Popular NPC in a Gender-Reversed Game – Chapter 39

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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I had seen Yor fight many times.

Against the Owlbear, and when he was escorting Chae-rin. There were quite a few videos of him fighting on YouTube.

But if someone asked if I had ever seen him really fight, I would have to shake my head.

Most of his opponents were defeated in a single blow.

There was no way to properly gauge his fighting prowess or his combat style.

Even the Owlbear was one-shotted. What kind of opponent could possibly force him to go all out?

I had vaguely assumed he was just moderately strong.

But seeing him fight in person, I realized that his combat abilities far exceeded my expectations.

“Oh my god…”

I muttered, my face filled with awe.

I couldn’t believe he was going toe-to-toe with a Great Demon, and even gaining the upper hand.

Having participated in the Andromalius raid, I knew how powerful a ranked demon could be.

Even hundreds of players attacking together could be wiped out in a single blow by a Great Demon.

Seere seemed a bit weaker than usual for some reason, but… they were still beings that players couldn’t even dream of challenging.

And yet, Yor was winning.

I was also surprised by how aggressive his fighting style was.

“What kind of man…”

He didn’t seem to fear injury, both giving and receiving. He didn’t even flinch as blood splattered everywhere.

He fought like a berserker.

He was charging through a storm of sword attacks that I wouldn’t dare approach even with my Synchronization Rate lowered, and he was doing it barehanded. It was an incredible display of courage.

‘Can he not feel pain…?’

I briefly wondered.

But no.

His face contorted in pain every time he was cut.

He definitely felt pain.

He just endured it and kept moving forward.

A flicker of hope ignited within me.

If the fight continued like this… he might actually defeat Seere.

But that hope was quickly extinguished.

“Halt!”

Reinforcements had arrived.

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Clank- Clank- Clank-

Knights wearing boots marched into the back alley.

Perhaps due to the news of a demon’s descent, a large number of reinforcements were dispatched to the slum.

I frowned.

‘Oh no.’

Why now?

I had anticipated the arrival of reinforcements.

The commotion must have alerted the guards.

But the timing wasn’t good. I could have finished him if I had a little more time.

“Seere is here?”

“Where? Where is he?!”

It wasn’t just knights who had arrived. Behind them, I saw people carrying various weapons.

Otherworlders.

They had also flocked to the scene after hearing about Seere. They looked around and finally spotted us.

“Found him! He’s over there!”

“Oh, it’s really Seere!”

“Me too, me too! Please let me be your footstool! Uh…? But who’s that next to him?”

“Is that a man…? I can’t tell because of the hood.”

I frowned.

They were useless.

As I hesitated, Seere spoke.

“Kehehe, how about we call it a truce, child? As a fellow Carrier, you’ll also have trouble if you’re caught.”

He was suggesting we go our separate ways.

It was annoying, but he had a point.

Honestly, the Imperial Knights were just as unpleasant to me as this guy.

I was fine for now, thanks to the Illusion and the hood, but… I didn’t want to attract their attention.

“You can escape now. Most of their attention is on me. So step aside.”

But should I just let him go?

I felt uneasy about that. If I encountered him again, he might hold a grudge and come after me.

‘I have to at least injure him seriously.’

I doubted we would meet again, but I had to make sure he wouldn’t be a threat if we did.

Killing him here would be the best outcome, but… it seemed too late for that.

Damn knights and their fast feet.

Fortunately, an opportunity to injure him presented itself quickly.

“I told you to step aside.”

He used his ability again.

“Huh? My sword!”

Whoosh-

An otherworlder’s sword disappeared, and a new sword appeared in Seere’s hand.

One sword wasn’t enough, so he was planning to use two swords to block me.

And that was his mistake.

He had to discard the dagger in his other hand.

His ability might be limitless, but he could only hold two weapons at a time with his human body.

I quickly rolled towards the discarded dagger and grabbed it with both hands. The familiar grip filled me with a sense of comfort.

“Everyone, form a perimeter! Drive out the evil demon!”

Considering how quickly the knights were approaching, this would probably be my last attack.

So I didn’t hold back. I poured all the mana in my body into the blade.

Whoosh-

Sword qi enveloped the dagger.

It was crude and unrefined, but the energy contained within was formidable.

