I think this chapter sucked out all of my life energy… well, I somehow finished it in one day though. Thanks for reading~
The sword saint Kureha Claylet and I were standing facing each other. She has absolutely no mercy to me who was her benefactor that healed her arm before. Although I did change my name and face to escape from the kingdom, she's a cruel woman.
"Setsuna, stay out of this. You'll only be a burden, so run away and learn." (Kearuga)
"Yeah. Good luck Kearugsama." (Setsuna)
Following my orders, Setsuna retreated to where the collapsed Freya was.
Good, now I can fight without reserve. If I fight as a swordsman, I can't win against Kureha. However, if I don't choose a method, I can see a chance of winning.
First is to analyze her war potential. Using【Jade Eyes】, I check the【Sword Saint】Kureha's status.
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Race: Human
Name: Kureha
Class: Sword Saint
Level: 45
Status:
MP: 169/169
Physical Attack: 122
Physical Defense: 86
Magical Attack: 70
Magical Resistance: 86
Speed: 103
Level Limit: 51
Talent Values:
MP: 91
Physical Attack: 128
Physical Defense: 90
Magical Attack: 72
Magical Resistance: 90
Speed: 109
Total Talent Value: 580
Abilities:
Divine Sword Lv5 Abandonment Lv5Skills:
Divine Sword Ability Increase Lv3: Sword Saint only skill, speed and power data correction. Presence Detection Lv3: Sword Saint only skill, abandonment's detection range and speed data correction.————————————————–
As always, she's like a monster. A high level and a joke like total talent value with a splendid distribution. Her originally strong abilities have reached as far as Lv5, and have been further strengthened by her skills.
At this rate, I can't win. That's why, I'll become stronger.
"【Transformation Heal】" (Kearuga)
Since I know that the【Sword Saint】Kureha Claylet can't use magic, I can throw away my magical resistance with a piece of mind. That being said, I can't assign it to be lower than 40.
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Race: Human
Name: Keare
Class: Healing Magician, Hero
Level: 38
Status:
MP: 127/127→67/67
Physical Attack: 66→129
Physical Defense: 69→107
Magical Attack: 81→59
Magical Resistance: 45→36
Speed: 154→119
Level Limit: ∞
Talent Values:
MP: 80→40
Physical Attack: 80→162
Physical Defense: 83→133
Magical Attack: 100→70
Magical Resistance: 52→40
Speed: 196→ 150
Total Talent Value: 595
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Using【Transformation Heal】, my talent values are set to be anti-Kureha.
Due to the talent values changing, my status automatically changes as well. The status is determined by the talent values and levels.
Thanks to us repelling the guys who assaulted the ice wolf village last time, my level rose from 30 to 38. Also, by taking in monster genetics, my total talent values rose by a bit.
When we were fighting the kingdom soldiers, I made my distribution to specialize in speed, but when facing elites like Kureha, no matter how fast, there's no meaning if those movements are too simple. That's why I purposely lowered my speed enough so that I can perfectly control it.
With Kureha as my opponent, there's no way I won't receive a single sword stroke, so I can't throw away my defensive strength. As long as it's not instant death, I can use【Recovery Heal】. For that reason, I need the necessary defensive strength.
As I am now, I exceed Kureha when comparing physical strength, defensive strength, and speed.
Kureha disappears. The moment I thought that, I sweep my sword sideways; she should be there.
I heard the sound of a sword clashing against another sword; Kureha had stopped my sword.
Maybe, if I didn't know Kureha's swordsmanship, I would have been ended after the first surprise attack. She isn't only fast.
Every human has their own rhythm. Their breathing rhythm, heartbeat rhythm… etc. By being in complete sync with their own rhythm, people are able to easily use high grade techniques that are disconnected from their recognition.
"Can you see me?" (Kureha)
"Well, I wonder." (Kearuga)
In spite of me using【Imitation Heal】and going through her experiences, I can't imitate that. It's also impossible to see through her thoughts. However, I know what kind of attack she will do in certain situations. Therefore, I was able to attack her with my sword.
Although I was able to defend against her first attack, I can't put my guard down. Utilizing the shock she got from when our swords collided, she does a rotating consecutive attack. Quick and smooth movements. Despite winning in status values, I'm one-sidedly being pushed back.
"While having that good of a sword arm, why did you go on the wrong path?" (Kureha)
Kureha clicks her tongue, and I don't reply to that. No, I can't; I don't have room to do that. If I make a single mistake in receiving these storm-like consecutive attacks, it'll be a fatal wound.
Because of【Imitation Heal】, I have a superior status. Because of【Imitation Heal】, I was able to imitate her sword techniques. Furthermore, by knowing all of her experiences, I'm able to predict what will happen.
Even though I've done this much, I still fall behind her. That is, the【Sword Saint】Kureha Claylet.
It's regrettable. It's regrettable to actually kill her. However, Kureha hurt my property (Freya). There's no way I can forgive her. A high-pitch sound of metal was made; it's the sound of a sword breaking.
