Episode 2 of the Overly Competent Villain

First team-up

-Tutatatatatata!!

Lead bullets came out and rained down on Elysia.

“Avoid!”

Elysia drew out her sword while protecting me from lead bullets. Her sword flashed.

– Kang!

The sword face that had not yet escaped from the scabbard deflected the first bullet, and the fully drawn sword and scabbard were swung with both hands to respond to the shower of lead bullets.

“Hoo?”

Skills that are impossible for ordinary humans. Even among superhumans, the selflessness of the sword that only those born with it can show.

-Kaka kaka kakang!

“No, nonsense!”

Astonishment overflows from the gang members of the Porgore family who witnessed this.

Bondi knights are not something you see often.

They are the main fighters of the Empire. Like the mage, it is a tactical weapon of the Imperial Army.

Of course, on the modern battlefield, knights cannot hold the same position as they used to, but the Empire raised the cut-off for tactical weapons called knights.

“Pietro! Take cover——?!”

First of all, Elysia, who was in a position to protect me, found me, but I was already hiding behind a parked wagon.

How much time do I have, of course, I take care of my own safety first.

“Never mind me. You do your thing.”

“Kuh…!”

Elysia immediately took her gaze away from me. It was because a presence that could not be ignored had approached her.

Jurgen Klismann. The leader of the Porgore family’s action took an interest in Elysia and approached her.

“You’re doing quite well, young lady. Are you even going to be the successor to a famous swordsman?”

Jurgen Klissmann didn’t seem to think that the person next to me, a wanted criminal, would be an Imperial Knight.

Of course, he seems to admit that Elysia is a knight-level combatant…

“Good, good. It was a mission that could be enjoyed in its own way. I was so bored here.”

[Crazy.]

Osman stuck out his tongue. he deserved it After the Sword Saint Murder Incident, the Sword Demon played a big role in the pursuit of the Sorcerer Castle.

And the reason he willingly complied with my request to kill the powerful men of the era was simple.

Because it’s fun.

For such a simple reason. A murderer of bad pleasure who wants to see the strong fall to his sword.

Even so, his talent with the sword was outstanding, and he became a being who intervened in the catastrophe of the stars.

It’s literally the number one villain that needs to be dealt with before he grows up.

[But thanks to that, the escort role is vacant. Your life is in danger right now.]

I was defenseless until the investigators who were monitoring me arrived after requesting assistance from the Bureau of Investigation.

Elysia will be busy fighting Jurgen, so—

“I even hired a bodyguard, but what should I do? I’m alone.”

More than ten eyes staring at me. Among them, there are only three swordsmen. Maybe it’s because I killed two people in an instant at a restaurant, but I’m on my guard.

“Gentlemen, if you are gentlemen, an honorable one-on-one duel—”

“Just keep calm!”

One of the swordsmen drew his sword. This guy, too, the imperial sword… At the same time as his sword reached out to me, I also pulled out the pistol I had stolen from Elysia.

Of course, there is a difference in speed between the sword user, the swordsman, and me. Right before the trigger of my gun was pulled, it was only natural for his sword to cut me first.

– Kaang!

“·······!?”

The boy’s eyes widen. You thought you could cut me down, but the shield Osman gave me broke as it blocked his sword. And–

-chuck!

A muzzle that burrowed under his chin one beat later than his sword.

“Come on, go to sleep——!”

bang! With a clatter, the bullet penetrated from the bottom of the chin and came out through the skull.

“B-Brother Bruno!”

The gang members are shocked when a corpse called Bruno collapses. They looked in disbelief at me for not being knocked down by a sword user’s attack.

“You bastard… can’t you, Ma——!?”

The guy who was about to say something backed away at the gun I was aiming at and pulled out his sword. It could cut me faster than a gun, but it’s because I saw the shield earlier.

-bang! bang bang!

Swordsmen guarded by blocking the revolver’s lead bullets fired in succession. Gunmen also point their guns at me to keep me in check.

[You can only stop it once! Magical power has gone!]

Of course, it was a fluke that stopped a sword user’s cutting edge only once. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Archmage, who can only use magic once a day.

But it was worth spending. In fact, they were wary of me and couldn’t easily attack me.

And he runs away without looking back. Lead bullets rained down, but hiding in front of a parked carriage was not difficult.

“You f*cking bastard!”

The gunmen approached slowly, firing at the cover I was hiding in. Pressure that actively exploits numerical superiority. But–

“Huh? What, what?”

“Where did you disappear?!”

If I get out of sight even for an instant, I can surely run away.

After using ＜Villain’s Illusion＞, I am invisible to them. You can hear smells and sounds, but it’s not something you can easily notice if you don’t have prior information.

“Find it! It must be around here!”

