Magic Swordsman Chapter 6: Soul Reaper
Clement and others had an extraordinary murderous intent in their eyes.
Toru fought against a large caterpillar and was used to murderous intent to some extent. But their blood-lust was different. The blood-lust swirls in blackness as if it were not human.
(Maybe all the people in this world are so dangerous?) (Toru)
Toru was intimidated.
If he was a weak person like when he was on the earth, he must have been frozen.
On the other hand, an unfamiliar urge was born in Toru's chest.
The impulse is
"What do you feel good about Lid? There are three of us and you are alone. Even if you resist--"
With Clement's words, an unidentified urge exploded.
Toru left the impulse and kicked Clement and three others off the cliff.
When kicking off, Toru also slashed them with a [Magic Sword].
This is to attract the caterpillars that are attracted by the smell of blood.
However,
"That's weird. I should have cut them properly." (Toru)
[Magic Sword], which Toru had swung through, slashed the wrists of the three people as intended.
There was a slashing feeling.
If Toru's [Magic Sword] was working properly as a blade, their wrists would have been cutoff from their bodies by this time.
But their wrists were still on their bodies.
The [Magic Sword] has passed through the body.
"Why?" (Toru)
Toru was a little confused.
I slashed the caterpillars a lot, but this never happened.
"Hmm. Right." (Toru)
Toru threw his doubts at ease.
Although they could not be cut with the [Magic Sword], Robert's head broke when dropped.
From the cracked head, everything that shouldn't come out spreads-out.
With this, Toru's aim can be fully achieved.
When Toru was is in Japan he has never seen a cracked head. Nevertheless, when I saw Robert's head from the top of the cliff, I felt nothing.
Ordinary people may look a little pale, but even that does not happen.
Toru accepts the discovery of a new side, as he was tolerant to harm.
Clement, who fell under the cliff, was hardly injured, probably because he had a good place to land on.
However, the attitude changed from the previous one and he has calmed down.
"Li, Lid... What is this all about?"
Clement's expression when he asked was as if he had lost his memory because of a bad place to hit.
The dark expression he wore before was completely wiped out.
Are you acting pitiful because your position has reversed? I thought so, but it seems not only that.
(They more likely to get angry when pushed down by me)
"Oi, Lid, answer me!" (Clement)
"Clement, do you really not know why you are there?" (Toru)
"I don't know, I'm listening!" (Clement)
"Hah. Clement doesn't remember trying to kill me or actually pushing me off the cliff?" (Toru)
“That's what we………? Why did we try to kill Lid!?” (Clement)
The situation is strange. They don't have the capacity to pretend.
I was in a rush that I had forgotten about it.
No matter how you think about it, the situation is strange.
"Hmm...I was right." (Toru)
However, Toru does not confirm their true motives here.
It is true that they killed innocent Lid and his parents.
And I tried to kill Toru.
This is not earth. It's a different world.
There is no law in which Toru has to save them.
"Hmm, what is this sound. What is there?" (Clement)
With a small noise, "Mozou...", a large swarm of caterpillars appeared from behind the cave.
A barely conscious Tuck was stunned by the appearance of the caterpillar.
"Dude, is it a monster!!" (Tuck)
Clement, on the other hand, hurriedly approached the cliff.
"Lid, I beg of you, help me." (Clement)
"Have you helped Lid in the past?" (Toru)
"That is..." (Clement)
"Lid just wanted to live. He has been trying to live without inconveniencing anyone. But you rejected him. You unilaterally made a decision and drop him over a cliff. You abused me, why should I help you?" (Toru)
"So, why did you push us down? If you just wanted to live, you didn't have to push us down!!" (Clement)
"It's not the line that a person who pushed the person who just tried to live should say. And--" (Toru)
Toru let out the words inside of Lid's chest.
"Can you forgive the murderer who killed your parents?" (Toru)
"... Gu!" (Clement)
"I got the answer." (Toru)
"Woooooo!!" (Clement)
Clement started running towards the caterpillar with a screaming voice.
He made a fist and punched the caterpillar.
The force of the punch filled with muscular strength was spectacular.
However,
「―― What!?」
The skin of the caterpillar resisted Clement's punch.
Without showing any discomfort, the caterpillar aimed at Clement.
The caterpillar split the mouth in three and opened wide.
"What the..." (Clement)
The end was a moment.
The worm bite off Cleman's head in an instant.
"Waaaaa!" (Tuck)
Tuck panicked after Clement's quick death. However, that scream also attracts the caterpillar.
A large number of caterpillars appeared one after another from the back of the cave so they could be drawn by sound.
"... still so much?" (Toru)
Toru killed a lot of caterpillars, but it seems that he was still in the few. A overwhelming number of caterpillars were under the cliff in no time.
"That, ke... Ah, ah, ah..." (Tuck)
Tuck seeking for help is chewed from. Robert, whose head was broken, was also eaten away in no time.
Clement's body is gone. Only the bloodstain was left and disappeared in the belly of the caterpillar.
When their bodies were eaten none was left behind,
"--!?"
An unpleasant sign filled the space.
Toru reflexively manifests and sets [Magic Sword].
A caterpillar appears again from the back of the cave.
This time there is only one.
But many times larger than the others.
"I think it's a caterpillar boss. If I leave it as it is, it might come out." (Toru)
At present, caterpillars cannot cross the cliff. But as the numbers increase, caterpillars pile up, eventually crossing a 10-meter wall-- a stampede.
Once stampeding, nearby villages will definitely be destroyed.
Toru doesn't hate the villagers who didn't hurt Lid directly.
I don't want to be involved again, but I don't think I would die.
I wanted to prevent the stampede if I could.
However, Toru was unable to take any action.
Toru's "intuition" skill warns that he should never fight that caterpillar.
The caterpillar's parents carried the "food" that the children had secured. Then its eyes focus on Toru.
Chew, swallow. The chewing sounds echoed inside the cave.
At first glance, there are plenty of opportunities. But that is Toru's judgment as an Earthling.
Toru knows little about the strength of monsters and demons in Eargard.
Ignorance makes you recklesss.
Therefore, Toru obediently followed the voice of <intuition>, which is the power of this world.
"But..." (Toru)
There is no reason to overlook this.
Toru jumped up.
At that moment, the caterpillar's parents quickly looked up at Toru.
Just as if it said, "If it comes to me, I'll eat it similar to the other party."
--also.
Toru seemed to be alert, and the caterpillar parent was barely alert.
While gazing at the parent caterpillar, Toru uses [Magic Sword].
after a moment,
Shattering sound echoes.
Several stalactites on the ceiling began to fall all at once.
"""Eey!!""" (Toru)
A stalactite crushes a caterpillar child. But it's not enough.
"More!!" (Toru)
At the same time as before, he jumps again.
Toru chops up the stalactites one after another and smashes the caterpillars under the cliff.
Around the fifty stalactites that fell. Signs of living things diminished from under the cliff.
"...Did I do that?" (Toru)
Toru shook his head. Still not enough.
Although it was faint, I felt a sign of a caterpillar. I don't know about the child, but the parent is definitely alive.
A large amount of stalactite was cut off, which reduced the distance from the bottom to the top of the cliff. In this state, the caterpillar wants to leave the cave earlier than Toru's idea.
So Toru left the cave and swung the [Magic Sword] toward the entrance.
A roaring noise echoed and the ceiling at the entrance to the cave collapsed.
Now you can't come out easily.
「…………」
Toru meditated in front of the collapsed cave.
"It might have been extra care-"
――I killed the enemy you wanted.
Yes, I prayed to Lid's soul.
≫ Acquire 150 skill points
≫ Acquired the title [soul reaper]