Episode 2 of the Overly Competent Villain

Aburak Abdeslam(1)

The inside of the detention center is small, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for movement.

“Whoops…! Whoops…!”

Exhale heavily and move your upper body. The sight of me doing sit-ups with my legs hanging over the bars of the detention center seems to be attracting attention from people around me.

[Over 50 in 3 minutes.]

‘Thank you, Osman.’

Change your posture, rest for 30 seconds, and move on to the next routine.

[Where did you learn all these exercises?]

‘I have the knowledge I originally had, but I learned it from the warriors of the Royal Navy of Kaplan Kingdom.’

[What about the Royal Navy? They must be pirates.]

‘Thanks to that, we communicated a lot.’

His way of thinking was very similar to mine. Although it was a bit wilder.

‘By the way, what kind of reaction is Relic not responding to? I caught the Sword Demon, but nothing has been done about the catastrophe of the planet.’

When he was punishing Jurgen Klissmann, the swordsman, he expected a backup from Relic.

To put it in perspective, by confessing to murdering Elysia, he also intervened in the catastrophe of the planet.

[Compared to Hannibal Humpty, it’s vague. The guy with the Relic in his hand did a lot of evil.]

‘Am I saying I can’t compare to a murderer who killed several knights?’

[There is such a thing… but when I defeated the sword demon, Relic did react. It seems that it was not enough to awaken the soul magic.]

If so, my policy of dealing with those who are directly or indirectly involved in the planet’s catastrophe is not wrong.

Should I also aim for the giants?

It was slowly approaching the final stage. By defeating the sword demon, the main power of the Forgore family was blown away, and as the port was destroyed, the smuggling organization, the Luciano family, was dealt a major blow.

Including the Nicola family’s arrest of the poppy farm, the triad circle suffered an astronomical loss.

Of course, it’s not a triad circle that will collapse like this, so a decisive blow is needed, but this part can be managed somehow by using Elysia and the Bureau of Investigation.

[Don’t be too careless. Humans don’t move just the way they want.]

‘That part should be dealt with improvisedly.’

It was a time when he was repeating training and reorganizing his plans for the future.

– Jerking away.

Footsteps approaching me trapped in a detention center. He passed me by and dropped something.

When I picked up the note that had fallen through the bars and opened it, I found an unusual message written on it.

[Count Janssen. kidnap. Abdeslam.]

My eyes and ears, everywhere, brought the worst information.

* * * *

In the middle of the Northern Mountain Railway overlooking the city of Lombardy. Abdeslam stared at Count Janssen, whose limbs were tied, in a place where people rarely walked around naked.

“It’s a beautiful city. Don’t you think so?”

“Ugh…”

“Imperial cities have a splendid and sophisticated taste. I have no intention of denying pleasure and luxury.”

His country, the pasha, was not a splendid and developed country like the empire. The empire was clearly a more developed and richer country than the motherland, but—

“Where did you get that wealth from? You are a malicious nation that grew up by sucking the blood of neighboring nations.”

Why he hates the empire. He invaded the country he cherished, but his reasons for fighting are more personal.

“dad···!”

“Honey, are you here?”

Unfold the rocket. The small rocket held in his bulky palm still carries a heavy yoke on him.

When the empire invaded the kingdom’s capital, Abdeslam was not there. It was because he was on the brink of death due to an injury. And that’s thanks to the man in front of me.

“Count Jansen. Do you see this wound here? It’s the wound you got when you cut me.”

“Ugh…”

“You are also a criminal in that war. When the Empire slaughtered civilians, you were also in command.”

But that’s a side issue. There was another reason why Abdeslam knew of his existence and even resorted to the cumbersome act of kidnapping.

“Where is the D-Document?”

“·······.”

Abdeslam grabbed Count Jansen by the collar and growled. Count Janssen mumbled and swallowed the words several times, then struggled to speak.

“It’s cold… close the window…”

“under······.”

What are you doing with a senile old man?

who would have known

The master class knight of the Empire who invaded the kingdom 14 years ago is now a senile old man.

“Well, fine. If parents can’t take responsibility, they should at least have children.”

He kidnapped Count Janssen not only to get revenge on the Count himself. He wants everyone in the Empire to pay for it in blood. This is the stage for him.

“Now, let’s see how filial your daughter is.”

He had a quiet, solemn silence, leaving Count Jansen down. Like a beast preparing to hunt, conserving its strength.

* * * *

“Heo-eok…! Heo-eok…!”

run on a mountain road That was all Elysia could do.

The note Abdeslam left while kidnapping his father was inviting him somewhere.

At first, she wondered if she should ask the Bureau for help. But she knows Abdeslam’s potential.

He was a strong man who could not even compete with anyone other than a knight, and it would be a dog’s death to take the investigators that the Investigation Bureau can mobilize now.

In the end, in a desperate moment, Elysia had no one to rely on, and she had no choice but to make the reckless choice of going to Abdeslam alone.

For her, ignoring her father was not an option in the first place.

“Ugh…! Huh!”

How long did it take for you to start hiking honestly?

She climbed across the mountain to run the shortest route on the road that would normally have been climbed by car.

The place that Abdeslam asked him to come to is the northern railway line of Lombardy, heading towards the central part of the empire, passing by Shigarna and snowy mountains.

He was waiting for himself on a cliff with few places to step on and a railroad line passing through the mountains.

“Keukkeuk, that’s true. I didn’t expect it, but I thought it was really Wittenberg’s daughter-in-law.”

“Aburak Abdeslam…!”

