Our swords clash. Sparks fly before my eyes, and the clash of swords rings out repeatedly. There’s no beautiful sword dance or masterful technique. Just rough swordsmanship, clashing our strengths against each other.
Eventually, the eternal duel ends when Lucas steps back.
“Why?”
“Huh?”
“Why are you trying to help her?”
I pause for a moment to think about that question. Why am I helping Letty? Honestly, I don’t fully understand yet. That’s why I’m here, standing here, to find that answer.
On my way here, I thought about it while pounding the ground. Why am I desperately trying? Why am I, lazy and lazy, moving for others?
I realized. Or rather, I didn’t need to think so hard from the beginning.
Who have I been moving for all this time? Who have I trained hard for?
I inhale and answer.
“For myself.”
Moving for myself, my actions have been consistent with that principle.
There was no need to think about it. Even if it was an action that caused disadvantage, it was fine as long as I could accept it for myself.
There was no need for a reason to help Letty. If I felt even a little bit like doing it, I should have just acted without hesitation.
“That’s not an answer.”
“It is! It’s amazing.”
He’s rude, what more perfect conclusion could there be? What does he mean, it’s not an answer? I bet he spent hours worrying before he reached this conclusion.
“How much longer are you going to mock me?”
“You’re the one underestimating me. You’re the one—”
“Quit messing around—!”
Lucas kicked the ground. His actions and sword movements were clearly driven by loss of composure.
I sighed. This guy is really immature, attacking me in anger without calming down. Learn from the adult, you little brat.
“I’m not your guardian, so do whatever you want. Commit crimes or whatever, just—”
I easily deflected the swung Holy Sword. In one step, I closed the distance to Lucas.
“Don’t inconvenience me, you bastard.”
With all my strength, I swung my sword, cleaving his defenseless torso in one stroke.
Lucas spat out a large amount of blood from his mouth and collapsed to the ground.
He wouldn’t be getting up anymore.
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The consciousness of Lucas faded, and my vision shifted back to the original location from the Otherworld.
My heavy body felt lighter. Trying to cast “Body Strengthening” and “Barrier” on my own body, I found that I could use them flawlessly, which was impossible before.
At my feet lay Lucas, sprawled on the ground. He wouldn’t be able to move. My sword had torn through his torso, gouging out his entrails and severing his bones. I could faintly hear his breathing, so it seemed I had missed his vital spots… but he wouldn’t be able to make a sound.
One obstacle down. I raised my head and moved toward the corner where Letty was.
But there was a man sitting there, close to Letty.
“Letinoa, what do you want to do when we return home? …Oh right, let’s go for a picnic in the mountains. Just the two of us. Papa and I don’t mind? Then let’s make another set of siblings and go together.”
The man was in his forties. Before being transferred to the Otherworld, he had been curled up at the edge. His eyes were sunken, and his cheeks were unnaturally gaunt. As he tried to touch Letty, he was repelled by the barrier I had set up, muttering something.
He was probably Letty’s father—Redonis.
“It’s okay, you don’t have to suffer anymore.”
“Hey.”
“We can live happily together in our own world—”
“Get lost.”
I waved my hand and unleashed a magic bullet. Redonis’ upper body disappeared without a trace. He fell to his knees and collapsed, and the eerie voice faded away.
I kicked the interfering corpse that fell to the ground. Now it was quiet.
As I approached Letty, a voice reached my ears from behind.
“Whoa, that Redonis guy, he’s dead, huh. That’s pathetic… but oh well, it doesn’t matter anymore. He’s served his purpose. Thanks for working for me.”
It was a low male voice. I turned in the direction of the voice.
“Hey, you, your body is… amazing. Your body is light, you have a ton of magic power, and you can use all the powers of the heroes I’ve stolen from. Look at this, one, two, three… six of them!? You’re like that Noah guy, it’s insane!”
The slender man was about eighteen years old. He swung his long silver hair around and frolicked like a child. His body was completely exposed, and on his forehead, neck, left cheek, right chest, right hand, and waist… there were seals engraved in each place. They were unmistakably holy seals.
“Your face, too, isn’t it super handsome? Women won’t leave you alone… And, uh, clothes, clothes… Well, they’re crappy, but is this okay for now? I’ll look for something better at a clothing store later.”