The two swordsmen resented and urged their subordinates. The gunmen were wary of the lead bullets that might come flying at any moment, but my priority is not the gunman.

“Damn, I was definitely watching you, but where did you disappear?!”

Two knives left. In other words, two sword users. However, what they can strengthen with magic is limited to weapons. In other words, it is vulnerable to unexpected surprise attacks.

[As you may know, the villain’s illusion is released at the same time as the attack. It’s just magic for escape.]

In other words, you have to choose one of the remaining swordsmen. Then–

‘Let’s go with the big guy.’

I put the muzzle in the back of the relatively large swordsman’s head.

-bang!

The second sword holder was overthrown in vain.

“You bastard…!”

A nearby swordsman lunged at me in amazement. I wanted to use magic bullets, but soon put down the muzzle.

His anxious gaze at my incomprehensible behavior. But her eyes widened in disbelief.

– Perok!

A sword beam piercing the chest of the last swordsman. It is the sword of Elysia.

“It was just the right timing.”

“······It’s dangerous. Step back.”

Elysia made a complicated expression as she looked at the two swordsmen I had defeated. But from my point of view, Elysia’s side is much more astonishing.

She killed all seven swordsmen, including Jurgen Klissmann, who attacked her.

In a short time of less than 1 minute.

“Wait, did Jurgen-nim get hit?”

“Monster, monster…!”

The gang members are fed up with Elysia’s overwhelming fighting power. And so was Osman.

[It’s amazing… that sword demon is so simple…]

‘It’s a matter of course.’

Neither Elysia nor the Sword Demon were yet to be completed, but the difference between the two was decisive.

The Sword Demon was only a member of the assault party to attack the Sword Saint Elysia von Wittenberg.

It was Elysia who mobilized the beasts borrowed from Lord Cromwell, the pirate wizards of Kaplan, the high-ranking flame spirit magician of the crater of Turmecanistan, and even the sub-adult serpent.

A swordsman is such a being.

The strongest swordsman on earth who can break through any limb with just one sword.

A person who creates miracles with a single tool called a sword.

Elysia von Wittenberg is such a creature.

[I think I know why you came to find Sir Elysia in the first place.]

Osman also seemed to admire Elysia’s overwhelming power. He said that this would be enough to fight the ‘giant evil’ from the beginning.

‘It’s surprising that this is still growing.’

Elysia later awakens as the youngest ‘Master’ and gains fame. And until then, we must make Elysia an ally.

Of course… I’m not even sure if it will turn out the way I want.

“Even the notorious knight-slayer is no match for a high knight.”

“My rank is an average knight.”

“In terms of skill alone. You’re going to go higher than that.”

“·······.”

Elysia put on a look of embarrassment at my praise.

From her point of view, I am the enemy of my family and my father.

She would know that and she is not objectively wrong. I just don’t know the information behind it.

The truth of ‘that day’ that only me and Count Janssen do not know.

“Arrest them all!”

“This is the Bureau of Investigation! Drop your weapons and surrender!”

The attack on Pietro by the Porgore family ends like this.

* * * *

Killed the knight-slayer Jurgen Klissmann.

After killing three knights in the west and escaping, the vicious criminal, who had been unheard of, met his end at the hands of the Investigation Bureau.

Despite slashing a notorious criminal, Elysia was full of worries.

‘I should have adjusted my strength.’

Knight-slayer Jurgen Klissmann. It wasn’t easy for Elysia to deal with the bastard and the swordsmen.

If it is the premise of ‘suppressing only’.

Her mission was to protect and monitor Jacques Pietro, and she could not waste time protecting him.

In the meantime, it was surprising that Jacques Pietro killed two swordsmen.

“Lord Wittenberg.”

Elysia flinched at Deputy Director Likert’s voice.

I was worried that I would be reprimanded because I couldn’t capture it alive, but the deputy director’s attitude was unexpected.

“Nice job.”

“Ah… yes.”

Contrary to what I expected, it was not a reprimand. Investigations of wanted criminals always end with execution after being caught alive.

It was to reveal the strict laws and authority of the empire.

That also means it’s more conducive to promotion for the deputy director.

“Okay, okay, let’s just go like this.”

But Deputy Director Rickert seemed excited as if he was distracted by something. It was unfamiliar to Elysia to see such an uptight and bad-tempered deputy chief exhibiting such an attitude.

“Hey, Deputy Director.”

“Hmm? Something?”

“When will Jacques Pietro escort you?”

“·······.”

The deputy director’s face stiffened at those words. He immediately opened his mouth.

“I’ll judge that. You guys just do what I tell you to do.”

Something is strange. She felt an indescribable sense of déjà vu, but it was the duty of a knight to obey her superior’s orders, so Elysia had no choice but to let it go without saying anything.

“Good job, Sir Elysia.”

