Chapter 42

Hello, I’m an unfortunate reincarnator who ended up battling a battle maniac. Currently, I’ve moved to an alternate dimension and used Hera’s power to ensure no one can enter.

“What’s going on while I was sleeping…?” I pondered.

“This has a deep backstory,” replied the old man incredulously.

I casually brushed off his tone and turned my attention to Wilhelm, who was warming up in front of me. He looked completely pumped, sporting an extremely fierce grin, even though it was just a warm-up.

“I don’t want to do this…” I muttered.

“I get the general idea, but you noticed me well enough…”

“What do you mean, as if it’s someone else’s business?”

“Hm? Am I not going to join?”

“If he uses his wrath, I’ll let you out.”

“Alright, let’s win immediately!”

The old man clearly had a weakness for demons, flipping his hands nervously. While I sighed at him, I shifted my focus back to the front.

“I’ll finish this quickly,” I declared.

“Gahahaha! So that’s your true nature! I like that much better!”

“Thanks for that—!!”

We both kicked off the ground simultaneously, diving into a fierce melee. Since we were both close-range martial artist types in the original work, our abilities were evenly matched. Our fists struck through the gaps in each other’s guard, and we took hits in return—a furious back-and-forth battle.

“Incredible… Is that Shin’s true skill?” one bystander remarked.

“Yeah… the fact that he can fight evenly with Wilhelm is just monstrous!” another added.

“If you call Shin a monster again, I’ll kill you,” warned a violent lady.

“Well, a violent lady like you won’t get any attention!”

“I don’t want to hear that from a crazy bitch!”

Meanwhile, the women seemed engaged in an even more intense battle than ours. It would be wise to keep them out of this entirely.

“…Whoa, that was close,” I muttered.

“Looking away during battle is absolutely unacceptable!”

“Y-You trying to kill me…?” I shot back, dodging a seriously dangerous punch.

I couldn’t complain too much, considering I was distracted during a fight with a battle maniac.

“Gahahaha! I’ve never met anyone who can fight me like this! I’m going to up the gear now—!!” Wilhelm declared.

“…Damn it…”

After barely avoiding Wilhelm’s sudden increase in speed and power from his physical enhancement, I immediately enhanced my own body to counter. Since we both used body enhancement, the fight was evenly matched again—though I seemed to be slightly more skilled, landing hits on Wilhelm more frequently.

I pushed through before he could summon a demon—!!

Further enhancing my body with magic power, I surpassed Wilhelm in every aspect. Gradually, I saw his expression change to one of anger.

“Gug… GAAAAAAAH!!” he roared.

“…Hey, hey, are you seriously going to summon a demon here…?!”

With Wilhelm’s roar, a surge of magic power exploded from him, sending me flying several meters. But as I regained my stance in mid-air, I kicked off the ground and aimed my fist at Wilhelm’s face to prevent the summoning.

However—my fist was easily stopped by Wilhelm, now enveloped in pure black magic.

“Wha—”

“Are you my opponent…? I see… It makes sense that Wilhelm would lose. You’re quite strong. But—”

“Gug… ugh!?”

The Great Demon of Wrath—Satan, possessing Wilhelm, easily lifted me with one arm and swung me like a hammer. I felt incredible G-force as I was thrown, but I managed to stabilize myself in the air—

“—You can’t be done yet, can you?”

“—Kah!?”

Before I knew it, Satan was right in front of me, landing a punch directly in my gut before I could guard. The shock coursed through me, and I flew back in a bent position.

Damn it… what a physical monster…

And that battle maniac shouldn’t summon a Great Demon in a practice match…

Well, at least it stayed at possession.

“—Lightning Man!!”

“?!”

Feeling the imminent danger from Satan rushing at me, I transformed my body into lightning in the instant our distances closed. While dodging Satan’s attacks, I launched a counterattack.

“—Nice move. Seems like you’re holding back a bit, but you’re quite fast.”

Satan, having caught my lightning punch with a hand enveloped in dark red magic, muttered with intrigue.

No… it doesn’t reach lightning speed, but it should be faster than anything in my previous life. Only the old man had kept up with this speed until now… but this guy is a Great Demon.

“Now then—this fight is just beginning.”

Satan wore a fierce grin, just like Wilhelm, enveloping himself in dark red magic.