Chapter 51 – Attack Three Times!

‘Damn it, that lady’s Maka. It is a power beyond imagination.’

Meanwhile, Ketan was calmly assessing the current situation. Lucia’s attack was surprising in its precision in hitting enemies other than allies, but even her attack power was in the upper-middle range among Macacias.

‘If it weren’t for this armor, it would have been dangerous.’

The armor Ketan is currently wearing was taken from a dwarf named Krusha. She didn’t have any particular grudge against her, but she heard that this was something that was originally going to Tiaran.

Ketan had worn this armor at her own inconvenience to hide her true identity, but she now realized that this armor was no ordinary item.

‘I’ll have to find out the identity of that dwarf later.’

Lucia’s Maka was a dangerous attack even for Ketan, as it hit even silver-level adventurers, upper-level humans, and bandits, killing most of them instantly.

If he had been naked, it was so powerful that he could have lost consciousness or suffered fatal injuries. The armor she was wearing sent most of Maka’s damage to the ground.

‘I think it can be said that this is a top-notch military officer.’

Armament is divided into several grades, from grade 3 armament that can easily function as equipment to grade 1 armament whose quality is guaranteed like a famous sword.

Among them, special weapons sometimes have special functions like Maka. Most legendary equipment or weapons fell into this case.

‘If this equipment had gone to that guy first, things would have been more troublesome.’

Ketan decided to visit the dwarf named Krusha if things went well and saw Tiaran.

‘As expected, there is no such thing as a marker for this guy.’

He may have become a gold-level adventurer for no reason, but even though he was wearing a bread bag, his body stood out with his muscles, but the fact that he didn’t have a single Maka symbol on his body proved that he couldn’t use Maka.

“Hey, you. I have a suggestion.”

“Ho? You? To me?”

At his call, the bandit leader looked at him with interest, his voice boiling with phlegm.

“Anyway, this guy is a half-penny who can’t even use a marker. If he’s like this, you can easily defeat him, right?”

“So?”

“You catch this guy, and I catch those women. What to do with those women will be decided after this matter is resolved.”

Ketan thought that if time wasted on Tiaran, there was a high possibility that Asta and Lucia would run away. So, the bandit leader thought that all he had to do was mark Tiaran and capture them.

“Kuh! Hehe! What good do I have that I should follow your opinion?”

“You idiot! What are you going to do if those women run away?!”

Unfortunately, the bandit leader was not someone worth talking to.

“Even if your story is true, the problem is. What guarantee is there that you won’t run away with the women while I’m dealing with this guy?”

“You can’t easily deal with an idiot who can’t even use a marker?!”

“Hehe, that kind of provocation doesn’t work on me. It’s better for the two of us to deal with this guy and compete over those women.”

‘Damn it! He must have had quite a bit of a head.’

In fact, Ketan was planning to kidnap Asta and Lucia and run away while the bandit leader was dealing with Tiaran. Even though Nimika is a gold-level adventurer, his career cannot be ignored.

The fact that his performance is different compared to other gold-level adventurers means that he has his own potential, regardless of being looked down on.

‘Whether it’s a scroll or something else.’

That’s why I deliberately didn’t tell him about that information. In any case, it would be a good thing if the bandit leader took time for Tiaran.

“Oh, that’s good?”

“Hah…?!”

The voice of agreement was unexpectedly heard from Tiaran. It was only when Ketan looked at him in disbelief that he could see the totem that had grown so large that it completely obscured his vision.

“I decided on you!”

“Whoa?!”

As he was struck in the face by the totem and flew away, Ketan realized that the totem had not grown larger but had been swung towards him.

“Eh?”

“What?!”

He also heard the startled voices of Asta and Lucia and knew that he was getting close to their location.

“Ugh! You dirty Nimaka! Who are you kidding!?”

“I definitely agreed with your opinion?”

He rolled around on the ground and shouted when he saw Tiaran in the distance, but he gritted his teeth when he saw her calmly answering his shoulder and putting the totem on his shoulder.

“You guy! What on earth are you thinking?!”

“Wow, you have to deal with me. Don’t you?”

Even the bandit leader got angry when he saw him getting close to them and seemed to be trying to come towards him, but Tiaran blocked his path by swinging his totem threateningly.

“Ugh, what on earth do you want to do?”

“It’s literally experience. You can handle that on your own, right?”

“… Are you telling us to kill this person?”

“That’s right!”

When Ketan heard the conversation between the girls and Tiaran that followed, he was able to understand his intentions. Tiaran wanted to make Asta and Lucia fight against him so that they could gain experience.

