How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 25
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Episode 25. Broken Fist (1)
“He asked if it was you who made my brother’s arm like this.”
He asked, his already fierce face distorting into an even more menacing grimace.
The punk next to him also looked impressed, but this guy had a face that could be called the leader of a bandit group.
He had no beard, but he had long sideburns on his forked chin and was quite muscular.
What was even more eye-catching was the large arm hanging from his right shoulder.
The punk next to him also had a prosthetic arm, but it at least had the form of a human arm.
But the arm of that giant was much larger and more heterogeneous.
‘You’re really carrying a cannon.’
It only had three fingers instead of five, and a cylinder was working on its shoulder where the wires were connected, slowly emitting pure white steam.
It’s a design that seems specialized for destroying something huge, but sacrifices everyday practicality.
“That guy. Isn’t that Frank Blood Fist?”
“It turns out the rumors were true, that they modified an industrial golem arm and attached it.”
The people on the street of the workshop recognized him and started talking quietly among themselves.
Then Frank asked Ossian again.
“Hey. Are your ears blocked? I asked you if you made my little brother’s arm like this.”
“Yes.”
Frank raised his eyebrows as Ossian answered shamelessly.
There was a reaction that it was completely incomprehensible that Ossian, who was a head smaller than him, could come out so confidently.
“Hmph. You deserve compensation for what you did to my brother’s arm. It’s going to be a lot of money.”
Frank pointed to his brother’s damaged prosthetic hand with his huge robotic arm.
It felt like he was blatantly showing off his power in the act of deliberately moving the robotic arm.
“Of course, I plan to comfort my little brother’s shattered pride by giving him a few pats on the back.”
Frank smiled sinisterly at Ossian.
Rather than doing it out of genuine concern for his younger sibling, he was more on the happy side because he had a toy to play with.
Of course, Ossian didn’t even listen.
“The defective arm broke on its own, so why should I ask for it?”
Frank frowned when he didn’t get the answer he wanted.
“… … I guess I won’t be able to understand it if I just say it. I think I’ll come to my senses only if I break something somewhere.”
Even though he said that, Frank knew that Ossian was a man who had faith in him.
Because I heard the whole story from my subordinate.
‘Did you say you crushed a military prosthetic arm with your bare hands?’
Even if the prosthetic hand used by the subordinate is a mass-produced, low-quality product, it is a prosthetic hand that was once used by the military.
Even though it’s old and used, it’s durable, but I broke it with my bare hands.
That means that the Ossian in front of us has at least the physical ability to bend iron.
In that case, it was likely a mutant with high strength.
A normal person would have avoided fighting if they realized that their opponent was a mutant.
But Frank didn’t do that.
‘Mutants? How many of those bastards have had their heads smashed in my arms while meddling?’
There is no other reason why he gained the reputation of ‘Bloody Fist’.
Because with the industrial machine arm I’m wearing now, whoever it is, it’s like pressing out minced meat.
From Frank’s point of view, Ossian couldn’t help but look ridiculous.
He was smaller than me, so I wondered how much physical ability this guy had.
At that moment, Frank noticed something hanging from Ossian’s waist.
“What the heck is this? Do kids these days carry things like knives?”
The sword Ossian wore on his waist was a pure longsword that had not undergone any special modifications.
Even though he’s a mutant, he carries around something like this.
It wasn’t something I would normally do with my mind.
chin.
Just as Frank was about to reach out, Ossian grabbed Frank’s robotic arm.
“Get your hands off me.”
Frank openly provoked Ossian, who had become quite serious.
“Whew~. Is that a gift from your father who lost his job? Or are you trying to maintain a concept by trying to look unique?”
“This is a warning. If you cross the line any further, then I won’t let you off the hook either.”
“Hahaha! Crossing the line? You really do meet all sorts of crazy people in life!”
Frank said this while giving strength to his robotic arm.
The plan was to cut off Ossian’s arm and take his sword by force.
“what?”
But even though he exerted force, Ossian’s hand did not budge and held on.
“Does that mean you have some strength? Yeah. With that much strength, you could probably break my brother’s arm.”
Although he said that, Frank was secretly hurt.
Even though I didn’t use my best effort, I didn’t know that it would be blocked by just one hand.
‘I’ll make it so you can never use that arm again!’
Frank turned the dial on the shoulder of the robotic arm with his left arm and increased the output to level 2.
Stage 2 is the stage used in battle, and the power output that can be generated at this time is enough to bend steel.
Even if it was a mutant, it would be enough to destroy it naked.
But no matter how hard he tried, Ossian would not move from his seat.
“Hey, this kid!”
Frank blushed and pushed harder.
Cheeeeek!
