.)

Originally, Ruth's magic prevents Orha from changing shape and attacking. I guess that's what Zero thought. But Cyrus knew that if he could use someone else's magic, even a non-magical contractor could attack him with deformation.

It wasn't Cyrus who did the reckless imitation of Ruth being "carried by the fighting Cyrus” that Ruth broke his core. I knew it would get in the way, but I said deformation attacks would be difficult if they hadn't touched the main body, and if it wasn't that sense of distance in Ruth, I couldn't use Cyrus' magic powers to give Orha orders.

"... Damn, it's a good Orihalcon. Use the magic of the temporary contractor to protect the contractor."

When Ruth raised her face when she heard such a voice later, Cyrus nearly stopped by.

"Ah, Mr. Cyrus! Good, you're safe."

"Some kind of weapon was totally unwilling to protect me, and I got a blast. You're safe."

"Ha……"

Cyrus loathes Orha plenty, but the defense seems to have arrived in time and the clothes are worn out and walking normally.

"Than that..."

When I had a light conversation with Ruth, Cyrus' eyes were directed to a blast - a falling zero.

"Ruth, is the zero core still safe?

"Yes."

"I see... I'll borrow him again."

"Go ahead."

Again with an orha that has changed into a great sword, we approach zero where Cyrus stays motionless while he falls.

Ruth slowly stood up and approached the two, feeling a mild pain in the savings as well.

"If they destroy that much already, one core won't be able to regenerate in time... zero"

The sword I had blew without a trace, and the torso of Zero had a big hole. My hands and legs are flying with a thousand cuts. Sparks were also rising from everywhere, and some of them were trying to regenerate, but it was not fast enough to make it in front of Cyrus.

"Ruth, where's the core?

"……… right eye."

"Okay. Now make sure there's no blast, but stay back."

"Yes."

When Ruth takes the distance, Zero's right hand is stretched out to Cyrus.

"Of my fatherland Leitol, resurrection, Ca, my lord, how, Ca, Onega………"

"A long time ago, a country like that was doomed. Give it up."

Cyrus speaks quietly. I couldn't feel any emotion in that voice.

"Sonna... my lord, my lord... doe, ca... country. You too, iki... te..."

"Go first, zero"

To the artificial soldier Cyrus called Zero, stab Orha. The body that was moving stopped, and the purple light was no longer visible in Ruth's eyes either.

"…… we shouldn't be on the table anymore"

The rear figure of Cyrus, letting go of his hand from Orha and crouching on the side of Zero, looked like he was praying to the tomb marker.