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55. Inhuman (1)

「[Sword Saint], activate!」

Altora disappeared from sight. He was so fast that even my detection skill could only sense him as a blur.

In the blink of an eye, Altora moved far behind me and swayed back to his feet again.

「You’re faster than before. What did you do?」

A sword slash that left no sound behind. That single slash cut through the gap between the golems and slightly grazed my cheek. It was brutally linear, but the precision and speed were even greater than before.

There shouldn’t be a skill to help with that. Normally that would be impossible.

「Hit me if you can!!」I said.

Another golem stood in the way of Altora’s attack from behind. Defying the golem that Angelina had made with increased hardness, he chipped the white porcelain body with his blade, and bounced back onto the grassland.

And he stood up again.

「You have a good golem, don’t you? So Angelina joined you, huh. What a popular guy.」

「Thanks to you. You seem to be doing well. Are Gordon, Eria, and Tina in good health?」

「Like I care. Those useless lot.」

「Oh my… I thought the “Divine Silver Sword” was going to be reborn as a true S-class after driving out the incompetent member?」

「Ha! Gordon got traumatized by ants and became a shut-in. Eria is visiting cafes every day, and as for Tina, I don’t even know where she went. And that was almost three months ago. I don’t know what she’s doing these days, nor do I care.」Altora said dismissively.

Nearly three months ago means that it was about a month or so after I left the party. Apparently the party has been in a state of destruction, just as I had heard from Bellman and Angelina.

「It took a while, but I won’t let you escape. I’m going to rip your throat out right here and now.」

「It’s probably too late at this point, but I’d still like to ask you, former leader. Why did you go to such lengths to target me? What did you come after here for?」

「What did I come here for, you ask?」

Something flared up in Altora’s cloudy eyes.

「I came here to take back everything you took from me!!!」

Did he just say he came here to take back what was taken?

I see. For Altora, he was the one who was robbed, and I was the one who robbed him. That’s why he came here with full force to take back what was taken from him…

「……I’m glad.」

「Glad, you say? Glad!? What glad!?」

「I’m really glad, Altora.」

I couldn’t help but say that.

When I learned that Altora was heading here with the Duke, I imagined that perhaps Altora’s state of mind has changed and he has become a man worthy of being recognized by the duke. .

But that doesn’t seem to be the case. Altora remained the same as the last time I saw him and came without any changes.

「Stop spouting bullshit, you incompetent!!」

Altora readied his sword again.

「[Sword Saint]!!」

Altora’s speed increased further, and the golem’s movement was delayed. A flashing blade passed through the side of the golem.

「I got you now!」

At the same time as I sensed Altora’s presence moving behind me, my body had been cut diagonally from my left shoulder. My vision was dyed bright red, and the sharp cut surface was as cold as ice.

「Haha, hahaha! Serves you right…」

「[Seraph’s Grace], activate.」

「Wha!!」

By the time Altora turned back to look at me, my wounds had disappeared, along with the blood I had shed. Altora’s face became even more distorted at that sight.

I pointed to my neck.

「How about you cut my neck next?」

「When the hell did you learn healing skills? That one is even better than Tina’s…」

「What’s the matter? You’re not coming?」

「Guh…! I’ll do it!!」

As promised, Altora decapitated my head.

Heal.

「Grr!」

He breaks my torso.

Heal.

「…I see now.」

If I simply retrieve the [Sword Saint] without knowing how the other party is achieving it, I won’t be able to replicate it. With that in mind, I tested how the skill moved several times, and gradually began to understand how Altora was able to achieve this speed.

「Damnit! Are you even human?」

「If I’m not human, then the same goes for you, right? Regardless of what you think.」