I Became the Burden of a Conscienceless Party

16 – Hero Esmeralda (5)

Hero Esmeralda (5)

At first, I was thinking of just throwing it away.

Even if Jim is holding the center of the party, is it more important than life? This is a reasonable decision.

‘Jim left… …. Okay, let’s tell them that they wanted to rebuild the village, so they had no choice but to let it go.’

I didn’t get kidnapped or die, I left of my own will. If he made an excuse like that, wouldn’t Milia be out of control right away?

Esmeralda’s behavior of holding on to Jim and not letting go will be a bit awkward, but that will also be resolved with time.

And strictly speaking, isn’t it wrong? Jim will go back to his real hometown, not his fake hometown, and live happily ever after.

Well, I don’t know if we’ll meet again after joining the Demon King’s Army.

‘Haa… …. Until then, I have to get close to the kids somehow.’

Yes, this time it failed.

But it is neither a painful mistake nor an uncorrectable one.

So you just have to run away when the opponent shows mercy.

‘…… Yes, there is no shame in losing to the strong.’

In the end, he just needs to win.

In the first place, Esmeralda started out as an ordinary country girl. Even though she became a hero, she did not immediately become a strong person, so it is natural that she has experienced many defeats.

She is as strong as she is now because she survived her humiliating defeat. Same this time. She just needs to get stronger in the future.

Esmeralda recalled her excuse several times.

But…….

“Ha! Really… …. That would be really stupid.”

Esmeralda felt alive.

She’s not against herself.

She just happened to feel what was spilling out of the tent.

No, she might have been concentrating on that side of things, thinking that this might happen.

In the end, Esmeralda noticed the situation she was concerned about.

“Oh wow, there is really nothing going on in this guy’s life.”

She went back the way she came.

***

“hahahaha!”

Esmeralda laughed. She

She really didn’t even know what she was doing.

It was her suicide to say that she just did what her heart led her to do.

But she can say that if Jim is the one who will risk her life to protect her, that is definitely not the case.

Even so, Esmeralda blocked the sword of Eleven, the corps commander.

Even though she knew that he spared him because he was a nuisance. Now that she’s made him even more of an annoyance, she won’t be able to take it off.

“Huh, I thought my head was spinning, but that’s really stupid.”

“What can I do? I like to follow my heart rather than my head.”

“Do you know who this guy is and do that?”

“Sure. I know.”

Chang!

Esmeralda smirked and took her holy sword and pushed Eleven’s sword upward.

“My dear colleague. At least until he betrays you first.”

“You stupid…… !”

“If I was going to pursue rationality, I wouldn’t have become a hero in the first place!”

Esmeralda shouts and brandishes her sword, as if to counter her anger on Eleven.

However, the moment the two swords collided, Esmeralda’s sword began to unilaterally slide away.

Because the difference in skills is obvious.

There is no way that Esmeralda can overwhelm Eleven because there is a difference in skill as well as strength.

‘But!’

Chack!

At that moment, the sword that tore the tent from all sides and flew towards Eleven.

A holy sword that moves according to the owner’s will. Esmeralda’s authority to control that ability by synchronizing it with other swords.

‘The number of swords that can be moved at once is still 12! However, when it comes to fighting against people, it’s overflowing!’

Esmeralda backed away as if pulling her opponent’s sword on purpose.

At first glance, it looks like it is losing its balance and collapsing. But Esmeralda knows. The opponent is clearly a monster.

To defeat an opponent, you need the mindset of the Yukchamgoldan.

“Crude!”

Kagaga River!

However, Eleven is an invincible veteran who survived 100 years on the battlefield alone.

Without being taken aback by Esmeralda’s crude improvisation, she slashed all 12 swords with one swing.

“…… !”

For a moment, Esmeralda caught her eye at the sight.

A sword that is gracefully swung as if water is flowing.

Her eyes are filled with her swordsman’s ability, which is on a level far higher than hers.

The sword returned to the front just like that.

The moment it was swung neatly, Esmeralda regained her senses.

“Kuu!”

Receive that sword.

And Esmeralda was blown back by her unmanageable strength.

The tent that Esmeralda tore apart instantly becomes a giant and flies away into the sky.

“That’s strange.”

“… ….”

Eleven, far from thinking about chasing Esmeralda, looked at Jim, who didn’t even think about waking up.

“I see. Did you take sleeping pills?”