Kureha's sword had broken. For the very moment she started fighting, a chance has appeared for the first time. Finally huh, it had taken longer than I expected. Taking use of that chance, I thrust and aim for the base of her neck. Although I want to end it here…
"Gu-" (Kearuga)
I unintentionally raise a voice of anguish. A strong impact in my stomach, my bones break and even my internal organs have taken severe damage.
The moment I thrusted, Kureha inclined her head, and far from escaping, she stepped forwards. From there, she hit me with a palm heel strike that had her back put into it. By utilizing my force, she hit me with a counter.
Being blown away, I hit the wall and one of my bones broke after making a thick sound.
"【Recovery Heal】" (Kearuga)
I heal my broken body. That was dangerous; if I had thrown away my defensive power, it would have been an instant death.
"Each time our swords collided, you had been using magic that corrodes my sword it seems." (Kureha)
"Correct answer." (Kearuga)
I had used alchemy magic via my sword. Although it's possible to break it in one go by touching it directly with my bare hands, pulling off a feat like catching the sword Kureha is swinging with my bare hands is impossible. Therefore, I clad my own sword in mana and made Kureha's sword fragile bit by bit.
"Without even having the ability, you have an unimaginable skill in the sword, you have magic that strengthens your physical ability and magic that can corrode swords and magic that heals wounds. Who exactly are you? I would want you to teach me what kind of class can do that much." (Kureha)
"I'll teach you if you overlook me." (Kearuga)
"You jest. An opponent this dangerous, I am increasingly unable to overlook you." (Kureha)
Kureha extracts a spare sword from her back. She most likely won't receive my sword with her sword anymore.
Good grief, this is troublesome.
"That's unfortunate." (Kearuga)
From inside my bag, I throw a bottle that has a certain potion inside.
This kind of idiotic attack was obviously dodged by Kureha. The insides of the bottle that was cracked after being thrown onto the ground scatter. This is fine. This is the correct way of using this potion.
Kureha fiercely shortens the distance again. However, her sword was somewhat chipped. Fearing that her sword might break, Kureha doesn't receive my sword with her sword. As a result, it considerably limits her attack patterns.
Because of that, my prediction accuracy also goes up. If I devote myself to defending, I can hold out. However, my disadvantages from before haven't changed. The moment I switch to offense, I will probably receive a severe counter.
"Since you are only defending and don't intend on attacking, are you thinking of waiting until I'm tired and my sword is blunt?" (Kureha)
"Certainly not." (Kearuga)
Kureha has gone through hellish training. There's no way I could win if I challenged her to a stamina contest, and I'm waiting for something different.
I smell something sweet. It seems the contents of the potion I threw earlier has vaporized and drifted in the surrounding air.
It should be about time. For the first time since I came here, I attack of from my own accord. If it was the usual Kureha, she would have given me a fatal wound by taking use of the gap I make when attacking.
Her sword breaks, but with her skillfulness in her technique, she was able to pull it off even while being disturbed. However, that would only happen in a normal situation. The drug has already circulated, and just as I predicted, she pulled back. It's just evasion.
"What's wrong sword saint, is your physical condition bad or something?" (Kearuga)
"… What exactly did you do?" (Kureha)
"You think I'd reveal my hand to the enemy?" (Kearuga)
I laugh. The potion that I threw earlier was an experimental aphrodisiac. It's made to blend into the air when the seal is opened.
Normally it's used indoors to make the woman become lewd and enjoy herself without realizing it, but when it's used outside, it spreads too far which makes the effects weaker. However, what I threw was the undiluted solution.
Although I have resistance, it's a drug that can make any innocent woman open their thighs with pleasure. There is no way the virgin and inexperienced Kureha will be able to endure this. With a red face and rough breaths, she rubs her inner thighs together. It doesn't matter if she's a sword saint, because after all, she's a woman. She is wearing trousers that make her slender legs look attractive, but the area of her nether regions is wet. Even from on top of her clothes, I can see that the cherries on her breasts are pointing up.
"Now, let's continue." (Kearuga)
I laugh at her. I can easily defeat Kureha while she's in this state, and it's a mystery whether she can properly hold her sword or not.
While letting her eyes become drowsy, Kureha raises her sword overhead and thrusts it into her thigh. Blood scatters everywhere. With that sword which was dirtied by her own blood, she thrusts at me.
"Yes, let us do that. I will strike down that dirty sword of yours. I am going to settle this for sure." (Kureha)
How brave. She's forcibly sustaining her sanity with pain; I want to applaud her.
In that case, I'll settle this just as you wish for. She has somewhat recovered her sanity with pain, but she's far off from her perfect condition. I wonder how she is going to wield her sword while having a body that would climax just from walking.
That being said, the opponent is a wounded beast; I shouldn't let my guard down. Taking an overhead position, she comes close and swings downwards with her sword.
