Chapter 19 – Revenge and Beastization
“Please raise your head. Mr. Gold.”
Despite my low words, Gold did not raise her head.
I don’t know what the intention was, but I felt a strong will.
For some reason, I got angry at him, and I said ferociously.
“What are you sorry about? I sold you and your family’s military power and excellent adventurers to monsters, and I would have shamelessly planned to live alone.”
“That’s right, Mr. Gold! You look like a shameless guy!!”
Shut up, Julis.
He had been calm until just a moment ago, but now he seemed to be on fire.
However, Gold’s words calmed the anger that was about to explode at any moment.
“It can’t be.”
I was speechless at the confident voice.
He didn’t seem to be using any magic, but his voice could be heard clearly by everyone in the wide street.
“That, Gold-sama! Why do you think so?”
Then, Ulith’s eyes caught someone. I, who was looking at the bitch, followed her gaze… Among the numerous crowd, I found a man who stands out especially thanks to his huge size, bloody impression, and muscles.
Mr. Blan.
“Blan?! You…! I heard you were in a coma, but did you wake up?!”
“I was lucky.”
Ulysse, who was a bit happy, had a bloody expression on his face for a while.
“…Blan, could it be that you… Lied to Mr. Gold?”
“Yuli Nari…”
Blan closes his eyes with a sad voice.
Julis shouted in disbelief.
“How can you do me!”
“Stop it, Ulis. Blan just said that I have someone in need. He didn’t say or say anything.”
“Then my lord!! Why are you covering that unscrupulous man?”
Gold made her sharp eyes even more fierce.
Just when Ulis flinched, he spat out in a disappointed voice.
“The day I was defeated by the female slime. I saw the situation with my own eyes.”
“Yes?!”
No way.
Gold must have passed out?
“Why do you go so far as to protect that scumbag?”
“You mean that? Are you saying I’m lying?!”
The first hint of anger was in Gold’s voice, and Ulis hurriedly lowered his head.
“That’s not it…”
“Surely I was pathetically on the verge of losing my mind. But I saw.”
Gold shouted, holding out his palm toward me.
“To cut off the tentacles of a female slime that no one else could ever cut!”
“…!!”
…Come to think of it, Gold was just in the middle of closing his eyes when I came to his side.
Did you see it? At that time?
Julis broke out in a cold sweat.
But then he shouted in a cracked voice.
“But after that, the author decided there was no winning and sold us out!”
“Huh? That’s strange. In the report you made to the guild or the family, they sold us out from the beginning. That’s how it was written.”
“That… Is. I was mistaken for a while…”
“…”
Gold shoots silently.
Those eyes overwhelmed Ulysse, the audience, and even me.
The evaluation of his appearance was that he was a kid with a lot of flair with blonde hair all back… But now it has changed.
I thought that guy was definitely a man standing above people’s heads.
Just by standing there and watching, a person with weak spirit is automatically weighed down by dignity.
However, Julis shouted brazenly soon enough to see if she had any immunity after living together for a long time.
“Keuug…! A stranger! You’ve dazzled Gold-sama with wicked skills!”
What year has there been no answer like that?
In the midst of being dumbfounded, Ulith extended his sword towards me.
The sword, already blindingly white, flashed and produced an even more intense blade, and immediately after that, a huge ice blade the size of a truck flew out.
…So what?
A moment to cut.
Jjoong!
There was someone who intervened in front of me and stopped it.
Surprisingly, the one who was able to completely break the ice without being pushed at all was a female knight named Repelt standing next to Ulis.
“Lefelt! What are you doing now!”
Refeld sighed.
“Yuli~ Stop it, stop it. I can still make up for my mistake now.”
“Refeld! Are you even trying to frame me!”
The bitch, who had been muttering in a trembling voice, screamed.
“Don’t you know me, about me! But you!”
“That’s what I’m doing! Don’t disappoint Gold-nim anymore!”
At the woman’s cry of repelt, Julis groaned and looked at Gold with a sorrowful look.
“Gold-sama! Do you believe the words of a stranger more than me, this Juli?!”
Her gold narrowed her eyes as she watched Ulis appeal to her emotions.
“You are my best subordinate. No, more than subordinate.”
“Well then!”
“I didn’t believe Stranger Dre’s words.”
Cried Gold, her eyes wide open.
“I trust my own judgment!!”
“…!!”
“I thought it was strange. That female slime was so powerful that it gave me goosebumps! Even with the items of our great ancestors, it survived and incapacitated me even after a full-body attack!”
In one breath, Sheengold glared at her knight, Ulith, with her piercing eyes.
“Ancestors. Don’t you know what it means to have withstood an attack that even used the power of the ten heroes’ artifacts? Ulith.”
Seeing her gaze as if demanding an answer, Ulis said in a trembling voice.
“…It means that it has resistance to magical power or Ryunar.”
“Okay. And that, too, to a phenomenal level. The report says that Blan’s desperate struggle and that you managed to escape while the four of you were desperate and frozen.”
Gold sighed and focused his attention.
It’s not intentional, but the way to attract attention is ingrained in the body.
