Chapter 272

hapter 272 Strongest Sage, Fights Spear Warrior

I don't have time to fight leisurely at my pace from here on .

More members of [Warmongers] would gather here if I dawdled around .

<TLN: Changed the group name, this should be a bit more accurate while not sounding too mouthful, sorry about this . Literal translation: "Those who excel in Combat Arts" . >

[Warmongers] is a group of people who would choose to fight 1-on-1 . . . But there's no guarantee that applies to every one of them .

No matter how weakened they are, I'd still rather avoid fighting a bunch of people who know how to fight like a true magic combatant all at once .

I have my sword at the ready with that in mind .

"Alright, let's fight . "

" . . . Yeah . Here to a good bout . "

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A little while later .

After winning over nine [Warmongers], I faced off against the last one, [Combatant Neiar] .

"You took care of them all didn't you! Just splendid!"

The man who came last shouted out loud in ecstasy .

It's not that he's glad that his friends have died, he's purely delighted at the prospect of fighting a formidable foe .

This guy . . . Looks like he's the strongest one amongst [Warmongers] .

The degree of his physical degradations seem to be the same as other members .

However, his skills are a cut above the rest .

His crest is Disqualified Crest .

Battle style is the same as me, combining weapons and magic usage .

However . . . My opponent here is using a spear instead of a sword .

"But I'm nothing like those guys! You ready!?"

" . . . Yea . Let's begin . "

The man nodded when he heard me .

"--Hmph!"

He thrust his spear at a tremendous speed .

I dodged it by a hair's breadth .

And right as the enemy was about to enter my sword's range--he shot out a magic .

An explosion magic .

--This magic was not intended to beat me, surely .

He's going to employ it as a diversion to get in my range depending on how I deal with it

Foreseeing that--I use freezing magic on the enemy's explosion magic .

Freezing magic could be used to reduce explosive magic .

The enemy's magic was high powered hence I couldn't completely overcome it--but it was good enough .

I plunge myself into the reduced explosion magic .

I could feel my hair getting burned from the blast, but I care not .

And then--My sword grazed my opponent's cheek .

" . . . Busted huh . "

<TLN: If you're reading this novel at any other site than Sousetsuka . com you might be reading an unedited, uncorrected version of the novel . >

"You . . . you're an even crazier monster than I thought! Dope!"

Outwardly, it looked like my sword only scratched the enemy's cheek--but originally, that should have been a blow that ended this fight .

--That slash had a highly concentrated [Magic Poison] augmented on it, hence even a scratch should have paralyzed him .

But the enemy had seen through that .

And he cast a specific detoxifying magic to counter [Magic Poison] right as he was hit by my slash .

『T-that was an incredible trade of blows . . . I wouldn't rush into an explosion if it were me . . . 』

『I saw Mathi-kun augmented something on his sword just now . . . Am I imagining things?』

『Unn . . . I don't really get it!』

Looks like Alma and Ruli noticed the trading blows that had just unfolded .

Iris doesn't seem to notice . . . Well, Iris is a menace even when she's just by randomly swinging weapons anyway, no need for her to learn these tactics .

. . . Not like she could use these tactics with her current state of mana circuits anyway .

By the way, I've asked these girls to stand by and be ready to launch surprise attacks from behind anytime .

The opponent wished for a 1-on-1 battle, but I've got no reason to follow along .

However, it's a rare chance to fight against someone from the past era and all .

Might as well fight head-on .

"Oraaa!"

The man thrust his spear once again after a pause .

I was going to dodge that like earlier-- .

"Hmph!"

The spear's trajectory bent right as I dodged it by a hair's breadth .

A physically impossible trajectory .

Of course, it's magic that made this possible .

He must have put move-type magic on the spear to forcefully change its direction .

He's also put an attack magic on top of it to compensate for the loss of power due to the unnatural trajectory .

I would have lost my head if I got hit by this blow .

I lowered my posture to the extreme just as the tip of the spear was right upon me .

And then, I slid below the spear and closed in on him .

No matter how powerful a magic is, there's nothing to it if it misses its target .