Chapter 115 – Adversary (6)
ㅡKaaaaang!!!
As Roden’s and Escaros’ swords collided, there was a roaring sound that gave the listener a feeling of vibration throughout the body.
ㅡKuddeuk!
The ground the two men were stepping on dug deep, and the arms holding each other’s weapons trembled.
At first glance, they look equal, but with a slight difference, Escaros’s great sword was pushing Roden’s black sword little by little.
“It was a blow I swung with the intention of slashing it all at once, but I managed to counter it brilliantly.”
“How to brag about the topic of breaking into someone else’s house with the appearance of wearing a full-length shirt.”
It’s quite heavy. In terms of overall strength itself, this guy is one step ahead. Then… !
Thinking of the number of counterattacks while answering smirkingly, Loden greatly twisted the direction of the Blacksword, which was gradually being pushed back, and pushed Escaros’ greatsword upward with force. Swung it.
Whoa! The sharp slash, without any superfluities, only slashed the edge of Escalos’ breastplate in a straight line, which he evaded all the way back.
“It’s a fairly sharp attack. If it had been even a little bit late, no matter how much I was, I wouldn’t have been safe.”
“Don’t go round and round, why don’t you just say that you almost stumbled?”
“This isn’t a local bar fight. Be more dignified.”
While confronting Escaros with his sword pointed, Roden kept an eye on Merlin behind him.
However, contrary to Roden’s expectations, Merlin was literally just watching the game innocently without any hint of reciting a spell or collecting mana. Merlin, noticing Roden’s gaze, narrowed her eyes.
“It looks like I’m quite concerned, but let me tell you a piece of good news. My lord strongly wants a one-on-one fight with you.”
“Lord… ?”
“It literally means this person. This person has the talent and qualifications to become the Demon King, whom all demons, including me, must follow faithfully.”
As he listened to Merlin’s words, Roden searched for her memories and recalled her rumor about a demon who became the new leader of the Nation of Demons.
It is said that the civil war, which was supposed to take a long time, was put to an end in less than a year by wearing black armor and swinging a greatsword across the battlefield at the forefront… Rumors about Escaros, the current No.
Compared to the past, his body has become somewhat dull, but where on earth did a person with a level of skill that can avoid attacks with confidence come from?
“Huh, this is more than I thought. A nobleman who is a big man came here.”
He couldn’t see it because it was covered by his helmet, but Escaros laughed at Roden’s words.
“Isn’t your side the big guy rather than me? A hero widely known to the world as having fallen with the previous demon king 15 years ago.”
“…”
Meanwhile, Roxia, who was right next to Roden, felt great confusion because she couldn’t keep up with the conversation between her owner and the two men, which was far beyond her common sense. The moment she calls her hero… Her eyes widened.
“Warrior?”
Master is the hero from that storybook?
I wanted to bring out her question, but since she wasn’t so ignorant as to distract her master’s attention by saying something pointless in a situation like this, I decided to put the questions that were emerging in her mind for now.
“… The story leaked to the side. Just as Merlin said, I want to fight one-on-one with the four famous warriors in the past.”
“Do you have the right to refuse?”
“Of course not. Instead, I promise in my name that there will be no interruption during the match, and that I will not touch the people next to you. Let’s fight to the fullest with all our abilities.”
“Under…”
It’s no use trying to run away against these bastards. We have to decide.
I wasn’t naive enough to fully trust the words of the other person, but in the current situation where I had someone to protect and faced two strong enemies at the same time, it was best to try to break them individually, so I decided to accept his words.
“Roxia, it could be dangerous, so could you please give me some distance?”
“I understand. Master… Be sure to win.”
“Okay.”
In case the words change, Roden, who kept Roxia at an appropriate distance to protect her at any time in case of emergency, glanced at Merlin from a distance and threw a word at Escaros.
“By the way… I don’t think it’s a very good hobby if you brought an old man like that to use as a cheerleader.”
