Chapter 118 – Body Moved Before Thinking (1/2)

CHAPTER 118 – BODY MOVED BEFORE THINKING

「How did you know I was following you?」

「Stop answering questions with questions. I can tell that much just by your footsteps. I heard your footsteps when you were following us」

「I erased my footsteps」

「Complete silence doesn’t exist in this world. It’s your turn now. Why did you collect it?」

「There is no need to answer」

「I’ll force you to talk」

「Try me」

The dicer distorted his face to a smile.

Unlike his friendly attitude when he was in the gambling den, his face became ferocious.

And, he moved his fingers.

「He〜」

I placed my hand on the Demon Sword, then stopped.

I saw something in front of me.

I stared at it narrowing my eyes.

I saw something very thin in the air.

「Transparent string……I see, string user huh. From how it looks, it’s sharp, so you’re probably a controller type, but a slasher type using the string huh」

「……」

「When did you spread it? One, two, three……」

I pointed at it while counting.

The dicer’s eyebrows flinched every time I pointed at one.

『There’s a total of 12 huh』

「It’s 13. There’s one there that’s really hard to see in that open space there. It’s a two-staged preparation that would lead the opponent to that gap in the encircling net, but the real threat is there」

『Mu!』

「What?!」

Eleanor who groaned being unable to see through the last one and the dicer that was dumbstruck.

From his expression, it looks like the string and its intention were all right on the mark.

I remembered something and asked the dicer.

「I’ll ask one thing. You, are you Delfina’s subordinate?」

「……I don’t know that moneymonger Homers」

The dicer spat out as if he spoke about the enemy of his parents.

Moneymonger huh.

Unfortunately, that’s what I like about her.

Like Helen who comes up with strategies, Io who chants magic, and Delfina who talks about profits.

I love that appearance of hers when she is very lively the most.

Well, leaving that aside.

If he’s not one of the guys who started collecting the fake notes in Delfina’s orders, there’s no need to give mercy.

「U-UOOOOOO!!」

The dicer spread out both his arms and moved around his ten fingers.

The strings that were spread all over started waved, and came slashing while releasing wind cutting sounds.

The strings tore the already tattered houses in the surroundings, and stone and wood debris flew around.

I drew out the two Demon Swords under my cloak.

I cut off the howling strings with speeds that surpass them.

「Impossible, the string coated by almars powder, so easily」

「Well then, what’s next?」

「Ku!」

The dicer turned around and started to run away.

「I won’t let you escape」

I caught up with him, and I released a full swing to the back of his head with Eleanor’s flat part.

The dicer was blown away and plunged into the ground face first, and stopped moving.

『Did you kill him?』

Hikari asked.

「I held back. He should wake up after a while」

I approached the dicer, opened my different dimension warehouse, took out some rope, and tied up that unconscious guy.

『Well then, what will you do? There is no doubt that this guy’s involved though』

「However, this guy, he’s probably just some small fry」

『Well, I guess so』

「Should I torture him and make him speak?」

『That is an advanced delicate work in itself. If you were to try to torture someone, almost everyone would become a vegetable in an instant」