Ministry Action Records

Borodin's speed naturally increased after abandoning his shield. Hikigaya had already heard him running towards him. Looking at the shield that was getting bigger and bigger in front of him, Hikigaya raised his musket and swept it across. The moment they made contact, he could feel how much force Borodin used when he swung the shield. With the help of the reaction force, Hikigaya jumped farther to the right. The deflected shield eventually fell far behind him. Not surprisingly, Borodin couldn't get it back. He was wearing heavy armor and his weapon was a heavy sledgehammer. Did he abandon his shield just to increase his speed a little?

Borodin is approaching, swinging his sledgehammer. Is he targeting me, Hikigaya thought.

He raised his shield to block, but the force was unexpectedly small. Hikigaya soon found out why. Borodin punched him with his fist. Was this a real attack?

But why is it a hollow grip? And with a distance of a hammer, can you hit it if you punch it now? ... Hikigaya doesn't understand this operation at all.

"boom!"

Hikigaya's worries did not become a reality. He was knocked against the wall in an instant. The giant sword that appeared out of thin air was held in Borodin's left hand and stabbed Hikigaya perfectly.

"Didn't we agree on the Hammer King? Why is there a big sword?" These were the last words left by Hikigaya before he flew out.

52. Storm-like slashing, extreme swordsmanship

"I thought you were a serious enemy, but you turned out to be another Saliman!" Hikigaya, who had pulled himself out from the wall, said gritting his teeth. It was obviously the Hammer King but he switched to a greatsword to attack him. As a king, you actually used such despicable means. I, a dignified hunter, don't bother to associate with you.

Hikigaya stood on the ground again, his left hand shining with blue light. His left hand holding the shield slowly stroked the gun barrel, and the blue light seemed to be coated on the gun barrel. When his left hand passed the end of the gun barrel and put it down, the entire gun barrel was completely covered by the same blue light. Although he didn't know whether it would work or not, or whether it had any special attack effect or not, Hikigaya still put on the buff of the powerful magic weapon. After all, he could get some bonus damage when he smashed it.

Borodin, wielding dual weapons, stood firmly in front of Hikigaya, with Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yukinoshita on either side of him. However, looking at his indifferent look, it seemed more like he surrounded the three people rather than saying that Hikigaya and the other two surrounded him.

The two sides were in a standoff, and if the three of them rushed forward at the same time, it would only backfire. So Hikigaya first glanced at Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yukinoshita, and then glared at Borodin in front of him. The two of them understood and asked who would go first.

Yukinoshita shrugged slightly, signaling to the two that she had no requirements and they could attack at any time. Hiratsuka Shizuka raised her eyebrows, looking very interested. Yukinoshita and Hikigaya nodded slightly and decided on the first attacker. Then Hikigaya turned his eyes half a circle from left to right and squinted. Yukinoshita and Hiratsuka Shizuka also responded with slightly narrowed eyes. The three of them finished discussing tactics.

Let me briefly summarize the tactics. Shizuka Hiratsuka is called the landlord, and the three players play cards clockwise.

The greatsword was thrown out in a circle, and the moment the weapon left his hand, Hiratsuka Shizuka followed closely behind. There was only a circle of white air waves left where she had been standing. Her posture was like a dive, and metal armor quickly emerged, completely covering Hiratsuka Shizuka's face and limbs as before.

But what is different from before is that the blade-like barbs on the armored arms of the hands have all disappeared, and instead, the protruding sharp corners on the fists make them feel sharper and harder.

The armor on Shizuka Hiratsuka's body is a demonic weapon made of metal impact steel unique to the demon world. It is integrated with Shizuka Hiratsuka's life and can change its shape freely according to the user's will. At this time, the fist armor becomes more suitable than before for targeting enemies wearing heavy armor, such as Borodin in front of him.

"Hmph!" Borodin snorted coldly, raised his sledgehammer and knocked the attacking sword into the air. He then decisively swung the giant sword in his left hand towards Hiratsuka Shizuka, and the dust on the ground was also stirred up.

