Vol 3 Chapter 1 (1/2)
Chapter 1 - Towards North-Northeast
Die!!
If just saying that one ill cause someone to die, then no h
That’s why, at the instant when,
“ die!!”
Was shouted at Ryner Lute,
“Hn ah~?”
He groaned while scowling
With messy black hair, and lazy black eyes,
However, his habitually sluggish, tall, lean, slouched figure, was entirely tensed up
The reason was because, right now,
“ oiy oiy spare me that would you ~”
He was attacked by a monster
And with his lazy eyes, he looked at the monster in front of him
“”
Looking at the red haired ”muscled brain” who shouted ‘die’ at him
Currently, the person before Ryner was aeyes
Ryner knew his name
Field Marshal Claugh Klom
The , Sion Astal, to destroy Imperial Nelpha
Claugh Klom
The death God of the battlefield --- Claugh Klom
That name was notoriously famous
A round red as the blood falls like rain and cause his enemies to scream in fear
Everyone is afraid of his name
Everyone will shake in fear at this name
That was the nae the scenery of a battlefield
And Ryner, in response to that,
“”
How idiotic can this be
He made a comeback at himself with his inner voice
No h is, how can just the appearance of one man turn the tide of a battle? It can’t be as siht
That’s why he hty percent of the ruerations, and came here as a result
With Ryner alone, he thought he could render one, two or three Claughs helpless and capture them
On top of that, Ryner already had a grasp of Claugh’s strength, for he had sparred lightly with him once before
At that ti and fast Further a ic at a high speed
If you don't consider him as a monster, then who can you call a monster?
That was how strong Ryner, a forician of Roland, thought of and ascertained Claugh
But, but still
“”
Ryner thought he could win
I’ht
That’s why he came here
In order to capture Claugh, he came to the campsite erected by Roland army who came to invade Imperial Nelpha
And then he attacked Claugh
He attacked the Claugh as standing carelessly on top of the hill a small distance away from the campsite
And Ryner would easily defeat and capture Claugh Kloth
“”
That should have been the case however
Claugh pulled out a knife
As he did so, with an incredible speed and accuracy, he aimed at the center of Ryner’s chest
“Woah”
Ryner groaned If he tried to dodge, he wouldn’t make it
Thus he knocked it aith his hand
But, at thatRyner
Every bit of his moveed previously
On seeing that
“”
shi+t, I was tricked, Ryner scowled
The sparring that happened previously was in preparation for this instant
A year ago
Meaninglessly, Claugh had come to spar with Ryner He came to attack Ryner, whom he disliked
After having fought for about two, three rounds, and deploying their ht
Claugh was indeed strong, but nothing like what the ruht
But that hat he was made to think
With a fed-up face, he glared at Claugh
“What a swindler”
On hearing that, Claugh grinned
“You are the one to bla deceived”
On hearing that, That’s quite right, Ryner thought
In a battlefield, the one who’s deceived and killed has only himself to blame
That was the first thing that Ryner had learned when he was undergoing battle training at the Ger Institute
Every battle starts with deception and ends with deception
”Noill you deceive me in order to stay alive?”
That was Germer Kleisrole had said
”Noill you deceive the world in order to stay alive?”
That hat Ryner’s master had said
While re those words,
“ seems like I’ll be the one deceived and killed, Germer”
He muttered softly
Claugh said,
“Die”
His right hand moved in his direction
That arm was covered in a pitch-black color
Pitch-black scribblings and patterns crawled around the surface of his arm
So what in the world was that? Just by looking, Ryner understood
A forbidden curse An abnormally unthinkable sinister forbidden curse was implanted into that arm
However, that was not a matter that could be considered sane
This was just knowledge Ryner knew about; in experiments where the forbidden curse was placed into human bodies, ten thousand out of ten thousand people experimented on died --- it was the kind of experiment in which the odds of success were insanely low
But yet, this fella had it implanted into his arm
Despite the strength he possessed, in order to seek a neer, he further went on to implant the curse into his arm
And Ryner understood what in the world the curse ht be
He closed and opened his eyes again
With ver above his black pupils, he saw through the entirety of the curse attached to Claugh’s arm
On that arh
“”
Blue-black dragons cursing the world were sealed in it
The eight cursed dragons that release blue flames
Looking at that,
“”
As Ryner was looking at that,
“ isn’t there so with your head?”
