The Second Son of The Marquis Runs Away from Home ~ Lacking Talent, He Abandons Everything and Becomes an Adventurer ~ - 63

Chapter 63: Former Friend

“It’s vexing to be killed without recognizing me even though I changed my face,” the monstrous figure called Ordio said, glaring at Ganard with eyes filled with evident hatred.

“I am Bugras Veludo, one of the members of the squad led by Grant, whom you all Knights pursued to kill!”

“What!? Nonsense… You were supposed to have died falling from a cliff during the pursuit…”

“I survived… and I’ve been waiting all this time, for this moment where I can definitely kill you all!”

An ominous pulsation resonated from Bugras’s spear, and numerous insects emerged from Ganard’s impaled abdomen.

“I never forgot that day… when we were surrounded and mercilessly killed to prevent us from letting Grant escape!”

“Guh!? Gah! Aaah!”

“You engraved the magic on Grant, who didn’t draw his sword! You shot arrows! You slashed him! And you disposed of us as traitors and disgraced us!”

While still impaling Ganard, Bugras lifted and threw the spear, slamming Ganard’s face against the wall where he was crucified.

“I had intended to let you be devoured by insects like those old pests… but it seems I’ll have to do it with my own hands after all!”

“…!”

As Bugras attempted to thrust his clawed hand into Ganard, a swing of the black sword cut through.

Withdrawing his spear and evading, Bugras swung the hooked claws at me. I intercepted with the black sword, then punched his abdomen covered by an armored gauntlet on my left hand.

“Guuh!”

(… Resilient!)

Despite the blow, a gigantic centipede emerged from Bugras’s back, snarling and attacking.

Jumping back to avoid it, two centipedes wriggled from Bugras’s back, approaching with intent. I deployed both black swords, severing the heads of the centipedes.

“Don’t interfere, Imperial Knight! Don’t barge in when it’s none of your business!”

“…None of my business, huh?”

“Or are you trying to save that man over there, trying to save this hopeless, corrupt country with nothing but darkness!?”

“…I don’t really care what happens to this country. But…”

Saluting with the black sword in a one-on-one stance, I wielded the black sword that the once-called Grant, the knight, had used.

“This… is what he entrusted to me to stop you.”

Closing the gap in a single breath, I swung down the black sword. Bugras caught it with his spear, but his eyes widened upon seeing the black sword I wielded.

“Why, why do you have Grant’s sword!?”

“…Because it was entrusted to me.”

“!?! That makes no sense!”

Bugras shouted as he thrust, each thrust feeling like a swarm of bees attacking, each evasion rubbing my nerves raw.

“!?”

As I deflected another thrust with the black sword, the shaft of the spear bent, and the twisted tip approached my face.

Deploying the gauntlet and seizing the tip just in time, I sensed the spear trembling. I flicked away the spear with the black sword, then leaped back, rolling away.

Immediately, something shot out from the tip, hitting the wall, which then melted, pulsing like some kind of egg.

“Chii!”

Bugras shook his back feathers, ascending, then descended at an incredible speed.

“Guuh!?”

I deployed the shield to receive the charge, the force equivalent to Fuldo’s monstrous strike. Rolling with it, I regained my posture, but Bugras was already ascending again, charging at me.

“This is unpleasant! Die!”

Being sent flying by Bugras’s charge, I manipulated the wind, adjusting my posture mid-air, then kicked off the building wall to approach him.

“What!?”

In mid-air, I swung the black sword at Bugras, but he caught the blow with his spear. I immediately kicked Bugras’s abdomen and landed on the roof of the building, locking eyes in a standoff.

(Strong…)

Fully utilizing his spear skills along with his own abilities, Bugras’s accurate responses to my movements vividly revealed his experience.

A complete, superior version of Fuldo, that was the impression Bugras left.

(…I have no choice but to use it.)

While maintaining the standoff, as I tried to deploy my armament…

“!?”

Light descended.

The light that fell on the pure white barrier was absorbed, then the barrier cracked, and a corner of it crumbled.