Chapter 25


    Heros Hunt (4)


    An honorable title that was only given to those who deserve it.


    I had a head start because of the undeadin front of me, I was able to take himon with the undead.


    This was a difficultsituation. I heldthe severedhead to the side and everyoneflinched.


    Philip. Your men look outfor you,but I think that Jim would be interested in getting a nice position up in the empire.


    Suddenly Jim himself insultedPhilip.


    This mercenary has the audacity toassassinate you!


    In response, Philip becameangry and pulled out his long sword and rushed at Jim. But.


    ng!


    With a loud sound the long sword of Philips was blocked. That was because a dozen swords crossed the path right in front of him. The Vampires took out their long swords to protect me.


    This cowardly idiot!


    A coward? This is the true strength of Jim that is being disyed through the Undead. Philip ifyou are going to fight with the sword and speeches, Jim will fight you with the Vampires.


    Lets us fight one on one! You and me!


    You dont even know what to say.


    Honestly, there was no way that he would win in a one on one fight. None whatsoever , due to the wounds that he had sustained from the fight with the Devil Pajemut, Philip wasntpletely healed and the difference between ourlevels was extreme.


    Of course, it would be a different story if there were countermeasures.


    Philip, it is not that you are an enemy that I couldnt handle in a one onone fight.Thisis definitely not that. Okay, if you manage to win against me, Ill let you getoutof here with your soldiers.


    What did you say!


    Philip was considering my proposal. A fight between me and this foolish man. I couldnt suggest this in normal circumstancesbut this could be a way to stop this before it gets worse.


    Lord, will you really let him goif that manwins?


    The Vampire that was beside me spoke out with a dissatisfied voice. I pointed out with my finger towards the princeand answered him.


    Could that happen? It is just something to stir him up. If Jim cant manage to do it, then you will have to take revenge.


    .. pretty cowardly, myLord.


    Jim is the main reason for fighting. You need to get used to it.


    Should we all rush him? There are no rulesabout using ournumbers.


    Hmm reasonable enough but this isnt fun. Listen, it is more important for Jim to have his vengeance.


    Ho. That is, okay. But I feel like I should take a minute.


    Your muttering is too loud. You seem to have a lot of words in you. Enough words, can I have a pistol?Ill even use acannon.


    At my words, everyone around me didnt know what to do.


    Doesnt anyone have a handgun? The lord wants it.


    Then a wheellock pistrrived. I took the pistol I asked for and put gunpowder in it.


    Philip. I know that I had promised you but in truth, Jim is a very friendly man.


    I put a bulletinto themuzzle and then rammed it in.Next Iturnedthe wheel with the help of the spanner,and pulled downits dog*to the back. With thatthe loading of the pistol seemed to be done.


    Okay, Please give it to our dearPhilip.


    Philip looked at the Vampire who was handing him the pistol with astonishmentin his face.


    What kind of jokeis this? I donot need this to ughter your troops!


    Cluckcluck!


    At Philips words I clickedwith mytongue.


    Something to ughter, ughter. Speak like a gentleman. Philip, be careful with the tone that you choose to speak., maybe you dont know who is a noble and who is a mercenary here.


    Shut up! Youbastard!


    Youre really a barbarian.


    Thats it! Why the hell did you give me this f*cking thing!


    I pointed to Philips legs.


    What? What?


    Philip couldnt understand meand frowned. So I exined.


    Shoot at yourthigh.


    What did you say?


    He didnt understand it and at his wordsmy heart turnedcold. From then onmy attitude took a drastic turn.


    Domy words not ring a bell?


    What about mythigh? What do you mean?


    You mean to tell me you dont remember shooting Lady Walpurgis inher thigh and running away from there? You bloody shit!


    At that moment Philip felt like he was stung.


    My men and I vowed to not let you get away after I saw that absurdity that day! How could you leave behinda struggling knight aftershooting her in the thigh with a pistol!


    Heh


    Philip, who was actually a shameless man, didnt know what to say in that moment of confrontation.


    Since my men still have a little conscience, they continue tothink about you. If you donotwant to do that you can stick with one on one.


    Philips face showed confliction. I knew that the one on one would be a bit too overwhelming for him now. But, there was justno way he would choose to shoot his thigh with a pistol. So I threw in a little bait.


    See this,Philip.


    I looked at the healing potion that I had received from Hessax.


    This isavery precious healing potion. Lets say that if you win against me in the one on one battle, then you get to have this.


    Shlosh.Shlosh.


    At the sound of the healing potion, he seemed to have been tempted.


    However, if you chose to fight nevertheless, then your whole group will be annihted. How about looking for a breakthrough?


    Youare like thedevil himself!


    No confidence?


