novelkee Chapter 960 The Last Routine 139
Chapter 960 The Last Routine 139
Chapter 960 The Last Routine 139
That day, while Kobayashi was lying idly in his mansion, Darkness suddenly walked over and said, "Kobayashi! How about you go and train as a martial artist?"
"What are you suddenly saying?" Kobayashi twitched the corner of his mouth, wondering why this guy had suddenly said something like that.
"It's time for me to become a Crusader whose attacks can hit their mark."
"Seriously, what are you talking about?... I never thought you had that kind of thought."
Kobayashi was even more puzzled.
"It's only now that things have come to this..."
“It won’t be too late!” Darkness suddenly said with a serious expression, “I can do it, Kobayashi!”
"Why did you suddenly turn over a new leaf?"
Kobayashi had absolutely no idea why this guy was suddenly acting stupid again, but she did this every now and then, and she was already immune to it.
"Me? I want to become stronger." Darkness clenched his fist and said, "I want to be stronger than I am now, to protect the people!"
"……Then what?"
"And the stronger you become, the closer you can get to powerful opponents, right?"
"Yeah, go on."
"That means... you might encounter even more dangerous opponents!"
"So you're saying we'll encounter danger?"
"Ahhh!!"
Darkness suddenly shouted excitedly. This guy really hasn't reformed. He's always thinking about encountering stronger enemies and suffering stronger blows. I'm really helpless with him.
"So, I'm going to start my martial arts training right away!"
Darkness said this with a smile.
Scenes of causing trouble for others everywhere easily come to mind.
It's so troublesome to keep going around in circles and still end up with trouble. So, all I can do is... solve the trouble before it comes knocking.
After thinking about all this, Kobayashi nodded readily, gave a thumbs up, and said, "Ah, okay. I'll go with you to Darkness's martial arts training!"
"Really!?" Darkness exclaimed excitedly, "I feel much more at ease now. Let's decide on the departure date another day. I'll make preparations before then."
"Go Darkness, ah!"
Xiaolin twitched the corner of her mouth.
Darkness, although she said she wanted to train as a martial artist,—I have a bad feeling about it. If I don't change her mind now, I'll probably get dragged into trouble too. But what should I do…?
"Oh, Darkness! I've been looking for you!"
Kobayashi spotted the Knights of the Cross strolling through the street and said, "Regarding the martial arts training we talked about a few days ago—"
"Ah, that's no longer a problem!" Darkness said with a smile.
Ok?
Kobayashi was slightly taken aback and said, "Could it be that you've changed your mind?"
If this guy changes his mind, it would be a good thing for him; at least he wouldn't have to worry about trouble coming his way.
If she's willing to stop doing such stupid things, then I'm saved too.
however--
Darkness took out a commission form from his pocket and said, "It's from a woodcutter and a merchant. They say the bandits living in the mountains are dangerous and they want me to drive them away."
"W-What did you say...!?"
"It is also my mission to alleviate the people's anxiety. A formidable enemy awaits us. Let's go, Kobayashi!"
"Damn it...it's too late...!"
Kobayashi clicked his tongue in disbelief. He hadn't expected that while he was pondering how to stop Darkness, this guy had already accepted someone else's request and was even enthusiastically planning to solve it. Honestly, wouldn't something go wrong?
But letting this guy go alone would only make people more uneasy, so Kobayashi had no choice but to chase after him, intending to wipe out all the bandits.
Upon reaching the mountain, they saw the bandits' lair. Without hesitation, Darkness pushed open the door and shouted.
Please—!
The bandits in the room were all startled. Some were shouting why no one else had reported the intruder, but what Kobayashi wanted to say was that they had all been wiped out. He was the one who did it.
"I am Darkness from Axel!" the freakish female crusader shouted. "I'm here to inform the people of this outpost that, in order to avoid frightening the villagers, could you please move elsewhere?! Otherwise... I'll have no choice but to use force to subdue you!"
"Um……?"
"What's going on with this guy?"
