Commence Operation
Fifth of January
Runwalker March Regalia Army
“Well then, sorry, but I’ll be counting on you, Hero Kouki-dono. Takumi-dono”
“Yes! Please leave it to me!”
Oou, Ijuuin he’s getting really pumped up. However, I’m quite depressed. I said, ‘It’s fine!’, and whatnot in front of Kana-chan and Mari-chan yesterday, but I end up feeling quite nervous when the time comes.
“Hahaha, are you feeling nervous, Takumi? How disgusting〜”
Galgante says and laughs at me. Really, should I punch this fellow? I’ll probably get the tables turned on me, but I won’t be satisfied unless I punch him once.
“Whatever. There’s something bestowed to Takumi from His Highness as well. Here”
Th, this fellow! He bloody threw something he received from His Highness!? I catch it in a panic. Ph, phew. Rather, isn’t this fellow messed up in the head. He’s bloody acting frivolously even when I’m glaring at him.
But, well, I’m going to use what I received. I look at the item in my hand. It looks like what I received from His Highness is a sword, and it looks like it’s double-edged. However, it has a somewhat strange vibe. I wonder what it is?
“Because it’s a Demon Sword, you can obtain quite a bit of power when you activate it”
Galgante adds on. It’s a Demon Sword huh. What a phrase that tickles my chuunibyou1! It’s something that I, who formerly has chuunibyou, am thankful to have. I was told that as for its abilities, I can look forward to it when I use it though. Well, I guess I’ll look forward to it.
“Alright then, please, Einz”
“Aah”
Galgante, perhaps knowing that our preparations are ready, requests the robe-wearing man, Einz. This man called Einz is the cornerstone of the operation this time.
“We’ll be going then”
eh, we’re not going by our timing, but by your timing!? Wai, my heart is, still not ready, wai, aah!!
I was in the sky when I realised. And then as it is……uwaaaaah! I’m fallingg!
As for the operation this time, we’re having that man called Einz, teleport us with Space Magic.
It’d be great if we could teleport into the fortress, but it looks like a Magic Barrier is currently active, enveloping the fortress. Because of that, it seems we’re unable to go inside with Space Magic. It seems it’s because it blocks Magic. It seems it’s something that every country has in their palace.
The absurd operation that they came up over there was, a surprise attack from the sky. We’ll teleport outside of the Magic Barrier’s range, and descend into the fortress from the sky. we’ll then force open the location where the ladders approach.
For this unreasonable operation to succeed, firstly, one has to endure falling into the fortress from here, about 100 meters above the fortress. After that, they need to be strong enough to defeat the soldiers all the way until the spot where the ladders approach. These are the minimum requirements.
And then, the ones picked out from the bunch for this operation are Ijuuin and me. Because ordinary soldiers can’t endure falling from the sky, and they’ll end up being killed by the enemy soldiers, they’re excluded right from the beginning.
Since the General has his duties, he’s out of the question. ‘How about the Heroes then?’, it seems that’s how the decision came about. Over there, Ijuuin and I, the Hero group’s strongest and second strongest, were selected. I totally drew the short end of the stick.
In any case, I have to soften this descend.
“Wind Magic Wing Blast!”
I activate Wind Magic over and over again and reduce the speed of my descend. eh, they realised! Well, I guess I’m going to be exposed if I’m activating Magic over and over again. But, I make for a good target like this, don’t I.
I carry on falling while dodging the Magic. I’m almost at the fortress. I cast Magic over and over again. ……oh, the Magic was repelled by something. Is that the barrier just now? I passed through the barrier huh. I use Body Reinforcement and endure the impact.
Zudoon!
I rolled forward the moment I reached the fortress and broke the momentum. Hii~. My legs are numb. But I don’t have time to be saying such things…….
“Kill him!!!”
eh, I’m already surrounded!? I draw the sword that’s on my waist right away. Not the Demon Sword, but my favourite sword. I endow the sword with Wind Magic. I slash the soldiers that slash at me instead!