    Like I would be frightened of a guy like you! Good! Whatever it is that you are thinking, Im just afraid that I willlosethe chance to pulloutthatsneakytongue of yours!


    Then, shoot yourthigh.


    Gasp


    Philip hesitated. It looked like it wasnt that easy for him to shoot his thigh. But thinking that there was going to be no other way, he pulled the trigger.


    Bang!


    Aaah!


    The fire sparks burst out intothe thigh and smoke came out from the back of it. It did avoid hittingthe artery, but itseems like this would make it difficult to fight in a battle.


    Heh! So, lets fight!


    Good. There is no suitable reason why I would renegeon apromise I made to anoble.


    I spoke and then took off my cape. The vampire beside mequicklycaught the cape before it touched the ground. I walkedin front of Philip and then drank two bottles of magic potion.


    Hah! Looks like strong magic potions! Unfortunately itis no use no matter how many magic potions you drink when going against a guy like me.


    Philipughed a little and pulled out his long sword. It looked wonderfully dangerous. Almost like a wounded beast. Itcould be in thiscondition because of the fight against Devil Pajemut.


    Shring.


    I also pulled out my long sword. Because of the wound on the Philipsthigh, this could end pretty quickly. The blood was still flowing.


    Die!


    I shrugged my shoulders at the way the Philip moved. So he frowned.


    Surprised at my skillso you want to block?


    I didnt answer. No, this wasnt a situation that I had to replyin. Instead, I just yeddumb,so Philip came forward with a condescendingattitude to attack.


    Aha!


    With great skill he swung his long sword. I knew about this method of his very well. This was because I concentrated on these techniques a lot in the past.


    First of all, the Iron Prince-Elector had a glimmer of hope for survival in his future, because at the moment his sword came into contact with mine, I realized I knew his method and technique very well.


    The reasons why his moon fencing technique is wonderful is the following, and any person who knows the craft couldnt help admiring this:<ul><li>The pathway of this sword is the shining moon in the night sky.</li></ul><ul><li>The swords de is faint like the moons shadow.</li></ul>


    Myopponent took the first strike in moon fencing and was able to counter attack and defend.At thismoment, it seemed it was time for meto die in the mysterious shadow of the moonlight.


    If it was possible, how couldmoon fencing fail?


    It was simple. One just needed to escape.


    This man! Such a coward!


    Philip had a brilliant sword, but there would notbe much if the opponent was me,and he didnte up behind me even when I tried to escape. If he was trying to stab and threatening to cut, he wouldnt try to cross hisopponents sword, and kept repeating the same again and again.


    I definitely need training in fighting against this technique, and it wasnt so easy to assess the movement ofthe de that wasing at me.


    From him and me the difference was pretty hardto deal with, this wasnt something that couldnt be dealt with. However, it was different now. That was because he had a wound on his leg.


    The wound on his leg was because he had abandoned Walpurgis when she was in a simr state, but I kept the difference of our sword skill in my mind before considering anything. Now we were holding long swords in our hands in aone on one duel, because this was how it was nned.


    If I say it like that it sounds like a bad thing.Honestly it was because I was great when ites to a sword, and I could be trusted with it.


    And it would be tough to run away if there was a wound on the leg. If someone learned the sword skills like I did it would definitely be tough to get away. It seemed like Philip was getting tirednow.


    Hah! Huh!


    Philip was breathing heavilynow. The blood was still flowingfrom hiswound.


    Cough!


    Even so the sword skills of Philip were stronger than mine, and this was because he had gathered experience for a 100 years.


    You wanted topete with swords! But it looks like cowardice is growing in you!


    At Philipswords I chose to speak nothing, and I didnt need to either. I had to pretend because I needed to get into character, so I didnt need to open my lips to him. From before till now, I was just purposefully sword fightingin this manner.


    ng!


    As both of our swords met with each other this sound came out. Although it was just for a brief moment that our swords shed, Philips expression contained a kind of bliss on it.


    I caught it atst!


    That expression needed no words. As both the swords shed with one another, it was a matter of hissword taking control of the opponents sword. There was nothing better than this position for any swordsman. So I would runaway.


    But now we were stuck close together. Philip was sure that he was going to win. Well, that wasnt such a misjudgment. Ifonly I was not prepared for this beforehand.


    Ptui!


    From my mouth that sound came as I spit on Philips face. This was not something that happened in the spur of the moment. Philip turned green as the liquid touched his face.


    Kyaaah!


    He wiped it off his face after screaming out. It seemed like it hurt his eyes. This was because of the poisonous tooth I got from Duke Hurukuma.


    By any chance the poison could have goneinto hismouth.Well it looked like it but I wasnt sure. Because of this I spoke to ask.I opened my mouth.


