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Miyamoto muttered something, but I couldn"t hear it well.

"Why, why, Asakura-kun. Why didn"t you appear faster, and show me this scene. Making a scene like this that none of us could, and so easily too." (Varnand)

I"ll listen to him later.
Because for now, I"m just going to send this old, monster geezer flying.

"Fuwa fuwa………… ah!" (Velt)

I realized something problematic here.
My tactic, "fuwa fuwa time," is using levitation (floating) in an effective way.
Everyday for those five years, I diligently continued using it all day everyday, which remarkably raised my proficiency, speed, and mana saving.
However, I can"t change the principle of it; the principle of the magic called levitation (floating).
That principle, is that it"s unable to float living things.
In other words, when I float or spin around enemies, I do it by applying magic on their clothes or weapons.
Therefore, this situation was a first.

"c.r.a.p, if the opponent is completely nude without any weapons, I have no way of attacking them." (Velt)

That"s how it is. Esamu wasn"t aiming for it, and he was just coincidentally doing something or another with a female without wearing clothes, but that"s the worst development for me.

"Tch, then, I"ll use this! Fuwa fuwa complete reversal!" (Velt)
"Hmm? Ooh!" (Esamu)

If I can"t do anything about Esamu, then I"ll do something about his surroundings.
I forcefully floated one part of the ground Esamu is standing on.

"What, it floated!" (Esamu)

I forcefully floated one part of the ground, breaking it. Rather than simply floating something, this uses quite a lot of power.
However, I at least broke his posture.

"Get him!" (Velt)

The three that jumped at him, were people that would certainly become famous throughout the world if they joined the war.

"Elfarshia Style Spearmanship, Rain Storm!" (Farga)

From the front, Farga thrusts wildly.
Unlike his usual refined and beautiful thrusts, they were violent thrusts that try to turn the enemy into pieces.

"Ho~, hohooo!" (Esamu)

However, Esamu sees through everything, evades, and handles it.
Twisting his body, he sweeps the spear to the side with his hand, flowing it away while seeing the trajectory of the spear before his eyes.
Is this guy really an old geezer?
However, Farga didn"t just let them be avoided.
Together with the wildness, he even raised the speed of it.
That speed eventually thinly teared Esamu"s skin.

"d.a.m.n, die." (Farga)
"Ho~." (Esamu)

However, let alone being surprised, Esamu was more impressed.

"Fumu, your thrusts are better than before. I"m surprised." (Esamu)
"So d.a.m.n noisy. Shut up and die!" (Farga)
"Even among the spear users I have met until now, you surpa.s.s the rest." (Esamu)

Composure? No, that"s wrong. He probably just honestly thinks that.
The guys from the Shinsengumi that were originally looking at this with composure, now became knocked out of their wits by Farga"s movements.

"Musashi, little tricks are useless." (Ura)
"Umu, we are at a disadvantage if it becomes a drawn out battle. Let us decide it in a brief battle." (Musashi)

However, this isn"t a situation to act composed, you know? This isn"t one to one after all.
From both sides, the world cla.s.s shrews jump in.

"Makyokushin Karate, Maseiken!" (Ura)
"Miyamoto Kendo, Tsubame Gaeshi!" (Musashi)

Wait, Musashi. Even though you specially have such a good name, you can"t just use that technique name, is what I was about to retort.
Esamu isn"t dodging it.
She defeated him!
No,

"S, seriously!" (Velt)

That was instinct.

"Fuwa fuwa collection plus fuwa fuwa withdrawal!" (Velt)

Something happened. The moment I thought that, I reflexively pulled the three towards me with magic.
No, that"s not all. Including myself, everyone tried to take distance from Esamu and lost themselves in going away.

"Nunu!" (Shinsengumi Member)
"Wai-, chief! We"re here too!" (Shinsengumi Member)
"All members, evacuate!" (Shinsengumi Member)

And then,

"Miyamoto Kendo, Tenkuu Yakou Hiten Ouryuu Zan Maken! (Luminous Sky Great Emperor Dragon Decapitation Magic Sword) " (Esamu)

In the next moment, because of something incredible, something incredible happened.
He just swung a punch down onto the ground below him.

"Fumu, this is good enough I guess. I did slightly hold back so that it wouldn"t drag in allies though." (Esamu)

A huge explosion that seems like a volcano eruption occurred, and a huge smoke cloud whirled up to the skies of the town square.

"Wha-…………" (Ura)
"Ee!" (Musashi)
"d.a.m.n it…………" (Farga)
"O, oi, leaving aside the naming, like, you"re kidding me." (Velt)

We doubted our eyes.
By the time the smoke cloud had cleared away, there was nothing in the town square.
It wasn"t destruction.
It had just completely vanished from this world, and only a huge crater in wasteland was made right in the middle of the developing castle town.

