Chapter 8: Chapter 8

"Master. Why is someone following you that slowed me down?"

I asked out of curiosity as I remembered the one I killed earlier. The way he acted however isn't really humanlike, or Angel like However… so I can't really tell where the person came from.

"I was planning to use you as a bait… but, who would have thought that you are just skilled that you can skip a rank difference… especially that big of a rank difference."

She said while sounding amazed, but… she already didn't she? Anyway…

{… Cheating machinations is a great sword, I might say. Also that stupid thing clearly didn't see my sweep, if they knew I would do a low, then they would have blocked it and I will be in a disadvantage if they did a counterattack.}

–[We just killed them with a combo. If someone got hit, depending on how strong they are, they would have to deal with staggering by being hit as force is a thing, that's why people with stupid strengths are stupid with good reasons and bad reasons, unless they use too strong of a strength to push you down, they can technically just beat you to death with the same move, over and over again… it be an infinite… and everyone hates facing those… and even then, if they are too strong, they would kill you in one hit, which is much worse than an infinite with one move… cause that one, is a delete ray, while an infinite using the same move over and over is the killer ray that takes time to do.]

{... A silence in 3 seconds… yep, he's thinking about something again.}

"... Hmm… am I gonna get targeted at least once per day?"

I asked my master while making Cheating machinations go back into one of my rings.

"... Pretty sure. And don't worry, it will be fine. You're not really normal in terms of strength anyway, for an angel that is."

Guess so, being an angel must be a bad situation huh? I feel a little bit insulted by that.

"What's with that gaze of being insulted, just blame your race that your advantage is flying, when I can just fly using mental strength… without penalty."

… I'm fast at being in the air, does that count as a plus? Well… probably.

"Anyway, Master. Where's the other one?"

I asked curiosly while looking around, I'm not seeing the other one who is wearing butler clothes since I fought the one that I killed earlier.

"... In my shadows. Anyway, can you carry me? I want to fly towards there until I tell you to stop, got it?"

… Can I even carry her? I probably can, but it will slow me down a lot, won't it? Eh, no matter. It's not like I always have to be fast, pacing is required in order for someone to be generally useful anyway.

"... The travel time will be…"

I tried to asked for the travel time, but before I could finish the question, she already started talking while pointing to a direction.

"A walk for 30 hours."

… A 8 minute flying session then? Let's see, since I do have to deal with the fact that I am carrying her… 20 minutes. Eh, slow… but that's fine. The only problem is…

"I will link a magic rope into your legs, that's how you will carry me… this way, you also won't deal with my weight while carrying me, isn't that great?"

I was gonna ask how I will carry her, but how did she already knew what I was gonna ask? It happened too many times that I don't think it's a coincidence anymore.

–Magic.

Reasonable conclusions.

"Now… First, let me set it up…"

She chanted something. She just said start to me and I followed it…

"Starting."

I flapped my wings and quickly flied towards the direction she pointed at earlier when she said a 30 hour walk towards that direction…

…

8 minutes later.

"Stop. And I'm here. Surprising that an angel is this fast, considering your rank."

–How does she know the ranking system of angels? She isn't human, nor an angel. She's a demon for good sakes.

Oh, didn't know that. I should note it. A demon… a human with horns right? Basically a human with horns, they are more skilled in magic at the cost of nothing… Why is it that angels get debuffs from being able to fly, but they don't have any debuffs from being able to use magic even without trying? Where's her horn? {It can't be… did someone broke the horn? Well, if they did, it sure is great that it doesn't cause any penalties at all…}

–You see… angels are the weakest race technically. That's why whenever there's a war between them, angels are expected to deal with it poorly, considering that the war between humans and angels is still happening, I don't really know where though, it's fair to say that this war is currently on… a stalemate.

{Guess so. But… something is wrong with that, isn't it? I can't really tell what is wrong, but something is wrong, that is something I'm sure of. I mean, the war isn't even officially over, yet there is a stalemate… if a stalemate is happening, it usually means that both are equal strengths, but looking at my race as a whole… when will that happen? Probably not really possible, rather it be strange if it is possible, considering the fact that as repeated earlier, we are the weakest race… I wonder why it is that we are the weakest race. Why is the one who made us like this, a really cruel person to us?}

–[he can think that much for 3 seconds… great… I probably shouldn't tell him that them being the weakest race is because of a curse.]

… You know, I feel like 3 seconds is enough time to explain how to think so fast.

–Add another three and it will be a 333, a sign of luck I think? It probably just means something, I don't really know it myself… [been years since then.]

"I wonder why is it… that I'm feeling being foll-..."

Another one? What the hell is wrong with master? They're targeting her everyday.

–Summon any sword, and prepare for combat.

I summoned Angel and threw it at where the enemy is currently at, making them leave the place in hurry while I summoned Cheating machinations to control 4 gears to make them incapable of moving by stabbing the gears into their legs before making sure that it won't move in the air. I then, holding Cheating machinations, just threw it at their heart.

"Another one. Master, I think you're weird…"

I complained while going besides her again, she actually goes to this town while someone will try to assassinate her? Wait…

"... Huh?"

This place, everyone here is hiding their presence.

–100 of them. Do you think you can deal with them?

With the two swords, yes… but I don't think I can hold out that long, probably 1 minute is my limit for this fight.

–Hmm… enough time, so to speak?

Yep, enough time. In the latter half, I would use Wing mode, so that means… I can only use Wing mode while you are out right?

