Chapter 269
"What was that sword just now!?"
"Wonder if that sword has been augmented with a powerful enchant?"
"No . . . The sword itself is just an ordinary sword . You can do that much with an ordinary sword if you have the skill . "
I look at the sword of 『Mira of Swords Extremers』 .
His movements look dull, most likely due to his imperfect resurrection--but his swordsmanship is pretty up there .
He would have been quite a force to be reckoned with had the resurrection been perfect .
While thinking that, I faced [Mira of Swords Extremers] and shouted .
"Very well . I accept your challenge! --But you have to agree on my term!"
" . . . Let me hear this term of yours . Just so you know, no point in begging for your life . I kill anyone I fight without fail . I kill anyone who refuses to fight me . And of course I kill those who try to run away . "
In other words, anyone who fought and lost to this guy would be killed .
There's no point in pondering about if I lose when I'm going to win anyway .
"It's not about if I lose . But when I win . "
"Simply kill me then . . . I'll just take my own life if you won't . "
I see .
『Death to the losers』 applies to himself as well .
I don't get why this guy is so fixated in dying . . . Since all members of [Swords Extremers] kill the loser in a fight, they share a commonality on this .
As there is no way for us to come to an understanding on this point, there's no meaning in talking about this .
"I don't care if you want to die . . . But I'd like you to tell other [Swords Extremers] about me before you do . "
I said that to [Mira of Swords Extremers] while cutting up all the incoming monsters .
" . . . About you?"
"Yeah . I wish to have a bout with other [Swords Extremers], you see . "
Hearing that [Mira of Swords Extremers]--grinned .
And then he asks me .
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"Are you perhaps . . . a bird of a feather?"
" . . . I won't deny being a battle maniac, but please don't liken me with you lot . I don't pick a fight with innocent people nor I kill them . "
[Mira of Swords Extremers] looked unamused when he heard me .
Then he asks me with a serious look .
"What is there to gain in a fight without death?"
"You're going to lose here because you cannot understand that . . . So are you going to agree on my term or what?"
" . . . Fine . I'm going to win anyway . . . Guh . "
[Mira of Swords Extremers] fell on his knee as he replied me while slashing a monster .
He didn't suffer an attack in particular .
It's just that his body is just in too bad of a shape .
His life force is very low as well .
. . . This guy's probably gonna die in a month even if we leave him alone .
"Can you really fight in that state?"
"It's because of the magic that revived me . Wish it had revived me in my heyday . . . But I've died once already . Can't complain . "
" . . . Was it really magic that revived you?"
The resurrection done by [Broken Star] is not magic .
To begin with, reviving the dead cannot be done with principle of magic .
In my past life, there were a few examples of [phenomenon that cannot be explained with magic] done by space monsters .
It's called [Suprarational Deeds], and it's distinctly different than magic .
[Suprarational Deeds] are easily mistaken with magic to those who aren't familiar with magic--but it's hard to believe that a high level magic combatant of the past era would mistake revivals by way of [Broken Star] for magic .
"That's--"
As [Mira of Swords Extremers] was going to answer me, he suddenly shut his mouth and grimaced .
Then he speaks to me .
"It appears that I have been barred to utter that . . . Would have liked to be given the liberty to at least speak whatever I want to those facing their death . "
Magical gag huh .
. . . These low-level revivals of the dead really are the work of a human, not [Broken Star] then .
I don't see why an already dead [Broken Star] would went out of its way to put a gag on those it revived .
That said, revival of the dead is impossible with pure magic, so someone must have formulated a spell art that makes use of [Broken Star] to perform these revivals .
We might have to defeat that spellcaster once we're done dealing with [Swords Extremers] .
We beat more and more monsters while thinking that .
『T-these two guys of opposing sides are just talking like it's normal . . . 』
『And they're even cooperating together nicely to deal with these monsters . . . It's a world I can never hope to understand . 』
『It's probably a world where only battle maniacs can comprehend . . . 』
The girls sounded like they couldn't believe us when they saw us conversing .
Looks like they can't understand the feeling of enjoying a fight nice and slowly free of nuisance .