Chapter 75
Signal
Translator : PolterGlast
After two more months
of training, I continued to search for my own sword style while honing my
agility. And I arrived at an answer.
It was still
incomplete, so I had no choice but to push forward recklessly. I was happy when
I finally managed to defeat the degraded version of the Knight of the Holy
Remains.
But of course, that
wasn't the end of it. Next, I aimed to defeat the knight without using my full
power, and finally... I was able to overwhelm the degraded version of the
Knight of the Holy Remains without buffs or prior preparation.
The day of the
showdown was steadily approaching. I continued to hone my skills for the time
that would come. And then--on the day that marked half a year since I came to
this world. The day of destiny arrived.
"Masaru... I'm so
sorry!"
At the hut I went to
for regular information gathering, Varietta-san bowed his head to me.
Despite repeated
delays to the limit, it seems the date for the hero to go to the [Knight's Holy
Remains] has finally been decided.
"It seems the
hero party will challenge the [Knight's Holy Remains] the day after
tomorrow."
"The day after
tomorrow, huh..."
Perhaps because of the
thought that this moment had finally come, my voice came out much lower than I
expected.
Tension about whether
I could win, and confidence that I should be able to win after all I'd done.
Various emotions mixed
together, and I couldn't really sort out my feelings.
To stop the dungeon's
activities and prevent Kazuma-kun and the others from conquering the dungeon, I
would have to defeat that knight sooner.
That means challenging
him would be--today or tomorrow.
Considering a rematch,
I wanted to challenge him today.
If possible, I wanted
to get it over with quickly.
"This is my
limit... I'm ashamed, that I, Knight Varietta, have come to this state..."
Varietta lamented, his
shoulders drooping.
"No, no, it's
thanks to Varietta-san that the heroes' dungeon attack has been postponed this
far."
--He was the commander
of the Royal Knights during the previous king's reign.
Therefore, he has very
strong connections in various fields.
I haven't heard the
details, but he seems to have repeatedly broken up negotiations that were about
to be concluded between the Holy Church and the kingdom.
He stirred up trouble
through the Holy Church's paladins, and tampered with reports from the knights
to the kingdom, saying that they still needed more training... Hearing that, I
could understand that he had been pulling strings in various places.
The younger generation
that Varietta-san raised has become the leaders of the current generation.
It was a feat that
could only be achieved because he had such a strong influence over them.
"Thanks to that,
I... was able to prepare myself."
Hearing my words,
Varietta-san raised his face.
And he stood up with
an expression that couldn't hide his surprise.
"You... could it
be!?"
"Yes, I will
defeat him. That--the Knight of the Holy Remains."
I had prepared for
this.
I should be able to
defeat him now... no, that's not right.
I will defeat him.
As the culmination of
this dungeon attack... and my six months here.
If this doesn't
work... I'll just take Miku-san and hole up in my home. If she says so, she can
bring some of her friends.
With my current power,
I can go anywhere and do anything.
It seems that my
experience in this [Knight's Holy Remains] has given me a strong sense of
confidence.
Suddenly, I wondered
why I was so eager to conquer the dungeon.
I've been working hard
to keep Miku-san out of danger.
I should be able to
just forcibly kidnap Miku-san and rescue her now.
With my current power,
I should be able to defeat the Royal Knights without any problems.
...No, that would be a
problem.
Perhaps because I've
been fighting so much, my thoughts tend to go in a dangerous direction lately,
which is a bit of a problem.
In any case, I will
defeat that knight and stop everyone in Class 1-A's dungeon attack at all
costs.
Thinking about what
comes next is just counting my chickens before they hatch.
Everything depends on
defeating him.
That's when the real
story begins.
I parted ways with
Varietta-san and used my door placement power to teleport to the eleventh
floor.
The random
teleportation on the eleventh floor always ends up on the path of light.
I finished the two
battles as a warm-up.
With my current power,
it's easy to completely defeat the Revenant parties without using magic even
once.
And I came to the
black gate again after a long time.
"Huu...
haa..."
After taking a slow, deep
breath, I concentrated my mind.
And after preparing
with buffs, I opened the gate.
The scene that spread
out before me was the same as when I first came.
But I was completely
different now.
The lid of the coffin
slowly began to move.
I was overwhelmed by
the atmosphere of the place back then, but... I had no reason to miss this
opening now.
"Judgment
Ray!"
The light of judgment
rained down on the Knight of the Holy Remains along with the coffin.
This was my signal of
counterattack--.
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