LV999 Villager - Volume 3 - Chapter 11.26

Chapter 11, Part 26

An Endless Journey

「He…… evaded it」

Indeed, the Hooded Man did not repel Mary’s attack, but simply evaded it. The moment the magic bullet almost hit the Hooded Man, he, who should not have been able to move from his position, disappeared. It was as if it had vanished in an instant.

「You’re kidding…… this kind, this kind of power…… Don’t joke with me!」

Mary, unable to believe what had just happened, dropped her magic gun to the ground. The Hooded Man had leaped mid-air. Just before Mary’s attack hit him, he kicked out of nowhere in midair, and quickly jumped to the ground, landing in the river

「Shoot…… SHOOT-SHOOT-SHOOOOOOOOOT!」

「He’s still close! Some of us should manage to hit him if we keep attacking! 」

Although all members of Resistance began to attack, the Hooded Man managed to easily evade all of their attacks as he began to approach them. The members of Resistance began to feel more and more anxious as they watched as the Hooded Man moved through the air evading their attacks or simply repelled them with his hands as he got closer and closer to them, until he finally stood in front of everyone.

At that instant, the vanguard units of Resistance attempted to attack the Hooded Man with their weapons, but were unable to do anything to him. Every time they swung their weapons at him, he easily caught them with his hands, and immediately afterwards grabbed them and threw them to the ground.

Both, the rear units and the remaining vanguard units ended up completely losing their fighting spirit after witnessing such a spectacle.

「…………—!」

Meanwhile, Alice and the others, who weren’t involved in the combat, simply continued to watch the Hooded Man with the hope that he was Kagami. Unfortunately, due to the hood he was wearing, half of his face was covered, simply revealing the tip of his nose and mouth, which was insufficient to determine if this really was Kagami.

The pale light that enveloped the Hooded Man’s hands was identical to the light emanating from 『Anti-Magic Will』, one of Kagami’s Skills which allowed him to repel magic power. However, the Kagami they knew did not possess any abilities that would allow him to move freely in midair. Furthermore, the Hooded Man was also being accompanied by a Young Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• Girl, with which Kagami should not have been related.

At the time when members of Resistance began to escape terrified, the Hooded Man approached the rearguard members with incredible speed. Then, immediately afterward, the magic guns carried by the rearguard members began to be destroyed one by one.

「He just…… destroyed their guns?」

At that moment, Krull finally seemed to realize the source of the uncomfortable feeling she had had the moment the Hooded Man appeared.

「He is not attacking us……?」

The Hooded Man could have attacked them numerous times.

He could have easily throw them the fragment of the bridge he had used when he appeared, when he deflected the magic bullets that were fired at him, he could also have sent them back to the members of Resistance instead of deflecting them to the ground, he could also have easily executed the vanguard units that attacked him, but he did not do it, what’s more, instead of trying to assassinate everyone, he seemed to be focusing solely on making everyone lose their fighting spirit.

「…… No!」

At that moment, the Hooded Man began to approach Mary. The Hooded Man did not hesitate for a second to target to the magic gun that Mary carried on her back, however, before he could destroy it, Mary turned around, and embraced her magic gun, the memento of her parents, with all her might in an attempt to protect it. Immediately afterward, the Hooded Man’s fist stopped just in front of Mary’s face, who could only close her eyes in fear.

Mary would definitely be affected if the magic gun was destroyed as she clung to it so tightly. The Hooded Man, understanding that, left Mary and run towards the other rearguard members, destroying the magic guns they were holding.

He clearly had no intention of hurting his opponents.

「It’s definitely him……」

At that moment, Tina, who was still trying to recover, used all her strength to approach Krull while trying to bear the pain.

「Tina! Can you move again? 」

「No…… but no matter how tired I am, there is no way I can continue resting after seeing such a large stone flying through the air」

Then, after saying that, Tina muttered, 「I’m sorry, but could you give me a hand?」, while leaning on Krull’s shoulder.

 「Anyway…… that Hooded is definitely Kagami-san. It’s disconcerting to see him jumping back and forth in midair, but he’s definitely Kagami-san 」

「Uh-huh, that is definitely my Master」

Then, Rex, who approached Krull, said that while crossing his arms. After the three of them reunited, Takako, Alice, Palna, and Menou also joined them, and they all started arguing about what they knew in an attempt to determine if the Hooded Man was indeed Kagami.

「I don’t feel like he intend to fight seriously, much less hurt someone…… My Master is the only one who would behave like that in this type of situation」

「It may be true, but…… What will we do if it turns out that that really is a Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•?」

Tina could only sigh exhausted after seeing how Rex fully trusted that the Hooded Man was indeed Kagami out of a mere foreboding.

「But…… aside from what Rex said, we can’t ignore the fact that he has the same Skill able to repel magic that Kagami…… It’s hard to think that someone besides him has it-…… Wa-Wait, Alice! 」

Alice, who could no longer bear the tension caused by not being able to verify if the Hooded Man was really Kagami, took advantage of the fact that the rearguard members  weren’t paying attention to her, due to the confusion they felt, to approach the Hooded Man.

「…… Kagami-san?」

After getting close enough to the Hooded Man, Alice, barely able to contain the torrent of emotions that were trying to overwhelm her, murmured that with a trembling voice.

「………… E-Errm, Ny-Nyo, I will slaughter, you all」

Immediately after hearing those words, Alice felt as if the time had stopped around her.

A few seconds later, Alice, completely stupefied, turned to Takako, who looked back at her with a look as puzzled as hers. Immediately afterward, the two of them, as if they understood something, nodded to each other.