NOVEL NEXT Episode 45
Episode 45
While thinking about such things, I gathered information near the city of Antares.
There’s plenty of sighting information for “Assassin Break” on the bulletin board.
Here, I confirm the latest sighting information and hunt them down.
…Oh, it looks like they’re nearby.
As I moved there immediately, I found a party of men and women adventurers chasing a beginner desperately.
The players fleeing must have just started the game.
Since their equipment is just after finishing the tutorial, they are definitely targeted.
“Should we finish them off soon?”
The man readied his bow and let out a joyful cry, but I slashed at his throat from behind.
There are no grotesque depictions, the attack is dealt with as a critical hit, and the archer dies.
“Huh!? You, aren’t you the Clown Brother?”
“Call for reinforcements now! We’ve got a target!”
The three of them, weapons at the ready, look at me.
The adventurers who were fleeing stop in their tracks and look at me in surprise.
“Hurry up and run.”
“Y-yes! Thank you very much!”
It would be troublesome if left here.
It seems “Assassin Break” is not going to pursue them either.
The three standing in front of me smile.
“Clown Brother… Do you know you have a bounty on you?”
“I don’t know. I’m not interested.”
“If we defeat you, we’ll get 300,000 gold and any equipment we want!”
“What if I turn myself in? Will you give it to me then?”
“Of course not!”
The man with the greatsword shouts as he kicks the ground, and the remaining two start moving.
“Do you know!? In PvP, there’s practically no level difference!”
“I’ll cut off your exposed weak point!”
With that, the man swings his greatsword down at me.
There’s no way that’ll hit. As I try to dodge, a woman jumps at me from the side.
She’s also a dagger user.
Dodging the swing, I slash her eyes.
Although the greatsword was swung with all his might, I deflect it with the dagger and it almost hit the woman who was charging at me.
“Damn it! [Power Strike]!”
When the greatsword user activates the skill, his body moves on its own, forcibly swinging the greatsword towards me.
Thanks to the skill, did it forcibly target me and change its trajectory?
So you can use it like that too.
Although it was a strike aimed at me, of course I dodge it.
Whether I can parry the skill with [Parrying] or not, it was heavy pressure to the point where I couldn’t tell.
There must be a period of rigidity after skill activation. As I try to swing my dagger at his vulnerable neck, the man with the spear rushes in.
A spear, huh. It’s just a straightforward charge attack, so I deflect it with the dagger in my left hand and cut his throat with a counter.
“Aren’t you too hesitant to cut off my…… head just now!?”
“Because it’s quick and easy.”
I’ve fought hundreds of demons, you know? The most important thing to remember is that you should not be afraid of cutting off the head of the person you are trying to kill.
Swiftly, I slash the neck of the greatsword user who still can’t move with my right dagger, and then an arrow flies towards me.
I deflect it with the dagger. More arrows are shot in succession, but I deflect them all.
Then, fire magic comes flying. In real life, I could cut magic with a dagger imbued with magic power, but I don’t have that skill yet.
Having no choice, I dodge the attacks, and about ten people with red eyes appear.
These must be the reinforcements he mentioned earlier.
“There he is! It’s the Clown Brother!”
They all seem eager.
It’s good to be enthusiastic, but it’s not just about enthusiasm.
While receiving support from bows and magic, six vanguards charge at me.
They attack while filling in each other’s gaps.
Their coordination is better than I thought.
However, it feels like two teams attacking jointly.
Probably, each party of five rushed here upon receiving my sighting information.
So… if I target that point, their coordination will start to break down.
“What the!?”
“Hey!?”
As I move around to switch positions with each other’s parties, they collided, as expected..
In the first place, six against one human is an excessive number.
Even bows and magic are now struggling in this situation when I get close to them.
“Alright, time to say goodbye.”
As I create an opening by swinging my dagger at the two people colliding, immediately someone swings a sword down from behind to assist them.
As I dodge that, the sword plunges into the woman’s shoulder, dealing heavy damage.
“…You’ll have more friendly fire if you’re not careful, you know?”
I swing my dagger at the man who swung his sword at the woman, slicing his throat.
The woman hurriedly steps back, starting her recovery with a potion.
Another person also retreats to protect her, so naturally, the number of people who can respond to me becomes three.
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