Double Trouble ( Prologue)

◇◇???'s PoV◇◇

There was an open space on the other side of the brush.  Blood and metal shavings were flying into the surrounding.  In a blink of an eye, a person's life was lost.

There was a group trying to protect someone, and the other group was trying to erase someone.  All kinds of ambitions were overflowing from them, and the humans were being consumed by it.

"Kill the crown prince!  We have to kill that bastard to end all of this!"

"Protect the crown prince!  We have to protect him!"

"For the future of the kingdom!"

Their words made it very easy to identify them!  If the world was full of people like them, there would be no need for [Mind Read] skill.

"Uhu?"

"Ah!"

When both of them arrived at the clearing, every participant of the battle noticed their arrival.

One group looked back at them with hope, and the other group looked on with annoyance.  However, when they confirmed the identity of the new arrivals, the expressions on both sides crumpled.

"They are children….!"

"Tsk.  The number of people we have to take care of increased."

??- " Sera, They are treating us like children.

Sera- "Don't mind them Erta they have garbage instead of brain."

I raised his hand and pointed towards one group.  This particular group was wearing black clothes over their body.  It was as if they had shopped from the same shop in a limited time fifty percent off sale.  

The crown prince was probably amongst the group fighting a defensive battle.  

 The ones in black had said, 'The number of people we have to take care of increased.'

Sera-"They said they want to take care of us, right?"

Erta - "oh.  I see!"

Sera- "Then let me ask you something.  When they said they wanted to take care of us, what were they referring to?"

Erta -"Mmmmm. They are going to send us away after Explaining the situation?"

Sera-"Wrong.  The answer is they will send us to our graves without giving us an explanation."

Erta - " Do this mean they are bad people?"

Sera- "Yes very bad people that need to be punished."

The two young girls had appeared out of nowhere, and they were having a conversation as if they were doing a gag routine.  The two groups had been in the midst of fighting for their lives, so the sight in front of them looked ridiculous.  Everyone was looking at them in disbelief.

"Shouldn't you be feeling fear?  Or maybe you should start running away?  Kids these days are too dumb to even talk about punishing us, us the shadows"

So they were called the shadow who else can give so much information without asking.

" Darkness darker than death take care of them"

"Yes sir."

Could his name be any lamer

The black-clad group continued attacking the defenders, and only a single one of them ran towards the two girls.  

He used the most popular line within the book called 'How to be a small fry."

Darkness darker than death-"Blame your bad luck!"

Erta - "Doesn't his name look cool."

Sera-" Yes, a cool name five-year-old will be using while playing the hero."

Darkness darker than death -" Brat you dare to mock my name."

The generic small fry fell for his provocation.

 He headed towards Sera with his sword raised.  Erra had been pushed to the side by her, and Erta eyes were wide open as she watched the sight in front of her.

The sharp blade of the enemy was heading towards Sera, and it was getting bigger in her vision.

There was a clear blue tint of Mana surrounding the blade!  It was a powerful skill that couldn't be stopped with Sera unprotected body.

Darkness darker than death- "I'll give you a quick death! [Sonic Bla….khhhhk!"

Small fry 1 had swung his sword towards Sera.  When Erta saw this, her eyes flipped over as she unsheathed her bastard sword from her waist.  She did it with one hand.  She wasn't thinking about anything.  Her body reacted on instinct.

The Small fry 1 was yet to pass level 100 befitting his title of Small fry, so Erta split him from the groin to the top of the head

" What the"

"How"

Two weighty sound was heard when the body fell to the floor.  At that moment, all sounds within the space ceased and silence fell in the area which was filled with clashing of swords and war cries before.

It didn't matter if someone was on the offensive end or the defensive end of the fight.  All of them focused their gazes on the girl holding the bastard sword.

"······."

"Crazy…  Right now…  How can such a young girl….?"

Of course, the nearby people were surprised.  However, Sera didn't care about the background characters.  Sera only looked at Erta

the figure of Erta holding a bastard sword and being covered in the red blood of small fry would

look as frightening to many but it only looked charming and beautiful to Sera.

Erta -" He tried to kill Sera."

I just smiled at her justification

Erta - "We just came here…   We came here for a look, yet you guys tried to kill Sera."

"That girl is dangerous.  Everyone….."

However, she didn't allow her enemies to talk amongst themselves.  Erta pointed the bastard sword towards the 'enemies' as she asked a question.

She didn't ask it towards her enemies.  It was for Sera.

Erta -"Sera, you said I can do whatever I want to do?"

Sera-"I did."

Erta-"…..all right."

No more words were necessary.

In a flash, Erta's hesitancy had disappeared.

The demon sword was now free

"Dodge it.  Block….."

" MY LEGS....AAAH"

" Shit where are my hands... it hurts... Aaah"

Erta. pushed off the ground as she ran forward.  She swung her bastard sword laterally.  

Each of her opponents tried emitting Mana into their weapons or body parts.  

They were attempting to use a defensive or a counter skill.  However, they were all dispatched with a single blow.

There were several high-rank Class that were over level 100 present within the group.  However, all the defensive technique were cancelled by Erta 's basic active attack skill!

Erta -"I won't forgive you!  I won't!  You guys are all bad!"

Her rampage continued even though she spouted innocent words blood and body parts were flying and scream of many could be heard

She wasn't using any skill right now.  In fact, she hadn't even activated her weapons option yet either.  It was quite simple.  There was an amazing amount of talent gap between Erta and the men.

"Koo-ahk!"

"Kah!"

"This is a nightmare.  How can such a young child do this against elite fighters….!"

The elite fighter of the group was in such a poor state.  she now understood why were they summoned in the first place

 Sera smirked when she realized that the strongest amongst them was barely level 120.

"Run away.  There is no way….."

Erta- "I won't let you run away!"

The number of black-clad group Shadow went from 20 to 17, 14, 10…..  The number became five, and now there were only two of them.

"W…who sent you!  Reveal yourselves!"

"We have to retreat.  If we aren't able to notify the second party about the location of the crown prince…koo-ahk!"

Then there was one.

"I don't know who you guys are, but you will regret doing this someday."

Then there were zero.

"Hoo….."

"Right now…  What the hell just happened?"

"All our pursuers are dead.  I don't believe it….."

After killing everyone, Erta lightly jerked her bastard sword once to get rid of the blood.  

After she sheathed her sword, she turned to look at me.

Sera -"Well done."

Erta - " They weren't even that strong. Sera could have easily killed them."

Crown Prince-" Wh-Who are you guys?

Sera -" We Are Heroes "