Volume 2 - CH 31

Act 2-31.1: The Strongest Incompetent in This World

Pazuzu

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As we rode on Phoenix’s back, it took us less than ten seconds to arrive at Barse.

I looked at the ground and saw numerous beast-headed monsters rushing toward the hunters. Arnold and the other hunters were barely breathing. It seems I’ve arrived in the nick of time.

「I’ll get down here. You guys can wait for me in the city.

Phoenix, deliver Old Man Aaron and the others to the city below us.」

『As you wish!』

「Wait a minute, Ka―」

Rose wanted to say something, but I ignored her and descended to the wasteland below us.

I landed right on top of the sheep-headed monster, which was about to grab the brown woman who had worn an attire that exposed a whole lot of her skin.

I knew her. She was the one who had been peeking at the farce that had happened between me and the thugs in the back alley. Well, I hadn’t minded it. That was a trivial matter for me after all.

After landing, I looked around for a strong opponent. However, the only things I saw were small fries. All of them were so weak that they looked the same to me. If I had to say, the haughty-looking pervert who had only worn underpants and a mantle seemed like the boss of these beast-headed small fries. It was kind of a rule of thumb that when small fries like these gathered in the survival of the fittest, their boss was the strongest one.

The other smaller leaders were the eagle-, wolf-, and tiger-headed monsters. As for the clothes they wore! Are those military clothes from another world? Maybe not! According to that book from another world, which I found in that easiest dungeon, this is more like the attire for a festival of that world. According to that book, like-minded fellows gather some days, donned in the appearance or in the attire of a character that appeared in the legend.

Yeah, the activity is called 【Cosplaying】 over there, and the participants are 【Cosplayers】. Maybe all of these beast-headed monsters have the same hobbies as those perverts who dare to walk in their underwear in daylight. Does that mean all of them are monsters from another world? 

It seems Arnold got beaten by them. Maybe those monsters’ corps and that pervert are wearing those items to limit their abilities, just like me. If that’s the case, I can’t let my guard down in front of them.

Well then, I guess that’s enough speculation.

Now, the first thing I need to do is―

「Anyone who dares to move, even if by just a single step, will die by my sword.」

I looked around for the second time while infusing my killing intent into my warning. The warning was enough to stop all the beast-headed monsters, whose numbers had reached the thousands. Look at them! They can’t even talk back to me.

I chanted 【Release】 as I summoned thirty 【Healing Slimes】 from the 【Subjugation Picture Book】.

「Heal the humans here.」

The 【Healing Slimes】 trembled as if they were all fired up upon receiving my order. They immediately went to heal the injured hunters.

『A-Are they… healing slimes?』

The eagle-headed monster, who was clad in female military attire, said in a shocked voice.

Hou, these weirdos are familiar with healing slimes, huh!

『Why has Apollo’s most prided kin appeared in such a place?』

『You fool! Naturally, it’s because heaven’s army has come to this land.』

『So that guy is Apollo’s subordinate!!』

The wolf-headed and tiger-headed monsters joined the conversation, saying something incomprehensible.

『BE QUIET!!』

The noisy trio quickly shut their mouths the moment they received a scolding in broad daylight from the red-haired pervert only in his underpants and a mantle.

The composed look on that pervert’s face had already vanished a while ago. Now, he was squinting as if he wanted to seize me.

『A strength that can make those extremely prideful Healing Slimes obey you and even make us tremble in fear. Just who in the world are you?』

「Uhm, I’m Kai Heineman. The most incompetent man in this world.」

It wasn’t humility. That was my origin and my starting point.

I had long since accepted my identity without feeling disappointed, even if the others laughed at me for my gift. Rather, I realized that I was really happy to be born as an incompetent. Thanks to that, I realized that I didn’t need to rely on something vague like a gift more than necessary. A gift wasn’t everything and certainly not something that defined your true self.

『You must be joking right? There’s no way an incompetent can make us tremble in fear so much.』

The pervert replied in an annoyed tone. The beast-headed corps flinched as they profusely oozed cold sweat like a waterfall.

「It’s the truth. Rather than that, release your limiter right now. You don’t want this to end in an instant, right?」

I took out 【Murasame】 from my item box. I’ve finally met a strong opponent after a long time. Now is the time to learn more about the power level of this world for my future reference.

