In a moment the clouds cover the sky.
The falling raindrops are brown like chocolate.
It quickly covers the battlefield.
Rain that contains mere mud.
It did not have any offensive power.
As it falls on the ground, it turns the ground slick and loose which robs the soldiers of their mobility.
Some slip and some fall over.
Since Eris and Ghyslaine trained their lower body, the mud has no impact on them.
As for Sylphy, it dyes her hair brown, but let’s set that aside for now.
"Nuooo?"
As Wii Taa’s polished armor becomes muddy, the disco ball loses its light.
"Gaaaaaaa!"
The yell of Ghyslaine’s fighting spirit resonated through the woods.
From the blade near her waist, Ghyslaine fires off a sword of light.
Wii Taa tumbled to avoid it, but blood was gushing from his shoulder.
With this, the winner has been decided.
I continued to be vigilant against Auber......
Then, I looked back.
"What?"
"?"
Right behind us, there was a man.
I saw a strange person.
Wearing a rainbow colored jacket, knee length pants, with three sword attached to his waist. There is a peacock tattoo on his cheek, and his hairstyle was like a satellite dish.
He’s wearing a dirt-colored cloak on his back.
And from that cloak, a trail of silky sand spills down.
At the end of this trail, a hole was spotted in Luke’s blind spot, who was supposed to be watching our back.
This fellow, he was hiding in the hole he dug up in the road.
"......"
His features and clothing matched the description.
This guy is the North Emperor Auber.
" ...... You found me."
The next moment, my foresight eye saw Auber’s movement.
"At this distance against a magician......sorry for the sneak attack!"
I immediately react with my left hand.
The left hand where Zariff’s Arm is attached.
Although the arm feels no resistance from the weight, Auber is still faster.
"『Arm, Fly 』!"
"Fuooo!?"
My artificial arm flew off at a ridiculous speed.
Despite that, Auber barely evaded it with a backflip while tilting his neck, dodging the arm.
Making a [Badzun] sound, the artificial arm lodges itself in a distant tree.
While holding the sword, Auber glances back and forth between the arm that flew and me with rounded eyes.
“W, What…..the…..."
My heart is beating rapidly.
I knew that Auber would attack with his tricks.
Even though I knew about it from Orsted......damn.
Is this the result of not following his directions?
Now I have to fight Auber one-on-one.
My opponent is a North Emperor.
While he isn’t necessarily weak when fighting normally, his specialty is in surprise attacks.
But... I have heard of the actions that I should take after exposing this figure.
It is possible to win, I'm fine, calm down, I'm strong, I'm strong, I’m Strahan, I'm Stallone.
"Rudeus the 『Quagmire』."
Auber did not attack immediately.
While standing there, he spoke to me.
"Although I have heard the rumors, you are indeed strong."
Why are you not coming at me?
Although this method cannot be used if you are not coming at me......
"...... Where did you hear my name?"
"From a certain beast over there. When I was teaching sword art to that beast, she always said [Rudeus is awesome!]."
So it was Eris.
"A man who could tame that beast, would be a praiseworthy man. Really, like the rumor said.......even his arm can fly.”
It seems he is fascinated by my Rocket Punch. [1]
And I’m being watched with a vigilant eye, as if I will try some other weird trick.
What a bad-mannered guy.
It’s not like I’m some kind of rare animal.......
But, it’s good that he’s being cautious.
After all, in the edge of my vision, Ghyslaine has defeated Wii Taa and is coming towards us.
It's not a far distance, she should be here soon.
If it’s two-on-one, our chances of winning will increase tremendously.
"Eris, and Ghyslaine.
Silent Fitts, and Rudeus of the Quagmire.
As a precaution, we have brought Wii Taa but......
Since I couldn’t kill Rudeus, this will be hard on us."
Auber convinces himself and nods.
I wonder if he’ll come.
"But, there is no shortage of opponents!"
He’s coming.
But, in the current situation, if I can hold him for even a few seconds, I can attack him with Ghyslaine in a pincer maneuver.
And, I know roughly what technique Auber uses.
I can do this.
I can bring him down.
"My name is, North Emperor Auber Corvette!"
Auber drew the sword with his left hand and sheathed the sword in his right hand.
I also started pouring magic into my staff in response to that......
"This is...... Goodbye!"
Auber started running.
Not toward me, but toward Ghyslaine.
Huh?
Did he just say goodbye?
"Auber!"
"Oh, it’s ...... Ghyslaine! Long time no see!"
"Gaaaaaaa!"
"As expected, you haven’t changed at all."
Before anyone noticed, Auber had thrown the bag that was in his hand.
The bag flies to Ghyslaine in a smooth arc.
Ghyslaine promptly cuts the bag while it is still in mid air.
Upon being cleaved, some kind of smoke suddenly scatters from the bag.
Ghyslaine face is ...... showered by it immediately.
This is bad.
"『Stone Cannon』!"
"Uooh~~!"