Instead of dodging, Shizuka Hiratsuka gathered the magic power in her body into her hands, and the patterns on her fist armor turned scarlet. She heard the sound of breaking air becoming more and more obvious, and she could even feel the strong wind on her face. Following the feeling in her heart, Shizuka Hiratsuka raised her hand to block the giant sword.

"Oh!"

Perfect defensive timing, the force of the slash was completely absorbed, and then it exploded together with the magic power gathered in the fist armor, and the giant sword was shaken away like a slingshot.

Shizuka Hiratsuka quickly approached Borodin, and the scarlet magic power formed the shape of a dragon head at her right fist. The sound of a dragon's roar could be faintly heard. Taking advantage of the momentum of the forward charge, her right fist hit Borodin's chin hard.

"Damn! You should lose weight, brother!" Shizuka Hiratsuka shouted angrily, her hand still maintaining the Rising Dragon Fist movement, quietly moving her painful fingers. This time she could really feel the heaviness of this guy.

Borodin, who was hit by Hiratsuka Shizuka's Rising Dragon Punch, did not spiral up into the sky. He just tilted his head upwards a little exaggeratedly, and then he chose to continue leaning backwards.

"Bang!" Borodin stepped forward heavily with his right foot. Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was closest to him, could even feel the ground shaking. Borodin's headbutt followed immediately. There was no chance to dodge or block. Hiratsuka Shizuka's head was hit hard.

Huh? Is this guy's armor golden? It didn't seem like that just now? Shizuka Hiratsuka stumbled back, pressing her forehead, and tripped over the gravel under her feet, her body tilted. She felt that she always gave in to some stubborn guys recently, Shizuka Hiratsuka thought helplessly.

Oh, flying! Shizuka Hiratsuka had an innocent smile on her face. In fact, she was just lifted up by Borodin because she couldn't control her body temporarily. It seemed that she was a little confused by the beating...

"Clang!" Xueshita jumped up and chopped Borodin's back with both swords. The jump chopped with the mountain-collapsing technique, the two swords split into dozens of slashes of the same strength and fell on Borodin's body at the same time.

The sudden burst of power did shake Borodin, but most of the force was offset by his armor. Raising his foot and stepping down, Borodin successfully stabilized his body. Ignoring Yukinoshita who was attacking him from behind, Borodin threw out Shizuka Hiratsuka who was in his hand, and quickly grabbed the greatsword that had just been knocked away by his sledgehammer, and hurled it hard. Shizuka Hiratsuka was nailed to a stone pillar by his own weapon.

"Hiratsuka Shizuka!" Yukinoshita shouted nervously.

"Damn it!" Yukinoshita couldn't control her emotions. Borodin turned around and swung his giant sword at her again. Although she was still worried about Hiratsuka Shizuka's situation, Yukinoshita had to focus her attention back on Borodin in front of her. She jumped back to avoid the blow and tried her best to stay calm.

"Yukishita!" Hikigaya yelled.

After taking a quick glance in Hikigaya's direction, Yukinoshita knew what he was going to do.

"I understand!" Yukinoshita responded.

Hikigaya put away his shield and held the musket with both hands like a greatsword. He was swinging the musket in the air, and a dazzling and sharp blue flame was shooting out from the muzzle of the musket.

After spinning twice in the air, the rifle, carrying huge kinetic energy, smashed down fiercely. The blade strengthened by magic successfully cut a gap in Borodin's body. The giant sword Borodin used to block was also split to other positions. After smashing down, the muzzle of the gun, which was spewing sharp blue flames, was aimed at the ground. Hikigaya, who had just landed, had no way to raise the muzzle of the gun quickly.

However, Yukinoshita had already arrived, rushing forward and thrusting upward. The dragon-strike cannon had already been charged, and the huge bullet fired from the muzzle grazed Borodin's hammer handle. The idea of ​​blocking it with the hammer handle failed, and the dragon-strike cannon hit Borodin perfectly, causing large cracks to appear on his armor.