"Good grief, that technique………… doesn"t exist in Miyamoto Kendo." (Varnand)

As Miyamoto muttered that after withdrawing like us, Esamu laughed loudly from the middle of the wasteland.

“Gaaahahhahhahha! It"s my original technique that I invented. I just tried to line up cool sounding words." (Esamu)

Without even holding a sword, a samurai is being such an irregular monster.
Ahh, that"s right. This is a world cla.s.s monster that we picked a fight with.

"We, we survived………… Velt, thank you." (Ura)
"Tch, this d.a.m.n monster." (Farga)
"Musashi, can you do that?" (Velt)
"It is impossible!" (Musashi)

We might be able to win if all four of us attack him? We were scattered away enough, that not even a single speck of that naive thought remained.
Furthermore, the rubble and even houses were all erased.
If it"s like this, the power of my fuwa fuwa time is halved.

"Now, what"s wrong? Your hearts better not have broken already. Make me more excited!" (Esamu)

Good grief, making shining eyes as if he"s a brat playing around like that.

"What"s up with that! I thought you weren"t interested in us at all?" (Velt)
"Gaaahahhahhahha! I have already forgotten something so in the past like that! Suddenly falling in love with someone you didn"t even care about yesterday; it"s the same as love." (Esamu)
"I deny you from falling in love with me. But I would be even happier if you could get defeated from the shock of your broken heart." (Velt)
"What are you saying! If it"s for the person I fell in love with, I would make them turn to look at me no matter what trick I have to use!" (Esamu)

I"m begging you, so don"t say something like that nude.

On top of a building away from the town square, we’re non stop sweating from our backs.

"So, what should we do? If we don"t have a strategy, I"ll deal with that d.a.m.n old geezer by myself." (Farga)
"Don"t carelessly jump in, Farga. If we combine our powers, we can overcome this dilemma." (Ura)
"Velt-dono, do you have any bright ideas?" (Musashi)

Why are you asking me. That being said, I was the first person to say something, so I have no choice but to do something.
No matter what trick I have to use, I"ll defeat this old geezer.
However, this guy can"t pull his punches when it comes to fighting. If he strikes back at us, he probably won"t even go easy on Musashi.
In reality, he was trying to kill her with that punch before. She was just lucky to survive.

Which means that a suicide attack strategy of taking a chance and going for broke, won"t work.

"Musashi." (Velt)
"What is it?" (Musashi)
"Your weapon is a wooden sword, but can you use it to cut too?" (Velt)
"Tha, that is, yes, my specialty is pulverizing by using strength, but if I try to, I can use slashing attacks too." (Musashi)
"That"s plenty." (Velt)

The only strategy that would work, is to cut through flesh and sever the bone.

"Musashi. My current self is exceeding adrenaline full throttle, and a part of my sense of pain are numbed." (Velt)
"Adoreeenarin?" (Musashi)
"So, I"m counting on you to do it while my senses are still crazy." (Velt)
"Velt-dono, what are you trying to do?" (Musashi)
"What, as long as that old geezer doesn"t do anything unpredictable, we can get through this." (Velt)

I don"t actually want to do something like this, but there"s no helping it.
See look, Ura is super fl.u.s.tered, and she"s trying to stop me.
However, I know that I won"t get off unhurt if I’m fighting a monster like that, since I"m not just fighting for show.

"What is it? Is this a friendly strategy meeting? Interesting. Work out a strategy to your heart"s content. And then, show me. What will be born after all races join forces!" (Esamu)

I don"t know why you"re waiting with such excited eyes, but that"s great.

"Sure, while making it interesting, we"ll also make you regret it!" (Velt)

We jumped down from the roof, and once again faced Esamu.
Like I thought, first is Farga.

"Haaaaaaaa!" (Farga)
"Fumu, as expected, it"s you. Well, it"s just you, and you still can"t fight me properly." (Esamu)

A battle with Farga"s spear again.
However, probably because Farga showed too much in the offense and defense from before, he can already see through almost everything.

"Oooo, amazing amazing. However, that is not enough to get me!" (Esamu)

It"s not even grazing him.
However, that was within expectations.
The problem is…………

"Now, time to counterattack!" (Esamu)

That he became used to the attacks and started counterattacking.
Farga instantaneously twisted his body and evaded, but his fluttering mantle got pierced.

"Hoho, so close." (Esamu)

No,

"No, it"s all according to our d.a.m.n plan." (Farga)
"What?" (Esamu)

That"s fine. The ripped mantle is around Esamu"s hand. I manipulate that cloth.