『Limiter? what do you mean?』

「Uhm? It’s exactly as I said! Whether it’s the effect of an item or abilities, cancel the concealment effect that makes you look like a genuine small fry. Use everything you have to beat me just like what you did to knight leader.」

『T-THIS GREAT ME IS A SMALL FRY!!?』

The pervert in the mantle shouted in an enraged voice.

「I never said that “YOU” are a “SMALL FRY”. I said the concealment effect makes the “CURRENT” you look like a genuine “SMALL FRY”. You don’t want to die with regret since you’re not going all out from the start, right?」

At the same time, I could learn the highest level of strength in this world. This definitely a win-win solution.

『Pochi, Mike, Peeco, kill this disgusting trash!』

『『『Yes!』』』

The beast-headed, cosplayer squad withdrew their weapons and surrounded me at once. It seemed this military nerd trio could somehow withstand my coercion. Or they might be just too stupid to not realize the difference between our strengths.

Anyhow, using one’s subordinates to test the water was a rule of thumb. Well since that’s the case, I shall use these small fries to show my strength to that pervert.

『YOU… WILL DIE!』

The wolf-headed monster pointed his iron ax at me as a brief smile appeared on his face.

『Yes, you’ll learn your place for calling Pazuzu-sama a small fry.』

The eagle-headed woman joined in while twirling her spear.

『You will die in our hand― Pazuzu-sama’s three bea―― eh?』

This idiot who carelessly got into my range had finally noticed! It seems they were way too stupid to notice that fact when it was already too late for them.

「Sorry, but you’ve already been sliced to pieces.」

I had already unleashed a lightning-speed slash toward the three of them. They wouldn’t even be able to see it even if they moved now. Every single one of them had already been sliced a thousand times each after all.

『I-Impo―』

「Ssible―」

Extremely fine lines spread on their bodies as each of them spoke their last words. The next moment, they fell as fine pieces of meat.

『…』

The pervert wearing a mantle stared in silence at his subordinates who had already been turned into fine pieces of meat, sunk into their own pool of blood for a while. After that, I smiled at him since he looked at me.

「!!?」

Act 2-31.2: The Strongest Incompetent in This World

The pervert wearing a mantle jumped back as if he were trying to escape the moment he saw my smile.

「I’ll repeat this for the last time. Cancel the concealment effect that makes you look like a genuine small fry, RIGHT, NOW!」

My last warning to the pervert in the mantle sounded calm and composed, but it didn’t allow any refusal.

『J-J-JUST WHO IN THE HELL ARE YOU!!?』

「Hah? I’ve told you before that my name is Kai Heineman, right?」

『As if such a name has any meaning to one who can wield such power!?』

The pervert kept muttering that nonsensical remark,

「Are you still going to spout such trivial lines at this late stage of the fight? Or, are you looking down on me for being incompetent? Wait a little bit, you might change your mind after I slaughtered all of your subordinates.」

「What are you―」

I ignored the pervert who was trying to say something, placed my hand on the hit of Murasame―

「True Commandement Sword Art, One Sword Style, fourth form――」

Thread made from my mana that my body releases spread in the wasteland, capturing all the beast-headed monsters whose number reached thousands. And then―

「—Arachne(Poisonous Spider’s Nest)」

The moment I recited that, Murasame’s sword blade was unleashed from its sheath. All the beast-headed monsters’ heads fell on the ground, which was then followed by sprays of blood from the bodies that had lost their heads, and finally. All those small fries fell on the ground like puppets whose strings had been cut loose. Thus, those thousands of beast-headed monsters died without even being able to resist at all.

The skill I had used just now was 【True Commandement Sword Art】, fourth form, Arachne(Poisonous Spider’s Nest).

This fourth form used a thread of mana that spread to all directions to search for its target. Then, it would unleash a single sword strike to any target that got caught in the range of the thread. This was something I had chanced upon when I tried to test whether I could cut through the space by applying 【Commandement Throwing Art】 into my slash.

Nevertheless, since the searching range of the mana thread was quite short, and since it was a single-strike skill, it wouldn’t be that useful against a truly strong man. In short, this was a special skill to annihilate small fries.

『…』

When he turned his face around, the red-haired pervert realized that all of his subordinates had already been annihilated. His expression was truly a sight to behold.

「Do you understand now? I’m not a weakling that will make you regret going all out.」

『I see, you must be an assassin god sent by the heavenly army to kill me, right!?』

Assassin god? Is this fella right in the head? There’s no such thing as a god in this world. They are watching from above. Was his head hit by something? No, wait a minute, I think I’ve read about this in the book I found in that easy dungeon, I think this is mental illness. This mental illness affects adolescent humans from age of 13 until 15—sometimes until they are adults—and is called 『Chuunibyou』. This pervert actually suffers from such an illness.

