by Fujino Omori
“That white-hair……Could it be the Tomato boy from back then? Fuhahaha! What, looks like he has quite a fate with the Minotaur, that brat!”
“Are you referring to the one that Aizu saved just in the nick of time?”
“Ahah, I can’t be mistaken! Didn’t he make the Minotaur attracted to him! It likes that brat, so it came down far away from the middle floors over!”
“Don’t talk about nonsense, Bate.”
Towards Tione’s warning, Bate only shrugged his shoulders.
Exposing a faint and thin malicious smile, he looked back and forth between Aizu and Bell.
“It’s easy to understand! If that’s the case, of course he wouldn’t want to be rescued~. The situation of him being rescued just like last time, he wouldn’t want the other side to see his own stupidity again~.”
“I said that’s enough, right?” That boy is only a Lv. 1, right? He will absolutely be defeated by the Minotaur!”
“That is the tomato boy’s own decision, it is not something we need to intervene. Isn’t that right, Tione?”
“Can you not drag me into this?”
Facing Bate, who had a frivolous attitude and still had a smile, Tione was dumbfounded.
In the small circle created by the three of them Tiona placed her own objections forward.
“No matter which side we select, we still cannot leave the Minotaur alone! Isn’t this a problem of whether we hit it now or later! I will go help!”
“Don’t intervene. That brat is currently doing something a male should do? He had already suffered so much pain, it is impossible for him to not understand himself. If it was me that was rescued by others again, I will have the heart to die.”
“Bate’s aesthetics don’t matter!”
Tiona forgot about the current state and began to argue back and forth. Then at the same time, a voice that seems to disappear immediately came over.
A petite figure dragged her own body and staggered to stand up
“……Please, Adventurer-sama. Please save Bell-sama……”
“A hobbit-chan……”
“W…What! Let go of me!?”
Lili, who had already lifted her transformation, seem to have thrown herself onto Bate’s body and was unwilling to let go of his clothes.
The trembling small hands plus the knees kneeling on the ground, Bate was obviously shaken.
“Your kindness will be repaid. Lili is willing to do anything, willing to do anything……So, please save Bell-sama……!”
“Hey, hey……”
Facing the figure of the Hobbit desperately trying to weave out words with her dim consciousness, Bate lowered the ears on top of his head. Only at that moment, he revealed a weak expression.
Riveria, who walked towards Lili from behind, bent her knees and used a hand to cover her eyes. Her left hand wrapped around her abdomen and like this, she tightly held her to her own chest.
“Don’t try to force yourself. Even if you heal your injuries, the blood that flowed out will not return.”
Riveria’s lips gently began to mutter a chant, while a jade-colored light came out from the hand that was covering the eyes. Just as she had put it, Lili’s wounds were healed, only leaving a trail of blood.
It was no accident that Aizu and the others were able to find this room. It was all Lili’s work.
She, who could not throw away Bell and escape by herself, could only use all her strength to run, it was her willpower that allowed her to find Aizu, who arrived on the 9th floor.
It was the wish of a Supporter who wanted to seek assistance for her comrade that guided them to this place.
“I beg you, I beg…you…….”
“……Tch”
Bate seem to frown against the wish of seeking assistance, as if he bit into a bitter insect and gnawed his tongue.
He roughly scratched his gray hair, Gari Gari, then turned his feet in a circle and faced the direction of Aizu and Bell.
“Are you going?”
“Don’t be mistaken, who would want to save trash. Only that I am less willing to degenerate into a trash that crushes someone weaker than myself.”
After coldly responding to the question that came from Riveria, Bate began to walk.
Facing Bell and the others’ direction, he shouted to Aizu, who had her back facing him.
“Move, Aizu! Let me do it!”
“……”
“Hey, why are you standing there unmoving…….”
As if he was catch up to Aizu and reached next to her, Bate suddenly stopped all his actions.
Just like always, the girl that lack emotions on her face did not show any emotions??Only that the golden eyes were widened in shock.
Revealing a pair of serious eyes that was staring at the current scene.
“……Ah?”
Bate also saw it.
Then, he froze.
The Minotaur that was swinging a large sword and the boy who was swinging a dagger.
Both sides refused to retreat a step and were carrying out a fierce sword battle.
“………Ahhh?”
The sound of the violent sword dance completely rang in all directions.
The roar that contained all the destructive power and the crisp sound of a speed that seems to cut through anything. Through the intense tunes, it conveyed to Bate’s eardrums and eventually to every corner of the dungeon.
