Wheew~
This chapter’s a good one, so I’ll keep it brief, alriiight~?
So, first thing, about Gentle Demon — I’m still doin’ that . But, because I translate Sword Bro with a higher priority, there’re days that I don’t get around to translating it . Otherwise, I’d probably have released at least 1 Chapter — or even 2 — since I mentioned I’d work on it .
That being the case, I figured that I’d translate it to 100% before doing another Sword-bro chapter after completing the Chapter 10 of Sword-bro… But then this chapter happened .
And now I just want to translate more Sword-bro .
Dang it, right~?
So, while Gentle Demon’ll be put on the back burner for a while longer, I am in the process of translating it . It’ll be out . Eventually . Probably .
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『I won〜!』
Raising my edge towards the sky, I raise my shout of victory .
I’m laying down on the ground after fighting the strongest boss of Area 5 .
The Tyrant Saber . (¹) To be honest, I thought I was going to lose .
With a build exceeding 10 meters, it moved like the wind and could use three-dimensional movement combined with aerial jumps . Its magic-enhanced fangs and claws were completely brutal, shaving off only a little less than 500 Durability just by being grazed .
Moreover, its fur was coated in Magic Power — but even without that, its muscles were hard enough to resist my blade anyways .
In the end, I used up 15 Self-Evolution Points on Sovereign Toxic Fang, so my victory was decided at the end of a long war . With Appraisal, I had found out that its Poison Resistance was low, which is why I used it . If that wasn’t the case, I would have had no choice but to escape .
But, somehow the Saber’s movements had dulled due to the poison, so I continued to attack . When I finally defeated it, 4 hours had passed since the fight began .
However, the outcome was worth the risk . To start with: its Skills .
I obtained Vibration Impact, as well as a Skill called Vibration Fang Skill, both of which are frighteningly amazing .
The vibration from Vibration Impact is transmitted to the target when they’re struck, which results in a strike that’s capable of destroying your opponent from the inside .
Vibration Fang allows its user to amplify the sharpness of their fangs via ultra-high vibration; it’s the so-called Super-Vibration Blade Skill . Because both Skills had great compatibility with me, my offensive ability jumped up explosively .
But that’s not all . Combining Air Bullet Discharge with Vibration Impact resulted in a new Skill called Vibrating Bullet Discharge . It’s a fiendish attack which allows the same vibration effects to occur at long distance .
Another boon from the fight was that my Self-Evolution Skill was raised by a rank . Using Magic Stones from the Area Bosses granted values more than 150 each; that, combined with hunting in Area 4, resulted in enough to rank up .
Name ：Unknown
Race ：Intelligent Weapon
ATK ：392 MP ：1650/1650 Durability ：1450/1450
Skills:
Appraisal：Lv6, High-Speed Self-Repair, Self-Evolution〈Rank 7・Magic Stone Status：2109/2800・Memory：47・Points：68〉, Self-Modification, Telekinesis, Telekinesis ↑ Low, Telepathy, ATK ↑ Low, Owner ALL Stats ↑ Low, Owner HP Recovery ↑ Low, MP ↑ Low, Memory ↑ Low, Demonic Beast Knowledge, Skill-Sharing, Sorcery (²)
Also, thanks to the rank up, I made a complete recovery .
『I still have time tonight . 』
In front of me stood the mysterious forest .
It’s the forest-area which opens up to surround Area 5 . The plan was to survey it earlier, but……
『So, what should I do?』
I’ve sustained no damage, and I have time, too . Shall I go?
『I’ve already come this far, and I could return without doing anything, too . 』(³)
And so, I decided to explore the area outside .
ーJust in case, I didn’t immediately rush in, and instead decided to watch for any inhabitants by making full use of Night Vision and Heat Detection .
『Mーmm, there’s nothing……?』
There seem to be a ton of wild animals, but there’re almost no Demonic Beasts ー other than Goblins, of course . But it would be excessive to forcibly chase them around and kill those .
『Are the only Demonic Beasts around here small fry?』
For Area 6, I was prepared to enjoy victories over Divine level Demonic Beasts .
But this place is comparable to Area 1 . To be honest, it’s quite a letdown .
『Ahー, as expected, I feel that my hopes have been shattered〜 . 』
In spite of carefully taking a stance which was set to flee at any time, it seems that choosing to observe the woods from the outside is making me out to be nothing more than a fool .
