Chapter 17 – Outrage. ( Complete )
“Cesar, are you by any chance a notary public?”
“Haha, that’s right. The Duke told me to go… “
Today, the notary of this duel was Cesar Crossiron, who was Cashew’s swordsmanship teacher in the past.
An unexpected person came out and I was very surprised. The horse was a swordsmanship instructor, and Cesar was also a person who held an important position in the military in his own way. He called such a person to a duel as a notary public, so if it was great in terms of scale, it could be considered great.
In fact, countless people gathered near the arena were also staring at Cesar as if they were celebrities.
‘More than that, I was really attracted to aggro.’
Cashew looked around him and sighed inwardly.
For now, let’s say that the teachers and students gathered to watch this fight. Because I am a character here.
The problem was outside the school gates.
“Does it make sense to block coverage in the world these days?”
“Uh huh, is it because you’re not allowed to enter unless you’re related?”
“Hello, I am Issue King of Issuessoksok TV! Today, I went to Drexar Academy… “
“Now, you know the Lüberg family, which is a hot topic right now. Here now… “
Numerous people who knew that the duke’s persona was a hot topic gathered. From famous newspapers that you can know right away by name, to broadcasting companies, one-person creators, and cyber lecca. The guards were sweating hard to block all kinds of crowds.
How crazy can you be for scoops and money, and do you still do that even though the academy even spread an official letter saying no? Every time I saw something like that, my hatred for humans welled up.
But now was the time to save disgust. Because there were people to hate more.
“Lilia Aresis… “
Watching Lilia standing with her drone in the distance, Cashew growled.
She wasn’t quite sure what the hell she was doing, but Lillia was fiddling with various tools and gadgets.
And finally, as if everything was ready, Lillia tossed the drone lightly into the sky. Soon it began to float into the air.
Silver shards spewed from the exhaust of the drone perched high in the sky. The pieces fell to the ground and gradually came together, creating a huge doll.
A monster with a height that seemed well over 2 meters and a one-eyed eye. We called such monsters ‘Cyclops’.
The Cyclops, made of sleek metal, looked at Lilia with one of her eyes, then folded her at the waist to greet her politely.
『Factory Manager, long time no see.』
“It’s been a while, ‘Cyclops. Were you very cramped?”
“I thought I was going to die because I wanted to run amok.”
“You should be able to run amok today.”
『Who is your opponent?』
“Hey, that student with the obsidian sword.”
“It seems a little bland.”
“His name is Cashew Lüberg.”
『Then I understand.』
Lillia reached out her hand in the air as she chatted with 『Cyclops』. Silver dust swirled from the drone again, and she made something into her hand and put it in her hand.
A very long, pointed one-handed sword. It was a rapier specialized in stabbing.
As I gripped the rapier tightly, blue aura shone on the blade. Immediately aiming the sword at the cashew nut, Lilia threw out a comment full of her provocation.
“An invincible shield? Yes, invincibility is invincibility. Don’t think you can beat me. I will definitely break it.”
Still, Lillia was a woman who was united by terrifying confidence.
Seeing that expression made my heart beat again. Blood circulated throughout the body and the body temperature rose. Satisfied with the feeling, she drew her sword. It didn’t make a gurgling sound at all, but that made it look heavier.
The cashew nut with a strong protective shield on the sword spat out a short word.
“Don’t be pretentious, just come in. I will finish it in one go.”
At the same time as those words, a confrontation that will go down in history began.
『It’s rude to try to go against the factory manager!』
Cyclops swung his mace and lunged at the cashew nuts. Its speed, its power. He was strong but not nervous.
A protective shield was wrapped around his right arm to block the mace. The tackle that came in at the same time was easily dodged with a jump.
The monster’s rapid attack continued. The mace was about to break the head of the cashew nut. Tried to smash his solar plexus. I tried to break his back and throw him away.
But none of them fit properly.
‘No, you’re weaker than you imagined, aren’t you? What?’
With the power that shattered expectations in a different sense, Cashews immediately suspected that there was another trap.
So I looked around him, but I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. All you see is a floor full of sand.
There was no need to hesitate. He put his protective shield on ‘Valnir’. He rushed at Cyclops with full force. The monster’s defense continued to prevent the rush.
『Where are you coming in!』
The monster delivered powerful kicks at incredible speed for its size. But cashew nuts were faster. After dodging the kick with a slight roll of his body, he landed right on the monster’s back.
And he cut him in half.
