Chapter 173: Three Choices (3/4)
“Huh. Looks like he’s thinking.” [Serge]
“Of course, he’s thinking. His weapon is a sword. And according to the docunts, he can’t use any magic either.” [Pioro]
“So, on one corner, we’ve got ourselves a lump of tal. And on the other, we’ve got a man ard with a sword. You couldn’t ask for a worse match than this if you tried. There’s just no way to win. He can’t land a killing blow with that.” [Fei]
“Incidentally, the other slaves also can’t use magic. In fact, none of them can. Fu fu fu… Takebayashi-sama may have said that they would be highly appraised if they managed to win, but he never said that he was going to ‘let them win’. Oh, but perhaps that’s exactly why they would be highly appraised?” [Orest]
“Umm… Can you please stop making sound so malicious? I just wanted to use this opportunity to see how far the tal slis have gotten with their combat skills. Normally, I just use them as weapons, so…” [Ryouma]
“But how does that change anything? Really… Besides, Ryouma-kun. If the information you wrote to us about the tal slis are true, then don’t you think this will rely turn into a one-sided beating either way?” [Reinhart]
As the employee, who brought the male candidate here, was about to give the signal to start the battle, the six big wigs started talking among themselves about the candidate that was starting to show signs of hesitation.
The battle turned out exactly as Reinhart-san had predicted.
“Begin!” [Employee]
The mont the employee gave the signal, the three tal slis shot off.
One tal sli approached the man directly from in front, rolling up a cloud of dust as it ramd its body into the man.
Despite that speed that wouldn’t lose out to a fully grown man’s sprint and despite being shocked, the man calmly raised up his shield and blocked.
“Uu!?” [Candidate 1]
Alas, the tal sli was a lump of tal in the shape of what was basically a bowling ball.
Given its weight and acceleration, the force it could deliver was nothing to scoff at. And even if one blocked it, the shock from its impact could still be felt.
Because of that the man stopped moving for a mont and was forced to stand his ground, creating an opening for the other two tal slis to take his flanks and turning the situation into one where they could take turns attacking the man from every direction.
Sohow the man managed to endure the consecutive attacks of the slis, but the slis changed their bodies into wheels and sped up even more. It seed as if this situation would go on forever.
“…What is that?” [Pioro]
“Once again I’ve found myself at a loss what to say. I have to say, though, those slis sure are fast.” Orest]
“That firmness, that weight, that force… One wrong move is sure to prove fatal.” [Fei]
“Your Grace, did you know about this?” [Serge]
“The letters Ryouma-kun sent to us included information about the tal slis. It’s my first ti seeing them in action, though. So, the slis really did succeed in achieving high-speed movent on their own… By the way, Ryouma-kun, are you the one giving orders to them?” [Reinhart]
“No. I’ve trained the slis, so that when the’re fighting by themselves, they will surround the enemies to prevent them from running away, and then attack one after another without resting a beat. My training is actually sowhat similar to what that candidate is doing now. Only, I fight with a greater number of slis.” [Ryouma]
“Another question. How many tal slis do you have in total presently?” [Reinhart]
“I’ve been holding back their food to prevent them from reproducing too much – of course, I still feed them enough to ensure that they’re healthy – but in total, there’s about 200 of them presently. There are also the iron slis, which can do the sa thing… What’s the matter?” [Ryouma]
Reinhart feebly scratched his head.
“I thought sothing weird might happen when you said you were planning on using the slis, but… I can’t believe that those three slis of yours can actually match a level 3 swordsman. I know they’re poorly matched, but still. Slis sure change a lot depending on how they use their abilities and how they’re trained, huh.” [Reinhart]
Reinhart himself had confird that one of those tal slis was indeed the one he gave to Ryouma.
That’s why he strongly felt that the slis in front of him used to be normal.
However, Ryouma took his words as complint.
“There was also so luck involved, but the slis really did their best. I have a lot of work to do outside of my adventurer work, but I’m working hard everyday to strengthen myself as an adventurer, as well as my slis.” [Ryouma]
Ryouma said in a boasting manner. A rare sight.
Due to the work at the store and the events in town, and how willing he is to work with a variety of requests on a daily basis, there aren’t many people who recognize him as an adventurer. A fact that has recently co to his attention.
Although Ryouma didn’t work much as an adventurer, as far as he was concerned, he was an adventurer first and a store owner second. As for helping out other people when asked, that was just him being a good neighbor and he hadn’t really put much thought into it.
But that wasn’t how the regulars of the store saw it.
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