"Stop pretending, intruder! Now that people know about this place, we can't let her go back!"
The bandits were spouting tiresome trash talk, while Darkness said, "Kobayashi, don't make a move, let me handle it!" Then he drew his longsword and charged at the bandits.
Then countless swords and blades rained down on Darkness, but they were all deflected, and Darkness was not injured at all.
The bandits immediately shouted, "What... what's wrong with this thing... it's too hard!!!"
Sorry, my Crusader is too hard, I'm really sorry.
"What's wrong?" Darkness asked, looking like he hadn't had enough. "Is this all the bandits' stronghold? Put in a little more effort! Don't let me underestimate you!"
"What did you say……!?"
"Bringing the strongest person here is fine. I will absolutely not yield!"
"Don't talk nonsense!" the bandit shouted back, "No one here can beat a muscle woman like you!"
"A muscular woman...!? This is too humiliating! Heh heh...!"
Darkness's lips curled into a smile.
"Is...is this guy happy...?" The bandits were stunned, feeling a sense of fear at Darkness's beaming smile. "Why is he excited? We have no idea!"
Not good.
The bandits didn't want to get involved with her either.
Kobayashi sighed and rubbed his forehead. This guy was completely unreliable; he actually used such a method to make the bandits admit defeat.
Then the bandits suddenly knelt on the ground, begging for mercy and shouting, "Forgive us, we surrender!"
"This is just a newly established stronghold! We haven't even started doing anything bad yet! Please, forgive us!" the bandits pleaded repeatedly.
Darkness didn't mince words and shouted, "Give back what you stole!"
"You haven't gone out to steal anything yet!?"
The bandits screamed in despair. As they said, they had only just gathered and hadn't even gone out to do anything yet. In this situation, Darkness was forcing them to hand over the stolen goods. Wasn't this bullying honest people?!
Darkness gritted his teeth in resentment and said, "Damn it, they're so sharp-tongued...! Vicious bandits!"
She made a move to teach the surrendered bandits a lesson, but Kobayashi rushed up to stop her.
"Wait, wait, wait! Darkness, go back!"
that's it.
In the end, it was only after Kobayashi kept apologizing that the situation was brought under control.
Then a few days later.
Darkness came to him again and said, "Kobayashi, go and train as a martial artist!"
"Again?!"
A few days ago, Darkness destroyed the bandit group stationed on the mountain, but she didn't expect that the operation to be too easy, making her seem a little unsatisfied.
"Those guys who lost to me, it's about time they got some training."
"what?"
"If they engage in any banditry, they must be brought to the guild."
"That being said..."
Kobayashi never expected that Darkness would still not let those bandits go; rather, it would be more accurate to say that they had reformed and were no longer bandits.
"The duel is over, let's go, Kobayashi!"
Darkness, however, forcefully pulled him away.
This guy……!
Left with no other choice, she had to go with Darkness. Upon arriving at the former bandit stronghold, she forcefully pushed open the door again and shouted, "I'm Darkness from Axel! I've come to check on your situation!"
"not good!"
"Everyone, that crazy blonde lady is here again! Run!"
"Run away, run away!"
The bandits fled their stronghold the moment they saw Darkness, scattering in all directions.
"What!?" Darkness shouted in surprise and resentment, "I came here honorably, and you want to run away!? Have those bandits committed some terrible crime? If you find any signs of thievery, bring them back to the guild immediately!"
"Etc., etc!"
At this moment, a thief stepped forward and explained, "We have been repairing our stronghold and recuperating from this day forward, and we haven't stolen a single thing!"
"That's so pitiful..."
Kobayashi couldn't help but sigh.
Whether it was due to sheer fear or not, the thief fled as quickly as he finished speaking. Darkness instinctively shouted after him, "Don't even think about escaping!"
"I can't just say yes, can I?... Ugh!!"
The thief, fleeing in panic, encountered a gigantic, one-hit bear.
"Guaaaaaahh ...
"It's here!"
