Chapter 157: The Devil’s change, the awakening of the hero, an intruder appears (1/2)

Chapter 157: The Devil’s change, the awakening of the hero, an intruder appears

Translator Note (Quite I: “Dayum this update was so late” Well, I have a reason for this, aside froer than usual It is because I was suddenly told I will be going on a trip The paperwork I had to do was no joke

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“… Oh, they are flying~ If it’s that level of eneh” (Makoto)

“To look somewhere else! Is that supposed to be leeway?!” (Io)

After saying so, an attack with no showiness came at me

I crosshand-to-hand against an enemy that surpasses me in skill I have no leeway at all” (Makoto)

“So you say An ene that he has no leeway” (Io)

“You as well There’s been 6 in total counting the a one after the other Don’t you care?” (Makoto)

While stepping back, I evade several attacks co my way

The Minotaurus and the Centaurus have both turned into dust

It sees aware that it was overkill

From what I see, it is the four basic ones

“… Everyone that cadom were all prepared To feel for their deaths would be an insult to theh this isn’t a period novel” (Makoto)

I remember the word ‘prepare for red’

A kick huh

Even though he is a giant, he is truly skillful

A technical giant doesn’t eneral Io, even in my eyes, I can tell that he possesses excellent martial arts skill

He may even be an expert

This is the first ‘properly big guy’ I have met in this world, so it leaves quite the i him would be a loss for the world

“Suffer for the death of your soldiers huh As expected, an opponent hard to deal with But!” (Io)

Magic power froauntlets?

The fist of Io which I was unable to stop in ti out of it

Ooh~

“An equipment with element endowed in it huh Impressive” (Makoto)

An equip endowed element is valuable

It’s even said that a hyuman blacksmith wouldn’t be able to make one

Not only is it a wasted treasure for a person who has a relative ah priced

It is a loton the situation by using ic, and it is requested her than average level

“Even if you say that, not only did you say it as if it was nothing, you weren’t even send flying!” (Io)

Even when entering at point blank range, his techniques still show

In all this twisting and spinning at close range, he still es to add up strikes

To be able to see this incredible technique so close, I am deeply moved

“Hmph, I won’t receive that one!” (Io)

Io kicks away h I did that with e

I basically have better physical strength and speed than him, but it is still like this

Can’t be helped

Let’s repeat the steps and take distance fro and a confirmation Do you have no intentions… to withdraw?” (Makoto)

“Of course I also have no intentions to continue prolonging this fight” (Io)

I am an enemy after all

Even if it’s a person I have respect for, if I a him in a battlefield…

I don’t have any choice but to kill hiht of a different way

Why can I take a decision like this so easily?

Is it because of soelse?

My head is serene

Thoughts fit for battle are being created by my head

… It is really, comfortable

“I see” (Makoto)

“Come at me seriously I a your real power” (Io)

Right, if it’s this person…

No

It’s not necessary to show my real power

I can kill hiht at full pohy did I think about such a ‘useless’ thing?

How stupid

In the future I ht senpai, no, the heroes

There’s no need to show it

This is plenty enough

“Looks like you are not at your full power either Then I will keep you company” (Makoto)

Should I randomly use the powers that Mio attached to this?

Just by going like this and prolonging it, it would be checkmate for the demon race

In that case, it would be better to not show my real power and just half-heartedly do this

It’s themy cards to the hero

It will alsothe hero, and if I just have Rona get wind of the warning I made towards Stella Fortress, there won’t be any probleht

I should also have shi+ki e to the town

Ittiht now he has the most suitable power for it

“Larva, half-release the seventh step” (Makoto)

shi+ki’s power has an incredible power in dealing with varying situations

There’s points like not being able to release it unless he has until the fourth step activated, and that he can’t activate es theainst most opponents

If he trains those weak points, he will be able to conquer theht come where he is able to turn all that power to his own and release the n of his positive response

Thenht seriously in this form means that after all

I will probably… be able to kill hiathering at the fingers of the Lich

He continues an incantation that hurts my ears

If possible, I would like to interfere with it, but sadly, the thing in front of me won’t let me do so

I know the basics of how to move my body, but I don’t have experience in nosis

Although, from what I heard of the name, this martial art technique is most likely only known by a part of the demon race and the demi-humans

The hyu techniques to move their body after all

I have also heard that it is hard to bestow the blessing of the Goddess to people who train in bare-handed combat

It is not like the people who don’t like the Goddess will develop in this path

… Seriously

Being intruded by these unknown people and having to fight them A soldier really doesn’t have it easy

I ht as a common soldier in the way I desired

“When you say full power, do yousupported by that Lich there?” (Io)