He
That was how abnorh’s arm was
On releasing the curse, the dragons will fly froh’s arm all at once
And then attack the enemy
Anyone who’s bitten will be engulfed by the curse in an instant, and have his life force seeped away
However, he won’t die i his life force seeped away, he won’t die Without dying, he will become a puppet of the person who has afflicted him with the curse, and live for ten hours
After ten hours have passed, the curse will run its course and disintegrate his body, killing him
“”
On seeing that effect alone, Ryner understood how convenient the curse was A ic that can kill and make the victim his puppet
If it’s used on the battlefield, it will be an extraordinary powerful and convenient ic
However, it’s not practical
The forbidden curse that’s sealed is not so that can be used
Why is that so?
The reason is simple
This ic has too many flaws
First, the burden on the user is too heavy During its use, the user’s body will have to go through an excruciating areat that it’s impossible for one to retain his consciousness --- no, if it doesn’t go well, it won’t be strange even if he dies from shock
But yet, as Claugh, as about to activate his curse, able to retain his consciousness? This was so Ryner could not understand
On top of that, on activating the ons can be released, only at most three of them can be controlled
The res indiscriminately
In other words, if there were comrades around, it can’t be used No, in that case, there was a chance that the reons will attack their user
And if he’s bitten, death will surely come pay a visit
“”
No h as about to activate his curse before hiic
Such a ic should not have been usable
“”
But Claugh released that ic which should not have been usable
“You're kidding right”
As Ryner groaned, Claugh’s arons came forth
And then three out of those looked around their surroundings After ascertaining that there was no target, they went after Claugh’s shoulder, waist, and foot, devouring them
A sure-death curse
The most terrible curse
A curse of despair
And Claugh should have readily died --- fro him
“”
But that red hair muscle brain seenored two other dragons which further went on to bite at his neck
Looking at that, Ryner,
“ are you immune to the curse?”
“”
But Claugh did not answer Only a s intent, his piercing eyes looked towards here
And then Claugh said
“Now, the preparations have been ician of Roland-kun”
In a flash
Two dragons were released froh’s arm
“Woah”
Ryner uttered as he dodged
One caht
The other came from above
Their e
But, on top of that,
“ what I seek is iridescent destruction”
On hearing Claugh’s voice,
“Seriously!?”
Ryner shouted as he looked towards Claugh Claugh was drawing out adeployed was Kuuri
Firing spears of light, aic, it was one with the most destructive power
It was of a high difficulty level, and not usable by one without a good mind
To say it clearly, if a th, could use such a spell, he will be way too powerful! As he wanted toboth a powerful ic and a forbidden curse at the same time,
“Isn’t this too unfair!”
Ryner hollered
But a sain,
“Who in the world was the one who said that you have to play fair?”
At that h had completed his Kuuri
But, on seeing that, Ryner frantically drew his ic inscription in the air,
“What I seek is iridescent destruction”
He chanted the sah
And then
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”Kuuri”
Their ic were activated at the same time
Light started to gather at the center of both theirthe enemy, the multi-colored beams that were conjured were fired, and clashed with each other
Instantly
A strong eye-dazzling light was dispersed into their surroundings, but, in such a dangerous situation, if he were to shut his eyes froht even for an instant, he would be killed So he squinted his eyes to ascertain his surroundings, and with all his ht, he retreated backwards
Towards the forest where he was hiding earlier froh, as on top of the hill
But,
“I won’t let you escape”
He heard the voice of Claugh --- the monster called the death God of the battlefield
While he was pursued by a monster with a pohich he never encountered before,
“Ahh no, this is terriblyyyyyyyyy bothersomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!”
Ryner withdrew into the forest
The forest of the deep night
Today’s weather was fine, and though the s, it did not reach the inside of the forest
Despite the fact that it should have been advantageous to escaping
Just a casual glance towards his back yielded a sight of flaht after Ryner,
“shi+t!?”
He rolled onto the ground and dodged them Immediately after that, he stood up, kicked the tree to his left, and jurab hold of a branch of a tree in front of him, then used it as a foothold, and went further up
Up
Up
And then he turned his head around
As he turned his head around in order to ascertain where his eneround,
“Slow”
Ih’s left fist ca towards Ryner,
“How the heck can you be so fast!”
Ryner moaned as he pushed the fist aside
Following that, he avoided the oncoh’s face, but it was dodged
At the sarabbed hold of another tree branch near him, and pulled himself towards a different tree, and then jumped
Of course, Claugh was following right behind hier turn his head around as that would surely get hions behind him
Flying froical inscription in the air
And he completed it
He chanted
“WHAT I SEEK IS BURNING FIELDS >>> KURENAI”
Instantly, exploding fla in the direction behind hi from behind him,
“WHAT I SEEK IS WATER MIST >>> MISUMI”
He heard the incantation of ajet of water
As the fla into steam could be heard, but yet, Ryner did not look back
But, Ahhhh, dang, he got me, what kind of monster is this! He complained silently
“”
Dang, he really got me
The plan was to quickly defeat Claugh, restrain his
But yet, what’s this?
