Chapter 14 (2/2)

“Well, let’s head out then Sooner we find our classmates, the better”

And with our equipment ready, we left the Fairy Square

What appeared in the area right after were the pitch black, short, hu rusted knives or axes, clubs as if stolen they’d stolen them from Skeletons, or spears erous s had a craving for human meat On the off chance they beat us, they’d probably literally eat us alive

The appearance is reminiscent of the representative mob uard down

“Nii-san, wasn’t that, just a bit too much?”

“No wait, I can explain, Sakura, please hear me out”

Right now, spread around ruesome, you’d want to ask if some crazed mass murderer passed by

When we exited the passage that we left the Fairy Square froe path where 5 Goot the upper hand and beat the was so brutal, even I’m a bit taken aback The corpses were scattered and shred so bad, it’s hard to tell if there were 5 of them At some point, priority went from how I’d attack to where I’d put my feet to avoid the blood spatter

“Please, explain away”

“I was just trying out some Skills”

The disaster beforethe effects of my Skills If I hadn’t done that, I’d have properly finished thesword

“I see, that’s why nii-san’sthem, your impressions?”

“It’s got ridiculous power Though it seems they’re called Martial Arts when release by a sword”

The Skills I learned after defeating the Armor Bear were in total 6

Learned Skills

Thrust

Boosts piercing potential A sharp blow impales the enemy

Slash

Boosts tearing potential A sharp blow cuts the enemy

High Walk

Boosts speed Run like the wind

Acquired Skills

Force Boost

Boosts strength Force akin to the Armor Bear

Iron Guardiron hide

Boosts defence Guard akin to the Armor Bear

Tri Slash

3 strike combo attack Mutilate the enemy akin to the Armor Bear’s claws[5]

Learned Skills are ones that apply toterms, they’re skills that I automatically learn as I level up

Acquired Skills would be ones that originate from defeated enemies This probably doesn’t take the other party’s Skill as is, but takes that as a base and converts it into a forh the necessary corrections

The Arth is a result of its own h defence co able toof its arm is only thanks to the nu to have the same powers as my foe, I’d have the same appearance as the Armor Bear by now

“The power’s ridiculous, but there so, there’s a slight gap in my defence They also drain otta consider the time and place”

“They’re quite siet from the ‘Vocation’, we becouess you can’t be too sparing?”

“Yeah, if I can’t get used to using these Martial Arts, they won’t be useful when it actually counts So for now, I’ll be practicing”

But I’ll refrain fro apart Goma with ‘Tri Slash’

“Nii-san, you kind of look like you’re having fun”

“It er And noe’ve coreat power you can even visually confirh, is probably because of ”

“Sorry, I wasn’t saying that cynically I really do kno deeply nii-san feels about wanting strength But what if this great ‘power’ changes you, is so I’m a bit, uneasy about”

dah tensioned enough to arouse this kind of worry Really need to get a hold of myself Maybe some Zen meditation later?

“I’ as I can is only because I want to protect you, Sakura, and everyone else too I don’t knohy God er I can becoth correctly, ever”

There’s no use just having power How you use it is the vital part This doctrine has been pummelled into me by jii-san since I was a kid You could say, it’s carved onto my bones by now

I understand that I meant to be aware of it since forever now But now that I have the power to easily kill a huained a whole new apprehension of that teaching

Or maybe I’ll know it even better fro that keeps me in check

“Just being protected, it’s really vexing you know So, I will get stronger with you I’ll try and get even a little stronger, so I can support you, nii-san”

“You will Yeah, of course you will Thanks, Sakura Counting on you”

“Anytime, nii-san”

This excellent sister ofdearly of her brother, really does war doesn’t hterfest at all Atmosphere is pretty important

Anyway, after a breather, we continued on the passage with no end in sight

On the e got into a large doarden, where we encountered s They were in packs, but there was no special powers or rouped, so with Sakura’s support fire, and ‘High Walk’s’ maneuverability, we easily eliminated them

Up till now, theshot with the Armor Bear would appear, so we h the dungeon

It e’d been in this place long enough to notice that the safe, relief stations known as Fairy Squares, were scattered at quite reasonable intervals It e arrived at another one of those Fairy Squares

“No way, Souma-kun?”

There, we found the previous guests

“Ah, i-it’s true Souht?”

Fairls

“Class rep and Natsukawa-san! What a relief, you’re both alrig—”

“U, uuuwaaaaa! Souma-kuuun!”

“Wha! H-hold on, Natsukawa-san!?”

Suddenly hugging et flustered I’ on the level of e And now’d be when Sakura h, but Sakura was facing class rep with a weighty expression

“Ryouko, I hoped to say I’ht but that, doesn’t really seem to be the case”

“Yeah, Sakura, and Yuuto-kun, we’re really saved now that you’re here Thanks“

Apparently their situation orse than I thought Natsukawa-san too, it doesn’t see fro been mentally cornered at a severe level

For now, I return the sobbing Natsukawa-san’s e what happened, would be towards class rep who has an awfully tired and pale face, yet was still holding together

“Class rep, what exactly, happened to you guys”

“ A friend, another one died Just a while ago”

It was an event I hadn’t i, I purposefully didn’t think about it The powerful ‘Vocation’, the weak ether So everyone else was fine too

Naively, I made myself think like that

That that kind of thinking was not hope, but ht now

Thus, I was finallymy classmates, there was a casualty

[1]I’ve decided to use -G-od(dess) for respectful addressing, like ka to theNo deep ht it could use a distinction

[2]I try to make a note when names are involved Thankfully, all naiven So no changes there Source for ‘Keeper of the Light’ Cure and Heal are also in furi, but they’re really very obvious Also, stuff like ‘Lux Sagitta’ appear in Kuro no Maou too! I bet the reader’s familiar with it, but I’ll take any excuse to squeeze that in~

[3]I’ll use they for gender neutrality

[4]Glorious japanese katana folded 1000 tisword, also, Shotels

[5]Ithis for the other skill listings soon™ Also, I don’t knohy I said Full Boost before typo = fixed All skills are as per dictionfurigana The descriptions are pretty straightforward too, so nothing to say on that The s are pretty siing ‘Acquired’ to ‘Integrated’ or ‘assimilated’ All of these seem ok, doushi+o~