Volume 4 - CH 26
Act 4-26: The Bitter Reality(Side: Somni)
Somni and co continued their exploration for a while after that. Even if it was called exploration, since the enemy was only low-rank undead, Somni and Egg aside, even the three girls who were working together with them could beat the undead without any problem. It was as if the five of them are just walking in the park. In fact, Egg rarely participates in battle and just wooing the three girls, trying to invite them to dinner.
Leaving Lyla as the only one on the lookout. Seeing that, both Egg and the girls mock her as a coward.
That moment――
「!!!」
Lyla’s finely shaped eyebrows rose up and unsheathing her long sword as if she noticed something, when she readied her stance while looking at the surrounding area,
「It’s an emergency.」
She didn’t forget to warn her other teammates.
「What emergency?」
She who sensed the undead’s presence had sensed a presence much stronger than the one they met so far. Yet, the other thought that it might be just another small fry undead.
Though not as skilled as Somni, Lyla’s swordcraft was the real deal. But since the others regarded her as being too wary of her surroundings, they thought she was a coward. The reason was Somni and co had realized that there was only weak undead in this practice test. Thus, Somni didn’t let his guard up since he thought that no matter what happened, he wouldn’t lose to that weak undead.
「Don’t ask her again, Somni-san. Even if that undead is small fry, a scary thing is still scary.」
When Egg said such a remark with a slightly ridiculing voice upon hearing Somni asking Lyla, the girls responded with sneers on their faces.
「Draw your sword! We’re being surrounded!」
And yet, Lyla just told them that, speaking rapidly as she looked around, completely ignoring Egg and co who were sneering at her.
「We’re surrounded? Just how delusional can you be?」
When Egg was trying to get close to Lyla,
「HURRY UP, TAKE UP YOUR WEAPON!」
Lyla shouted back at him while wiping the beads of sweat on her forehead.
「I say, what are you talking about?」
Hearing that, Egg went toward the forest with a deep frown on his face.
「STOP, DON’T GO INTO THE FOREST!」
When Egg turned around upon hearing Lyla shouting desperately at him,
""
「You don’t have to act like that. I know that scary thing is scary, though it’s a plus on your charm.」
He shook his right hand as he spoke to Lyla with a mocking voice.
「Unfortunately for you, that girl is right on the money.」
「Eh？」
Suddenly, Egg’s right arm fell to the ground along with that mocking voice.
「…」
Though he was looking dumbfoundedly for a while at the fresh blood spraying from his arm, the moment he catch up with reality, Egg fell to the ground, screaming in pain as he held onto the cross-section of his right arm.
And before he know it, a giant bald-headed man armed with the huge curved sword had already stood in front of Egg.
「…」
That bald man was clearly the one who severed Egg’s right arm. In short, an enemy in the real meaning, Though Egg should’ve already dead since he didn’t even raise his guard up, Somni ended up dazed for a while as he saw Egg screaming in pain while holding onto the cross-section of his arm.
Maybe because he never saw a person dying before, he still couldn’t accept the reality in front of him.
「WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? DRAW YOUR SWORD IF YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE!!」
「Y-Yes.」
He barely managed to draw his sword amidst such confusion thanks to Lyla’s reminder.
The Bald Man only took a glance at Somni, and then, his eyes were fixated on Lyla.
「Hou. Not bad, brat.」
And spoke to Lyla while touching his chin with his free left hand.
This was the first time Somni was completely ignored by his opponent. Thus, he felt extremely humiliated.
「YOU BAS*TARD, GET AWAY FROM EGG!」
Somni was enraged.
For the first time, the bald-headed man was looking at Somni with an annoyed look on his face,
「Ha~h, so you’re the greenhorn swordsman in the request huh? Heck, do you even understand the current situation?」
He shook his head, shook his shoulder as he spoke to Somni with a sneer on his face.
「GET AWAY FROM EGG! OTHERWISE――」
""
「Otherwise you’re going to kill me, eh?」
The bald-headed man pointed his curved sword toward Somni.
