Published at 18th of November 2022 9:24 am

Chapter 273: Sword Wolf Turns Out to Be a Thunderfire Beast, Part 3 PART 1

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I can here some fiercely rude comments coming from behind my back from time to time, but I also understand that this is just the kind of relationship that the three original members have with one another. Must be nice to so close with other people when you are only known one another for such a short amount of time.

It also seems that this group is not like any other group that Arthur Pencilgton used to be a part of. They are not treating each other like expendable pieces or cannon fodder. Maybe you could even call it a genuine friendship?

Especially that “Bird Person”. I have heard rumors about him, but he is even more of an enigma than those rumors would claim…… Also, you would totally not believe it if someone were to tell you that someone like that took down Gravekeeper Wezaemon. And even if, you would never want to believe that he was probably the strongest one out of the entire three.

(Maybe this whole Wolfgang guild is actually a really great guild?)

From what she heard from Pencilgton, the other members besides the initial three were also a bunch of good and interesting fellows, but so far she only managed to catch a glimpse of them in the port in Fiftsia. In addition, the sudden transfer of Saiga-0…… Looks like Pencilgton was not words alone, but also actions when they were necessary. Small wonder that “Library” and “10 P.M Army decided to cooperate with them.

(Hmm…… They could be talking about that, but…… Ouooops, I’d better focus on the fun that is right in front of me.)

If there was something that was not bringing Kyogoku delight in this game, it would definitely be Unique Monsters.

However, the new continent was a place that came with its own share of unique things and challenges for the players to try to overcome. And Kyogoku already managed to overcome some of them, but that was something she wanted to keep strictly for herself, at least for now.

「Well then…… Kyogoku Ultimate-san, was it?」

「Is this the first time that we are actually facing one another in battle? Or could it be…… Have we met one another last year……? Or maybe it was sometime else……?」

「…… You must be either courageous or reckless. I cannot see any other explanation here.」

Apparently Saiga-100 must have recognized Kyogoku from somewhere before. That being said, even though you can create your avatar with your own name, one can never be too sure about the identity of the player, since there would always be a possibility that the kanji reading may be different. Then it is even more impressive that Saiga-100 figured that out.

However, I would never have thought that Kyogoku would be someone to actually input her own name as a player name. If anything, she seemed like someone who would try to make some sort of a wordplay on her own name, or at the very least use something different and more unique.

「Now that you mention it, one hundred…… No, Momo-san? Haven’t I played against you somewhere before as well?」

「That nickname is a little bit…… Haa, no, it doesn’t really matter all that much. But let me make one thing clear, Kyogoku-san. If you think that this will go the same way as it did the last time, then you are gravely mistaken.」

The four swords circulating behind her back disappear for now, and Saiga-100 was holding onto only one sword. In response, Kyogoku assumes her own battle stance, brandishing the sword made out of jet-black steel and reversed cutting edge.

Just like that, both of them stood in place and in complete silence, weighting their options and trying to figure out who would be the first one to make a move.

「Ha!」

「Kuh!?」

In the next moment, right when Kyogoku was about to make her move, the four swords reappeared, scratching the ground right at the place where she was about to make her first step.

「You should know that I am proficient at the Ryuuguin style. If you cannot conceal something like your very first move from me, then I don’t think you are going to be much of a challenge to me……!」

「Guh…… In that case!」

Kyogoku quickly surveil the surrounding area, being wary all the time about the sword in Saiga-100’s hands as well as the other four swords behind her back. Once she was certain that for the moment the coast was clear, she started releasing her own skills.

Top Slasher. Blood Warfare. Wind and Thunder Fury. By releasing the level cap on her avatar, Kyogoku managed to aquire new and powerful “Three Digit Skills”, the ones that right now enhanced the protection around her body and increased her agility to a great extent.

「And then…… “Nine Tailed Six”!」

「Hoo…… Now that’s something I never heard of? Is this some form of a unique magic?」

In the next moment, the beastman swordswoman shoots forward like an arrow fired from a bow, her black blade covered in purple flames.

In response to that, Saiga-100 suspends her Excalibur in the air and instead takes one of the other swords at her disposal, this one looking like a straight sword.

「Magic Sword Las Pegasisus…… It is not an Unique Item, but even someone like you should be familiar with its name, right?」

This thing was a magic item created from the materials obtained from the rare monster “Etival Pegasus”, that rarely appeared throughout the mythical forest. And the effect of this sword was the “Weapon Breaker”, a property that allows the weapon to damage the durability of any weapon it comes in contact with.

And it was that type of ability that was the natural enemy of the weapons that Kyogoku had on her: it would break through weapons with low durability like a hot wire through a wheel of cheese.

And it was that type of ability that only the rarest kinds of weapons would have. One that was more than enough to make such weapon a threat even to some of the Uniqie Weapons out there. That being said.

「In that case…… I’ll simply have to cut through!」

「Like I would let you do that. “Highest Dexterity”.」

The floating swords become fixed in place, their tips pointing towards Kyogoku. Then they all shoot forward, two swords limiting Kyogoku’s path, and the other two forcing her to dash right into Saiga-100, effectively making the two clash their respective weapons with one another.

「Fuh!」

「Hah!」

Both of them started to push on one another as if they were trying to gain the better position. In reality, both of them just wanted to force their opponent to back away.

And then, once they could see that none of them was going to yield any field, they both jumped backwards and assumed battle positions, thus completing the circle and getting ready for another one.

「“Sword Art: Trio”!」

「!?」

Of course, the issue here was still the way in which Saiga-100 controlled the rest of her swords. Her Ryuuguin style of swordmanship was only a secondary concern. But the nature of the floating swords could easily be established.

「“Synchronist”!」

Two blades move on the orbit that acts in conjunction with the sword that the caster is holding onto. It is a skill that makes it seem as though besides the Sword Saint herself there are two more people wielding the swords. A pseudo three versus one type of situation. And it is not something that can easily be ignored.

「Kuh…… Haaah!」

Also, let us not forget the fact that even though there were three blades attacking right now, one of them was far more dangerous than the other two. One of the swords still had the weapon destroying effect active.

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