“…Harold. I wish to spar with you.”
Just when I thought he finally opened his mouth, he suddenly challenged me to a duel.
I wonder, is this his way of making his incompetent rascal prince of a younger brother, whom everyone looks down on, understand his place as his older brother?
“Don’t worry, I’ve heard about what happened with Mother. Your own mother tried to kill you. I can understand how you feel.”
“…………………”
“But I want to settle things. To me, you were nothing more than a useless, good-for-nothing younger brother. A pathetic man with no talent, always trying to read my face and grovel.”
He really says whatever he wants, doesn’t he?
Well, it’s all true, though.
“…Will you be satisfied if you spar with me?”
“Yes. I won’t ask for anything more.”
Cardis looks up and stares at me.
The turbidity in his gray eyes is less than it was a month ago.
“Haa… I understand.”
“I’m sorry.”
Cardis bows deeply to me as I exhale.
That alone is surprising to me.
Because this man has never bowed his head to Harold before.
“So, when do you want to do this? I’m free anytime…”
“Then, let’s do it now.”
I didn’t expect to fight so soon.
But well, it’s not like he just wants to defeat me, so I guess I don’t need any special preparations.
So.
“Now, shall we begin?”
No, no, no, no, Cardis is super serious!
The weapon he’s holding in his right hand, that’s Cardis’s exclusive UR weapon, the Overlord Spear Rhongomyniad, right? He’s totally coming to finish me off.
“Don’t worry. If you could win against Wilfred in a duel half a year ago, then blocking my spear should be a piece of cake for you.”
Geez, he really says whatever he wants.
I fully understand Cardis’s abilities from EnHaza.
But.
“I don’t intend to let you win, though.”
Holding Caz, who has transformed into the Jet-Black Shield Caspary, in my hand, I face Cardis.
In this Training Grounds, there’s only me, Cardis, and Monica, who’s acting as the witness.
Sandra? I think she’s taking a leisurely bath right now.
She’s always taking care of her appearance for my sake.
“Monica.”
“Yes.”
At my word, Monica stands in the center.
And then.
“Now then… begin!”
“Shu!”
At the signal to start, Cardis thrusts his spear.
Being a spear, it has a long reach.
But.
“…So, you block it after all.”
Cardis mutters something like that, but unfortunately, his thrust is too linear, making it easy to read the trajectory of the spear.
It’s like he’s asking me to defend against it.
Even so, that’s only because I’ve been trained to the limit by Sandra, and anyone else would have been pierced through their entire body with just that attack.
That’s how fast and sharp Cardis’s spear is.
“Then, how about this!”
“Tch!”
Cardis’s spear multiplies into countless copies, attacking me all at once.
Is that his unique skill, Shotgun Sling?
“That won’t work. Rather, the power of each individual attack decreases as the number of attacks increases.”
This Shotgun Sling allows for a wide-range, area-of-effect attack, but in exchange, the attack power per strike is lower than a normal attack.
It’s a bad match for me, who uses a shield to defend.
“That’s what I wanted.”
Cardis raises the corner of his mouth, lowers his stance, and draws back his body.
Could it be… is he going to activate his ultimate skill, Twin Gods Destruction?
“Receive this, the full power of Cardis Wel Dehauvalz! Twin Gods Destruction!”
Cardis’s arms are too fast to be seen with the naked eye, and the spear becomes two beams of light, stretching towards me.
Both the power and speed are impeccable, and its trajectory passes through the shortest distance like light.
But.
“What!?”
“…Unfortunately, you can’t defeat me with that.”
I easily parry Cardis’s full-powered spear and quietly declare.
The Demon Beast Vergeltungswaffe’s Multi-Chamber Cannon is faster and more powerful than Cardis’s spear. So, there’s no reason why I can’t defend against this Twin Gods Destruction.
If it were me, Harold, before I regained my memories from my previous life… I definitely wouldn’t have been able to defend against it.
No, to be precise, if I had remained the Harold of those days, I would have been nothing more than an incompetent rascal prince.
I would have been a foolish stepping stone, less than a stepping stone, who would have been defeated by Wilfred and executed.
How about it, Cardis? I’ve become stronger, haven’t I?
This is the result of regaining my memories from my previous life, working hard to survive, and resolving to be with my favorite fiancée.
I can say with pride that I wasn’t wrong.
I send a cold gaze to Cardis, who is drooping his shoulders.
Certainly, I destroyed the world of Engage Hazard for my own convenience. I admit that.
As a result, you’ve fallen and can’t even reach my feet.
Even though you’re the protagonist’s rival character and should be one of the most skilled in EnHaza.
But, that’s also your responsibility for being complacent in your current position.
You wouldn’t acknowledge me as anything more than an incompetent rascal prince, and you only thought of me as a tool. You were even swayed by King Aival’s sweet words and brought Wilfred into your fold.
All of these are the results of your own choices.
“Brother.”
“…I lost.”
Prompted by my words, Cardis acknowledges his defeat with a tormented expression.
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