“I know very well that your ice magic and special sword fusion attacks are excellent. However.”
Gold caught her breath and she cried even louder.
“It was never to the extent that it could be used against that female type! If your attacks and magic didn’t work, no one on the spot would have been able to deal any damage! Except for a few adventurers, they were all magicians!”
“…!!”
“If there was something that could stop that monster in the midst of that! Right! This guy!”
Gold yelled, pointing her finger at me again.
“There is only this one who cut off that mighty tentacle with only his sword power!”
“…!”
“In the situation where I was captured in the first place, Yuli, did you have any means to save me with your attacks? Your specialty, wide-area ice magic, has a high possibility of fatally wounding me as well as female slimes! Your level of close combat is an ordinary knight’s. I won’t cross the level!”
When she said that she was clumsy in close combat, Ulysse gave her a heartbroken expression.
“Or are you going to say that someone other than you or me stopped that monster?! Who?!”
“…”
“After passing out, I woke up a day later and heard your report. I kept thinking it was strange! Dre, the stranger I saw, was a good guy even though he was a little sidelined! He actually tried to save people! That guy suddenly changed and sold everyone and ran away. ?”
Whoa, Gold takes a deep breath and speaks as if telling.
“At least he wasn’t that shrewd.”
“I-I can explain it to you. That’s…”
“So I did a thorough investigation. You opened the mouths of those you tried to keep quiet.”
At those words, Julis couldn’t open her mouth anymore.
No, she thought so, but she exclaimed in a fit of rage.
“Gold-sama…! Gold-sama can make a mistake too! Please think about it one more time!”
“Did I misjudge?!”
Gold’s eyes glow.
“This me! I, who will succeed the Hart family in the future! I, who will become one of the pillars that will carry the world! Do I look foolish enough to throw out my closest aides with a wrong judgment!”
“Ugh…!”
Julis lowered his head.
He didn’t seem to have the energy to argue any further.
Seeing that, Gold turned his back on Ulis and shouted.
“Stop making public declarations right now! And listen to everyone here! Stranger Dre is by no means a small person who tried to save my life by selling me and the Hart family! Rather, he was a benefactor who saved me with his wits, and despite that, he was betrayed by the Hart family. !”
Seeing the people buzzing, Ulyss, who had turned pale, cried out.
“Gold-sama! That’s not it! I, I did everything!
“Your subordinates are my sins.”
“Keugh…!”
…Ah shit.
What.
What can I say…
Damn, that’s cool
It wasn’t just because he was trying to help me.
I just shuddered at this man’s confidence and the inclusiveness of being able to admit his mistakes.
Is this the heir to a teenage family?
No.
Regardless of family, gold is probably a man’s vessel.
“Dre, stranger! No matter what I say, the damage to your reputation will not be washed away. I will prepare a corresponding reward!”
“…That…”
“Of course, this will not be enough. Say what you want, Dre. I’ll grant you anything, as my discretion permits. If you ask for all my possessions, I’ll give them, and if you want to use me as a servant, that’s fine too.”
“Eek?!”
Even Lefeld opened his mouth in surprise.
“I won’t be bold to ask for forgiveness with that. I’ll just ask. Will you be able to forgive me and the Heart family in the future?”
Watching Gold bend down again, I opened my mouth.
“Raise your head, Mr. Gold.”
“…”
“I won’t forgive you if you don’t.”
Gold raised her head at my words. Standing at attention, waiting for my words.
“I have no grudge against you or the Hart family.”
To be precise, he has a grudge against the bastards who sympathized with Ulysse of the Hart family.
But judging from what Julis had said so far, her influence must have been enormous in the Hart family. It wouldn’t have been a situation to take my side.
A person who can overcome the situation… Very few I understand that.
They can forgive
But.
“But. Ulysse cannot forgive.”
“What do you want?”
As if guessing, she averted her gaze from the asking gold and approached her kneeling Ulysse.
With everyone watching me, I said.
“Stand up, Julis.”
“You bastard… Do you even sympathize with me?”
“Sympathy?”
Sereung.
Her sword was drawn and aimed at it, and a startled Ulysse raised her sword and took a defensive stance.
“There is one thing I want. A duel with Ulysse.”
“Duel.”
I said I looked at her gold and nodded her head.
“It’s not an ordinary duel.”
“Then?”
“I want a life-and-death decision, where life and death are decided.”
The crowd became quiet as if they had been doused with cold water.
…Didn’t you understand? I added an explanation in front of it in case you didn’t understand it because it was a martial arts term.
Fortunately, as if he didn’t understand, Gold answered in a quiet voice.
“…That’s not okay.”
“Is this impossible at your discretion?”
Just What happened? It was meant to be sarcastic, but Gold shook his head without any sign of anger.
“Stranger Dre. I know you’re strong, but… I’ve heard that you’re a newbie, a stranger who just came to this country. Julis is strong enough to win a duel with a stranger who is said to be of high rank.”
That is, the fight does not take place.
When I cut Yuna, I thought it was possible because it was a surprise attack. You probably think I’m weaker than Ulysse.
Even if it’s just a duel, it means I can’t die.
