‘First, I must retrieve the arm! As long as I have it, I can always attach it back and handle the rest!’
He reached for it, but his left hand didn’t reach the right arm.
“I’ll hold on to this.”
From the side, Nainiae was watching Riley and Rebethra’s duel. She moved her lips a few times to use telekinesis.
“Kuk. That lass…”
His cut off arm floated up in the air and was moved away to a distance by Nainiae’s telekinesis. Rebethra’s pain stricken face turned toward Nainiae.
“Well done.”
Riley would not have had any problems even if Nainiae hadn’t done this, but to maintain the mood, Riley praised Nainiae and proceeded to his next move.
“Your other arm. I’ll cut that one clean off from you as well.”
The voice was coming from right in front of his nose. Rebethra cringed and quickly used another ability. He managed to barely dodge the sword with white flame that came at him to cut off his left arm.
‘Is it a teleportation?’
It didn’t allow him to move long distance like Nainiae. However, regardless, Riley realized Rebethra could teleport a short distance. Finding it to be a bother, he clicked his tongue.
‘From the looks of it, this bastard doesn’t just have a few tricks?’
Rebethra was using the supernatural powers that were used by espers from Riley’s past life. Riley gave a look to Nainiae who was standing behind him. He then started to chase after Rebethra who drew a distance using teleportation.
‘First, there is the black space which can be used to hide or reveal one’s body. Second, there is the hand of black energy that could be drawn from the black space. Third, he can launch something invisible. The teleportation makes four…’
Thinking about the abilities Rebethra had demonstrated so far, he felt something flying at him again. Riley swung his sword.
Phang!
Phang!
Something invisible collided with Riley’s sword and popped with explosive sounds.
‘In addition, he probably still has the abilities he had as an old man. Back then, the abilities that he might have possessed are…’
Using the soul like thing of the dark mage who was killed at the Rainfield, Rebethra attached it to the corpse of Astroa. Remembering this, Riley swung his sword and moved in.
“Damn it. If I knew you were such a hindrance… I should have eliminated you back then.”
Watching Riley gradually closing the distance, Rebethra muttered quietly as he narrowed his eyes. Amused, Riley laughed through his nose and said,
“That’s my line. Why are you telling me that instead?”
Long ago, Riley had seen that Rebethra had placed Priesia, the Priestess of this world who lacked quick senses, in the front. Since then, Riley had guessed that the old man must have had some ulterior motive at least. However, it seemed the look on Riley’s face was saying that he had made a mistake. Riley said,
“Well, I enjoyed all of the expensive gifts you served up to me, but… As I thought, eliminating you would have been the right move. I have become quite complacent compared to the past. I was thinking about getting free gifts by keeping a rotten one alive.”
Something invisible came towards Riley again. He cut it and caused yet another explosive sound. Riley swung his sword at Rebethra who was just standing there.
“Hm. I’m sorry, Young Master, but a second time…”
Riley closed the distance in an instant and swung his sword. Rebethra laughed through his nose, formed a visible layer around himself and said that.
However,
“… Kuk?!”
Rebethra was not able to finish the sentence.
‘What the? Why is the barrier?!’
Along a diagonal line, Riley’s Holy Sword engulfed in flame cut through everything, including the barrier and his chest. Riley glanced at his Holy Sword.
‘This rascal… Although it was transported to this world, it is just like the old times?’
Riley was comparing how it was in the past life and this life, and… he concluded that it was the same. As if the sword was responding to his question, the sword expanded the white flame.
‘Unlike you, I… I am not sure if I changed or stayed the same.’
The Holy Sword’s name was Salvation.
‘If you are the same as before…’
In Riley’s past life, the Holy Sword existed to hunt down the espers who gave up on being humans and the demons who were called the mortal enemies of humanity. The Holy Sword had two distinct advantages.
‘… then you should be able to handle this!’
Riley injected the Salvation with his mana. He then swung the sword at Rebethra who was trying to form another barrier.
“Kuk. Huuurrrk?!”
With Riley’s mana, the Salvation exuded blue light. The sword was swung in diagonal direction while waving its white flame in the air.
“H… How?!”
Rebethra was shocked. Along with his barrier, his chest was torn apart.
‘… It is the same.’
The first advantage that the Salvation had was that it was an incredibly sturdy sword that could handle being swung while being endowed with Riley’s mana.
“How come… why isn’t the reflect working?”
The second advantage was that the sword could neutralize the powers of espers and demons from his past life.