「HIIIII!!」
Somni ended up shrieking in fear just by seeing the simple gesture of the bald-headed man.
「Y-YEAH!」
Though he realized that he was scared right now, he barked back as if trying to regain his confidence.
「Sorry but that’s impossible. Abilities aside, aren’t you just a greenhorn? A single glance is enough to confirm that.」
「DON’T SCREW WITH ME! I’M THE SEMI-FINALIST OF THE SACRED MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT! I WON’T LOSE TO SOMEONE LIKE YOU!!」
Hearing that, the bald-headed man squinted his eyes as he looked at Somni, and then sneered at the latter.
「How courageous. For a small fry, that’s it.」
He then proceeded to trample on Egg’s head, who was still writhing in pain on the ground as he mocked Somni.
「I SAID, GET AWAY FROM RGG!」
The Bald-Headed man heaved a deep sigh with an undisguised dumbfounded look on his face. And then, the thin smile that he always wore on his face vanished for the first time.
「If you really want me to get away from this useless clown, do it with your ability instead of yapping non-stop. We’re warriors and martial artists after all. In short, the weak are――」
He spoke with a bone-chilling voice.
「Prey for the strong.」
He stabbed Egg’s right thigh with his curved sword.
「GIGUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
Egg raised another high-pitched scream.
「S-STOP!」
「I’ve told you to stop me with your ability instead of your mouth, right?」
The Bald-Headed man said so as he twisted his curve sword that was dug into Egg’s thigh.
「Dammit!」
And yet, no matter how hard he ordered his body to move, Somni’s body refused to budge.
「WHY!?」
He desperately tried to move his body and yet, his body refused to move.
「I’ve told you, right? It’s because you’re just a small fry.」
「ME, WEAK!? I’M THE YOUNGEST HOLY KNIGHT OF HIS HIGHNESS GILBERT! SACRED MARTIAL ART TOURNAMENT ASIDE, I WON VARIOUS OTHER FIGHTING COMPETI――」
「Officially, that’s it. You have fatal weakness namely the lack of life and death combat experience. That’s the very reason you ended up in this kind of situation.」
The Bald-Headed man pulled out his curved sword from Egg’s thigh and then closed in toward Somni with bizarre footwork unbefitting of his giant physique.
「Eh?」
Seeing that, Somni could only let out a bewildered voice.
「My mission isn’t to bring you uninjured, or without physical defect, so I’ll bring you after I silence that annoying mouth of yours.」
The Bald-Headed man raised his curved sword as he spoke.
In that situation where Somni’s train of thought was paralyzed due to fear and could only look at the curved sword with a dumbfounded look on his face,
「GET DOWN!」
A woman’s yell suddenly resounded in that situation.
Suddenly, Somni felt his paralyzed body and mind regain their freedom, and he fell to his knees immediately.
The next moment, he could hear the sound of metal clashing against metal. When he raised his face, he saw Lyla stop the blow of the Bald-Headed man with her sword.
「Hellner style, 1st form: Lull!」
Lyla’s long sword diverted the orbit of the Bald-Headed man’s curved sword while at the same time drawing a circle as it headed toward the Bald-Headed man’s head but, the man took a step back to dodge the counter.
「You really trying to kill me just now, yeah? Congratulation female brat, you’re the only one who passes!」
The Bald-Headed man was licking his lips, and for the first time since his appearance, he took a combat stance.
「I’ll keep him busy in this place! Take Egg and those girls with you and get away from this place, NOW!」
「B-But…」
Seeing Somni’s hesitation,
「JUST DO IT!! EGG IS ABOUT TO DIE!!」
Lyla’s loud voice felt like a bolt in the blue in Somni’s ears.
""
「!!!??」
With a snap, he rushed toward Egg who was lying on his side, tore the sleeve of his clothes with a trembling hand, tied up the Egg’s right arm to stop his bleeding and shouldered him, and then went to the side of the three girls.
「FOLLOW ME, WE’LL GO BACK TO THE PLAZA IMMEDIATELY!」
He ran in the direction from where they came from as he urged the girls to follow him.