Elysia peered over Abdeslam to see her bound father. Fortunately, there appear to be no major injuries.

“Free my father!”

“Hmph. Your father invaded my country and slaughtered countless warriors and civilians. Even if he came and avenged it, he wouldn’t have anything to say?”

“Kuh…!”

Elysia didn’t know what to do. Abdeslam generously proposes to her.

“But one thing. There is a way to close your eyes.”

“That, what is that…”

“D-Document. Do you know of its whereabouts?”

“D… document?”

It’s the first name I’ve heard. Abdeslam looked disappointed when Elysia looked puzzled.

“Looks like you didn’t tell me before you went senile.”

“I’ll find whatever it is. So…!”

“No, there is no reason to wait.”

-Karleung…!

Abdeslam’s mana rose and the sky began to respond. Knowing that this was a portent, Elysia started running without looking back.

“Pay for the blood of the Pashas, Count.”

The next moment, lightning strikes the count. At that moment, Elysia’s sword shone.

The rushing speed sword with the new type encounters lightning and collides within seconds. It was amazing to see the form of lightning disintegrate and scatter in all directions.

“Heo-euk…!”

In a moment of urgency, the sword he fired without covering his face produced miraculous results. Thanks to that, my father was spared from being roasted by lightning.

“Keukkeuk, it’s still the same. Wittenberg’s sword and technology. Even in the wars of the past, your father split my lightning with a sword. With ‘that sword’.”

The secret swordsmanship of Wittenberg, a master of swordsmanship, which became the basis of imperial swordsmanship. It is the pinnacle of knightly swordsmanship that cuts through even energy. And the first Wittenberg treasured sword that reproduces it.

Now that the Count is out of his mind, his only heir, Elysia, regretted showing off her swordsmanship.

‘At that time, if I hadn’t shown this…!’

If so, Abdeslam would not have been able to guess his identity. He would never have thought to find out that the Count of Wittenberg would be here.

There is only one way. Defeat Abdeslam here.

Abdeslam smiled ferociously as Elicia’s sword pointed at him.

“This time, I will be able to kill Wittenberg.”

Quarreung! and thunderclouds form in the sky. The treasure of the pasha kingdom held by Abdeslam. Evidence connected to their god, the Lei Dragon.

This miracle of nature, called the Brain Rinseok, creates an environment where it can exert its power anywhere.

Thunderclouds are only a small part of that great power. Clouds stir and lightning strikes at Elysia.

– Quaang!

However, Elysia’s new model was already running towards Abdeslam.

To deflect my father from the effects of battle. It makes aggressive moves to the point of being reckless.

It was a bolt of lightning that hit Elicia’s route, but she rushed at a speed that defied Abdeslam’s expectations.

“It’s a good move”

Unlike Abdeslam, who was relaxed, Elysia was urgent.

The magician’s calculation of his own mobility is too fast. If you’re a little late, you’ll be roasted whole by lightning.

‘But I’m still faster!’

In a match between a knight and a wizard, the most important thing is interval management.

However, the gap between the two narrowed to 30m. A distance that a knight can narrow in one month.

– Right!

Abdeslam snapped his fingers. Then, a tiny electric current came out of the finger. Lightning in the form of a bullet rushed towards the approaching Elysia.

Elysia fluttered and blocked it with a protective coat. However, the branch of lightning that extended out hit the knee that was not covered by the coat.

“Kuh…!”

A tingling current surges through my knees. However, the inertia of Elysia, who had already thrown herself, rushes to Abdeslam.

The moment he was certain of victory, what he encountered was Abdeslam’s twisted mouth. Creepy, I heard chills.

Elysia’s innate intuition. Sometimes the instincts that saved her life come to a halt. As a result, it saved his life.

– Kwaaang!

lightning strike. The lightning that hit the spot where Elysia and Abdeslam had been just now rips through the ground and hits her with debris and a storm.

“·······!?”

Elysia’s model rolls on the floor with scattered debris. Even if it’s not a direct hit, this much. Abdeslam clicked his tongue.

“It feels good.”

“At yourself… a thunderbolt…”

He is the owner of the Brain Stone. The nature of thunderbolts, no matter how strong, cannot injure him.

For Elysia, who lacked such prior information, the ghost would wail.

‘But before that… I’m used to fighting knights. He’s a veteran.’

The opponent is a war hero. It is a monster that blocked the imperial army alone.

That’s why even his father, the leader of the imperial knights, was dispatched to the battle mage who finally defeated him.

Elysia sensed that there was a huge wall she couldn’t overcome from Abdeslam.

‘Can’t I beat him…?’

When he dies, his father…

That’s why it can’t be down like this. I must defeat him——

It was the time when Elysia struggled to stand up using her sword as a staff.

Wheein! There is one object that leaves traces in the air with a distinctive engine sound.

Originally, the movement would have been strictly restricted according to the flight management law of the Empire, but it was approaching with an impossible low-altitude movement.

“Non-collinearity?”

Why is there a noncollinearity here?

At that time, when not only Elysia but also Abdeslam tilted their heads in wonder, the flying boat crawled up to the top of the two of them and slowly lowered the doorway.

And the person who got off there was a third person that no one expected.

“This wasn’t in my plan.”

With a cheerful voice, a gentleman who puts his foot down on the railroad tracks with his shoes. The man wearing the hat glanced at Count Janssen, Abdeslam, and Elysia in turn, then smiled his own.

“Hello, ladies and gentlemen. It’s not a good night, but an irony of fate has brought us together.”

“Pietro?”

Jacques Pietro.

He got off the airship.