"Don't worry too much, Hiratsuka Shizuka is fine." Hikigaya reminded.

"Hmm? Hmm..." Yukinoshita then noticed that Hiratsuka Shizuka's breathing had not become weak at all, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was nailed to the stone pillar, didn't feel anything serious. She just remembered what her father had said to her before.

"You know, daughter, we in the Sparta family actually have a tradition." Dante said to Shizuka Hiratsuka with a mysterious look on his face.

"What tradition?" Shizuka Hiratsuka asked curiously.

"It will happen more or less once, maybe more often. We are always inexplicably nailed to the wall, to a pillar, or to some messy place by our own weapons." Dante said.

"You're kidding, Dad. How could there be such a strange tradition?" Shizuka Hiratsuka just laughed it off at her father's words.

"Tsk, it's okay if you don't believe it. You'll suffer a loss like this sooner or later anyway." Dante smiled and shook his head, looking at his young and ignorant daughter.

"Tsk, I don't believe it. My stinky dad always tries to lie to me." Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was still a little girl, made a face.

"Dinner is ready, you two come over here and help." Letty shouted at the father and daughter who were talking about something.

"I understand, Mom." Little Shizuka Hiratsuka stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

"Letty." Dante called intimately. The two kissed naturally as they passed by, and then walked towards their daughter together.

"What are we having for dinner today?" Dante asked.

"What you like." Letty replied casually.

"Strawberry sundae?"

"Go get it from the refrigerator after dinner," Letty said unhappily.

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"The tradition my father talked about is actually true..." Shizuka Hiratsuka murmured while being nailed to the stone pillar.

"Let me do it, Hikigaya." Looking at Borodin who was unable to move in front of him, Yukinoshita said.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Looking at Yukinoshita's determined eyes, Hikigaya stopped moving forward, turned around and stood behind Yukinoshita.

"Hah~" Letting out a long breath, Yukinoshita raised her right hand, with her five fingers spread out and pointing at Borodin, as if she was thinking about something. Hikigaya felt an inexplicable rhythm coming from Yukinoshita, and this rhythm gradually became harmonious over time.

Clang! A white light circle surrounded Borodin, and more than a dozen light blue sword blades appeared from the void, either inserted into the ground or floating in the air, all precisely located at the edge of the light circle.

It looked like it was over. Yukinoshita began to breathe heavily, but still raised her hands stubbornly.

There are only eighteen swords. Is this really too much for me now? Yukinoshita thought unwillingly.

Sword formation? Hikigaya observed the formation in front of him. It seemed a little imperfect. Could it be that Yukinoshita couldn't fully control it? Looking at Yukinoshita's appearance, Hikigaya was sure of this.

Hikigaya continued to observe. Eighteen swords, here and there... maybe six more missing. A total of twenty-four swords are needed.

"Let me help you." Hikigaya patted Yukinoshita's shoulder gently and walked forward.

"Hmm?" Yukinoshita just watched Hikigaya walk to the sword formation.

"Dark Dragon 19, Great Sword of Sin 20, Dark Sword 21..." Yukinoshita looked at Hikigaya and muttered while taking out swords to fill the missing positions in the sword formation.

"If it's twenty-four..." Hikigaya took out the spiral sword and threw it up lightly, gathering twenty-four swords. All the weapons in the sword formation resonated, and the previous eighteen swords became more solid.

Looking at Yukinoshita, Hikigaya gave a thumbs up, nodded with a smile, and then said loudly: "Come on."

"It succeeded..." Yukinoshita murmured, seeming a little bit unbelievable.

"Thank you, Hikigaya..." The girl expressed her feelings in a tiny voice that only she could hear.

"The ultimate weapon." Yukinoshita said softly, and the eighteen swords before almost solidified into entities. As soon as the words fell, they quickly rushed towards the sword formation.

