I pulled out the dagger out of its sheath at my waist.

[W- hat the heck are you]

Walking towards them

Bam!

[Gah!?]

I kicked them one after another.

Of course, neither of them can resist.

The both of them tumbled on the ground.

And then, crouching down towards them

Stab!

[Guaahh!?]

Toads right calf.

There, I deeply thrust my dagger

Grind!

[Gyiiii..gh gyaahh!]

While my dagger is pierced, I grind the blade inside.

I do the same with his left leg.

I quickly dealt with his legs.

After I pulled the dagger out, I stood up.

Next, I turned to Bardwitcher.

[! Guggiii Gyiiihh!?]

Bardwitcher tried to move.

But, he cant move.

[.]

If Im just going to kill these two, I would have just used <Berserk> right there and then.

Thats only if Im just going to kill them though.

[Gieehh!]

Im going to turn Bardwitchers legs to look just like Toads.

With this, these two shouldnt be able to walk properly now.

And with that.

All thats left is to remove the paralysis on Toads head.

[How about you tell me everything?]

[You b*stard-, !? I can talk!?]

[You cant move your body though.]

[You b*stard Who the heck are you!? Guhhh Doing something this cruel! I will never forgive you!]

[Something this cruel?]

I coldly looked down at Toad.

[I dont think its that awful compared to what you lot have done to the Speed Tribe and Nyaki though.]

[What are you? What are you saying Or rather, you have met Nyaki huh? It would be wiser to just hand it over to us. You have no idea who youre antagonizing here This is just advice with good faith.]

Fuuu

I let out a sigh of amazement.

[Im just going to ask just in case. Were you the ones who attacked the Speed Tribes village?]

Toads black eyes turned round, before they focused on me.

[Could it be Are you seriously mad because of the destruction of the Speed Tribe?]

[.]

[Wait. You are human, right?]

[Well, yeah.]

Toads brows wrinkled to a frown.

Next, he let his downcast gaze wander from place to place.

As if trying to wrap his head around some information and trying to make sense of it

Thats what he looks like.

Eventually- a light of understanding flashed in Toads eyes.

What the, so thats why

He gave me such a look.

[I see. So youre one of those huh Then, I will apologize. My bad Let me apologize for now.]

[]

Toad said with a serious expression on his face.

[Youre one of those who want to kill the Speed Tribe yourself huh?]

I probably lost my expression at that point.

[Theres no way in heck thats the case.]

[Huh? Then Why? Why are you doing thiiiiiiissss!?]

Once again, Toad sunk into the swamp of incomprehension.

[You seriously dont get it huh.]

[Like I said, what!?]

[One of my comrades is among them.]

[Among who!?]

[A survivor of the Speed Tribe.]

[Ehh!?]

Toads expression froze.

[Y- You Even though youre a human? Youre comrades with one of those fake humans? Huh? W- Why!?]

He really doesnt seem to know what I mean.

He isnt acting either.

The expression on Toads face changed to one of sincerity.

Though within that expression, there are also some few parts of another emotion

Fear.

Its not fear of death.

That is

[O- Oi Theyre freaking fake humans, you know!? Having something like that as comrades Are you alright in the head!? They may look humanoid, but these Demi-Humans are fake humans, you know!? Fake humans! And someone like that- being a comrade]

[Whats wrong with that?]

[Whats wrong, isnt that obvious!? Seriously, are you insane!?]

He isnt using that to haggle for his life.

What hes talking about is something that he really meant.

..

Ah, I see.

These people.

Theyre that kind of people huh.

Then, it should be obvious for them.

That bundle of good intentions, Nyaki.

For them to be able to calmly do that to a young girl like her

Toad sincerely appealed to me very sincerely.

[Isnt it obvious that these fake humans would eventually be a threat!? Even though they seem to be lying low right now We should insist on destroying them! Especially if we leave that Faraway Country aside, they would definitely be a danger! Ahhh]

He vigorously blurted that place out.

The Faraway Country.

I see

[All of you desire to eradicate the Demi-Humans and the monsters that have gathered in the Faraway Country huh.]

[Guhhh.. T- Thats right! Thats why even you should open up your eyes and look at reality right now! Join hands with us and destroy all of them! Those fake humans are making a misunderstanding that just because they dont have golden eyes, we would let them live Theyre the same species as those evil beings!]

Toads fervent speech grew more heated.

[Thats why! Thats why, thats why, thats why! Together Lets go save the world!]

[Is what he said, Pigimaru.]

[Pigii, pigigigiiii!]

Pigimarus cries were unusually angry and trembling.

[The voice of a monster!? Y- You Youre a heretic thats raising a monster! I see now! Now it makes sense!]

[Yeah, thats right. I am]

By their standards

[An abnormal heretic.]

[D*mn it! You have already lost the screw in your head huh..!]

[Perhaps.]

Yes.

These people are the right ones.

[For you lot, you lot are the righteous ones By your standards, Im completely and utterly wrong. And]

The wound on his foot where I just stabbed I stomped on it with my heel and thorough dug my heel into his foot.