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TN: Check out my new project too! The Replacement for Suicidal Undead catches up with the raw.
Somni and co continued their exploration for a while after that. Even if it was called exploration, since the enemy was only low-rank undead, Somni and Egg aside, even the three girls who were working together with them could beat the undead without any problem. It was as if the five of them are just walking in the park. In fact, Egg rarely participates in battle and just wooing the three girls, trying to invite them to dinner.
Leaving Lyla as the only one on the lookout. Seeing that, both Egg and the girls mock her as a coward.
That moment――
「!!!」
Lyla’s finely shaped eyebrows rose up and unsheathing her long sword as if she noticed something, when she readied her stance while looking at the surrounding area,
「It’s an emergency.」
She didn’t forget to warn her other teammates.
「What emergency?」
She who sensed the undead’s presence had sensed a presence much stronger than the one they met so far. Yet, the other thought that it might be just another small fry undead.
Though not as skilled as Somni, Lyla’s swordcraft was the real deal. But since the others regarded her as being too wary of her surroundings, they thought she was a coward. The reason was Somni and co had realized that there was only weak undead in this practice test. Thus, Somni didn’t let his guard up since he thought that no matter what happened, he wouldn’t lose to that weak undead.
「Don’t ask her again, Somni-san. Even if that undead is small fry, a scary thing is still scary.」
When Egg said such a remark with a slightly ridiculing voice upon hearing Somni asking Lyla, the girls responded with sneers on their faces.
「Draw your sword! We’re being surrounded!」
And yet, Lyla just told them that, speaking rapidly as she looked around, completely ignoring Egg and co who were sneering at her.
「We’re surrounded? Just how delusional can you be?」
When Egg was trying to get close to Lyla,
「HURRY UP, TAKE UP YOUR WEAPON!」
Lyla shouted back at him while wiping the beads of sweat on her forehead.
「I say, what are you talking about?」
Hearing that, Egg went toward the forest with a deep frown on his face.
「STOP, DON’T GO INTO THE FOREST!」
When Egg turned around upon hearing Lyla shouting desperately at him,
""
「You don’t have to act like that. I know that scary thing is scary, though it’s a plus on your charm.」
He shook his right hand as he spoke to Lyla with a mocking voice.
「Unfortunately for you, that girl is right on the money.」
「Eh？」
Suddenly, Egg’s right arm fell to the ground along with that mocking voice.
「…」
Though he was looking dumbfoundedly for a while at the fresh blood spraying from his arm, the moment he catch up with reality, Egg fell to the ground, screaming in pain as he held onto the cross-section of his right arm.
And before he know it, a giant bald-headed man armed with the huge curved sword had already stood in front of Egg.
「…」
That bald man was clearly the one who severed Egg’s right arm. In short, an enemy in the real meaning, Though Egg should’ve already dead since he didn’t even raise his guard up, Somni ended up dazed for a while as he saw Egg screaming in pain while holding onto the cross-section of his arm.
Maybe because he never saw a person dying before, he still couldn’t accept the reality in front of him.
「WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? DRAW YOUR SWORD IF YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE!!」
「Y-Yes.」
He barely managed to draw his sword amidst such confusion thanks to Lyla’s reminder.
The Bald Man only took a glance at Somni, and then, his eyes were fixated on Lyla.
「Hou. Not bad, brat.」
And spoke to Lyla while touching his chin with his free left hand.
This was the first time Somni was completely ignored by his opponent. Thus, he felt extremely humiliated.
「YOU BAS*TARD, GET AWAY FROM EGG!」
Somni was enraged.
For the first time, the bald-headed man was looking at Somni with an annoyed look on his face,
「Ha~h, so you’re the greenhorn swordsman in the request huh? Heck, do you even understand the current situation?」
He shook his head, shook his shoulder as he spoke to Somni with a sneer on his face.
「GET AWAY FROM EGG! OTHERWISE――」
""
「Otherwise you’re going to kill me, eh?」
The bald-headed man pointed his curved sword toward Somni.
「HIIIII!!」
Somni ended up shrieking in fear just by seeing the simple gesture of the bald-headed man.