“Ha ha, because they keep trying to run away. It’s annoying, so I tend to put it to sleep.”

“That is strange. Do you call such a person a colleague?”

“What’s so special about co-workers?”

Esmeralda roughly wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth that dripped from her internal injuries and grabbed her sword again.

“If you are happy and comfortable when you are together, that is a colleague.”

Esmeralda felt like she was convincing herself even as she spoke.

Ah, that’s right. It was fun being together. Despite all this, it seemed that he did not think of Jim as an enemy.

That’s probably because Jim has never crossed the line before.

Even Esmeralda put sleeping pills in Jim’s meal.

But Jim never thought of attacking him while he was sleeping, let alone poisoning him.

“If Jim was really an incorrigible piece of trash, I wouldn’t have thought to save him either. But, that wasn’t it. Even if he had the chance, he wouldn’t kill us.”

Maybe she doesn’t want to get her hands dirty.

Or was there a feeling of guilt inside?

Esmeralda thought that was cowardly, but she was only that.

She doesn’t think that’s a reason to kill Jim.

Yes, even if she is abused and used like a hukou, she always pursues her good. A being who takes the lead and pioneers a path that others do not go.

“So, I’ll get my luggage back.”

A warrior.

Esmeralda rushed along with her feeling that she felt more comfortable somewhere in her.

The odds of winning are still slim.

In terms of strength and technique, even the number of experiences accumulated over the years is inferior.

A battle with no chance of winning.

‘And I’m always the one who challenges those unlikely fights!’

Kang!

Esmeralda’s holy sword strikes Eleven’s sword. It feels like swinging a sword at a huge rock.

Esmeralda managed to smile despite the vast gap.

“Haaa!”

Twelve swords that she wields as if following the trajectory of her swung sword.

“…… !”

Eleven stepped back with her eyes wide open at the skill.

A swordsmanship to break swords.

With Esmeralda’s unconventional fighting style, no matter how many corps commanders and even Eleven, they never thought to strike their swords head-on.

Kagaga River!

Eleven smiled at Esmeralda’s swordsmanship, which seemed to wield an open fan instead of a sword.

The opponent is weak.

Compared to himself, his swordsmanship is insignificant and he doesn’t have the strength to push.

The 12 swords that follow Esmeralda’s Holy Sword again and again, no matter how many times you strike it. A full range of skills at attack and defense that can be swung like a fan and blocked like a cloak.

Eleven didn’t rate it as cowardly.

How can it be unpleasant for the weak to devise means and methods to defeat the strong?

“Good. Try more!”

Eleven set off a mad light and drove Esmeralda.

I didn’t care about the 12 swords that followed to break my sword. If the opponent is aiming for one point, this is an easy way to respond.

Instead of avoiding Eleven, they decided to push as if they were aiming for a short-term showdown.

“Maw!”

Esmeralda drew in her breath.

Far from using 12 swords to fight against them, it was difficult just to block the madly driving swords.

Esmeralda laughed wryly in the midst of an attack so fierce that she forgot to even control her sword.

‘But, in this town!’

Esmeralda is in a state of being quite far from her original position due to her elongation. And that was what she was aiming for too.

I walked away from the campfire where the campfire was and went deep into the forest where not even the stars shined.

Slowly, little by little, draw in like that. The point at which the eyes adapt to the darkness and can recognize each other’s movements.

“My specialty is swordsmanship, but it’s not just swordsmanship.”

“What?!”

[Common Magic Lv. 21]

Learn what you can learn.

The more tools you can use, the better. Fortunately, there were plenty of teachers around her who could teach her that.

Esmeralda’s main skill is swordsmanship using a holy sword.

However, that is why the opponent has no doubt that Esmeralda can use other means.

A blow that struck that gap.

Common magic

[Flash Bang]

In an instant, a brilliant white light burst out in front of Eleven’s eyes, who were getting closer as they pushed Esmeralda.

Eleven’s vision, which had been wide-eyed while adapting to the darkness, was consumed by the light in an instant and disappeared.

Esmeralda’s blow aimed at that gap.

At the center of the Holy Sword placed horizontally with the ground, 12 swords hang down in a circle. It was at regular intervals, like looking at the hour hand of a clock.

At the same time, the swords contain colorful sword energy.

A season that maximized the power of the swords synchronized with the holy sword.

Unique swordsmanship

[Midnight]

The warrior, Esmeralda’s secret energy poured into Eleven.