9-8 Part 2
It Seems Firefly and the Heroic Woman Will Fish for the Wind
Using the White Wolf
- Sword Fight -
Translator : PolterGlast
By the way, a total of seven footsteps were approaching. No,
let me rephrase. Seven people worthy of death, sacrifices for the Book of
the Evil Dragon, had fallen into the trap we set.
「Oi, hold it.」
「We're talkin' to you bastards, I
said wait!」
They demanded we to stop, but
not until we draw them in a little closer. Until they passed the point where Sigrun
was hiding, I acted as if I were speed-walking away while pulling Yashu's
hand.
Looking up at the sky, the purple had vanished and now it
was blue, and perhaps due to the location lacking lights, the back alley was
already pitch black.
「This is him, no mistake! That shovel
bastard from back then!」
「We won't let you get away! Our
policy is not to handle humans, but I won't forgive you specifically;
I'll sell you off too!」
I wonder if Sigrun is grinning
right about now like I am. Erasing that smile, I turned back to the prey caught
in the spider's web. That's right, prey; I am a monster that eats evil.
「Hoh, so you guys were kidnappers.」
「That's right! Too late for regrets
now. Making us go through unnecessary trouble; how much do you think we ran
around the city looking for her, you shithead!」
Was it coincidence, or thanks to Sigrun's local
knowledge? The back alley we entered was narrow and winding. That blocked the
view from the main street, making this an ideal location.
「I see. That must have been tough.」
「What are you acting all calm for,
bastard. Lately, you know, there are plenty of slave plantations that say they
don't mind kidnapped humans. I'll give you a life of being worked from morning
till night until your palms are full of blood blisters...」
To them, it probably looks effectively like 7 against 1. By
punk logic, there are probably no elements of defeat. They rattled off countless
unspeakable words that would lead to their own deaths.
「If I'm being sold, a gladiator is
better than a serf. If you just let me hold a shovel, I'll show you I can
defeat even ferocious beasts.」
「What are you saying, you idiot! I'm
telling you not to underestimate us!!」
「Oi, white wolf there. Seems you
don't understand how many hundreds of rebellious beastmen we've killed... If
you resist, I don't mind killing your friends one by one, you know...?」
That's enough. I lightly tapped the stone pavement with the Shovel
I was holding down. Kin, the steel rang high, and that became the signal
for Sigrun's assault.
A simultaneous attack leaving no one behind. Just as she
did, I also charged toward the villains.
「You wanna go, you bastard?! I'll
turn the tables on yo—Agyaaah?!!」
His bravado ended there. The small punk, who had been doing
nothing but bark threats this entire time, tried to force his gang into the
line of fire—and as a result, he was the very first one cut down by Sigrun.
It wasn't a strike with the back of the blade. Sigrun
slashed his back with the edge. Here too, I first neutralize the villains'
attacks. Dodging the sweep, thrust, and strike unleashed almost simultaneously
from three directions in front, I drove my
strikes into them in the same motion.
I show no mercy. This is already a kill-or-be-killed
situation. Continuing with all my strength, I smashed jaws, broke knees, and
thrust the tip into stomachs with the tip of steel.
「Hii hiee, these people, too strong hyan...」
It seems Sigrun devoured the large man. Sandwiched
between an ambush from behind and a Shovel Man who invalidates metal
weapons, it didn't even become a play called a sword fight.
Some crawled on the ground bleeding, some groaned with
broken bones, but everyone was still alive.
「My leg, my leg is broken, broken...」
「No way, this, no way... why are we
losing... Aah, blood, blood...」
「Just spare my life, just my life...!
I'll do anything, just spare my life... I haven't killed people yet like these
guys, please!」
Partly because the match was decided in too much of an
instant, the majority haven't grasped the situation. However, a guy appeared
who betrayed his comrades first and begged for his life. Immediately among the
losers, insults flew toward the traitor.
Don't lie,
this guy has killed people too, he was exposed by his comrades and
seemed shaken, but how pointless, it
doesn't matter...... I dug a hole in the back alley indifferently yet quickly.
「Then I'll let you live. Now, the
rest of you, get in here.」
「Eh......」
A deep grave had been born before their eyes. First grabbing
a guy who was slashed and couldn't move, I used my muscular strength, which
could already be called superhuman strength, to push the villain into the
grave.
「If you don't get in, that horned one
there will slash you. Get in quickly; it's either get slashed or get in.」
Sigrun narrowed
her eyes and, becoming strangely intellectual again, appraised me.
Simultaneously pointing one of her twin swords at them, she pushed them into
the bottom of the hole without exception.
「A difficult problem. Waiting for
evil to reform is too distant and endless, yet for people to judge people is
arrogant and selfish. But, you must have thought there was no other way.
Kukuku... Now, bury them.」
「B-Bury...?! S-Stop it, please help
me, I'll spill everything so stop tha—AAAAAAAH!!」
Even if they scream, it's too late. Shovel technique
that ignored even the laws of the world slaughtered the evil into the earth in
an instant.
If I restore the cobblestones using the Scoop's restoration ability, neither corpses nor crime scene
exist anymore. The traitor, having his comrades buried and erased without a
trace, let out mad laughter, unable to accept reality.
「Now then, it's just the right time
to kidnap people. Sigrun。」
「Umu! You, sleep for a bit!」
When Sigrun punched the traitor into unconsciousness,
we stuffed him into the hemp sack they brought. Thus having abducted a villain,
we boldly left the sunset world while carrying
the sack.
My reaction was a little delayed, but you're right Sigrun,
there is no room for villains to reform. Some say they will awaken to their
conscience someday, but that's after destroying how many others' lives.
For the sake of lukewarm justice, why must innocent people
shed tears of blood? If the Book of the Evil Dragon, if Zirant,
if you affirm my actions, I won't stop.
Using any means necessary, I swear to carry out justice and
return the beastmen to the world they should be in.
- Purge -
【Bury 5 Villains】 Completed
- Reward: EXP 900 / Shovel Lv +1 (Received)
- 『You did the right thing. If you
had accepted their begging for life, they would have preyed on the weak
and swaggered in the world again. Do not be ashamed of condemnation; with
a heart of steel, under the name of Evil Dragon Zirant, go punish
evil.』
- Purge -
【Bury 7 Villains】 3 Remaining
- Reward: EXP 1100 / Shovel Lv +1
- 『It is karma that the power to
cut even steel is ineffective against flesh and bone.』
- Table of Contents -
【Name】 Ashley
【Lv】 29
【Exp】 4085
【STR】 50 → 56
【VIT】 138 → 147
【DEX】 117 → 124
【AGI】 100 → 106
【Skill】 Shovel LV 4 → LV 5 Scoop LV 1 Imperial Bond LV 1
『Your skill has already reached the
realm of a Sword Saint. No, in your case, is it Shovel Saint?』
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