Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

Come to think of it, this was my first time visiting the 『Underworld』. Though it was everyone's first time visiting the desert area, for an area that had been captured, I simply had no reason to visit it.

There were various preparations needed, however, I wasn't mainly focusing on dungeon capture in this case.

Since this was my first debut in this underworld, I wanted to check the fruit of my training in Souma dojo. Naturally, it wasn't just me, every pupil of the dojo came along as well.

「I saw it――『Full Thrust』!」

Nonomiya-san's sharp spear pierced through the black werewolf.

The sharp spearhead slipped past the werewolf's fangs and pierced into the latter's cranium. It was a critical hit.

「Too slow――『Heavy Smash』!」

Yoshizaki-san on the other hand brandished her axe and chopped the werewolf’s torso with ease.

The werewolf's body was covered by a steel plate and yet, her attack pierced until more than half of its torso scattered its entrails and made the plate look like nothing more than a piece of paper. It was a fatal wound.

「Have we become stronger?」

It wasn't a self-praise, Yoshizaki-san had really become stronger. Even from an amateur perspective like mine, it was obvious that her moves had become sharper and deadlier than before.

「Both of you, good job. You’ve definitely become stronger.」

And, Master Souma had also recognized their growth.

The black-haired werewolf knight we fought this time was stronger than a living armour. The living armour triumph in terms of defense, but in terms of combat capabilities and tactics, it was a landslide victory for the werewolves.

If it was the two of them when they just arrived in the school tower, I doubt they could defeat the werewolf knight even if they worked together. And since the current them could single-handedly defeat the said werewolf, they were obviously much stronger than before.

「Is learning Souma-style really that useful?」

「Saa?」

「Dunno.」

「… Both of you have mastered it to the unconscious level.」

That's what I'm going to leave at.

「I'm serious, both of them are the type that remember with their body instead of their brain. This kind of genius is people who use this unconsciously.」

「I see, the exact opposite of my type.」

It was almost hilarious as to how inept I was in regards to swordcraft. Even Master Souma was left dumbfounded by my inability in that regard.

「But, doesn't that make Nakajima really awesome?」

「Yeah, never expected he would become that powerful.」

And the one who stood out the most after training was none other than Nakajima Haruma.

He currently fought against the werewolf knight along with JuryMary-combi. But he wasn't facing just one, he fought two werewolves at the same time.

「VOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

Nakajima managed to dodge the great axe brandished by the werewolf before him by a whisker as he exhaled his breath.

「VOGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

The other werewolf came from behind, lunging its spear at his back.

And yet, he dodged the spear tip with a dance-like movement as if he had eyes on his back.

「Okay, now.」

After dodging the previous two attacks, a werewolf knight stood readying its halberd.

「VO!」

「VOGAAA!」

The two werewolf knights, who should have stabbed Nakajima's back by now, moved immediately―― Or so it was supposed to be.

Their feet, all the way to the ankles, were frozen.

Nakajima dodged their clumsy attack while unleashing a counter. He froze their feet with the ice magic of 『Cool Cutlass』 in his left hand.

His magical power was only enough to place it as a low-rank magical power, and it was only enough to freeze the feet of the werewolves, stopping them for a moment before they broke free with their brute force.

However, that momentary gap was all Nakajima needed to turn the table against his foes.

「Kenzaki Style――『Wild Cleaving・Camellia』」

The glowing swords drew an arc in the air. The 『Sword of Silver Iron』 in his right hand drew silver arcs, while the 『Cool Cutlass』 in his left hand light blue arcs; it was an attack akin to a storm of slashes.

「Gu… Gobaaaaaaa!」

The werewolf knights fell to the ground as their bodies got covered in slash wounds.

The slash wounds might look trivial but were by no means your average slash. Upon a closer look, it was obvious that the slashes were only cutting the joints or the thin part of the armour.

All of Nakajima's slashes were only aimed at their vital spots.

Moreover, it was against an opponent who was equipped with a halberd that had superior reach, and a high-ranked one on top of that.

And once he defeated the werewolf knight, the other two werewolves were just bonus. Nakajima easily slayed both of the werewolves at the same time.

「Splendid, Nakajima.」

「Well, it's thanks to Asuna-san's teaching.」

「That isn't true. The way you’ve been able to handle 『Wild Cleaving・Camellia』 so easily in such a short period of time is proof of your talent. Puff your chest proudly, you're already a splendid swordsman of Kenzaki style.」

「Kenzaki-san, you’re embarrassing me with your praise, but… Thank you.」

There was no place for me to praise him since he had already received all the praise I wanted to express.

Kenzaki Asuna didn’t spare words when praising Nakajima with the face of a proper teacher as if her unsightly act from before had never happened.

On the contrary, Nakajima, who caused the previous commotion, was smiling gleefully upon receiving the praise.

Well, shall I pray for their happiness? I wouldn't care even if they get married immediately. After we left this dungeon, that is.

「U~h… Souma-kun, I hear that Haruma-kun has been treating me coldly lately…」

「I-I see… Maybe, I can't say anything about it since it's a problem between you two.」

Looking from the side, Nakajima x Kenzaki coupling had created a nice air around them. Thus, Himeno, who became impatient when her Spare-kun kept a distance from her, approached Souma-kun.

「Oi, Momokawa――」

「Since Souma-kun is the leader and Himeno-san the vice leader. I suggest that you two start your discussion.」

How cowardly of you for trying to rely on me only in this kind of situation, Souma-kun.

Make sure that you treat her nicely regardless of what her face deviation index score is, okay.

「Well then, it's harvest time~.」

Since we had defeated the werewolf knights, now it was the time to scavenge their corpses.

This place was located on the outskirts of the Underworld. Dracula’s room, the boss who got defeated by Souma-kun, was in the centre of the city. The stone building became rather sparse around this place, and continuing would lead us to the thick, overgrown forest.

And despite being the outskirts, elite enemies such as werewolf knights would pop out from this place. If I had to pinpoint what stood out in this place, it would be the small fortress-like building.

Maybe this place was a garrison, and that fortress was made for the werewolf knights.

「In most RPG games, we might be able to find something in such an area.」

「Is that so~?」

「Seems to be an empty fortress thou~gh.」

I shot a sidelong glance at JuryMary-combi who replied lazily after finishing their duties and decided to go into the fortress along with Rem.

By the way, today’s party composition was:

Leader・Souma Yuuto

Vice Leader・Himeno Airi

Nonomiya Julia

Yoshizaki Maria

Nakajima Haruma

Kenzaki Asuna

Momokawa Kotaro(Tein Shadow)

Rem-Dark Knight

Minotaurs

The group was as such. The reason I used my 『Twin Shadow』 was for one, safety, and the other to increase my proficiency.

I could finally reach the point where I could control my alter ego and real body at the same time. I had no idea if that was influenced by training in Souma-style though.

Moreover, maybe because they often used to accompany the exploration team, now both Rem-Dark Knight and Rem-Minotaurs could be used at the same time. The control of my Rem was getting better and better.

Today's objective was to confirm the results of the martial arts training, exploration was not our main priority. If we're lucky, we might be able to secure another treasure box.

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