Peerless Elf Magic Swordsman Volume 14 Chapter 12 (Patreon)

Chapter 12 – Melee Brawl

Side: Ludwig Escharte

Glenda’s sword chopped off the Mad Eater’s head.

“This is the end…”

After that, Ludwig collapsed on the spot.

Perhaps it was because the tension building up in him had been released, but he felt an intense pain in his chest.

The pain was something he had forgotten in the excitement of the battle until now.

Thankfully, the wound, despite seeming to have reached his bone, have barely escaped being fatal.

“Fuuh……”

Ludwig looked down at his shattered armor and his beloved sword, which had been snapped, and let out a breath.

“Ludwig, are you okay!?”

Serun ran up to him and put his hand on his chest.

“I’ll patch you up now.”

Ludwig wondered if he had cast a healing spell on him, but he felt the pain was receding quickly.

“Haha, you did a good job out there, bud.”

Glenda also looked at the badly wrecked knight and chuckled.

“Most of the sweepers have been wiped out, so I guess our mission here is over. We’ll just have to disperse to various locations and take out the other sweepers ──”

But just as she was about to finish her sentence…

“It’s over? What are you talking about? We haven’t had enough fun yet.”

The headless body of Mad Eater slowly rises.

The cut surface rose up, and a new head was created in an instant.

“RegenerationUltra-fast Recovery, huh.”

(It seems that this magic weapon has the same special abilities that high-ranking demons have.)

“Not exactly.”

Mad Eater smiled.

Then, his figure disappears.

“Gahh!?”

On the next moment, Glenda was blown away.

She was slammed into the ground and became utterly motionless.

She was not dead yet, but she had neither the strength to get up now.

It took her one blow. One. Blow.

Furthermore.

“Guhaaa!?”

Ludwig is also blown away in the same manner by the invisible impact.

The other adventurers as well, one after another…

“This isn’t just “Regeneration”. Mine is “Adaptive Reinforcement”.

Mad Eater laughed.

“Didn’t you forget? I am also a Sweeper. The more I fight, the stronger I get. My power, my speed, my reactions, they’ve all overwhelmed you now──and this time, what you did to me before isn’t going to work as well.”

“This guy……!”

Ludwig shuddered.

He realized intuitively.

Even if it took everyone’s cooperation in the area, all of them would no longer be a match for Mad Eater.

“Move, my body…….”

Still, Ludwig persistently tried to stand up.

His leg seemed to be broken as it was giving him a lot of pain, but he chose to ignore it.

There were more than one or two broken bones in his body.

His bruises and lacerations were also too ridiculous to count.

“But I can still move…and as long as I can move, I won’t give up.”

“Wow, that’s amazing. You can still stand.”

Mad Eater turned around.

Ludwig was clearly terrified by the strange glare in those eyes.

But he just gulped and looks straight back in resistance……at the boy who is also a magic armament.

“I won’t allow myself to get killed like this!”

He provokes him, hoping to draw his attention to himself and buy time for the other adventurers to escape.

“Sigh. Blockheads who sacrifice themselves to help others are really annoying till the end.”

Though he’s saying he was tired, Mad Eater is still smirking as he approached.

“Therefore, this time, I’m going to kill you for sure.”

Mad Eater’s fat body, which could even be considered humorous in its roundness, suddenly radiated a killing intent that froze Ludwig’s whole body.

(As expected, his guard isn’t down anymore. This will be the end of my fate.)

Resignation and a strong will to find a way through.

These two emotions mingled in Ludwig’s mind.

A few meters away, Mad Eater raised his fist.

“See you never, Black Knight.”

(Anyway, I’ll still stop his movements, even for a moment. If everyone can escape in that gap……they may still have a chance next time.)

The last thing that prevailed in Ludwig is an indomitable will.

It’s the spirit of a knight who never gives up.

“It’s a bad habit of yours to let your self-sacrificing attitude win over you too often.”

There was a sudden voice, abut this time, it was Mad Eater who was blown away.

“What!?’

Still, the boy dexterously repositions himself in the air and lands on his feet despite his fatness.

“Edge SixSixth Peak Sword – ShiningPhosphorescence”

But as if waiting for his landing, six sparking objects out of nowhere suddenly struck the enemy.

“Gah!?”

Mad Eater screams in agony as he was enveloped by the explosive light.

“You guys…”

An old man in traditional eastern clothing and a female swordsman in armor are walking toward them.

“We apologize for the delay.”

A young man with gray hair also appears with them.

“You’ve come……!”

When he saw them, Ludwig and the other adventurers breathed a sigh of relief.

Claudia, the Seven SwordSeven Sacred Blades, ranked 3rd in S-Class.

Georg, the Berserker’s FistFist of the Madman, ranked 4th in S-Class

And there’s also Felix Harrion, the DynastThe Champion, and the strongest 1st S-Class

They are three of the highest-ranked S-class adventurers, and they’re all melee combatants.

“New arrivals? But it doesn’t matter how many of you come to me. The more I fight, the stronger I’ll just get-”

But suddenly, the right arm of the Mad Eater vaporized and disappeared.

“So you’re telling us that if we can show you a power that surpasses your adaptive speed, we’ll be able to win?”

Felix tells Mad Eater flatly, now in a posture where he has his sword swung down.

His long sword was enveloped in a faint light.

Just like that, he severed the Mad Eater’s arm with his overwhelmingly powerful magic sword technique and invisible slashing speed.

(As expected, the gap in our combat ability is just too wide…)

Ludwig stared at Felix in envy.

But,

“Oh? Seems like we got quite a strong lineup here.”

A voice echoed. But it wasn’t from any of the camps.

“There’s still someone out there?” Ludwig turns his gaze in surprise.

A slender silhouette walked up from further behind Mad Eater.

It was a dark elf boy.

“Yo~. I’ve come to play, adventurers. But first, I’ll have to introduce myself. My name is……Redone Irvine.”

With a smile on his icy good looks, he tells them.

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