Seirei Gensouki's
Chapter 188: Lucius Orgaule pt2
Current location: the western part of Paladia, the hill area is separated on foot from certain villages closer to its border with the Rubia kingdom. Renji slapped her lips when she accidentally recalled the memories of a few months ago while staring at Reis, who was talking to someone not far from her location.
Renji is an adventurer. Because he hated being restricted, he used his strength to live up to his will as an adventurer.
Hiding his status as a hero, Renji quickly becomes a famous adventurer. For better or worse, she became a minor celebrity in the Rubia kingdom.
The reason why Renji chased after Reis was because he could feel something unusual happening to the first daughter, Silvi Rubia. Perhaps Renji's character, unaware of how frightening the outside world is, matches Silvi's, becoming very close to her due to a certain mission.
The Renji was reunited with Silvi a few days ago in a certain city that he visited for his mission. Renji knew nothing about the other's feelings, but as soon as she saw Silvi's skin at that moment, she snapped. He didn't get an answer no matter how many times he asked her.
Gouging her nose into someone else's problem was not her nature— Or at least, at least she thought of herself— But, worried about Silvi, she decided to secretly follow him. She then learns about one of Silvi's concerns during one of her clandestine meetings with Reis.
When he regained consciousness, he had already followed Reis after the secret meeting. Although it surprised him when he saw that Reis was able to fly through the air, Renji's physical ability and strength were also abnormal. Fortunately, since Reis often stopped in the middle of the road to rest, it was quite easy to follow him.
（Day has gone dark but ..................... What is he talking about? Is the other party his friend? Then, if it is at this distance …………. )
Renji strengthened his physical abilities with the power of his heavenly clothes and concentrated that power into his eyes to look at Reis and the man who had been his conversation partner―― Lucius.
（Nobody but the two. Should I take this opportunity?)
No questions were asked, instead, he might become a hostage for both of them. Such possibilities arise in Renji's thinking. ――,
（！? They're moving!)
Reis suddenly left together with Lucius. They had a friendly conversation, so Renji quietly approached their location.
(Should I………… . Going there? )
According to his estimation, there were several hundred meters between their positions.
(No problem . They won't be able to notice me. Instead, it would be bad if they noticed me and then tried to escape. In that case, should I defeat them with a long-range attack?)
Without showing any useless emotions, Renji gripped the heavenly garb in his right hand – weapons called "Halberd". And then with his left hand took out a dagger that was thrown from his breast pocket, he grasped his weapon and entered a combat-ready state.
And then, a few minutes later, Reis and Lucius started moving towards Renji. Their surroundings are completely dark.
（I'm sure Reis is the one who met Silvi. Then, I'll go after someone else first!)
Renji who hid himself in the shade of a boulder threw the dagger in his left hand towards Lucius. He aims for the torso. It would turn into a fatal wound after hitting it, but in the worst case, he would have no problem even if his target was to die when he threw a dagger to disrupt his opponent's rhythm.
The dagger fell onto Lucius' body, but—
"WHAT! ? 」
The next moment, a loud metallic sound echoed around him. Lucius quickly repelled the dagger with his drawn black sword. Renji stared at the scene with a dumbfounded expression on his face.
「Hahaha, for you to launch a surprise attack without speaking first. It seems you have made a resolution. 」
Lucius laughed happily.
「…………. You guys, what are you guys? 」
Renji pretended to be calm while asking that question.
「Oioioi, you attacked your enemies without even knowing about them, for real? I'm thinking you're just a broke man, it turns out you're just a dumb kid. 」
Lucius sneered at him with a surprised expression.
Knitting his brows, the next moment, Renji picked up another dagger and threw it towards Lucius. But, the dagger was fended off along with a high-pitched metallic shrill echoing around it.
「HaH, you can't even control your own emotions! 」
Lucius closed the distance to Renji with a calm smile on his face.
「Fuh! 」
Renji gripped his spear and set his position to accept Lucius' challenge. A high-pitched metallic sound rang out in the area at the next moment.
「Hou, the incredible physical reinforcement you get there. As expected of the hero bestowed with heavenly attire 」
Lucius grinned as he pushed his sword towards the spear, and Renji's eyes opened wide in astonishment.
「Bant eyes huh?」
「…………. . You mean what? 」
「Drop your bad actions!」
Although Renji tried to pretend not to know, Lucius just covered it with a bored face, and—, he,
「So, I'll enjoy this fight. Now show me everything you got. How long do you think you can satisfy my desire to fight? 」
He took a step back while sneering at his opponent.
「Huh, then, let me show you the power difference between us!」
Renji snorted in an annoyed tone and took a big swing at Lucius with his spear. The huge spear whose length exceeded Renji's height drew many chaotic orbits as it swept towards Lucius. But–,
「Ouou, I told you to show me what you know!」
Lucius dodged the attack with an incredible movement of his feet. Renji's spear just touched the ground.
「CEH! 」
Renji slapped his lips and started twisting his spear at an even higher speed, but Lucius dodged all attacks with a compromising face.
「Ha ~, same as pearls thrown before pigs huh? Whether it was his defense or his footwork, all of them relied too heavily on his strengthened physical abilities. The ability of the user itself was only at the level of trash! 」
Lucius slipped through the gap in Renji's attack and sent a horizontal slash with his sword.
Renji reacts to the attack—,
"What's? "
And backed off while furrowing his brows. It seemed that Lucius' words had hurt his pride. Renji had never lost even once in a battle since he came to this world. Although his style was self-taught, it reached the point where he could use his spear at will to slaughter his enemies with dance-like movements. But–,
「This, self-taught style right? A spear swinging in that manner was indeed a threat, but there were too many futile movements. And I'm used to your attacks. 」
Lucius said in a tired tone as he sped towards Renji.
「Don't just babble, small fry! 」
Renji had increased his spear swinging speed without even interrupting his breathing.
「Hou, so you can go even faster, huh?」
Lucius' eyes opened wide in astonishment.
「That's enough for the enemy I fought until now. 」
Renji said with a sneer on his face.
"I saw . But, don't you think that your movements are still as rough as before? 」
"WHAT! ? 」
Slipping into the small gap between Renji's attacks, Lucius stumbles upon Renji's legs as they pass so that Renji loses his balance and falls to the ground.
「Oi Reis! Is this a level called hero? 」
Lucius spoke to Reis who was watching their fight from a safe distance with a dissatisfied face.
「You are wrong. They shouldn't be this weak. Although she should be able to use the power of her heavenly attire to some extent, she still refrained from what I saw. 」
Reis answered while shrugging his shoulders.
「Eh？ Oioi, you still hold back even in this kind of situation? While it's okay to investigate an opponent, don't do something like hold back when you see a difference in our abilities, you know. If I felt that way, you would have long since died, you know? 」