Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 64: The Silent One(4)
What appeared before us were kobolds.
Monsters made of minerals, for some reason resembling werewolves, that traveled in packs.
Their bodies were harder than those of the average monster.
Despite being made of minerals, they moved with surprising agility.
Six of them—yeah, I’d rather not face them alone.
“Can Wof really fight…?”
Mina asked doubtfully.
“Don’t worry. I’ll vouch for him.”
Axe said confidently.
“Your guarantee doesn’t mean much.”
Mina retorted.
“This guy’s a witch’s apprentice.”
Axe revealed nonchalantly.
“Wait, what?”
Mina exclaimed.
“Huh?”
I blurted out at the same time.
Huh?
Axe looked confused by my reaction.
“Wait, isn’t that right? The witch said so.”
Axe asked, tilting his head.
“Y-yes, that’s correct.”
I stammered, nodding instinctively and lying on the spot.
Mina, still suspicious, glanced ahead.
“They’re coming!”
She warned.
An apprentice? That was news to me.
Ugh, I’ll definitely have a serious talk with that witch later.
『VOOOOOOSHHHH!!!』
The kobolds roared as they charged toward us. The sound reverberated, shaking the air.
How were they even making that noise? Was it from the vibration of their mineral bodies clashing together?
They didn’t immediately attack but instead moved cautiously, as if wary of us.
“Listen, both of you. Kobolds are tough. Be careful—”
Before Axe could finish, Mina grew in size, gripped her spear, and sprinted forward.
“Haahhhh!” She cried as she thrust her spear into the first kobold.
The spear’s tip pierced the kobold, tearing through it and shattering it to pieces.
Her relic, [Spiral], was terrifyingly powerful—like an invisible drill.
“Impressive, right?”
Mina smirked, turning back to us with a proud expression.
Axe, unfazed, silently drew his sword.
Kobolds may be moving minerals, but how was Axe planning to fight them with an ordinary sword?
“Watch closely, Wof.”
Axe said.
“Y-yes.”
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I replied, feeling unsure.
While Mina took down a second kobold with ease, I watched Axe engage the others.
He dodged a claw swipe from the first kobold, then cleanly decapitated it with a single stroke.
“What?”
I gasped.
The headless kobold collapsed, its body crumbling into rubble.
He then deflected the claw strike from another kobold and sliced its neck in the same way.
What… just happened?
Kobolds are made of minerals.
Decapitating one with a sword should be like slicing through a stone statue.
And yet he made it look effortless—how?
“Listen up. Kobolds are tough, but they have a weakness. Their joints.”
Axe explained.
“Their joints?”
I asked.
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“Yes. To maintain flexibility, the joints are softer than the rest of their bodies.”
Axe said.
It made sense.
And clearly, Axe had mastered exploiting that weakness.
Still, it wasn’t an easy thing to do.
Even if they were softer, their joints weren’t visible to me.
I couldn’t see them at all.
Axe wasn’t relying on sight, though.
He must have memorized the positions of their joints through instinct and experience.
“Not bad, Axe.”
Mina said with a smirk.
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
He replied casually.
Meanwhile, I realized that Axe’s skills were far beyond mine.
There was no way I could fight like that.
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So I had to rely on my own methods.
The two remaining kobolds let out fierce roars as they charged toward me.
They were fast.
I activated [The Quiet One], drew my knife, and prepared to fight.
The first kobold, Kobold A, slashed at me with its claws.
I deflected the blow, striking a precise point to throw it off balance.
It staggered, leaving an opening.
I feinted with my knife, then struck it with [Vanish].
A hole opened in its body, and it crumbled to pieces.
To be honest, I wished I could combine my knife strike with [Vanish], slashing and erasing simultaneously.
But combining techniques like that required an artifact-level relic.
I’d tried it before after seeing Agaro’s battles.
That experiment had cost me dearly—2 million Oro worth of knives, to be exact.
It wasn’t just a single mistake; it happened repeatedly.
And even now, the memory still haunted me.
“VOOOSHHH!!!!”
The last kobold, Kobold B, roared.
This time, I attacked first.
My target was… its arms.
I grabbed both of its arms, hooked my foot around its leg, and threw it to the ground.
“Did you take it down?”
“What are you doing? Kobolds won’t break with that kind of move.”
Right, so while I threw it down, I also feigned a stab with my knife.
I hit Kobold B in the abdomen with [Vanish].
The spot where I struck was perfectly round and vanished.
The kobold crumbled.
“Well, well… nice job.”
We had wiped out all the kobolds.
“How’s that?”
I asked.
“Good job. As expected of a witch’s apprentice.”
“So you really can fight, and you’re a witch’s apprentice.”
“Told you, he’s a witch’s apprentice.”
“Right. That witch’s apprentice…”
“…”
I really wished they’d stop repeating “witch’s apprentice” over and over.
(Still, Axe’s swordsmanship… he looks just like my master. He wasn’t even taught by her, but… they really are like mother and son.)
“Mina-san, what’s up?”
“Huh?”
“Did you just say something?”
“I didn’t say anything.”
“What’s going on?”
“It’s nothing.”
(I swear, earlier Wof… he didn’t seem to use his knife, but… oh well, never mind.)
“…”
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This time, it was Axe’s voice I heard.
But Axe hadn’t said anything.
(Should I tell Axe about that thing…? Maybe I should.)
Now Mina? What’s going on here? And what thing are they talking about?
(I guess it’s okay to talk about it now, Master. About the incident from ten years ago—)
Ten years ago? Then suddenly, the voice cut off.
At the same time, [The Silent One] entered cooldown.
I quickly realized what had just happened.
A voice. They said they could hear a voice.
It was strange, but could this be the voice they meant?
A voice that seemed to come from the soul and resonate with another soul.
Could it be… a voice from the heart? Telepathy?!
I gasped.
[The Silent One] could read even the voice of the heart.
No, it’s too early to draw conclusions.
I’ll wait for the cooldown to finish, and then check again to be sure.
If that’s the case, this relic might be incredibly dangerous—more so than [Generous], in a way.
“Shall we get going?”
“Yeah. Wof, any enemies?”
“I’m not detecting anything for now. We’re good.”
We started walking.
I wondered how far this would go.