“By no means I have mostly understood the state of the battlefield already, so I a him buy time” (Makoto)

“!! You have that ht properly huh I thought your ideology was close to ours, but it seeht

In the beginning, froht he was sian, I felt like he had so into soe sensation

At first, I felt honesty and drive in those fists, but now I feel coldness I even felt like it was devoid of emotion

It is rare to encounter an opponent that changes this much in the ree if they told olem, but well…

“Our objective is the safety of the hero and Stella Fort’s capitulation That’s it I don’t have any real proble the battle To pointlessly show my cards in a situation where I don’t knoill be hostile against me, that’s only plain foolishness” (Makoto)

The hero will overco to happen if he reaches his objective

Then, what he ainst hi the hero?

Just who in the world is this guy?

“I have understood this in the fight we have had until now You are not a goleh perfor a lure

“Of course I aoleic though Even if it’s inelegant, the reason is just awful” (Makoto)

Not even trying to deceive huh

I have never seen nor heard of a full-body arth But at the very least, this is indeed an equip ret it

“It is actually not that compatible with me If I forcefully use a spell, it seems it will self-destruct, so it is quite problematic” (Makoto)

“Even when you have obtained an equips” (Io)

There’s a restriction huh

It’s inadvisable to use ic

So that means it practically doesn’t have restrictions towards warriors

There’s no real ician use it, so it is not an article that has an actual restriction

“Here I come The Heisei series is a standard, so it is a deives n and I take ht in front of me, he bend his knees

What?

What is he intending to do?

“Clayht next to his bend legs, a box-looking thing appeared

Just where did that co sos were fired from that box!

A projectile weapon huh!

It isn’t that fast

Even if I receive some of them, there’s no need to take the things I don’t know the power of!

“H at me

Umu, I was somehow able to evade th– what?!

It looks like they changed their directions and cae from

Can’t be helped!

I use all ofexplosive sound reverberates

Heat and shock

Sic endowed?!

This kind of thing, even we don’t have it

“Scissor hands Knuckle”

While my normal senses still hadn’t returned, I heard his voice

I received a shock, different from the explosion, on my chest

“You, what did you…” (Io)

“Eh, this is not where the heart is?” (Makoto)

“Oooh!”

Leaving ive him a strike to the sides

His evasion won’t uy was bloay in a horizontal direction

“Hah… hah…” (Io)

I look at my chest

There, two blades were pierced into it

How annoying!

I pull theuy that was send flying

There, a white person stands up like nothing

The scissor-like thing that is extending from the back of his hand, was broken around the middle

“The scissor isn’t useful for practical use it see driven by her hobbies way too uy is casually running towards ainst him huh

He is a preposterous e ofthis ti his left hand only

Is he going to use another projectile weapon to attack?!

Wait, then why did he get this close?

No matter which it is, at this distance and with that speed, I have no choice but to defend

I can tell that

Slipping throughthe top of my shoulders

But it doesn’t seem to have much power in it

Just what in the world—-

“Uooh?!”

Suddenly, uy in an instant

I can’t oppose it!

Against someone that has practically the sah!!”

While I was floating

This kind of thing… this kind of thing, just how in the world does it happen?!

The attacks of the white guy doesn’t stop

The effect of the projectile weapon must have stopped already, he cah speed healing and regeneration yet

I received quite a lot of dae, but I concentrate and return my condition to normal

I made it in time!

He still has quite a lot of distance to cover, and yet, he kicked the ground and jumped to the air

So this time it is from above huh

… This is, a chance!

If he is in the air, he will obviously have to come down

It is possible to add poith the descend, but on the other hand, it leaves lots of openings

Then he is prey for a counter!

Matching the tiht and—

“Wh-at?” (Io)

My kick hit the air

That guy, without showing any signs of usingstill inabilities even when he has that size and doesn’t have wings… just ould be able to iine that?

“If I reht? Kick” (Makoto)

That guyand in the moment he says ‘kick’…

In a speed I don’t know froh one would have to fall to be able to reach that velocity, he pushes out his legs and plunges atkick just a few o

I can’t do a satisfactory evasion in time

His kick connected at ed out

I felt like screa at the intense pain

Butat my back

Heal, heal, heal!

If it’s in that stance filled with openings, I can use the coht than Hibiki, so I will definitely be able to strike the whole attack on him!

I confirm every part of my body

No probles were faster

One of rabbed his neck

You damn monster

Even so, I can’t lose!

