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"Push him down, ride on top of him, and ruin that handsome body beyond recognition... isn't that tempting~"
A strong chill drained all color from Kashima Ouka's face, but he still forced himself to stay strong, glaring fiercely at the terrible face of the [Man Killer].
"Hehe, what a great look, I like you... croak!!!"
A bottle of red wine flew straight and hit the back of Phryne's head.
"Shut up, you ugly toad!"
"...WHO IS IT!!!"
Phryne turned her head, the sudden attack with a wine bottle had already ignited her anger, and being called an "ugly toad" made her almost burst into flames of rage.
Now Phryne even temporarily forgot about Kashima Ouka, only wanting to tear the person who insulted her beauty into pieces first.
[Gale] Ryuu Lion, sitting in the corner of the tavern, coldly looked at Phryne and spoke words that made her even more furious.
"What are you looking at?"
"Just because I looked at you one more time in the crowd..."
[Man Killer] and [Gale] thus started a battle because of an "accident."
At least Phryne really thought it was an accident, with her barren brain, she didn't consider any other possibilities.
Even if she thought about it, Phryne would only conclude that "[Gale] is jealous of my beauty, so she attacked me."
Phryne brought her large, frog-like face close to Ryuu's, looking down at her in a physical sense.
"Ugly freak, are you provoking me?"
Phryne's huge mouth spewed sticky hot air, "I will beat your ugly bitch face into a miserable state that can't be seen... croak!"
Ryuu responded to Phryne's words with a direct punch.
The slender elf girl looked like a small doll in front of the huge Amazon giantess, the size of Ryuu's tender fist was even less than a third of half of Phryne's face.
However, such a disproportionate size difference only made the effect of Ryuu's punch more visually impactful. The elf's slender arm, which seemed like it might break, punched and made the Amazon giantess's face directly concave, then Phryne was sent flying sideways.
She rolled on the floor like a round wine barrel for several rounds, and then, with a dull sound, a wall of the tavern collapsed.
"Your duty is done, leave quickly," Ryuu stood the sword box on the ground, with the sound of metal mechanisms, both sides of the sword box opened, and deep red and black long swords popped out.
"Yes...", The pale-faced Kashima Ouka stood up, without saying anything about fighting alongside Ryuu, and quickly left the scene.
A battle between first-class adventurers was not something he, a mere Lv.2, could intervene in. Kashima Ouka's duty was only to act as bait to lure Phryne here.
For this purpose, he even sprayed a lot of perfume on himself. According to Aisha's information, the [Man Killer]'s nose is even more sensitive than a dog person's, able to smell excellent males or men's perfume from two streets away.
Being willing to step forward as bait against the [Man Killer], Kashima Ouka showed courage not inferior to directly fighting a first-class adventurer.
The wall collapsed, dust filled the air, but within a few seconds, a huge and heavy figure jumped out from it, "I remember now, you are [Gale], so you've leveled up to Lv.5, and now you plan to use me as a 'stepping stone' to fame, right!"
"Croak, how dare, how dare you look down on me like this!"
Phryne pulled out the heavy and thick great battle axe Gorda from behind, which looked surprisingly small in her hands, and pounced towards Ryuu in mid-air.
Ryuu coldly looked at the terrifying figure of the [Man Killer], trying to recall the provocation techniques taught to her by the cat girl Chloe, "With just you?"
"Far inferior to the [Sword Princess], you are worthy to be my stepping stone?"
When she heard the name [Sword Princess], Phryne instantly lost her reason.
"You actually say that puppet is the strongest, the most beautiful? What a joke!!!"
Like Ishtar who was jealous of the beauty goddess Freya, she also held hostility towards the female swordsman hailed as one of the strongest adventurers.
The goddess-like beauty of golden hair and golden eyes, and the strength of the girl who caught up to her and reached Lv.5, made her heart burn with the fire of hatred.
The [Man Killer] Phryne Jamil was a veteran adventurer who became famous very early, even the [Sword Princess] Ais Wallenstein once almost lost to her.
However, that was several years ago, when Phryne was of a higher level.
With the level difference, she only once suppressed and nearly defeated the [Sword Princess], but couldn't truly defeat her, which already showed the gap in talent and ability between her and Ais Wallenstein.
