Chapter 234: Ones with "don’t want to get involved" written on faces only?

[A/N: We are just a few more golden tickets away from reaching another milestone!!]

Reaching that possibility, he became terribly concerned about the voice owner. That was why to confirm the boy’s face, he passed through between the crowd and approached around where the quarrel performed.

"Us no margin! To guy just carrying luggage not fighting, no money to pay!"

The youth added.

"Quickly disappear, junior scum!"

"Such... just making work and not paying money... same as fraudster!"

"Junior status... calling intermediate me fraudster? Not saying stupid things!"

After the youth’s unpleasant shouting voice, the boy’s scream resounded.

(Oi oi! No way violence?)

While flustered, slipping through between the crowd, he arrived at position able to see the boy and youth’s figures. Became one of the onlookers watching the quarreling ones from about twenty meters away, he.

As he speculated, violence happening. The youth in black martial arts uniform perpetrating violence on the boy in blue martial arts uniform.

Feeling similar to someone’s known voice the boy being perpetrated violence. But the boy wearing goggles, so state of face not confirmable, and he not knowing who.

The tall youth looking late twenties releasing kicks in succession on the boy of ordinary height looking late teens. The boy receiving kicks scattering aura light like white sparks, so understood using Aura Mail.

Would be feeling pain, but that the boy’s body not injured, he relieved.

(No, but... that guy’s aura defense, already not lasting!)

Seeing the aura droplets the boy scattering, somehow he felt so. The light of the scattering aura droplets felt weakly to him.

Until now he never felt such things.

(Why me felt aura defense not lasting?)

In the head of self-asking him, the conversation with Lumia and Monica revived. The conversation when doing close combat training in the forest near Aquila.

In training with Lumia and Monica, he one-sidedly done. Receiving intense attacks, he continued having Aura Mail defense shaved, but before shaved off the two surely stopped attacks.

Cases of him conveying to the two that aura defense not lasting also. But mostly before conveying, the two stopped attacks and instructed him to replenish aura to Aura Mail.

As if the two knowing that Aura Mail defense power about to cut, felt to him. That was why he asked the two.

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"Lumia and Monica, opponent’s Aura Mail defense power about to cut, maybe... understand?"

Asked by him, Lumia immediately answered.

"Understand."

Next, as if saying natural, Monica also answered.

"Natural, that."

"Me... completely not understand though."

"That because level low and real combat experience few. Eventually you also become able to understand."

At Monica’s words, Lumia nodded.

"How understand?"

Asked by him, Lumia opened mouth.

"Scattering aura light looking weakly... becoming feel. When becoming state of feeling so, immediately aura defense reaches limit."

"Right right, that feel. Somehow able to sense."

"Me around when become able to sense... become able to understand?"

"Since individual difference, cannot say clear things though..."

After prefacing, Lumia answered.

"Around becoming level 20, many adventurers become able to sense seems. Me too so."

"Me also, roughly around exceeding level 20 feel."

"When becoming level 20, various... things able to do increase. Even among same junior adventurers, below level 20 and above level 20 quite difference."

"Maybe, until becoming level 20 better not go to labyrinth city, reason Lumia saying... this?"

At his question, Lumia nodded.

"Not reaching the line called level 20, immature state going to labyrinth city, nothing good."

With a regrettable face, Lumia continued talk.

"Not only him, to newcomer kids all give same advice, but kids not listening quite. Especially other world refugee kids wanting to return to original world, tending to hurry..."

Such talk of Lumia and Monica, he recalled.

(Me... became level 20, so became able to sense aura defense about to cut!)

Able to notice the reason self able to sense that the boy receiving attacks aura defense probably not lasting, he. Then, one more... something he noticed.

(That guy... said intermediate, so should understand aura defense about to cut, but still attacking!)

Noticed that the martial artist youth clearly having intention to injure the boy and seeming attacking, he. Also that if this continues the boy maybe classmate might get injured situation.

(Something wrong, that guy! If not stop soon, become dangerous!)

Thought if not enter to stop... but the martial artist attacking intermediate. With junior self maybe not able to stop, and if bad self also involved and possibility of being injured.