As the man touched his own body, his skin stretched and contorted into something resembling ugly clothes.
“You’re… Seft, right?”
“Yeah, but don’t call me that.”
Looking around, I saw Kaas lying on the ground. Seft was supposed to be inside her. She couldn’t move… So when I was fighting in the Otherworld, did Redonis move and switch Seft’s body?
…Well, whatever.
“Let’s try it out right away. I don’t know who you are, but you’re going to die, okay?”
Seft manifested a sword—Holy Sword—and pointed it toward me.
The next moment, without any warning, my right arm was blown off.
Even though I had layered multiple protective spells, he effortlessly pierced through them all.
“Wow! This is the power of [Destruction]…! It works, it works! Amazing!”
Seft was excited, moving the new toy he had obtained like a child.
…So, this is “Destruction.” Just as the information I had indicated. A mass of invisible force is shot towards the designated location, capable of bypassing any protective magic and causing destruction.
If it’s the same as the “Destruction” Noah had, then the emergence point can be anywhere around the target, and its size and shape are flexible… But that’s only when the holy sword is in its awakened state. In its normal state, the emergence point is fixed and the size cannot be changed. Judging by Seft’s holy sword, it hasn’t awakened yet.
So, no problem.
“《High-Level Healing》.”
I chanted, and my lost right arm regenerated, returning to its original state.
“…Huh?”
Seft sounded puzzled. I paid no mind and continued advancing towards him.
Once again, the tip of the sword was pointed at me. This time, my left leg was blown off.
“《High-Level Healing》.”
With a single spell, my left leg was healed, and I continued to walk on the ground with my restored limb. I could see Seft’s bewildered face.
“What’s… with you?”
He once again pointed his sword at me. I dodged a strike aimed at my head by moving it to the side. The blow was too fast for me to completely evade, and my ear and jaw were blown off, but I quickly healed and regenerated them.
“《High-Level Healing》, 《High-Level Healing》, 《High-Level Healing》, 《High-Level Healing》, 《High-Level Healing》《High-Level Healing》–“
Continuously dodging attacks aimed at my head and heart, while repeatedly healing the damaged parts.
My right side vanished and regenerated, my lower body vanished and regenerated, even when I couldn’t speak, I continued to cast spells without incantation, and each time, I returned to my original state as if nothing had happened.
“What’s wrong with you, why won’t you die?!”
Seft shouted with a contorted face, seeming confused as if he couldn’t understand.
With my《High-Level Healing》, I could continue to regenerate until my magical power ran out, as long as I didn’t die. The consumption of magical power was intense due to the heightened regeneration speed, but I still had plenty left.
No matter how fast and invisible his attacks were, it was difficult to die from preemptive strikes that were so obvious. I couldn’t completely avoid them, but I could at least dodge vital points.
I didn’t understand the awakening of “Destruction,” but… There was no way I would die from something like this.
…By the way, I had already deactivated “Dimensional Resurrection” beforehand.
The reason was that if my opponent inflicted a serious injury that couldn’t be simply healed, it would put me at a disadvantage. If I died, there would be a time lag before resurrection. Even after resurrection, if I were targeted while defenseless, I would be in trouble.
I didn’t want to deactivate it if I could help it. Even now, I was concentrating all my nerves to avoid vital points. I didn’t want to die.
After that, Seft continued to try to kill me in other ways. He used the power of another holy sword, employed every kind of magic, and even resorted to sword strikes and physical combat.
But in every aspect, I was superior.
“I… I should have become the strongest, no one should be able to beat me–“
Seft muttered nonsense. Fear was emerging on his face.
I took a step forward, causing Seft to fall back on his butt and retreat.
“D-Don’t come any closer!”
His face was contorted in fear. I continued to advance, step by step.
“You… I told you not to come–!”
His arms, lower body, again and again, were blown away, only to be regenerated as if nothing had happened.
“Why, how… why won’t it work?!”
Finally, Seft started crawling on the ground, trying to escape. Perhaps because of fear, he couldn’t even stand. He was facing me with his back, in a pathetic posture.
I caught up with him. I stomped on his head with force. The sound of broken nose bones and a squishy voice, like a crushed frog, resounded.
“You’ve caused me trouble.”
“Ugh, shut the up! “
I kicked his mouth with my foot. Several broken teeth rolled on the ground.
“Stop–“
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