Superhuman Delusional – Are You Able to Live a Daily Life？ 553

Chapter 553 – Abyss

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“Flame Strike!”

A giant demon, wreathed in fierce flames, charged towards me.

Even without the flames, a mere collision would send an ordinary person flying, and the flames themselves seemed capable of turning a normal tree into ashes in an instant.

And I met such an attack with…

“Hup!”

A belly bump, sending him flying.

Thwack!

“Kuh-ergh!”

The demon, sent sprawling by my belly bump, tumbled across the floor.

“He just nullified Belaf’s Flame Strike so easily!?”

“Just what is that perverted human!?”

The astonished voices of the surrounding demons elevated my spirits.

I pointed a finger at the demon still sprawled on the ground.

“Is that all you’ve got? Come on! Show me your true power!”

“Kuh… Alright, I’ll give you what you want! Uwaaaaaaaah!”

The demon enveloped himself in even more intense magical power and charged at me again.

Seeing that his speed had increased, it seemed he had realized flames wouldn’t work and had poured all his magical power into physical enhancement.

The demon’s fist landed squarely on my chest.

Thwack!

“Haa… Haa! How was that!”

“A good punch!”

It was about as powerful as Lyfa’s strong punch without any magic.

Considering that even demons don’t spend their days fighting monsters in dungeons, I’d say he was quite strong.

“What!?”

He was sweating and shocked to see that I was unfazed by his full-powered punch.

“I’ll show you an even better punch!”

I adjusted my strength and punched the demon in the face with just enough force to knock him out and send him flying.

Thwack!

“Kuh-ack!”

The demon spun around like in a cartoon and crashed to the floor with a thud.

“Kyaaaaah♡♡♡ You’re so cool♡♡♡”

Nino’s cheers from behind, watching my performance, sent my tension soaring even higher.

“Alright! Who’s next!”

I had just taken down about ten demons.

Perhaps that was why no demons were stepping forward so readily.

Hmm, let’s try to motivate them with some more words.

“Come at me! There aren’t many chances to go all out without dying! I’ll even let you choose your course! First course! I’ll match your skill level for five minutes, then you fall! Second course! You land one hit, then I hit you and you fall!

Third course! You watch me take your attacks for five minutes and remain unscathed, experiencing humiliation! If you don’t want to be knocked out, I recommend the third one!”

My provocative words seemed to work, as some of the demons’ faces twisted in anger.

“So you’re that confident in your body, huh!”

A female demon, who appeared to be an archer, stepped forward and aimed her bow at me.

I struck a side chest pose, signaling that I was ready.

“Come at me!”

“Grrr… Spiral Arrow!”

Whoosh!

The arrow, imbued with magic, spun like a drill as it flew towards my shoulder.

It was an arrow that seemed capable of piercing even rock.

But…

Ting!

Such power couldn’t even scratch my muscles.

“What!?”

Just like the other demons, the archer’s face was filled with shock.

If I let them stay shocked, the mood would worsen.

So, instead of the side chest, I struck a double biceps pose, also known as the “making muscles” pose, and said,

“That was a good attack! But is that all you’ve got?”

“Ugh! Don’t think this is the end! Uwaaaaaaaah!!!”

The female archer furiously fired a barrage of arrows.

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!

The arrows rained down on my body, but none of them could inflict any real damage.

However, there was one thing that had a slight effect.

It was when the arrowheads hit the nipples that Tina had developed.

There was no damage, but the sensation of being touched was there, like a slightly intense caress!

It was harder to hold back the “Ooh” that almost escaped my lips.

“Haa… Haa…”

Having used up all the arrows in her quiver, no more arrows were flying, and the archer was panting from using so much magic.

It seemed she had used up her magic with the technique of firing 30 magic-infused arrows simultaneously at the end.

Since about five minutes had passed, I decided to move on to the next phase.

But before that.

Swish!

I quickly picked up the arrows that had hit my body and fallen to the floor and moved behind the archer.

“Here, your arrows.”

I gently placed the arrows back into her quiver.

Others would be using them too, so it would be dangerous if arrows were scattered all over the floor.

“!? H-how…?”

I tapped the archer on the shoulder, then gave her a thumbs up and said,

“Good arrows! Keep training hard!”

The demon archer trembled, then…

“Ugh… Ugh… Uwaaaaaaah~!”

She ran out crying.

Oh, I made her cry.

It seemed I had severely damaged her pride.

“Are my eyes playing tricks on me? Did Peril of the Magic Bow run away crying?”

“Arrows that can pierce any monster’s hide didn’t work at all…”

“Just what is that perverted human?! He’s a monster!”

Oh, she was quite famous, it seems.

But if I left it like this, the mood I was trying to create would only worsen.

I raised both my arms and shouted,

“Alright! Next, next! Is there anyone who wants to test their skills!”

“”…””

Only silence answered.

“…Hey, you go.”

“Why me? I’ll just lose.”

“If my secret technique is broken… I wonder if I can ever stand again…”

There was only murmuring around, no one was stepping forward.

What should I do…?

That’s when it happened.

“Hey, Rent! We’re back from lunch!”

Craig and Amanda returned to the Adventurer’s Guild, pushing their way through the demons.

“Craig, Amanda, you’re back.”

“Yeah! The Abyss cuisine wasn’t bad… Huh? Pff, pffhahahaha! What’s with that getup!”

“Rent, did you eat something bad? What’s with that weird outfit?”

Craig stared at my outfit, his mouth wide open in laughter, while Amanda looked genuinely worried.

