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Chapter 173: The Source of Disorder

The abomination creature I fought against when I met up with "The Raven" is right in front of my eyes. However, the former is quite the inferior version of what I am seeing right now. It cannot be compared to the one that I am seeing right now. No wonder Mephisto and "The Raven" keeps on saying that the replica is the inferior version of the original. However, if the replica can already cause severe effects on my body that I can't even remember what happened, then what about the original? Maybe worse than that?

"GUUUUUUUUUUUU~"

Its cries are low but it exudes great pressure on one's body that when heard, you will get weak on your knees and your mind will suddenly go on a turmoil.

"ACK!" Maple clutches her head as the roar of the creature echoed in the surroundings.

"Maple!"

"I am alright, it's just that my head started getting painful after hearing the roar of that monster... Ugh..." Maple is holding her head like she was in severe pain.

"Calm down and relax. Do not stress out your body too much and do not look at the creature constantly. We have to make sure that you won't go crazy as we approach the creature since that is our target."

"Our target?"

"From what the intel I got from the mercenary guild, that is the cause of the Crazed Phenomenon Disorder. If we wanted to end the disorder, defeating it will be the key to ending it."

"But... that is a giant enemy...ugh... can we defeat it?"

"We will be able to do so. Don't give up yet even if the enemy is a giant. Remember, you have Muramasa and Masamune. You are a magic swordswoman and if you wanted to avenge your family, then this is your chance."

"Avenge..." Maple was hesitant but her face looks eager after hearing that she can avenge her family from this monster.

Since Maple is still a little bit in a daze, I have to pull her with me since we have no more time to dawdle. Now that we managed to escape the illusion, the creature has spotted us already and is ready to kill us anytime if it can. But that is not the case with this creature...

("Remember, when you spot this creature, the symptoms of the disorder will not manifest yet, however, once you managed to get close to the creature like 20 meters or less, the creature will now start to take notice of your actions and will be ready to release the Crazed Phenomenon Disorder. Until then, you guys will still be safe. Remember that, so while you are not yet in the range from the creature, utilize a plan you can use for later. That will help on avoiding dangers that the creature possess.")

Just like what "The Raven" said, I have to make sure that I am within the minimum distance necessary to avoid the gaze of the enemy as long as possible before I can fight against it, one on one.

"ROAAARRRR!"

The creature is keeping on roaring that it induces more pressure on our bodies. It's hard to continue moving when the pressure keeps on tolling your body. It is not a good thing especially for me who is under constant pressure from different individuals with magic different from my magic and creatures that can do things similar to this one.

"I am fine now, Kazuma. Thanks for dragging me for a bit while I am on a daze."

"Can you properly do rational decisions now? It will be dangerous if you still keep on doing that."

"Don't worry about me on that. If that is the cause of my family trouble then I will not just stand idly. I will do it."

"Are you sure Masamune and Muramasa can do it?"

"I have."

At that moment, Masamune appeared. However, Muramasa did not get out of the sword but instead, he possessed Maple's body. Masamune just floated in the air but Muramasa started speaking using Maple's voice.

"I am not against fighting that enemy, however, my host's body will not be able to withstand the effects of the enemy. Therefore, if possible, I wanted to control her body. As a spirit, curses are not so effective although the strong ones can also affect us if we are exposed for quite a long time. But her body is not enough, I need someone to support her and that's where you come in. You can switch from supporter to attacker. You are going to be the key to this mission."

"Alright. That's what I am going to do anyway so there's no way I will decline. This is part of my mission."

"Understandable, then let's get going," Muramasa said as he controls Maple's body.

"Wait, wait there are no plans?"

"Always has been."

...

All of us started running towards the creature. Since Muramasa has taken over Maple's body and Masamune is chilling in the air I am thinking if things will go wrong with this team composition. It is a little bad for me since I can't summon anyone at all. For some reason, they don't respond at all to my calls which is a little bad. But I have no choice, so I have to suck it up and rely on my power and these two blacksmiths using their swords.

"I can see that it is now starting to move and it is currently looking in our direction," Muramasa said, readying his sword.

"Will that creature starts to attack?"

"I assume that it will not yet do so. It might have started to ready its attack or curse but it is not showing any signs yet so maybe not until we get a little bit nearer."

"Shall we use the stalls to use for our cover? All of them are abandoned," I suggested.

"It will be fine for now but that doesn't mean we can already escape the eyes of that monster. It can curse someone. I can only hope of cutting it before reaching us but I don't think I can do that if it shoots out unexpectedly."

"Then, if you miss it, then I can do catch it," Masamune said while he is still chilling in the air."

"Bah! Are you sure you can do that? I have never seen you do something like that ever."

"Heh, you old man, you sure are underestimating me a lot. Just because you have not seen it, doesn't mean I cannot do it. Just wait till that happens and I can show it off on you."

The two continue to argue with each other. I cannot join their banter though since I am focusing my eyes on the creature's movements. I can't just be a little distracted on this or else things will get rougher from here. 

"Blue, can you tell me the situation now? It's hard to see while I am here obstructed by store stalls."

"It hasn't shown any dangerous movements yet but be careful, it will do so once you get to the 20-meter radius. Just keep on going."

There might be buildings here and there but that is not enough to obstruct our path. We can just jump from them and continue to move. I didn't realize it since I have been doing it since then, but I can now leap from building to building like a ninja. And I didn't even notice it since I have been doing it that way since, though I can't remember when exactly.

As we are getting near the creature, tremors and frigid winds have been stronger than before. The surrounding buildings near the creature's feet have been reduced to rubble and some are ground to dust. Even the trees and the ground itself has been reduced to dust, nothing left to be told except dust.

"What an enormous beast, it looks like the sharpness of my "cursed sword" will be put to its limits though I doubt it cannot be cut."

"You braggart, a sword will always have something that they cannot cut! Though for swords made by my hands they can cut anything!" Masamune grinned as he brags about his sword.

"Still cocky as ever eh? But you know that the swords only serve their purpose. It should be the wielder who will decide whether they can cut it or not. Isn't it true to you, Masamune? Since you are not a swordsman, I am quite sure that you are not that proficient in the way of the sword."

"Ha, you thought I am a petty swordsman? I won't become a swordsmith if I don't know how to wield a sword!" Masamune argued.

I have enough of these two arguing so I decided to intervene since the creature has finally made a move.

"Guys, the monster is now looking at us, judging from the movements of this guy, I don't know what it will be doing but I know that I won't like the look of it."

I thought they will continue to do their arguments but the good thing is that they finally stop the bickering and started to get serious.

"So that guy is about to make its move eh?" Muramasa pulls out the katana from nowhere and exudes bloodlust from his katana. Masamune also did the same and a surge of mana starts to leak out from the katana. I have seen Maple used them before but to see the two spirits wield them and giving them power, I didn't think it would feel this heavy.

"Kazuma, I know you are going to engage in a battle against this guy but I suggest we do the first move first. We would like to try if our trusty pieces of work will pay off," Muramasa said as he points his katana in the air, causing it to ignite in black flames.

"Time to cut some slack, monster."