Vol 2 Chapter 14.2 (2/2)

If I lop one of his arms off, he would be neutralized, no…?

From the corner of my eye, I caught sight of a whip las.h.i.+ng at me. I dropped back dodging it barely.

The man chased me without a second thought and struck the twin swords down.

He was strong, certainly… but his sword line was rough compared to mine…

――Even though he had two swords, I would definitely come out on top!

With both of my hands firmly gripping the hilt of the sword, I caught the enemy’s attack. By letting it slide over the sword fuller, I advanced one step forward.

「Fuu――」

I set my blade line up on the leverage point, where the enemy was clutching the sword at, and put all my power in.

One of the enemy’s swords danced in the air and tumbled onto the floor with an unpleasant *gyugiii* metallic clank.

First one――down!

I swung the unedged [blunt] side of Noir down at the enemy’s neck.

With just one sword left, he wouldn’t be able to block it.

――However, the woman interrupted yet again.

It wasn’t the whip, though. This time, something soared at me.

Springing to the side, I dodged it and breathed in.

Strangely… These two were cooperating, so it was inevitably difficult…

I wanted someone to help me a little, too.

But I had already said, ‘leave it to me’… So, it would be difficult for me to ask for help now…

…Since the woman was interrupting again and again, I decided to tidy her up first.

Having switched the target to the woman, I dashed.

The woman, who had expected it midway through, held her hand up. Just like before, an object flew at me.

I had confirmed its nature last time.

It was an ice shot.

A Water Magic user… huh? It was easy to imagine ice through water…

However, its shape was the same as an icicle’s. If it stuck into me, it wouldn’t merely result in pain.

I was prepared, though. I invoked 《s.h.i.+eld of Fire (Fire s.h.i.+eld)》 which offset it. I advanced further.

After closing in this much… the sword would hold an advantage over the whip…

「Even magic――?!」

With the back of the sword, I hit the hand which she was wielding the whip in hard.

The sensation of fist bones fracturing transmitted to me. Even though healing was possible via Water Magic, she wouldn’t be able to lash the whip for now.

The man screamed. He seemed to be invoking some magic. I thrust the sword at the woman’s scruff.

「Don’t move… Start explaining…」

I ordered the man to drop his weapon.

「――What are you guys doing――… What’s the meaning of this?」

However, a newcomer barged into the room and spat those words out loud.

Without minding that I had the woman seized, he proceeded in our direction.

s.h.i.+t… What do I do?

While unease was swelling up inside me, a reliable voice arrived from behind me.

「…I will take it over from here…」

It was Logins-san.

Thank G.o.d… Now Logins-san can take on the newcomer while I――

「――Ga……a」

Through the back of my defenseless head, an intense shock ran through.

Before I could even squeeze a word out, I collapsed onto the floor.

Eh… What… happened…?

Amidst faint consciousness, I lifted my eyes up.

What entered my sight――――was Logins-san silently staring at me.

…What’s the meaning of this…?

――I couldn’t make sense of it…

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