He grabbed a sword and slashed at Borodin in the center of the sword formation while rushing towards the other sword. Except for Hikigaya's blade, all other weapons turned into light spots and dissipated after one slash by Yukinoshita. His speed kept increasing, and one weapon after another disappeared in the slashing. The light and afterimages in the sword formation became more and more dense. After holding the two swords in the air and spinning towards Borodin, Yukinoshita finally took the spiral sword in his hand.

The sword was ablaze with flames, lingering around Yukinoshita's arm holding the sword. This sword was very warm...

Holding the spiral sword, he slashed from bottom to top, and the flames in the sky completely engulfed Borodin.

This is the final blow between him and me.

53. I, Borodin, fight with my gun and lance for three and a half minutes

With a hint of subtle emotion, Shizuka Hiratsuka placed both hands on the greatsword that pierced her abdomen. So this is what it felt like to be nailed to the wall by her favorite weapon. It was a brand new experience... Pulling the sword out with both hands, Newton watched with relief as Shizuka Hiratsuka and her weapon fell to the ground together.

"Bang... Bang..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was lying on the ground, stood up, her eyes were red, her mouth opened as if she wanted to howl, but in the end she just exhaled heavily, blinked and returned to her normal state. The wound on her abdomen had completely healed, and there was no trace of being penetrated at all. She even repaired her clothes?! This is too much, Hiratsuka Shizuka, using magic power on such a trivial matter as repairing clothes, the world will not become happy if this happens.

"Ha..." Shizuka Hiratsuka raised her hands and stretched, yawning comfortably. Oh~ With a figure like this, I would want one even if he was a devil... Shizuka Hiratsuka put the greatsword behind her back again.

"Hey, is it done?" Shizuka Hiratsuka waved and shouted to Hikigaya and Yukinoshita.

Before Hikigaya and Yukinoshita could say anything, a familiar voice sounded again.

"Of course not!" Although he tried his best to maintain his dignity, Borodin's voice still conveyed obvious fatigue and weakness.

"Bang..." Borodin, who was knocked to the ground, turned over, his face no longer touching the ground, but looking up.

"Just kidding. By the way, I'm very happy about this." The salty fish smell emanating from Borodin instantly spread around.

"You're not dead yet?" Hikigaya was also a little surprised, holding his rifle and ready to go over to finish him off.

"No more fighting, no more fighting, ah~ my body feels like it's been hollowed out." Borodin waved his hand casually, then completely relaxed his body and let his hand fall naturally.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong with you all of a sudden...where's your kingly demeanor just now?" Hikigaya looked at Borodin, whose character had collapsed, with a frown on his face. He didn't want to use his rifle to poke such a salted fish. If he took it back after poking it, everything in his backpack would become fishy.

"People always change, and I haven't been a king for many years." Borodin suddenly started chatting with Hikigaya and his group as if they were talking about family matters.

"Extreme Demon Sword Technique: Storm Style, what a nostalgic move." Borodin said nostalgically, and at the same time he felt a dull pain in many parts of his body.

"You know this trick?!" After hearing Borodin's words, Yukinoshita also became nervous.

"Ah, of course I know. When I was in the dungeon of Arad continent, I was killed by this move countless times every day. And there were also those Satellite Rays, Thousand Lotuses in Bloom, Demonic Prison Blood Kill, Great Dark Sky... Those adventurers really will never be short of colorless. Ah, my knees are starting to hurt again." Borodin began to complain as painful memories were brought back.

"But I finally left there. I am very happy every day here. I don't have to tremble under the shadow of those greedy adventurers. I like living here very much. Here I have found the value of my life again." Borodin's words were filled with pure happiness and joy.

"Aren't you the Pharaoh? Where are you from?!" Yukinoshita was frightened.

"Oh, Pharaoh, I was one for a while. Suddenly, a dark space crack appeared in the dungeon, so I went in with my five men. It was better to go there than to stay where we were. We were killed by adventurers in various ways all day long, and we couldn't beat them. Who would be willing to stay? Then I came here."