Chapter 2-21 : Leading The Rats Into The Trap (part 2)
「Izack, I beat the big guy!」(Palfi)
「I finished dealing with those fools too.」(Martz)
「Great work, guys! Almost done here too! ーHaa!」(Izack)
ーCLANK! ーCLANK!
Izack was currently fighting three people, including the leader.
The two lackeys were no match for him, so he finished it quickly by counterattacking them with his sword.
「「Gaaahh!」」(bandits)
With the two injured bandits collapsed to the ground, only the leader remained.
Looking around, he found all his subordinates had been defeated. Four people who tried to attack Martz had arrows in their legs, the big guy with a huge axe was leaning unconsciously to a tree with his armor broken, and the two people who fought alongside him suffered injuries from Izack’s blade.
「Tsk! These idiots are so damn useless!」(bandit leader)
「Oi, oi. You don’t call your comrades like that.」(Izack)
「Shut up! You know nothing about us! If you call yourself a man, then fight me in a duel!」(bandit leader)
「Duel? That’s rich coming from the coward who tried to gang up on me. Well, I don’t mind to humor you. Martz, Palfi, you guys get some rest and watch. I’ll handle him myself.」(Izack)
「Okay~」(Palfi)
「Just get it done quickly.」(Martz)
「Don’t worry. It’ll be over in no time.」(Izack)
「Hah! I’ll make you regret underestimating me!」(bandit leader)
The bandit leader dashed toward Izack and started swinging his sword. However, Izack easily deflected all his attacks.
ーCLANK! ーCLANK! ーCLANK!
「Ohh~ Not bad, not bad. As expected from the famous bandit group’s leader.」(Izack)
「Shut it and fight! Is that all you got, huh!?」(bandit leader)
「Of course not. Do you think I need to use all my might to deal with a scoundrel like you?」(Izack)
While replying to the bandit leader, Izack put some strength in his arms and swung his sword with a stronger force, pushing the bandit leader, who barely managed to block the attack with his sword, a few meters backward.
ーCLANK!
「Ghhh!!」(bandit leader)
「Oh? You can even block that. I admit you have some skills.」(Izack)
「Hah! I don’t wanna hear your praise! …I don’t want to use this cause it sucks my mana so much, but… can’t be helped.」(bandit leader)
After murmuring something to himself, the bandit leader gripped the handle of his sword firmly with both hands and held the sword sideways, and thenー
「HAAAAA!!」(bandit leader)
ーHe swung his sword, slashing the air.
For a split second, Izack was confused. He didn’t understand what the bandit leader was doing, but then his instinct as a warrior told him a great ‘danger’ was approaching at high speed.
ーSWOOSH!
「ー!!」(Izack)
He then immediately jumped into the air, avoiding the ‘danger’.
ーSLASH!!
While he was still in the air, the tree behind him was split in half horizontally as if something invisible had cut through it.
He landed on the ground and returned his gaze to the bandit leader while smirking.
「Phew~ That was close. A wind magic sword, huh? What a troublesome toy you got there.」(Izack)
The sword the bandit leader was holding was actually a wind magic sword, and the ‘danger’ Izack sensed was actually a shockwave of compressed air coming from its blade that could cut things.
It was barely visible during the day, and it was completely invisible in the forest at night, but Izack managed to sense it.
The bandit leader didn’t think Izack could dodge it. He couldn’t help but click his tongue in frustration.
「Tsk! Can’t believe you could dodge that. You’re no ordinary adventurer, are you?」(bandit leader)
「I don’t mean to brag, but you can say I’m the best in this region.」(Izack)
「Shit… First, my subordinates were captured by those formidable soldiers, and then I have to fight this monster… What a terrible night… This technique will deplete all my mana, and I might die of exhaustion, but it will be worth it if I can kill you! Eat this! HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!」(bandit leader)
While shouting, the bandit leader started attacking again. He swung his swords. Not once, not twice, but many times, shooting multiple invisible slashing shockwaves toward Izack.
However, Izack had seen it once, so it was easy for him to dodge many others of that attack.
By watching the bandit leader’s movements and seeing how and in which direction he swung his magic sword, Izack was able to predict the trajectory of the invisible shockwaves.
ーSWOOSH! ーSWOOSH! ーSWOOSH! ーSWOOSH! ーSWOOSH!!!
He stepped to the side, jumped up, rolled on the ground, doing swift maneuvers, dodging the invisible shockwaves while slowly moving toward the bandit leader, and eventually, he managed to close the gap between them.
「Shit! Shit! Shiiitt!!」(bandit leader)
「HAA!」(Izack)
ーCLANK!!!
As soon as he reached the bandit leader, Izack quickly swung his sword, hitting the magic sword in the bandit leader’s hand.
Unable to resist the force, the bandit leader let go of his magic sword. The magic sword then spun in the air several times before it fell and stabbed the ground.
Realizing he had lost the fight, the exhausted bandit leader gave up and collapsed to the ground. At the same time, Izack pointed his sword down toward the bandit leader’s face.
「It’s over.」(Izack)
「Dammit!! ーHahh… Hahh… *Breathing heavily*」(bandit leader)
「Hey, Izack.」(Martz)
「Yeah, I know. I’m not gonna kill him.」(Izack)
The bandit leader thought Izack would push his blade through his throat, but he drew his sword and put it back in the sheath instead.
Marquis Kushaq told the Wings of Steel to capture the bandit leader alive so that they could interrogate him and prove Count Oglan guilty.
「Hahh… Hahh… You want to keep me alive, huh? You will regret it!」(bandit leader)
When the bandit leader shouted at Izack, Martz silently drew an arrow and shot it at the leg of the helpless man on the ground without even blinking.
「Gaaahh!!」(bandit leader)
「Uwaahh… Martz, you’re ruthless as always. Look at him. He’s so exhausted from using the magic sword that he can’t even move a muscle. You didn’t need to do that.」(Izack)
「We’ll never know. These bandits are good at escaping. We can’t take any risks.」(Martz)
「Yeah, right… Well, you heard him. Sorry about your leg, pal.」(Izack)
「Screw you! Screw you people! Aagh, my leg!」(bandit leader)
The bandit leader depleted his mana and was so exhausted he couldn’t even writhe in pain.
Not long after, some of the Kushaq Family’s soldiers came.
「Izack-san, did you get them?」(soldier)
「Of course!」(Izack)
Seeing all the bandits lying on the ground including their leader, the soldiers were impressed.
「Great work. We knew we could rely on the Wings of Steel.」(soldier)
「Haha! I’ll do everything to make ‘Father’ happy!」(Izack)
「Father?」(soldier)
「Don’t mind him. He’s talking about Lord Kushaq. Hey, Izack. He’s not your father! He’s Maitena’s!」(Palfi)
「But he’ll become my father-in-law soon!」(Izack)
「You wish…」(Palfi)
Unable to stand Izack’s nonsense, Palfi face-palmed and sighed.
「Uhh… A, anyway, we’ll take them to our headquarters.」(soldier)
「We’ll go with you.」(Izack)
After tying up the injured bandits with ropes, the soldiers and the Wings of Steel members took them back to the city.
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