『Ugh… 』
Broken in two in an instant, the Cyclops let out a pain-filled sound. With a thump, one half fell, and the other fell helplessly shortly thereafter.
This happened less than two minutes after the battle began.
‘What’s this.’
In a situation where the pulse is lost, the cashew nut is momentarily dazed. You brought Valnir and called a notary to deal with something like this? The balance calculation did not match.
Clearly there was a plan. Cashew looked at Lilia. As expected, Lilia showed no signs of panic at all.
‘There is something.’
Cashew focused on the sensations around him, grasping the strings of tension he had almost let go. The sound of the wind, the warm feeling of the sun, and the occasional sandstorm.
And, a strange noise.
The place where the metal sound came from was the sky. Cashew quickly turned his head and looked there.
Small pieces of silver were spilling out of the drone. The piece went straight to Cyclops. He tried to block it somehow, but no matter how cashew nuts it was, he couldn’t cut through the tiny powder.
Silver powder adhered to the Cyclops’ cut edges. In an instant, the two bodies were joined.
‘Thump, thump, thump’
There was the sound of an earthshaft raising three times. The Cyclops’ eyes, which had lost their vitality, sparkled.
『Die, you son of a bitch!』
Picking up the mace again, Cyclops charged at the cashew nuts. He somehow twisted his body to avoid the charge. I sprained and lost my balance and fell.
“Ah… !”
She fell to the floor and the sand scratched her leg. A little blood flowed from her thigh.
He gritted his teeth and lifted her body up. She brushed the sand off her clothes. What she had just seen and felt soon led to an accurate judgment.
That Cyclops, in a different sense, was ‘invincible’. As long as that drone is there, you will never die.
I quickly looked up at the sky to judge the distance to the drone. It was too high. You can go up, but doing so will injure the people around you.
The conclusion was one. Neither Cyclops nor Drones can be destroyed? Then you have to break Lilia.
“Stand there, Lilia!”
After inserting a Valnir and twisting it to immobilize the Cyclops, the cashews charged towards Lillia in the distance.
She wrapped her shield around her feet. As she ran, her body absorbed the shock. When she came right in front of Lillia, her power overflowed. She swung her Valnir towards her arm.
“With something so obvious, would it work?”
With one stroke of her rapier, Lillia shards of her Cyclops rushed towards her. The cyclops assembled in an instant let out a lion’s roar and pushed the cashew nuts.
『Don’t touch the factory manager!』
“This crazy… !”
With a momentary judgment, the protective shield was spread across the front. The two palms of the gigantic Cyclops were blocked in vain.
After that, things went the same way. All of Cashew’s attacks on Lilia were blocked by Cyclops. If the Cyclops was broken, they somehow put it together and used it as a meat shield. If that didn’t work, I let go of the cashew nut’s attack with minimal evasion maneuvers.
Here, cashew nuts clearly realized.
‘It’s a swamp.’
Lilia can never beat cashew nuts. Because the difference between her abilities is extreme.
But even cashews can’t beat Lilia. If she uses less than a certain amount of power, she will never be able to pierce Lilia, and if she uses more than a certain amount of power, onlookers will be in danger.
In this infinite flow, the fight will flow endlessly. That is, until one of them gave up in exhaustion.
‘I have really good hair… ‘
I can’t give up though.
It seemed like it would be a long-term battle, so I reduced my aggressive moves. Her sword was draped around her waist, and large shields were wrapped around her arms. Blocking the attacks one by one, I observed the movements of the two.
Cyclops had no clue. It was the perfect ‘artificial intelligence machine’. Acts and speaks proactively, but absolutely obeys the master’s words. I couldn’t even kill it, so I quickly put it out of my mind.
Cashew turned her eyes straight to Lilia. She observed the movement of the rapier. Most of them were attacks that stabbed between the shields. However, there was often an action of drawing a rapier into the air.
Putting a slashing motion on a stabbing weapon, and even saying that slashing doesn’t mean anything?
I needed to check it out.
“Die, you iron bastard!”
The loudly shouted cashew nut immediately turned the atmosphere into an offensive. In a sudden action, Cyclops was scattered with Hari split.
With Cyclops gone, again Lilia tried to swing her sword. Just hit this
Turning her sword, she hit the back of her hand with her pommel.
“Ah-!”
Lillia let go of her rapier and let go of her hand. The rapier fell quickly. I caught it out of thin air.
From a distance, she glanced at the handle of her rapier. There was a small button on his index finger.
