Chapter 393 – Disastrous Defeat

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I couldn’t believe what the doctor said.
A duel with himself over a monster… It wasn’t even funny.

‘It’s about monsters…!’

Even if it was true, it was an unacceptable request.
However, he is in a position where he cannot make his own judgment.
Stella looked at Sehwa and asked.

“Senior, what are you going to do?”

“We must attack together. S-class monsters are difficult to deal with.”

I thought you would answer like that.
Standing next to her trusty Saehwa, Stella grabbed her own weapon alongside her.
At that time,

-@*#*!&@@!

The red knight let out a scream and began to scatter an ominous aura thicker than blood around him.

Whoa-! Kwaaang-!

Norway’s blessed natural environment is mercilessly destroyed, and the sky turns red due to the energy emitted by the Red Knight.
Sae-hwa, who did not see his actions, immediately struck him and swung a greatsword.
But,

Kaaaaang-!

The red knight who easily blocked Sehwa’s attack pulled the reins and took a few steps back.
Then he aimed his sword at Stella again.

-#*!@#$&.

He’s talking in a language I don’t understand, but I know he wants something.
Just in case, Stella pointed her finger at her chest, and her bastard nodded once before swinging her sword left and right twice.
It was clearly intended to fight.

Stella’s dumbfounded hands naturally relaxed.
Then, a red light formed on the helmet of the enemy rider who judged that Stella had no fighting spirit…

Hee hee hee-!

The red horse he was riding raised its front legs and roared vigorously.
Looks like it’s about to go wild again.
However, it did not harm the surroundings like before.

As soon as the horse’s forelegs came down, the red flagman held out his sword again.
Stella’s mouth fell open, now perfectly understanding what the bandit wanted.

“Mi, aren’t you crazy…?”

As the doctor said, that monster seemed to really want a one-on-one confrontation with him.
And he was threatening to attack the surroundings if he refused.

The vandalism he had just done must have been a compulsion for not complying with his request.
What kind of monsters are there? Do you want to duel like that?
I knew it because I had heard that it was a highly intelligent creature, but it was much more clever than I thought… It wasn’t, it was like a child.
An immature child who throws a tantrum if he doesn’t get what he wants.

“Why… Why should it be me…?”

No, there is someone much stronger than you next to you, but if you want to duel, you have to do it with Sehwa…
Even though the weapon is the same sword, I don’t know why he suddenly chose to use a whip.
What was going on in that guy’s head?
I am sincerely curious.

– Do you think I’m right? For now, I’d better listen to her request until YuRia arrives. It’s really dangerous if an S-class monster decides to go wild.

The doctor’s words from the communicator.
Stella, who let out the annoyance welling up in her heart with a sigh, argued.

“You want me to deal with an S-class monster alone…? Senior Lee Se-hwa is also a monster that is difficult to deal with alone. I don’t know if I’m going to die?”

Sehwa gave him the answer.

“If it’s dangerous, I’ll go out.”

“Ha, but that monster wants a one-on-one duel with me. If senpai breaks in, he might destroy the surroundings like before…”

“There is nothing you can do about it. I think it’s better than dying.”

“Why do you say such bloody things… It’s scary…”

“Attack from as far away as possible. I’ll watch the gap and join you.”

It sounds like you only need to make one gap.
Still, it’s an S-class monster… It’s scary…
Stella, whose fighting spirit was about to disappear before even fighting, slaps her cheeks! It hit loudly.
He realized that he was the Beast Slayer.

You shouldn’t just take it out because it’s scary. How much did you want me to do my part?
I don’t know what that monster was thinking, but this situation was good for me as well.
It’s not a long time, but it’s time to pour out the results of hard training.

‘Great…’

Having made up her mind, Stella squeezed the handle of his whip.
Seeing her like that, the bandit brought the handle of her sword to her chest and bowed her upper body.
It was like a courtesy before a duel.
Or to say thank you for listening to my request.

You have a pretty advanced culture in terms of monsters.
Thinking so, Stella gulped down her saliva and kept an eye on the number of her bandits.

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Kaaaaang-!

The sound of blades clashing echoed through the cloudless skies of Norway.
Stella, whose back was covered with sweat, gritted her teeth as she looked at the motionless enemy knight.
It’s been 20 minutes since the duel started, but the attack didn’t work, so it was frustrating.

It was the same no matter how much I swung the whip.
She couldn’t even scratch the enemy knight’s armor.
Only then was it impossible to create a gap.
This means that Sehwa cannot intrude.

Get a fever I knew that S-class monsters were strong, but I never imagined that all attacks would be useless.
And you know what’s more temperamental?
While he moves swiftly and attacks, that arrogant knight stands still in the air.
The same goes for the horse he rode. He was making a fuss about it.

I was fortunate though.
It was because the doctor told me to hold on because Yuria will come in a little while.
I wondered what YuRia was doing and why Sylvia and Adele didn’t come, but it was good that people weren’t harmed anyway.

But my pride was hurt.
I hated sending that monster that couldn’t even feed an effective hit like this.
At the very least, it would be satisfying if I made them seriously attack it.

