Isekai sword - chapters 231-240

Fran burned straight through everything she was given, and even ended up ordering a bit of tea so she could relax after having eaten. The chef took that as a sign and paid us a visit as Fran leisurely enjoyed her post-meal break.

「H-How was the meal?」

「Not good as Fermus.」

「I-I see… Could you point out the parts that bothered you?」

He took out a notepad and immediately started to write stuff in it. The waitress had labeled him as an idiot, but to me, he felt more like someone that was obsessed with cooking than anything else. [1]

I considered telling Fran to be a bit less direct, but ended up deciding otherwise because telling it to him straight was more likely to benefit him.

Fran ended up being the one giving out pointers because I myself hadn’t eaten. That said, it wasn’t like Fran’s advice was lacking in any which way. She would happily eat basically anything because that was what the time she’d spent as a slave had trained her to do, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t capable of judging how good something tasted.

The only real difference was that her scale was a bit skewed. If a normal person were to rate something on a scale from one to five, the labels they’d use would probably be: bad, kinda bad, not bad, good, and very good. Fran’s labels, on the other hand, would probably read something more along the lines of: inedible, not bad, good, very good, great.

Fran’s cooking skill was flat out maxed out, and as a result, her tastebuds were incredibly sensitive. She used this sensitivity of hers to describe the chef’s deficiencies in detail.

She spent a long time giving her critique; the sun had started to set by the time we finally left.

Good luck apprentice dude. Live strong, don’t give up!
[THE COOKING SWORDBRO GAVE FRAN MAKES HER A CULINARY EXPERT]
- Chapter 233
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Fran brandished me and made a declaration before finally initiating.

「Will attack now. Defend.」

「Haah? Let me guess, the one thing you’re good at is bluffing.」

「Now.」

「Argh!?」

As his guard was down, Dewfo wasn’t able to respond to Fran’s attack at all. One moment, she was standing across from him, the next, she was right up in his face. He hadn’t been able to perceive that she had attacked him, but the sharp pain that shot through his leg and forced his knees to buckle informed him that he’d taken a hit.

「Graaaagghhhh!」

『Hmmm… Do you think that might’ve been a bit too much for a first strike?』

Fran’s charge had been a rather slow one. She had purposefully held back in order to make Dewfo take her seriously, but things didn’t seem work out the way she intended.

[FRAN BLITZES A MAGIC SWORDSMAN WHILST HOLDING BACK]
- Chapter 237
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Surely enough, Dewfo ended up closing in on us from behind as Miguel closed the gap. Honestly, he wasn’t too bad at sneaking around, but it wasn’t enough to deceive us. Naria launched an arrow at us right before Dewfo attacked, almost as if to cover for the holes in Miguel’s assault.

Her shot was precise, and really served to prove that she was actually quite skilled with the bow. It flew under Miguel’s armpit and by his face as he unleashed his strike. Honestly, it was an impressive sneak attack that would’ve caught any less skilled opponent off guard.

Dewfo’s attack was timed in such a way that it arrived at about the exact same time as Naria’s arrow. They were working together quite seamlessly, as one would expect from a group whose members partied up on a regular basis.

The Phantom Swordsman’s blade seemed to have a sort of skill applied to it, as it seemed to distort in the same way distant objects would on a hot summer day. It seemed that the skill’s purpose was to make it more difficult to figure out the precise manner in which his sword was being manipulated, which in turn meant that it gave him a bit of an edge in close quarters combat.

Though Fran’s three opponents had coordinated quite well, their attacks had failed to land or even surprise her. The Black Lightning Princess was both capable of detecting presences and detecting movement in the air around her. Thus, she caught the arrow with her bare hands and perfectly dodged both incoming blades. She then leapt out of their newly formed encirclement with ease, an act that caused all three of her foes’ faces to twist in frustration.
[FRAN EFFORTLESSLY CATCHES AN ARROW AS WELL AS DODGING A BLADE WITH AN ILLUSION CAST ON IT AND A GREATSWORD BEING SWUNG SIMULTANEOUSLY]
- Chapter 239
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「Flare Blast!」

She went all out. The spell she casted was one with enough power to critically injure a C ranker. It could even produce injuries too severe for Greater Heal to fully restore. The nasty grin that decorated her face demonstrated that it was an intentional choice. The attack wasn’t as powerful as it was because she had accidentally forgotten to hold back out of desperation, but rather, one she’d launched in order to pay Fran back for all the frustration she’d caused her. It looked like she still needed a bit of discipline and refinement as far as her personality went, but that wasn’t something we bothered concerning ourselves with. Educating her was Gamud’s job, not ours. All we’d been hired to do was smash what was left of her pride to bits.