After the deputy director leaves, Günter approaches and hands over a cup of cocoa.

“thank you.”

“By the way, his skills are still the same. To destroy ten swordsmen by himself, including the knight slayer. Even though he ran as soon as the request for support came, he was late.”

“I didn’t kill them all.”

“hmm?”

“Two were… knocked down by Pietro.”

“What do you mean by that? Wasn’t Pietro a normal person? How could a normal person defeat a user-level swordsman?”

Of course, Jacques Pietro is a former member of the Imperial Army.

He was an excellent cadet and ranked first in the comprehensive evaluation, so it wasn’t that he lacked combat power.

However, that is a skill that can be used at the general level.

If you prepare elaborate traps and fight one-on-one, it is not impossible to catch a user-level swordsman who cannot ‘enhance magical power’ in the body.

However, Pietro was surrounded by three swordsmen and a number of gang members.

“There’s something we don’t know. Didn’t you see him fight?”

“That’s… I didn’t pay attention to dealing with Jurgen.”

“I’ll need to investigate.”

Günter is an investigator who has followed Zach even more than Elysia as a member of the Pietro Task Force. Even so, he seemed a little embarrassed at the fact that he had Pietro’s ability that he didn’t know about.

“By the way, Sir Günther, by any chance… do you know what the deputy director talked about with Pietro?”

“Deputy Director? Well… they left us behind and talked about something, but why is there something going on?”

“The deputy director didn’t seem to want to send Pietro to the center.”

Elysia makes a puzzled expression saying she doesn’t know why.

“Well, if it’s that first-class foie gras that’s thirsty for success, it’s a nobleman who will publicize the arrest of Jacques Pietro and send it to the center dressed up.”

But delaying publicizing your achievements? It was not like a deputy director.

“I’m going to have to keep an eye on him for a while anyway. Watch out for me too.”

“Yes? Me?”

“It wouldn’t be a normal mess if the Count heard the news that he was here.

What is the point of meeting Pietro, who is confined in a detention center, with his father in a sanatorium?

Elysia thought Günther was worrying for nothing, but her head ached as she imagined what kind of seizure her father would have when he met Piet.

“That’s right. I’m sorry in the middle of solving a big problem, but I need to ask for a night job today.”

“What’s going on?”

“The deputy chief ordered that there be one knight-level to watch over Pietro. I was going to volunteer, but the deputy director insisted on appointing a sir.”

Then there is nothing you can do Elysia was preparing to stay overnight and headed to the detention center for surveillance.

“Ah~ Ellie.”

“Ellie?”

There, I don’t know where I got it, there was Pietro eating crackers with cheese on top.

“What~ We’ve been through life and death together. I thought we’d try to make the title a bit lighter, but is it too simple?”

“I don’t intend to be called lightly by you.”

“Yes, yes, let’s get to know each other slowly. Just like the old days.”

Elysia clenched her fists as she watched Zach bullying her.

But even for a criminal, it would be uncharacteristic of a knight to beat up a non-resistance.

Even after the collapse of her family, she faithfully kept the duties and manners of a knight that her father had taught her so much.

It was a knightly thing not to gossip about the deputy director who demoted him, and not to express his anger while respecting Zach, the enemy of the family.

“You’re still bound by the Count’s teachings. But you’ll fail that way.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“To think that someone who wants to move with justice and faith is trying to succeed. One of them should have given up.”

Damn Pietro.

Elysia held back the swear words she wanted to hurl at Pietro.

Even while watching her swallowing her anger, Jacques stares at her with his signature smirk. Then, in a meaningful way, he said something like a prophecy.

“You’ll learn how to compromise in the future. You won’t be used to it, but you should get used to it.”

“What is that——”

-Quarleung!!

A loud thunderclap in the night. There was something strange about being an uninvited guest on a typical rainy night.

‘Is it raining outside?’

Those doubts soon turned into convictions. It was because there was a series of sharp, deafening sounds of lightning.

– Quaang! Quarreung! Bang!

A series of apparently unnatural thunderbolts. It was when Elysia urgently found the telegram. The urgent voice of the investigative agency staff echoed through the speakers in the building.

[Roh, abnormal lightning strikes in Lombardy Harbor one after another! Special alert issued! I hope all members of the crew will immediately arm themselves and stand by!]

Unusual thunderbolts in the dry sky.

In other words, it was a terrorism orchestrated by wizards.

A group of powerful people or magicians who can drop this much lightning strikes in succession has appeared in Lombardy!

“Suddenly, it’s the next step.”

“Pietro?”

As if foreseeing this situation, Elysia’s gaze turned to him at his leisurely attitude, but Zach only smiled.

As if everything was going according to his plan, the investigators who had left work started rushing in. So was the deputy director.