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The appearance of the stealth slime herd in this open arena has made me emerge victorious in my lazy style.

I put my words into facing the military woman, my body filled with laziness, but there was a jeers coming from the old man who was watching me from a distance.

With a calm expression, I tried not to be too taken in by the little provocation given by the old man.

Like most other old men who did not understand the situation because their physical condition did not allow them to think clearly, the threat of Earl Timoti's residence being infiltrated by the stealth slime herd did not scare him.

Some soldiers who realized this began to tremble and tried to express their fear at the last castle defense that had been breached before the war began.

"Can this be considered my victory after you chose to face me who was in lazy style like this?" I asked, my body still leaning on the cursed Odachi sheath, and my arms crossed under my breasts.

This lazy casual attitude made some people try to give a rematch sparring match that did not involve other military forces.

Hearing the chatter filled with defeat and old man behavior that did not know me seemed to have to be slapped with another bitter reality.

As the open-air arena became more crowded with the eyes of curious soldiers, I was a little depressed after winning in such an inelegant way.

Several jeers accusing me of cheating by using a herd of stealth slimes were heard again.

I just let the voices filled with defeat be heard until a sharp spear came towards me.

Swuuuttt!!!

Baaammm!!

Just like the previous surprise attack, I just tilted my head casually to avoid the sharp spear attack that was aimed at my face.

At that low-provocation attack, I saw that it came from an old man who could not accept the defeat of the military woman in such a cunning way.

"Sirius, I think you need to return that spear attack elegantly and politely," I said to Sirius who was on standby beside me.

"Elegantly and politely?" replied Sirius who seemed to not understand my words.

Thanks to the help of Aiko who understood my intentions, it made Sirius understood that the spear attack must be returned in the same way that the spear tried to attack me.

"I understand, Supreme Commander," with that short answer, Sirius began to walk to pick up the sharp spear that had been stuck on the ground to be returned elegantly and politely.

With her small steps, Sirius seemed to prepare a stance to throw the spear back to its owner.

Swuusshhh!!

Baaammm!!

When Sirius tried to control the power of the sharp spear, a unique event occurred. The sharp spear that was returned by Sirius moved too fast that it was difficult to see with people's eyes and it created a shockwave of air that was shrieking.

It sounded like a sharp spear moving to stab the air around it.

Kaabbaammm!!

The counterattack carried out by Sirius made the sharp spear move towards one of the thick walls of Earl Timoti's castle and hit it, making a large explosion sound.

Krraassshhh...

The loud crashing sound made a large hole in one of the walls of Earl Timoti's castle that could be seen from various directions until the thick wall collapsed leaving traces of sharp spear attacks that seemed to still be flying high into the air.

"I hope it doesn't hit a flying wild animal, it would be very funny if there was news where the sharp spear hit a dangerous wild animal in one attack," I said in a relaxed tone without moving from my position leaning on the cursed Odachi sheath.

As a result of the attack of this herd of stealth slimes, I gave a smile and a cynical look to the old man who tried to attack me earlier.

"Hey, a pretty good attack but too bad it didn't hit me," I said with a calm facial expression and a fairly loud tone.

"If you want to attack me from a distance, at least try doing it this way," I continued my words by releasing my relaxed attitude taking the cursed Odachi sheath and giving an attack stance towards him.

I didn't want to do this in Earl Timoti's territory.

But the bullying happened accidentally just because of a higher military rank, I don't want to let this slip out just like that.

By setting a long-range attack stance with a long cursed Odachi. I tried to draw the slash of the cursed Odachi with the Monarch of Holy Destruction ability.

My magical energy slowly gathered in the sharp edge of the cursed Odachi and made Momo sound very happy.

"Finally it's my turn to shine brightly after this!" said Momo which sounded clearly in my ears.

The overflow of magical energy that was concentrated without leaving any residue of the magic core, I immediately pulled the handle of the cursed Odachi with one long pull that made its sharp edge scratch an air that was bound by the overflow of magical energy from the Monarch of Holy Destruction ability.

Sllaasshhh ...

Sriiiikkk ...

Like slicing thick and hard air, my hand seemed to forcefully pull my heavy Odachi until the friction of the air on the overflow of my magical energy created a sharp blade that was red-black according to the base color of the cursed Odachi.

Swiiikkk...

Kaabbaammm!!!

When the long-range attack using the cursed Odachi began, the view around me seemed to run in slow motion.

