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Tl: Sam

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“Haaaaah!!”

Mikami slammed the sword in his hand against the Salamander.
While his movement was solid, whether due to exhaustion, there was no weight behind it. That single blow merely scratched the Salamander’s scales slightly, falling far short of inflicting actual damage.

“I-It’s too hard! There was nothing like this in the data!”

「lol」
「There are actually people who say manga-like lines like that for real? lol」
「Way too much of a data character, no matter how you look at it」
「Mikami was this much of a small fry…?」
「I was rooting for him, but I’m getting the ick lol」
「Hurry up and throw away the data」

Apparently Mikami could use magic as well, but it seemed he could only use flame magic.
Against a Salamander with scales of fire, flame magic was naturally of little effect. For Mikami, who possessed no other means of attack, the Salamanders were his natural enemy.

“Then how about this! Greatest Slash!”

Mikami raised his sword with bravado and swung it down onto the crown of the Salamander’s head.
The Salamander staggered slightly from the impact, but the wound was shallow. Letting out an angry hiss of 『Jua!』, the Salamander delivered a headbutt to Mikami’s abdomen, and taking the brunt of it, Mikami was blown away with a choked cry of “Guha!?”

“I-Impossible… Against mere Salamanders, someone like me…!”

「Mikami-kun is way too hilarious」
「Skill name is so cool, huh lolol」
「Completely got the ick」
「If he knew this was being streamed, he’d probably want to die」
「Don’t sweat it」
「Stay strong」

The five Salamanders moved to encircle Mikami. At this rate, he risked being swallowed whole.
Kicking off the ground, I headed toward him.

“D-Damn it! An elite like me, in a place like this… wait, huh?”
“Yo, you alright?”

A split second before he was swallowed whole, I scooped Mikami into my arms and leaped away from the spot.
Because it was in the spur of the moment, it ended up being a princess carry. If Rin saw this stream, she would probably demand that I do the same for her.

「It’s a princess carry! Not fair!」
「I want Shachiken to carry me too」
「Doesn’t that sound a bit different in meaning? lol」
「Badump…」
「To think Mikami-kun would become the heroine. Even with the eyes of the viewers, we couldn’t see this coming」

Holding him forever would be awkward in multiple ways, so I set Mikami down.
Seeing me appear out of nowhere, Mikami couldn’t hide his astonished expression.

“Y-You, why are you here…?”
“We’ll talk later. For now, leave the Salamanders to me.”

Having their prey snatched away, the Salamanders seemed furious.
Opening their massive jaws, they charged toward me.

“Tanaka-san! Their scales are harder than the data suggests, fighting them normally won’t work!”
“If they’re hard, there’s a way to fight tailored for that. Rest and watch.”

Readying my sword, I locked eyes with the Salamanders.
I had eaten these guys before in the past, and I remembered the meat being plump and delicious. The thigh meat in particular was exquisite. Guess I’ll defeat them and procure some meat.

“Come.”
『Juraaah!!』

The Salamander lunged to bite with tremendous force.
Ducking low while stepping forward, I evaded that strike and drew my sword in a flash. The blade severed the Salamander’s neck in a split second, claiming its life.

“If the scales are hard, you just aim for the gaps between them.”
“T-Too fast…!”

「Shachiken’s sword stroke, you seriously can’t see it lol」
「Impossible unless the camera’s performance improves more」
「Mikami-kun having his eyes wide open in surprise is cute」
「Seeing it in person really must hit different after all」

“Alternatively, targeting the soft spots… like aiming inside the mouth works too.”

Drawing the Salamander in until the last possible moment, I thrust the sword into its mouth.
Then, piercing right through to the heart deep inside, I drew the sword back out. Even if their scales and hide are hard, monsters that are hard on the inside as well are rare. If you destroy their internal organs, neither humans nor monsters can keep moving.

「Hii」
「Scary」
「Way too gory」
「Zero hesitation whatsoever」
「I definitely don’t want to die like that」

Perhaps enraged by their comrades being struck down, the remaining three Salamanders attacked simultaneously.
Having learned from seeing their comrade pierced through the inside just now, they charged at me with sharp fangs and tackles without opening their mouths. At times like this…

“Against opponents where blades don’t work well, blunt impacts are effective. If you don’t have a blunt weapon, doing it bare-handed works fine.”

Striking the Salamander from above with a clenched fist, I drove it into the earth.
I finished off the other two with a kick and a hand chop.

「Like hell anyone can do that bare-handed!」
「That makes no sense!」
「It literally just happened though!」
「Such an educational stream」
「Except for the part where it’s completely useless to anyone else, it’s very educational lol」
「Everyone, make sure to properly prepare weapons, okay!」

Bare-handed combat was something I actually recommended, but it was receiving poor reviews.
If you learned to properly transmit shock into the body, you could inflict damage directly to the brain and internal organs, broadening your tactical options.
Back when I was a kid, my master had confiscated my weapons before throwing me into a dungeon too… How nostalgic.

Now then… with the Salamanders dealt with, guess I’ll hear what Mikami has to say.

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