novelraw Chapter 68 : Chapter 68
Chapter 68 : Chapter 68
Chapter 68. A Certain Training (2)
Alvarez stared blankly at the drink Rude offered.
The fellow seemed to ponder for a moment before bringing it to his mouth.
Everyone watched Alvarez with curious faces.
Could a Death Knight, made of only bones, actually drink alcohol?
If he could, it would be amazing.
If he couldn't, he would make a fool of himself.
A moment later.
Perhaps even in a world of magic, the laws of physics could not be ignored.
The alcohol that passed through the fellow's mouth trickled out.
Seeing this, Anonymous burst into laughter.
"Kyahaha. What is that."
Alvarez flinched, but Anonymous didn't stop teasing him.
She even spat out harsh words.
"There's no need for a slave who can't even serve their master as a master. You useless fellow."
At that very moment.
Alvarez's eyes began to burn blue.
"Would you like to test whether I am useless or not, right here and now?"
His voice was so calm that it was actually terrifying.
But Anonymous was not intimidated at all.
She shrugged and replied immediately.
"Are you sure? It's a bit much to kill you again when you've already died once, don't you think?"
"I will prove that I am more than worth my keep."
The two silently glared at each other.
It felt as if electricity was crackling in the empty air.
Even though a Death Knight was among the strongest of monsters, Anonymous was the queen of dragons.
'There's no way he's a match for her.'
Besides that, if the two of them fought with all their might, this place wouldn't be left intact.
In the end, I had to step in.
"Both of you, stop. Do you intend to turn this place into hell?"
"The one who started the fight was that one."
"A fight? Who was it that betrayed our Master?"
The sharp war of nerves was about to resume.
I frowned deeply and raised my voice.
"Can't you two stop! I'll take you on myself, so cut it out!"
Anonymous waved her hand, saying how could a slave fight her master, and Alvarez said that was not what he wanted.
But for my part, I had been wondering if it was time to strengthen my companions' combat power.
Even Anonymous said she wouldn't dare to face Primus. I need to increase everyone's combat power at this opportunity.'
And that included myself.
Even though my power had returned, I would need to get a little more used to this power.
What good is power?
If you don't know how to use it, it's the same as not having it.
"When night falls, let's all take turns sparring with me. I'm starting to get tired of the hot spring baths, so it should be good for some entertainment."
Anonymous and Alvarez remained silent.
Unexpectedly, my two daughters were very happy.
"I think that's a great idea. Please teach me too, Father."
"Me too! Training with Dad is always welcome. Hehe."
I smiled gently and nodded my head.
"Good. It's too much of a skill gap to face you one by one, so Adel and Alvarez, form a team and come at me at the same time."
"The two of us together?"
"Of course. You're not lacking confidence, are you?"
"Of course not! I will show you my power clearly!"
And so, the matter had grown this large.
In everyone's eyes, the heavenly hot spring baths had vanished, and only the desire to defeat me filled them.
"So we're going to fight one-on-one, huh? It's been a while since my competitive spirit has blazed this fiercely."
If even the coward Rude was like this, what more needed to be said? Surely he wasn't doing this because he remembered he was almost killed by Alvarez because of me, right?
***
When she teamed up with Alvarez, Adel hadn't thought she would be pushed back so one-sidedly.
Because she had never once neglected her training.
And was that all?
Starting with Anceps, which had changed from a magic sword to a holy sword.
She had teamed up with Alvarez, who had evolved into a Death Knight, so she had a numerical advantage.
She thought she could land at least one blow.
But that was nothing more than her own delusion.
'I was well aware that he was amazing, but I didn't know it would be to this extent.'
Even though she and Alvarez were attacking together, she couldn't think of any way to win.
On the contrary, her father gave various pieces of advice during the fight, as if he were teaching martial arts to children.
"The key to an attack lies in its unpredictability. No matter how powerful it is, no fool will take an obvious attack."
Her father's swordsmanship was different from Master Anonymous'.
If Master Anonymous was a generalist who was good at everything, her father was closer to a specialist who was specialized in swordsmanship.
'I didn't know the skill gap would be this big.'
Now that she had directly faced her father's sword, she felt she understood a little.
Why he was able to defeat the Demon King.
Her father always moved one step ahead, even when he moved his sword just once.
And that difference was a gap that could never be closed.
While she was pondering how she could land a blow on her father.
Her eyes happened to meet Noemi's.
"······."
It was the same expressionless face as always.
But for some reason, she felt as if she was being looked down upon.
It felt as if Noemi was saying that if she were to face her father, she could show a much better performance.
'Keuk. At this rate, I'll lose face as the eldest sister.'
Adel put strength into the hand holding her sword and relayed a plan to An and Ceps.
'Ceps, you pretend to attack and trick Father, then An will make the actual attack. Got it?'
'An, separate from my movements, you move on your own to add as much variation as possible.'
Adel nodded quickly.
As her father said, the key to an attack would lie in irregular movements that the opponent could not predict.
To do that, she needed to utilize the characteristics of Anceps, a sword with an ego, to the fullest.
She couldn't yet make the sword move on its own to cut down enemies like her father, but variations while holding it should be possible.
"Iyahp!!"
Adel raised Ceps in her right hand high above her head, leaped into her father's range, and struck down.
