Chapter 50: – No Matter How Vicious the Enemy Is, There Are Moments When You Can’t Help but Feel Sorry for Them
As both captains commanded, the two ships collided against each other as they came close to each other. At the same time, sailors from both sides started fighting at once with their prey in hand, and I stopped briefly to call out to Tia, who was standing next to me.
“Tia, kill as little as possible. Stun them or knock them into the sea.”
“Eh? Fine, but why?”
Since the enemy were pirates, Tia already had no hesitation in fighting. That was why she was tilting her head, but it would be a little inconvenient to annihilate them with her full power.
“It’s not the right time for us to kill them. Well, if you want to spend the rest of your life just peeling vegetables, you can kill them…”
“Understood! I’ll go easy on them with all my power!” Tia said.
I saw Tia, with a wonderfully nice smile on her face, begin chanting her magic, and I immediately stepped towards the enemy, too. The enemy had 60 men against our 40. We were at a slight disadvantage in terms of numbers, but the quality was better. And now there was … me.
“Hahhh!!”
“Guah!?”
With my sword still in its scabbard, I striked the pirate in front of me. Even if the pirate was not slashed, a blow to the side of the stomach with an iron rod would of course not go unnoticed, and the pirate collapsed on the spot due to the extreme pain, causing the contents of his stomach to regurgitate.
“You!!!”
“Oops.”
They outnumbered me. Another guy nearby immediately slashed at me, but I evaded his attack and knocked his sword away with my own sword. I hit him in the back of the head, and the poor pirate fell to the floor, foaming at the mouth. If I left him there, he might be trampled to death, but I had no intention of taking care of him to that extent.
“――In the name of Lunaritia, [Gust Pressure]!”
And there, Tia’s magic burst forth at the right time. The force of the compressed wind blew away the enemies in front of me like a joke, and with nothing in my way, I ran through the pathway at full speed.
“Hey, you sure are a very cheery brat. I’ve never seen you before, are you new here?” Pierre asked,
I arrived in front of the enemy captain. Pierre smiled wickedly, and I smiled back at him.
“You can say that. I’ve been here less than a month, and I’m a newbie, okay?”
“I see, that’s unfortunate. Anyhow, you just joined and… Now you are going to be killed by ME!!!” Pierre declared arrogantly,
Pierre thrusted the curved sword he pulled from his waist at me. I blocked it with my iron sword I had drawn from its scabbard, but at that moment Pierre turned his wrist and the blade that I should have blocked reached out to my pocket.
“Whoa, that was close!”
“Hou, you dodged it. But there’s still MORE!”
Pierre, grinning comfortably, fired off a series of stabs. I thought curved swords weren’t good for stabbing, but I didn’t know there was such a use for them. … This was a bit of a lesson for me.
“This time, It’s my turn!” I said,
“Muh!?”
I returned the favor and went on the offensive this time. Pierre’s curved sword made a distinctive metallic sound as he parried my two-handed iron sword, but that didn’t last long.
“D, DAMN IT! You’re just a brat and yet? Then I’m gonna have to use both my hands!”
“What?!”
Pierre’s claws closed in on my torso as I swung my sword. The attack came from two directions, so I was forced to defend myself again.
“Ora ora ora! A fist of steel to thrust, an iron rod to mow down, and claws of iron to tear flesh apart! The fools who looked at this thing in the past and underestimated it died easily with it, you know?”
“Chi, I certainly don’t want to do it.”
No one was stupid enough to replace their hand with a hook. For that reason no one knew how to fight a guy with a hook for a hand, and if you kill him, he won’t be able to spread his fighting techniques. Perfect first-time killers, and certainly something of a nuisance, but …
“Here!” I shouted,
“Owww?!”
I put my sword through the hook and twisted it at a ridiculous angle. Pierre screamed as his hand was twisted, but my sword was snapped at the cost. Since I had no intention of showing the [Stranger Box] on the pirate ship, the cheap iron sword that I had worn from the beginning could not withstand the impact.
“Tia!”
But it was no big deal. When I called out her name and raised my hand, one of the many swords lying around was blown into my hand by Tia’s magic. I grasped it and swung it down as hard as I could, and a red flower bloomed right on the tip of Pierre’s nose.
“UGIKYAAAAA!!? My nose!? MY precious nose!?”
“You’re shouting too loudly. It’s just a little cut on the head of your nose, okay?” I said,
“I’ll kill you right now!”
Pierre raised his curved sword in anger. I dragged it out thinking it would be a bad idea to beat him too easily, but I figured it was about time. I flicked off Pierre’s curved sword and bent down to thrust my sword at him in style――
“Duck!” Tia shouted.
“Whaa!?” I said.
“!?!?!?”
I ducked as quickly as I could at the sound of Tia’s voice echoing from behind me, and another sword came flying at the spot where I was. It was the hilt, so it would not pierce me even if I received it straight on, but an iron rod flying at high speed was usually a deadly weapon.
“TIA!?”
“I’m sorry! I couldn’t control my strength. … Hey, leaving that aside, that guy …”
“Ah, …”
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“……………………… ………………………”
Pierre’s face was white as a sheet and his legs were trembling as he received the sword I dodged straight into his crotch. It was a completely unexpected blow that I had no control over, but … ugh, as a man, my crotch was tightening up just by looking at it.
“O, Oi Pierre? Are you oka. …y?”
I was so mortified that I forgot my hostility and called out to Pierre, who slumped to the floor in front of me. Y-yeah, With this it was settled… No, but it would be a devil’s errand to wake them up and make them fight again. …
“C-Captain!? Captain Pierre is down!”
“Clear out! Clear out! Help the captain!”
“Ooops” I said,
With the captain down, Pierre’s men, all dressed in matching outfits, rushed toward us. We dodged them and turned back to Scarlet, and soon the grappling rope that tied the two ships together was snapped off by the enemy.
In tandem with this, rescues of those who had fallen into the sea were carried out in parallel, and when all the sailors had been recovered, the enemy ship slowly began to leave the area.
“Ah-ha-ha! You look pretty good, Pierre! Then, no matter how solid your sheath is, you could at least strip it a little, right?” Rebecca said.
“Kah-hah …, Re-Rebecca, you son of a bitch ….” Pierre replied.
“Captain, Please Don’t push yourself! See, they say it’s good to boil down in situations like these, you know?”
“Shut up and don’t move!” Pierre said.
Pierre yelled at Rebecca, who was laughing hysterically, while his men supported him by his shoulders. However, no matter how hard he tried, his legs were still trembling, and his enemies and friends alike could not help but look at him with a pitiful expression on their faces, especially on an all-male pirate ship.
“Fuck, fuck, fuck! Remember, new guy! Next time I see you , I’ll fucking kill you, I swear to God!”
“Ah, I ain’t the one who decides that. … Well, I’ll never forget that pathetic look on your face, so it’s all right.” I said,
“DAMNNNNNNNNNNNN IT!! You Bastards, withdraw!”
Pierre shouted in a high-pitched voice as I answered with a smirk. The pirate ship wobbled away, and all that remained was our ship and the merchant ship we had saved.
“Well, then, let’s raise the battle cry of victory. Ed! And Tia! Come here!”
“”Yes!”” We responded in unison.
Rebecca called us to her side. Then Rebecca took mine and Tia’s hand and raised them straight up.
“Two newbies took out that son of a bitch Pierre! We won!”
“”HAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”””
A win’s a win, no matter how it was won. The shouts of victory echoed through the air with enough force to shake the two ships.
(T/N: Volume 2 will be out on June 1st. I’ll try if I can get illustrations.)