「Eat this! 《Explosion Fist》!!」

──Sui…

「Eh? …Uowaa!?」
「The variety of skills is good. But you rely on them too much and your normal attacks are too easy to read」
「Gu…」
「I cannot let you go to the Tower of Trials like this yet」
「…… Haa…」

Players gathered to challenge the Tower of Trials. Everyone was nervous after watching the previous players in battle. I was one of them, but I was not that nervous.
Sure, that guy… No, that Gatekeeper-san is strong, but I know from my previous challenge that I don’t have to win anything. If anything, unlike the Gatekeeper-san from the previous challenge, this one is not intimidating at all. Maybe he’s on a higher level? Well, that doesn’t mean I’m going to make any compromises.

「Who is the next challenger?」
「…」
「Hmm? Oi. Next challenger」
「……」
「Oi, you! You, that Ryūto girl there!」
「… Hmm~? I feel like I’ve been undermined… ? Was it my imagination… ?」

───Ton Ton

「Hiyah!?」
「Next is, ah, Ayane-tan, right?」

I looked around, and soon found them… All of them were at the end of the line. They got away, didn’t they?

「Oi! Are you listening!?」
「Yes!!」

I end up raising my hand to reply. Embarrassed, I immediately put my hand down and move forward. Muu… I haven’t even finished analyzing that guy with the pointed ears yet…

「A young girl like you is also coming as a challenger…. You’ve been tricked, haven’t you」
「……」
「Well, you may be such a young girl, but you’re still a Ryūto」
「………」
「Alright. You, little dragon gi───」
「…………」

────Zupan!!

「──Hmm?」

───Chin…

──Pushi!!

「GyaaaaAAaaAaAaA!!!?!!?!???!」

I slash his left hand, which is probably not his dominant hand, to the extent that it does not cut off.

「It’s called《Todo-ryu Tojutsu・Hotokenokaomosando made1even the patience of a saint eventually runs out, (if you touch) the Buddha’s face three times (he will get annoyed)》」

『Registered』
「… Why?」

「Fast! That was too fast!!」
「Now that’s an attack. If it wasn’t for me, I’d have missed it」
「Then you saw…」
「No, not at all」
「What the hell, you」

「Wha, eh? Wa? Yo… u?」
「Calm down」
「Hyii!?」

Suddenly startled by the bright red color of his left arm, I point the tip of my sword with a straight face in front of the man’s eyes as he falls on his buttocks.

「Oh… Ayane-tan is so cute…」
「I guess she gets like that when she loses her temper… But, well, she’s cool, isn’t she?」
「I wish I could have that cold eyes staring at me!!!」
「Wow, something weird just came up…」

「I’m not gonna eat you」
「Hii… W-wahii… !」
「Withdraw?」
「T-That… is… ??」
「What did you call me?」
「Eh… um… little gi──」

──Supapan!!

「Hiiii!?!??」

I carve a cross on the ground between his unclosed legs.

「Right?」
「… Ye… s…」
「And that’s the fourth time. Do you want to die?」
「Hye! I-I’m shorry… !」
「Well, I’m not a demon either, so I’ll stop here. But what happens the next time you say it again…」
「… Gulp…」
「Then I can enter the Tower of Trials, right?」
「W-Wa hi!!」

「Ayane-tan… ! Scary girl… !!」
「I didn’t expect this… I’m going to have to put “little girl” in the “forbidden vocabulary” list…」

「… Hmm?」

「「「「「Hyiee!?」」」」」

Thus, Ayane was able to enter the Tower of Trials without incident.

○Skill of the Day (Arts)○

Yes. Long time no see… Eh… Today is a neta2ネタ means topic of conversation. slide… Well, it’s a neta frame, but it’s usually strong arts…

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【Name】《Todo-ryu Tojutsu》: Hotokenokaomosando made
MP consumption: ?????
【Effect ① (LV. 1)】 It can be activated by performing the act of 『enduring stress against the same opponent』 3 times. When activated, both the speed and power of your attack will be increased by 5 times, and the target will always have 1 HP left after the attack. In addition, it also grants the opponent an Abnormality: Panic.

【Effect ② (LV. 5)】 When stress is endured, HP is recovered.

【Effect ③ (LV. ☆)】 Double the MND of the wielder of this Art.

Panic・・・A type of state abnormality. Superior to Abnormality: Fear.
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Yeah, I guess. It’s strong as usual. Effect (1) is like a Poke’n’roll with a Tsurugi no Mai3Sword Dance and a Mineuchi4striking with the back of the sword. Then, Ayane was doing a series of “Mineuchai” from “Tsurugi no Mai”…?

Well, it doesn’t seem like there are that many situations where this art, due to stress, will come into play… It’s a good thing I made it.