NOVEL NEXT Chapter 326 – Shaking Off the Running Lights
“Anyone can run their mouth before actually doing it, besa.”
If you’re not careful, you may underestimate an opponent who can beat you.
In the first place, my opponent would be much better than me in terms of the amount of combat experience, including wars.
But I have no choice but to do it.
“After you actually do it, you can―――― “
“Hey, let me tell you one thing.”
“Hmm?”
Strengthen the body through the Breakthrough and just aim straight at the opponent.
“What’s needed in a fight.”
Lower the hips deeply and prepare to gain as much momentum as possible.
But, the more I do that, the more my face ends up in the perfect position for Aonii’s knee kick…
“Speed, power, technique… and heart!”
I said these words not to Aonii, but to myself.
Not to win, not to beat him, but to prove something.
To make an ogre like Mr. Aka admit that my feelings are not just words.
If I can’t prove it here, I won’t be able to feel proud when I meet Mr. Aka again someday.
“Heart… this brat …… so cocky besa. Still, you can only say that now, besa!”
“I will definitely say the same words at the end of this clash!”
So, to battle!
“Let’s go!”
“Squash you besa!”
A furious charge to immediately close the gap. From there, I bent my upper body and, using the recoil to my advantage, thrust my forehead to the opponent in one fluid motion.
“【Great Demon Head-butt】!”
“【Blue Knee】!”
Oh, this is dangero…
――Smash
For a brief moment, the image of ending up like a squashed fruit crossed my mind.
Once again, I instinctively sensed that this was dangerous.
The big knee that was approaching appeared to be in slow motion, not because of the Breakthrough, but because I was in the Zone.
After all, this was also an Ogre. Whether it was a fist or a knee, I could see Mr. Aka in the figure that was attacking by putting all his strength into it.
This is dangerous, I might need to evade it.
If I wanted to evade it, I could do so now.
But……
“Uruaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!!”
Desperate, but frantically gritting my teeth, I thrust my forehead out wholeheartedly.
Then, the next moment, there was a flash of light that made my entire field of vision go white.
“B… Big brother!? Th,th,th, that thud!”
“B, Brother, ku, h, holy cow! Brother could have avoided that easily!”
“…… Haha…… I tip my hat…… truly, the resonance is formidable…”
“That man, is he not a fool!?”
“Gyaaaaaaahh, h, he got kneecapped by the captain!”
“What a guy, he really went for it, headfirst!”
“That human…”
Somehow, someone was already saying something, regardless of race… ah, I can see… no, it’s okay… I can see right away… the scenery is ……
――Hey, Sadiz… hug
――Nfufufufu~, yes~ Little man. Have a hug. Gyu~~ ?
――Ugh~, how cute … that’s my son! Hey, Earth~, Mommy will give you a hug too, so come here~
―― Kuuu~, what a cute little guy my son is. I’ll never let that perverted fox woman have you! Come on, Earth~, Daddy’s gonna play with you ~
――Na’ah…. I hug, and play, with Sadiz~
――Nhm, Little man~ ?
――Ugh~ why~, I want to hold Earth in my arms too ~
―― Why don’t you cling to your daddy at all!?
Huh? I mean, what? Huh? What am I looking at?
――Ufufu, Hiro and Mamu still have much to learn~. Sadiz dear, I think you’re too sweet on the boy. Ah well, it can’t be helped. He’s so adorable ~
――Ah… Granma!
――Hau!? Little man!? Uuh~~, Madam’s Mother! Please don’t take away my Little man!
――Oh dear, you’re so mad. But I only get to see him once in a while, so please forgive me. Look, Earthy. It’s Granma~, here, I bought toys for you ~
――Yay! Thank you, Granma!
――Luring Little man like that is sneaky! Ugh, with this, Little man will be fooled by bad girls in the future. Right now, that’s going to be—
――Here, a souvenir for you too, Sadiz~
――Ugh… th, thank you very much…
――Ufufu, I have two adorable grandchildren, Granma is so blessed~ ?
That? Something about when we were little… isn’t this bad?!
“Nu, guo!?”
Hey, this is like the running lights you see when you’re about to die! I feel like I’m looking back on my life since I could barely remember…
“tsu, uuuuugh!?”
At that moment, a sharp pain ran through my head.
Beyond pain, the only word that came to mind was “dangerous”.
It’s like my brain is being hammered directly over and over again… at the same time, I feel like my brain is being shaken … absolutely outrageous!
This pain is just like Mr. Aka’s punch …
“Nhg, wha, no… hmm?”
“tsu… b, brat…”
“Oh…”
But, in my fading field of vision, I certainly saw it.
Aonii’s kneecaps were discolored, and his face was distorted with greasy sweat all over his body.
Aonii wasn’t unscathed either.
I almost got in trouble too, but I couldn’t give in.
『Come now… tis just the beginning, both of you.』
“Huh!?”
At that moment, I heard the words of Tre’ainar, who seemed to be in a good mood.
『This is a battle of wills. As such, the first one to back down loses. So what will you do?』
Aonii couldn’t hear Tre’ainar’s voice, but Tre’ainar seemed to be speaking not only to me, but also to Aonii.
But either way, both me and Aonii were still in a lot of pain, but we hadn’t collapsed yet.
If both of us were still… then……
“Well… n, not done yet… I’m still goiiiiiiiiiiing!!”
“Huh!?”
Then my feet, my head, and my heart couldn’t stand still.
“What, no way, B, B, Big brother!?”
“Idiot, you are still doing it!?”
Yeah, sorry, Espie, Slayer.
Your brother’s an idiot.
“【Great Demon Head-butt】!”
“Guh, U, guh, BRAAAAAAAT, 【BLUE KNEEEEEEE】!!
Perhaps sensing my feelings, Aonii, not to be outdone, brought up his knee again.
Moreover, he dared to use the knee that had been injured by the blow instead of the other, intact one.
“Gafu!?”
“Tsu~~~~~~gah!?”
Oh, no… another flash of light in my head… no, it’s a lightning bolt… but still……
“If it was… my first time…… I’d be in trouble…”
Yes, it’s not my first time. Receiving such a hard blow to the forehead.
But for this guy, it was his first time.
I’m sure he’s defeated a lot of people with his deadly knee kicks, but he never thought that someone would ram his head into that knee kick…
“I… I’m not … broken … nh… not even a single crack!”
But I know this pain. And I could take it.
I got through it once, so I can get through it again!