Chapter 3 (2/2)

When Arisa said that, she sent a sharp gaze to the majuus.

I *Chirari* stare at her.

(……How am I a worrywart? I'm sure that when Arisa was fighting majuus alone, she had think up multiple strategies too. Is she so composed because she had to experience all that?)

”——I got it. I'll leave the timing to you, Arisa.”

The majuus are playing in the pond.

We moved to a place where they barely couldn't see us.

”Ed, I'll be watching your surroundings, so feel relieved and just fight the enemies in front of you.”

”……Okay.”

I hold my breath, and wait until then.

The majuus *gaugau* look for fish in the lake.

While we were observing that, the majuus turned to the opposite direction of where we were hiding, and thrust their mouths into the lake——.

In other words, it's the moment when we attack from their blind spot.

”——I'm going.”

Without missing that timing, Arisa activates her magic, and the majuus in the area of the lake all freeze at once.

”——Gagyatu……!”

And then, at the moment the majuus release their voices of a surprise————I jump out from the bushes.

I approach them from their blind spot.

——I run at full power.

Even just a second faster.

Even just a moment faster.

I feel all the magic power flowing in my body.

——Now I run, and just think about drawing closer.

”——Gatu!?”

With my footsteps, the majuus' awareness switches from the frozen lake to me.

(——Too slow.)

However, it's already too late for them to react.

By now, the distance between me and the dogs is less than 10 meters.

Just now you guys noticed me but——you're already within my 'range'.

——Magic is an image.

And right now, all I need is my sight,

I completely block all the senses other than sight from my brain.

I aim only at my target, and I devote my entire consciousness.

I confirm their limb and heads.

In both my hands, I have 4 knives, and a total of 8 knives.

In my air around me, there are 7 knives.

A total of 15 knives.

I hit each dog with 5 knives.

Now, my thought exists only for the purpose of killing majuus with these knives.

Without any of the knives in my range colliding, I accurately cut up the majuus.

——I imagine only that.

——Byugoutu!!!

——My knives were blown away.

From both my hands, from the air.

Don't worry, I haven't missed.

Magic——hasn't missed.

My knives nearly simultaneously cut the necks and limbs of the majuus.

There isn't even a single thing off from my image.

The bodies of the dogs fall down.

A scenery just like I imagined spreads out in front of me.

”Amazing……in a moment……!”

When the majuus' heads turned towards me——my total of 15 knives had already cut their legs and necks.

There was no feeling of cutting meat——however, there certainly was a feeling of having taken a life.

The first hunt of my life closed its curtains in less than a few seconds.

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