Chapter 83

People who stay in any field for a long time naturally develop a sense for it. And since I’ve been in a certain field myself, I could roughly gauge the level of danger in a fight. The two guys facing us right now are dangerous. Even though their faces and bodies are covered by robes, you could tell just by their breathing and posture.

The one who looked about 187 cm tall spoke. He seemed like the guy who had just slashed at us. But even before that, I felt like I’d seen him somewhere.

“Looks like we’ve been completely exposed.”

I immediately recognized that voice.

[…No, it’s also my fault for not avoiding it.]

It was the guy who bumped into me in front of the magic tower where Lorcha was staying. Back then, I thought he was just some adventurer, but turns out he’s a member of the Black Round Table. Should’ve just taken him out back then…

But then, he suddenly tapped the back of his neck. Ricardo and Camellia didn’t understand the gesture, but I did. That’s where I got injured. At first, I didn’t know what was going on, but if he’s the culprit, it all makes sense. Still, it’s hard to believe some adventurer could move fast enough to graze my neck without me noticing. But if he’s a member of the Black Round Table, that changes everything. The aura he’s giving off isn’t ordinary. And it seems I wasn’t the only one who felt it.

“Run, Werner, and call my knight order. We’ll hold them here.”

“Right… That aura isn’t from an ordinary fighter. We’ll handle this, you go get reinforcements…”

While Camellia was talking, the shorter of the two robed figures suddenly spat something. It was as thin as a strand of hair, making it hard to notice, but I barely managed to catch it. Who interrupts a conversation like that? What a scumbag.

“Hey, you little dwarf scum, can’t you see the adults are talking? You’re just a tiny brat trying to get yourself killed.”

But then, the dwarf scum started laughing.

“Hahaha, dwarf scum and adults… I might be older than you.”

“Cut the crap. Show me your ID, you dwarf brat. Or take off that robe. If you’re a goblin at that height, I’ll understand, you piece of trash.”

“Hahaha, you’re a funny kid. Fine, I’ll show you my face.”

What appeared was a dwarf scum with red hair. But his ears were longer and pointier than a typical elf’s. That appearance… Could it be?

“A nymph. I never thought a race said to live for hundreds of years would be involved in something like this…”

“You’re quite knowledgeable, little knight. Yes, I’m a nymph. Right now, I hold Meraugis’ position in the Black Round Table.”

Damn, aren’t nymphs supposed to add a dot at the end of their sentences? I practiced for 10 minutes every day to naturally use it when meeting a nymph… This piece of trash just wasted all my effort. I’ll make him pay with blood.

The taller one spoke in a calm voice to Meraugis.

“Meraugis, I warned you not to reveal your face so carelessly.”

“Ah, it’s fine, sir. They’re all going to die anyway.”

That annoying voice… This isn’t a proper nymph! My 10 minutes… Damn it…

“That Meraugis guy isn’t an ordinary fighter either… But the man next to him is the real deal…”

“Ah, right… That presence, could it be…?”

Then, Meraugis suddenly lunged at Camellia and kicked. If Ricardo hadn’t blocked it, Camellia’s ribs would’ve been shattered.

The tall stick guy said this.

“Showing such an opening, how foolish.”

I cast a spell at Meraugis.

“Lightning, crawl like a snake.”

But he dodged my lightning snake effortlessly.

“You damn nymph brat! Can’t you attack without sneaking around?”

“Hahaha! Isn’t it too much to ask me not to attack when you show an opening?”

“You piece of trash!!! Your tone!!! Your tone!!!!”

He was shattering my image of nymphs. Just like how a wuxia with laser swords isn’t proper wuxia, a nymph who isn’t cute isn’t proper wuxia.

“Gal (喝)!!!!”

I threw a knife while scolding him. Not at Meraugis, but at the tall stick guy. If he’s going to ambush us, I’ll ambush him back. ‘An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,’ isn’t that a famous saying from Hammurabi’s Code?

But the guy deflected the knife I threw with an unseen movement.

“Playing tricks, are we?”

Of course, it didn’t work… I threw it pretty fast though… Should’ve recruited him for Lotte’s batting lineup.

But then, Meraugis’ expression twisted. Damn, was he a Lotte fan too?

“Are you ignoring me again? Taking your eyes off me?”

“Well, of course, you dwarf scum brat.”

“What?”

“That guy’s way stronger than you, overwhelmingly.”

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