Obviously this is the answer. Cashew pressed the button without hesitation. A booming sound echoed from the drones in the sky.
[ Would you like to transfer ownership of the drone DAR-24? ]
“No, absolutely not!”
“Pass it.”
[ Please wait a moment. ]
“Such a bitch, what are you doing?!”
Lillia’s eyes, which had been calm until recently, suddenly changed.
Lilia snapped her fingers once. Some of her Cyclops’ body was transformed and she again made her rapier.
“Put that down right now!!”
“It doesn’t matter.”
I knew that, and there was one cashew nut prepared.
I slipped her rapier into the hem of her dress. She held Valnir with both of her hands. A dark protective film was wrapped around the entire surface of Valnir’s sword.
As it was, he lowered the Valnir to the ground and stuck it into her.
A spherical protective film formed on the floor. The protective film that stretched in an instant trapped the cashew nuts inside.
Cashews are now unable to die even if a meteorite the size of Renugatt kingdom falls.
[ Transferring ownership of DAR-24… Registering fingerprint information ]
[ Transferring ownership of DAR-24… Retrieving user information ]
The drone was successfully landing the cashew nuts. Now, all that was left of Lillia was the insignificant blue sword.
“Surrender, Lilia.”
“No? I could. You can do it!! You think you can’t beat a bitch like you?”
“Well, illusions are free.”
Lillia screamed, frantically stabbing her shield with her rapier, as if she had completely lost her sanity.
[ Ownership transfer complete. Welcome, Cashew Lüberg. ]
“Lilia Aresis.”
Calling out to Lilia in a cold voice, Cashew pulled Balnir back from the ground. The protective shield that had surrounded it disappeared in an instant.
I drew the rapier horizontally once. The broken Cyclops were put back together. At last the Cyclops, standing tall again, bowed his head on one knee to the cashews.
『Meet the Princess!』
Seeing the correctly named Cyclops, Cashew Nut was slightly surprised. Also, artificial intelligence was artificial intelligence. I thought he would be called the factory manager.
Now the owner of Cyclops was Cashew Nut. Cashew gave Cyclops the first and last command to do.
“Cyclops, tie that bitch’s arms and legs.”
『Yes, princess.』
As soon as the command was issued, a part of the Cyclops’ silver piece separated and formed a loop around Lillia’s wrists and ankles. Cashew Nuts, who slammed her Lillia into her sandy bottom, called out to Cesar, who was watching her from a distance.
“Notary public! You completely subdued your opponent. May I declare my victory?”
“Please wait a moment.”
Cesar came straight over and looked at Lilia’s condition. Half dazed, her limbs restrained and unable to do anything, Lilia no longer seemed to have the will to live.
“I will declare! The duel between Lilia Arresis, the eldest daughter of the Duchess of Lüberg, and Professor of Magical Engineering at Drexar Academy, Cashew Nut Lüberg University, is a win for cashew nuts!”
Cesar’s declaration reverberated throughout the campus.
A moment of silence passed. What followed was the sound of applause. One, two, small intermittent sounds quickly grew to hundreds.
Cheers were heard. A whistle mingled. The powerful gestures of the crowd created waves. A wave of victory washed over the cashews.
I didn’t really expect something like this, but it felt good when I actually experienced it. Because the power that the audience gives is always thrilling.
The cheers showed no signs of stopping. In the midst of that frenzied scene, Cesar spoke cautiously.
“By the way, Princess. What are you going to do with the loot?”
“The loot?”
“You know that. The victor can demand one thing from the loser except his life.”
The victor’s spoils. I completely forgot about it because of the excitement of the duel.
Cashews was worried as he gently touched her chin. She didn’t really want to bring anything. I didn’t really want to have that Cyclops either.
Then, suddenly, a cruel but thrilling thought came to my mind.
“Cyclops, how many calves has Lilia beaten so far?”
『Search results, a total of 457 people.』
“457 people… Um, isn’t this a bit nasty?”
The cashew nut smiled and immediately said to Cesar.
“I’ll take Lilia Aresis’ leg.”
“Princess, I thought you’d warmed up a bit, but you’re still cold-hearted… Well, good.”
Not wanting to see the terrible sight, Cesar turned his head away.
Cashews picked up Valnir. With her right hand she whirled the sword around. Lillia was so frightened that she couldn’t say anything.
As she stayed in that position, she slammed her sword down at her joints.
“Ahhh… Aaaaa!
Then two thumps and two tearing screams. The duel ended like that.
