Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 97
“Guh…”
The leader of “Lightningbolt,” hit in the face by Gansas’ knee, drops his sword and falls forward.
It seems he’s unconscious; he’s twitching slightly with no sign of getting back up.
(Amazing…)
Seeing the “Lightningbolt” leader taken down by Gansas in an instant, Ares couldn’t help but think so.
“…What?”
“Are you serious…?”
“Damn it, useless! And what are you all just standing there for?”
The other “Lightningbolt” members, stunned at seeing their leader defeated so easily, scramble to react as Buzz yells at them.
“Don’t just stand there like amateurs.”
Gansas closes the distance in that brief moment, swinging his hand axe.
“Ahhhh!”
One of the warriors, slashed on the shoulder by Gansas, lets out a scream.
“You bastard!”
The scout, who had been cut by Ares earlier, pulls out a hidden throwing knife. The knife is coated with poison, potent enough to kill even medium-sized monsters like a hippogriff. If it hits a human, it’s lethal.
Just as the scout is about to throw the knife at Gansas’ back—
“I won’t let you!”
“Huh?! You brat!”
Ares intercepts, knocking the knife away with his short sword and quickly striking at the scout.
The scout, slashed deeper than before across his torso, falls with a scream, causing Ares to grimace at the feeling. Though Gray’s training has helped him get somewhat used to fighting humans, he still can’t shake the unsettling sensation of cutting flesh.
Even so, Ares has people he wants to protect.
He removes the scout’s equipment pouch, tossing it out of reach.
“…Please stay down for a while.”
Murmuring this, Ares moves to assist Gansas in the fight.
(Damn it, there’s no way these guys can beat this man and that hero’s kid. Damn… I thought bringing the “teleporter” kid to the headquarters would be a valuable offering!)
Watching the situation unfold, Buzz breaks into a cold sweat, slowly backing away. He’d thought of using magic to support “Lightningbolt,” but seeing them fall so quickly, he realizes it’s too late.
(…I have no choice. I’ll have to abandon these fools and get out myself…)
Should he flee?
For a moment, Buzz considers it.
(No, that’s no good. If these guys get caught and talk too much, I could end up being a target for elimination myself… And besides…)
To Buzz, “Lightningbolt” was nothing more than disposable pawns, but they were “borrowed” from a certain person. If he incurred that person’s wrath…
While thinking this, Gansas and Ares managed to take down all of “Lightningbolt’s” members, leaving Buzz backed up against the wall before he even realized it.
“You’re a face I haven’t seen before… So, what’s your move? All your buddies seem to be napping on the ground.”
Gansas aims his hand axe at Buzz as he asks this. Although Buzz is reasonably skilled in magic, his physical abilities are barely above average. If he tried to resist here, he’d be subdued in an instant.
“Fine, fine, I understand…”
Raising his hands, Buzz signals his surrender.
Of course, that’s just for show.
“There’s something I want to ask you.”
Ares looks directly at Buzz and speaks.
“Um… Before that, could you let me heal their wounds? Of course, you can restrain me first…”
Buzz, with a worried expression, pleads to Ares, who is still holding his short sword.
“…”
Ares glances at the fallen “Lightningbolt” members on the ground. Some of them are indeed bleeding heavily and could die from blood loss if left untreated.
“No.”
“Gansas… sir?”
But before Ares can say anything, Gansas speaks up.
“Quit that stinking act. What are you plotting?”
At those words, Buzz’s worried expression fades, replaced by a blank face as he mutters complaints.
“…The damn hero kid who interferes with capturing the teleporter brat. Those useless ‘Lightningbolt losers.’ The adventurer trash who shows up and ruins my plans out of nowhere… I’ve had enough of all of you…!”
Suddenly, he launches into a furious spell.
Gansas tries to shield Ares, but Buzz’s spell isn’t an attack—it’s an Earth Wall, which encases both of them within a barrier of earth.