Chapter 2 - A More Dangerous Skill
Fritz quietly opened the door to the second floor and crept inside.
I followed him in, but as I expected, I found four bandits lying there, sleeping peacefully. The only problem was that they were not sleeping well, and their feet were resting on the faces of the others.
Fritz instructed me and Ione with his fingers to pin them down from both sides, and we nodded silently.
The three of us synchronized our timing and swung our swords at the sleeping bandits.
"Gyaahh!"
"W-what the hell, you guys! Damn it!"
"Eekk! H-Help me, please!"
First, there were two. Then the other two, who had woken up and noticed the commotion, got up, but one of the bandits was strangely large. He was bearded and had an axe in his hand.
"Be careful......, that guy is strong."
Fritz says in a tense voice as he finishes off the other bandit. Sweat is oozing from his forehead, is he really that much of an opponent? Ione, too, is unable to step in immediately.
"Hehehe, you've done it. Is it because you know that we are the Blood Shadow, the great bandit gang?"
The big man smiled nonchalantly even with the corpses of his friends in front of him. He licked his tongue with a vulgar grin on his face.
Even though it was one man against three, we ended up in a staring contest.
『It's kind of bossy. This is where Heruko-chan will automatically (auto) [Appraise!]』
〈Name〉Gardon 〈Level〉？？ 〈Class〉Head of Bandit 〈Race〉Human 〈Gender〉Male
〈ＨＰ〉 ５５２
――That's a lot of HP! It looks like it has five times as much HP as me. And I can't see his level.
"What, you attacked me and now you want to stop? Then I'll come to you!!!"
The bandit-head Gardon raised his one-handed axe and rushed in. Toward Ione on the left.
"That's dangerous!"
I tried to go in to cover Ione, but Gardon was faster than that!
"Kyaaa!"
Ione tried to catch the axe with her sword, but she was defeated by the force and was hit by the body and blown away. Oh no――!
"Ionee! Damn it!"
Fritz rushed over to the fallen Ione, but she still had some HP left. I'll leave it to him to take care of the injured Ione for now. I chase after Gardon, who kicked down the door and ran away.
"Tsk, they still got company!"
Gardon saw Alec and Meena downstairs and stopped at the bottom of the stairs.
"I'm not going to let you get away!"
I tried to go down the stairs too, but that Ione had been killed. I can't cut him so easily.
"Damn, I can't see his level."
Alec swears, and Gardon says in a petulant tone.
"Hmm, let me tell you something. I'm level 34, you know?"
"What!?"
No way. I'm still level 10!
"I'll take your skills, too!"
Then Gardon held up his left hand, the opposite of his axe.
What? What is he trying to do?
I was panicked and alarmed by the commotion in my chest.
"Meena! Serina! Both of you, get back――guh!?"
"Alec!" "Master!"
Alec was acting strange, but it seems that Gardon did something to him with his skills. Would he be okay? My stomach goes cold.
"Hehehehe, I got one of your skills. Now you can't use this skill anymore."
I got it――In other words, Gardon had the skill of [Robbery]!?
This is bad! He was an incredibly strong enemy.
"But what is this skill? It's a skill I've never heard of. [Scatology]?"
Gardon raised an eyebrow, but that skill was――
"Gardon, I'm going to warn you, don't ever use it. You will definitely regret it."
Alec said with a glare.
"Hehehe, now that you mention it, I'll have to use it, right?"
Gardon smirked and said he was going to use the skill.
"Hmm? Hmmm? *sniff sniff* It smells so delicious...N-no, but that smell! Uwahh, s-stop it! You idiot! That's not food! Eeekkkk, Stoop iitttt!"
It seems that Gardon has lost control of his body, and he approaches the roadside on all fours with his face scrunched up. It seems that the skill【Scatology】can also work with dog poop on the street. Eeeeeeh?
"What are you doing, Serina, do it now!"
Alec said, and he was right.
"Y-yeah, ....... Heiyaa!"
I regained my composure and swung my sword at Gardon.
"Gyaaa! Damn it! I can't move. ......!"
"You're stubborn. ...... [Starlight Attack!]"
As the starlight scattered from my sword, Gardon had already died.
It's over――.
『Level increased by 5!』
『Level increased to 15!』
『Attack power increased by 15!』
『Defense increased by 11!』
『Speed increased by 13!』
『Maximum HP increased by 35!』
『Maximum TP increased by 16!』
『You gained 26 skill points.』
My level has gone up by five at once. I can't believe I was dealing with such an enemy. ...... I shuddered involuntarily.
"What's happened to Ione, Serina?"
Alec asks.
"She's got hit by that big guy with his skills. ...... But it's not a fatal wound."
When Alec heard this, he seemed relieved, and his stern expression suddenly relaxed. I thought you were a cold person at first, but you are a person who cares about your friends,.......
Fritz came down the stairs with Ione on his back, but Ione was bleeding from the side. It looks like a pretty bad wound.
"You've beaten me. I'm going to take Ione to the temple."
Fritz said.
"Yes. We'll take care of the rest."
"I'm sorry. ......"
Ione apologizes, but it's not her fault.
"Don't worry about it. It's all taken care of."
Alec says it lightly, as if it's nothing, but he was the one who balked at this plan until the very end. I don't know,......, but I think Alec is kind of cool,......!
"Yes ......"
"Well then, Master, I'll go get the soldiers."
"Yeah, I leave it to you."
Meena ran to the soldiers' quarters.
But there was something I really needed to question Alec about here.
"...... Hey, how did you get such a skill ......"
I don't care if it's just regular sex, I would never be able to play scat sex.
"Don't touch that topic. I just happened to get it. It wasn't my choice."
"Yeah. I'm, you know, I'm not sure I'm ready for that kind of play. ......"
"I told you, it was a fluke! I can't do that either. something like that"
"Yeah. Well, that's good."
I'm relieved.
"I'm gonna go check and see if there are any survivors."
"Yeah."
I headed upstairs to the building where the bandits were hanging out.
"...... They're all dead. ......"
Using [Appraised] and confirmed that the bandits were all out of breath. Even though I wielded the sword myself, it still makes me sick to see human corpses left like this.
It was quite different from monsters, whose corpses turn to smoke and disappear.
I've killed a person――.
It was as if I had stepped into a place from which there was no turning back, as if something had disappeared from my mind―― a feeling I couldn't quite put my finger on. In the silence, I might as well have stuck both my feet in the cold, slimy darkness.
Above all, I am bewildered that I am behaving in such an undisturbed and surprisingly calm manner.
Still, ......, the allies of justice in this world cannot do without murderers.
I will not be defeated!
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