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Chapter 129: Strange Experience III
Chapter 129: Strange Experience III
Chapter 129: Strange Experience III
In general, people tended to do some calculations before starting work, especially those with a certain degree of prudence. But occasionally, these calculations would lead to completely unexpected results, often with complete distortion.
That could be said to define the scene in front of Epicher’s eyes at this very moment.
“This… my…no… way…” With those words, Misa collapsed onto the floor.
Seeing this, Epicher’s face filled with a very clear emotion of shock.
‘This… this… what… how… how could the difference be so absurd…’
Only about five minutes had passed since Misa and that dark-haired woman faced each other with wooden swords.
However, as Epicher watched the situation unfold during those five minutes, he could do nothing but stare in awe.
Misa held the same level of power as Epicher. Even though she was a bit lacking in basic skills, Misa was someone Epicher had no confidence of winning against in a real battle.
But in that short time, Misa was being beaten one-sidedly to the point where she almost looked like a powerless child. The dark-haired woman had a figure that looked quite thin compared Misa, let alone Epichar. So it was logical to assume that she would be weak in terms of physical strength.
However, the power and speed she momentarily showed, and her terrifyingly colossal mana, completely overwhelmed Misa in every way. Even when hitting Misa directly, she hadn’t even used condensation in the first place. That literally meant that she was overpowering her opponent with simple physical strengthening.‘This woman…simply her strength is not enough. The difference… is so vast…’
There were only two people Epicher knew who could show such strength: Isaac, the strongest among his peers with transcendent skills and talents, and Andersen, the strongest warrior in the Holy Empire, who could even defeat Isaac.
In other words, this meant that the woman before his eyes was on the same level as the invincible giants that Epicher recognized. At the same time, the information Isaac had given him before began to emerge in Epicher’s mind.
‘She… it couldn’t be…she is this person? I didn’t recognize her because the image was so different from what I thought.’
Seeing her skills right before his eyes, Epicher was convinced. And then, as Epicher looked at Misa lying on the floor, passed out, he began to feel a little strange.
‘Haa… what is it? He warned me not to fight her, but now they did it anyways.’
Of course, there was no way Misa could have known that a thing like this would happen. In any case, thinking that there was something to apologize for, Mr. Bahamut, Epicher carefully supported Misa’s body.
“Excuse me. I am also a little busy, so I ended a little quickly.”
“Ah… no… rather, an apology from our side would not be enough. Anyway, sorry for being rude. I will make sure to apologize in some way later.”
With those words, Epicher left the place in a bit of a hurry.
Watching him leave, Ophelia turned around and said to Tilda, who was looking at her with a blank expression, and Echid, who was looking at her with a knowing smile.
“Then let’s go, it’s about time we return.”
“Huh? Uh… uh… yes… okay.”
“Yes, let’s return.”
Together with Tilda, who answered in such a bewildered voice, and Echid, who answered in a voice that seemed to contain a bit of pride, Ophelia left the place and returned to the lodging.
And, right after she showed such overwhelming skill, Echid’s lips began to smile slightly as she watched Ophelia casually leading the way.
‘I see… After the battle with me, she grew terrifyingly fast, and then she reached this level before I knew it. After all… this woman is really a monster.’
***
The Imperial Guard’s office, located at the innermost part of the Imperial Palace.
There, the captain of the Imperial Guard and the strongest warrior in the Holy Empire—a middle-aged man with blonde hair and green eyes—Andersen Gustaf, asked with a sense of wonder as he received an unexpected report.
“What do you mean? Misa suddenly went sick. Do you know that this has never happened before? She’s never been sick with a minor illness before…”
Andersen began to have considerable doubts when he heard that Misa, who had a history of going to work in good health even when all members of her team were suffering from food poisoning, took sick leave.
And, seeing Andersen like that, Isaac, the vice-captain of the Imperial Guard and a colleague of Misa since he was an adventurer, spoke to him in a voice full of embarrassment.
“That’s because she had a little spar yesterday. It isn’t that she got sick, but that she had to recuperate for about three days because she was beaten a little too badly.”
“What? That Misa?”
The news was even more absurd for those who were aware of Misa’s combat power. Even if she fought with the gangsters in the back alleys of Budipet, Misa was someone who could defeat them with ease. It was even more unbelievable that she was injured to the point that she had to recover for three days.
“No… what is this… did the White Dragon Princess descend to Budipet? How the hell did that happen?”
“Haa… that’s… actually…”
Isaac finally began to tell the truth due to Andersen’s repeated questions. To be honest, he didn’t want to talk about it that much, but he spoke about everything that happened yesterday, fearing that it could become a problem later.
“So… she happened to have a sparring match with Mr. Bahamut’s escort, and as a result, she ended up being injured like that?”
“Yes… I really have no face.”
“Ummm…” Andersen looked very complicated at Isaac’s words.
First of all, he had received an order from the emperor to treat Bahamut Fernandez as a duke, so this incident could be quite a problem depending on the case. Whatever the reason, it was necessary to make things clear it in order not to cause any confusion, as it was rude to recklessly start a fight with an imperial guest’s escort.
‘That… I don’t know, so I’d better personally apologize. Even if that was the case, I still can’t believe she was someone who could defeat that Misa so easily. If that’s the case, even if I haven’t seen it, I’ll have to say she is at least at Isaac’s level…’
Except for the White Dragon Princess, with whom he had fought several bloody battles before, Isaac was the only person who could fight with him on even grounds. Andersen started to be quite interested in the appearance of a person who might have the same level as Isaac… maybe even more.
‘An excellent warrior can face thousands of soldiers alone. In addition, Isaac… or a being of the same level as me can exert the power of over 10,000 people alone.’
In the current situation where a war could break out even tomorrow, a person like that was like a treasure that had enormous value just by itself.
Andersen was very curious about this and began to think that it would be nice to see the woman once.
‘In a way, it went well, but there must be a justification for going to apologize directly as the captain of the Imperial Guards. It would be nice to take this opportunity to make contact.’
Of course, no matter how powerful she was, he had no intention of inviting her to come to the Holy Empire. She was a member of Bahamut’s forces. And as Bahamut Fernandez was the most important trading partner of the Empire at this point, he knew very well that he should never underestimate or offend him.
So, out of pure curiosity, Andersen asked to set up an appointment with Bahamut to ‘apologize’ for this incident, and received a positive reply much sooner than he expected.
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