Now Ais Wallenstein has leveled up to Lv.5, caught up to Phryne, and it's only a matter of time before she surpasses her.
Little Ais is only thirteen years old this year, everyone believes she can level up to Lv.6 within five years or even less, reaching the "hero realm."
The one who will challenge the [King] Ottar for the title of the strongest in the city in the future is likely this person. The gods' expectations for Ais are even this high.
As for the [Man Killer] Phryne, she has almost no future left, Phryne is already quite old, past the period when an adventurer's strength grows the fastest, her potential is almost exhausted, Lv.5 is her limit.
Therefore, Phryne is especially jealous and hates the [Sword Princess], seeing the little girl she once looked down upon stepping on her head so quickly, and destined to reach heights she can't touch in the future, this is the most unbearable torture for the self-important Phryne.
The huge Amazon giantess landed like a tiger, the terrible impact made the solid rock floor completely crack, dust filled the air, and the already shaky tavern completely collapsed.
Tapâ
Ryuu landed steadily, her steps very light, almost making no sound.
Phryne's attack didn't even touch Ryuu's clothes, she just lightly jumped, creating distance from her opponent.
"Seeing your way of fighting makes me furious!"
Phryne let out a hoarse roar, like some rude beast.
Ryuu is a speed-attack type swordsman focusing on agility, speed, and magic power, similar to Ais, therefore, Phryne was even more furious seeing Ryuu's elegant, light movements.
"DAMN ELF BITCH, I WILL, KILL YOU, KILL YOU!!!"
Realizing that [Gale] is a genius girl like the [Sword Princess], Phryne's jealousy burned even more fiercely, she transferred her jealousy of Ais to Ryuu, her emotions becoming more and more intense.
Ryuu, however, became even calmer, she even had the leisure to recall Phryne's information, 'Phryne's strength and endurance attributes are extremely high, every time she levels up, these two abilities reach at least A rank.'
In terms of brute strength, Phryne is definitely top-notch among her peers, neither Ais nor Ryuu could possibly be her match in strength.
'But, too slow, and her techniques are not impressive... also, lacking a decisive attack method.'
Ryuu calmly dodged Phryne's attacks, the Amazon giantess's wide and open movements could easily destroy solid buildings, but couldn't even catch Ryuu's shadow.
"[Man Killer], you are weaker than the [Sword Princess]," Ryuu said in a flat tone.
Even the [Sword Princess], who just leveled up to Lv.5 with all ability values still at I rank, is stronger than the [Man Killer], Ryuu, who has fought both, easily made this judgment.
And the [Sword Princess] Ais Wallenstein, couldn't defeat Ryuu who leveled up to Lv.5. Even at that time, she hadn't changed her weapon yet.
Ryuu drew her blade, black and red brilliance intertwined, like a sword dance.
The black blade, dark as the night sky, collided with the heavy great battle axe, the extraordinary weapon performance of [Tsubame Gaeshi] made up for the user's strength difference, instead, Phryne's arm was numbed by the shock.
"What kind of weapon is this?", The Amazon giantess exclaimed.
Phryne's great battle axe Gorda is a first-class armament, [Tsubame Gaeshi] is also a first-class armament in positioning, but there are differences even among weapons of the same level.
[Tsubame Gaeshi] and [Higanbana] are first-class armaments, simply because, this is the highest evaluation set by the world's forgers for weapons and equipment.
The blade slashed out a deep sword light, seemingly making the dark night sky even darker, while on the other side, a red light shone, like flames, blood light, or a bewitching flower's magic sword.
The slash of [Higanbana] didn't seem as sharp, but was more deadly, the deep red sword body had magic power flowing like a torrent, the blade faced the bright moonlight, but reflected a gem-like blood light.
"When the mission is faithfully fulfilled, the scales will achieve balance."
The sword lights intertwined into a tight net, pressing Phryne back repeatedly, at the same time, Ryuu began to chant.
Ryuu needed to focus entirely on defense to maintain the rhythm of chanting amidst Ais's storm-like attacks, but now, she could chant while pressing Phryne to the point of breathlessness.
