Stop It! It’s Not Me That’s Strong… It’s the Sword…! - Chapter 6

By the way, the reason my body is calm right now is not because this demon sword is reading the atmosphere.

Instead, it’s hoarding all of its power. Because it couldn’t kill this guy with one thrust, it’s now preparing.

Actually, it has been putting huge pressure on the ground since a while ago. The pressure is so great that, it is even making my bones creak with weight alone.

It looks like this demon sword is preparing to kill the opponent with one move. Damn you, at this rate, I’m going to be killed first.

“But it’s a pity, you bastard~. Strengths and weaknesses varies accordingly in a magic armament. For example, if it’s as strong as my Dainsleif, then…”

He raised the crimson sword in his hand and red phosphorescence reminiscent of blood spilled out from it’s sharp blade.

“Kukuku… light of magic overflows like this! In comparison, your sword doesn’t even glow. It must be some kind of weak armament.”

The black mage raised his voice and his high pitched laugh resounded in the village.

The village chief, who claims to know a lot about this kind of thing, was also looking down with dim eyes. Apparently, it seems like what he said is true.

‘I see. Is this sword a trashy armament? On top of that, it even puts a curse on its owner.’

I’ve really picked up the worst weapon I’ve ever seen.

However…

“Shut up, Geezer.”

“Ah!?”

I said to him in the most aggressive manner I could perform.

I’m sure that even if I apologize to him here, he won’t forgive me anyway.

――Besides, the sword on my right hand is full of excitement and stopping it is no longer possible.

“That’s enough, brat! Goblins, kill him.”

“Gyaaa!”

As the black mage snapped his finger in impatience, the dangerous green creatures rushed forth responding to his order.

They were like ants swarming around their prey.

‘To be honest, it’s really scary… but…’

In order to hide the fact that I am cursed… above all, in order to get out of this situation, I have no choice but to do it.

I have no choice but to become an『Evil Condemner』, who fights against criminals and monsters to maintain peace of the village.

“Evil, perish”

And then—with those words, I gave up on resisting the demon sword’s control over my body.

On the contrary, I even appealed to the demon sword, ‘Do your best!’.

In order to grasp a peaceful future, I surrendered my whole body to the harbinger of death, the demon sword of darkness.

At that moment, a voice echoed in my『soul』…!

――O Vessel!――

――My second wielder!――

――My name is!――

“――『Black Demon Blade―Muramasa』――!”

And so, in the next moment, my movements surpassed those of humans――!

I ran out with such force that the ground exploded, and in an instant, I approached the group of goblin.

“Die!”

With a flash of lightning speed so fast that even the mirage couldn’t be left behind, I cut down several goblins in two simultaneously.

“Goga!?”

Seeing this, the remaining goblins froze for a moment.

I don’t know if they stopped in shock because their comrades were killed, or if they were just trying to save their lives, but it was too big of an opening for me right now.

Second strike! Fourth strike! Sixth strike! Eighth strike!

While running forward, my arms moved in all directions, turning the goblin horde into the mince of flesh and dripping splatters of blood.

Within a few seconds, nearly a hundred lives were torn

apart into pieces and I approached towards the black mage.

“Wha, what are you doing!? Don’t come here!”

The man swung his crimson red blade, and then a『Blood Slash』is released from the sword, flying towards me.

“Die, die, die, die!”

The blade was swung around many times, and countless slashes of red cuts were thrown at me.

It’s as if a wall of blood is closing in, and to be honest, I’m super scared right now.

That’s also why, I chose not to do anything at all.

I cried out in my heart and tried my best to relax and then, even more power was poured into my body――!

Then, my body slashed through the rain of crimson red blades and finally leapt out in front of the black mage.

“Whaaaaaah…!?”

The man’s eyes widen open, and I could even see the reflection of my own posture of holding the demon sword in his terrified eyes.

――I see. Right now, I’m really like a Shura¹.

For a moment, I wondered if that’s how I looked from an outsider’s perspective.

But in reality, I have no intention of fighting at all. And the reason why I’m so strong right now is because…

I have completely abandoned the freedom of my body and the dominance of the magic armament『Black Demon Blade―Muramasa』has been increased to the utmost limit.

My movements, that was like those of a first-class warrior, became even more precise, and I finally cornered the black mage, despite not having any special abilities.

――Ah! You’re tearing my muscles to shreds! Die!

“Forgive me… Forgive me, please!”

At the final moment, the man finally began to beg for his life.

Where is your malicious attitude when you attacked this village and my hometown? The black mage sheds tears and desperately ranted his words out.

“I didn’t want to do all the bad things I’ve done up until now! I was being manipulated by magic weapons! You know, haven’t you ever heard of weapons that can curse people and make them go crazy!? That’s it, that’s it, my body moved on its own!”

Oh yeah? Then that’s bad for you.

However, I’m sorry, but it doesn’t matter what you circumstances were or it doesn’t matter even if you are innocent.

Because I’m cursed too.

“Give up your futile resistance and die”

“Hieeeiiiii!”

And then, with a flash, the black sword descended on the man’s head, ending all this fuss here and now――!

Footnotes

1. Shura: The first meaning is the incarnation of carnage; But it can also be viewed as Ashura, that’s fighting demons.

Tl Notes

If you haven’t watched trailer [PV] of this novel (V1), then check it out. Although it’s in japanese, I’ve added subtitle in english, even if it might not be exactly same in meaning, it’s close. And, above all, it’s exciting, funny and gives idea as to guess what’ll happen in the future.