I could see that the overflow of magical energy from the Monarch of Destruction was giving off a surge of pure destructive magical energy. The blade of the air cut by my cursed Odachi gave a slash that flew towards the body of the old man who had previously given a sharp spear attack towards me.

The slash containing the overflow of magical energy from the Monarch of Destruction's ability moved slowly and lengthened into a claw that moved straight forward.

I could see the slash of magical energy moving forward until it passed through the body of the old man who almost cut off his left hand.

Baaammm!!!

When my vision returned to normal time, I heard a loud explosion that was again ear-piercing and a trace of magical slash that split the wall of Earl Timoti's castle with a trace that was visible in the sky.

It was like giving a trail of attack from a single pull of the cursed Odachi that made the sky split apart and showed the slash it received.

A straight line of pure destruction headed towards me and the slash mark of the Odachi that left a slash mark above the sky of Earl Timoti's residence.

"Oh, my..." I grumbled a little after seeing the damage I caused just by pulling the cursed Odachi and using the blessing given by the Goddess of Destruction.

I didn't know that the title of the Goddess of Destruction would give absolute damage that could make the sky break too.

Like the sky that was bleeding, the red-black color of the slash given by the cursed Odachi was a sign that the wound suffered by the sky would last longer.

Braaakkk...

Braaakkk...

When I saw my ability to use this cursed Odachi, the entire herd of stealth slimes around me immediately knelt and lowered their heads.

That made me a little more awkward along with the funny remarks I heard.

"I-I admit defeat in this sword sparring," said the military woman with a pale face and trembling body.

Seeing her unkind expression, I only gave her a small reply.

"Thank you for being my sword-sparring opponent," I replied while giving a salute with a nod of my head to her.

Along with the two damages I had done inside Earl Timoti's residence, of course, it made Earl Timoti come looking for the source of the trouble that was happening.

Along with my triumphant steps towards Mio, I saw her preparing a handkerchief to wipe my sweaty face after having a sword spar with one of Earl Timoti's soldiers.

"Lily-sama, should I report this to Earl Timoti about what happened earlier?" asked Mio while giving her handkerchief and looking at Earl Timoti who was running hurriedly to this open arena.

"I think that's going to be a long explanation, it would be better if the military woman explains the situation. Let's go back to the stables first to get some personal equipment after this... strenuous activity. I feel like we need to move after being unwelcome in a place like this," I said, giving my personal view of what had happened.

If only there was no gap in military ranks in a place like this, maybe this kind of bullying wouldn't have happened.

Along with my footsteps moving out of the open arena, the entire herd of stealth slimes disappeared again as if moving into the ground after previously kneeling towards me.

Tapp...

Tappp...

With Mio following me from behind, I heard some whispers from the people accusing me of cheating.

I left the slightly destroyed open arena and planned to continue my journey to sabotage the river flow around the opposition noble family's territory.

"Mio, do you think what I did was a bit excessive?" I asked with a small smile towards her.

"I guess it was a bit excessive after causing damage in the form of a large hole and a sword slash that made the sky split like that," Mio replied while looking up at the sky that was split by the cursed Odachi's slash.

"Just think of it as a bonus for daring to measure my well-proven fighting ability," I replied calmly without being wary of the people who were curious about me.

After causing an incident like this, it seemed like it would make big news that would spread widely in a major city like this.

"Lily-sama... You caused that old man trouble after Earl Timoti's residence was destroyed like that."

"Eh, wouldn't it be much better to make him behave more politely after traumatizing him?" I replied with a smile that made Mio shake her head.

"Giving trauma to an elderly person, that didn't occur to me..." Mio seemed to say something that made her think of something.

"Was it done intentionally to make the people inside Earl Timoti's residence know of Lily-sama's existence?" Mio continued by asking a question that tried to guess my plan.

"Yes, you could say that," I gave Mio a vague and unclear answer to give her the option to guess another answer that suited the current situation.

Although the reality was... I wasn't thinking about anything and accidentally caused such great damage.

If Earl Timoti demanded compensation for the destruction of his thick castle walls, I could give another alternative about the efficiency of the military budget for the repair of Earl Timoti's residence.

Because at this time, soldiers are so comfortable living in this place that their bodies are not well maintained. That makes it difficult for them to think and rely on military rank to bully.

An incident like this will make Earl Timothy realize that raising rats and raising old men who can't think is a big mistake.

Especially with bullying that occurs because of a low military rank from someone who has a high military rank above him.