–Yes, and also being 2 meters in you… you should just tie me to-

That means I can't use Cheating machinations the latter half, I guess. And 3 seconds have passed now, let's get going.

–Got it… 30 seconds later. Hehe.

{Okay, that bluntness is bad. Hahahaha… I like it.}

I summoned Cheating machinations to my hands and grabbed it while immediately turning back to jump and dodge an attack, just to do a dove kick in the air to cross them up and then kill them by piercing their heart… one…

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("Dive kicks for the win.")

–[Wait, that was a cross up… a hit box that hits behind you while you are attacking in the air? What? Dive kicks are powerful… I should note that.]

I pulled my sword out of this dead body and controlling 6 gears, I blocked six attacks at the cost of 6% of my concentration. And since I was undisturbed while controlling the gears, I did a spin slash before sliding to slowly left the area that I was in. I immediately dashed towards someone and stabbed them in their heart, blood flowing over my sword.

"Tch, get out."

I kicked the person I just killed into front of many people before turning around just to block an attack.

–Do a side flip.

I flipped sideways to dodge an attack and as I reached the ground I sweep kick them before grabbing them into the ground, before throwing the body into enemies, slowing them down… how many things did I killed?

–... 3? It's been 30 seconds already.

Tch, okay. I stabbed Cheating machinations into the ground killing someone from the ground… how? I can't tell. I can just teleport it back into my ring later, so I don't have to worry losing it. I summoned Angel from one of my rings.

"Wing mode activation… 'Focus'… Atleus at your service."

–A short chant? Eh… great for you. Also spell guidance instead of a normal spell? Great. Current concentration is 89% currently, I'm sure you won't deplete that in 30 seconds.

I immediately flapped my wings, flied and dashed through 30 enemies at once. Too slow. And as I reached the ground, I immediately stabbed someone before they hit me and just before someone behind me will hit me, I controlled 2 gears to block the attack and quickly turned around to kill them…

–27 seconds left. I didn't really actually counted the enemies you killed… but… let's just say, it's more than expected for 3 seconds.

So just moderately above average.

As I predicted a line of enemies, I immediately dashed and killed 20 enemies at once… and…

"Master. Are you sure it's fine to kill this person?"

I asked while I pointed towards a person that looks like a normal demon.

"... It's fine. That one is stronger-"

I killed him immediately before turning around and blocking a knife that someone threw towards me. I immediately go to the air again just to kill 30 more people in 3 seconds using my speed and 12 gears. I then turned wing mode off.

"Concentration percentages?"

–20%... Low. But considering that you used wing mode only for 18 seconds, this is fine. If you passed the 20 seconds meter, you would be feeling that your wings are burning… this time, they're just overheating. [You deal with wings overheating anyway due to the fact that your wings is being overworked… hmm… since you do have Cheating machinations…]

{Cheating machinations should have increased my recovery speed by 20%... Great.}

–[Yeah, it would make sense that it has that function, rather, if it doesn't have that, the users of us would probably die.]

"Hmm… your eyes…"

I heard Master say while looking at me, staggering a little.

My eyes? What's wrong with them?

–Well… let's see… oh, I know. Isn't there a legend that if you killed 100 people in under 20 minutes after your 3rd kill, the world will grant you a power that can help you?

{... But why my eyes though? I want something that can protect my wings.}

Well, it doesn't matter… I should also stop using the spell… there…

"... Why is it that you wish to be here, Master?"

"... Just some sword that is buried here."

–Okay, we got the sword now, we should just hide it against her. It's in one of your rings now, isn't it. This one is called Demon sword: Dark bringer.

{Got it. This one also increases my recovery speed by 20%...}

"A sword that is buried here… I don't think we have a shovel to find it though…"

I said while looking around the place. Once I have seen a shovel, a pretty nice looking one, with eyes…

–... It doesn't have a will of their own, nor is it a sword, so you can't put it in your ring.

{... I can still use this as a shovel-... Oh I can make it shrink in size and weight… I guess I can put it in my side bag for now after this. It doesn't really hurt me to have a convenient shovel that I can keep.}

 –... Analysing? You sure are good at reading concentration for someone who has below average of it.

Let's be honest, it is because I'm below average that I can tell. And also because of a sword that I have is the reason for it.

–Dark bringer?

Yeah, that sword. What else would it be, you? You only activate installs.

("Installs are a special state for a character in fighting games that stays for temporarily, or permanently… requires a resource to enter said state and entering this state usually has ups… also downs.)

–Ouch, not untrue though…

"... Ah… I think I'm starting to faint…"

I muttered on realization as my vision is slowly being blurry.

–Endure it… I'm sure you have enough time to shovel before you faint right?

Probably… but still…

I carried the shovel in normal size and walked towards master while trying to act like I'm fine…

"... Hmm… you must be tired… and what's with that shovel you had? Eh no matter. Just shovel, faint later if you want to rest."

She said while pointing just in front of where she was standing…that's where I found that sword and put it in my rings, but let's not say that. My eyes is now able to look into metal things, and goddamn… Many things in this killer town is full of knives. Also the limit of being put into my ring is 20 meters if the sword is not designated to my rings, but if it already entered one of my rings before, then I can recall it no matter how far. So it means that the sword is just 20 meters below…

I started shoveling and after a few minutes, I hit a barrier and fainted…

–That one is an act, right?

Yeah… but I will seriously faint after 3 more minutes… so…

–... It be fine… probably.

"... What? Fainted already? Huh, weak."

I heard as someone gracefully dropped down beside the supposedly fainted me, or I think what happened as I closed my eyes… I can't see.

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