『That’s enough . I’ll go in at once . 』
I jump into the forest using Telekinesis Catapult with a *babyun* . (⁴)
With that, I enjoy a panoramic view of the woods from above . There’re still no signs of any big Demonic Beasts .
『Ah, discovered a clearing . 』
In the middle of the forest, there’s an open field where the trees don’t grow . I change direction with Telekinesis and drop towards that space .
And stuck into the ground .
『All right, landing success!』
When using the Telekinesis Catapult Movement Method my body’s at an angle, so making a landing sometimes ends up with me crashing onto the ground on the side of my blade . Such a landing deals hardly any damage to me, but I’d still count it as a failure .
A “success” would be piercing the ground with my blade, like this time . Somehow, it makes me feel better .
It’s easy to make a proper landing if I use Telekinesis just before landing, but generally I entrust it to gravity and drop down to make a game out of the success/failure count from landing . It’s one of my few pleasantries other than hunting .
With the ground conveying its texture through my blade, I get the feeling that this land is something like a swamp . The feel is wet and sticky like clay .
『Then, another jump…… Hm?』
My body doesn’t move . Is the quality of the clay-like soil higher than I thought? I invoke Telekinesis a bit stronger this time .
『I-Impossible…… Telekinesis isn’t working?』
Or, to be exact, the moment I activate it, it’s forcibly terminated . The best solution in times like these is to put my all into it . I accumulate Magic Power, and load it all into Telekinesis .
*pos* (⁵)
A light sound seems to escape . And then, nothing happens .
『Impossible . 』
The Magic which I used was absorbed into the ground . All the MP I had poured into it had been lost in an instant .
『Well, if that’s how it is…』
I try to use a Skill . My strategy is to use Vibration Fang to make a gap between my blade and the ground . But, it seems that Vibration Fang doesn’t work either .
Then, perhaps an Air Bullet couple provide enough lift? Once again, it doesn’t trigger .
Using Fire Magic, I can blow myself away! ーBut that also doesn’t work .
『Ehー…… What to do〜』
Taking a break from my escape attempts, I observe the surroundings . It’s nothing more than a forest; really nothing more but… It seems that the reason why Demonic Beasts of the Plain don’t go into the Forest is due to this Magic Power absorption phenomenon .
To higher leveled Demonic Beasts, Magic is important, so if they wander into the forest haphazardly they could get bogged down . Just like me .
『The only consolation is that I don’t feel hungry……』
For a little while, I try to invoke other Magic Skills, but it seems that they’re completely nullified .
Because my MP isn’t absorbed from my blade, if I don’t continuously fire off random Skills, escape might be possible .
About my sight, because it seemed to be controlled by Magic Power within my blade, there doesn’t seem to be a problem .
After several hours passed, I noticed something .
『My MP isn’t recovering . 』
It might be because the atmosphere in the area is lacking any Magic Power, but it seems that MP wasn’t being restored automatically . I still have more than half remaining, but I don’t want to waste it .
This is bad; as it stands, I won’t be able to get out by myself .
Ahー, how could such a thing……
* * * (⁶)
3 days have passed since then . There’s still no change . On the first day, I tried to find ways to escape using Skills, but I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s completely impossible .
I can’t use any Magic, not to mention attack Skills; even Telepathy isn’t possible .
All I can do is hope for a other creatures passing by and accidentally pulling me out by chance .
Or perhaps a natural disaster miraculously occurring and blowing me away .
A Human coming along and pulling me out would be the best result, but…
* * *
10 days have now passed since I’ve been stuck . (⁷)
Please forgive me .
I hadn’t paid attention to the reality of the situation . It doesn’t need to be a Human . I’ll sincerely apologize to all of the Goblins I’ve killed, because I’m no longer able to call them EXP anymore . So please, someone release me .
After you release me, I’ll follow you for life . Anything would be fine . Even a Zombie Kobold .
Please .
* * *
One month has passed .
Because I’m a good sword, please pick me up . Please!
I’m of excellent quality, you know? I’m something of a Magic Sword . I’m not sure, but I don’t think there’re many like me, you know?
I can even cook .
I have a bunch of Skills, too .
If I use Points, I can even level them up if you’d like .
Look, look! Cooking Lv10!
〈 Cooking has reached LvMax; bonus Stats will be attached to the Cooking Skill 〉
〈 A new item has been added to the Self-Evolution Bonuses 〉
Would Dismantling be useful too? Wouldn’t it be convenient? I can level this up too . Hey look, another Lv10!
