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Mile chapter 64: Counterstrike 1

 

“You …” (Maevis) (き、貴様ら: Ki, kisama-ra = a vulgar way to call “you”)

She was angry.
Maevis was very angry.
The other girls saw Maevis’s angry face for the first time.
No, it isn’t really raged because she was somewhat cool…

 

“You surprised me a lot…
And this dirt/scum made me suspect my family…
Forgive me. Everyone.
I will slash them!”  (Maevis)

“No, Maevis!”  (Rena)

 

Rena stops Maevis, who pulled out the sword.

 

“You can’t take all of them!
We will leave you 2 of them.
The other 3 are for us!”  (Rena)

“… I understand”  (Maevis)

 

Maevis trying to vent her anger on the men who dare to make her doubt her family for a moment.

Rena, Mile, and Pauline were also angry at the point they leak out a killing aura.

 

“He~he, you are just a fresh C-ranked who graduated from school…
I have been a C rank hunter for 20 years…”  (Man A)

Gyin!  (SFX)

“Huh…?”  (Man A)

 

The leader is stunned.
His sword is knocked down by Maevis so quickly that he can’t even finish his sentence.

 

“Pick up”  (Maevis)

“Huh?”  (Man A)

“I’ll be waiting, pick up your sword quickly”  (Maevis)

“Ku~!”  (Man A)

 

While distorting his face to humiliation, the leader swiftly picks up his sword and steps backward.

 

“Such a foolish girl!
I will make you regret that you let go of this opportunity!
Hey, you guys, do it!”  (Man A)

 

The leader shouting and one of his underlings join him to confront Maevis again.
The other three confront Mile, Rena, and Pauline one by one.

Mile was thought to be a swordsman because she has a sword.
But she is only a child of 10 to 11 years old.
The other two are magicians, it is dangerous if they use magic
But at this distance, the girls can easily be caught before they invoke the magic by stepping on as soon as the girls start casting.

Although Maevis is a strong enemy, she barely had any experience
And it’s impossible for her to compete with two veteran players’ assault.
Yes, the men were thinking so.

 

Hi~yun  (SFX)

 

Two slashings were simultaneously released towards Maevis.

But for Maevis who had trained to fight multiple enemies with the simultaneous attack of Mile and Vail.
It was easy to find a slight time difference.

Maevis then shakes her sword lightly to parry the leader’s sword.
The leader’s sword, that changed direction, became a hindrance to his underling’s sword.
The two of them kept on slashing but Maevis completely blocked all their attacks without moving at all.

 

“Yaaa~…” (Man A + B)

 

The two who were lightly treated became angry and showered Maevis with simultaneous attacks but not even one of the attacks hit.

A statement was made by the leader “I have been a C rank hunter for 20 years”.
That means he took more than twenty years but still not able to become B rank.

Normal C rank hunter will not do illegal work that doesn’t pass through the guild like this.

Because if they are caught, their hunter work will be gone
And they will become the criminal slaves for the rest of their life.
That means their ability is at the bottom layer of the C-ranked hunter.

Indeed, they’re only trying to boast.

On the other hand, the C-ranked hunters, who graduated from the Hunter training school.
The school only accepts talented hunters and they have received severe training for half a year.
It is quite different from the regular C-ranked hunter who was promoted from ordinary D-ranked.

And among them, the four girls of 『Red Oath』were a “little” special.

And Maevis told the two men with a cold voice.

 

“Here I come”  (Maevis)

 

The remaining three panicked.

As soon as the magicians start casting, they will kick the swordsman in front of them, hit her straight with the sword in the belly and push her down to the ground.
The other two men will rush in to restrain the magicians.

It’s an easy task.
Even they thought so, their leader struggled with 2 vs 1.
The girl blocks all their attacks like child play.
At this rate, it will be a matter of time before their leader lost.

Their only choice is to defeat the three girls and come to help their leader.
No matter how strong she is, she will not be able to take 5 men at once.

 

“Well, let’s get started soon …”  (Rena)

“It looks like these people only hunt other hunters.
Apparently, they don’t know about us.”  (Mile)

“It’s not fun to battle one by one.
Everyone, how about being each of us faces 3 of them in rapid succession?” (Pauline)

“Oh, that’s a good idea.”  (Rena)

 

Rena agrees with Pauline’s proposal.

 

“Well, let’s do it!” (Mile + Rena + Pauline)

Hi~yu Hi~yun (SFX)

 

Mile shakes her sword lightly, and the three men’ armor fell to the ground.

 

“Huh!?”  (Man C + D + E)

 

Three men who are stunned.
They can not understand what happened.

It was Mile’s concern.
She thought that it will be a little hard to attack for Rena and Pauline, so, she slashed only armor for fire magic to be effective…
Actually, the two girls didn’t need such consideration at all.

Rena and Pauline’s casting was taking place at the moment while the bandits were stumping.

 

“Ignition!”  (Rena)

 

Rena used basic magic in the beginning.