「I see! So you’re suffering from such unfortunate mental diseases, huh. No wonder you dared to walk in broad daylight in such a perverted costume.」

Well, he was going to die the next second since I have no shred of sympathy for this guy.

『You really are creepy fella through and through! Anyhow, I’m sure that you’ll become a hindrance for that personage if I leave you on your own device. That’s why…』

「That’s why?」

『YOU’RE GOING TO DIE HERE!!』

The pervert’s appearance transformed as he let out a bestial roar. His whole body creaked like a broken jar. His muscles swelled up, and a pair of bat wings appeared on his back.

Then, his face transformed into that of a reptile’s. What is he trying to do now? Normally speaking, I would chop him to pieces the moment I spotted such a defenceless state during transformation, but… My current priority was to know how powerful I am in this world. Because I knew if I didn’t take this risk to properly understand how powerful I am in this world, it might come back to bite me back in the future. Thus, I decided to wait properly until that pervert finished his transformation, even if that went against my principle to attack the enemy in their defenceless state.

「…」

After the transformation had completed, I stared in silence toward the pervert with a half-opened mouth, but…,

「No way! Is this your true strength?」

I barely managed to squeeze those words upon seeing his transformation.

『Yes, This is my M-O-I! It’s too late even if you get scared shi*tless now. You’ve killed my subordinates. You’ll pay for your sin with your body and soul!』

The reality was truly cruel.

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「No way! The one who’s gonna close the curtain of this act is…」

I’m looking down on my feet as if to express my current state, taking an extremely deep breath, and exhaling it.

『THIS IS IT! THIS IS IIIIIIIIII! I really can’t get enough of the scene when a strongman like you is trembling in fear before my true poweeeeeeeeeer!!!』

「To think I arrived too late again…」

I mean, there was no way that this small fry could defeat the knight leader, the strongest in person in the kingdom. That strongman must have left after they defeated Arnold, leaving this small fry to take care of the rest. I mean, the fact that this pervert mentioned 『That Personage』 made me even more sure of my congestion. In the end, I failed to meet a strongman again and know my strength in this world. Dammit all! THIS MUST BE A CURSE!!

『You, w-what are you talking about――』

The pervert wearing a mantle tried to punch me with his right hand.

「SHUT UP!! CAN’T YOU SEE MY SADNESS NOW!!」

I drew Murasame and sliced that pervert’s right hand.

『GUGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!』

I only got more and more annoyed seeing the pervert screaming like a sissy. Even though I was annoyed by this situation…

「I have no use for useless small fries like you. Now die.」

I sentenced the pervert wearing a mantle with the death penalty.

『W-Wai―』

The pervert desperately tried to jump back to escape from me but he ended up falling on his rear. And then―

『Eh?』

He finally saw a pair of legs in front of him, his own legs.

『Is that, my leg?』

He screamed again upon realizing this.

『N-NO! I WILL NEVER COME TO MEDDLE WITH THIS WORLD AGAIN IIIIIIIIIIII!!』

「I’m also tired of hearing your nonsense delusion.」

I turned around, sent a sidelong glance to the crying pervert, swung 【Murasame】 to the side to get rid of the blood on it. Only then did I return it into its sheath.

『Y-You’re sparing me?』

「Sparing your life? What are you talking about?」

I had no intention to spare the life of this lowlife who had brought only misery to humans. The reason I sheathed Murasame was simply that it had already accomplished its job.

『HYIIII! W-WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MEEEEEEE!!?』

Countless fine lines started to appear on the pervert’s body. Those lines then started to slide off slowly, one-by-one.

『MY FACE, MY BODY IS CRUMBLIIIIIIIING!!』

The pervert desperately tried to reconnect his crumbling body.

『IGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!』

His entire body crumbled down into fine pieces of meat along with his dying wail.

Good grief! Here I thought that I finally got the chance to know the level of my current strength in this world and yet, only to arrive after the strongman had left, leaving only these f*cking small fry amongst small fry. Nowadays, it felt like I was relegated to the role of cleaning up these small fries.

After heaving a sigh and feeling extremely downhearted, I, who had finished my job, went back toward Barse. While walking, I brushed the healing slimes, which had splendidly finished their job as their rewards till they were satisfied. Only after that did I send them back into the Subjugation Picture Book.

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