Leon Greyrat: The Second Son - Mushoku Tensei OC

Chapter 54 - Road to Sharia

— Sylphiette —

"Stop," Leon said, raising his hand to halt the caravan. "We have company. Thirty, in the tree line."

As soon as he said that, a rain of arrows descended on the group, only for them to be blocked in midair.

...For some reason, I knew that was Leon's work.

While I was surprised, I quickly got into a combat stance with practised ease.

We were being ambushed.

With that, the battle started, with the thirty enemies Leon had mentioned sprinting toward us, to which Eris, Leon, and I ran forward to intercept.

Luckily, they only seemed like bandits, so it was looking increasingly likely that the initial ambush after crossing the border was the only group of assassins sent to harm Ariel.

But, as I was just about to engage them, I was left behind, watching in amazement as Leon and Eris fought.

I was sure that Leon could have dealt with them in an instant.

After all, he had done that against stronger opponents during our first meeting.

But instead, the two of them fought together, dominating the opponent's overwhelming with perfect coordination and unmatched skill.

It was beautiful, in a way.

Every time Eris cut down an enemy, Leon supported her by blasting anyone closing in on her back with wind magic, and cutting down any that tried to sneak past her.

Going one by one, the two of them dispatched all the bandits, all without our group assisting in any way, leaving the rest of us to simply watch on in amazement.

And through it all... Leon had yet to use his sword, instead using his body as a weapon, cutting through the enemies nonetheless with his bare hands.

I was a bit confused as to why he was using unarmed combat when his sword was right there, but... it didn't seem to be impeding him too much.

But still, those two... they really were quite strong.

It had only been a week since they joined our group, and our first instance of fighting together, but to think the gap between us would be so large...

I was as annoyed as I was astonished, especially at Eris, who was able to fight right at Leon's side.

I then watched as the final bandit, hiding beneath the treeline, formed a ball of flame in his hands, his gaze directed at...

"Leon!" I shouted. "Magician."

"Thanks, Sylphy," he said, not moving from his position as he extended his hand outward. "But I already knew."

The bandit magician's magic then... disappeared, the flame dissipating into thin air.

What?

Did he lose control?

No... the bandit looked just as confused, so that couldn't be it.

"I just wanted the practice," Leon said, forming a spear of fire at the tip of his finger that he then sent toward the magician, quickly searing a hole through the bandit's head.

And like that, the ambush of thirty enemies, which would previously have left us with at least one casualty, had been nullified in a single minute.

"Dammit. I forgot about Aisha and Norn," Leon muttered.

"I told you they're already mature enough to see that," Eris said, wiping the blood off of her sword. "They're fine, right? They can close their eyes if they hate it."