What the hell is this?
Ryner gave a quick glance towards thehim from behind
He looked at the forons towards him while in pursuit
“”
And then he started to believe somewhat He started to believe so able to turn the tide of a battle all by himself as he appears on a battlefield
This really is a monster
Using the forbidden curse, with a higher level of physical ability than Ryner, and on top of that, he readily deployed a counter ic to neutralize Ryner’s Kurenai
That was soth
It was a strength that would et away in a flash
“”
But, he couldn’t run away
No matter what it took, it was necessary for Ryner to e
It was necessary to e
It was for the sake of stopping theon in these lands
Capturing Claugh was absolutely necessary for the sake of stopping this war started by his best friend, the Hero King of the largest country in the southern part of the continent, Roland Empire, Sion Astal
“”
Ryner once again gave a quick glance behind hi inAnd then
“ it seems like it’s completely impossible to restrain him”
Ryner said with a exasperated voice
He ay too naive To have thought of restraining this fella all by himself, he was so naive that he wanted to beat himself up
If he was seriously wanting to kill hiht But if he were to end up killing hiless
It was necessary to keep this red haired ht hand man, alive, restrain hie
And once again,
“Ugh ~ super bothersome”
Ryner groaned as he said
“So as to speak, I really hate this kind of bothersome stuff”
He lamented
“In the first place ~, getting chased by thisworld peace, to say this clearly, I'm not the least interested at all, let some other hero-wannabe take on such bothersome stuff”
At that ain co,
“Woah, that’s really dangerous, no, someone save me please, I seriously hope this will stop! I really hate working hard like this!”
He yelled, and froh said
“Then, get on with it and die”
“You are right If I just die, I can relax and struggle no more, isn’t it”
“I’ll lend you my hand”
“Seriously?”
“Yeah”
“Then I shall accept your kind offer, will you kill me ~”
Even as he said that, Ryner’s feet keptwords in the air
That was a ht battalion of the Kingdo ti the tie knight battalion of the Kingdoetting killed
He’s using that ic now
“I OFFER THE CONTRACTED WORDS, LETTING THE SLUMBERING MALICIOUS SPIRIT DWELL WITHIN”
Instantly
Ryner’s body appeared to shi+mmer At the same time, his speed increased
The ic he chanted was one that released the limiter in his mind, and allowed his physical abilities to increase dramatically
And then a smile floated on his face,
“Alright Preparations done With this, it’s tiht a little with the monster”
In thethat
He once again heard the voice of Claugh from behind him
The voice of Claugh chanting
But, in response to those words, Ryner,
“”
His eyes widened and he turned his head around in shock
As he did that, Claugh’s spell was completed
The gloords that appeared from his left hand were the sao
The same construct
The saic
But that was so impossible
Because it was Estabul’s ic
It was a pretty high level ic scholars, after studying the basics and architectural constructs of Estabul’s ic, could acquire after three or four years
A normal soldier couldn’t possibly use it
No, even if the soldier is a capable one, he shouldn’t be able to use it
And besides, it was not even two years since Estabul had been absorbed by Roland Even if both sides were to exchange and share e they possess, many years should have been needed before a soldier could use it
Of course, it was a different story for people like Ryner who could copy ic with their special eyes, but he had never heard that Claugh was an Alpha Stigma bearer
Then, hoas it done?
How did this fella accomplish it?
“You how in the world did you ic?”
On hearing Ryner’s question, Claugh shrugged his shoulders readily,
“ hard work?”
“Huhh? It’s not so you can achieve by hard work alone, isn’t it?”
“It enius, you know?”
