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Chapter 81
Chapter 81
Chapter 81
In the outskirts of Roizen, in the open grasslands .
The two hundred slave soldiers were challenging me .
With “Warrior’s Eyes” that can only be wielded by people who have experienced many battles, they grouped and attacked me .
I fought back using Eleanor . Hikari was still hanging on my waist .
『They have become quite useful now』
「I think so too, if it’s like this, I can take them to battlefields」
While chatting with Eleanor, I counterattacked with the thought of training them .
It’s a mock battle after all, so I fought while holding back to not let them get severe injuries .
「Retreat once!」
When one of the slave soldiers shouted that, all of them started to fall back .
「Ohh」josei
I was slightly moved .
Their formation while falling back was surprisingly orderly .
『They’re quite trained』
「I think so too」
『You want to do a pursuit attack? It’s also interesting how their rear guard fairs』
“Alright”ーーwhen I nodded like that, I felt a pressure from the side .
I held Eleanor and stopped the one who was closing in .
*Kakiーn!*, the sharp sword sounds echoes .
It was the appearance of a woman holding a large sword .
「Agnes huh」
「The only one who can call me that is Nee-san」
Showing an angry expression, Agnes pushes me to a sword lock .
Looking over her shoulder, there was Io and the clerical clothed woman, Julia .
Io’s party, an orthodox party of a swordsman, magician, and priest .
After the slave soldiers, the three challenged me .
「UUOOOOOO!!」
「Just brute strength?」
「ーー!! There’s no way right!」
Agnes reddened her face .
She shifted her blade, and this time, she slashed horizontally using the centrifugal force with the large swords .
The sound of the swords clashing, and an impact greater than earlier .
It was an impact that made Eleanor slightly shake .
「You’re good」
「Don’t look down on me!」
Agnes slashed consecutively . Behind her, Julia supported her, and Io started to cast her spell .
Io’s party’s standard strategy . While Agnes was blocking the enemy, Julia heightens her magic powers to support, and Io would deal the finishing blow .
It’s a good orthodox strategy, I can easily imagine its high results .
And furthermore, that’s not all, while chanting, Io’s eyes were shining .
“She’s aiming for something”, I thought . Thinking of her intention, I started to look forward to it .
The sounds of the swords clashing continued, I waited for that . And finally .
「Agnes!」
Julia shouted . Agnes who was fighting me used the recoil of exchanging swords to greatly fall back .
And with almost no pauseーーIo’s magic flew .
The lightning magic fell from the sky, a hundred lightning strikes fell consecutively .
Io’s great magic, her finishing magic .
I held Eleanor, and endured it .
I couldn’t escape with no damage, but the damage isn’t that much .
It’s damage that I could endure knowing that it would come .
The one hundred strikes fell, and my smoke raised from my body .
Well then, what’s next after this magicーー .
「Onee-sama! Now!」
「Yes! Kakeru-san! Here I come!」
Julia’s body shined, and that light goes to Io .
Soon after, Io released a magic .
「Guu!」
I felt it to the core of my body . The pain, heat, and numbness ran through me .
The consecutive blows came, a hundred lightning strikes, it’s the second one!
I didn’t think that the great magic that requires a long chant would come consecutively, so the magic hits my body without me being on guard .
The damage came to my body directly .
「We did it, we really did it . As expected of Nee-san」
「That’s the price of underestimating Onee-sama」
Agnes and Julia celebrated .
「Fuu〜……」
I let out the breath I held in my lungs .
Even if it’s me, I still received quite some damage .
「Bluffing isn’t good for you, you know, receiving Nee-san’s Lightning Hundredーー」
「That’s right, the two of them directly hit, soーー」
I sprinted off, kicking the ground .
First, I closed in to Agnes, I grabbed her who wasn’t able to even react, and threw her towards Julia .
The two of them were blown away together .
This time, I closed in to Io . I placed Eleanor’s edge to her throat, and make a formal checkmate .
「As expected of Kakeru-san」
Io laughed wryly .
「It was quite effective」
「I thought that I had a chance though」
「If it’s anyone other than me, you would have a lot」
「Then, how about this?」
「Whatーーku!」
I was shot by magic from the side . The magic hits me off guard .
I mean, it’s magic?! Who is it!
I held Eleanor and looked to the side, and in there, there was the ghost maid pair, Tania and Peggy .
The two who were floating in the air released their magic one next to the other .
I blocked them using Eleanor, and slashed .
And while I was doing that, Agnes recovered, and slashes to me with her large sword .
And furthermore, as if they were waiting just for that, the 200 slave soldiers joined the fray .
Slave soldiers, Io’s party, maid ghosts .
They all attacked me at once .
「This is great, it’s starting to get fun . Hikari」
『Un!』
I drew Hikari answering, and dual wield with Eleanor .
I clad myself with the dark aura coming out from the Demon Sword .
It’s fun .
Io’s party, the ghosts’ magic, the slave soldiers’ attacks .
It’s fun fighting against them .
I got a little serious .