“Oh my! What’s wrong with Rent’s outfit! It’s a wonderful outfit that shows off his muscles!”

“No, that bucket is hilarious.”

“Showing off muscles is good, but the bucket is a bit much.”

It seemed that both of them had a problem with the bucket rather than my outfit.

Come to think of it, Craig was shirtless with just pants, and Amanda was wearing bikini armor.

There was no way that these two, who were already wearing such outfits, would complain about a shirtless mantle now.

I took off the bucket and asked them,

“Is this okay?”

Craig looked me up and down, then stroked his chin and said,

“…No, the bucket was more fun.”

“That’s Rent’s freedom. More importantly, why is the atmosphere so weird?”

“Ah, well…”

I roughly explained the situation to Craig and Amanda.

“Hahahaha! What, so they’re all scared of you and no one’s stepping up for this great opportunity?”

“What a bunch of fools. Where else would you find such a great opportunity?”

Craig looked around at the demons and shouted,

“Hey, you guys! You’re wasting the best opportunity you’ll ever get!”

Craig patted me on the back.

“This guy here is! Rent, the S-Rank adventurer of Flodan! The Dungeon Crasher!”

“Hey, Craig. Why would you say that?”

“What, it’s fine. Jason didn’t say to hide his identity! How about that, amazing, right!”

Craig puffed out his chest, waiting for the demons’ reaction.

But…

“”…””

The demons all tilted their heads in unison.

“Dungeon… Crasher?”

“Who is that?”

“Flodan, is that the city with the dungeon?”

“S-Rank adventurer… Is that why he’s so strong?”

The demons seemed to have no idea about my nickname.

Rather than my nickname, they seemed to be convinced of my strength by the fact that I was an S-Rank adventurer.

“Huh? What? Rent’s news hasn’t reached here?”

“There’s not much exchange outside the border regions, so that might be why.”

“Hmm… Well, in that case, we’ll just have to show them how amazing he is! Rent!”

Craig turned to me and pulled out the dual axes he had on his back.

“Let’s have a match as a post-lunch workout! A flashy and exciting fight is the best way to get rid of a gloomy mood!”

“Sounds good!”

Craig and I moved away from each other and took our stances.

Besides my lovers, I sometimes sparred with A-Rank adventurers like Craig and Amanda.

And every time, the adventurers around us would go wild watching our matches.

“What weapons should we use?”

“Let’s use swords this time!”

“Okay!”

I created a one-handed sword with my mana weapon and took the stance of the Locke family’s swordsmanship.

“Oh? Isn’t that the Gale stance?”

“I’m quite good at it too.”

“Hahaha! A Gale swordsmanship at your level… This will be fun!”

Whoosh…

Magical power was swirling around Craig’s body and axes.

To liven up the atmosphere, Craig was planning to go all out from the start.

“Rent, after you’re done with Craig, let’s spar.”

“Yes, Amanda.”

“Uwaaaaaaaah!!!”

And Craig kicked off the ground, swinging his dual axes towards me.

“Go, go, Rent-nim♡”

Hearing Nino’s voice cheering me on from behind, I also swung my sword towards Craig.

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When the sparring with Craig ended, followed by the sparring with Amanda.

The atmosphere among the surrounding demons was as if they were watching a professional wrestling match, filled with excitement.

Since there was no one being defeated, and we were just enjoying confirming each other’s skills, sparring in a flashy and powerful way, there was no sense of crisis or fear, and they could watch with peace of mind.

Moreover, taking advantage of my experience putting on a magic show with Tikia, I wasn’t just throwing punches and kicks, but also using auras and mixing in magic from time to time, which made it even more enjoyable to watch, and the gloomy atmosphere was completely gone.

After Amanda’s sparring ended, Craig said to the demons,

“Hey! Is there anyone who wants to spar with this guy besides us! There’s no better opponent to go all out against without worry!”

“…I’ll do it!”

Led by Craig’s words, a demon stepped forward, and I asked the course selection question.

“What course was it when I sparred with those two?”

“The second one.”

“Then, the second one, please.”

And I responded by putting on a fierce sparring match, matching the skill of the demon in front of me.

This opponent was a martial artist who fought with magic, so I also focused on magic and martial arts.

After five minutes of sparring, I stopped my fist in front of the demon’s face, signaling the end.

“Time’s up.”

“…You’re strong.”

The martial artist demon stepped back with a refreshed expression.

“It’s my turn! Next is me!”

“You can take all my attacks, right! I want to test my new magic!”

“Damn it! My heart is pounding! I’m first!”

The surrounding demons were excited and began to apply for sparring with me.

It was completely different from the gloomy atmosphere at the beginning.

Feeling good about the bustling atmosphere, I shouted loudly,

“Get in line properly! Five minutes per person! I’ll take on anyone!”

“Uooooooooh!”

If I had said this at the beginning, there would have been only silence.

But now, a cheer filled with enthusiasm returned.

After that.

I took on the demons who lined up one by one.

I put on fierce sparring matches, or knocked out demons who wanted to see my true strength in one blow, or kept enduring the attacks of demons who wanted to test their strongest attacks.

Every time they saw such a sight, the demons cheered for my strength, and even the demons who had already finished sparring would line up again to fight or test me.

“Hey! I’m strong too! Is there anyone who wants to spar with me!”

“Me too!”

Craig and Amanda also volunteered as sparring partners, and even as time passed, the heat surrounding the training ground did not cool down, but rather, the number of spectators increased, and it was burning even more fiercely.

“…What are you all doing?”

Jason came to the Adventurer’s Guild and tilted his head, watching us having fun.