    Are you alright? It seems like you were poisoned?


    The one of the Vampires looked at the antidote. Before fighting I drank two magic potions, which were the antidote, as a precaution.


    Usuallybefore a match most peoplewill go aheadand drink the antidote beforehand. AsI was sword fightingand my flesh isnt undead, I would be dead without precautions.


    Aahhh! You cowardly bastard!


    Philip seemed to be in pain because of the poison as he kept on coughing continuously. Even sohe stoodstraight with the sword in his hand.


    Youwicked bastard! Cough! I wont forgive you!


    Though he wasnt facing forward, he did put the sword up in the right direction.


    ck!


    The swordrung. However, what I did was very simple. After avoiding the sword I withdrew a little backwards, and I pushed my palm in that direction. With the ability of myarmor, I used the shadow explosion.


    Bang!


    With a small sound the explosion took ce.


    Argh!


    Philip kept on screaming and screaming fromit.


    If you have such a temper, then you should probably go towards the devil. You foolish one.


    I took out a rope from my belongings. It was something that I had received from the Devil Hessax. The rope on the ground started to wrap itself around Philip like a snake.


    I looked at theimage in front of me and threw down mygauntlet. Then Ifolded my sleeve and spoke.


    Give me a dagger.


    Yes, myLord


    One of theVampires took out a dagger in a short momentand gave it to me. I took it from him and then pointed it towards Philip. The rope tied itself on to Philip because he was weak after the poison, and he was wriggling like a worm because of the pain.


    Lord.


    But at that time a vampire called out to me and I turned around to face him.


    What is it?


    What should I do about them?


    The vampire had asked me about the guys who were left in Philips group. They were filled with fear, and they would even roll around like a dog at the orders of their Masterwithoutspeaking. Looking at them I could do nothing butugh.


    What? You didnt kill them yet?


    At those words the Vampires overwhelmedPhilips men.


    Kuahh!


    Save me! Aah!


    The Vampires tore apartthe men. With the great amount of power they harbored within, the Vampires ripped offtheir legs, and then drank their blood.


    As it was the bodiesof humans a lot of blood spilledfrom them. It flowed out everywhere. Little by little the blood was flowing untilit reached all the way tomy feet. I tried not to step on the blood that was flowing. Almost like a human who never had a speck of blood on them.


    Hah hah cough! How could you do this..


    Though his eyes were moving rapidly and his body was not responding, there was still anger residing in him. I had one thing that I needed to say.


    You shouldnt have abandoned her.


    A pig would have handled the poison much better than him. I held the dagger and put it into itssheath, I advised him in a friendly tone and then startedtaking off hishelmet.


    Itis a pitiful thing to see your strengthlike this.I believe in my youth and my ability.Atthis point you are like a prostitute. Various people go through numerous stages. Your uncle Friedrich used this thing first, and then next Pajemut used it and finally youused this, will it be a painful life for them?


    The help of a devil.**


    The connection part of the helmet was released. And with my left hand I held the hair of Philip and the dagger in the right hand. Then Philip, who was terrified,started to plead.


    Save, save me. Please! If you sparemy life, Ill give you anything! I will flood you with gold if you want! No, you want women? The best beauties of the Ptinate, Ill give them to you! Land too! Anything!


    I heard the pitiful words from him and moved the dagger slightly.


    Im sorry. There is no other way but for you to die. Jims words.


    I moved close to his ear and then whispered to him.


    Im curious as to know what kind of work you could do if a guardian like youwasneeded to be killed.


    Stab!


    With the dagger I slit directlybelow Philipsthroat. It pinched the corbone and went further in.


    Edited by WellBattle6 (GBiv)


    *The dog is a wheellock firearms spring loaded arm that holds pyrite. When the trigger is pulled, the dog swings forward to bring the pyrite against either the pan or the spinning wheel, which ignites.


    **The actual trantion is It. Our trantion is guesswork on our part.


    Editor Notes: (Repeat from notes in Chapter 24)


    Hi everyone, Im WellBattle6, also known as GBiv in thements, the new Canadian editor for this series. I used to a merementer like you, then I got an email from Wujigege-sama.


    This series is a bit hard for our team to trante properly (city names, creature names, and character names, so anything with a name and since the source material sometimes trantes to vague it without reference), so please bear with our imperfect quality. If you see any mistakes, do not hesitate toment on it.


    In other news, Im proud to say that we will be continuing this series trantion after Chapter 25 has been re-edited. Please look forward to it!


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    Re-edited by wFinder, 16 adjustments made, May 2nd 2020


    New Editors Note: I know a lot of readers are probably confused by who Jim is. Its exined in the next few chapters. Hopefully my edits unrted to Jim make this chapter less confusing