For a moment, I felt a chill. Kureha's eyes that were melting with sexual desire was extremely cold hearted and transparent. The world froze. The atmosphere was tense enough to make me feel that kind of illusion.
My arm that was grasping my sword danced through the sky going round and round. Kureha must have raised her sword from a low position. Extreme speed was a halfhearted word when describing those movements. Her movements didn't even reflect in my eyes.
Her figure after raising her sword is beautiful. This is【Sword Saint】Kureha Claylet. Even while being ruined by the aphrodisiac, she continued to be a beautiful sword. Ah, I'm deeply, deeply moved.
"Ahahahahahahahahaha, it's just as I hoped for. However, you couldn't surpass my expectations Kurehaaaaaaa" (Kearuga)
My arm being cut and blown off was within my expectations, so I hadn't stopped my momentum. I hold aloft my arm that should have been cut and blown off. I grab Kureha's head immediately after healing it with【Recovery Heal】. The reason my hand was able to touch her head was because Kureha had put all her power into that one blow.
"【Transformation Heal】" (Kearuga)
The reason my right arm was cut off was because I purposely lead her into thinking she has a chance.
If it was the normal Kureha, she would notice my intention and suspect my purposely created gap. After suspecting it, she wouldn't attack and aim for a genuine chance.
However, her current self doesn't have the composure for that. Wielding the sword is the most she can do, and she wants to end the battle early. Being bound by those thoughts, she couldn't help but bite on to the chance I made.
That was my true intention. For me, as a healing magician, losing an arm is not a serious injury. Thanks to this arm, there was a chance to capture Kureha. This is what I wanted. My【Transformation Heal】activates, ruining Kureha.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, nooooooo, this is, lie, noooooo, stoooooop it." (Kureha)
Kureha holds her head in her arms and screams. Fumu, it seems that she was able to enjoy the present I drove into her brain with【Transformation Heal】.
The kingdom is an awful group. If she doesn't understand through words, I have to make her feel it.
For that reason, I directly hammered the『The inhumane kingdom special ~demi-human compilation~』into her head, leaving it as memories. In both the first world and this time's world, I've used【Imitation Heal】on a countless number of kingdom soldiers, so I have an abundance of their memories. I chose the best one, which is the unjust conduct that the kingdom did towards the demi-humans, and summarized it, leaving it as a special memory.
Massive killing, sexual assault and robbery. There are plenty of unsightly scenes of humans. If that is shown to someone, no matter how much of a kingdom believer they are, they'll hate the kingdom in one shot.
The guys at the Dioral Kingdom don't treat demi-humans as humans. Their actions towards the demi-humans are bad enough that even demons would be a bit reserved to do.
Their deeds deviated from the proper course, and out of those, I picked the worst ones to show her. The effects of it on the proud sword saint-sama should be extraordinary.
"Lie, it's a lie. This kind of thing" (Kureha)
Kureha's whole body starts convulsing, and she then faints while shedding tears.
"Now then, with this, Kureha Claylet has been broken." (Kearuga)
Now she will no longer function as a sword that protects the kingdom. The key point of this, is that even if she denies the reality that I showed her, Kureha will probably try and find out the truth herself, ending up with her despairing.
Once that happens, she will hate the Dioral Kingdom from the bottom of her heart. She's a woman with a strong sense of justice; she might even become the kingdom's enemy out of her own will.
Ah, that's right. I thought of something good. Rather than making Kureha Claylet my property (toy), there's a good way of playing with her.
I use【Recovery Heal】on Freya and wake her up.
"I'm very sorry Kearugsama. I was easily defeated." (Freya)
"That's fine, just practice your close combat bit by bit. Leaving that aside, I have one request for you." (Kearuga)
"A request you say?" (Freya)
"Yeah, I want you to do some acting. Once Kureha opens her eyes, I want you to act like a princess. The setting is that you're a courageous princess that found out the about the other face of the kingdom which hurt your heart, ran away together with a hero and wants to save a world that includes the demi-humans. That kind of feeling I guess. By the way, I'm going to act like a hero that fell for the princess and ran away together with her." (Kearuga)
Although I once thought of making Kureha hollow like I did to princess Flare and then turn her into a slave, this way seems more interesting. I'll make her walk a path of ruin out of her own will, and not like a puppet. For the first time in a while, I guess I'll go back to being Keare-kun. If it's this setting, there's no problem informing her that I'm actually the hero of healing.
Well, I wonder what kind of reaction the despairing sword saint who believed and served the Dioral Kingdom will make for me.
While thinking about that, I tie up both of her hands and feet and head towards the inn. It would be good if the drug's effects disappeared by the time she wakes up but… well if it remains, then I just have to be affectionate towards her until it wears off. I won't put pressure on her. After all, I am a hero that escaped after knowing the kingdom's darkness. I can't do awful things to woman. Even so, I will give a proper response if I'm wanted.
Kureha's chest and butt aren't big, but her figure is good. She's sweet and beautiful, so it shouldn't be bad to indulge in her body.