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n“Gahaa…!!”

nI vomited some blood and kneeled on the ground. I thought I still have some time left but my body is now shaking and does not listen to what I say. I can see that my body is rapidly losing its energy……

nWhy did I lose? It’s embarrassing to say that I don’t even understand it….. Alongside that question, I glared with overflowing hatred at the woman who is in front of my eyes and currently sitting on the ground.

nRena: “…Fuuh, I have won the bet, yes? It was truly dangerous this time.”

nI asked the woman who got up using a lot of potions and such that I can’t quite sure the amount that she had been carrying.

nAlexei: “……How come?”

nRena: “? What do you mean?”

nAlexei: “………I should have had 10 seconds left. With that amount of time, I could have pierced your neck.”

nRena: “Ahh……”

nI have a slight intuition about this, however I can not help but ask. The woman explained what happened right after she understood what I was talking about.

nRena: “…Well, you see. It’s not that difficult, so I will tell you everything about it.”

nThe woman said so and proceed to tell me from the beginning until the time when I realized that my hand was struck to the ground like this.

nRena: “First, my dagger is smeared with deadly poison from the start, you see. You had received a number of scratches, though it was before you strengthened yourself. I was a little flustered as I thought that it didn’t have any effect at all, however I felt relieved as it turns out that it worked.”

nAlexei: “But I didn’t feel like my condition was poisoned, though?”

nRena: “It’s easy, the explosive ball itself has a weak poison effect as a side effect, and the poison smoke bomb is not just a poison, instead it also has an effect that amplifies the effect when the poison that I have smeared on the knife is mixed with your body…….I guess.”

nAlexei: “…you guess?”

nRena: “I merely read the text, so I was also skeptical whether it is true or not, you know? In addition, I also used dark magic 《Weakness》to lower your resistance against abnormal condition just to make sure. As a result, your HP ran out faster than usual. Do you understand now?”

nAlexei: “………Aa~ah, this is frustrating.”

nIt was truly frustrating…..It’s disappointing yet embarrassing as well that I couldn’t manage to bring down the monster who had ruined my hometown, and also the enemy of my dear father and the Order faction.

nRena: “Now then, do you have any last word?”

nAlexei: “Nothing……No, my father… please spare him. At any rate, you’re going there, aren’t you?”

nRena: “………That’s true, but to your father… yes?”

nAlexei: “Yeah, would that be no good?”

nRena: “………..No, it’s fine.”

nAlthough she showed a slight hesitation, she eventually accepted it. I do not know the reason, but probably she has a feud with my father….

nRena: “Well then, this is farewell. It was a lot of fun.”

nAlexei: “…I also wanted to meet you at a different situation than this, you know?”

nAa~ah, it’s really frustrating…..fighting with this fellow who is the enemy of my dear father and the Order faction and a monster who had ruined my hometownーーーwas fun.

nRena: “Well then.”

nHer dagger slowly penetrated my throat. It felt as if a foreign object is invading my body and I could feel the heat that is similar like a warm blaze that made me scowled in an instant. However, I immediately lost my senses and could feel nothing around me.

nAt last, I felt the sense of iron clod passing through my napeーーー

nI burned her beautiful face into my memory and finally, my consciousness ceased to exist.

nI managed to win against the knight captain, yes?

nIt was somewhat a narrow victory as it was a terribly hard fight indeed. Let’s reflect on this and put it to good use as a reference in the future.

nRena: “Now then, what should I do?”

nThe majority of players had already returned to the dead, and the NPCs had been making a resignation look since the knight captain kneeled on the ground.

nAmong them, there’s still one party that is glaring straight right here to this very moment.

nHannes: “……”

nRyne: “Hannes, if you want to do this, I will go with you until the end.”

nEleanor: “Yeah, our opponent is also exhausted as well.”

nCherry: “I-I will do my best to support!”

nMyra: “…This time for sure, pierce her.”

nKellin: “Ehh~? Are you serious? It can’t~ be helped~ then~!”

nHoho? It’s the party that always pick a fight, yes? I don’t mind it, though.

nThey immediately readied up their weapon….

nHannes: “… No, let’s just stop.”

nRyne: “Hannes?”

nHannes: “It’s not good for our current situation, and even if we know what her objective is, we could only hold out at best.”

nRyne: “……”

nHannes: “But don’t you misunderstand this, okay? It’s just a temporary withdrawal from our fight!”

nRyne: “So that’s what you mean…”

nEleanor: “Can’t be helped at all, huh…”

nHannes: “We will become strong someday and crush you so be preparedーーー”

nRena: “ーーーit’s okay if it’s just a tedious talk, though.”

nThey are passionately talking to each other for some reason. But, even though it’s bad, I have to rush ahead and run through the central area quickly.

nHannes: “ーーーAs I thought, I hate everything about you.”

nRena: “? Is that so?”

nI then killed roughly the remaining party members with a surprise attack and left the place.

nCredits to: Kitsuao, McFluffin

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