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The white guy poured on Io an attack that looked like the ones special effect heroes do in coe to Io

A signaturekick

It seereat part of Io’s abdorabbed the white guy

Even though he regenerated that eneration is bottoeneration, but they mostly have a limit to it

When I think that Io still had a lot of leeway left, I felt ht,attack

That is souy and just like that, as if drawing an arc, he threw hiround

That’s it

I had a hunch

The co to die and was unable to maintain my clad state with Horn

I was able to instinctively clad it again, so I was saved, but it was an attack that wouldn’t be strange for uard Your master is in a pinch, you know?” (Hibiki)

Within the barrier, I call Larva who has stopped his aria

The Lich is overfloith incredible e rings, his power clearly sprung up

Right now, his ic power surpasses mine by more than 2 times

The amount of spells he can utilize are plenty and I can tell he is on a completely different plane compared to the Liches I have battled with before

Even in the ht: ‘He is a strong Lich’, after all

“My answer is the same as before He is not the type of person that would need support for so of this extent Don’t think he is the sa can be resolved by joining powers” (shi+ki)

“… I said it as an advice out of good will though” (Hibiki)

“Unnecessary Rather, you should make sure not to make master feel at a lost with that severe exposure Prepare so to wear” (shi+ki)

“?!! You said that we shouldn’t leave the barrier you made, so isn’t that cruel?” (Hibiki)

“Fu for you Wait for a bit Seventh step, ‘hell’ half-release Equipping and activating” (shi+ki)

…

What?!

A disgusting presence as if blocking

It seees, but in every space of the audience roo out

… No, it isn’t only this place

The whole castle?

Are you telling ed spell?

“… It should be fine until the outer walls of the town Just by using ht now he can stay relieved Go, ‘Mist Te about weakness” (shi+ki)

Outer walls?

The town’s?!

Larva looks at the pinky finger that had nothing on it but now has a black ring in it, and nods in satisfaction

“Outer walls you say Just what did you do?” (Hibiki)

“I have covered this place in weakeningYou should be grateful” (shi+ki)

Half-release huh

As it looks, it is a spell that affects in a wide range

If holding back is weakening, then I feel like if it is all-out it would be quite bad

In this world, individual power can easily surpass the bounds of strategy

The concept of nu is totally different from the modern world

Larva is without doubt a tactical level power

Mio-san as well, there are way too

“Well then, I will go search for so to hide your skin” (shi+ki)

At the side of Larva as talking carefreely, a heavy sound was uy

When I look at the source of the sound, it was as I thought, the white guy

A boisterous dance of fists and kicks

Moreover, synergy with the gauntlet’s ele, but he went from wind to fire; fire to earth; earth to water; is how it flowed in order to increase the power of the elements

That it is not in a rotation is probably because there’s still a hidden element, but I don’t knohat it is

I don’t even know if there’s actually one, and it isn’t soate i that function to increase the power of every subsequent attack even when it is supposed to be a combo attack

I unfortunately couldn’t see it, but when I think about the lapse of time it took, he most likely increased the nuainst uy… is he still alive?

While I was looking, the white guy that was lying down at the bored out ground, stood up and cracked his neck as if it was nothing

He is seriously a crazy existence in every ered a bit

Maybe it did actually have some sort of effect

“Master, is it okay to look for so for the hero to wear?” (shi+ki)

… Just what kind of master and servant relationshi+p is this?

Those are words that make me doubt their relationshi+p itself and the word ‘master’

“Ah, yeah Do so Ah~ it hurt You even used some sort of stiletto in the middle of it It felt like a thud” (Makoto)

A stiletto he says?

If I reers?

The one where they equip thee to the inside of armors

It exists even in this world

In japan I haven’t seen it, but I feel like it was a technique that I have been told to be careful of But to actually hear it from someone is quite fresh

“Master, I don’t think this brings too much harm but…” (shi+ki)

“What?” (Makoto)

“I think that it isn’t good to get absorbed in the fight that much I advise that you place everyone in a part of your head” (shi+ki)

“… Understood I will be careful” (Makoto)

“Then, be careful Excuse me” (shi+ki)

It is obvious, but his attitude is clearly different fro to me

To have this Larva obey him, just who and what in the world is he?

My interest was piqued again

He is… most likely not from Gritonia

If it were Lorel, Chiya-chan should have known

Then, Aion?

At that place, I have been to Tsige and I don’t know much about the atmosphere of that country

At the very least, if they had so like this, I think they would have send hio

I heard from his Majesty that the country is quite worried about their decline in authority

“Certainly, it would be better to have so to wear Get too absorbed in it, huh” (Makoto)

“Hey, could you at least tell me your na

I understand what he is saying and it seems like he understands nored?!

I thought the white guy was intently looking at ht with Io

A ghastly existence that we have an abnormally low amount of information about