【The Old Man of the Expelled Inn Unwittingly Dominates Today Too】Although I Want to Lead a Slow Life, for Some Reason the Strongest Beauties Who Hold Important Positions in the Country, and Were Once My Disciples, Gather Around Me Asking to Be Hired – Even Though I Only Taught Them a Little～ - Chapter 23: The Old Man Goes Wild, Slicing the Ultimate King Golem into Bits

“Major Magic Power Golem Cannon Damaged! Unable to Reload!”

“What?! He sliced the Major Magic Power Golem Cannon! Who is that old man?!”

“All Dark Smoke has disappeared! Smoke Ejection Port Damaged! Unusable!”

There’s some commotion atop the giant golem’s head. They’re fussing about damages and malfunctions.

I told you so. If you force a broken machine to work, it’ll only break further. Everyone knows that.

“Damn! He’s just an older man! Crush him!”

With a grinding sound, the giant golem raised its right arm and swung it down with force.

But…

—Too slow!

“One Strike, Two Cuts! Sei!”

My slash struck the giant golem’s fist, causing it to crack open and crumble.

As I thought—there’s no resistance at all.

“Right Arm Damaged! The fingers have completely vanished!”

“What the hell?! Impossible!”

It seems the damage is far more severe than I thought. Now, it’s nothing more than a wooden puppet. Even a common soldier like me can overpower it.

“Don’t mess with the greatest masterpiece of the magical tool powerhouse Northmanea! Magic Power Golem Cannon! Magic Gatling Gun! Magic Howitzer! Open all cannon ports!”

What’s this?!

Multiple barrel-like structures emerged from the giant golem.

—Could it be?!

“All weapons firing simultaneously! Full attack! Keep firing until all remaining magic power is exhausted! Begin shooting!!”

From the tips of the barrels, beams imbued with magical power began shooting out excessively.

I knew it!

—There’s a massive magic leak! It’s completely falling apart!

I channeled my [Fighting Spirit] again, circulating it throughout my body.

“Enough already! Let it rest!”

【One Strike, Two Cuts!】

“Sei!”, “Sei!”, “Sei!”, “Sei!”, “Sei!”

“Sei!”, “Sei!”, “Sei!”, “Sei!”, “Sei!”

“Wooaaahhh!!!”

I continually unleash my slicing technique, One Strike, Two Cuts, on every light beam.

This level of magic leak indicates it’s defective! Don’t run such a thing! Think about the trouble you’re causing to those around you!

“What?! The older man is slicing through all the shots! I can’t make heads or tails of it!”

“Fools! What kind of report is ‘I can’t make heads or tails’… wait, he is slicing through everything! Just yelling ‘Sei’ over and over!”

Infused with my 【Fighting Spirit】, I persistently execute 【One Strike, Two Cuts】.

After all, it’s just the magic power leaking due to a malfunction. It shouldn’t possess significant ability. I can handle as much of this as they throw at me.

After several minutes of relentless slicing, the leaking magical light began to wane.

“Only 5% magic power remains! It will be depleted in 30 seconds! The old man’s onslaught doesn’t stop!”

“Impossible… It’s a full attack… using all our firepower… all on that old man, who’s just mindlessly shouting ‘Sei’…”

At last, the giant golem fell silent.

No more beams of magical light were shot.

“All magic power is depleted! Main magic engine halted!”

It seems I was able to stop the magic leak.

But the commotion atop the giant golem’s head continues. Perhaps a new problem has arisen.

Now… Shhhhh…

Taking the deepest breath of the day, I muster strength in my lower abdomen.

My 【Fighting Spirit】 circulates throughout my body. I channel as much “Fighting Spirit” as possible.

Grasping my cheap beloved sword in the proper stance again—I hold my breath.

“Woah! This is the end! One Strike—Two—Cuts! Sei!!”

With all my might, I deliver a decisive blow from the top into the giant golem’s brain.

Click

With the sound of the sword being sheathed, a streak of blade’s gleam started from the head downwards. The giant golem began to split into two, slowly sliding apart.

“What the…?! Cutting the highly durable King Golem with a sword?! Who the heck is that older man? Mind-blown!”

Ah, I see. Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t have been something an older man like me could slice through.

If all its equipment had been functioning normally, perhaps I wouldn’t have been able to approach it.

But you see…

“Even an old man can deal with malfunctioning equipment if it’s not properly maintained!”

The giant golem, now perfectly bisected, crumbled with a thundering noise.

Several soldiers emerged from the pile of debris, and a person who seemed to be their commander shouted.

“All forces, retreat!”

Hearing that command, the remaining Northmane troops began their withdrawal.

“Damn, that old man’s a demon!”

“Whoa! The King Golem got taken down. Who even is that old man?”

“Darn it! We can’t go back to our homeland without achieving anything. While retreating, reorganize the remaining forces. We’ll join the mountain unit! Prepare the local Unit No. 2 for operation!”

The defeated soldiers on the battlefield shouted various things as they retreated.

Phew… That was a close one.

Unsurprisingly, moving around that much has made me all sweaty.

My white T-shirt is in a terrible state… I want to return to the inn and change as soon as possible.

“Alesia! Are you okay?”

I turned toward Alesia. She looked pretty exhausted. The darkness must have been tough on her since it’s not her forte.

Near Alesia were Liena and Nuketel.

All three of them were staring at me with wide eyes.

Even the Natol soldiers nearby were doing the same.

Everyone seemed frozen, with slight trembling.

Wait, could it be…

—Am I… smelling bad?