As expected, her father immediately blocked Ceps.
Clang!
She almost dropped Ceps from her hand.
A pain as if her shoulder would dislocate from the immense shock, like striking a rock, was felt.
But the real aim was An.
An, rising in a diagonal line from bottom to top.
This had a 100 percent chance of success.
Because her father's side was wide open.
But her father, as if he had predicted even this, slightly moved his body back and showed a gentle smile.
"Huhu. That was a good attack. But that's also obvious. It's a move that's plain to see for a veteran accustomed to fighting."
"Ugh."
To think that even this would fail.
While she was biting her lip and mocking herself.
Alvarez's voice echoed in her head.
Huh? It felt like she was talking with An and Ceps.
When she glanced to the side, Alvarez was looking at her father without even opening his mouth.
An and Ceps, flustered, also began to murmur.
But Alvarez was resolute.
Adel was a little surprised, but in the end, she accepted.
Because she couldn't think of any other particularly good plan.
'In fact, when Alvarez was alive, we often did this kind of team play.'
Alvarez was the tanker, and Adel was the dealer.
While Alvarez rushed at her father to deceive his eyes.
Adel released her sword energy at maximum output.
This was the ultimate swordsmanship she had learned from her father and the best skill she currently possessed, Aura Sword.
To think she would use a technique honed to fight high-ranking demons on her father.
There was no time to think.
Because Alvarez had uttered these words.
"Right now!"
Alvarez hastily moved out of the way.
Soon, her father's front was visible.
"Aura Sword!!"
The sword of light shot out in a straight line, cutting through the air.
Just when she was convinced of victory due to its formidable power.
An immense sword energy also erupted from her father's sword.
Shukang!
If her sword energy had merely enveloped the area around Anceps, her father's sword energy seemed to reach the sky, its end unseen.
Shararak.
Light swallowed light.
Her father's sword energy had cut down her own in a single breath.
At that moment when no one could open their mouths.
Clusters of light fell like snow, obscuring the view.
The faint trace of her father.
He uttered these words.
"This is the real Aura Sword I used when I defeated the Demon King. You still lack training."
Adel felt a thrill run through her entire body, and.
Thud.
She could only collapse on the spot.
Her father's other name was Hero.
He was an opponent of a different class.
***
Meanwhile, at that time.
The demons were spending their time idly, lazing around as usual.
The duty of a demon was play.
Immersing oneself in work was just a foolish thing that humans did.
But in an instant, an immense energy was felt, and everyone looked at the same place.
The place they looked at was nothing but a blocked wall, but they acted as if something was clearly visible in their eyes.
"What is this?"
"Wow. This is no joke, huh? If we got hit by that, even we would die instantly."
"D-don't tell me Primus is here?"
The third, Leviathan, trembled all over and grimaced.
The memory of being beaten to a pulp by Primus came flooding back, triggering his PTSD.
But Mammon shook his head with an indifferent face.
"It's Frank."
"What?"
"Who else besides Frank could use that much energy around here?"
Everyone looked at Mammon with astonished faces.
Mammon enjoyed his brothers' gazes and slowly opened his mouth.
"Do you get it now? What kind of person we serve? So don't get any funny ideas, and serve him well on your own. If you don't want to die."
"Hah."
Lucifer laughed as if he were unconcerned, but that was not how he felt inside.
'Is this Frank's real power? Was he deliberately hiding his power?'
A power that would make someone like him no match at all.
Lucifer had been ignoring Frank until now.
Because every time he met him, it was before the sun had set.
He had rather wondered why Mammon would follow such a fellow.
But now, he had no choice but to be convinced.
'This is as good as a warning he's sending us.'
If not, there was no reason for him to use such a mighty power out of the blue.
After all, not a single demon was visible within his detection range.
Contrary to the expectation that he would be frustrated, an inexplicable joy was tinged on his lips.
'With this kind of power······ he might really be able to stop Primus.'
Of course, compared to Primus in his prime, it was nothing but a drop in the bucket, but now, Primus too must have lost his power and be wandering.
'Coming under Frank's wing was a stroke of genius. Gaining his interest will be the only way I can survive for a long, long time.'
His original plan was to leave this place when the time was right, but now Lucifer thought it would be better to stick by Frank's side.
***
Turning back time again to the moment Frank used Aura Sword.
Noemi and Anonymous were making the same expression at the same time.
'Amazing. As expected of Dad.'
'This is Master's true power. My goodness.'
The two, with enraptured faces, watched the cluster of light spectacularly disintegrate.
But their appreciation did not last long.
"Ughh!"
Suddenly, Noemi collapsed, clutching her head.
"Noemi! What's wrong all of a sudden?"
"My-my head feels like it's going to split open."
Rude supported the fallen Noemi, not knowing what to do.
This had happened before, but today she was in particularly more pain.
"Could it be that a future foresight has come?"
Noemi nodded with a distorted face.
Rude said to stop the sparring immediately and, just like before, surrounded the area with a wall of earth.
While the massive earthen wall surrounded the area, maintaining a solid stance.
Noemi, breathing heavily, opened her mouth with a trembling voice.
"At this rate······."
Noemi's eyes wavered.
Her face looked as if it would collapse at any moment.
"······We will all die at the hands of Primus."