"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~~!"
Auber easily avoided the rock cannonball that came flying from behind with a fluid movement.
Can Ghyslaine give chase ...... no, that’s impossible.
Flour was showered on her face, making her eyes shed tears uncontrollably and causing her to sneeze repeatedly.
Mixed with spices, it's a special tear gas from Auber.
Slipping around Ghyslaine like a cockroach, Auber was getting close to Sylphy and Eris who were slaughtering the soldiers.
"Retreat! Retreat! Redo again!"
With those words, men begin to escape into the forest all at once.
And, Eris noticed Auber at the same time.
Moving her body to protect Sylphy, she was trying to intercept him.
"Ugaaaaaa!!"
"『My sword, ablaze!』"
At the same time the chanting stopped, Auber’s sword was covered in flames.
While sidestepping in and quickly removing something from his waist, Auber put something in his mouth.
I also know this trick.
I can make it.
"Buuuu~~!"
"『Water Wall!』"
Oil gushes from Auber’s mouth to ignite the flaming sword, and attacks Eris.
But the magic I launched managed to stop it.
The fire hit the water wall and was extinguished in a moment.
Eris does not care about the water wall in front of her.
So as to tear to pieces both the opponent and my magical attacks, she slashed her raised sword diagonally downward from the shoulder, assailing Auber.
"Taaaaaa!"
A sound of *Zan~tsu*, was heard.
With a thud, the upper body of Auber, who was divided, fell to the ground.
"Alright!"
"Che."
While I was delighted, Eris clicked her tongue.
When I looked closely, what fell to the ground was not Auber’s upper body.
It's a log.
Without realising it, a log had fallen on the ground.
The log wrapped in a sand covered cloak.
N ......?
I wonder what happened.
It should have been seen with my Foresight Eye, but I do not know what happened.
And at that moment, I thought that something was flying towards the log. A Talon Claw.
A claw with a rope flew toward the log.
Catching onto the cloth and pulling it from a distance.
The cloth flew lightly in the air and settled into the man that was holding the tip of the rope.
In the forest, there was Auber, wearing a cloak and hiding behind some flowers.
Auber, that he would recover his cloak with that claw...
Is that cloak some kind of magic item?
To allow the party wearing the cloak to instantly swap out like that...
Was it Utsusemi no Jutsu [Substitute Art]?
I didn’t hear about this, boss!
"You’ve improved your skills, Mad Dog! I’ll be leaving first! Let us meet again!"
"Wait!"
"Wait, Eris!"