Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

Chapter73，Part1: 1 - Money Issues ③

Chapter 73 Money Issues ③

Part 1

My body was burning from the inside. A tremendous heat runs through my body starting from my heart and conveys an explosive power to my limbs.

“Severed Shadow” is the name of a combat technique created by a Thief long ago.

Thieves are weak against Phantoms, the power in their attacks can only allow them an auxiliary role when fighting against a Phantom, that technique was born from the resentment in their own powerlessness.

An intense physical training. A combination of the unification of your own psyche and a special breathing technique which seems to burn your own life give『Speed』to thieves who have mastered it.

Speed is power. Its essence isn’t here just to improve your evasion.

An acceleration that leaves even sounds behind and a well-place fist can deliver a power strong enough to easily crushes any Phantoms or monsters.

Her form was like a black storm.

In a spacious training space, only the roaring sound of delicate limbs slashing through air and the sound of a hard object hitting metal echoed endlessly.

One of them is Severed Shadow. In a custom-made cloth that doesn’t hinder any movement from her body and her hard metal shoes that has become her symbol.

The opponent she was facing against is one doll.

It is a human-sized black metal doll made so only joints could be move.

Liz who was wrap up in a burning heat raises her voice and made a thin sound.

Her legs got entangle, she has step on them, and she start to fall. When her body was floating, she hit the ground with her palm. Sometimes she throws it with her arms and sometimes she kicks it between its legs. Smokes rise from the floor due to the friction from her movement. But Liz’s movement show no sign of stopping.

If the opponent was a living being then it would have long stopped breathing because it couldn’t hold on against her stream of continuous blow.

The metal doll was genuinely just a doll. It can be operated like a Golem, but it doesn’t have the power to think independently like an android, it is just a lump of metal.

It is not papier-maché, the inside is filled with metal and the outside is coated with a special alloy. It is a very heavy and sturdy doll.

The coating is extremely resistant to magic and physical attack because it is an imitation of the Golem that was once called 『Akasha』.

Akasha has an advanced mechanism that allows its giant body to move freely. In that sense, the doll that Liz is fighting against has a really bad performance but at least in terms of toughness, it is equivalent to Akasha.

Every hit is filled with murderous intent. The doll is strucked by her fist and her kicks and slammed against the floor and against the wall over and over again.

A little away from the battlefield, Sytry is observing her sister’s rampage with a notebook on her hand.

Exasperate, she has been dragged by Severed Shadow and has been lock up in the Clan Underground Training Field.

The other Clan Members who were initially using the Training Field desperately flew from her frenzy.

“Onee-chan, I told you it is impossible! Let’s give up. I have adjusted its endurance to withstand Onee-chan’s attacks.”

“ …ut up, Syt! I am training so keep your mouth shut! Get the next one ready!”

“Moo! I also have thing to do!”

Her cheeks inflated but Liz doesn’t spare a single glance at Sytry.

『Akasha』 concept design is simple.

Exceeds “Strange Grief”. Only that one.

Sytry used the huge amount of data she has, the technical and financial power of the magic organization 『Tower of Akasha』, used the most of their connections and what was created after many years of research is that huge Golem. It is so powerful that it doesn’t fit the name of Golem.

Each member of “Strange Grief” has their own strength.

At first, it was just curiosity. Eventually Sytry got entranced by her study.

To face off against “Strange Grief” which is made up of monopolar members was no simple tasks.

Those were wonderful days. I remember when I was conducting research through trials and errors, even now I can remember the throbbing feeling I had in those days.

With many excellent senior disciples and the cooperation of the former great wise man the conclusion they reached was simple.

They need to carefully take countermeasures against each of their strength, one by one. That is also what Hunters does when they challenge high difficulty Shrines.

With a zeal that could be called obsession, they completed 『Akasha』. It was a wonderful Golem that has surpassed any existing Golem.

Because of its purpose, 『Akasha』 has the predisposition to be the natural enemy for “Strange Grief”.

A shield only made to receive Luke’s slashes. A continuous fighting ability against the extraordinary power and physical strength of Anthem. A high information judgment ability realized by the human operating it.

We put particular importance on the development of its body.

In order to make Akasha the 『Enemy』 of 『Strange Grief』, it was essential that the metal could withstand both Lucia’s magic that boasts an attack range that is almost impossible to avoid and Liz’s strong blow that would have been difficult to parry with the shield due to her speed.

She didn’t make it because she had a grudge but Sytry spent most of her money and time in it. She didn’t compromise even if she received complaints from her senior disciples, teachers or even those above them.

The talent of my sister Liz is real. She has mastered and can use “Severed Shadow” which was said to take several years to learn and now she is allowed to have it as her Alias.

Her blows are delivered without any hesitation nor fear. Therefore, she can release a power that is more powerful than her actual physical strength.

Liz is also human. Her fist isn’t designed to hit a chunk of metal.

During this training, both of her clenched fist was soaked in blood. It is probable that some of her bones are broken.

However, every time the wind blows, the floor becomes more dirty because of the blood dripping from her hands, but there is no sign of her frenzy momentum weakening. It should be painful but the light in her eyes doesn’t show any sign of weakening.

As a fighter and as a Hunter, my sister is obvious first-class.

Age wise, her heyday is still ahead. It is the truth. Liz’s athletic ability has significantly improved compared to when she first fought against the first metal puppet I developed.

However, … It won’t be enough to break through the body of Akasha, which took years of development, just because of that.

It is obvious but I have already taken her growth into consideration. Sytry doesn’t intend to give this victory to her sister before a while.

Even if I no longer have any connection to the convenient 『Tower of Akasha』.

TL notes:

Thx for reading.

Looks like Liz can move up to Mach 1 if she can make sonic boom O.o.

Sytry’s fun time in an evil organization. I can almost see a fun montage of her time with Noto and his disciple working together to make Akasha XD

Tchao à plus!

papier maché: material made with paper stick together with glue and letting it harden. In this case it is to say that it isn’t paper with just a coating of metal.

She wanted to say shut up.