Breakthrough with the Forbidden Master

Chapter 297 – Praise

“Now, engrave onto your body the requiem I shall play.”

Slayer, who jumped off the ship, said something ridiculously cringy, but to be honest, I’m troubled.

Honestly, I have been trying to evacuate the people of the town and get away from the town, so that I wouldn’t have to go into battle.

“Tch, what have you done, stupid brat…”

“Don’t you know how dreadful we are?”

“You little brats who don’t even look like you’ve grown up yet… my sisters will make you mess up!!”

The Amazonesses were blown away by Slayer’s preemptive strike, their bodies battered and covered in dust.

Far from being annihilated, those who still seemed to be in good shape were starting to wake up one by one, directing their anger toward Slayer with murderous intent.

But Slayer was unfazed.

“You can try it. You vulgar hags.”

“””Ah!? I’ll kill yooooou!!”””

On the contrary, a provocation. Then, in the next moment, something in the Amazonesses snapped with a “Buchi” and they all pounced at once in a rage.

“I’ll bite you to death!”

“Cut him to shreds!”

“Strip him naked!”

So fast. Beastkin have the physical abilities of beasts.

They were truly wild… even though…

“Hmph… I don’t even need to use magic…”

Slayer was still Slayer, a famous Hunter who made a name for himself by slaying big monsters rather than wild beasts.

“【Slayer Ultra Beef, Stroganoff Energy Punch】!”

“Fuba!?”

Even though they were beastkin and soldiers, he was not a person who could be dealt with at an ordinary level.

“Th, this brat!”

“Hey, this brat is also capable! Let’s do it in formation!”

“Yeah, we’ll show you! Brat, these experienced older sisters will show you something amazing.”

Even if a large number of people come together at once…

“Magical-—”

“Jetstream——”

“Attac——”

Calmly, on top of that, from the front……

“【Grand Slam, Buster Rush】!!”

As if to show off his strength, with speed and power unimaginable from those small limbs, he kicked away the beastly carnivorous women.

“Guha, no, no, this boy… strong… a different class!”

“Uh… withdraw! Return to the main army at once!”

“Damn, to such a brat…”

I mean, the women had an unforgiving look on their faces… no, I don’t know if I can say such naive things about them…

And thanks to that, they felt the difference in power and steadily withdrew.

“Hmph, all that life experience and this is all you got? It was a wasted life.”

Anyway, with his overwhelming power, Slayer mercilessly knocked down the Amazonesses from the rubble with a smug face.

“Wow, that was amazing!”

“Oh, I can’t believe you were so strong… he beat the Demon King Army!”

“The Allied garrison was wiped out, but on his own… Slayer, what a genius!”

“We’re lucky, not only Lady Espie of the Seven Heroes, but even the genius Slayer was on this ship!”

“We’re saved!”

And then, a loud cheer erupted from the ship at his performance.

“Hmm… if this is how it’s going to be, don’t make me do something tedious, let me take care of it from the start…. ugh…”

“W, well, don’t say that, Espie. Because you evacuated everyone with your ability, they weren’t taken hostage, and Slayer didn’t have to worry about anything, so it’s all thanks to you.”

“Hmm… but I wanted to be more active and get more praise…”

“It’s okay. I know you’re awesome. You did great.”

“Ah… un~♪”

On the other hand, Espie was sulking that Slayer had done a good job, but for now, I have to childe her and put her in a better mood.

“Hmm………… wh, sh, she’s getting clingy again… even though I was the one who did the work… Hmm…”

Hmm? Is that wild Slayer over there looking at us and giving us a menacing glare?

What is it, aren’t you feeling better? What are you angry about……

『…… Go down… why not pat him on the head and give him some praise?』

「Huh?」

Then Tre’ainar muttered something unexpected as he stood next to me, staring at Slayer.

「No, no, what are you saying? He doesn’t seem to like that sort of thing. He finds it annoying or overly familiar…」

『…… Certainly…… it would be annoying to be conveniently praised by adults who have nothing to do with it… but…』

「?」

『You… are not such an adult to him… I believe.』

Tre’ainar made a proposal with a smile as if he wanted to test me.

