“Take this!”
In that instant, Licorice cast a spell.
The room was swallowed by a flash of light...
When my vision returned, Aisha, Snow, and Licorice were gone.
The window was open, and the shutters creaked as they swayed.
Thank goodness.
It looked like they managed to escape safely.
However...
“...”
Xenoas stood completely still with his greatsword at the ready.
“Is that the end of it?”
“...Could it be that you let the three of them escape?”
“I had no intention of letting them go. However, I cannot ignore a warrior.”
“I wonder if I should be thanking you?”
Even though we hadn’t crossed swords yet, I could already tell he was an overwhelmingly powerful opponent.
And yet, someone like him had acknowledged me as a warrior.
Honestly, that made me happy.
Well...
That feeling of joy would probably disappear very soon.
“...”
“...”
No more words were needed.
As if saying that, we raised our swords and glared at each other.
It felt like an eternity.
Yet it was only an instant.
“Haaaah!!!”
Xenoas and I stepped forward at the same time.
My attack was faster...
Probably because of the difference in our builds and swords.
Aiming for Xenoas’s shoulder, I slashed diagonally.
The speed, angle, and distance... it was a flawless strike.
Thanks to Sofia’s training, I was able to unleash an attack I could truly be satisfied with.
However...
“Muuun!”
Xenoas used his greatsword like a shield and blocked my strike.
He instantly abandoned offense and switched to defense.
That level of judgment was extraordinary.
“What!?”
Keeping his greatsword raised like a shield, Xenoas charged straight at me.
Despite being a swordsman, he wasn’t using his sword to attack.
The absurdity of the move caught me off guard, and my reaction was delayed for an instant.
“Ugh!”
I avoided a direct hit, but I was still sent flying.
I slammed into the wall, and the impact spread through my entire body.
But there was no time to cry out in pain.
Biting my lip to distract myself with another pain, I forcibly moved my body.
The very next moment...
ZANNN!!!
A monstrously heavy and fast slash descended, as if it could split the earth itself.
Rather than cutting, it felt more like crushing.
I barely dodged it, but the shockwave sent me flying once again.
“Haaah... haaah...!”
“I thought I had you that time... and yet you dodged. Impressive.”
“You’re the unbelievable one here.”
Just what kind of monster was this man...?
He swung that gigantic sword around with a completely calm expression.
That alone was shocking enough, but...
What was even more terrifying was that despite fighting with such ferocity, he wasn’t releasing even the slightest killing intent.
He swung his sword with the same detached focus as someone doing routine work.
Like a puppet.
And because of that, I couldn’t figure out where or how to attack him.
He was troublesome in a completely different way from the powerful enemies I had faced before.
What should I do?
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