Previously, I'd heard of it.
That in this world, there were rare skills, which were stronger than
the normal ones and had special powers.
They were, "Sword Saint", "God Spear", "Heaven Bow",
"Nether Axe", "Void Staff", "Emperor Fist", and "Treasure
Shield".
Those who possessed these seven skills were said to be balancers
chosen by the Goddess, and were bearing the destiny to protect the
world.
Of course, my childhood friend—— Saintess Elma was one of them.
She had the "Sword Saint" skill and was the wielder of 'Holy
Sword' that was forged by the ancient sage. [TL: In chapter 3 it is
blacksmith, tho]
Naturally, the sage created all seven arms in accordance to the rare
skills, and only those with corresponding skills could handle them.
If a man got it, he'd be called a 'saint', and if a woman got it, she'd
called a 'saintess', and people praised them as symbols of hope.
Therefore, it wasn't strange even if there were more than one person
who bear the name of 'saint/saintess' in the same era, but it also
meant that that just how powerful the force of evil was spreading in
the world.
I broke up with one of those saintesses, but I never thought I'd meet
another one in such a place…
Could it be, I had some sort of connection with those called
'saintesses'…?
"T-that was amazing…"
Anyways, as said by Fio-chan who was blinking in surprise, it was an
amazing match.
Since this was the Martial God Festival, she shouldn't have been
using her Holy Spear, but still, the power of the Saintess—— Arcadia
was overwhelming.
The man who was her opponent was not, in any way, weak.
The morning star he was using must had been a supreme product
that was prepared just for this day.
Yet, Arcadia had crushed it head-on.
She had blown the man to the wall with one thrust.
The fate of the morning star should rather be left unsaid, but perhaps
because the power of the thrust was very tremendous, even the
armor worn by the man was shattered to pieces.
That was a saintess who had the "God Spear" skill for you.
She possessed an overwhelming power.
"..." After the match, Arcadia calmly began to return.
She still had an icy air about her.
Probably, she was about the same age as me.
"!"
At that time, I felt like she looked my way for a moment, making me
be slightly on guard.
Was it just my feeling?
I didn't want to have anything to do with a saintess, if possible, but I
might be going to face her in the final…
I mean, the next match was the semi-final…
◇ ◇
As I had predicted, Arcadia made it to the final with overwhelming
power.
Naturally, I also defeated my opponent in the semi-final without
breaking a sweat, and the only thing left was the final tomorrow.
And perhaps I should say as expected, the one who made the
weapon used by Arcadia was Gunfleet Firm, the employer of the
bad-looking men who had appeared at Leia-san's shop the other
day.
I heard from Leia-san that the firm had various bad rumours about
them, but why did Saintess Arcadia became their representative?
I hadn't the slightest idea of the reason, but they were a bunch who
did not choose the means to achieve their purpose
They probably wouldn't leave us who had made it to the final as we
were.
I mean.
――Pusu.
"..."
――Pusu.
"..."
――Pusu.
Things had been stabbing my neck with pusupusu since a while
ago…
They must be poison needles, but it didn't work on me because I
was immortal…
No, to be precise, they worked a for little bit, but then they
immediately got detoxified, so it was basically meaningless…
I wished they would have at least waited until we had dinner.
"Ehehe, please do your best in the final tomorrow."
"Un, thanks. I'll definitely win for Fio-chan and your mom, so cheer
on me, okay?"
"Yes, of course!" Fio-chan smiled brightly.
While patting her head, I glanced at the darkness of the buildings
facing the street.
But still, they sure sent quite some people…
Were we really that much of a hindrance to them?
But with this many of them crawling around, it seemed that even
Leia-had noticed them as well.
She brought Fio-chan closer to her and whispered, "What're we
going to do? Those guys are probably after us."
"Rather, I'm sure they are. That said, their aim is to defeat me… no,
Leia-san's weapon at the Martial God Festival, so I don't think
they're going to kill us." They had been firing poisons though.
"Even so…"
"Yes, it's very likely that you two will be held hostage. So, I'll go
knock them out."
"…Are you going to be fine?"
"Exa-san…"
I nodded with a smile to the two who looked at me worriedly. "No
worries. I'll be back soon, so please wait here. I'm off to get rid of
them, starting from the close ones first!" After saying that, I kicked off
the ground and closed in upon the man hiding in shadow nearby.
"——Gah!?"
At the same time as I knocked the man unconscious with a single
blow, I kicked off the wall and went to do the same to the men who
were in other places.
Then, in the middle of robbing the consciousness of the guys aiming
for Fio-chan and Leia-san, I suddenly felt a sense of discomfort and
stopped.
Because, even those who I had no memory of defeating were lying
on the ground before I knew it.
Could it be, thinking so, I hurried to the last remaining presence I
could felt.
"——Guge!?"
Then, on the roof of a building, I caught a sight of a man being
knocked out unconscious.
"You are——"
Up there was a woman with a flowing silver hair swaying in the wind.
"——quite faster than I expected."
Yes, it was the spear saintess—— Arcadia.