Gordon takes one look at the axe he stabbed into the ground and snickers.
āFor a weak kid like you, I donāt need to use a weapon. Right hand or left hand, which hand should I not use? Take your pick.ā
Gordon cocked his head from side to side and made a crackling sound.
As a side note, itās not a good idea to turn your neck to make a sound.
Itās part of the radio exercises, but it puts a lot of strain on the bone joints. Iāve been rushed to the hospital in my past life because of it.
āStupid bitch. Hahaha, youāre too scared!ā
Gordon came running in with an exaggerated swing of his right arm.
āEven if I look like this, Iām the most powerful man in the slums. Abel, as your senior, Iām going to drive it into you that the adventurerās world is Survival of the Fittest. You may never get a chance to make use of it again, though! Donāt feel bad about it, if I hadnāt done it, someone else would have done it.ā
How can I do this without injuring him badly and still reduce Gordonās will to fight?
As I thought, using large scale magic as quickly as possible is the fastest way.
Bigger is stronger. Itās easy to understand at a glance.
āOh earth, form, hand.ā
At the same time I waved my wand, Gordon drew his right arm and waved his left arm.
āYou thought it was my right? Iām left-handed, you know. If you had told me to be honest, I would have told you to use that oneā¦ā¦ Uwaaa!ā
Gordon was bounced off a wall of dirt that emerged from the ground.
A ten-meter-long hand of earth blocked the space between Gordon and me.
āOuchā¦ā¦ you, now youāve don-ā¦ā¦ E-, ehā¦ā¦ H-, hey, what, what is this?ā
Gordon, who was about to get up, fell back on his ass and backed up in his stance.
Gordon put his hand on the axe and stood up from there.
āOh earth, form, handā
I grow another hand on the side blocking Gordonās progress.
Gordonās movements come to a complete halt.
āWhich hand do you prefer? You can point it if you have a designation.ā
Iāve carefully made a distinction between my right arm and my left arm, properly and carefully.
Iām the type of person who cares about the details.
āWhoaaaa!ā
Gordon screams, holding the axe and hitting the dirt hand.
With a bang, the axe sticks in the hand of the earth. But of course, itās not thick enough to cut away easily.
When Gordon tried to pull it out with his hands on the soil, he bent his arms greatly and Gordonās body bounced into the air.
Gordon in his defenseless state flicked him lightly with the index finger of the earth hand.
Gordon rolled on the ground and hit his body against a tree root.
If Iāve done this much, I guess itās okay now.
Gordon looked up with his dirt-covered face.
It seems to have fallen off his left cheek, itās swollen red.
āMordon! Shoot the sorcerer! That stops it! Hurry up!ā
āB-, big brother, thatāsā¦ā
āI told you to hurry up!ā
Heās completely in over his head.
I hoped I could scare him lightly, but I guess I scared him a little too much.
āUh, uhhhhā¦ā¦ H-, hey, sorcerer, stop! You move a little, and Iāll shoot. I know youāre strong. But in this state, I can shoot you while youāre transferring the magic circleā¦ā¦ I wonāt do you anything bad, for now, drop the wandā¦ā¦ā
āOh wind, form, bladeā
I wave my wand at Mordon.
A blade of wind flies to Mordon.
āNo-, no way, itās too fast! Uwaa!ā
Mordon belatedly fires an arrow.
The blade of wind engulfs the arrow, dropping it to the ground and hitting the bow that Maudon is holding readily. Trees shattered and shavings danced in the air.
The impact bounced of the bow causes Maudon to fall on his back.
āHiii, no, noā¦ā¦ no way.ā
I took my eyes away from Mordon, whose mouth was snapping open and closed, and turned back to Gordon.
When our eyes met, Gordonās body shook with a jolt.
āItās only when youāre an adventurer that your body gets so battered that you canāt ever be an adventurer again. I guess it was a thing. You wouldnāt say you werenāt ready, would you?ā
He quickly lifts his wand and aligns the tip extension with Gordonās head.
Gordon stares at the tip of the wand with his mouth wide open.
In contrast to earlier, his eyes were like a puppy with a lion in front of him.
Slowly, the water was spreading around his crotch area. He leaked because of fear, apparently.
Thi-, this is enough I guess.
If I scare him this much, he wonāt get involved with us next time.
I looked at Mea, then back to Gordon, and lowered my wand.
āDonāt you ever get involved with us again. And donāt tell anyone about this timeā¦ā¦ā
āIām sorry! Iām so sorry! Iām really sorry! Just spare my life! Just my life!ā
āNo, as i saidā¦ā¦ā
Gordonās head hit the ground on the spot, a change from earlier.
āBecause itās dumb and annoying to have a man attached to a woman of ability, and sooner rather than later, even if itās not me, someone will make a move. So I just thought it should be me! I thought Iād scare you into running away and expose your miserable ways, and Iām not serious about breaking your bones. The reason I asked Mordon to shoot the bow was because I got scared that youāre going to kill me for real! I didnāt think there was anything like this!ā
You-, youāre changing too fastā¦ā¦
āIf you really canāt get your mind off of it, just take it out on me! Mordon, my brother is a good-natured guy, unlike me! There is a little bit of independence, but if it werenāt for me, he would have done better in other places! Even if he party with other guys, unlike me, my brother is more cooperative and easier to deal with than he is, and I hear stories like that! So, so-!ā
Gordonās head intensely hits the ground.
āN, no, I get it, so just go awayā¦ā¦ā
āB, big brother, so you think of me like thatā¦ā¦ā
Mordon, with tears in his eyes, staggered over to Gordon.
āIām sorry, brother! Iām such a bad brother to the end!ā
Wailing and sobbing, Gordon and Mordon hugged each other tightly.
ā¦ā¦ please do it in place without me.
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