"It's here—!"
Unlike the panicked and terrified thieves, Darkness was overjoyed to see One-Hit Bear appear.
"Darkness, what are you so happy about? You're going to provoke them!"
“Gua ...
"coming!"
The ferocious bear charged at them, but Kobayashi and the others fought back fiercely and eventually defeated it.
"...Were they defeated?"
"I...I thought I was going to die...!"
That's what the bandits said after surviving the ordeal.
"You lot..." Kobayashi looked at the bandits who hadn't run away, "Did you help us?"
"No, it's unsettling that the blonde woman's attacks didn't hit at all... I started fighting desperately without even realizing it."
Even the bandits couldn't help but feel embarrassed to say that.
"The bear is very cautious and shouldn't be near where its companion was killed."
Another bandit then said this.
Darkness let out a satisfied sigh and said, "It's really enjoyable to fight a powerful enemy unintentionally. Shouldn't this be the way martial arts training is?"
"You idiot!" Kobayashi smacked her on the head and yelled, "Alright, let's go back! Apologize to the bandits!"
"Ugh, why do I have to apologize?"
"It's because you're so noisy that the One-Punch Bear appeared! Seriously!"
"Waaaaah, how is this possible...!"
After apologizing to the bandits, Kobayashi and Darkness returned home.
A few more days passed.
Kobayashi recalled that she and Darkness went to the bandits' stronghold to hunt down One-Strike Bear because Darkness was going to do martial arts training, and today she was actually planning to go again.
"Please be gentle today, okay?"
Kobayashi sighed helplessly.
“Ah.” Darkness nodded and said, “This visit is to apologize for our previous rudeness and to commend each other for our courageous struggle. Don’t worry, there won’t be any sudden attacks.”
"If that's the case, then it will be a great help."
Kobayashi snapped his fingers.
That's it, today we're going to apologize to the bandits.
When they arrived at the bandit stronghold again, they saw several bandits gathered together, doing something unknown.
"Boss, this side has collapsed!"
"...What are you doing?"
"Ah, Mr. Kobayashi and Ms. Darkness, are you here to cause trouble today...?"
He asked this with some fear.
“Your opinion is understandable. But I’m here today to apologize for what happened a few days ago,” Darkness said kindly.
"Thank you so much for your concern!" The bandit leader bowed deeply, then called to his underlings, "Hey, you guys, hurry up and get the tea out, tea!"
"Ok!"
The younger brother quickly ran back to his room.
Looking around at the scene, Kobayashi said with some surprise, "It seems like the bandits are cutting down trees in the forest."
"What on earth is this...?"
"Ah, we're woodcutters now," the bandit leader said with a laugh. "Since I lost my job, I've always thought that stealing is the only way to survive, but now..."
He looked around and said happily, "I sold the One-Punch Bear that I got with Miss Darkness and made a lot of money. With that, I bought all the necessary business equipment and started selling firewood and timber. Things are finally on track... Hehe, thank you all."
"Unbelievable...!"
Darkness said happily, "So that means you no longer have any intention of stealing anything, right? That's great!"
“Yes, while sweating with you all, Miss Darkness, those guilty thoughts all disappeared.” The bandit… no, he should be called the woodcutter leader now, said, “Come, have some tea.”
"Thank you, I'll start eating now."
Darkness took a sip of tea and said, "Hmm, I see... We should consider the unemployed from their perspective. This is a good opportunity to think about it. Thank you. If you need help, please rely on me; I'm in Axel."
"Thank you so much! Please help me!"
The old woodcutter bowed his head deeply.
“Let’s go back, Kobayashi,” Darkness said again. “We have to complete our mission too.”
"oh oh……"
"By the way, I found this in the forest. I hope it can help Miss Darkness."
The woodcutter handed over an item.
"Is that alright?" Darkness asked, slightly surprised. "Thank you, I'll use it carefully."
I always felt it was a good thing.
But have we forgotten our original purpose?
(End of this chapter)