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T/N: This is the first out of four final (for the time being) chapters. After Chapter 173.2 it will be a waiting game. While you wait you can try other series. Also, the slot for Metro Labyrinth will be filled by the four active series. So, expect 5 advanced chapters per week for one of the four series. Thank you and see you again on the next upload.
~Yoshitsune’s Perspective~
I thought that the “Conductor” had gradually become weak,
“Huh!?” (Yoshitsune)
The [Indestructible Sword] immediately received an attack and a loud screech screams.
As its name suggests, every time the “Conductor” swings its arms, the air splits, and a shock runs through my defending hands.
([Beheading Thread] hah–!) (Yoshitsune)
Also known as [Wind Blade]. It is a rare skill that sends out hypha thread that is hard and sharp like steel wire.
The thread itself is difficult to see due to its thinness and speed, but the timing and trajectory can be read by looking at the swing of the arm. Slashing away with my sword, I close the distance again.
And,
Sparks fly away.
(Dangerous.) (Yoshitsune)
Swinging my sword, I blew the spores away and dive behind a rock at the same time. In the nick of time, it explodes, and fire erupts.
([Explosive Spores]…!) (Yoshitsune)
The dust-skills are hard to discern until they are activated. While it is usual to suspect poison or debuffs, I was saved by my judgment when I noticed the familiar color of the attacking spores and kept my distance from them.
“……” (Yoshitsune)
A shiver runs down my spine. I look up and my eyes meet those of the “Conductor” stuck to the ceiling.
A sword arm loomed over me. The blade covered with purple spores—[Erosive Blade].
I can’t avoid it. The impact above his head caused his spine to creak and the muscles in his legs and back to scream.
“Gah!!!” (Yoshitsune)
The essence of the Tougo-style is to finish immediately. Giii! Gah! And to rush with all their might.
Even from above my guard, I was getting crushed. I keep fighting it off to protect my core, but—
([Beheading Thread], [Explosive Spores], and [Erosive Blade]) (Yoshitsune)
[Erosive Blade] is the ability to corrode and decompose the products of Fungal Skills. Although it has no effect on living creatures, it boasts overwhelming superiority in a battle between Fungal Skills.
(But if it’s the [Indestructible Sword]…) (Yoshitsune)
A snapping, ominous sound could be heard.
The [Indestructible Sword] and the giant sword clad in the [Erosive Blade].
Every time they clashed, spores scattered, and black shards danced in the air.
(This is a lie, right?) (Yoshitsune)
The first one to shatter was the [Indestructible Sword].
“Ha-ha, it’s over…” (conductor)
The moment the “Conductor” swings its sword down,
Bam! A dead beast collides against its back.
“Kure Izuho.” (Kure)
The “Conductor” turned around, and at that moment, Kure slipped into his reach,
“—take this.” (Kure)
He sends a palm strike.
“Oh!” (Kure)
Blood gushes out from Kure’s skewered hand.
What blocked it was a round hypha shield with sharp spikes–[Needle Shield]? The “Conductor’s” left hand has been transformed into that.
“Yes, thank you for the meal.” (Conductor)
The “conductor” swung his sword, and at the same time, Kre pushed up his left arm with the shield, causing his opponent to lose his stance, and threw him away with an Anticipating Counter and a foot swipe. Since it was weak, they immediately got up, neither Kure nor I pursued them.
“…It looks like you’re done.” (Yoshitsune)
“Thanks to them, my ‘Booty’ is sharp. I wanted to throw the new version at him too, but I guess I didn’t do it right.” (Kure)
Blood is dripping from his palms. He said that only his dominant hand could perform that technique, so you could say he’s essentially lost his trump card.
“I mean, you are breaking rules and etiquette. He is my prey.” (Yoshitsune)
“I’ll get down on my knees and apologize as much as you want later. But Yoshitsune, aren’t you forgetting our most important objective?” (Kure)
“We already achieved our quota for cutting the roots of Sacred Tree?” (Yoshitsune)
“Something else.” (Kure)
“Um, to defeat Watanabe and protect Nakano…?” (Yoshitsune)
“No… to live! Go back to the surface! To meet Shuu!!” (Kure)
Kure tears off his own jersey and is half-naked.