"The fortress of order, the crown of integrity, the lamp of evil destruction."
Now, Ryuu's chanting of [Astrea Record] has become more and more proficient, while the frequently used magic [Luminous Wind] in the past seems to have not been used for a while.
But it was ridiculous, [Astrea Record] is just too strong, too useful, so strong that when Emiya was forging weapons for Ryuu, he first thought of maximizing the power of this magic.
"In the name of the goddess, like a trail that cuts across the sky, embellishing the earth with sparkling stars,"
"âJustice flows endlessly."
The emblem of the Astrea Familia's Wings of Justice unfolded beneath the feet of the elf maiden, and ten weapon-shaped crystals appeared, surrounding Ryuu.
The [Gale] with blades encircling her body, as if a Valkyrie descending from Valhalla to the mortal world, a vast amount of magical power converged around her location, like an unending torrent piercing through heaven and earth.
"ROAAAAR!!!"
Phryne let out a shocking roar, the sound waves spreading out in all directions, even the dust seemed to be swept up by her furious shout.
Phryne had no magic, her only skill was [Berserk], which activated when she was severely injured or extremely angry, sacrificing reason, intelligence, and judgment to gain a boost in power. The effect of the skill increased based on the difference in true beauty between herself and her opponent; the greater the difference, the stronger the boost.
Considering Phryne's own conditions, the effect of this skill was actually quite powerful.
Her robust body was dominated by the wildness of the Amazons, her terrifying physical abilities further enhanced. Phryne spread her arms, her right hand gripping a giant axe, while her left hand curved into a claw like a beast, her massive figure pouncing fiercely towards Ryuu, like a mountain pressing down.
"Agaris Alvesynth," Ryuu whispered, a deep red flame surged from the blade of [Higanbana], instantly covering the entire longsword, like a soft silk ribbon wrapped around the blade.
Ryuu gently twisted the longsword, the deep red lotus-like flames slowly disappeared, as if merging back into the blade.
It was as if she hadn't used any magic, the only difference was that the patterns and inscriptions on [Higanbana] had become deeper and darker, and the air around the blade had completely distorted due to the terrifying high temperature.
Even though she saw no flames, Phryne felt as if she was engulfed in a raging fire.
Just as beasts naturally fear the bonfires lit by humans, facing the blade of [Higanbana], Phryne, in her wild and berserk state, miraculously regained her senses.
"NOâ", She let out a terrified scream, but it was too late.
In Ryuu's hands swung the ultimate flame blade, yet her gaze grew colder.
[Iaido Slash]
One of the sword techniques passed down through the [Gojou] family for a thousand years, although not as ultimate as [Gokou], a divine skill engraved in the bloodline with magical inheritance, this god-speed draw slash was a killing technique that had spilled more blood than [Gokou].
At this moment, Ryuu's skills and magic were almost the top-tier configuration of an urban swordsman.
[Fairy Serenade] enhanced magic effects, with increased effects at night.
[Mind Load] the greater the consumption of spiritual power, the greater the increase in strength.
[Aero Mana] attack power increased with speed.
[Magic Guide], [Swordsman], [Agaris Alvesynth], [Slash]...
Just as Lv.2 Lefiya could unleash firepower of Lv.4, or even Lv.5, level and ability values ensured the lower limit of an adventurer's combat power, while skills and magic determined the upper limit.
To be precise, high-powered attack moves and high-intensity ability enhancements are the two wings that allow an adventurer's combat power to soar. Those who possess both have the qualifications to step onto the top, even the strongest throne.
Ryuu, at full power, swung a sword at Phryne.
From the beginning, this was not a challenge from a newcomer to a veteran adventurer, but a ruthless crushing of the ordinary by an extraordinary hero.
What Ryuu swung seemed not a blade, but a stellar ring that could dim the brilliance of a full moon.
[Flame Flash]
BOOMâ
"GUAAAAA!!!"
The scorching storm engulfed Phryne's massive body.
The final result was a four-six split. [Gale] Ryuu slashed four times, [Man Killer] Phryne was sixty percent cooked.
The [Man Killer], having lost the ability to resist, lay on the ground, unconscious, but she did not die just like that.
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