Chapter 166: Misfiring from The Start (2/2)

Gula gritted her teeth, but was unable to make any comeback. She just silently glared at Mammon.

“So you’re stronger if you are fast?”

Come to think of it, even Gluttony couldn’t continuously eat without stopping. It was only natural that once her stomach was full, her power would calm down until she became hungry again. In short, even though Gula wasn’t completely full now, her stomach was quite full, and so she had become weaker compared to other Evil Gods – At least this was what Loren guessed from Mammon’s words.

“Th-that’s one way to look at it, I guess?”

“I don’t fight kids.”

“Even if he’s a kid, he’s still an Evil God… But Mammon really is a kid, both in looks and thinking.”

Gula said and looked at Mammon. He was playing with the hot pants he had snatched from her, stretching and twirling it. Unthinkingly, she half rose up to attack him again, but Mammon beat her to it. He carelessly threw the pants at Gula, and her attention went after it.

“I’ll get the top next.”

As Gula thought she was over, Mammon turned his palm towards her. He just needed to clench that hand, and her top would be peeled away this time. But before he could, someone kicked at him from the flank with all their might.

“Lapis-chan?!”

Lapis, who should have been staying with Tizona, had moved to right beside Mammon before anyone noticed. When he was preoccupied with Gula, she kicked at him with no reservation. The impact should be quite big, but Mammon still held his ground somehow. He immediately turned his palm from Gula to Lapis. Still in kicking stance, Lapis was unable to dodge. Mammon clenched his hand, and she jumped back while covering her chest with both arms, her cheeks lightly dyed in scarlet.

“What a surprise attack. And with such strength. Onee-san, are you human?”

Mammon asked, a piece of white cloth in his hand. He was about to spread it out to let everyone know what it was, but he immediately threw the cloth away to dodge the greatsword coming from the opposite side of Lapis’ kick. He turned to confront Loren.

“Another surprise attack? Isn’t this getting boring?”

“Shut up. You’re a bit too young to be taking off women’s clothes.”

“I’m older than you though, onii-san?”

“Then don’t call me onii-san!”

Loren slashed at Mammon with ferocious force. Mammon deftly repelled it with both hands. Loren paid it no mind and slashed again, and Mammon showed discomfort for the first time.

“You know it won’t work, don’t you?”

“Well, if one strike is not enough, then I’ll make ten or twenty strikes!”

Loren swung his swords, paying no mind about whether his strike would be received or repelled. Even if it didn’t work, it would turn Mammon’s attention to himself, and his attacks wouldn’t allow Mammon to use his power. With the greatsword coming at him like thunder tearing through air, he wouldn’t be able to turn his attention to anywhere else.

“Even if you slash at me a hundred times, you still won’t hit me… Gah?!”

Mammon was handling Loren’s attack with an easy smile, but a kick coming from behind sent him flying. Loren shifted to avoid colliding with him. He bounced off the ground once, then immediately got up.

“It’s the one-san with bad foot habit!”

The one that kicked him was Lapis, who had temporarily withdrawn from the frontline. When his attention was on Loren, she had given him a kick as a return gift for earlier.

But even though Mammon had been sent flying a good distance away, he didn’t seem to sustain any injuries. He immediately turned his palm towards Lapis again, but was interrupted by a flurry of sword strikes from Loren, forcing him to turn to defense again.

“You’re such a trouble, onii-san. That greatsword is in the way!”

In between defending himself, Mammon turned his palm towards Loren. Loren immediately realized that he was trying to use his power to snatch his sword, but he kept attacking without care. He had resolved to hit him with his bare hands if his sword was snatched. Mammon looked at him with a mocking expression and clenched his hand.

“Eh?”

Mammon’s dumbfounded exclaim reached Loren’s ears. He didn’t feel the sword vanishing from his hands. He could still feel its solid weight. He swung it directly at Mammon’s side.

Mammon belatedly rose his arm in defense, but his small body was blown to the side as it had been earlier. Loren gave chase, thinking that even if he had defended against that slash, he might have taken some damage due to the impact. But Mammon immediately got up and flicked off Loren’s new strike.

“Why? Why?! Why can’t I get it?!”

Mammon sounded flustered. Without stopping his attacks, Loren looked down at his hands. His greatsword, the target of Greed’s power, was still in his hands. It was an unbelievable thing, not only for Loren but also for Mammon and Gula.

“How? No way!”

“Does it mean you’re opposing my power?”

“I don’t know! Whatever, just be silent and let me beat you up!”

The fact that he was unable to use his power sent Mammon into turmoil. Not missing that chance, Loren began to invoke self-boost while continuing slashing at him with even higher speed.

Xem: Is it just me? Or does this brat resemble somewhat Kazuma with his >?