Chapter 270
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About an hour later .
Just as the waves of monsters have stopped coming, [Combatant Mira] speaks .
"Looks like it's over . "
"Yea . "
I move to a spot free of monsters' corpses .
We can finally fight now .
"Do you have enough mana? I can wait if you need to recover yours . "
[Combatant Mira] asked me while readying his sword .
Of course, I've got enough mana .
. . . Since I barely used any in the battle just now .
"No problem . . . or not really, but this is good enough . This body won't heal just by resting . "
[Combatant Mira] took a stance with his sword .
His eyes are bloodshot and breathing rough--but I could feel a wealth of experience in his stance .
『Umm . . . Why's Mathi-kun worrying about your opponent?』
『He'd be more obedient if he fought me with all his strength . . . We want this guy to lead us to other [Warmongers], can't let him die just like that . 』
It's not like I'm being courteous here because I'm looking forward to fighting this guy .
There's a chance [Combatant Mira] won't tell the other guys in [Warmongers] about me if he loses in a way that doesn't satisfy him .
Let him fight with everything he has and crush him .
That's the only reason why I culled out all the monsters and created a situation that enabled a 1-on-1 fight .
Combatants are a creature that holds respect to an opponent they lost to in a fight they gave everything to .
" . . . Fight!"
[Combatant Mira] is closing the distance between us while moving like he's sliding around .
--A peculiar walking style .
As if he's moving left and right, making it hard for his opponent to discern .
I'm familiar with this move .
『Ias Swordstyle』。
It was a swordsmanship that competed to and lost against the prevalent [Loita Swordstyle] in the past era .
Of course, there's a reason why it went into a decline .
It's hard to discern movement of 『Ias Swordstyle』 users, fighting them could prove difficult if it's your first time against the style .
However, once you've seen through these movements, [Ias Swordstyle] is nothing more than an inefficient sword style full of wasted movements .
With that in mind--I took the [Ias-Style Swordmanship] stance myself .
Then I step forward into [Combatant Mira]'s range while swaying left and right .
I'm employing the same swordsmanship to show him the gap in strengths .
--Right at that moment, [Combatant Mira] swung his sword .
A swing without any wasted movements, going straight to cut my neck off .
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This one swing is not that of [Ias Swordstyle] .
No wasted moves, tracing the most efficient track to kill enemy, this is a swing of [Loita Swordstyle] .
A fusion between [Ias Swordstyle]'s bewitchment, and [Loita Swordstyle]'s killing power huh .
Anyone could come up with this idea--but one needs a considerable skill to actually use it at a high level .
This [Combatant Mira] must have been quite strong in his past life .
I brushed away his sword while thinking that .
And then--the sword flew off [Combatant Mira]' hand just like that .
"Wha . . . "
I thrust my sword before his neck while he had a look of shock on his face .
What happened just now is not because of the difference in physical strength due to this guy's incomplete resurrection .
My pure skill with swords is simply better than him .
That's all .
Outwardly, it may look like [Combatant Mira] just lost grip of his sword--but surely, the guy himself understands the most about the gap in our strength .
"Want another go?"
I asked the aghast [Combatant Mira] .
But he shook his head .
"It's my loss . . . To think there's a combatant such as you in this era . "
"So will you keep your promise on this fight's term?"
" . . . The losers have no right to refuse . "
[Combatant Mira] cast a comm magic as he said that .
It's not like the one we're usually using, but a type that let other people in the area to hear the content .
"Can you hear me?"
"Ou, what's up?"
"Comm magic from you of all people, that's rare!"
We could hear those voices from the receiver side .
Looks like this spell is connected to other [Warmongers] .