That was why he hesitated a moment.

(In this place stronger adventurers probably, so even if me not stop... other someone stop?)

Such thought also floated in his head. But even confirming surroundings state, no one trying to stop the violent act.

(Ones with "don’t want to get involved" written on faces only?)

Immediately after muttering in heart, the youth’s scream resounded. The aura scattering from the boy’s body reflected in his eyes looked terribly weakly.

(This... no time to hesitate seems.)

Suddenly, Yuri’s words revived in his head.

"Even saying hateful mouth that way, him in the end type that helps right."

Even when in front of Griffon, same words floating in head.

(Right, me... that type.)

Muttering in heart, he resolved. With quick movement removed the wristwatch and put in pocket, released flash from whole body, activated Aura Mail and Aura Speeder, further Stun Blow in succession.

He kicked the ground, ran through about twenty meters distance in an instant, and cut in between the youth and boy. Then, parried the kick of the right leg the youth released with left arm... and deflected.

"Wh... what, you?"

To the youth raising surprised voice, he declared in strong tone.

"Something wrong? Continuing attack on opponent aura defense about to cut... end up injuring!"

"So what? Not working, calling person fraudster such guy, even if beating and injuring, what problem?"

To the youth returning words in teasing tone, he returned words.

"Picking quarrel about not fighting porter opponent, if not paying what to pay, natural even called fraudster!"

"Noisy kid! You also calling me fraudster?"

Following the youth declaring as if threatening, the silver hair youth magician behind him opening mouth partying with the youth.

"That one too do? Level 20 junior kid, not Johnny’s enemy."

The silver hair magician youth wrapped in black combat clothes with many pockets for magicians glowing both eyes. Used General Appraisal and appraised his level.

"Right, for now... beat this shit cheeky kid."

While glaring at him, the martial artist youth... Johnny declared. Knowing opponent level 20, clearly floating expression looking down completely.

Johnny’s height exceeding one hundred ninety, tall height entering above average even among this world’s male adventurers. Having trained body, but quite slim, arms and legs long.

Blonde short hair, skin color feeling sunburned. Not only eyes, whole face impression sharp.

(This guy level 41, one below Monica intermediate... reach long.)

His side too actually already activated General Appraisal, appraised not only Johnny but the magician Johnny’s companion. Incidentally, Monica when became close with him level 41, but after raised one level and becoming 42.

(...But, from earlier kick feel, body technique... technique not seeming great.)

When parrying Johnny’s kick earlier, received such impression, he. Speed and power and technique sharpness not to level degree, not felt that strong opponent.

He released General Appraisal and braced in left front half body against Johnny. Sharpened whole body senses and took combat readiness.

Johnny with margin expression not properly bracing and released sloppy kick with right leg. Completely looking down on him with large level difference, Johnny.

He with margin parried Johnny’s kick with left arm and deflected. Succeeded in completely deflecting to the degree not even aura droplets scattering from left arm.

Johnny clicked tongue and awkwardly declared.

"...A little looked down too much."

Properly bracing, Johnny released kicks in succession. Whether confident in kick techniques, not using hand techniques, attacking him with only kicks using long legs.

Johnny’s kicks increasing speed and becoming sharp. Front kick to roundhouse kick, upper middle lower kicks and foot sweeps and such, releasing sharp kick techniques in succession, Johnny attacked him.

He calmly saw through Johnny’s movements, dodged with footwork, or used hands and feet to deflect kicks. Able to dodge or deflect most kicks, but received several and from his body white spark-like aura droplets scattered.

(Power... as expected intermediate!)

While feeling pain, he calmly measured Johnny’s strength.

(But compared to Monica, speed and technique sharpness quite drop.)

Even same intermediate martial artist, than Monica who was training opponent, Johnny’s attacks slower, and techniques no sharpness, thought to him. Strike power thought equivalent to Monica though.

His side too not only being attacked. Deflecting Johnny’s kicks, taking gaps of breaking posture, he slammed powerful punches and kicks in succession on Johnny’s body and scattered aura droplets from that body.