Okay. I know that you care about me.
“… Then let’s do this. Ulith can’t kill me, she can kill her ex… How about this rule?”
“Hmm.”
The crowd around me whispers.
“Isn’t that a bit cowardly?”
“No. Listening to it, it seems that I was very unfair, but isn’t that kind of condition rather natural?”
Public opinion seems to be divided in two.
Ulysse looks at me in amazement.
“Ulys.”
“Yes, my lord.”
The look of despair is gone, and the dignity of a knight who carries out orders has returned.
“No mistakes are allowed. If stranger Dre dies, yours will end too. Do you understand?”
“Yes. That will never happen.”
It’s terribly cold eyes.
Eyes that want to tear me apart right now.
The bastard who framed me and drove me into despair is looking at me like that, not knowing what’s wrong.
I swore.
I will definitely pluck out that eye.
“Stranger Dre. You seem to be very excited too, so why don’t you stop today and arrange a duel?”
“Consideration has been done.”
I knew Gold’s consideration.
I will give you a period of time, so you must be strong and come on. Even if you don’t die, you can get seriously injured, so there’s no possibility of that.
But I can’t delay any longer.
I wanted to cut that bitch’s head as soon as possible.
“But.”
“I won a one-on-one victory over the female slime Yuna, even for a moment.”
Gold’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Isn’t this enough to qualify for a duel?”
“…If you are, then I know.”
Gold and Repelt step back. And the people in the audience secretly close the distance.
The fear caused by the oppression of the powerful has disappeared and the eyes are shining at the sudden interesting spectacle.
Haha…”
Ulysse let out a dejected laugh.
The surroundings seemed to glow white for an instant, and then a hill of ice rose in an instant.
“Aww!”
“What is that!”
“Such large-scale magic in a short time of only a few seconds…!”
I am in awe here and there. Certainly, that seems to be a fairly great level of power in this world.
From a little far away, Gold’s confident voice was heard.
“What do you think, Blan?”
Gold talks to Mr. Blan.
“It looks like it’s going to be a tough battle. Hyung-ssi is a handsome man whose eyes are dull on the outside, but his strength is real. But is Yulinari’s strength real too…”
Is that a compliment or an insult, Mr. Blan?
Surely. As he said, it could be a melee.
Even if she stretched out her ice, I was confident that I would break it in an instant, but Ulith also seems to be able to shoot her ice blocks almost infinitely.
A person presumed to be from the guild came to the center and stretched out both of his hands to widen the distance between me and Ulis.
It seems like a referee.
When Julis’ sword emits pure white light, a guild member stops it.
He said to use magic after hearing the command to start a duel.
Ulysse snorts and reaps the light as he said. That… Just a threat
He’s saying that in a matter of seconds he can make ice that will tear me to pieces.
And.
“From now on, I will start counting the duel!”
Countdown begins.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6…
The time of only 10 seconds feels too long.
“5! 4! 3!”
At first, only the person in charge of refereeing from the guild shouted, but later the entire audience started shouting together.
“2! 1!!!”
“Be prepared. Stranger!”
After the count, Julis pointed at me right away… I stood there doing nothing.
Ulysse’s brow twitched.
“What is it? Did you come here and freeze in fear?”
“No. Didn’t the referee interfere earlier?”
“What?”
“That sword. Let it shine and recharge to your heart’s content. The duel begins after that.”
“…You bastard. Are you saying that after showing your stupidity for even penalizing me?”
Is it drowsiness?
I laughed as if I was listening, and I spoke as if I was admonishing a child.
“Come on. Otherwise, this duel is invalid. Another punishment awaits you.”
“…You son of a bitch!!”
Enraged Yuli’s sword glows white. 1 second… 2 seconds… Well, that’s it.
“Have you charged enough?”
“To the extent that I can slaughter you!”
Pick up your sword and walk slowly.
Okay. Julis is strong.
Assuming a fight with that guy, I tried to get a flame sword, and I tried to build up stats and experience points by achieving achievements.
I even thought about transferring all of my accumulated stats to strength.
Come and think now
Why did I do that?
Only against something like that.
“Be prepared for an arm or two!”
Quaang!
Yuli draws her sword diagonally.
Her ice stretches out. At that moment, I spurred the land.
Gold gasped, and Mr. Blan called out my name loudly.
Squeak.
…That’s what it sounded like.
Cooong! Thud!
The ice that was about to stretch falls to the floor.
Denggung.
In the middle of the shards of ice that scatter, something is cut and rolls on the floor, making a rustling sound.
“What…?”
Her sword was cut in half and the white light went out.
The time when Julis looked at it in vain. Seruk… And the wrist on the side that didn’t hold her sword was cut cleanly.
Whoops whoops!
A fountain of her blood splattered, and Ulis, feeling the pain, let her scream.
“Kiaaaaa?!”
Ulysse grabbing her wrists and kneeling her.
Chuck, I brushed the ice off my sword and looked down at her kneeling loser.
No one made a sound
Silence passed.
I said as if to end the silence.
“I won.”
nice! no bullshit long story revenge, good job mc 👏