Chapter 157 (1/2)

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The battles against the Six Horn Battle-De Kidoue in human societies as ‘an inferior race of Majin with even their brains filled with

The Second Horn Kidouined Kijin, wielding the large metal club that was likely the source of his title of ‘Great Metal Club,’ and wearing clothes made of fur But he was an exceptional user of Club Technique; he had not th

The Third Horn was in stark contrast to Kidou a loincloth, the ‘Thousand Hands’ Gasuke He was an exceptional user of Unar Technique, his skill focused on the use of palm strikes and tackles

The Fourth Horn was a thin, blue-skinned Kijin woara, a fearsoic to conceal herself as she attacked

The Fifth Horn was the ‘Fool Commander’ Zanjou, a fares that he had ta them like his own limbs And the Sixth Horn, Dowan ‘the Undefeated,’ was a fearsome shi+eld-bearer, fully clad in a warrior’s armor

“Even if I cannot defeat you, I shall at least land one strike!”

A spirited halberd swing closed in on Vandalieu But he slashed at the halberd’s wielder with his tongue!

“GUBUH?!”

Upon being struck by the tongue, the halberd’s wielder lost his balance and fell onto the ground, and the halberd never reached Vandalieu

“I-impossible… to think that you would really attack with your tongue…”

The halberd’s wielder was greatly surprised and shocked, but he seeet up right away, but he was astonished to find that his body wouldn’t move as he wanted it to

“That’s probably becausevenoot shaken up You should be able to stand again in a little while, Oniwaksan,” Vandalieu said to Oniwaka, as the leader of the Six Horn Battle-De of the Kijin nation

The Kijin who had co themselves

“So, Oniwaksa after all…”

“But on his own? Well, yes, the child fought five of the Six Horn Battle-de”

“Yes, to think that he would challenge the Six Horn Battle-Demons in a marathon match… I am amazed”

“That’s enough!” said King Ten across the plaza in front of the place where theheld “Vandalieu-dono is the victor of these battles! Here, us Kijin acknowledge Vandalieu-dono as the eh the trial! That is fine with everyone, is it not?!”

The consecutive battles that had begun with Kidoue Vandalieu as the emperor

The Kijin gathered here shouted in agreehs of relief

“I a anyone,” said Sam

“It is a relief that he did it not just without killing anyone, but also without causing anyone any injury,” said Saria

“A fight to the death and a sparring match are difficult in different ways, after all,” said Rita

What they had been worried about was not the possibility of Vandalieu being killed or injured at the hands of the Kijin They had been worried that he ht kill or injure the Kijin, and they had also been worried about the possibility that he would make some kind of mistake and lose

The five , but they had only displayed abilities that were a little inferior to those of the ‘Light-speed Sword’ Rickert

Thus, even if it turned into a fight to the death… if it were a fight to the death, Vandalieu would certainly be victorious

“Van-saht have lost any other kind of battle,” said Tarea

“Yes, I thought it ame, but I did worry a little,” said Darcia, who had been h the Visualization spell

“Dannsah rate of victory in a,” said Bellmond

Vandalieu’s strength was a little specialized in battles to the death This was shown by his recently-invented Death Cannon and Flame Prison Death

But this was a ‘custom,’ a crude trial Thus, the Six Horn Battle-De intent, but they hadn’t possessed the intent to kill Vandalieu

They hadn’t explained this, but there was a tacit understanding that things would not escalate beyond a test of Vandalieu’s strength during the battles

Their equipht seriously But they couldn’t use ic, but spells that would cause large dae to structures were forbidden They wouldn’t attack the opponent on the ground, and if it seemed that the opponent would not be able to stand up, that would be the end of the match

Oniwaka and the five meers in these

Vandalieu had followed this tacit agreee doubts No, it seemed that he had imposed even stricter rules on himself

Martial skills were a given, but he had fought without using any spells other than Danger Sense: Death, Flight and Out-of-body Experience, and without using any of the Dements

“… Why didn’t you use your spells or the frag?” the defeated Oniwaka asked, still lying on the ground “I heard that you can use theue”