“I didn’t bring you here for such a worthless reason, so rest assured. He’s been entrusted with the task of chasing away annoying intruders who flock to our fighting turmoil… We’ve had a lot of conversation, so let’s start again soon.”
As soon as the long conversation was over, a sharp and cold air current wrapped around the two men who had the eyes of a warrior.
ㅡShhh!
Contrary to the previous one, this time, Roden attacked first.
Not to mention ordinary people, he approached Escaros at a speed that was difficult to chase even with the naked eye of a fairly skilled person, and he threw out a black sword containing a special aura to use his skills for the first time in several years.
“Remnant Sword!”
Escaros, who grasped the trajectory of Roden’s sword attack in the sense that time was compressed to the limit, decided to focus on defense for the time being in preparation for the unknown technology, and blocked the attack by using a thick greatsword like a shield.
ㅡPacang!
As soon as the attack was blocked, Roden quickly moved and continued the same attack as before in Escaros’ blind spot.
ㅡKang! Kagagak! Kagak! Kaaang!!!
However, all attacks were completely offset by Escaros’ great sword.
Quite fast, but that’s all… Surely it’s not all about simply swinging fast?
Escaros regained his stance while blocking the slashes from various directions, belatedly realizing that the surroundings were distorted.
The spaces where Roden’s slash had passed were cracked. Escaros swung his greatsword to clear it, but…
ㅡKaaang!
Not in the air, but as if struck by a sword, intense sparks flew and bounced off.
“This phenomenon is…”
As Escaros expressed his doubts, the leaves that were scattered around passed by the distorted space.
ㅡSeokkeok.
The leaves that passed there broke in two and scattered toward the sky.
“Right… It was a technique that ‘leave’ the slash as it is.”
“And now you are trapped in a slashing prison.”
When he realized the truth, the remnants of the slash were spreading around Escaros as if he were surrounded in all directions. Roden swung a black sword containing a sharp aura to slash the enemy’s throat.
If you don’t avoid it, your head will fly away, and if you try to move your body to avoid it, your body will be cut to pieces by the slashes surrounding you in all directions.
“… Blink”
ㅡTspat!
Right before Roden’s sword slashed Escaros’ head, he chose the most simple and ideal action to escape the crisis without moving his body directly.
Escaros reappeared from a distance and pointed the tip of his greatsword at Roden, quickly completing his offensive magic.
“Lightning Spear!”
ㅡPajijik! Dismissed!
At the same time as the magic circle engraved on the greatsword appeared, the lightning with fierce light and heat emitted from its tip stretched towards Roden in a zigzag pattern.
The lightning split in two in the middle, and the shape of it aiming from both sides reminded me of a snake with its mouth wide open.
“Wa-san, it’s against the law to use Blink for a swordsman…”
I didn’t know you were a magic swordsman… And that magic obviously had an induction function, maybe?
ㅡHwiiik!
Recalling the characteristics of the Lightning Spear, Roden gave up avoiding and cut down two lightning bolts to completely annihilate them. It is a powerful magic in its own right, but by Roden’s standards, it is just as powerful as a checker.
Escaros, who exchanged battles with Roden once, shook his shoulders.
“Kuhhhhh…”
It’s fun, it’s fun. You guys are the first ones to make me feel like I’ve become a challenger.
In the middle of the battle, the part that covered the mouth was broken, and the lips of Escaros, exposed from the helmet, were tinged with an undoubted smile.
Roden, who kept looking at the other person, easily noticed that Escaros was laughing.
Boy, are you laughing right now?
What… To be honest, I’m not in a position to tell others, so it’s the same for each other.
Roden was smiling faintly as well.
He must have pursued a peaceful daily life…
When he faced the moment when he faced a strong man who needed to use his skills, the long-forgotten sensation of boiling blood and throbbing was clearly felt in his body.
Roden and Escaros. The two men clashed swords and skills against each other again, sending impeccable compliments to the enemy in each other’s hearts.
