Although the man, who was called as the leader, came with suspicious eyes, he seemed to understand a little about my sword. While the leader was muttering something, the merchants who were hiding behind the carriage were startled, because of the group of thieves. The whole family was shaking in fear. It couldn’t be helped since even if one only took a peek, one would realize that there we more than 30 thieves.
“Why…it become…like this” (??)
“Okaa-san! Otou-san!” (??)
“I-it’s alright. I’m sure… it’s going to be alright.” (??)
“Well, I didn’t expect these number (of thieves).” (Lior)
Indeed… I really didn’t expect this at all.
I thought that there would be at least 50 of them. This was somewhat unexpected. Besides, they were not standing in front of me, but it was a good thing when they surrounded me, since that gave me more options.
“Oi, old man! You dare to do that to our friend!” (??)
“Too noisy. It’s only reasonable for me to retaliate when I am attacked. Did you guys think you could take advantage of me being surrounded?” (Lior)
“Shut up, Leader, are we ready?” (??)
“–in accordance to my own life, I give my life to the puppet [Rock Golem]!” (??)
The leader put his hand on the ground and the surrounding soil started to bulge. Even I had to look up at the big golem that just appeared. ‘That thief leader was a magician huh?’
“Hoo… is it a golem?” (Lior)
“You bastard, no matter how strong the sword you hold is, you won’t be able to cut it’s big rock body! Go!” (??)
‘What? These guys thought that my sword was an unique thing? It was certainly somewhat special, but it was mostly just a big sturdy sword. Besides…’
“I have fought against bigger golems compared to this!” (Lior)
It was made by a 400 years old elf, but the size of the golem was twice as big as this guy’s and it’s body was made from iron. Such a rock golem was akin to paper when compared to it.
I evaded the fist that was swung down by jumping forward. I swung my sword at the golem’s feet and it fell down after having both of them cut off. Since it’s center of gravity was moving forward, it was going to fall onto me, but I held my sword and cut it flashily.
“Hard Break — One Hand Sword Style — Hard Wave Slash!” (Lior)
In order to hurl mana, I had to swing with all my strength. The form of this technique was a shockwave attack.
The shockwave broke the golem, that was falling forward, in thousand pieces and several thieves who were behind the golem got annihilated. The short range of this technique made it difficult to use, but the main feature of ‘Hard Break’ was its huge power. ‘But… they are fragile huh. Just like the tofu that Sirius brought. Aah, I want to eat tofu badly, now that I thought about it.’