Chapter 268
A moment later, the girls responded as well .
"Eh! This mana reaction . . . !"
"It wasn't there just a second ago!"
"Yeah . It's the 『Swords Extremers』 . "
Looks like the girls have noticed their mana reaction as well .
They wouldn't have noticed if it was just an ordinary mana reaction .
But this mana reaction is unlike that of a monster nor a human .
It's more distorted and bizarre .
"This mana reaction . . . Is it because of 『Broken Star』?"
" . . . Nope . Grevil who was also resurrected by the 『Broken Star』 had no oddness in his mana reaction . "
Rather than from the [Broken Star], the bizarreness is more like . . . something that's been manufactured roughly and shabbily .
In my past life, there were experimentations done on humans to forcefully restructure Crests and remodel their innate power . . . This guy feels kind of similar to those test bodies .
. . . I don't know the details since I wasn't involved in that research though .
"They must have undone their stealth magic . . . Like declaring that they won't run nor hide . "
"They're going out of their way to show themselves up even though they could launch a surprise attack here?"
"Yeah . . . Their goal is not exactly our death after all . "
The goal of 『Swords Extremers』 is to fight .
Surprise attacks are completely out of question from their perspective .
"They didn't have to kill then . . . "
"You can say that again . . . We wouldn't have bothered if they were a group that only likes to have a fight without the killing part . "
The [Swords Extremers] shortened their distance while we were talking .
"Here they come, don't let your guard down!"
I stepped ahead to cover the girls .
One man stopped in front of me .
"The one who used 『Enforced Detection』 . . . Must be you . "
The man had long unkempt hair and beard .
His eyes are bloodshot with rough breathing .
--His condition is clearly not normal .
But that's because he's only thinking about fighting--or not .
His body is falling apart due to the twisted resurrection .
Let alone exerting 1/10 of his power, I'm amazed he's even alive .
And despite all that, he managed to kill a high-ranking adventurer, as expected of [Swords Extremers] .
"Correct . "
I confronted the man as I answered back .
Defeating this man without saying anything is an easy task .
But if I did that, I would have to look around for the second [Swords Extremers] .
I need to make this guy bring us to the other members of the group .
"Twas' a beautiful magic . There was absolutely no wasteful mana expended, like it was a spell art cast by elite magic combatants in the past . "
" . . . And?"
"In honor of your strength, we 『Swords Extremers』 implore you for a match . . . After we are done with those, of course . "
The man turns his back on us after saying that .
Toward a horde of monsters coming here due to the effect of [Enforced Detection] .
『 . . . Is he gonna help us?』
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『Or so he pretended to and then used the chance to attack our back . . . 』
Ruli and Alma sounded perplexed to see [Swords Extremers] turned his back on his opponents .
They can't comprehend the reason behind his actions .
. . . Well I guess it's something only those who live for battle can understand .
『He won't do that . . . From his perspective, we're the sparring partners he has been looking for all this time . Wouldn't it be a waste to kill us in a surprise attack? I believe he intends to fight us in perfect conditions after moving the small fry out of the way . 』
『A waste . . . ?』
『I-I don't really get it . . . But I guess you do, Mathi-kun?』
『Yeah . . . But I don't get how they would just kill their sparring partners . 』
I mowed down an incoming monster as I said that .
It was a boar monster .
. . . It's not that strong but probably exceeds rank D at least .
The [Swords Extremers] man muttered when he saw my sword .
"Impressive swordsmanship . I thought there were only weaklings in this era . . . I almost feel bad to have you killed . "
" . . . Who's going to kill whom?"
"I, kill, you . Death to the losers . That's what I've always done . "
The man cut down a monster close to him as he said that .
The monster that had been hit by the sword of [Mira Combat Art] kept charging forward without even realizing that it had been cut--before falling down split in two .