Chapter 47 (2/2)

Inherent Skills: 『Fencing Lv4』 『Greatsword Technique Lv3 (bestowed)』

State: Good, Cursed

「Its state is good with a curse applied, so that means it’s a cursed weapon, huh . 」

It’s hard to imagine that the rag around the Goblin’s hips could be anything impressive so I appraised the greatsword instead .

【Greatsword of Fervent Grudge] A greatsword filled with the grudges and curses of many heavy swordsmen . The holder will become an existence specialized towards swinging a sword with great force .

《Passive Effect》 Strength +800, MP -50%, Magic -100%, Endurance -50% Magic Resist -50%, Skill 『Greatsword Technique Lv3』 bestowed

Just as I thought, the greatsword that was in the Goblin’s hands was a cursed weapon . It was a weapon perfect for muscleheads, and generally, Goblins do not use magic in battle so it was good combination between weapon and user . Most likely, this Goblin evolved from Sword Goblin to High Sword Goblin thanks to it getting its hands on this weapon .

「So that was the reason it has such strength while not being a Dungeon Boss . How troublesome . 」

With cursed equipment being rare as they should be, in the almost 4 years I was travelling around in this world in my first run, even I hadn’t seen any more than I could count . The equipment grants great power in return for a lot of demerits, even so they choose their users . More importantly, cursed weapons were filled with powerful thoughts, and users without the aptitude will have their consciousness eaten away .

Losing itself, just to become a monster that could only rampage about .

Since it’s like that, this Goblin probably has the aptitude for it . The fact that its state came out as ‘Good’ meant that it hadn’t been consumed by the sword . Though I knew it was making rational movements, it seemed it was properly controlling the cursed weapon .

「GuGAAAAH!!」

「Shit, it’s somewhat of a pain . 」

It’s not like I haven’t fought with opponents that had their real strength raised with hex magic and cursed equipment . But, in the first run I had a Saintess amongst my companions, and I had also unlocked powerful Soul Swords with good compatibility .

Opponents with curses had poor affinity with the non-affinity magic, holy magic, that the Saintess specialized in, and I was also strong so there weren’t any memories of hardships against them . However, that Saintess was currently a target for revenge, and I’ve yet to earn the amount of experience points to unlock any powerful Soul Swords making it difficult to defeat it with brute force alone .

「GyaUUUuGAa!!」

「-!! Fuh, -!!」

I slid together the incoming blade with the Soul Sword, dodged with footwork, and used the beginning of a sway to slash superficially and dull the sword brandish .

Fortunately, since my 『Technique』 and 『Thought Processing Speed』 were carried over from the time of the first run, I could cover for the hopeless difference of the Level 1 stats .

Nonetheless, I couldn’t find a large opening, little by little small wounds were inflicted and bit by bit its HP was whittled down .

However, HP was, for all intents and purposes, the remaining life force displayed and if it drops to 0 then it would be dead . For example if the HP was high, but its head falls then the number would immediately become 0 .

Conversely, no matter how many small wounds were piled up, to end an opponent with only that would make it a terribly harsh fight .

And, having thought up to that point, suddenly I remembered something .

「…Let’s give it a go . 」

I then skillfully parried every strike and directly met every sword from the front, and when I saw the Goblin warp its face from almost being crushed by force, I then matched the timing of the Goblin’s swing of its greatsword and personally jumped back .

In the opening from the created distance, whilst being economical I recovered the mana I had steadily used up by drinking a potion .

I recalled the 【Soul Sword of Beginning] and in its place, brought out the 【Fire Spider’s Leg Sword] .

In spite of being properly blown away after our swords met, that I had not been given any serious wounds again caused the Goblin to warp its face in irritation .

However, seeing that the weapon I held changed from what appeared to be a normal sized 【Soul Sword of Beginning] to the size of what could be called a short sword of the 【Fire Spider’s Leg Sword], the Goblin thought that it had become advantageous and once again immersed itself in a sense of superiority and showed an ugly smile .

「GuGyaAAAAUuAAAuh!!」

Closing the distance again, the Goblin cut up from below with the greatsword .

Dodging that strike with a half-turn stance, came the roar of the cut wind and the wind shook my bangs . The greatsword that was swung up continued from there to a second strike in an upper stance and came swinging down, to which I was expecting it with the 【Fire Spider’s Leg Sword]in a reverse grip .

「Guh……!!」

「Guh, GYAAAH!!」

A high pitched shriek resounded, the Goblin’s greatsword and my Soul Sword sounded at the last moment .

That was without a doubt a reproduction of the first run, however, this time it didn’t become a display of me being blown away .

「GUGYAUH?!」

「So it turned out well . As I thought this, it’s pretty good isn’t it?」

I hadn’t thought of this way of fighting during my first run, but cursed weapons were just like any other, made of metal .

The part of the greatsword that had met blade to blade was little by little being melted . It was when about half the greatsword had melted did the Goblin notice the predicament and hurried to pull back the greatsword . However, it was already too late .

I released the Soul Sword from my hand and at the same time created footholds in the air with 『Sky Walk』 .

As I twisted my body in the middle of the 3rd jump, precisely on the deep ditch created on the back of the greatsword, I strengthened my leg through magic manipulation and riding the force of gravity, I swung my heel straight down .

「GYGYAAAH?!」

The sound of something hard smashing accompanied the greatsword splitting from the centre .

The Goblin that seemed to have placed absolute trust in its own weapon was dumbfounded and was looking at the broken sword in its own hands .

「Right there!!」

「GUH, Gaa……」

Without any intention of letting that opening slip by, I quickly brought out the 【Soul Sword of Beginning] and imbuing it with a fairly large amount of mana and the intent to kill in one hit, I swung the Soul Sword .

The Goblin that had its windpipe slit lost strength in its body and fell face up .

On the ground, tumbled the remains of the broken cursed greatsword that should have been gripped tightly by the Goblin as if it wouldn’t part even in death .