The Chronicles of a Man Who Aspired to Be an Unparalleled Character with Hidden Weapons - The Explorer Who Conceals His Power Becomes the Strongest When He Wields a Sword - Chapter 06: The Sword That Cuts Through Everything

Chapter 06: The Sword That Cuts Through Everything

“Takuya!!”

“…Sana?”

In the center of the trap room, Sanada sat dumbfounded.

“Don’t space out. Hurry up and come here!”

“…Yeah!”

It was a forceful method, cutting open the trap room from the outside, an act almost irregular in the dungeon’s terms.

Meaning, the sliced door and walls began repairing immediately.

Sanada, hearing my voice, started running, managing to escape the room before the repairs were complete.

“Takuya… Takuya!!”

“Sana… Sana!!”

I felt relieved seeing the two embrace before me.

As I mentioned earlier, once a trap is activated, the only way is to clear the trials within and deactivate it. However, my [Unparalleled Blade] could do such rule-bending acts.

[Unparalleled Blade]

It’s a skill that appeared when I mastered swordsmanship.

The essence is simple: summon a sword born from the skill and fight with it. Though fighting is just a bonus, the real deal is the sword itself.

(This Unparalleled Blade can cut not only material objects but even concepts… I don’t understand complex things like concepts, but it seems there’s nothing it can’t cut)

There are also enhancements to physical abilities and other minor skills, but for now, I’m just happy there were no casualties.

As I released the sword, it emitted a faint light and vanished into thin air.

(Still… I can’t believe he actually did it)

Last year… no, until just recently, things weren’t this bad.

But it seems that as the popularity of the Explorer profession rose, so did its status, leading to an increase in such incidents.

“First off, are you hurt anywhere? When you were thrown.”

“Ah… no, I’m fine. It’s just a light bruise.”

“Let me see.”

As the hem was lifted, it wasn’t just a bruise; there was a significant cut, bleeding.

For an Explorer who delves into dungeons, such a wound is neither painful nor bothersome, but for an ordinary person, it would surely hurt.

“Don’t say you’re fine. That will sting in the bath, won’t it?”

“True, it might hurt…”

“Are you sure? Is that all?”

I took out an ointment from my pocket.

This ointment is quite special, obtained from the deeper levels of the dungeons, but it can heal such wounds quickly.

Sanada and Shinjo tilted their heads in wonder, but as soon as the ointment was applied to the wound, it disappeared in an instant, leaving the skin as good as new.

“Wow…”

“Amazing…”

“Well, it’s a spoils of war from the dungeon. Since we delved together today, I’ll give it to you. Feel free to use it, or even sell it at the guild.”

It was a sort of consideration, even though I wasn’t the cause of their trouble.

Sanada was reluctant, but after I insisted, he nodded in agreement.

Then, I led them both towards the teleportation circle, both of them sparkling with excitement about my fighting skills.

“Wow… so this is what an Explorer is like.”

“Cool… how does that arrow work?”

“It’s a skill. Like this…”

I demonstrated the magic bow’s skill, even though there were no enemies.

The arrow, tracing a beautiful blue path, delighted the two as if they were watching a circus.

Despite the terrible events, I wanted to create some good memories for them.

“So… there are people like Tokioka-kun among Explorers, huh?”

“Well, yeah. But only a few go about doing foolish things like that.”

“Those guys are real jerks. If I had the power, I’d kill them!”

“Nice. I like people who can talk big like that.”

And besides, this type of person probably wouldn’t go on a rampage even if they had power.

Well, it’s unlikely these two will awaken to such power… but I often wish people like them, rather than those jerks, would awaken to power.

“Both of you, head straight to the teacher of the regular course after exiting the teleportation circle.”

“…Ah, right.”

“Got it.”

I was a bit worried it might get troublesome, wondering why they were still alive.

I’d rather not imagine what those guys reported to the teacher before us or how the teacher might be amusingly reacting to it.

Then, we used the teleportation circle to return to the surface, but as expected, Chiba and the others were waiting for us.

“…Huh?”

They looked utterly astonished seeing us.

Their faces were so comically dumbfounded, I almost pointed and laughed, but decided against it, as they seemed like they could easily lose their temper.

“Then, thank you, Tokioka-kun!”

“Really, thank you, Tokioka!”

“Yeah, no problem. See ya.”

Sanada and Shinjo immediately headed towards their homeroom teacher.

Now, what should I do… Well, no use in avoiding reality, I guess.

“Hey, how is he still alive?”

“Yeah, for real. He was supposed to be trapped!”

“That’s right, that’s right. We saw it!”

While picking my nose and flicking away the booger, I casually responded.

“I don’t really know. Somehow, the door just opened and I was able to help.”

“…Tch!”

Right? Even if they have questions, they couldn’t ask anything.

The trap room couldn’t be opened from the outside – that’s common knowledge. That’s why they couldn’t conceive what I did.

There’s a lot I want to say, but this incident should end here… but it didn’t.

“What’s with that smug look on your face, haaaaa?”

Chiba, who had started to walk away, suddenly turned back and raised his axe.

While wondering why such a guy is ranked A, and thinking how slow the approaching axe was, I didn’t bother to dodge.

“…Huh?”

Chiba’s deflated voice echoed.

Why didn’t I dodge? Because there was no need.

“What do you think you’re doing, pointing a weapon at a classmate?”

It was Sumeragi who easily blocked Chiba’s axe with her sword.

I couldn’t see Sumeragi’s face from here, but judging by Chiba’s reaction, he was quite shaken and quickly averted his eyes.

“Serves you right.”

“! You―”

“Stop it, I said.”

Yes, stay quiet.