“Uweh ~, a person who calls hienius has to be an ordinary person”
However, Claugh was undoubtedly a genius
It was sonized
Even when Ryner was active in Roland’s covert ops group, he had never quite seen any monster like that
On top of that, those geniuses ere not spoiled and actually put in hard work simply didn’t exist
Ryner,
“This could be bad”
As he groaned, Claugh laughed ‘haha’ As he laughed, he chanted
Estabul’s ic
“I OFFER THE CONTRACTED WORDS, LETTING THE SLUMBERING MALICIOUS SPIRIT DWELL WITHIN”
As he did that, the ic really activated
The ic which should not have been usable by a Roland soldier was activated
Claugh’s body started shi+ faintly, and in one breath, his movement speed increased
He closed the gap
Those ically sped-up Ryner
Ryner was already at a loss
Ryner was at a loss of what to do with such a monster all by himself
And Claugh delightfully,
“What’s this Just running away, isn’t that boring? Or is this all you’ve got? Perhaps, this Estabul ic was your trump card? If that’s the case”
At that moment, he further went on to increase his speed He kicked a tree with all his strength, closed in the gap between him and Ryner, side by side with him, he looked at him and said
“ can I finally kill you now?”
Ryner looked at Claugh’s face,
“You can’t”
He replied
“Alright Then I shall kill you”
“Didn’t I say that you can’t!”
“Haha You’re noisy”
As he said that, Claugh swung his right arons were about to attack Ryner
On seeing that, Ryner,
“Ahh ~”
He said
Ahh, he said it with a really exasperated voice
Ahh, I can’t take this anymore
“ if I don’t fight seriously, I’ll really get killed”
He said
His opponent was fighting seriously with an intent to kill It’s tiet serious and do the same as well
His original plan to defeat his opponent and restrain hied
No, well, he had another plan that could have settled things without fighting, but it seeh in time
If, there’s a one in--- no, he is in fact strong --- and Ryner could no longer cope with it; there was in fact another plan for such a situation, but,
“ if I wait for that, I ht be killed Then”
At that aze
Following that, in his head, a battle plan against Claugh started unfolding
There were three parts to it
First, sidestep his opponent’s attack
Second, trick him
Third, kill him
“ shall I get started?”
At that e branch, and turned and changed the direction he was facing
In response to that, Claugh also stopped in his tracks on the large branch And then,
“Orh, at last, you’re getting serious?”
As he said that, herealized that Ryner’s aura had changed
On seeing that, this fella is really a tough nut to crack, Ryner thought as he scowled again
If he were to let his guard down, it would be possible for Ryner to take advantage of an opening without killing him
However, there was entirely none at all
Even though froht fro around
That’s ith a sad and tired looking face, Ryner said
“Geez, I really don’t want to kill you, you know”
On hearing that, as expected while looking as if he was enjoying hih,
“An interesting joke”
“Isn’t it?”
“Furthermore, you won’t be able to kill me”
“Perhaps But, you won’t know till I try”
“I know”
“Really, I wonder?”
“Yeah”
“I see well, it’d be a bother, but let’s get on with it”
“Hurry up and get on with it”
“Yeah”
After he nodded, Ryner, for once, drew out all his strength And he turned off the switch That was the switch in his head He released the inhibition in which he would unconsciously take it easy on his opponent Following that, he gradually lowered his stance While drawing soft breaths, he gathered power into his body
And then,
“Here goes”
At the same time he spoke
He released all the built-up energy in his body
In a breath, he lunged at Claugh
Even though Claugh set two of his dragons on hiical inscriptions in mid-air
A coical construct, Claugh reacted
The ic that Ryner drew out was the sah had counteracted with Misumi previously, Kurenai
He chanted that once again
With a relaxed expression, Claugh began,
“That’s the same one as before”
He said, and then started chanting Misumi
But that was a fake
Rather, the Kurenai Ryner had cast earlier was a fake
Earlier, Ryner had intentionally activated Kurenai at a slow pace His real ical construction ability was at a speed so fast that there was no way Claugh would have ti a counter-spell
But, earlier, he had chanted his ic slowly
In order to ical construction ability, and induce a ic slowly intentionally
And Claugh had fallen into his trap
On seeing Ryner’s Kurenai, Claugh started chanting Misumi at a relaxed pace
But he was too late
He was entirely too late
Fro his Misumi, he would already be done with Kurenai’s inscription, and on top of that, he would be able to thrust his hand into the , and change the construct
That’s why,
“It’s the end”
As he said that, he immediately completed Kurenai, and further went on to thrust his hand into Claugh’s ical inscription of Misumi
On seeing that, at last, Claugh’s expression changed
“damn you”
As he said that, he gave up on working on hisRyner instead, but he was too late
The Kurenai behind Ryner had started activating
Flaical inscription, and was aih’s direction,
“shi+t”
Claugh groaned Following that, he extended a dragon froht arm, which bit onto a tree some distance away from him, and subsequently, he was reeled towards it
With that, he so missiles, but that was the end
Ryner had coh, forcibly changing it to Kuuri