"Fuwa fuwa bind!" (Velt)
"Nu-! Wha, what! The mantle, twisted around, o, ooooooh!" (Esamu)

With the mantle, I forcefully pinned down his whole body, but how long will it last? One second is my limit.
However, that"s plenty.

"Die, oi!" (Farga)
"Prepare yourself!" (Ura)
"Let"s go!" (Musashi)

In that one second, the three jumped on him.
However,

"Nuuu, so insolent!" (Esamu)

Esamu beat through the mantle twisted around his body with force, and then,

"Gaaahahhahhahhah! In the end, it"s the same development as before, how boring! Boring! Just become garbage!" (Esamu)

Yeah, it"s the same development as before.
However, there"s just one difference.
Exactly because it"s the same development as before, you"re taking the same actions as before.
Because we know those actions, we can make countermeasures.

"Miyamoto Kendo, Tenkuu Yakou Hiten Ouryuu Zan Maken! (Luminous Sky Great Emperor Dragon Decapitation Magic Sword) " (Esamu)

Although he says sword, in the end, it"s just a punch to the ground, right?
Sure, go punch the ground as hard as you want, and then knocked out of your wits.

"Nuuuuu-!" (Esamu)

This is the first time Esamu has shown it. His surprised voice in the middle of a battle, that is.
Well, it"s understandable.

"Take this! Counter!" (Velt)

The moment he looked right below him to punch the ground, a human"s arm from the elbow down, was before Esamu"s eyes as if hitting an uppercut, after all.

"Fuwa fuwa rocket punch cross counter!" (Velt)

By countering the power of your tenkuu whatever, I"ll return it right back to you!

"Heguhaegui!" (Esamu)

A direct hit to the jaw. It might have even broken. The bone of my left arm, that is.
However, in return, I get you!

"Now"s the time!" (Farga)
"Ooh!" (Ura)
"We cannot let this chance of winning escape!" (Musashi)

He"s the strongest, but he was careless, and I hit an unexpected counter punch.

"Thi, this………… youngster." (Esamu)

It should be effective.
This time for sure, we"ll all beat him down.

"Asakura-kun, what have you………… to make Esamu show this opening………… you made Musashi cut off your own left arm!" (Varnand)

That"s correct, Miyamoto. My magic can"t float living things.
However, if it"s a cut off arm, I can move it as an object.
Until the moment he tried to deal with all of us jumping at him after he ripped Farga"s mantle and I binded him with it, I had been secretly making my severed left arm come closer.
You probably didn"t even imagine that a severed arm would secretly get closer, right?

"I"ll smash your head in! Hundred kg baton!" (Velt)

With my remaining right hand, I threw a hundred kg baton at Esamu"s head.

"Makyokushin Karate, Devil Sky Axe Kick!" (Ura)

Following that, as expected, Ura"s axe kick went to Esamu"s head.

"Miyamoto Kendo, Crimson Head Destruction!" (Musashi)

And Musashi"s finishing blow, is of course hitting his head.
Our strikes didn"t break it, but we were able to smash it!

"Oh, ooh…………" (Esamu)

Bright red blood projected out of Esamu like a water fountain.
We can do this!

"Nu-, sto, stop it, you b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!" (Shinsengumi Member)
"Chi, chief!" (Shinsengumi Member)
"A, Asakura-kun!" (Varnand)

As if we would stop. This is an ultra, once in a lifetime chance.
This time with Farga, without even letting him counterattack, we"ll all…………

"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" (Esamu)

We"ll all………… we were blown away to the distance by a beast"s roar.
We rolled around on the ruined ground after getting violently sent flying.
And then, we saw it.

"You d.a.m.n novices…………" (Esamu)

The overwhelming murderous intent from a wounded beast.

"Tch, thi, this guy." (Velt)
"Mo, monster…………" (Ura)
"d.a.m.n it." (Farga)
"Thi, this much is…………" (Musashi)

Ahh, it feels like we became animal feed or something.

"Surely, surely you don"t think………… that with the resolve of cutting off just one arm and that strategy………… by just slightly smashing my head………… something will happen………… surely, against me, for even a moment, against me who is one of the Four Heavenly Beast Demi-humans that reign over the grand Demi-human Continent from the summit, that you won against me for even a minute!" (Esamu)

A sense of intimidation that made us feel crushed.
It was enough fear for my heart to feel like it was being held tightly, and could break at any time.

"Listen! The Four Heavenly Beast Demi-humans, Ten Heroes of Light, and the Seven Great Demon Kings! They are the geniuses, prodigies, monsters, super humans and champions of this whole world, who hold pa.s.sionate feelings in their chests! The place where only that people that ate ten thousands of spirits, flesh and blood, and then overcame battles where they muster their desperate effort and spirits, is where I am at! Don"t think you have won against me for even a moment!" (Esamu)

Ahh, this is that sensation.
The sensation of stepping on a tiger"s tail, like when I fought Gyanza.