The engage from the silver white light and the purplish-blue light passed through each other. The gaze that saw the silver white light cutting through would immediately see a purplish-blue light carving an arc again.
The Minotaur and Bell showed a mutually confronting stance and carried out an evenly matched battle.
“Eh……A…AHHHHH?”
“……Who said he was a Lv.1?”
Tiona and the others also noticed what the battle looks like.
Based on the situation, the Minotaur, who was actively using its physical capacity to continuously unleash attacks, had the advantage. However, the trampling that everybody believed in did not appear.
There was only a deathmatch that had both side’s life at stakes.
Another exceptionally high-pitched exploding sound burst out.
Turning their gaze from Bell, who deflected the Large Sword using a Dagger, Tiona and the others all had their gaze towards the direction of Bate. How, they silently inquired.
Bate was completely speechless.
“If I remembered correctly……”
A calm voice came out.
Bate, who could not help but tremble, did not even know what expression he was making and turned his head behind.
Finn Deimne, who was their captain, approached with short steps.
While holding the long spear, which was his weapon, he stopped next to Bate and quietly asked him.
“One month ago, in Bate’s eyes, the boy was a brand new rookie Adventurer, isn’t it?”
“……”
On the other side, sparks exploded out.
The wind burst through the gap between their legs rapidly and a crimson light illuminated the two people’s face.
Facing the blue eyes that were looking over, Bate’s eyes were trembling and he could not move.
He was indeed an inexperienced rookie. He was not mistaken.
The child who was cornered under the Minotaur’s chase. Whether it was the basics for fighting or being mentally prepared to fight, he did not have anything. From a single glance, you would know he was a rookie Adventurer.
An unsightly Adventurer that arouses laughter.
After that,
(What happened……!?)
He had completely changed.
The boy, that was currently confronting the Minotaur, did not have a speck of the lazy and stupid Adventurer’s shadow that Bate detested.
And they could indeed see a glimpse of his strength, there was suspicion if he was a Rookie Adventurer.
In a month. In just a month.
In
just the time span of 30 days or so, even an overly talented Adventurer would not be able to gain such an unbelievable growth. If compared, the vast majority of the Adventurers’ growth rate would be the speed of a turtle.
Escaping from the very bottom, an unbelievable and incredible jump
Bate could only stand there motionlessly.
Towards Bell, who seem to have completely changed into another person in such a short period of time, aside from generating of doubts, he could not think at all.
What swept through his heart was the puzzling facts and trembles.
“……”
Beside Bate, Aizu also stared at Bell.
The golden eyes, that overflowed with transparent glowing lights, felt surprise, but at the same time, it also revealed a bit of interest.
“UVVVVVVUUUUUUUUUUUUU!”
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
A cry exploded outwards.
The Monster and Human clashed head on and continued the battle of power and speed.
Naturally, the Amazon sister was also attracted to Aizu and the other’s side, Riveria, who was holding Lili also gathered over.
Nobody was able to believe, and could only stand staring at the battle between a human and a one-headed Monster.
“………”
Every one of the elite Adventurer from
In the opinion of them, who were permitted to be called as a First-Class Adventurer, it was naturally a clumsy battle.
It was a low-level battle that was out of reach for even just their toes.
However, at the same time, there was an existence that captured their eyes and did not let them look away. At least, there was something that stopped them.
Some people were dumbfounded, some had a keen gaze, and some were quietly observing.
The multiple scattered sparks flew.
A high-pitched wind sound came into being.
A faint radiance, as if it cut apart the surrounding space and wrapped the scene.
In short, it was just like a page in a fairy tale.
The tyrannical cow Monster and the small boy, burning each other’s lives and starting a violent battle of swords.
Tiona slowly narrowed her eyes.
“
It was a myth.
It was a story where a boy that had a dream of becoming a hero went to save a certain country’s princess that was forcibly taken to a labyrinth by a Minotaur.
Sometimes he was lied to.
Sometimes he was used by the King.
An amusing story about a man that was confused due to the flowery words of many people.
With the wisdom from his friend.
A weapon obtained from an elf.
Step by step, he went to save the King’s daughter, an amusing, Hero’s name.
“I…really…like that fairytale……”
Tiona’s hands wrapped around her chest and she watched the scene of the boy fighting against the Minotaur as if it was a treasure.
A smile that quietly emerged through the memories of her past remained on the face of the girl and added some spirit on her face.
Just like the ripples in the water, the sound of the mutter lightly touched the ears of all those that were present.
The ringing sound scattered, the white figure and the brown figure clashed together.
Under everybody’s gaze, the battle that was like a fairy tale gradually entered the climax.