「Y-YEAH!」
Though he realized that he was scared right now, he barked back as if trying to regain his confidence.
「Sorry but that’s impossible. Abilities aside, aren’t you just a greenhorn? A single glance is enough to confirm that.」
「DON’T SCREW WITH ME! I’M THE SEMI-FINALIST OF THE SACRED MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT! I WON’T LOSE TO SOMEONE LIKE YOU!!」
Hearing that, the bald-headed man squinted his eyes as he looked at Somni, and then sneered at the latter.
「How courageous. For a small fry, that’s it.」
He then proceeded to trample on Egg’s head, who was still writhing in pain on the ground as he mocked Somni.
「I SAID, GET AWAY FROM RGG!」
The Bald-Headed man heaved a deep sigh with an undisguised dumbfounded look on his face. And then, the thin smile that he always wore on his face vanished for the first time.
「If you really want me to get away from this useless clown, do it with your ability instead of yapping non-stop. We’re warriors and martial artists after all. In short, the weak are――」
He spoke with a bone-chilling voice.
「Prey for the strong.」
He stabbed Egg’s right thigh with his curved sword.
「GIGUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
Egg raised another high-pitched scream.
「S-STOP!」
「I’ve told you to stop me with your ability instead of your mouth, right?」
The Bald-Headed man said so as he twisted his curve sword that was dug into Egg’s thigh.
「Dammit!」
And yet, no matter how hard he ordered his body to move, Somni’s body refused to budge.
「WHY!?」
He desperately tried to move his body and yet, his body refused to move.
「I’ve told you, right? It’s because you’re just a small fry.」
「ME, WEAK!? I’M THE YOUNGEST HOLY KNIGHT OF HIS HIGHNESS GILBERT! SACRED MARTIAL ART TOURNAMENT ASIDE, I WON VARIOUS OTHER FIGHTING COMPETI――」
「Officially, that’s it. You have fatal weakness namely the lack of life and death combat experience. That’s the very reason you ended up in this kind of situation.」
The Bald-Headed man pulled out his curved sword from Egg’s thigh and then closed in toward Somni with bizarre footwork unbefitting of his giant physique.
「Eh?」
Seeing that, Somni could only let out a bewildered voice.
「My mission isn’t to bring you uninjured, or without physical defect, so I’ll bring you after I silence that annoying mouth of yours.」
The Bald-Headed man raised his curved sword as he spoke.
In that situation where Somni’s train of thought was paralyzed due to fear and could only look at the curved sword with a dumbfounded look on his face,
「GET DOWN!」
A woman’s yell suddenly resounded in that situation.
Suddenly, Somni felt his paralyzed body and mind regain their freedom, and he fell to his knees immediately.
The next moment, he could hear the sound of metal clashing against metal. When he raised his face, he saw Lyla stop the blow of the Bald-Headed man with her sword.
「Hellner style, 1st form: Lull!」
Lyla’s long sword diverted the orbit of the Bald-Headed man’s curved sword while at the same time drawing a circle as it headed toward the Bald-Headed man’s head but, the man took a step back to dodge the counter.
「You really trying to kill me just now, yeah? Congratulation female brat, you’re the only one who passes!」
The Bald-Headed man was licking his lips, and for the first time since his appearance, he took a combat stance.
「I’ll keep him busy in this place! Take Egg and those girls with you and get away from this place, NOW!」
「B-But…」
Seeing Somni’s hesitation,
「JUST DO IT!! EGG IS ABOUT TO DIE!!」
Lyla’s loud voice felt like a bolt in the blue in Somni’s ears.
""
「!!!??」
With a snap, he rushed toward Egg who was lying on his side, tore the sleeve of his clothes with a trembling hand, tied up the Egg’s right arm to stop his bleeding and shouldered him, and then went to the side of the three girls.
「FOLLOW ME, WE’LL GO BACK TO THE PLAZA IMMEDIATELY!」
He ran in the direction from where they came from as he urged the girls to follow him.
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TN: Check out my new project too! The Replacement for Suicidal Undead catches up with the raw.
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