Volume 8, Chapter 5 - Trying Out Challenging the Trial – Part 4
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Sasala felt her chest become hot.
In regards to Diablo, it was hard for her to say that she herself had raised him up. She had the impression that he brought himself up on his own.
Even so, getting the real feeling of the growth of someone she had favored, there was a joy to it.
At the same time, a sense of tension increased.
She tightly clenched her fists.
「…………」
「He did it!」
Shera jumped up.
Rem quietly nodded.
「……As expected of him.」
「Sasala-chan, Diablo passes, right!?」
「……Isn’t that obvious? After seeing that fight, there should be no objection to the fact that Diablo had surpassed the limits of the Races as a Warrior.」
In contrast to the two that were in a celebratory mood, Sasala made a serious expression.
「A, about that, I will talk later……Rem and Shera, please stay here. Absolutely do not come out.」
She instructed them to stay in the shadow of the rock.
Shera tilted her head.
Rem noticed it first.
「Could it be!?」
「I, I……need to settle things.」
Sasala rushed out from the shadow of the rock.
「Diablo! Please move back!」
She shouted.
He complied.
「You are going to fight, aren’t you?」
It seemed that he had sensed it.
Sasala nodded.
「O, of course.」
If there was a strong Adventurer, that would come attacking. It was said that when a high level monster is defeated, recognizing their ability, it would appear from nowhere.
The six Great Masters that Diablo defeated turned into light particles and vanished.
A large monkey densely covered in thick hair stood up.
──The Evil Monkey.
The previous Master Swordsman Graham.
Sasala’s foster father. Her benefactor that saved her life, taught her the sword, and raised her.
In its hand, there was a single katana that had a crest of a crescent moon engraved on it.
「OOOOOO……」
「I, I will be his opponent……Tou-sama. This is what I have decided.」
Saying that to Diablo, she thought about things once again.
She didn’t know what her foster father’s true motives were.
However, the desire that caused him to go as far as changing into an Oni, wasn’t it to have a showdown against me? is what Sasala thought.
If he were to have cast away even his own self, not driven by hatred or jealousy, but for the sake of mastering the sword, that was very much like her foster father.
Sasala readied her sword.
With just this, the Evil Monkey wouldn’t react.
「Tou-sama……I will, defeat you.」
She released killing intent.
「O, OOOO……」
He readied his katana. It was the completely same stance as her own.
The distance was about twenty steps.
Diablo fell to the back. Sensing Sasala’s feelings, he decided to leave this fight to her.
──I need to defeat him!
For the sake of answering, Tou-sama’s feelings!
Sasala used a Martial Art.
「Yaa!!」
She swung her sword.
Ignoring the distance of twenty steps, the slash reached the opponent.
──Martial Art 《Limitless》
Since he knew her intentions, there was no way it would hit.
He dodged it.
A counter attack came.
《Crumble》
From a distance, rocks acting as her foothold crumbled.
Sasala jumped to the side, but during that time, her foster father filled in ten steps worth of distance in one go.
《Instant Thrust》
They glared at each other at a close distance.
「Tou-sama!」
「GUOOOOOOOOO!」
He came slashing at her.
There was trace of his olden days in his appearance. It was a large monkey densely covered in thick hair. It was the Evil Monkey.
Right before the slash of his katana reached Sasala──
His opponent moved back.
At almost the same time, she had launched her own slash.
It was called 《Placement Stone》.
It was a Martial Art that made the opponent cut air and launches an attack that is momentarily delayed.
Making use of her foster father’s intent of attacking, she made herself the bait, but it seemed that he sensed it just before it happened.
「You sure are composed……」
Remembering the days she passed together with her foster father, Sasala felt like crying.
The desire of wanting to cross swords with him even just a little bit longer, and the feeling of not wanting to see her completely changed foster father.
She herself needed to be composed──she was self-aware of that.
If things dragged on, openings would surely be created.
It started again from Sasala.
「Yaa!!」
「OU!」
He repelled the attack with his katana.
So powerful.
With that physical strength, there was no mistake that her foster father had become stronger than when he was human.
Fast.
The speed of his slashes increased.
His precision was also high.
The sharpness of his techniques increased.
Even so, Sasala was stronger, faster, and more skillful.
On the twentieth crossing of their swords, she had cornered her opponent. Hitting the crescent moon katana from below, she repelled it up.
「Seei!!」
「Gah!?」
Her opponent’s flank was open.
If she mowed down his torso, it would end. Defeating the Evil Monkey, this fight would end.
「ッ……Tou-sama……!!」
Her hands trembled.
She had trouble breathing.
Tears overflowed.
Sasala didn’t cut him down.
Notes:
[1] Original: 無極, Read as: むき
[2] Original: 崩, Read as: ほう
[3] Original: 瞬突, Read as: しゅんとつ
[4] Original: 置き石. I don’t know if this is supposed to be a reference to the handicap stone in “Go” or if it just a reference to a decorative garden stone.
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