The Blue Knight held a special meaning to the people of Forthorthe. But in the end, the Blue Knight was someone who lived 2,000 years ago. It was unthinkable to believe that he would just suddenly appear in front of someone. That's why when the six soldiers saw Koutarou, they assumed he was just a deranged Blue Knight maniac.
“Hey now, that armor has seen better days.”
“He must have played around in that armor for quite a long time.”
“But it's well made. Even I might want to play around in that armor.”
“Stop spouting nonsense and kill him. Even though he's crazy, a witness is a witness.”
“Hey everyone, aim for his head. I want to take that armor back home with me.”
“Sheesh, guess it can't be helped...”
This carelessness was their first and biggest mistake. They should have attacked Koutarou the moment they saw him. But they had underrated him. On top of that, they had never imagined that he would be completely aware of their positions and behavior. As a result, Koutarou was the one to make the first move.
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
All of a sudden the man in the front was blown away. He lost his consciousness after being bathed in an intense shockwave and collapsed to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut.
“Huh?! What just happened?!”
Yet the men didn't know what had happened. They only understood the situation after Koutarou attacked the second one.
“It's him?! The Blue Knight maniac― uaaaaaahhh!!”
The second man repeatedly fired his rifle. The soldiers were using beam rifles, firing beams at an incredible speed. On top of that they were in close quarters. Normally it would be completely unavoidable.
“Phew.”
Koutarou exhaled a small breath and twisted his body. As he did, all the beams passed by him. It was like he knew where the beams would travel beforehand.
“They won't hit. They won't hit! The beams won't―”
After passing through the beams, Koutarou casually swung his left fist at the man. When it collided with him, the electricity built up within his gauntlet zapped the man, knocking him out immediately.
“F-Fire! Fire!!”
“Damnit! That damn joke of a kid!”
Having lost two of their men, the remaining soldiers finally realized that they weren't going up against a normal opponent, and they hurriedly turned their guns on Koutarou.
“...If you were going to fire, you should have done so sooner.”
The next moment the men were deprived of their sight. That was because a small globe that had rolled up to their feet was spewing out smoke at a fierce rate. It was one of Clan's custom made smoke grenades, and the heat of the smoke nullified the soldiers thermal vision. It was a very simple make, but it proved quite effective in a modern battle.
“Damnit, a smokescreen!”
The four men hurriedly threw away their thermal vision goggles and attempted to get out of the smoke. ”But they can't see through the smoke either! Don't panic and just get out of the smoke!”
“Uwaaaaaa?!”
However, to Koutarou who could see the enemy's aura, it was as if there was no smoke to begin with. As the men tried to escape the smoke, they lost another ally. But their misfortune did not end there.
“Captain! The enemy!”
“What? There are three of him?!”
Standing in front of the three men as they escaped the smoke were three Koutarou. And all three Koutarou attacked the men at the same time.
“It doesn't matter how many there are! Kill them!”
“U-Understood!”
The men repeatedly fired their rifles, each attacking the Koutarou in front of them. The three Koutarou's struck by the beams vanished like smoke. They were all illusions created by magic.