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"Get out, Black Death Butterfly!"

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　Barka mercenaries raid a lumberyard and attack with weapons.

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　Seeing this, the men of Grougalia rush to resist.

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　I, riding on my Valkyrie-type fresh-blooded Norn, watched and made my next move.

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　We have a huge advantage now.

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　They probably didn't expect us to attack so soon after the storm.

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　They are not ready to intercept at all.

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　But they are from the nation of archers who gave birth to the meteor.

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　Even if they are not wearing armor, they will be able to show their full strength just by holding a bow.

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　It is good that they are on the run from the attackers now, but there is no telling what will happen to the Barka mercenaries with only about 200 men once they pick up their bows and go on the offensive.

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　So, I invoke my newly acquired magic.

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　The Black Death Butterfly.

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　It's a mysterious magic used by an old man named Guido whom I met in the city of Purge.

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　I don't know where it comes from, but perhaps it is a spell that can summon the Black Death Butterfly, a spirit.

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　A jet-black butterfly flutters from my palm.

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　It is a fragile butterfly that seems to be made of nothing but magic, not like a living creature with substance.

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　If I hit it with my sword, I will be able to cut it without any resistance.

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　But once the black butterfly clings to your body, you are in trouble.

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　A small amount of blood will flow out continuously.

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　I order you to keep on producing such black death butterflies one after another.

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　I tell them to avoid the bodies of the Barka mercenaries and to aim only at the archers of the other party so that they will not be able to strike each other.

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　Are you sure you'll be okay?

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　I should be able to recognize the Barka mercenaries just by looking at their red uniforms, but I wonder if these guys can distinguish colors.

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　Although I have tried it several times in practice, I am not sure how well they can distinguish the colors of their opponents in the melee situation of a real battle.

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　Well, if they make too many mistakes and cling to the Barka mercenaries, we can disarm their magic.

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"Well, I thought it was an interesting ability, but I guess it's a bit subtle."

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　I thought so as I watched the battle in the lumberyard that had become the battlefield.

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　Mercenaries were jostling each other and archers were trying to fight back with their bows in their hands while their upper bodies were still naked.

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　I was observing the battlefield from a bird's eye view while covering them from a distance with my bow in my hand.

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　The Black Death Butterfly, as I felt it, was not that effective.

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　The bleeding effect, which I found troublesome when I fought with Guido, was frustrating when I tried to use it myself.

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　It may be because it is not a powerful magic that can overturn the war situation with a single blow.

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　Meteor] has a big disadvantage of consuming physical strength, but its great power of attack is appealing.

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　However, the Black Death Butterfly, which makes blood flow slowly, has no such offensive power.

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　Moreover, the black butterflies that were fluttering in front of me seemed to be distracting to me.

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　I wonder if it would not bother me if I got used to it.

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　However, it might be a little difficult to see the movements of the archers who are trying to aim at us with their bows from behind the buildings.

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　I wonder if it is more effective when used in a battle with a larger number of archers, not in a small battle.

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　I wonder if the Black Death Butterfly would be more effective in an endurance battle.

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　Hmph.

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　As I was thinking like this on the battlefield, an arrow flew toward me.

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　It was a blow from an archer.

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　I, the only one riding a bright red quadruped amongst the suddenly attacking opponents, have been the target of a lot of attacks since a while ago.

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　As one would expect from a lumberyard so important to the glue-garias.

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　They must have known immediately whom they should target to get closer to the victory, and they are concentrating on them.

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　But their arrows are not reaching me.

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　Apart from Walter's squad, which was running around the lumberyard attacking, there was Kiku's squad by my side.

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　This squad is not too scattered around me.

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　And one of them cut down a flying arrow.

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　Nice.

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　These Grougarians look like they've been training with bows since they were kids.

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　Their arrows are powerful and accurate.

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　Cutting down a shot from a bow with a sword is a feat that would normally be impossible.

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　But it was the skill of the sword saint that made it possible.

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　Ai taught me and I became an example to all of you.

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　The swordsmanship of the Lubitschs, which could be accomplished with a single incantation of "kenjutsu" (swordsmanship), included a method for dealing with the bow.

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　He is a sword saint who has established himself as a nobleman alongside wizards in the ancient kingdom of Dorren.

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　He had to be able to deal with long-range attacks even with a single sword... or perhaps he had a technique called [kiridoshi].

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　This is a defensive stance technique that allows anyone with swordsmanship to easily cut off a flying arrow.

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　We learned it on our own.

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　This [kiridoshi] is probably one of the most difficult techniques to imitate in swordplay.

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　However, through the training so far, everyone in the Kiku squadron has learned how to defend themselves against flying arrows.

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　Thanks to this, so far I and the mercenaries around me have been able to prevent any counterattacks with our bows.

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　And around them, Walter's squad runs around the lumberyard attacking the other soldiers with bows.

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　Yes, the Black Death Butterflies, which I thought were a bit subtle at first, seem to be working well for some reason.

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　The Black Death Butterflies are swarming around the archers that Walter and his men cut down, and by making more blood flow from their wounds, they are definitely incapacitating the opponents.

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　After that, they continued to defend themselves against the archers' attacks, defeating one by one and one by one.

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　Soon there was no one left to shoot arrows in the lumberyard.

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