Sword, Magic and Academic Society-Chapter 227Vol. 1 - .1 - Road Trip (9)

Along with his flared up battle intent, we were slammed with his bloodthirst, hinting that escape wasn't an option. It was if—it would be a game over for them if we aren't killed.

"Become my stepping stone! Allen Rovenne!"

Almost out of reflex, and also to earn us a time, I shot an iron arrow at the young man, but he easily dodged my attack.

"Tsk! We have been baited! Keep the ride steady, Viz! The bumping is shifting my aim too much!"

"...Right-o!!!"

The ride was getting a bit too adventurous so I had requested Viz to see if he could take it easy. And he instead drove up on a small-mountain like hill and used the slope as a route to leap into the air with a mana vehicle.

"What the heck......"

Of course, the young man was completely floored when he came face to face with Viz unprecedented manoeuvring, and that sudden surprise showed an opening. It was like he realised he messed up the hard way due to that astonishment, and was almost shit scared.

Kukuku.

But, my oh my, dear Viz. You really overdid it! You know, even I almost wet myself when I saw the sky suddenly greeting me with the weightless sensation!!

I mean, alright. There was no bump to feel in the air, but like, seriously, what makes him think I could shoot an arrow in our current position without never actually training in it?! Heck, I was more worried if he could do a safe landing! I really fear the machine might just completely break from the impact of landing.

But the situation forced me to swallow my complaint against Viz, and prepared myself—for something I had never wanted to. And then, I took a...backflip of faith and jumped down from the bike.

Since Viz remained first in sight of the young man, my jump was in his blindspot, and he probably missed the timing to adjust himself.

I drew my bow once again, and tried to target the Young Man from behind Viz.

Viz had no confirmation I would actually jump from the mid-air, But he still pulled the move, and then changed his posture—it was a signal 'I will be cutting to the left as soon as I land.’

The next moment, Viz made his landing, and before he could make his cut for the left, I shot my arrow at the defenseless young man.

The young man narrowly snapped back to his senses and dodged the arrow by jumping sideways.

But I also didn't rest my hands yet. He was undoubtedly stronger than me. At our current situation, my best best was to use the opening Viz had helped creation, and settle down the situation.

For a moment, the white ceiling of a hospital, the place where I had closed the chapter of my previous life, one world that I had left without leaving any legacy of mine, flashed before my eyes.

«*Beep, Beep, Beeeeeeeee—————*»

My past self should've been no resemblance to hear it, but the sound heralding the death of my heart echoed within my ears, and along with it, a strong regret pounded me.

If I don't kill him...the next corpse lying amidst the pile of railgator's carcass would be mine.

I somehow pressed down the seething emotions to the depth of my heart, nocked an arrow, and shot it while reversing the wind flow.

The young man had long regained his calmness, and he immediately used his burly arms to deal with the arrow.

But right before that arrow and Young Man's arm could make a contact, I unleashed the «Howling Dragon»—which was basically lowering the atmospheric pressure—while shooting another arrow, except this one had McAqate arrowhead. Promptly, the tailwind drifted in the opposite direction, and the Young Man faintly stiffened under the influence of Howling Dragon.

Compared to the first arrow, McAqate arrow traced the trajectory at an remarkable speed, and pierced the Young Man's right left within a heartbeat, despite his attempt to jump.

The Young Man fell on the ground, but within the same moment, he also rose up to his feet.

"Gil!"

However before the subsequent event could be played out, a scream suddenly came from one of his apparent comrades.

The Young Man darted his eyes in their direction. It appeared another of their comrades, seemingly a mage from the analysis of the wand he held, had been unable to contain the swarm of Railgator and was moment away from becoming their lunch. The man who had raised the shriek was unable to provide any help as he himself was barely handling the swarm.

"Tsk!!!"

The Young Man unhesitatingly gave up on dealing with me and turned on his heel. But with the arrow lodged in his leg, his agility had visibly lowered.

I nocked another arrow, turning its direction toward the back of the defenseless Young Man, and after a moment of hesitation, shot it—toward the Railgator that was just inches away from his comrade.

*Grrraaarg!*

The arrow easily pierced the inside of Railgator's mouth, causing it to raise a shrill roar from the pain.

"......What's the meaning of that?"

The yikes vibe Young Man turned around, his face devoid of any emotions.

"What else do you think, doofus? I can bet if he dies here, this would become a personal matter that you would never give up. But excuse me, I don't swing that way to be rejoiced at the hot chase of a yikes guy like you."

The Young Man gave me an intense glare as he extracted the arrow from his leg, and remarked further.

"...Since when did the Yuglia's Knight, one that can even make a crying kid silent, be so forgiving? ...There's no free lunch in this world, so what are you planning?"

I hopped on the stolen bike, and turned on the engine with kick start before commenting.

"Hmph, I'm not blind enough to lose my rationale at the deliberate action of my enemy. You would have dodged the arrow either way. Since you want these machines so much, I will give you one. But I doubt you can even make it out alive from this kingdom with that."

I said while jerking my chin, pointing out at the third machine, and twisted the accelerator to make a run. However my action only served to make that young man take aback.

"Wait! ...I am Rio. Riopord—... and no surname. At Least show your face, Allen Rovenne!"

What a retard. Did he seriously think I would follow his saying, who's obviously the stalker stype?

"Buzz off. I repeat. I don't swing that way to enjoy the hot chase of a yikes guy like you."

I spun 180 degrees while using the technique of an axle turn, and sent the railgater flying.I had the

"Let's go, Viz."

And this time, I didn't stop, and dashed away. But in the escape, Rio's remark further remark reached my ears.

"......The other machine is dumped inside the discarded well, 500m south of the forest in Mingua's southwest, near the campsite! I will return that favour one day for sure. Remember my name!"

"...Back at you. Do not forget that the one who saw through your plan, and the one who doused water on it is Viskus Levancool!"

"...........Allen, you bastard!"

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T/N - And next would be the last chapter of the theft incident. Given the POV of WINGS, I had kind of expected this situation. T/N 2 - Heya everyone, I hope you all are doing fine. I really didn't expect for the update to stall for so long. My health hadn't been quite great last month, and when I finally thought I am alright, it doubled down. Turn out it was typhoid. It had been quite a long wait, but I will try to shorten down it soon. Especially for our dear patreon readers. Can't keep the monthly subscription to nothing, eh?

Right now, it's 2/13 chapters huh.