I slash the enemy soldiers while rolling to dodge. The sensation that lingers in my hand is repulsive, but I can’t be saying such things now either. I’ll be killed if I go easy on them.
“Don’t let him go no matter whatt!”
“Stop him here!”
Angry voices can be heard here and there. But, I slash the soldiers one after another without even having the time to listen to such voices. It’s easy to swing since there are only enemy soldiers around. Because I don’t have to worry about my surroundings.
I crouch to avoid the sideways sweep of a sword and slash the soldier’s abdomen. I step on the spear that thrusts at me with my feet. And then I thrust my sword at the soldier’s neck.
“Seii!”
“Guu!”
A spear stabs my waist. It hurts, this bastard! I turn around while pulling out the spear, so that it doesn’t stab any deeper into my waist, and slash the soldier who stabbed me.
There’s still a bit of distance from the location where the ladder is set to approach. I have to get over there quickly. I slash the soldiers who slash at me one after another.
However, similarly, the cut wounds on my body increase as well. The wound on my waist is by far the deepest. I’m using Heal, but the recovery is slow.
“Humph!”
A gigantic man swings his axe down at me from the side. Furthermore, it’s rather fast. I shift my body and dodge it, but the man carries on to swing his axe upwards. Tsk, it’s fast! It grazed my shoulder slightly. It’s bad if it carries on like this; it appears that Ijuuin in over his head as well.
I draw the Demon Sword that I was handed by Galgante just now. If I’m not wrong, he was saying that I can activate it by pouring Magic Power into it. To think that I’d use it so quickly. But, I can’t be complaining.
“Activate!”
I pour Magic Power into the Demon Sword that I held in my left hand. Immediately after, ‘Dokun!’, the Demon Sword pulses, and there’s the sensation of something flowing over to me. Wha, what’s this!? I drop the sword I’m holding in my right hand, and grab my left hand.
The sensation of something flowing into me from the Demon Sword. Something is corroding me. Sh, shit! The Demon Sword won’t leave my hand!
“I don’t know what’s going on, but now’s the chance. I’m going to have you die for Nanor Kingdom’s sake!”
Saying that, the soldier brandishes his axe at me again. ……shit. My consciousness feels like its slipping away as well. It feels like I’ll end up disappearing at this rate. Is this as far as I go…….
“”……Takumi. Please make sure to return alive””
……that’s right. I’m making Lucy wait in the Empire. Like I can die at a place like thiss! I’ll return
“and be lovey-dovey with Lucy!”
the moment I shouted that, light overflows from within me. There’s no longer the sensation of the Demon Sword corroding me just now. Furthermore, there’s also no longer the pain just now and my body is light as well.
……is this perhaps thanks to『The One Who Endures』? I obtained this power because I endured through the Demon Sword’s corrosion huh.
“Your appearance has slightly changed, but the fact that I’ll kill you doesn’t change!”
And then the man swings his axe down at me again, but it doesn’t feel as fast as it was just now. I block the axe with the Demon Sword. ……it’s light. It’s way lighter than it looks. When I lightly swing the Demon Sword, the axe was repelled greatly.
“Nuu! What strength!”
……is that so? I meant to swing it quite lightly though. But I didn’t let this opportunity slide. I pick up the sword that’s by my feet and dual wield. This tickles my chuunibyou quite a bit as well.
“U, Uoooou!”
I block the axe, that approaches in a sideways sweep, with my sword, carry on to close in on the man, and slash diagonally from the shoulder with the Demon Sword. The man collapses while he gushes blood.
It appears that this man is the commander around this area. I ended up increasing the morale of the soldiers around. But it feels like I can do it if I carry on like this. The moment I thought that
“Youngster. It’s troubling if you to rampage any more than this”
, a dashing middle-aged man, who held a green spear and gave out a greater sense of pressure than the man just now, showed up. Isn’t this person, about the same as Galgante?
- 中二病(Chuunibyou), used to describe early teens who are convinced that they have hidden powers and the likes.
