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Volume 5 Chapter 106

It has been ten days since Sally’s recovery.

The War God’s Strength Tournament, which would determine the strongest in this country, would be held today and tomorrow. I was not strong enough to participate yet, so this time, I’ll be helping out with the event’s management. One day, I would like to participate in the tournament and show off my strength.

By the way, it looks like Sally is going to participate in the tournament. She’s so good that she’s suddenly appointed as the vice captain of her platoon in the national army where she was just assigned, so I’m sure she’ll be able to go very far.

And just when I was thinking that, she actually made it through the preliminary round!

Even if you can’t destroy the target, you can still participate in the main competition if you are recognized as having done more than a certain amount of damage, and Sally has managed to clear it!

She’s amazing!

My friend is so amazing!

The right arm and leg that Haruto-san has healed are doing really well.

After that, the preliminary round went off without a hitch.. The target I was in charge of was getting pretty battered, but no one had yet to destroy it.

I looked down at the register of participant numbers.

Oh, I guess I’m done with the next person.

「The next person, number 997, please」

After number 900, the chances of a participant’s appearance with the potential to knock the target down grow, so I got a bit excited.

What kind of power, weapon, or technique would be used to destroy the target?

However, I have just recently witnessed the highest peak of the martial arts destroy an unbeatable target, so I guess I shouldn’t expect anything more.

The best of the best in the martial arts is, of course, him.

「Hello, we meet again, pleasure to meet you」

Yeah, yeah, that person is Haruto-san.

In front of my eyes, Haruto-san appeared carrying a huge sword as tall as his body.

「Haruto-san!?」

「Yes, I’m Haruto Elnor」

I knew that Haruto-san’s family name is Elnor.

Lilia Elnor…sounds cool actually…

Wha?! What was I thinking of?

I had a picture in my mind of me and Haruto-san happily sitting around the dinner table.

However, I am at work now.

Unfortunately, I decided to erase that happy image from my mind and concentrate on my work.

I was concerned about the sword on his back.

Haruto-san wasn’t holding a sword this big during the entry inspection.

Where in the world did he get it from?

It’s hard to imagine that he had it made here in the capital.There are no blacksmiths in this country who can make a sword as big as the one Haruto-san has.

It was a very beautiful sword that looked like a treasured sword from the kingdom of the elves.

I’m actually a weapons enthusiast.

I know most of the treasure swords and tools of each country, as long as there are pictures and other information available to the public. The greatsword that Haruto-san was holding looked very similar to the treasure sword of Alheim.

No way. ……?

As I was thinking about this, Haruto-san raised his greatsword with one hand and held it overhead.
As I thought, even though they look really similar, it’s still not exactly the same.

I read in a book that the Hakoku is very heavy. I heard that it took several soldiers to carry it.

There is no way he could hold it in one hand like that.

Even so, Haruto-san’s every movement is too beautiful to watch.

“Can I do it now?”

While I was in awe of Haruto-san, he asked me if he could attack the target.

「Oh, yes! Yes, it’s okay」

I hurriedly replied.

However, even though I said it was okay, Haruto-san was now standing about five meters away from the target.

What’s the point of taking a stance at such a place?

And on top of that, he had an overhead stance.

Don’t tell me, he planned to go on a 5-meter dash while still holding the sword overhead, building up momentum before slashing the target?

Even if it’s Haruto-san, that would be really uncool…

Haruto-san swung the big sword downward.

Right “There”

「Y, yes?」

I didn’t understand what that meant.

The target, which was five meters away from me, split in half into left and right pieces from the center.

Although the target was broken, it was still standing.

Haruto-san didn’t stop, either. He then swung his sword from lower left to upper right. Afterward, he slashed it to the right, diagonal slash, slashed it to the left—That’s all I was able to see.

This is because Haruto-san’s movements became faster and faster.

I was proud to say that I had excellent kinetic vision among the beastmen, but I couldn’t see Haruto-san’s big sword halfway through.

I couldn’t see the movement of the sword, but instead, I could see something flying toward the target from the position where Haruto-san was.

The something flew straight to the target and sliced the target as if it were being sucked into it.

It was like a flying slash.

By the way, it is said that the heroes of the past had a technique that could cut down an enemy several meters away using Hakoku.

A slashing attack that would cut the skies—it was the legendary technique called Aerial slash.

It can be called a profound technique of the martial arts.

In martial arts, close-quarters combat is king.

Beastmen, who are more likely to be suited for physical attack occupations due to their race, are more likely to be close combatants.

What if a beastman with high race status and overwhelming physical attack power and speed attacks you physically from a distance?

That’s right. Of course he would be recognized as strong.

However, there has only been one beastman in history who was able to physically attack an enemy from afar without using flying tools. That one person is the former King of Beastmen, who attained divinity after his death.

He was performing a technique in front of my eyes that only he could accomplish.

It must have been about ten seconds after the first slash.

Haruto’s movements came to an abrupt halt.

At this point, I could only believe that this sword was Hakoku—on the ring, Haruto-san suddenly charged toward the target with great speed.

He did “that stance” in front of the Unbeatable Target.

He blasted that target with “that” and the target was hurled to the testing grounds.

The target was cut into pieces and the steel sand that was inside it began to fall from every part of its body.

If left unchecked, the target would collapse in a few seconds…

「Yeah!」

His fist slammed into it.

I didn’t understand what he meant again.

The target was already cut into pieces?

That torn up target was a lump of steel sand weighing a few tons.

Somehow, with a single fist, he managed to blast it off.

There was an area where the garbage from the arena was temporarily stored, he threw it there.

Most of the wreckage of the unbeatable target was neatly placed there.

「Yes! Perfect.」

Haruto-san was satisfied.

Then he turned around and said with a smile…

「This will make cleanup a lot easier, won’t it?」