「Flare Blast.」

Fran shot off the exact same spell. Her flames collided with Wanda’s and resulted in an explosion that perfectly neutralized both attacks.
[FRAN CAN NEGATE LARGE-SCALE FIRE ATTACKS WITH HER OWN]
- Chapter 239
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The faster adventurers immediately darted towards the gate while Miguel, the greatsword user, and three others attempted to engage Urushi in combat in order to pin him down.

In other words, their plan had been to abandon four of their members right off the bat. Most notable of the bunch that’d been left behind was Wanda, who’d let loose a Fire Arrow in Urushi’s direction.

For a moment, it almost seemed like they’d won. The escapees had made almost made it to the gate, and Urushi hadn’t budged. But that all changed when he finally decided to move. He disregarded almost all the attacks that came at him; they bounced right off his fur without inflicting even the slightest bit of harm. The only one he bothered responding to was the Fire Arrow, which he swatted out of the air with a paw before breaking into a howl.
[GREATSWORD AS WELL AS MAGIC BOUNCES OFF OF DOGGO'S FUR]
- Chapter 240
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「Awoooooo!」

Fear appeared all over the adventurers’ faces. Their limbs froze in place, as if they’d been petrified. Urushi’s howl was an application of the Howl, Fear, and Darkness Magic skills. The combination of the three abilities gave his cry the effect of terrifying any lower leveled foes.
[DOGGO HAS A SPOOPY HOWL]
- Chapter 240
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「Woof.」

The next thing the wolf did was use Shadow Slip to teleport while the party of nine was still frozen in a mix of fear and awe. His destination was obviously the door; he sealed off their escape.

He hit the five closest adventurers with his paws and dark spells as lightly as he could in order to send them flying back towards the room’s center.
[DOGGO TELEPORTS ACROSS A ~30 METRE ROOM BEFORE BATTING AWAY 5 PEOPLE]
- Chapter 240
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His foes failed to realize that he’d been holding back, and as a result, interpreted his weakened attacks as a sign that he didn’t have much offensive ability. Hence, they decided to work together and attack him all at once. They chose defeating him over yielding.

「Shit!」

「One more time!」

They continued pressing on an in attempt to beat him down, but to no avail. All their physical attacks bounced off his fur. Likewise, their spells didn’t end up having any effect either. He tore right through them with his fangs. They were able to put a little bit of damage on him from time to time, but he would heal it all off with Regeneration before he took any more.
[MAJORITY OF ATTACKS BOUNCE OF DOGGO'S FUR. ONE'S THAT MANAGE TO CUT HIM GET HEALED WITH REGEN]
- Chapter 240
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Too bad for them, it simply wasn’t meant to be.

Urushi spun around and immediately chased down the party on the verge of escape. He zoomed right past them and once again blocked off the room’s exit.

「T-That’s ridiculous…!」

「Why is it so fast!?」

All five remaining adventurers realized that there was no way they could actually outrun Urushi, so they tried to take him down with one last desperate struggle — to no avail.

The first and second were hit by Urushi’s front paws. One ended up crashed into a wall after flying a full 10 meters. The other was knocked onto the ground. He tackled the third, swatted the fourth with his tail, and used Darkness Magic to half-kill Dewfo, the fifth and final adventurer.

Less than 30 seconds had passed since he overtook them, but they’d already all been rendered incapable of combat. There was no doubt that they would’ve died had this not been just a spar.
[DOGGO EASILY OUTPACES ADVENTURERS AND THEN FODDERISES THEM]
- Chapter 240
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