〈 Dismantling has reached LvMax; bonus Stats will be awarded to the Dismantling Skill 〉
I also have Appraisal . It can be improved too, you know? Hey, I raised it by 1 Level .
Aren’t I amazing?
My combat capabilities are even higher, you know?
Both Swordsmanship and Sword Arts are Lv7 .
If you’d like, I could also grant Magic Skills, you know? Look, Fire Magic Lv10! How is it?
〈 Fire Magic has reached LvMax; Blaze Magic Lv1 had been learnt 〉
! Well well, there was even more on top of that! How about it? There’s nothing to lose through picking me up, you know?
This Skill, too ーー(⁸)
* * *
「ー……!」
Ah . I was too eager to see people and had an auditory hallucination . It seems that I’ve already gone terminal .
「ー! …… T–t wa-ー!」
Eh? Could this auditory hallucination be real?
*Gatagatagatagata!*
A slight vibration is transmitted through the ground . What is it?
「Sti– Ch–i-gー」
「!…… I’– ca–y –u! Wha–」
It’s a Human’s voice!
A human came! Thank you, God!
Hey, I’m over here! I’m stuck! Don’t I seem like a legendary sword? That being the case, pull me out! Please!
*Gatagatagatagata!*
The real identity of the noise was the wheel of a carriage . The covered wagon appears from out of the forest .
But isn’t it going to fast? If you turn with such a speedー
Just like that, the carriage overturned in front of me .
*Gashanー!*
Uwaahー! Are the people inside alright? But why were they in such a rush? They seem to have been chased by something .
For now I can’t talk, so I can only watch over them . A person crawls out from the carriage while I anxiously worried over the safety of its riders .
Ohh, it looks like they’re safe . He had the cliché appearance of a Merchant from a fantasy game . Speaking of appearances that use a similar overcoat, would it be easier to understand if I described his appearance as similar to that of a merchant from Dr**n Qu**t 3? (⁹)
In addition, a small subordinate-like small man comes out . After the small man called out, several men and women also came out .
But…… Their appearance is terrible .
Wearing tattered clothing which clearly wasn’t washed, their clothes are hardly clothing at all, because they’re only tied to their bodies with a single string each . Their hair is dirty as well, and big collars are fitted around their necks .
『Slaves… There’s slavery in this world?』
Well, I’m slightly disappointed . My precious feelings of a different world have been tainted . ー Slaves aren’t particularly bad, of course . I just thought that the Humans of this world would have been a little different from my former one .
「Have the Slaves carry the luggage!」
「Come on, do it now! Hey, you, hurry up! Take the luggage!」
「Uuu…」
「Do it quickly you half-wit!」
Uwa〜 what scum . It’s Human waste . The little man beats a slave burdened with heavy baggage with a whip . Just looking at that, I start to feel sick .
「It’s coming!」
「Hiii! Come on!」
And, the cause of their panic appeared .
「Gurururu」
It was a Demonic Beast: A Bear with two heads .
¹ As in Saber-Tooth Tiger — not a sword . The actual translation is “Tyrant Saber Tiger”, which I would have changed to “Tyrant Saber-Toothed Tiger” but that’s kind of a mouthful . Thus the translation . タイラント・サーベルタイガー。
² Changed Magic -> Sorcery (Because it’s actually always supposed to be “Magician/Sorcerer”, but I couldn’t find anything better than “Magic” until now . But the story uses a lot of terms that involve “Magic”, like in manipulation, the amount of Magic stored in oneself (MP), Magic Power/Strength (MGC), etc . All previous chapters have been updated as well .
³ In the second half of the sentence (after the comma) I’m pretty sure sword-bro is just saying that he can leave without any trouble, but I’m not sure . 何もせずに引き返してもな
⁴ Babyun = Whoosh; should I continue using the Japanese pronunciation? Or perhaps change it to the western norm? バビュン
⁵ Literally “POS” . Any better suggestions? ポス
⁶ The Author actually just used a double-space to represent the time change . I’ve changed it to three asterisks to make it more visible .
⁷ All of these lines were supposed to be in one paragraph — probably to display Sword-bro’s growing desperation — but because it just makes it look like a wall of text instead, I’ve separated the lines to create partial pauses with the same effect .
⁸ See ⁷ .
⁹ Reference to a Merchant from Dragon Quest 3 . I think . ドラ〇ンクエスト3
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