Volume 4 - CH 30.2

Act 4-30.2: You Guys Made A Wrong Choice

「W-WAIT! PLEASE WAIT A MINUTE!」

A swordsman wearing red bandana rolled out from the tent and stood in front of me as he asked me to stop.

「Bri Stamp, are you my enemy too? If that’s the case, I won’t go easy on you.」

I unsheathed 【Murasame】 from its sheath, and took a stance.

He might be a greenhorn, but this man was a swordsman. That’s why I had to at least honor him as a swordsman. Moreover, I scrapped the word restraint from my dictionary the moment they kidnapped Lyla. My opponent was an organization, so I had to crush every single trace of them till there was nothing of them in this world.

「I’VE NO INTENTION TO BECOME YOUR ENEMY! AT LEAST BABEL ALSO DOESN’T WISH TO BECOME YOUR ENEMY! 」

「What in the hell are you talking about!? These idiots and some other idiots are conspiring to kidnap my childhood friend, Lyla Hellner. They even want to assassinate my two relatives over there.」

I looked down at the tall man with crew cut who still fell on his rear while flapping his useless mouth non-stop like some sort of idiot as I spoke, the person himself twitched the moment he heard me say so.

Seemingly perplexed upon hearing my declaration, Bri was looking at Roman and Lumine who was lying on the ground and then at me but, his gaze instantly moved to the tall man with crew cut’s coworker, he was clearly enraged,

「You guys, is that true?」

He asked with trembled vice as if to make sure but,

『He’s telling the truth.』

The one who replied to his question was a clear, transparent voice. I moved my eyes toward the newly arrived group who was led by a beautiful woman clad in a pure white robe.

She was still far away from our position, so, normally speaking, her voice shouldn’t reach this place. It seems she used some sort of magic to transmit her voice. And maybe, the gaze that has been following me a while ago was hers.

Anyhow, the woman herself just acknowledged the fact. In short,

「I see, so, you’re an enemy too.」

Naturally, I of all people realized that my lips formed a smile. Because the other party was Babel’s headmaster, Inea. In short, she was the ruler of Babel in name, and reality. Babel’s strongest. Moreover, behind her was a small yet muscular man wearing red robe, the guild master of Barse’s hunter guild, Ralph Excel. It seems they saw me in high regard since two of humanity strongest hero-samas came in person.

I see now, maybe they appeared before me since they had confidence in their strength.

Well since the opponent was two heroes, the battamans might be in trouble. In that case, I had to fight in person.

「KUHAHAHAHA! Interesting. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!」

They came at the right moment since all I fought lately was small fries. The only one who dared to fight me from the front without running way was that three-headed giant lizard.

But, I guess I wouldn’t lack a worthy opponent with Babel’s strongest headmaster and hunter’s hero, Ralph Excel as my opponent.

「Wake up, 【Murasame】」

I loaded as much mana as possible into 【Murasame】 as I spoke, and then the sword started to pulsate few times as it spread extremely wicked aura. 【Murasame】 awakened for the first time in a long time. This sword would turn into wild horse once it got awakened from its slumber. In that state, a simple swing of mine could turn the area around me into empty lot. Thus, I had to be careful to handle this sword in its awakened state.

I lowered my stance, completely focused in combat.

「Please don’t misunderstand. The reason I appear is to purge the traitors of Babel.」

「Hah?」

Inea smiled lightly as she raised one of her hands,

「Catch them!」

The Babel’s staff, led by a man with slit eyes, clad in black robe, rushed toward the idiots who surrounded me a while ago with desperate look on their face, and restricted them with metal shackles. Those shackles appeared to be a cursed tool.

「They’ve committed a grave sin by putting the examinees in extremely dangerous situations. Please be prepared since all of you, along with the one who gave the order to you won’t escape from the harsh punishment.」

Inea declared so while looking at the idiots with cold piercing gaze, as if looking at trash.

「NO WAY, IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE FOR THAT!」

The tall man with crew cut refuted but,

「Are you still talking about evidence in this kind of situation? 」

He timidly stared at me with extremely frightened look on his face the moment he heard Inea’s answer, and then looked down again.

Inea then stared at my direction and bowed toward me,

「This incident happened because a runaway of the faction these idiots belong to, it’s definitely not the consensus of Babel. So, will you lower your weapon for now? 」

And said those words with courteous tone.

「You think I’m a five years old kid? Why should I trust you here? 」

「Indeed, you’ve no reason to trust us in this kind of situation. But then, we gain nothing by making an enemy of you. Moreover, you of all people should be aware that you can’t afford to make a new enemy in this kind of situation. 」

Dammit, this woman had actually one step ahead of me. She was right, I couldn’t stay for too long in this place since I had to safe the kidnapped Lyla.

But whether I choose to believe this woman or not was another story.

「I don’t believe you guys. I got a hunch that crushing you once for all right now was the best choice.」

I pointed Murasame toward Inea, and raised it up.

Surely, I wanted to go as soon as possible to save Lyla. But, Roman and Lumine would become their hostage as a result. These people were way too composed with their underlying scheme.

Since Nemea was weaker than me, he might lose against two human heroes. And most of all, I could tell that this woman was really cunning one. Definitely not the kind of person that I could trust. Thus, the best option was to erase them right in this place.

「P-Please wait right there! 」

And then, Inea, who looked fully composed till a moment ago suddenly called me to stop with an impatient voice upon seeing me about to unleash my sword skill――

「KAI!」

Three of my acquaintance suddenly appeared out of nowhere, forcing their way between Inea and me.

It was the trio of Rose, Asta, and Zack. Since their presence just suddenly appeared out of thin air, Asta might have used her teleportation magic to teleport here. Despite her sorry title, Asta was surprisingly talented.

Anyhow, Rose and co. entered the scene right at the most critical moment. Did someone ask them to become an arbiter? Normally speaking, the one who asked them should be Babel, but since that was impossible, does that mean Inea was truly unaware of this matter? No wait a minute, things might become complicated because the runaway of one part of Babel’s staff, Inea herself got nothing to do with this. Dammit, that was complicated.

「Her Highness! Please help us to persuade Kai-sama! Please tell him that we’re truly not related!」

The man with slit eyes, Sigma was crying, or rather, was on the verge of crying as he pleaded to Rose.

Rose was looking at me, the thousands battaman, and then Lumine and Roman who lay on the ground beneath me, and then heaved a sigh.

「Kai’s source of anxiety is these two, right? Then leave the protection of these two to us.」

She made a clever declaration. Though the way she looks completely perplexed from start to end was weighing on my mind, I knew that it was safe to entrust Roman and Lumine to Rose. This was also the best option since Asta could use her teleportation magic in case the worst situation happened.

「Okay, I’ll leave them to you.」

Seeing that Asta used teleportation to come to this place, Lumine and Roman’s safety had been guaranteed. Moreover, not even Babel would dare to harm Rose, the princess of Amelia kingdom. Thus, a temporary armistice was achieved.

But maybe I had to show a gesture of armistice to seal Inea’s movement for the time being.

Well, in short, let’s set this matter aside for now. I had a more urgent matter right now.

「Sorry for summoning you guys for nothing but, please return for now.」

『HAH!』

The Battamans, led by Nemea bowed once and then went back into subjugation picture book.

「Well then, I’ll leave this place to you!」

I entrusted Roman and Lumine to my comrades, and ran back into the forest again.