“Because I thought it would be better not to use theed if Imy spells”

Vandalieu’s Mana was vast Thus, a direct hit even from a Mana Bullet made hat he considered ‘just a little bit’ of Mana would turn the average monster into lumps of meat

There was no need to even consider ould happen if he used Dead Spirit Magic with Princess Levia and the other Ghosts

There was the option of creating poison and illnesses, but Vandalieu had had the feeling that this wouldn’t be suitable for a trial Of course, there were also races like Ghouls within the Boundary Mountain Range that possessed the ability to produce venom from birth, so he had used his Skill to do the same

“As for the fragenuine weapons but they were made of Obsidian I decided to match those weapons,” said Vandalieu

Even if he had held back while using the Dee of bloould be impossible without equipment of at least Mythril or Adamantite quality

Vandalieu would likely not have been able to use the fragments in the city even if the Six Horn Battle-Demons and Oniwaka had been equipped with ic Items made of Mythril contained more powerful Mana than poorly-cast offensive spells, and Adah boulders like tofu

That hy Vandalieu had matched their equipment

One ht think it i them soOut-of-body Experience to create spirit clones, the Materialization Skill to create physical clones and then coordinated them in battle to win

Thus, he had turned as supposed to have been one-on-one battles into re Ta many-on-many

No matter how exceptional Kidoumaru and the others were as warriors, there were limits to their stamina On the other hand, there was no limit to Vandalieu’s clones

Battles were indeed decided by numbers

“Also, it’s beneficial for ainst a variety of opponents I have gained valuable experience thanks to you Leta hand to Oniwaka

But Oniwaka silared at the hand with a frustrated look, then looked aithout taking it

“Oniwaksama, I did tell you He is not an opponent that you can defeat,” said Gankaku, the First Horn of the Six Horn Battle-Demons, who had been dispatched as the Kijin nation’s representative in the battle against Bugitas’s army He helped Oniwaka onto his feet “Sorry about that,” he said with a s his hand out “You have shown your strength to Tenh to convince Oniwaksama And when Oniwaksath withto say”

“… What do youhad happened

But it was not Gankaku, but King Tenma who answered “It is custos to be chosen by Gods, but the Gods look at things more deeply than we do Therefore, there are often tio beyond our understanding Thus, there is a rule that one who is discontent with the one who is to becoe him, just once This whole business came about because Oniwaka insisted that this rule should be applied to the emperor”

Gankaku hadn’t stood in Vandalieu’s way apparently because he didn’t have any feelings of discontent… or rather, because he had clearly known that he would be defeated

No, it was possible that the other members of the Six Horn Battle-Demons didn’t really feel any considerable a emperor

“Muh, I apologize What Gankaku said was so difficult to believe that… no, I thought that perhaps only a tenth of it could be true,” said Kidou become able to move because he was the first to have been defeated

“nobody would blame you,” muttered Princess Levia and the others as they nodded

Meanwhile, King Ten aside Gankaku’s tales, I intended to acknowledge you if Budarion and even Godwin-dono acknowledged you, but… my child has acted insolently Please think of it as a youthful indiscretion and forgive these actions,” he said

It see the people of the Kijin nation, even more so than Budarion

But Onias still not satisfied “Chichi-ue! I cannot acknowledge so the seat of emperor!” he shouted, his discontent expressed clearly on his well-featured face as he stood with Gankaku’s support

His face was red to begin with as he was a red Kijin, but it had become even redder

“Oniwaka! What are you saying after having been defeated in the challenge! What is it that you refuse to acknowledge?!” King Tens bared

Vandalieu flinched and instinctively took a defensive stance in response to King Ten

But Oniwaka gave an ie someone with nostraight back at Tener at Vandalieu

Vandalieu silently collapsed onto the ground

“Tch! You have always thought of nothing but that! Muscle this,attached to Gankaku and Kidou Tenma, who had a well-trained but thin and lean body

“I have always loved Godwin-dono’s muscles!”

“Hmm, Godwin-dono I can understand!”

As the parent and child shouted at each other, Darcia and the others were hastily waking Vandalieu up