I, who was relieved of the suffocating atmosphere, could only laugh.
“Hehe… but I can handle it on my own. I know who this guy was.” (Yoshitsune)
If the other party had been “the guy I thought he was,” I would have put my priority on destroying him, even if it meant abandoning my pride.
But this one.
The person who became this person is…
“Hey, slippery bastard.” (Yoshitsune)
“Are you talking about me?” (Conductor)
“The person you’re based on is “The Transcendent” Kang Jubei—is it?” (Yoshitsune)
“”Eh?”” (Conductor & Kure)
The “Conductor” and Kure said in harmony.
“It must have been someone from The Transcendent Squad that he was leading. All the swordsmen members of the team use Tougo-style, right?” (Yoshitsune)
It was definitely Tougo-style. However, as I repeatedly used the blade, I began to sense a subtle discrepancy between them and my brother’s swordsmanship.
The ultimate Fungal Skill user, Kang Jubei is a general-purpose [Holy Knight], but as far as I know, he hasn’t mastered any of the following skills: Beheading Thread, Explosive Spores, Erosive Blade, and Needle Shield. It would be even more so if the blade-like arm was the Fungal Skill [Odachi].
“His name was… Umm, Fukuhara. He’s a lower-ranked member of The Transcendent Squad, and even though he’s reasonably strong, he was my brother’s subordinate. His swordsmanship was also an imitation of my brother’s. It took me a while to notice because they looked alike.” (Yoshitsune)
Although he was hidden behind the leader and did not stand out much, he was said to be as strong as any other fighter in the national ranks.
He is a [Holy Knight], like my brother and his level is 70+. During a joint mission to defeat him in the third Metro of Meguro, I witnessed him using the [Odachi] and [Erosive Blade]. There is no doubt that it was that man who was the source of this “Conductor”. [T/N: Good for you Yoshitsune. I hope your brother is safe.]
“I still don’t know what you’re talking about. It doesn’t change the fact that I’m going to take your souls after this.” (Conductor)
“If you were the end of my brother’s life… I was going to send you to the abyss, even if I had to cross paths with Mr. Kure.” (Yoshitsune)
“That bad?” (Kure)
Now that Watanabe is free and a lieutenant has been absorbed like this, the chances of my brother being safe are still low.
But at least this monster in front of me wasn’t my brother.
In that case, I have no intention of losing to someone like this.
I took a deep breath and held up my hands. Black hyphae intertwine to form the [Immortal Sword].
“Huh, that stick again?” (Conductor)
The “conductor” snickered. My face twitched,
“Is that the only power your soul has? If that’s the case, that’s disappointing…” (Conductor)
“…shut up.” (Yoshitsune)
My shoulders were shaking. The veins in my neck were throbbing.
“Yoshitsune?” (Kure)
“This is my stick… It’s the one and only, the blackest and hardest stick in the world! You got a problem with that?! Huh!?” (Yoshitsune)
“Yoshitsune?” (Kure)
I was proud of it.
Although I was born a level 30 Fungal Genius at birth, and although I was born a [Holy Knight], which is a Higher Ranked Fungal Class (in addition to hard hypha, I also had the ability to manipulate soft hypha and my body), but the only Fungal Skill he could master was this unique hypha sword–and that was all.
I named it [Indestructible Sword] because I wished for a way of life that would never break. Even with just one sword, it was proof of my determination to aim for the top.
If you take it away from me, there is nothing left, and I have sharpened it at the risk of my life to erase my inferiority complex. The [Indestructible Sword] is the very thing that makes me proud of my swordsmanship and my way of life.
–It was the first time that [Indestructible Sword] was broken.
The reality of it was burning so much humiliation that I wanted to rip my own guts out and become fertilizer for the metro.
“…From here on out, it’s a fight for our souls (balls) with this stick.” (Yoshitsune)
The shame I received with the sword will be wiped out with the sword.
Otherwise, I will die. That’s it.
“Your sporangium, give it to me!!!” (Yoshitsune)
Yoshitsune laughed with the ferocity of Ashura.
A/N: Although I was depressed for sometime, my balls are doing well.
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