Is that really true?

Doesn’t he usually say things like “Shut up, don’t talk to me”?

Well, but it’s true that in the end, thanks to that guy’s efforts, things here worked out somehow…

“Geez… Espie, wait a minute.”

“Big brother? Oh…”

I stopped stroking Espie and jumped right down.

“Hmm?”

Slayer then turned his expressionless face to me when I came down.

Words to say to such a Slayer.

That is……

“Wasn’t that amazing, Slayer?”

“Huh!?”

“You were strong.”

“Hey, what are you doing, even though you made such a fool of me yesterday…”

“It’s not like that. Well, I was wondering what to do when you first jumped off… but I’m glad you’re here after all.”

“Ah… ah…”

For the time being, I honestly told him what I thought.

The Demon King Army that I didn’t want to face… well, in the end, this guy solved that problem, reduced the burden on Espie, and above all, the residents and the people on the ship were not harmed.

Well, to my words, this guy…

“Uh, noisy…”

See, sure enough, this was just as I thought! Tre’ainar, what could I be――――

“Well, I’m a genius, so it’s not a big deal at all, and it’s just a matter of course, so I don’t feel happy about being praised by an ordinary person, and it’s annoying to be petted on the head. I was irritated earlier when that girl was praised even though she was supposedly weaker than me, so I’m not jealous of her, don’t get me wrong!”

Somehow, I unexpectedly ended up being bombarded with a lot of things.

He’s really relentless, this boy.

However, even though he was somewhat reluctant, I could tell that he had opened his heart considerably compared to when we first met.

“Mmmmmmmmmuuuu~~~~~”

And in the sky above us, Espie, who got very swollen, was staring at us.

Damn, these guys…

“You… filthy humans… no way, for these children, to me…”

“Hmm?”

At that moment, a woman swept and pushed through the rubble… the dark elf from earlier. Was she safe this whole time?

She looked a little injured, but she got up.

“What, you still haven’t learned your lesson?”

“Hey, you… your companions have already retreated… what do you say? Rather, how about you pull out of this one?”

I suggested that they stop fighting, but the hatred and bloodlust that overflowed from the entire body of the dark elf in front of me involuntarily gave me chills.

“Hmph… you take me lightly… human…… but…… but…… certainly, it would be tough to deal with Espie under the circumstances…”

You still want to go, even if you give up your life? I thought, but will you make a surprisingly calm judgment?

Well, it would be reckless to fight Espie, one of the Seven Heroes who counter the Six Supremacy, under this situation.

So, are you going to retreat already?

“Fufufu, but… I saw it!”

“Hmm?”

“You… I don’t know who you are, but Espie seems quite fond of you, doesn’t she? In other words, you are Espie’s weakness…”

“Huh?”

The dark elf suddenly turned to me with a distorted smile from her murderous glare.

What the hell is this…

“And the little boy there… he is certainly strong…… but…… no match for the Great General.”

“…… What?”

“Fufufufu… isn’t that right? Great General?”

What was she doing? Hmm? Mumbling something…

『Telepathy! This one is in telepathic contact somewhere… by no means!?』

“Understood! Returning now! With these guys! Fufufufu, hahahaha! It’s too late for regrets, human!”

Tre’ainar raised his voice as if in a panic.

In the next moment, a terrible magic enveloped the entire dark elf’s body.

It was similar to Jamdi’el……

“Ḧaṫṧuṇoṝiḱaḷa Ṋoḡoṧeṇ Ẏenḉḣoḱa……”

Chant? Magic? Attack? What the hell?

I brace myself for whatever comes.

『Nu!? Tis a warp, child! Do not stand still! Move from the spot――――』

“Huh!?”

“Medium-Distance Transfer Magic, 【Tachzi】”

The next moment, Slayer and I were swallowed up by a black vortex that suddenly appeared in front of us.