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19. Endemic Skill (2)

「Endemic skill [Garou], fully activated.」

[Mana activity: 10]

「I’ll be back.」

There was no acceleration in her movement. Shizuku reached maximum speed as soon as she kicked the outside wall through the window, and “landed” on the enemy group. A roaring sound filled the air, and about three who were at the epicenter of the explosion were blown away.

「What!?」

「You guys are targeting Marge, right… What is your goal?」

Is he after my money, woman, or my life? In response to Shizuku’s question, the man who was acting as the site director – he must be Eldro – laughed vulgarly. His employer, who was standing behind him, also had the exact same look on his face and laughed out loud.

Eldro’s answer was extremely simple.

「Obviously everything, you damn dog. All of it!」

「Everything, I see…」

「Your lights don’t scare no one. Are you trying to intimidate by showing off?」

「You said everything, right?」

If the other side is attacking with the intention of taking everything, then I–

「I will take everything too.」

「Stop dreaming! I’ll teach you a lesson on numbers with my whip which is enhanced with [Strength Enhancement]!」

The man raised his leather whip. He was probably skilled with it, but Shizuku was nowhere to be found when he swung it down with all his might. She was already at Eldro’s nose tip.

「You want to study numbers, right?」

「HUH?」

「1.」

One blow.

Shizuku sent the large man, who was probably three times her own weight, flying away with one kick. She got closer to the man who was writhing in agony as he vomited out the contents of his stomach.

「2.3.4.」

Kick, kick, kick. Is it because of a grudge that she doesn’t use her claws, or is it Shizuku’s own compassion?

「I can count to 100 billion. How far would you like to study?」

「H-How…」

「How?」

「I don’t understand! I don’t understand!!!」

[Mana activity: 201]

Staring at the battle situation from the window of the inn, I muttered to myself.

「I don’t understand, huh?」

At first glance, what the big man was screaming after being kicked by Shizuku didn’t make any sense. But now that I’ve talked to the employer — whose name seems to be Guran — during the day, I understand.

「She was beaten, degraded, and exploited. Still, the reason they thought Shizuku remained silent must be because she had no power. They couldn’t even imagine anything else.」

That’s why they don’t know what’s happening to them. They can’t understand.

There are people who don’t resort to force for reasons such as integrity and goodwill. People who are originally supposed to live a happy life, but are seen by others with ill-will as “idiots who are too weak to fight back”.

Just like I was to Altora and the others.

The way Shizuku trampled down on the enemy, was as if etching a new lesson into their bodies.

「Still, an endemic skill, huh. This is the first time I’ve seen it in real life. But I never expected it to be to this extent.」

The acceleration is so great that it defies even the common sense of physics. Without the Divine Eye Drive, which increases dynamic visual acuity to the utmost limit, human eyes would not even be able to perceive it.

I had been following the progress of the battle, intending to assist if necessary, but seeing that even such consideration would be uncouth towards Shizuku, I stopped the activation of my offensive skill. Koe-san was watching Shizuku with admiration beside me.

「How amazing… Is that different from a unique skill?」

「Yeah. It’s a bit of a special skill.」

Koe-san’s knowledge is limited to the skills I’ve come into contact with directly. It is no wonder that she is ignorant of skills that are not recorded in literature.

「Normal skill that almost anyone can learn with training. Unique skill that comes from the individual’s individual qualities. You can see these two things everywhere, but there are actually skills that can only be found in some regions.」

Someone said this: There is a flow of power called mana in this world. Although it is constantly flowing around the world, it can take on specific characteristics depending on terrain, topography, climate, or special groups of organisms.

Such as extreme cold, extreme heat, miasma, poisonous air, magic ore veins, divine dragon species…

Sometimes, there are people who develop unique skills that correspond to these unique mana.

「Earth spirit skill. It’s a skill that’s rooted in the “earth” where you were born and raised, and exerts unparalleled power in that land.」

A legend about a werewolf who was once the king of this land.

『Far from being tired, he became stronger and fiercer the longer the battle continued.』

Armed with the mana of the earth, they will become stronger, harder, and faster as long as it continues in activation. And they rampage with noble fury.

「That’s Shizuku’s endemic skill [Garou]. As long as she fights in this land, there is no one who can compete with her.」

[Mana activity: 905]