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Chapter 43 - The Transferred Hero, Attacking and Attacked

The moonlight cast a pale blue glow on the cobblestones of the decaying road. Behind Hero Ares, Tiris, a blonde Dark Elf bound by magic handcuffs and a chain, walked silently like a slave.

"You've got a really nice face..." Ares sneered. The look in his eyes was that of a conqueror.

Tiris did not answer. She only shifted her step, moving as if to put a little distance between herself and Ares.

Eventually, the two reached a town and took a room at an inn. Without exchanging a word, Ares tried to push Tiris down onto the bed.

In that instant.

Bachii!! Bachii!! Bachii!!

What erupted was a clap of thunder. A flash of lightning enveloped Tiris's entire body, mercilessly burning Ares's hand.

"Gu...ah!?"

For a moment, the air in the room tensed as if it would explode, and Ares was blown back against the wall. Slamming his back into it, he looked down at his scorched arm, and then laughed wickedly.

"Haha... seriously, you actually cast a curse on yourself?"

Tiris's eyes shone with a light as cold as ice.

"I am not a slave. I would rather be burned by lightning than be defiled by you."

Ares licked his lips at her words.

"Not bad, little rare character... I'm even more in love with you now."

And in the next moment, Tiris was bound tightly to a pillar.

"Well then, I'm just gonna go 'get some night air'." Ares left the room, laughing.

The town at night was quiet. But that silence was a carefully laid trap.

From a distance, the regular, rhythmic sound of metal footsteps.

Gigigi... gigigi...

Appearing in the alleyway was the Magic Machine Legion, the Mech Legion. Soldiers in cold iron armor, with magical sigils glowing on them. The only thing visible was their intent to kill.

Ares stopped and scoffed.

"...Hoh. The Magic Machine Legion, which means..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the soldiers began to charge all at once.

Zugaann!!

A barrage of cannon fire assaulted Ares with a deafening roar. But no one could find his figure within the smoke of the explosion.

"You guys are too slow."

The voice echoed from behind them.

The next moment, a crimson afterimage tore through the soldiers.

Gigigi... gagaga... bashuun!!

One by one, the soldiers' bodies were severed, collapsing in a shower of sparks.

"You really thought you could stop me with this?"

When the last soldier fell with a boom, not a single drop of blood stained Ares's cape.

He looked down at the street, now dyed crimson, and declared.

"The Magic Machine Legion, which means... it's an assassination squad sent by Crow Sakakibara, ain't it."

His smile was not human.

"Fine. I'll get you before you get me."

Amidst the stench of blood and oil, Hero Ares quietly vanished into the darkness.

Eventually, Hero Ares and Tiris would head for the Mechanized Magic City Nemesis Gear. To destroy everything and bring it all to an end.