CH 495

“Let’s do this, Sarge!”

“Come!”

“Kuoon!”

I stand in front of my master, with the sound of Sarge and Aina’s happy voices coming from some distance away, and the sight of Ryuuze fighting a dragon in the distance.

“So, Master, what is the technique you remembered?”

“Hmm. I’m going to do it now, but I want you to make one promise. You must never shoot it to anyone.”

“What do you mean, “never shoot at people”? Isn’t that a fighting technique?”

“You are right in the sense of ‘proximity’, but not in the sense of combatt. And the opponent who receives this will surely be seriously injured. A demon the size of Ash would be killed in an instant.”

“Kuoon!?”

He noticed Master looking at him with narrowed eyes, jumped up and scampered around, then ran to me and clung to my leg.

“Kuoon ……”

“Okay, okay, was it scary? Master, don’t scare Ash, okay?”

“Hoho, sorry, sorry. I just wanted to say that it’s that dangerous. Now, I’ll show you.”

She then approached a nearby tree, gently touched it with one hand, and closed her eyes.

“…… Fuh!”

“!?”

“Kuon!”

The moment Master opened her eyes and thrust out her hand, it was as if condensed magic power had been sucked into the wood, and I gasped for breath. Ash leaned out of my hand to see as if he was interested and made a cute little noise.

Then, after a small explosion, Master let out a breath and turned to me.

“Whew, that went well.”

“…… looks like nothing has changed, but ……”

“No, Makina-oneechan is right, this is going to be pretty amazing. I’m going to open it.”

“Uhiyaaaa!? Sephiro, when did you get here?”

“I’ve been chasing Ash! Let’s see, I think it’s like this?”

When Sephiro put her hand on the tree my master had touched, she split it in two from the center, and inside was…

“Uwah!? The outside is completely normal, but the inside is shattered like sawdust ……!”

“Hmm. This is what happens when magic explodes inside an opponent. It’s more dangerous because you have to get very close, but it’s also more powerful, as you can see.”

When I approached the tree with Ash in my arms and touched the inside of the shattered tree, it was a little hot. I don’t want to think …… about the inside of a human being if they get attacked by this.

“It certainly doesn’t matter how hard the dragon’s scales are. It might even work on demons.”

“That’s what I’m talking about. I’m sure this is what you call a certain kill move. The name of this technique is “Thunder Penetrating Palm.” Let’s surprise the dragons with this.”

“Your pretty face is ruined, you know ……”

When Master chuckled with a bully-like smile and I let out a sigh of exasperation, she suddenly turned serious, put her hand on her chin and muttered 

“Come to think of it, maybe I remembered it because I returned to being young again …… I wonder how far that guy thought about this.”

“Retzel-san, is it?”

“Well, he’s working on the idea that he wants Lars to kill him, so he’s on our side for now. But there is no guarantee that he won’t turn against us again after this is done. He might try to get to you guys to piss Lars off and kill him.”

“…… Now that you mention, Luciel and the others were taken hostage before.”

“The most dangerous one is you, though ……. You’re going to have to learn to prevent that from happening!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Kuoon♪!”

“Do you want to learn something, Ash? Like Mother Radia’s technique?”

“Kuon!”

When I saw Ash jumping out of my hands and talking with Sephiro, I smiled and asked Master to teach me how to use the Thunder Penetrating PPalm.

By the way, Luciel and the others isn’t back yet, I wonder if they’re okay? 

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“Ah, yes. If you could work on that like this, please.”

–After entering the mountain, Luciel and Roza led the way, digging for ore as they pushed forward. After a while, Jack joined them, and there were quite a few of them. 

“So you can tell by smell, huh, [Jewel Master] is amazing,.”

“She didn’t seem to like it much because it’s a skill that’s absolutely useless in town, but this might be the first time I’ve seen my sister so lively.”

When Luciela looked at her sister with a kind face, Kudelica opened her mouth with a wry smile. 

“The basket reminds me of the class competition! It was amazing how she threw things into her opponent’s basket.”

“I remember that. I thought that was pretty cool.”

“We had a lot of fun at the academy, didn’t we? It would have been fun if Luciela and I were in the same grade with you guys.”

“Because you were with Nora, weren’t you, Dedite-kun?”

When Luciela’s mouth was agape, Dedite laughed unconcernedly and said, “Well, yeah”. In the midst of all this, Luciel shouted with joy, holding the stone that Roza had dug for her.

“It’s an Adamas stone! It’s a precious stone, good for armor because of its hardness and elasticity. You can only find it in illustrated books.”

“Yes! But diamonds can be made into weapons and armor, but sapphires and topaz can only be made into ornaments, which is a shame ……”

“I see, but it’s beautiful, so I want you to sell it to me.”

“I’ll give it as a present to everyone when I’m done processing it! I’m getting paid, so I’m going to ask one of the craftsmen in the Royal Capital to do it for me.”

As Luciel smiles at Kudelica, Roza takes the ore out of the basket and opens her mouth, looking at it with one eye.

“Something interesting, huh? I’m looking forward to it! By the way, it’s amazing how many different ores you can find when you dig in different parts of this mountain.”

“…… You’re right. Everyone get behind me!”

As Roza turned serious, Dedite held up his greatsword and looked in the direction Roza was looking. Then, three giant ants appeared from behind a tree.

“It’s the same Acid Ant we just killed.”

“I’ll help you, Dedite-san.”

“I’ll help you too.”

Jack and Kudelica also stepped forward, weapons at the ready, and the Acid Ant gradually closed the distance. As Dedite and the others waited for a chance to pounce…

“Geh!? Sharuru!? Why are you here ……!”

“You know her? She’s such a cute girl.”

“I-I’m not! I mean, there are monsters in there–“

“GISHAAAAAAAAAA!”

Jack warned Sharuru to be careful, but the Acid Ant didn’t care as it aimed at the nearby Sharuru.

“Giiee!?”

“Uwah ……!?”

The Acid Ant that was about to attack Sharuru was blown away by Sharuru’s punch. The group shuddered as they were shattered by one blow, just one blow.

“O-Ohhh ……”

“What in the world is that girl ……?”

Luciela could barely say anything else as Sharuru wrapped her arms around Jack, her knuckles stained with blood.
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