"You have looked down on me, you d.a.m.n novices!" (Esamu)

No, this anger is even more overwhelming than that time.
It seems the fact that we thought we could win for even a moment, irritated him.
Good grief, this world really does have nothing but scary people.

"Tch, you romancist." (Velt)

Therefore, I think.
Although I was careless, I wasn"t particularly looking down on him.
So,

"So noisy………… is that really that great?" (Velt)
"What was that?" (Esamu)

I fully understand that you"re an amazing guy, but you know, it"s unreasonable for you to make a fuss and lecture me because of that.

"We"re just brawling with you. Even if we show respect for the opponent or make fun of them, as long as we"re fighting, it doesn"t mean anything." (Velt)
"What?" (Esamu)
"It"s about who"s stronger. This is a simple thing, you just try to win by using any trick you can!" (Velt)

That"s right. We"re not fighting for an amazing t.i.tle or anything. In a fight, something like that doesn"t matter.

"In the first place, no matter how much you talk to me about war or the heroic saga you walked, it doesn"t really resound in my chest. Do you know why?" (Velt)
"………………………………" (Esamu)
"That"s because, no matter how much murderous intent I have or how much I want to kill someone, I"ve never actually killed someone. Not even a single time!" (Velt)

So, it"s just as Esamu said at the start.
From the start, we"re walking different paths.

"You have never………… killed someone, you say?" (Esamu)

At that moment, his overwhelming sense of intimidation hid itself, and it felt like the air in the town square softened in an instant.

"Worthless youngster, you said your name was Velt, right?" (Esamu)
"Ye, yeah. Wait, you"re still calling me worthless!" (Velt)
"Answer my question." (Esamu)

And then, Esamu, who hid his murderous intent, asked me a question.

"You said you have never killed before. While having such rebellious eyes, you haven"t killed a demi-human or a demon. Can you say that that will stay the same from now on?" (Esamu)
"Haa? What"s up with that question. Which idiot would be asked, "do you think that in the future, you will kill someone," and say "yes, I will kill," or something." (Velt)
"Even if your important people are unreasonably taken away from you, will you still be able to say the same thing? That you won"t kill them?" (Esamu)
"Of course not, like, my old man and mum were killed by a demi-human, and I want to kill that demi-human someday. Well, all I can think of is beating him up repeatedly no matter how many times he cries though." (Velt)
"Will you feel satisfied with that?" (Esamu)
"As if I would know if I would feel satisfied or not. If I don"t feel satisfied from punching him, I"ll kick and trample him. That will settle the problem in it"s own way. I"ll do it until he regrets his sins." (Velt)

What"s up with these questions? What am I being asked right now?
No, on the contrary, what is this?
Everyone is looking at me as if time has stopped.
Miyamoto, the Shinsengumi, Farga, Ura, and Musashi too.

"This is the last thing I want to ask. Will you be satisfied with just punishing the demi-human that killed your parents? Will you be satisfied from just punishing your own enemy? Have you not thought of trying to change this world?" (Esamu)

Like I said, what"s up with these questions.

"Haa? I don"t get it. Will I be satisfied if I just punish my own enemy? Isn"t my own enemy the real enemy that I should defeat! Why do I have to go against people other than my enemy!" (Velt)

If I punish enemies other than my own, I"ll either go to court or the police.
Like, seriously though, what"s happening?

"I see…………" (Esamu)

No, wait a minute. Looking at him carefully, isn"t he full of openings right now!

"Fuwa fuwa surprise attack rocket punch!" (Velt)
"!" (Esamu)

Esamu"s reaction was slow. My left arm"s rocket punch got a direct hit on his chin again.

"O, ooh."
"What!"
"Wai-, Velt-dono, please wait!" (Musashi)

His movements don"t really have sharpness to it. It feels like he"s perplexed by something………… No, this isn"t the time to be caring about that, it"s a chance!

"Here I come, Esamu! I"ll take you down to the end!" (Velt)

At that moment, against me who jumped at him, Esamu looked at us with eyes of an old person that lost his fire.

"I see. Why you people could so easily create a scene that we couldn"t see………… I feel like I understand it a bit." (Esamu)

Muttering just that brief comment, in the next moment, Esamu raised a gigantic voice that felt like it could split the world.

"Announcement to the whole army! This is the end! We are returning to our country!" (Esamu)

That roar was enough to shake the atmosphere, but for a moment, the agonizing cries covering the country disappeared for a moment.

"This battle, is over now!" (Esamu)

The intensity of that, was enough of a shock for Musashi, that had been aiming for that, and me, who had gotten c.o.c.ky, to unintentionally lose power in our legs and sit down.