37 A Hot Blooded Encounter

BOOOM!!

A powerful blast suddenly blew away the front doors as a voice shouted from outside.

"Carlos!! I've finally found you, heretic! Surrender yourself now!!"

"Shit!" Arthur cursed as she then jumped outside while Lancell followed suit as he grabbed Carlos.

The next instant...

BOOOM!!!

...another blast exploded, blasting away half of Arthur's ragtag house.

"My house! Fuckin' damn you!" Arthur roared in anger as she materialized Excalibur.

The person outside who finally revealed himself, wore a shining silver armour as he held a battleaxe that had elegant curves.

The moment he saw Arthur materialize an Divine Weapon, he was shocked as he shouted in question.

"A Hero?! Then why are you impeding me?! Who's your master?!"

"Shut up, fucker!! I swear I'll get you back for wrecking my house, you pussy!" Arthur screamed back vulgarly as she then rushed to attack.

"Wait, stop! Arthur!" Lancell warned. With their current strength, they couldn't afford to kill any Heroes yet as they were sure to get targeted by the entirety of Elysion. Thus he warned.

"Don't worry, Lancell! I'll get beat the shit out of this guy! And get his coin pouch too while I'm at it." Arthur reassured.

She then arrived in front of the armoured Hero and released a wild swing as she activated a One-chant Spellblade.

"Holy Strike!!"

Excalibur moved at a terrifying speed as the armoured Hero barely blocked the swing by using the side of his axe to block.

CLAAANG!!

A deafening sound of collision of two metals resounded as the force of Arthur's attack had pushed back the armoured hero by several steps backwards.

The armoured her grit his teeth as he endured the numbing feeling in his hands, and then shouted in question once more.

"Damn you! Who are you?! And why are you protecting the heretic?!"

"Heretic my ass!! Is that more important than my house?! I lived here for 16 years, asshole!!!" Arthur yelled back as if trying to emphasize the sentiments she had for her house.

"A house that shelters heretics is a tainted house! Feel the wrath of my power!! Holy Break!!!" The armoured Hero shouted back as he also chanted a Spellblade.

'A Two-chant Spellblade? Not bad considering its efficiency.' Lancell though as he saw the power of the Spellblade.

The armoured Hero then raised his axe overhead as he then brought it down, bringing forward a white-coloured shockwave that decimated everything it passed through.

"That' all you got?! Holy Slash!!"

Arthur sent out her own Spellblade as she then split the shockwave into two. Bringing even more shock to the armoured Hero.

However, what shocked the Hero wasn't the fact that she sliced his Spellblade in half. That on its own was shocking, but the Spellblade that Arthur used exceeded that shock.

"To think you could use Holy Slash...Just what is your identity?!" The Hero asked as he yelled.

"Isn't it a given?! I'm Arthur! The second coming of the Strongest King in history!!!" Arthur shouted back.

All this while, they had been shouting and yelling loudly that they had already taken the attention of the entire neighbourhood. Some people were already wondering if this was another one of those pranks made by the nobles, but the truth couldn't be too far. It indeed looked like a hot blooded play.

The armoured Hero flinched at Arthur's declaration as he struggled to keep his eyes from her. As if he was looking at something bright.

"Ugh...For a woman, your manliness exceeds the average people by margins, but I, Gawain will not falter!!!" He declared with another shout.

Arthur "..."

Lancell "..."

Carlos "..."

"Is it just me or are we messed up in the names here. I'm not even Lancelot." Lancell commented with a deadpan expression.

However, Arthur ignored the peanut gallery as she pointed a hand at Gawain.

"Not bad, Gawain. You have resolve. However... YOU CAN'T BEAT ME!!" She shouted as she rushed towards Gawain.

"DON'T LOOK DOWN ON ME!!!" Gawain shouted back as he also rushed towards Arthur.

They raised their blades as they poured large amounts of mana in their Divine Weapons, clearly ready to release their ultimate attacks.

However...

"That's enough you idiots." An expressionless voice resounded.

...Lancell activated Void Wind Guidance at maximum and instantly arrived if front of the two, and smacked them both in the head.

The two fell to the ground as the momentum they carried made them slide a few feet, head first.

Carlos was dumbfounded by the entire scene as all he could do was keep his mouth open.

Lancell glanced at the two, and spoke.

"If you two idiots want to keep going, I'll be more than happy to slug you again. Also, you..." Lancell warned. He then called out to Gawain as he pointed.

"I know your name's Leyvin." Lancell added.

Gawain, whose name was actually Leyvin, groaned as he complained.

"Huh?! Of course Gawain isn't my name! I was just going along with you two. I though if you talked to me, you could introduce me to her master." It seemed that Leyvin had misunderstood that Lancell and Arthur was playing Knights of the Round Table.

"Huh?! And here I thought you were gonna join our gang! Dang it." Arthur spoke.

'Somehow, I feel like surrounded by idiots.' Lancell thought to himself as he thought of what's gonna happen in the future.

"Well, for now, let's change locations. Arthur, could you knock him out already? He's just a First Step small fry."

"I know, I know. I was just gonna teach him the immensity of the heavens."

'That's called bullying.' Carlos, who was watching the entire spectacle, retorted in his mind.

Arthur then approached Leyvin as she cracked her fists.

"Now then...It's the real deal this time. Prepare yourself."

"W-Wait! Beating up someone weaker than you isn't manly at all!!"

"And breaking my house wasn't manly too."

And so, the poor Her who was supposed to be an exalted guest of the Kingdom, was beaten black and blue in the Slum District.

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"So? You done?" Lancell asked Arthur who had a pouch that rang of gold coins everytime it shook.

"Yep. That was satisfying." Arthur replied as she showed a beaten Hero who was stripped of his armour.

"Good. Now bring him over. We need to interrogate how he knew Carlos was here."

And so, the interrogation soon began.