I broke through Agnes’ guard and stopped Io’s incantation, trampled the slave soldiers, and erased the ghosts’ magic using the Demon Sword’s aura .
I fought them with Eleanor and Hikari .
All of them were defeated, and when the attacks finally calmed downーーthat flew .
「You finally came」
I grinned, and countered with Eleanor .
The sharp sword sound was deafening .
Two blows with one slash .
The one who closed in was Nana who was clad in a platinum armor .
「I guessed you’d come」
「I will attack will all of my strength」
Nana who gained the new powers of 100% additional attack .
From how the events progressed, I guessed that she’d come .
The Demon Sword and her long sword clashes . Both of them had additional attacks, and double the times of the clashing swords, the sword sounds echoes through .
The slave soldiers, Io’s party, and maid ghosts .
All of them were watching from the side .
「You’re strong, Nana . You’d gotten stronger than before」
「I trained for the sake of Aruji!」
「Come more」
「Fu!」
Flashes full of her willーーthree consecutive slash .
Three lights appeared in front of me, and the six blows numbed my hand that holds Eleanor .
「Haaaaaa!!」
And after that, I started to lose leeway to think, this time, six consecutive attacks followed .
Twelve bows, I couldn’t help but use Hikari to parry .
「You’re good」
「Gratitude!」
「How about this!」
I got a little serious, I thought that if it’s Nana .
I clashed with the six consecutive slashes that came by using Eleanor to attack with the same speed, and slashed using Hikari .
*Zaku!*
The small Demon Sword touched Nana’s skinーーbut there wasn’t any reaction .
I was sure that I cut her, but there was no reaction at all . What does thisーー .
「ーーMelissa!」
I couldn’t help to let out a voice . Behind Nana, I saw there the appearance of the Immortal Saintess .
Melissa was in a pose of praying with her hands together, and there was blood spurting out from her body, the same place where Nana was cut .
This is unexpected, this is completely unexpected .
I couldn’t expect at all that Nana and Melissa would join forces .
It was too unexpected thatーー
「Haha」
I laughed out .
I kicked the ground and jumped back .
I looked at the women in front of me .
Nana .
Melissa .
Io and her party .
Maid ghosts .
Slave soldiers .
The women’s eyes were shining all the same .
They were eyes that were aiming for something, after all this .
This battle, it was a fight to measure their strengthーーand they have eyes that show that they are seriously thinking of defeating me .
「Haha」
I laughed again, it’s so fun I can’t help myself .
『Otou-san, he looks happy』
『Men are idiots after all . They’d be like that with good women in front of them』
『Onee-chans, all of them are good women?』
『Hmph . You can tell just looking at this guy’s attitude right?』
Eleanor and Hikari chatted inside my head .
I completely agree .
「All of you are good women」
I charged towards Nana who was in the spearhead, and towards the women .
Holding back, I’m done with that .
I wanted to know, how good women they are .
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I returned advanced to the mansion .
It was a fierce battle, and I really feel fierce as well .
The density of the battle was completely different; this heightened feeling exceeds what I felt at the time when I defeated the Red Dragon .
And with that heightened feelings, I came to Althea’s room .
「Althea」
「What is it?」
I reached out my hand .
With just that, Althea understood .
She took out her hand from her cloak, and held my hand .
All of the vigor from my body felt like it was being absorbed . The wrinkly hand became rejuvenated .
Great Sage Althea . A woman who becomes youthful with a thousand people’s vigor, or the vigor by myself .
And finally, she stopped absorbing the vigor, and showed her face .
I was surprised .
「Althea?」
「What is it」
「That appearance」
The Althea in front of me is very beautiful .
When I first met her, I thought of her as a matchless beauty .
But the Althea right in front of me was more than that .
She was more beautiful than the time I thought of her as a matchless beauty .
「……this is my prime」
「Prime?」
「Yes . I have become rejuvenated up until now, but it was 80% of my prime . The amount of vigor was enough, but the quality wasn’t so it was only up to 80%」
「The quality was enough now, that’s what you’re saying」
「Yes……what happened?」
Althea stared at me, and asked .
「There were good women」
「Is that so」
With only that, Althea had a convinced expression .
「And so」
She said that, and stared at me furthermore .
Her eyes were asking what was next .
I wanted Althea .
Up until now, I was only giving her vigor to become rejuvenated, but I couldn’t feel anything anymore after that .
My vigor was completely sucked away .
But, right nowーーI still can do it .
I carried Althea to an embrace .
I took her from the room while carrying her like a princess, and went to my room .
I placed her on top of the bed, and stared straight at her .
「Althea . Tell me your name . I only know you as Althea」
I wanted to know the name of the woman that I was going to make as mine .
「I am Althea, just Althea」
「Althea……」
「I am “just” Althea」
Staring at her for a while, I said .
「No, up until now, you were the Great Sage Althea . But here, from now on」
I stared straight at her eyes, and kissed her .
「I will, make you just Althea」
「Un……」
She nodded, and Althea slowly closed her eyes .
Today is full of surprises, up to the end, I was surprised .
Althea, it was the first time .