Chapter 12: Brother
TL: Scaramochi
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"The rules, as I said before, are time attack. We'll use this pocket watch to time you. You start when the second hand reaches 12. The one who records the time must remember how many times the hand goes around. Like that."
"Okay."
"Okay."
Athena and Frey shook their heads as I explained, showing them the pocket watch in my hand.
"I'll give you guys the advance. Look, the monsters are here, just waiting for us."
Five monsters came from a short distance away in a swarm.
Well, with that many monsters, Athena and Frey alone should be enough.
I searched the area and found no other monsters.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes."
"Okay, let's go then.............. don!"
The moment I announced the signal to begin, the two of them ran to the monster like a gale.
While watching them, I apologized to the sleeping Mirialia beside me.
"I'm sorry, I got you into this messy mess."
"No problem. Athena seemed to be enjoying herself, so I put up with it, but Frey was getting carried away. I was pissed off too."
"I'm sure you were. I thought you put up with a lot for someone like you. So it's okay that you're going to cooperate with me, right?"
"Fine. I'll break Frey's nose."
Oh, that's scary.
But it was fortuitous that Mirialia was willing to do it. She's the key to this match.
"Orah, second one! Hey, Athena, you've got to be more serious!"
"I'm giving it my all!"
She's flying high.
Frey is so strong. While Athena was finally taking down one of them, she was taking down two of them and starting on the third. Her speed and power are outstanding.
Her fighting style is too rough and messy, and there are too many wasteful parts. She could have done better.
It's just like a kid's fight.
"You're still doing that? Forget it, I'll do it."
"You again!"
Frey, who has defeated the third monster, interrupts Athena, who is in the middle of fighting the second monster.
Athena interrupted her finishing attack and surrendered to Frey.
"Shucks, it's over! How about you, old man, how long did it take you!"
"The needle circled a little over a lap and a half, I'd say. I'll give you an extra lap and a half. Well, that was a pretty fast pace."
"Damn, if Athena hadn't been so difficult, I could have beaten her a lot faster. Oh well. Now it's the old guys' turn."
Frey grumbled in frustration.
If you hadn't interfered, we would have made up a little more time. Well, let's not say that now.
I hand Athena my pocket watch and search the area for monsters of the same level.
I approached the place where the monster was and checked with Frey.
"Are you sure about that monster? If they complain about the different levels after we're done, we're no match for them."
"No problem. Just get on with it."
"Alright. Are you ready for this?"
"Ready when you are."
"Athena, please give the signal."
I asked Athena, who had left me in charge of the recording, and Athena looked at her pocket watch.
"Yo~y......don."
"Icycle Rain!"
""GAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!""
The moment she declares the signal to begin, Mirialia unleashes an ice gravel crush with a sharp tip.
The monster that received the rain of ice screamed a decisive cry.
All of them would have been seriously wounded and two of them would have died from the current magic alone. I quickly cut down the remaining two damaged ones and left the last one to Mirialia.
"Mirialia!"
"Icycling Magic Icicle Shot!"
"Gah!"
The flying ball of ice hits the monster in the face and it dies.
After confirming that it was properly dead, I went back to Athena and the others and asked for the time.
"What's the time?"
"Was not even halfway around......."
Athena, who had been recording the time, was astonished and told me the time.
Well, I guess that's good.
I turned my body to Frey as I slung my sword over my shoulder and said.
"I guess we won."
"Nah...... ain't that cowardly! I'm sure it's all the power of the Mirialia that did it. You're just a piggyback! And, Mirialia used intermediate magic! I don't know anything about that kind of magic!"
Frey's body shakes and she rages like a demon.
I responded to the child who was screaming because she didn't like the result with a mature response.
"I presented the details of the game. You didn't question it and accepted it because you thought you could handle it. So how can you accuse me of something?"
"That's......! I didn't know that this b*tch elf could use intermediate magic."
"It's not that you didn't know. You didn't want to know, did you?"
"--?!"
I continue to say to Frey, whose eyes are widening, as if she's getting the point.