It was a finishing blow, with no thought for the next move.

I swung the dagger upwards.

The attack connected. Critically.

Slash-!

“Aaaaagh!”

Seere’s arm was severed along the trajectory of the dagger.

His left arm spun in the air and landed far away.

The onlookers gasped.

“What?!”

“How…!”

All eyes were on us.

I prepared to escape before they could recover from their shock.

I gathered the blood I had spilled and slowly backed away.

“N-Now’s our chance! Chase him!”

The knights, snapping out of their stupor, started chasing Seere.

I approached Ha-neul and whispered,

“Hey, let’s get out of here.”

The duration of the ‘Illusion’ spell was almost over. I needed her to extend it while we escaped.

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Thanks to Seere drawing their attention, escaping was easy.

Yor hadn’t revealed his mark, and everyone was busy chasing Seere.

I was able to leave the city without attracting any attention.

I didn’t even know there was a secret passage in the back alley.

“Gasp… Gasp…”

I breathed heavily after we reached the plains.

My heart was pounding. It was too much for me, a mage, to keep up with Yor’s speed.

He eventually noticed my struggle and supported me.

…It was a bit embarrassing to be supported by a ‘man,’ but he was just so much faster than me.

Honestly… it felt a bit nice to have his body close to mine.

“Let’s rest here for a bit.”

Yor said after we caught our breath. His wounds had almost completely healed, thanks to his regeneration.

He looked around and then did something unexpected.

He gathered the blood that was covering his body and compressed it into a ball in his hand.

I was surprised and asked,

“You can do that too?”

“Uh, yeah.”

“I didn’t see you do that during the fight…”

“There were too many people watching.”

He said he had been hesitant to use it because there were people around.

He could get away with the regeneration, but moving blood around would definitely attract strange looks.

Of course, fighting a demon was already strange enough.

Anyway, he buried the blood in the ground.

I was dumbfounded.

‘He wasn’t even at full power?’

He still had something up his sleeve?

I wished I could see Seere’s level.

I couldn’t tell if Seere was weak or if Yor was abnormally strong.

We had escaped safely, but Yor’s expression was still grim.

He seemed to be bothered by letting Seere escape.

‘Should I have used my blood abilities too…?’

He regretted it slightly.

Seere knew he was a Carrier. He didn’t know what the demon would do with that information.

It was fortunate that he was under the ‘Illusion’ spell at the time, but…

‘Whatever.’

He decided to put it aside for now.

It was a problem he couldn’t solve right now. Returning home was his priority.

“Oh, by the way, I brought something…”

Ha-neul spoke as we were resting. Her breathing had stabilized.

She opened her inventory and took out an object.

Yor’s eyes widened, and he slapped her hand.

Slap!

“Ow!”

“Why did you bring that?!”

He was shocked.

She had taken out Seere’s severed left arm.

Did she have some kind of amputation fetish?

Even he was a bit creeped out.

“Wait, let me explain!”

She protested. She had a reason for bringing it.

The scene flashed back to a few minutes ago.

When Yor severed Seere’s arm, she wasn’t looking at the fight. She was looking at something else.

Seere’s arm had flown through the air and landed right in front of her.

A system window had popped up.

[Acquire item?]

It was a notification that the arm was an item.

It was a drop from a raid boss, so it was only natural for her to take it.

If she left it there, someone else would probably pick it up.

She held out the severed arm and said,

“Here. It’s a bit gruesome, but… you’re the one who cut it off. It’s an item, so I brought it with me.”

“…This is an item?”

Yor tilted his head, but he took it.

It just looked gruesome.

Come to think of it, Andromalius also dropped his arm as an item when he died.

A tiger leaves its fur when it dies. Did demons normally leave their arms?

‘What kind of ability does it have?’

Since it was an item, it must have some kind of effect.

He suddenly remembered Seere’s ability.

The ability he had been using throughout the fight.

The ability to summon objects from somewhere.

It was a severed limb, so perhaps it had a similar effect.

‘Try summoning something.’

He ordered the arm.

Whoosh-

An object appeared on Seere’s left arm, as expected.

A black piece of clothing, big enough to cover his face twice…

“Huh?”

It was a bra.

“?!”

Ha-neul quickly checked her chest.

It felt strangely empty.

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