Chapter 44: “Unleashing the Final Boss’s (Fake) Second Form”
After that, whenever Rare found a player, she would sic the Kenzaki brothers on them.
—Actually, at this rate, Yoroizaka’s [Sword] skills will be completely neglected!
She decided that the next player she found would die directly by her hand.
However, that was only if time permitted, since she was having a bit of trouble locating her next victim. The other players were probably fighting each other and their numbers were rapidly dropping. But so far, every player she beat took only a single blow to send them to their graves; none of them felt like they were still alive because they had emerged victorious after defeating another player.
In which case, there should still be a strong player here. With those thoughts, Rare began to stay on guard while moving around. Since she was decked out in full armor, there was no way for her to achieve perfect stealth, so she had no choice but to leverage [Enhanced Hearing] to pick up the noises they made first. If her opponent also had some kind of strengthened hearing, then she’d lose this advantage, but there was nothing she could do about that at this point in time.
She quietly advanced through the forest while concentrating solely on her ears. At long last, she caught the faint sound of clashing. There was the unnatural ring of metal, and the sound of footsteps mixed in. It was probably someone in combat. Rare focused primarily on those noises, still staying aware of her surroundings, and carefully closed in on them.
The sounds led her to the sight of two players locking swords. From the sword skills that they used, they must have invested quite a lot of XP. In addition, it was clear that they were both naturally skilled at the blade. In other words, this was the perfect time to test Yoroizaka’s skills.
Rare purposely made a lot of noise as she stepped out before the two.
“Huh?! It’s another player!”