"You never once tried to get to know us after you joined Stardust. You wanted to show us how strong you are, or you were always trying to make yourself stand out, saying I'm me. You were always calling me and Mirialia slackers and small fry, while you were the one who was getting in the way of our cooperation. The reason you lost this time is that you misjudged our strength and accepted the game because you were overconfident in your own strength."
"......gh!"
"I'll tell you another thing. You were giving it your all because you were concerned about time, but we fought with an awareness of what we had left over. Do you know why?"
"......I don't know why!"
"Because we knew what was going to happen next. The labyrinth is a monster where anything can happen. After we defeat them, hordes of monsters may come pouring in. A powerful enemy might attack. You have to keep those things in the back of your mind. You think you can just use recovery medicine, but what if you're out of recovery medicine? What if it's broken? I'm telling you to always fight with those kinds of accidents in mind. You can't just go all out like an idiot."
"Damn you,...... f*ck you!"
I guess she understood what I said.
So Frey can't talk back and has no choice but to hit the ground stuff, screaming and pounding her fists.
I think she understands the need for collaboration at least a little bit now.
But I ain't going to be convinced.
So I'll stick with you a little longer.
"I just don't think you'll be convinced by this. I'm aware that I did something a little bit unprofessional. So how about this? Let's have a one-on-one match this time. And I'll make it the kind of fight you're good at. I'm sure you'll be satisfied if you go this far and lose."
Throwing the sword on my shoulder to the ground, I gives the floundering Frey a chance
Frey looked up. There is still strength in her eyes.
It's not funny if she don't. That rebellious spirit will surely make her stronger.
"Are you kidding me? You can't beat me with your bare hands. I'm fine, I'll lose this match."
"Hey, don't act so mature all of a sudden, you're boring. I'm not going to let you get away with it."
"Okay,...... I'll do it. But I'm going to do it for real. Don't regret it even if you die, old man."
"You're so easy~, Frey."
She gets on my bandwagon with a simple rallying cry. I'll call you Chorogon from now on.
"Hey, Frey, stop it! Don't keep stirring things up, Dale! I'm the leader of this group, and I won't allow a private fight! Both of you, calm down!"
"Stay out of this, Athena, I'm not going to keep quiet after you've been made to look like a fool so far. If you interfere, I will kill you."
"Don't worry Athena, there's no way I'm going to let this little prick beat me. If I lose, I'll dance naked through the streets."
"Dale...... even you...... Mirialia, say something!"
"Let them do it. Hee hee hee, Athena won't have anything to worry about."
Athena clutched at Mirialia, but the lesbian elf was in the throes, drinking as she hugged Athena.
I held out my hand and said to Frey.
"Come on, come at me from wherever you are."
"I'll kill you!"
Frey, gushing with killing intent and kicking off the ground, came in close.
Her gaze was on my face. The trajectory of her right fist punch was also my face.
What a simple and easy to understand attack.
Can't this girl feint or play games?
It's true, she's fast. And if it hits you, it's going to hurt, is it?
It's commendable that at her age she can make such a sharp attack.
But you know, Frey, it's easy to lose an attack that you know is coming.
I half-turn my body to duck a straight right hand, grab Frey's right arm with both hands, pull it back, and throw her to the ground.
"Gah!"
I mounts on Frey's back, who is forced to exhale by the impact, grabs Frey's left wrist with my left hand and twists it up.
"Ggh!"
That's one and done.
With this, Frey can no longer move.
No matter how much she tries to struggle, I don't budge an inch.
Finally, I've tamed the jagged horse.
"Damn, why won't it move!"
"Because I'm putting on weight like that. No matter how hard you try to move, you can't get any power into your body. If you try to force it to move, it will break, and if I twist this arm a little bit..."
"Aaaaaaah!"
"If I twist this arm a little bit, it will hurt like hell. And I can use my other free hand to put the finishing touches on you. How about that, Frey? Are you satisfied now?"
Frey looked as if she was biting a bitter bug as she asked this from above.
"You, how did you manage to avoid my attack?"
"I'll tell you all about it later, but right now I want to hear you say, "I'm done.""
I put my face close to Frey's ear and whispered.
"I'm...... done!"
"Good girl."
"And, by the way, let me just say this. I'm not an old man, I'm your brother."
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