“This bastard is worse than this monster!!!”

When Ketan realized that fact, he could no longer maintain his senses.

“I will definitely make you regret it!!”

He himself was a gold level adventurer. A genius who stepped into a realm at a young age that most veteran adventurers would worry about reaching old age even if they devoted their whole lives.

To him, even a gold-level adventurer is just a step and stepping stone to becoming platinum. Right now, I’m hanging out with a fairly decent criminal organization, but one day, I’ll become someone that even those guys wouldn’t dare think of.

“How dare you compare me to a monster or something?!”

“Ugh!”

“I feel bad.”

Ketan immediately drew his mace and looked at the women. Then, Lucia shrinks and hides herself, and Asta frowns and holds his sword in displeasure.

Hehe, if you want to complain, blame that guy. I’ll cut off that guy’s limbs and make you squeal under me in front of him.”

Anise looked at Ketan, who was laughing unpleasantly in front of her, with her thoughts spilling out of her mouth.

‘I am not a weak person.’

Still, I wonder if he is a gold level adventurer like Tiaran. He never looked weak. The momentum that could be felt just by looking at it was different from that of the adventurers who fell to Lucia’s Maca all at once.

“I have no intention of hurting you either. Put down those dangerous things. Then, instead of hurting you, it will make you feel better.”

Anise noticed her sinister gaze scanning her chest and legs and opened her mouth.

“… Really?”

“Asta?!”

As she spoke, as if she was hesitant, her Lucia called out to her as if she were astonished.

Hehe! Of course not! Why would I harm a woman like you?”

Ketan, who seemed surprised for a moment, disguised her lustful smile as a friendly expression. As if not to startle the timid herbivore, she lowers her mace and slowly approaches them.

‘Tiaran was right.’

Did you say that laughter is an expression of friendship or good mood to humans, but to wild beasts it means threat and hunting?

“The bad thing is that guy who put you in this situation, right?”

It was just as he said. Seeing Ketan’s appearance with her hands spread out as if trying to embrace her, Anis immediately swung her holy sword behind her and let go of her hand.

Lucia was a bit far away from her first, so there was no problem for her. Just like that, her holy sword bounced at an angle that wasn’t visible to Ketan.

“Kwaaaaah!?!”

Pow! At the same time a dull sound was heard, Ketan’s screams echoed in all directions. Anise swung backwards and the holy sword she had let go of flew backwards over her and hit him on the head with the pommel.

“Lucia!”

“[Laudo Tellum]!”

Lucia shoots lightning from her fingertips over her shoulder, as if waiting for Anise’s call.

“Kaaaaah!!!”

Chijijijijiji! Naturally, the lightning hit Ketan and destroyed his body. The reason why they were able to work together so well in such a sudden situation was because Anis had already planned this operation with Lucia.

“Sparring. You want to fight me and Anise at the same time?”

“Are you okay?”

“Don’t worry. If you’re at your level now, you can’t even scratch me. Newbies.”

“Profit! You don’t even know if you get hurt!”

“Tsk, prepare yourself.”

At some point, Tiaran had the girls form a team and spar against him as a way to end the day.

“No way.”

“I never got it right…”

Of course, just as Tiaran had boasted, they didn’t even scratch him. As we continued sparring like that, Tiaran suddenly said something.

“Hmm, I think you guys misunderstood the meaning of this couplet a bit.”

“Wrong.” “Do you understand?”

When the women continued to ask each other what they were saying because they were exhausted, he nodded.

“Training is about improving your basic capabilities. Sparring with me is to teach you how to deal with an opponent stronger than you.”

Meanwhile, Tiaran taught them how to work together while partying and how to surprise their opponents.

“There are many ways to deal with someone stronger than you, and the most effective one is surprise.”

“If it’s a surprise attack… Shouldn’t I attack before the enemy sees me?”

“Usually, but there is another way. In fact, since you are already looking at the other person, you can let down your guard.”

One of them was how Anis seemed to catch Lucia off guard with an unexpected action, catching the enemy off guard and attacking the opponent from an angle where the sword was not visible. Also, let’s talk about it.

“Beauty world?”

“A world of beauties. Are we?”

Above all, they were most familiar with this method.

“Luckily, you are both incredibly beautiful! If your partner is a man, you will fall for it 98.58% of the time, so it’s truly a blessing!”

“What is it? Those strangely specific numbers… Well, I’m not particularly dissatisfied with it.”

As you can see, Lucia also blushed, pretending not to.

‘Tiaran said she was beautiful.’

Anise was honestly happy.