Versatile Mage: Fan Rhapsody Chapter 1 Continuation

Suddenly… the intense whirlwind stopped abruptly, and a figure wielding a katana slashed vertically, sending a powerful gust of wind hurtling towards the building where Kalai was located…

As the vertical wind slash approached the building where Kalai was, it gradually expanded into a hundred-meter-long, all-consuming wind slash... everything in its path was reduced to dust!

"[Shunxi Movement]" At the last second, Kalai grabbed Suzuki Aoi, Suzuki Rika, Motomura Yui, and Tanihiko, moving them from the room to a street 50 meters away.

"Tanahiko...take the two of them...to Tokyo..." Kalai instructed Tanahiko to travel to Tokyo with Suzuki Aoi and Suzuki Rika.

"But..." Tanjiro clearly wanted to fight too... but he only escaped wounded because he knew he was no match.

"Damn it... what are those two doing..." Kalai muttered to himself... He had clearly arranged for two people to protect Suzuki Aoi and the others, but now they had vanished without a trace.

"Those two you mentioned have already been killed by me..." A man wielding a katana appeared... He tossed out a bloody human head.

The samurai swordsman looked to be about three years old, with long hair and a pretty boy-next-door type... The bloody head was still dripping blood, which was extremely disturbing. And that head belonged to Nagawa Sato, one of the people secretly protecting Suzuki Aoi and the others!

"What do you want..." Despite the sacrifices made, Kale seemed unmoved.

"I only want those two women—I can ignore the rest." The long-haired man with the katana stated clearly, meaning his only targets were Suzuki Aoi and Suzuki Rika, and there was no need to kill others indiscriminately.

"And what if I say no...?" Kale said without any fear, and even with a hint of smugness.

Kalai snapped his fingers... The Thunder Dragon Wolf was released from the spatial ring on Suzuki Aoi's hand. The Thunder Dragon Wolf also roughly opened its mouth and swallowed Suzuki Aoi, Suzuki Rika, and Shin Tanhiko before running away.

"That's...?! Tch..." The long-haired man with the katana seemed surprised that a powerful wolf-like beast had suddenly appeared... He immediately gave chase.

"Your opponent is me..." Kalai immediately stepped in front of the long-haired man with the katana.

Suddenly, Kalai pulled out a katana from who-knows-where and swung it directly at the long-haired man with the straight sword!

The long-haired man with the straight sword reacted extremely quickly, parrying Kalai's slash with the blade that was only half-drawn...

"I just bought this sword... I didn't expect to use it so soon~" Karena said proudly, having used the money she won from the betting game to buy the Japanese sword she now had to slay demons.

The long-haired man with the straight sword immediately stepped back... He straightened his grip on the sword, seemingly deciding that he couldn't chase after the person blocking his way if he wanted to defeat him.

"The breath of the wind..."

"山ノtype-dust whirlwind? Cut"

The long-haired man slashed forward with his straight sword... and a horizontal tornado appeared... but this horizontal tornado was nothing like a tornado that casually swirls things around; its powerful wind pressure was exaggerated, like a winch capable of easily shredding anything. The power of this annihilating wind was absolutely no less than that of a high-level spell!

Kalai raised his left hand and unleashed a field of mental energy... For someone who had just broken through to the sixth level of mental cultivation during his rest in the Holy City after the catastrophe in the ancient capital, this was more than enough to withstand.

The long-haired man with the straight sword wasn't going to be outdone; in that instant, he swiftly circled behind Kalai!

"The breath of the wind..."

"Hatsuna Type - First Fierce Wind Slasher"

The long-haired man with the straight sword made a fluid, sweeping motion, creating a cutting gust of wind that surrounded Kalai!

The cutting wind will surround the target and use its powerful wind pressure to physically cut it in a series of ways…

"Iron Will!!!" Kalai successfully shielded his entire body with his mental power, managing to block a series of cuts.

The long-haired man with the katana was also shocked by Kalai's reaction and speed; other mages probably wouldn't even be able to defend themselves...

"Father...!?!?" At this moment, the boy with the tattooed face who appeared not far from the village recognized the long-haired man with the samurai sword as his father who had disappeared four years ago.

"Sanehiro-kun!?!" At this moment, Yui Motomura realized that it was none other than Sanehiro Shinazugawa from the Japan National Team.

The long-haired man with the straight sword bypassed Kalai and, not intending to linger in the fight, simply chased after the Thunder Dragon Wolves...

Of course, Kale wouldn't let him succeed so easily and followed suit...

However, the long-haired man with the straight sword was also incredibly fast. Even Kalai, who was also a highly trained high-level mage, seemed unable to keep up with his speed... This was perhaps because Japanese magical samurai had a clear gap in physical ability compared to ordinary mages of the same level.

On the other side, Yui Motomura, disregarding everything else, dragged Sanehiro Shinazugawa and the others to evacuate...

"What happened..." asked Shinazugawa Sanehiro.

"I... I don't know how to explain this to you. By the way, how did you end up here?" Motomura Yui asked in return.

"I heard you were out... so I wanted to come... how should I put it... I just... I wanted to come!" The shy Shinazugawa Sanehiro seemed rather bad at lying... in fact, everyone at the Kokukan knew he had feelings for Honmura.

On the other side... it seems that Kalai really can't keep up with the long-haired man with the katana's pace, and his speed seems to be increasing as he tries to catch up with the Thunder Dragon Wolf's speed!

In terms of combat strength, the long-haired man with the katana might not be a match for the Thunder Dragon Wolf, but merely restraining it and capturing Suzuki Aoi and the others would be manageable...

Of course… Kalai certainly wouldn’t let him succeed, and then used his mental power again.

"[Mind Control - Universal Pull]" Kalai applied the power of mind exactly like Six Paths of Pain... an invisible force pulled the opponent back.

"This is...!?!" The long-haired man with the katana was a seasoned warrior, but he still hadn't seen many strange spells... After all, the ironclad rule for mages is long-range combat.

The long-haired man with the katana was stopped in his tracks and pulled back by Kalai... He decided to play along, flipping his body 180 degrees and pointing his sword at Kalai!

But Kale accepted the challenge with a smile, showing no fear and making no attempt to dodge!

"Screech!!!" Kalai used his mental power to block the opponent's blade while simultaneously slashing at him.

The long-haired man with the katana reacted extremely quickly, dodging the fatal blow just as the blade was about to strike... In the end, it only resulted in a superficial cut.

Seeing that the Thunder Dragon Wolf had disappeared and that the young man in front of him seemed difficult to deal with, the long-haired man with the katana casually tossed out something that seemed familiar to Kalai in the technological dimension.

Smoke bomb!!!

Kalei had also made his own smoke bombs before, but such things shouldn't exist in this magical world...

And this smoke bomb in front of them, according to the scientific knowledge of Kalai, seems to have magical circuits on its surface, just like ordinary magical items... so it should be a magical smoke bomb.

This magical smoke bomb releases a poisonous mist, similar to poison magic, by activating a magic circuit...

Amidst the pervasive poisonous fog, the surrounding area could be seen to emit gas resembling that released from a smoke bomb... Upon seeing this, Kalai retreated to a place outside the affected area.

"Did they run away...?" Kalai wondered, seeing that the other party seemed to have given up chasing Suzuki Aoi and the others.

Kalai then sent a message to confirm that Suzuki Aoi and the others were safe... The Thunder Dragon Wolf was clever enough to jump onto a Magic Shinkansen train, and to avoid being discovered, it hid itself back in its spatial ring.

-to be continued-