The Second Son of The Marquis Runs Away from Home ~ Lacking Talent, He Abandons Everything and Becomes an Adventurer ~ - 105

Chapter 105: Pursuit

“This is impossible… to defeat all one hundred… elite corpses without using any magic!?”

Mudou was in a state of disbelief, clearly unable to accept what had just happened. But he quickly glared at me, and the Yomi Ninjas, who had been ordered to hold back, dropped down from the walls.

I faced the Yomi Ninjas attacking with short daggers. As I defeated a few of them, I looked up and saw Mudou heading deeper into the hallway.

“I won’t let you escape!”

After defeating the last Yomi Ninja, I scanned my surroundings. I thrust the small dagger I had discarded earlier into the wall and used it to jump up. Grabbing the edge of the wall and using my feet to climb, I got over the barrier and stood on top of the wall, just as the Yomi Ninjas appeared again.

“So you had already called this many in advance.”

I clicked my tongue at Mudou’s thoroughness, then drew the Chaos Crusader and headed toward the passage Mudou had gone through.

The Yomi Ninjas jumped and attacked. I quickly stepped in and slashed them in half with a diagonal cut. Then, a short dagger came at me from behind.

I twisted my body to avoid it and grabbed the arm holding the dagger. With the Chaos Crusader, I severed the arm, then decapitated the retreating Yomi Ninja.

Entering the passage, three more Yomi Ninjas came at me from deeper inside. I threw the Chaos Crusader and pierced the head of the first one, then drew a high-end strike. I stepped forward and sliced through the next Yomi Ninja at the waist, then avoided a swinging short dagger by flipping forward and, as I landed, used the Chaos Crusader to cross-cut the Yomi Ninja who had turned to face me.

Turning back to the passage, I advanced into a slightly larger room. In the center, there was an eerie altar with a crystal that glowed ominously. In the back of the room, I saw Mudou climbing a staircase.

The crystal emitted a presence that made it hard to breathe just by looking at it. I hurriedly ran up and destroyed the crystal. As its glow faded, the suffocating feeling disappeared.

“…Hmm? Oh! I can finally speak!”

“As I thought, this was the key to the seal.”

When I tested it, I found that the Chaos Crusader could now change shape. However, I could tell by instinct that powerful techniques like Exhibition were still unavailable.

“Eight Thunder Gods, do you understand how this magic is structured?”

“Yes, it involves layering several seals to activate one large sealing spell. It seems that they had placed a seal on each floor of this castle to trap us.”

“…So, if we break the seals while chasing Mudou, that’s the way forward.”

As we were talking, the Yomi Ninjas began surrounding me. It seemed that they were now able to use magic as well.

The Yomi Ninjas all jumped at once. I swung the naginata in a circular motion, cutting through them all at once. As the Yomi Ninjas dissipated into mist, I cleared them away and ran up the stairs to continue pursuing Mudou.