[Guugyyaaahhh!?]

[I have my own righteousness In that sense, perhaps, neither of us may actually be wrong. One side is just denying the ideology of the other. Youre just believing in yours until you crush the other side.]

If the other side shows no hope in reformation, then you thoroughly crush them.

Trampling and eradicating them until they can never rise again.

[]

For example, I thought of her.

If its Sogou.

If its Sogou Ayaka, she might be able to persuade this guy.

That his ideas are wrong.

Even for a long time.

She would earnestly explain it to him.

If its her, she might neutralize them and then make a compromise with them.

However, I- am different.

No matter how I struggle, were different.

[I am,,, not going to let people like you lot get away with this. If its just regarding Nyakis case, my level of disgust with all of you would have just been on the level where I would take you lot as a joke But you even killed all the people of the Speed Tribe? Moreover, I even heard you lot are even talking about it as if its a glorious past]

[W- What the heck do you mean!? Cant you see it!? It certainly is a glorious past! Thats right! You dont even know the Speed Tribe! Even though you know nothing- Even though you dont know anything Dont tell me what to do!]

[And what exactly do I not know?]

[You know those b*stards!? While all the other Demi-Humans and monsters are hiding, theyre just groping around outside, you know!? Theyre so insane that theyre giving me chills!]

[Groping around? Around what?]

[Theyre a tribe who would say If we take the time to talk to each other, well be able to get along with any race we want. and all that d*mned evil ideas!]

[.]

[I dont know what would have happened if we hadnt crushed them right at that time Even just thinking about that ideology is making me shudder Understanding between humans and these fake humans Just imagining it is too horrifying! D*mn it Thats scary!]

Thereupon, Toad smiled.

[However Good thing that Ruin was there with us. He said to us, that Just hate wont save us from anything. He said that its only going to get more painful for us if we let ourselves be ruled by hatred That is what Ruin told us at that time! At that time when we hunted the Speed Tribe He told us that Since were hunting them anyways, why dont we have fun while doing it!?! After that It had become more fun for us! We didnt just start killing them, we started killing them in a way that we enjoyed! It was supposed to be just an extermination that was trapped in hatred But thanks to Ruin, all of us were really having fun! He made that happen! You understand now!? Ruins amazing!]

As if he sympathizes with him, Bardwitcher is also in tears.

It seems that paralysis doesnt affect their tear glands huh.

[It was so close A few moments more and nasty thoughts would have spread around us. Us, who did our best at that time And thus, that place is where everything Where for us, the Heroic Sword truly began!]

Toad, whose eyes seemed to shine, suddenly switched to a look of urgency.

[However, there are those fools who made them as some sort of exhibition or even a slave they dont understand their dangers at all! Yes Even those Elves Even though they were clad in human skin If only Vysis-sama didnt have her eyes on her and she apparently have some use for them They originally would have been the first one The first one that we destroyed-]

Crush!

[Gyyeeeeeeeeehhhhhhh!?]

I just noticed.

I was stomping on the wound on Toads leg as hard as I could.

[Shut up already, b*stard.]

I kicked Toad in his head.

Thump!

[Gugeehhh!?]

[As for the rest, Ill go ask your friend here.]

This guys no good.

I feel discouraged to carry on this conversation any longer.

Theyre already no good.

[.]

I look in the direction these guys came from.

Even after I let them shout that much, theres no sign of the other people rushing in.

Are the other seven people farther away?

If they were only kind on their own people, these two would have been great bait but

Well, fine.

These two Ill just end their lives right here.

The other guy who I havent cancelled his paralysis Bardwitcher.

This guy is still crying.

His expression showed his agreement with Toads words the whole time.

Is he that impressed by Toads courage to speak up even when theyre in this predicament?

Well In the end, hes sympathizing with him.

Those bullcrap that Toad blurted out.

[Kuh! My voice, please reach Ruin and the others Gobfueehh!?]

I vigorously kicked Toad in his face.

[Didnt I tell you to shut up?]

Tsk.

Clicking my tongue, I stepped away from Toad.

[I dont care what you lot think anymore I dont care whose side is right or wrong. However, theres one thing that Im sure of.]

Brimming with hatred, I looked down on them.

[Whether its Seras, Pigimaru, Slei, Eve, Liz, Erika, Nyaki, or the Speed Tribe.]

No matter how I think about it.

[.Its more difficult to hate them.]

Toad and Bardwitcher looked shocked.

Their reaction says it all- Its as if they just met someone who is incapable of understanding.

Maybe its right.

Maybe its wrong.

I dont know.

All I will do is beat them up with my own righteousness.

I wont try to convince others.

If they clashed with my own righteousness I will just trample them down.

That is how Mimori Touka does things.

[Just like how all of you find the Speed Tribe repulsive I also find all of you repulsive. Thats why-]

I will just say the same thing that he has just said a few while ago-

[For me, the Heroic Sword among the first ones I should destroy You dont have any problem with that, right?]