“Ignition”, the useful life magic.
But Rena’s magic…
It’s somewhat stronger and there are 3 shots.

 

“Aaaaaaaa!” (Man C + D + E)

 

And heads of three men were burning up like torches.
After looking at the burning torch for a couple of seconds with no expression.

Next, Pauline invoked the magic.

 

“Water ball · Ultra Hot!”  (Pauline)

 

Three water spheres that appeared above Pauline.
They were water balls made of red water.

 

“Shoot!”  (Pauline)

 

The red water ball swiftly flew and hit the burning head of the men, extinguished that burning fire.

When Mile thought that Pauline was kind, then three people screamed much more than the time when the fire was on.

 

“Ugaaaah ~ ~!”  (Man C + D + E)

 

When she heard their scream, Mile remembered.
Pauline asked Mile before about water magic attacks.
And Mile taught her a red attack, the idea of ​​『Ultra Hot』

Even if it is 『hot』, it isn’t just simply hot.
It’s 『Ultra Hot』

To the eyes, to the nose, to the mouth, all of it will be burned.
Their throat is burning, their eyes can’t be opened.
It was a living hell.
Combat power was completely lost.

And, as Mile thought that there was no meaning for her action, slashing their armor.

The leader and another man desperately pick up their sword to attack Maevis.
Despite knowing most of the situation from the cries from the hell of their fellows, they can’t do anything to help.

 

Ga~cha~n, ga~cha~n (SFX)

 

And how many times have they been knocked down, picked up and knocked down by the sword again?

 

“… pick up”  (Maevis)

 

Maevis told them expressionlessly.

The two men were already at their limits.
She could always slay them but she knocked off their sword over and over again and told them to pick it up.

They were tired, but there was still hope.
After their companions restrain the other three, they will use the captured magicians as hostages to make this girl surrender.

They try to put up with it and earn time.
However, that possibility has collapsed.
It was understandable.
If there is a possibility that magicians could lose, this swordsman couldn’t be wasting her time with them for a long time.
Her friends are absolutely safe.
Because she has such confidence, this swordsman can overwhelm them like this.

Even if they can land a hit and succeed in defeating her, the magicians who can instantly take down three people will crush them in the matter of second.
Besides, in the first place, there’s no way they can hit the swordsman, let along defeat her.
They’re in despair.
And the only suitable action will be.

 

“Please forgive us …” (Man A)

 

They finally lost the energy to pick up the sword and knee on the spot.

 

“I have not heard about this…
You are supposed to be a party of only girls in their teens.
And you are just ranked C
So, it should be easy to win…
I was deceived… we were!” (Man A)

 

The leader shouted his whining, but that information wasn’t wrong.
However, only some important information was missing.

 

“Oh my.
You still kept them intact?
Shouldn’t we give these insects some pain?” (Rena) (in raw really have 虫 mean insect)

 

To the voice hanging from behind, the leader got scared.

 

“It’s unfair if you don’t have the same injuries as your friends, do you?” (Rena)

 

With Rena’s statement, they can’t even scream anymore.
They’re leaking a hoarse voice as they see the figure of three friends who had lost their hair and have their heads burned…

 

“Hi~iiii…” (Man A + B)

 

Two people tried to beg, in a hurry.

 

“I will talk!
I will tell you anything!” (Man A)

“Even if you said that you will talk about anything.
You’ve already spoken all of it, this time.
You were asked by my family
That means Beckett’s chairman.
After messing up all my friends, you will bring me back home.
Is there any other information that we need?” (Pauline)

“Ah…” (Man A)

 

With the words of Pauline, the leader panics.

He was stupid.
After toying with the girls and stop them from being hunters.

Even if they were going to kill the other hunters besides Pauline to keep the secret.
They thought that they didn’t live in the kingdom’s capital so they wouldn’t be known?
Were they reassured that their identity would not be leaked if they leave Pauline alive?

He already told the girls about their employer and their purpose.
It was also convincing that he was at the bottom of C-ranked for more than two decades.

 

“Pauline, return to the guild.
Explain the circumstances, ask for a carriage for escort carriage.
And if you say that you were attacked by C-ranked hunters, it will be easier for the guild to check their information.
And it will also be easier for us to explain” (Rena)

“Yes, I understand.” (Pauline)

 

After Pauline leaves the site towards the kingdom’s capital, Rena told Maevis and Mile to tie up those men.

 

“Well, let’s start talking about how to blow up Pauline’s parent’s house…” (Rena)

“I see.
I thought that it would be such a thing because you let Pauline contact the guild” (Maevis)

“…Huh?”  (Mile)

“Huh?”  (Rena)

“Huh?”  (Maevis)

 

Apparently, it seems that Mile hasn’t noticed at all.

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Good news: I use the rest of my free time today (without playing games or watch anime) to translate this chapter sooner for you.

Bad news: tomorrow I will be kind of busy, I can’t promise any chapter tomorrow.