While Callius was fighting with those two men, the others were not staying idle either.
"Paralyzing poison? Puny tricks."
With his heavy sword in his hand, a man with a bulky build started circulating his aura making the effects of paralyze nullified.
"This…. Not completely nullified?"
However, there was still a slight discomfort in his moves.
/SWOOSH/
But still, without wasting any time, he bolted out of his tent, confronting a man with an axe standing.
/CLANK/ /CLANK/
With their clash, the ground was shaking, showing their strength.
"Bandits, huh?"
"Hahahaa… Finally, a worthy opponent."
/CLANK/
With their weapons clashing, two bulky men engaged in combat.
"You are four-star. What is a veteran like you doing in such a remote place?"
"Heh… Will you listen if I tell?"
"…."
"Right. Let's talk with our weapons… Like a warrior does."
Just like that, two men were confronting each other, both of them having their own thoughts.
'I need to finish this fast. If they are bandits, they might have been watching us and might know our weaknesses.'
'Heh…. I will just stall for time. We have already outnumbered every other one of them.'
With those thoughts, both of them kept clashing, trying to direct the fight….
****
For others, the case was more severe.
/CLANK/ /CLANK/ /CLANK/
"What the hell, how is this bastard that fast?"
Two men with scars on their faces were attacking a man with a curved sword on its scabbard.
/SWOOSH/ /SWOOSH/
However, the slanted-eyed man was avoiding each of their strikes bot being attacked.
"You are those bandits."
"Heh… Our fame is that wide spread, then."
"Scared?"
"…"
Without answering, the swordsman grabbed the handle of his sword.
"Such those who have no honor, I won't show any mercy."
/CLICK/
And then, with a fast speed, he flashed the sword, attacking them.
/THUD/ /THUD/
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
With the effect of that fast attack, two arms fell to the ground.
One being the right arm of the left guy and the other one being the left arm of the right guy.
"AAAAAAH!"
With two screams, two bandits started shouting, holding their hands.
However, the slanted-eyed swordsman didn't wait.
/SWOOSH/
Dashing towards the enemy, he slashed the neck of the on the side.
/CLANK/
"Hmm?"
However, his attack was blocked.
"Thanks to that person, I am here alive right now."
With a sword raised on his right side, the bandit spoke, smiling ear to ear.
"Yeah, if not for the elixir he gave us, we would not be there."
With their flesh regenerating, the two bandits locked their eyes with the swordsman.
"Let's finish this guy first. I am getting thirsty."
/CLANK/ /CLANK/
And then attacked the swordsman, not letting him have his way.
Just like that, the confrontation went on.
*****
Of course, that was not everything.
All other members of the convoy were being attacked by bandits.
A woman with a muscular body was standing on her own against three guys with her fist raised.
/BOOM/ /BOOM/ /BOOM/
Every time she attacked, she would always crush others.
However, her opponents were not that weak either.
"Bastards. Don't fight cowardly. Come here."
"Heh…. We are bandits who said we are honorable people."
"I will eat you thoroughly, don't worry."
"Heh, you? I am pretty sure it won't even be able to fully tore my hymen let alone eat me."
"Pufft…."
"YOU!"
One was an archer, the other one being a spear user, and the last one being a hammer user. Three of them were attacking together, covering their lack of individual strength with numbers.
From another part of the place, two elves and a rouge were fighting with seven bandits.
However, if there is one thing different, then that would be that this group didn't contain only three people.
There were more people behind.
And the fight there was not looking in favor of the three either, since they were trying to fight while trying to protect the people on their behind.
*****
'Potion of Berserkery.'
A drug that enhances one's own strength but amplifies their own natural instincts such as anger, lust, hunger, and many others.
It is a drug that makes a person stronger but makes them primitive at the same time.
How did this appear right in front of me?
In the game, it was an item appearing in the middle parts of the academy arc, which is a tournament arc. And there was no previous information about that.
/SWOOSH/ /SWOOSH/
"Hora! How long are you going to escape for?"
Dodging the strikes of others coming towards my face, I dashed to the side.
"…"
"This bastard is too boring. Why do you want him anyway?"
"Heh, this is way better, slurp."
/CLANK/ /CLANK/
The one with the dagger in his hand dashed to me, licking his lips.
Blocking the strikes, I managed to push him back.
/CLANK/ /SLASH/
But he was not alone.
Not being able to dodge the last strike of the other one, I got another injury on my chest.
"Kurgh.."
Feeling the pain and gritting my teeth, I applied my aura around my foot, dashing back.
/THUD/
But, my back touched a place.
'Huh?'
Looking around, I saw a rock behind me.
"Heh, you are cornered. Now what?"
"Hufff…."
Releasing a frost breath, I concentrated on my sword.
Putting my sword in a vertical position, I took my stand.
/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/
'Sword of Lightning, The Trick of Light.'
Dashing towards the man in front of me, I attacked his left shoulder.
With my sword looking like it was pointing toward his right shoulder, the actual attack was on his left one.
/CLANK/
"Huh?"
However, my attack was blocked.
"Heh? So this was what you were thinking of using."
/THUD/
With a kick on my chest, he made me fly towards the boulder back.
/CRASH/
"Krugh-"
Coughing a bunch of blood from my mouth, I crashed the boulder behind me.
/TINGLE/
And my ears were ringing, making my head spin.
<Ding! The host is being affected by the status effect, Poison.>
"Fancy tricks like this are not enough to trick me."
With a disgusting smile on his face, the bandit was looking at me, licking his lips.
"You are just a kid trying to show off. It will be very funny to eat you."
My vision was getting blurred with each passing second.
'I am just a kid trying to show off?'
And the words he said were ringing in my ears.
'You are just a kid trying to show off.'
'You need to make the way you swing your sword on your own.'
'Sometimes not thinking about something is better than overthinking.'
'I just did it.'
And the words started ringing in my head.
/TINGLE/
"Hey! Can you hear me?"
/THUD/
"Kurgh---"
I was getting kicked from my stomach, but I couldn't even feel it at all.
'I am not raising a successor. I am just passing my techniques.'
'You will choose what you want to do with my teachings.'
'The way you swing your sword, you need to make it your own.'
"Darrel, you can have him. It seems he is broken at the end."
"What a pity. I wanted to play with him longer."
/THUD/
Another punch on my stomach, but I wasn't even feeling the pain at all.
'Why did I start using the sword in the first place? What was my goal?'
'What is the reason I am swinging this sword? Why did I learn it?'
'To protect others? No. To show off? No. None of those.'
"I am going to help others. You can come when you finish."
"Okay."
A sensation of a pair of rough hands slowly touching my chest.
'Ah…. Now I see. The reason I started swinging my sword again. It is nothing fancy at all. No, it was always in front of me.'
'The reason I started my sword again after coming to this world as Callius. It is to Kill.'
'To annihilate my enemies.'
'That was the essence of my sword.'
'No, it is not only the essence of my sword. It is also the essence of my lightning magic.'
And the moment I realized that everything started falling into their place.
All those things I have learned from Akira and from my father, Austin. Everything started being combined with each other, just like completing a puzzle.
'So, this was it. This is how it was supposed to be.'
/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/
Lightning strikes started forming all around my body, I was able to feel it.
The way I needed to swing my sword, I started feeling it.
The way I needed to use my aura more effectively, I started understanding it.
The essence of my sword, I grasped it.
It was at that moment I was able to feel the achievement of my own.
"Huh? What the hell?"
The sensation of that pair of hands touching me was lost.
"Darrel, did something happen? Huh?"
And before the other one could even say anything, the sound of something falling to the ground was heard.
"Huh?"
