Volume 6 - CH 4.4

Casting a sidelong glance at his subordinates, who were running right beside him, failing to avoid the flame arrows and then falling down, Fatih curled his blue lip.

「Wait a minute! Would you normally be hit by that kind of stray arrows? —Idiots! Die! Losers! Damn incompetents!」

He pulled out a crescent-moon sword from his back while spitting out so. His favourite sword, which was forged to match the size of the tall Fatih, was much longer than the swords commonly used in Ahmad. Carrying it on his shoulder as if it was a fishing rod or something, Fatih narrowed his eyes.

「Honestly, I don’t care about the young girl, …but I won’t let brat-chan get away. It seems that this is going to be fun—in various ways!」

Bright red flames spouted up again and engulfed Fatih’s subordinates, who were pursuing the Dominas from straight behind.

However, Fatih’s awareness was no longer turned to them. The moment the partition of trees came to an end, Fatih stifled a voice of delight in the back of his throat and leapt sideways.

「—Guhehe!」

「!?」

The boy, who had been running away towards the foot of the mountain in a straight line, noticed Fatih and opened his eyes wide

「Ku…!」

The boy parried the single stroke, which Fatih had unleashed by slashing diagonally from the shoulder, with the sword he had at the ready using only his right arm. His arm strength as well as his leg strength had most likely been enhanced by magic, but it was only because of the boy’s reflexes that he could make the best use of it and evaded the surprise attack.

「As one would expect, you have good intuition—」

Fatih heard that the boy—by the name of Dimitar Richternach, was the exclusive Hiera Glaphicos of the Dominas. That being the case, the fact that he was skilled might also be reasonable. He probably didn’t even reveal half of his original ability in the battle he had shown yesterday, where he dealt with the thieves during the journey from Roma.

「To change a very young boy into a fearsome superman—how fascinating! Is that your “Crest Magic”Hiera Marefika?」

「This guy…!」

Dimitar furrowed his brow slightly and glared at Fatih, then jumped sideways immediately in order to maintain a distance from Fatih. He must have instantly comprehended the danger of crossing swords with Fatih in the state of carrying the Dominas on his left shoulder.

「I don’t dislike a child who is attentive to others… or rather, I love them!」

Fatih grinned and focused his consciousness on his left hand. Lines of dark light that seemed to be black and dark grey mixed together ran from his elbow, and after going round his wrist a few times, they drew a unique pattern on the back of his hand.

「! You!?」

Dimitar’s eyes went back and forth between Fatih’s left hand and face quickly, and then he opened his eyes wide in surprise again.

「Did you immediately understand what this—this “magic crest” means? I’m liking you more and more! Such sharp-sightedness is necessary in order to keep on living in my country, you see! …And of course, strength too!」

Fatih winked and clenched his left fist tightly. At the same time, his whole body was filled with new power.

The next moment, Fatih closed in on Dimitar again and unleashed his crescent-moon sword in the same way as just now.

「Gu…u!」

Dimitar similarly went on the defensive with efficient movements to block it. However, the one thing that was different from just now was that Dimitar’s body was sent flying greatly.

「Dimitar!?」

The girl’s jarring scream rent the night air. Obstructing Fatih, who was about to quickly start in pursuit of Dimitar, was the rampart that the girl had stretched around.

「…Tsk」

Fatih, who had lost a perfect chance completely, focused his consciousness on his left hand again and poured his magic power into the magic crest.

「Repeatedly obstructing me… she’s so troublesome! In the first place, I hate young teenage girls!」

Fatih, who had completed a complex magic circle in the twinkling of an eye, opened his left hand and thrust it out towards Dimitar.

「Ba…!」

Dimitar noticed that and tried to maintain a big distance, but he was distracted by Fatih’s subordinates who had come challenging him from the other side, and his reaction was slightly slower.

「Guhihi!」

Fatih laughed, sending bubbles of his saliva flying. An explosive flame of the extent that the magic of the Dominas just now looked like mere child’s play overflowed from the palm of his hand.

「Even though it’s the same “Hellfire”Phlegethon, it’s so much different! I’ve seen through that young girl’s weakness!」

Narrowing his eyes at the brilliant flame, Fatih reached for the belt on his waist.

「—Despite drawing the same “magic crest” with the same “crest magic”, the power is different to this extent! If I leave the possibility that the young girl is exceptionally incompetent aside—then there’s only one answer! In short, she’s a weak person who can’t completely discard her hesitation to kill people!」

While the heat of the explosive flame hadn’t ceased, Fatih threw the black needles he had pulled out from the back side of his belt.

「Guhi! Guhehehehehe!」