Is that all? It was also not comfortable to have to beat a knight standing alone and with her colleagues.
I know I shouldn’t think like this.
That guy is a monster that harms the earth, and among them, he is the strongest S-class.
It is an existence that must be defeated regardless of means and methods.

‘It still bothers me, what can I do…’

I acknowledged that guy’s chivalry, and it seems like I’ve become a fairy tale to it.
If you see that you are thinking comfortably.

‘I don’t know…!’

Stella, who had blown away her thoughts by shaking her head, launched an attack at a distance from the enemy aircraft.
Rather than swinging the whip indiscriminately, I tried to analyze it diligently, predicting the movement of the enemy rider’s shoulder.
At that time,

Caan-!

A man’s cracked voice was heard from the helmet of the enemy rider who deflected the whip with a slight swing of his sword.

-@*#!&$@.

It seemed like they were trying to communicate something, but it was frustrating for Stella, who couldn’t understand the demons’ language.

“Oh, what the hell are you talking about…!”

-#*!*@^$!@.

“I don’t know! I don’t know!”

Stella was very annoyed.
The red flagman’s red eyes stared at her white eyes.
When Stella, flinching for nothing, tries to accept the snowball fight with the most terrifying expression on her face,

– Tsk.

The bandit clicked her tongue.

‘Uh?’

She was a knight who spoke an unknown language, but the interjection was not a language, so I could clearly understand it.
That bastard clicked her tongue, obviously disapproving.
As if annoyed by a pesky fly!
Even as if she wanted the next opponent, she was staring at Sehwa behind her.

‘My, am I being funny…?’

It is certainly. That bad knight was ignoring himself.
Otherwise, there was no way to look away from the enemy in front of him.

“This…!”

To do such a disrespectful thing… The existence of chivalry is a cancellation.
Stella, mad to the tip of her head,

“No! Stellar!”

Ignoring Saehwa’s urgent cries from behind, I kicked her in the air and rushed at the enemy.

“Haaaaap!”

She wields her whip with all her might.
It was an exciting challenge, but it did not change the attitude of the enemy flag.
The bandit, who had been consistently relaxed, struck her sword down at her timing and aimed precisely at the handle of Stella’s whip.

Caan-!

“Kyaaaaagh!”

With a scream of pain, Stella’s arm trembled as she dropped her weapon.
I wasn’t hurt, but I couldn’t move because of the shock.
A tingling sensation travels up the back of his hand to his shoulder.
It looked like his wrist was cracked.

The bandit Su, who silently looked down on her with her injuries,

-@#&!*&@.

After saying something, he grabbed the reins and turned his nose.
Then he opened the portal and went back.

‘Why…’

Why did you go away Isn’t it normal for him to kill himself?
I can’t understand his actions from earlier until now.
Even though it’s a monster that only puts instinct first… Is it that it will show mercy?
I can’t believe it, and it’s annoying.

“Ha…”

Stella’s eyes darkened.
It was because of the last words the bandit had uttered.
She couldn’t make out, but she must have said ‘pathetic’.
That’s how ugly his face was.

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Pushik-!

Coming out of the medical device, Stella fiddled with her wrist.
The first thing she did was to give me a hug with a look that almost made her cry.
I said after gently stroking Stella’s back.

“I’m glad there were no serious injuries.”

“…..”

She grabs my waist tightly.
It will hurt her ego. Because she was so helplessly defeated.
While I was comforting Stella without words, the door to her infirmary opened and the doctor entered.
Then Stella hurriedly untied the embrace and stood in front of the doctor.
Her head was bowed down.

“I fall for such a simple provocation… I am very disappointed.”

Dr.’S stern voice.
Stella, wincing, apologized.

“…. Sorry…”

“It’s a pity that he went back without further attacking you, if he even had a bad heart… Just thinking about it is terrifying. I know you’re lucky.”

“Yes…”

It was a very calm atmosphere, but from my point of view, there was no comedy in this case.
It wasn’t that Stella was so bad at fighting that it was funny, it was because the enemy jockey’s acting was pretty good.
He said he was self-sufficient, so he seemed to have practiced acting.
I wonder what the returning bandit is thinking.

Anyway, overall it was great.
It’s unfortunate that Stella’s pride was ruthlessly trampled on, but people grow up through hardship.
I have to tell the 3 knights that I will take good care of them in the future.

“Ji-hyeok takes Stella and comes back right away.”

“All right.”

After making eye contact with the doctor, I took Stella out of her lab.
Stella didn’t say a word until she got into the car and fastened her seatbelt.
Almost banging her head against her window, she suddenly asked her this question.

“Brother… Why did that monster just go back…? Why did you ask for a duel in the first place?”

That’s how I was ordered

“Well. I’ll have to find out from now on.”

“Am I pathetic…?”

“Not at all. It’s a little hard to say now, but I was rather happy. I think you’ve fully adapted to being a Beast Slayer.”

“I couldn’t even fight properly, but what about adapting… Oh really… Hurting my pride…”

Having said that, Stella began banging her head against her window.
She is just confused by the succession of incomprehensible things happening now.
But when it’s time to go home and relive this duel, I’ll kick the blanket over and burn the spirit of challenge.
On the outside, her mentality looks weak, but on the inside, she is very strong.