Chapter 26.1 - Return to Academy and Civil War [2] – part 1 (2/2)

Dialogue…… Or, if I negotiate, I might be able to borrow a part of his power.

And then,

「A”A? A greenhorn like you… wants my power? …Puuh, Gyahahahahahahahahaah! Hi-Hi-Hiii! How funny…!」

Just what was so funny, I don’t know… but he struck his knees again and again and kept laughed.

「O-Oi! This is not a joke-」

「Even if it’s a joke, it ain’t funny!」

And the next second, he was already standing right before my nose tip.

His right arm had already swung back, and the impact in the next fraction of a second was inevitable.

「Oraa…!」

It wasn’t a faint or anything of the kind – it was a direct straight right.

「〜〜!?」

At a moment’s judgement, I slid my sword between my face and his arm.

It was a perfect defense.

I dropped my center of gravity firmly in preparation for the impact.

But still – my body was blown away horizontally like a ball.

(What is this… ridiculous strength…?!)

Defense did not function as a defense…

I spun in mid-air to reduce the impact, and somehow performed ukemi. 1

At the same time, I placed my sword in front of my navel, and assumed Seigan no Kamae.

「Oi Oi… you’re too light, you know!? Are you eating properly… A”a!?」

「…I am eating properly.」

Defense is useless against this guy.

If so – attack attack attack!

I must not give him the chance to attack…!

I closed the long distance between us in three steps, and unleashed my specialty, eight slash attack.

「Eighth Sword – Yatagarasu!」

In the face of the eight slashes that had become much sharper and more powerful after the fight with Sid-san – that guy yawned.

Immediately after that, both hands, both legs, neck, head, torso, and chest – the eight slashes struck his whole body thoroughly.

Unlike during the fight with Dodriel, every slash was a direct hit.

There was a solid response.

However, none of them dealt any damage.

Far from ripping through the skin, there was not even a scratch.

Rather… my sword was the one which seemed to break.

(No, way…!?)

As I was stunned and staring at my sword,

「Oi Oi, how do you plan to cut my body… with such childish slash? A”a?」

He shook his head wide from side to side as if to provoke me.

(As expected, we are realms apart…)

Arm strength, Leg strength, Stamina – Everything was on a whole different level.

After that, I tried to cut him over and over again…

He massaged his right arm, without a care in the world.

(It’s futile… Face, Neck, Solar Plexus – Even when it hits vital spots, normal slashes doesn’t cut through…)

But, it’s not like I have lost all options,

I have a non-normal slash – a special slash.

(If it’s that slash that cuts through the space, the world… even this guy wouldn’t escape unscathed…)

I aimed at the moment when that guy lazily stretched his body – and unleashed.

「Fifth Sword – World Judgement!」

However,

「Oi Oi Oi… If you swing it so slowly… I’m gonna fall asleep.」

Before I realised it, he was already pinching the sword which I had raised overhead.

「……!?」

Monster.

That single word flashed through my mind.