Chapter 124 (1/2)
”There, how's that!”
Inside the cave, Eunius used nothing more than his sword to take on the humanoid monsters with reptilian heads
Perhaps they hadto surround him with their hoard
In their hands they held axes, and shi+elds called bucklers Froht look like ser than a full sized shi+eld
In such a perilous situation, surrounded byEven in the cave, there were in a space vast enough forabout his large sword freely
Meanwhile, one of the knights of Aleist's platoon was illuic
Behind Eunius, Aleist took a stance with his tords and used his shadow to i monsters However, the s weren't going as well as they had been in the forest
Changing his grip on his sword, Eunius shrunk the swing of his sword to cut at the e ask, but like that, all he could do was dig into his enemy's skin
However…
”Not yet!”
With his sedged in, he used brute force to cut the rest of the way through,tatters of his sword's blade It was a result of a battle just that intense, but Eunius wasn't satisfied While he asting ti ahead
In all actuality, when he heard froan to panic He couldn't keep going like this
(That guy will definitely surpass any opponent he's lost to Then what about me? Do I just rot away like this? If I wasn't stationed to that blasted knight unit, would I have becoer?)
He questioned hiun to optimize themselves to his foes
Focusing his attention on Eunius from behind, Aleist shouted out orders
”Don't let it ever come to one-on one! At worst mark them doith two, and if that's impossible, send them around to me!”
Stopping a monster's act with tords, Aleist extended out his left hand's sword The light scratch that would never inflict anything fatal spouted smoke… the monster spat a froth of blood as it collapsed
”If it's no good froo at it from within That's how it usually works”
As he retook his stance, the wary eous that they couldn't use powerful o about it
Growing accustomed to his enemies' movements, he freed some space for leisure as he moved to a point where he could keep an eye on Eunius
(So genius really does exist)
Looking at theco the optimum movements to defeat his foe
While Eunius had a strong i different
One of his own fiancées, he knew a forame Aleist are of and held the position of an underclass of being a genius with the sword
But even to Aleist, who knew her wonderful talent when it ca to notice the difference
While Seli was only a genius as far as swords went, he got the feeling Eunius held a fighting talent that went beyond that
He learned proper swordplay, and be that as it inable from his appearance
Just during this ic sword, he learned to ad a spin to the thrusts, it only took a few days before it was possible Even now, against an opponent where it was difficult to coet in and tear them apart
In regards to the monsters that leapt at him from both sides, Aleist kept his attention on Eunius as he dealt with them
Putting out a few dozen black hands from his shadow, he captured botha fire ic sword in both hands, he did a revolution on the spot and sent the slash waves toward the h, black ar the waves, it felt more like the blades had extended
As Aleist's flaly lit up the cave, Eunius had completed his battle as well
Putting away his swords on his waist, Aleist looked at Eunius, raising and lowering his shoulders in breath as he thought
(A future archduke has talent in the sword… but such a talent is pointless So it's because the ned personality?)
The Eunius froave off a different i to lose to his friends, he recklessly swung his sword He had clearly lost that personality where he had given up on so
”Let's rest a bit before we go on”
As Aleist called over, Eunius sat on the spot and drank so at his waist
”Yeah, sorry for that Making you mindful of me”
”No, that's fine I can barely go on myself”
Forwarding ene sure he wasn't attacked from behind was Aleist's role
”You got the knack for it around the end, right? That uard, I' out so many orders”
Getting his breath in order, Eunius checked over his sword He wanted to see if his weapon would hold out for the road ahead
Aleist checked whether any of his subordinates were injured, and checked the luggage before looking deeper into the cave
Saying he would just be a hindrance, Keith alone was on standby outside the cave He had a dragon, so there was no need to worry about hih to declare it with such confidence, that was a reason for worry in itself
”Even so, do you think Keith-san will be alright?”
It wasn't just Eunius who looked at Aleist orry His subordinates, the human ones, in particular, looked anxiously over him
”… I'm more worried for you, in various ways”
”Eh?”
In the deepest depths of the face was a roo
There remained traces that a human once lived there and the door had been locked Beyond the lock a dexterous subordinate had picked lay the dust-caked furniture
”This is terrible”
”… That it is”
The numerous fixtures… especially the wooden ones had collapsed in form While the pots and the like remained, atop what seemed to have once been a bed were the white skeletal remains of a human
”It's aremains at all”
For argument's sake, one of Aleist's subordinate ic effective against undeadaround
As everyone searched the room, they found the holy sword all too easily
It was just as Aleist knew it, the rusted holy sword just barely ame, it was just an item that took up an inventory slot, and it didn't have any particular scenario prepared for it There was no way to lory
It ended as such a tale, a joke, a cruel lesson that nothing was ever so easy
But as he looked over the roo himself to say it
”The end of a hero? And he lay here a few hundred years unbeknownst to man?”
As Eunius muttered, the expressions of the subordinates in the room darkened a bit Aleist surveyed the area and spotted a few books written in old lettering
He handed it to one of his subordinates and she began to read aloud
”This is considerably old There are so of Courtois”
In order to search out the holy sword, Aleist had asseht would be necessary It was no coincidence Originally, the ones here were supposed to athered people capable of fulfilling the necessary roles
”There are very few legible portions, so I'll try to give a simple explanation Do you want to hear it?”
The woh a book As confirht from him, Aleist nodded Eunius seemed to want to hear as he folded his arms and took a seat
”It seems the resident of this room lived in a country smaller than Courtois It's probably somewhere within Courtois' current territory, but the na”
According to her words, at the ti four aroons, they would always have heavy casualties each year
In such an era, the lord of the room stood on his own
The technical details of how he fought were either illegible or absent And seeking out readable portions, the subordinate flipped to the final page
”I think I can read… eh!?”
”What's wrong?”
”N-no… it's just, the name of the individual rote this book…”
As he looked at the surprised face of his subordinate, for so between his own face and the skeletal master of the room
”U-um… around the end, it's written he entrusts the holy sword to whoever reaches this place, and apart fro I can read is his name”
”Hmm… so who is he? This lost hero?”
”… Hardie It says right here, Aleist Hardie”
”… Eh?”
”Hey, doesn't that… creepy!”
A surprised Aleist, and as he suddenly stood in fear, he found Eunius and his subordinates looking back and forth between himself and the skeleton Aleist had no idea either, but apparently, the lord of the room was named Aleist Hardie
Just feeling the slightest tug of fate cause a shi+ver to instantly run through the room
The conversations suddenly turned towards Aleist's past and his past life
”Captain, I'm sure you're the reincarnation of this hero!”
While his subordinate spoke with such excitement, Aleist could say with certainty that wasn't the case as he thought over his next course of action
”No, I was definitely not a hero in my past life, or rather, this is definitely a coincidence… (Sorry, my past life wasn't a hero, it was just a bullied little kid)”
While he desperately tried to change the subject, Eunius alone was nodding to himself
”… They do say great men have a fondness for women Isn't it fine? It looks like Hero Aleist used tords as well”
”Tords? I' to do with it!”
While everyone et it, Aleist tried his best to take control
”A-anyways! Leaving hirave I think this spot where the light touches will be nice! We'll use the holy sword as a gravemar–”