Arc 4: Separation
How is it? Any impressions of the exceptional performance I arranged for you, Kanaki?
Revealing herself, Alice flashed a maidens beam as she spoke in a vibrant tone of voice.
In the wanted poster, I had already viewed Alice once, yet eting her in person left with the impression that she was a relatively young girl. In fact, she may not be that much older than Arti. The only problem was that Alice excelled at tampering with peoples bodies, which suggested that she was not necessarily the sa age as she appeared to be.
When did you first plot this?
Brushing aside Alices question, I counter-questioned her, to which she replied seemingly placidly.
Well, about three days ago, I guess. It was right when the request ca directly to that a flash of inspiration dawned on . When I told them that I would accept it as long as whatever thod would be used was acceptable, they agreed to it with a simple yes or no, so I figured I had no choice but to follow through.
In short, it was a spur-of-the-mont idea that struck her three days ago, and her betrayal of and Matthias ca so readily.
It was very characteristic of her. Indebtedness and fraternity were all worth nothing to her. Whenever the prospect of pleasure beckoned, her devotion to the pursuit of enjoynt was unbounded, to the point that she would abandon everything she possessed at all costs. From my past interactions with her, I have known this to so degree, and yet it was my own consequence for allowing the situation to develop into what it was.
I see.
Huh? Kanaki, youre not responding as strongly as I had expected. Even the always stoic Kanaki, I thought, would feel crushed this ti.
My indifferent response apparently didnt sit well with her. Alices youthful features warped in dissatisfaction.
I an, you know
That was when Alices voice dropped to a chilling tone.
Arti, youre being vexing.
Concurrently with her words, a dog-like demon constructed entirely of bones erged at Alices feet.
The instant the dog demon crept out of the void, it swiftly pounced on Arti.
Eh?
Arti cried out in consternation as she raised her disoriented, tear-stained face.
The dog demon opened its mouth, and right as its unrefined fangs was about to reach Arti, my foot pierced its wide-open maw.
Shiii!
Having been driven away by the kick, the dog demon shattered into pieces in mid-air, and its bones tumbled to the floor in pieces.
With those bones soon gone, too, a bland sigh escaped Alice.
Well, I suppose this isnt enough to kill you.
Alice didnt seem in the least bit alard when she strolled over to us after saying this.
Then, lets have a direct confrontation between and you at last, shall we? I have always hoped to kill you once, so this is like a dream co true.
An ecstatic Alice remarked this, and then she trampled away the obstruction in her pathEtos entrails which were lying on the groundwith a blunt and unceremonious motion.
Die.
With one breath, I closed the gap between Alice and and kicked the floor.
Since Sprint Move,[i] the way of walking taught by Matthias, was adopted, Alice must have felt as though I had moved instantaneously without expending any magical power.
Eh?
My index finger dug into Alices throat as a dazed look surfaced on her expression.
Even Alice would not have been able to react due to the greatly reduced lag ti for magic activation induced by limiting the deploynt of Chakrath to my index finger. Alices body sagged down lifelessly like a puppet with its strings torn as I wildly withdrew my finger.
Watching Alice lying on the floor, a sigh was heaved from .
I knew it.
[Ahaha, your expression was rather pleasant just now, Kanaki.]
Out of nowhere, Alices amused laughter arose.
Alice, who was lying on the floor, had been substituted with the corpse of a totally different woman. Even Alice was not willing to take the senseless step of standing in front of . After all, Alice had learned about one of my abilities through Xenia. Having always masked my true identity, I was not familiar with the notion of engaging in a battle with soone like Alice, whose information about was already in the open.
Please show yourself, Ms. Alice. Do you fear ?
[Dont say such a thing, Kanaki. I was planning to torture you gradually, and now you have the urge to kill imdiately.]
Hii!
Along with Alices voice, demons materialized from all sides of the living room, encircling us. Perhaps taking into account the small living room space, the summoned demons were all approximately the size of a small dog made of bones, as was the case earlier.
Standing in a position where I could protect Arti, I readied my fist. Although none of these demons constituted much of a threat, their sheer quantity was the dilemma. When it ca to combat in this cramped room while protecting Arti, the odds were not in my favor since my magical activation speed was not that rapid. Even if I defeated the existing demons, Alices magical power seed to be limitless; even if I launched a sowhat drastic suicide attack to cut my stock, I would definitely find myself in a tight spot.
[Are you ready, Kanaki? Perhaps soone will co to your rescue if you can hold out until sunrise?]
Bring it on.
You wont even let get ready anyway.
Right at the ti that I was about to generate magical power and at the very minimum, enhance my physical body with sorcery, a swarm of demons sward in and attacked at once.
T/N:
[i] Its another actual martial art, and in case soone mistook it, the way of walking is the na category of the technique. No idea whats the English na for it. But I checked on youtube and its called Sprint Move, a Japanese martial art by Ninja? You can check it out here. Oh, theres probably plenty of martial arts as a reference in future chapters. It seems to be one of Kanakis specialty
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