* * *
My body feels light.
My mind is clear
My thoughts are raging.
Passing through the gaps of the uninterrupted flash of the large blade, and heading forward.
Using my own body’s roar to resist the shout that bathed through my entire body, and heading forward.
In order to grab the victory that excited my entire body, and heading forward
The enemy in front of me, right now it is my everything.
It was the first time thinking like this.
It is not an unsightly delusion
It is not a tiresome vanity
It is not the unattainable wish that could only be realized in my dream.
I want to become a hero.
I want to become a hero that is able to defeat this Monster.
Even the weak me will rise up and show you, I wanted to become a male that was like a powerful hero. This was the first time he thought so in the bottom of his heart.
I want to become a hero.
* * *
“……!”
Freya suddenly left her chair and stood up on the spot.
At the same moment, Bell and the Minotaur’s battle was in full swing.
In front of the round window that was suspended in midair, Freya stood motionlessly. Her pair of silver eyes widened in shock.
“……This can’t be, really?”
It was known as
Originally, it was only used to peek down to the Lower World from Heaven and granted the ability of being able to see distant locations, but in order for the Gods to enjoy the Lower World’s celebrations, it is recognized as the sole exception.
Of course, aside from celebrations, it is banned for other private matters. If this was brought to light, they will immediately be sent back to Heaven.
Also,
However, this Goddess of Beauty (Freya) used her beauty to trick all the surrounding Gods (Male).
Through a contract that she promised for
All of it was to witness this battle.
“……AHHH!”
Through the scene she saw through the
“Fufu, Fufufufufu……!? Did you see, Ottar? This beautiful scene……!”
It was light.
Bell’s soul had reached the degree where it was shining.
To the extent where it stung Freya’s eyes.
While releasing such bright light, its color still remained its clear transparent color.
It was purely a wish.
There was no intention or planning, there was also no dirtiness or vileness. It was purely an innocent will. The boy had made a wish towards something.
Inside Bell’s body,
* * *
The battle still continues.
Bell and the Minotaur frequently exchange each other’s positions.
The four legs constantly trampled, brushed upon and tore the grassy area. And time and time again, they passed by each other.
Both of them were entangled together and their actions did not stop.
(Don’t be fooled by his size!)
Bell fiercely lifted his eyes and injected his willpower into his body.
While trying to break the chains, being released from the curse, Bell’s dictionary no longer had the word “Retreat”.
Without any cowardice, he constantly blocked the Minotaur’s fierce attacks and courageously launched slashes while aiming at the gaps.
(It is only bigger in size! Look carefully, do not close your eyes!)
Bell said towards his pairs of eyes.
The Minotaur’s monster-like power was indeed a threat. If he was to directly receive an attack, it will certainly be a fatal blow. Even just brushing past its body, his body would be somewhat paralyzed. The specialization of destructive power causes it to only need one attack to overwhelm its enemy.
However, although that being the case.
The premise of ta
king one attack can still not surpass the limits of a premise. As long as it did not hit, the large sword’s one-hit kill will only become a decoration.
Bell’s vision had achieved an unprecedented degree of distinction.
The crimson eyes gaze past the Minotaur’s expression. Even the twitching of the muscles was captured easily.
Wiping his fear and attempting to look over, the enemy’s large body gave Bell a considerable amount of information. The enemy’s body will often rotate violently??The muscles that were angry to a violent extent communicated various information about the timing of the attack to the direction of the attack.
The Minotaur’s action was clumsy and foolish.
To the extent that Bell could easily predict its actions.
(I have already fought many times against that person who was much faster than this bastard!)
Compared to the girl that taught him, the enemy in front of him could only be regarded as a moving puppet.
Even the special property of it equipping an Adventurer’s weapon, it was still only using a Large Sword. There was nothing more to it.
This degree could not be compared to the girl he aspired for.
The Minotaur’s attack will not hit. He will not let it hit.
The one-hit blows with lots of gaps all passed through the air without any exception. It was blocked by the pitched-black dagger, which had long seen through the sword’s arc.
Bell pushed his forte, his speed to the very limits and dodged the Minotaur’s attack and continuously defended.
“……From the very beginning, what on earth is that dagger? It bounced off the Large Sword that was many times bigger than that boy?”
“No, although there is also the performance factor of the weapon……”
“Wonderful. He is using techniques to dissolve the Minotaur’s attacks.”
The purplish-blue light flashed again and rushed towards the Large Sword.
Standing by the side and watching this scene, Riveria and Finn gave a response to Bate’s question.
Although