The cylinder pumped roughly, with a puff of steam blasting out of his right arm.
Frank’s arm, full of hot heat and strong energy, tried to crush Ossian’s hand to the bone.
The workshop workers who were watching nervously from the surrounding area were surprised.
“What is happening now?”
“You’re not moving at all?”
Those who thought that Frank’s arm would immediately crush Ossian’s hand and crush his upper body opened their eyes wide at the unexpected sight.
Even though Frank was pushing with all his might, Ossian did not move from his seat.
The mechanical arm’s output was raised to level 3, the maximum. This was the maximum force Frank could currently exert.
Ki-gi-gi-gi-gi.
Frank’s robotic arm began to overload with the sound of metal meshing.
Frank felt something was wrong.
Cold sweat ran down his cheeks.
“Is this all there is to the output?”
At that moment, I saw Ossian’s gaze gazing at me from beyond the outstretched arm.
As if I hadn’t expected it from the beginning.
Ossian’s expression towards Frank was rather indifferent.
Something deep in Frank’s chest rose up.
“This son of a bitch!”
Frank gave up on pushing Ossian’s arm away and pulled his hand back for a moment, balling it into a fist.
As he clenched his fist with his bare arm, it seemed as if he was looking at a huge, blunt pile bunker.
In fact, considering that this arm was actually made from an industrial rock drill, this wasn’t entirely wrong.
“asleep!”
Frank threw his fist at Ossian, the veins rising in his neck.
The steam flowing out followed the path of the swinging fist.
Everyone who was watching was shocked.
It was a natural reaction, as a murder was about to break out on the streets in broad daylight.
Ossian watched the scene and clenched his fists in the same manner.
And he threw his fist in the same way.
KWAAANG–!!
People who had been watching nervously shut their eyes tightly as a huge shock wave occurred.
When they opened their eyes, an unbelievable sight unfolded.
Ossian’s hand was intact, while Frank’s robotic arm was completely destroyed.
The difference in the size of the fist is 5 times.
One side was a mechanical arm made of alloy, the other was a bare hand made of leather.
If it had come to that, everyone would have had the same result in their head.
“What the hell is going on?”
“A reinforced modified object breaks with a bare fist… …?”
Even the onlookers couldn’t understand the situation, let alone Frank, whose arm was completely shattered.
“Uh, uh. My arm… … .”
The heavy feeling I had felt from my right shoulder was no longer there.
The lower part, except for the shoulder area, was completely destroyed.
Ossian, who had accomplished this absurd feat, clenched and unclenched his fist as he retrieved it.
‘This much is easy.’
I knew he had strong physical abilities, but I had no idea how strong it was.
Because he has never moved with full force before.
The only time I think I gained strength was when I broke the stone gate to escape to the underground chapel.
I was so nervous at the time that I can’t even remember if I really exerted my strength.
But now.
Ossian was able to see just how far his physical abilities could go.
‘Judging from the reactions of people around me, it definitely seems like a very dangerous thing.’
Ossian sifted through the scattered fragments on the floor.
‘Actually, when I hit it, it didn’t feel that strong.’
The prosthetic arm Frank was wearing was made by removing the arm of an industrial golem and modifying it.
It was designed to penetrate the remains of a tunnel or break something solid, and its power was so great that it could even pull a large truck.
At the point where he won it, Ossian had basically destroyed an oncoming truck with his bare hands.
Even though he had done such an absurd thing, Ossian had no particular feelings.
Beep!
Just then, a whistle blew in the distance and people in uniforms appeared.
A blue uniform and a sturdy build. A gas mask over his mouth and a helmet on his head.
They were the guards in charge of security in Ward 35.
“Hey! What are you doing!”
Ossian looked at the guards with curiosity.
It was quite surprising that the guards in the 40s District, who never showed their noses no matter what happened, would come out to the 30s District even in this much of a commotion.
There were a total of three guards at the scene.
They were surprised to see the situation as they bit people.
“Blood Fist Frank?”
Frank was a well-known gangster and mercenary in this area.
It was impossible not to notice that he was not just any ordinary prosthetic arm, but was also showing off his strength by walking around with an industrial arm.
That Frank was sitting in the middle of the road right now.
His mechanical arm, which could be called his symbol and pride, was nowhere to be seen.
‘Surely the debris scattered around… … .’
The guard recalled the report that had just come in.
The story was about Frank the Blood Fist getting into an altercation with some young guy and someone might get taken away.
So I came to the scene, but what I saw was the complete opposite.
‘Who the hell is it?’
The guards found Ossian standing there dumbfounded.
And the moment their eyes met, he couldn’t help but be startled.
“oh.”
Ossian also recognized the guards and a faint smile appeared on his face.
“We meet again. Did you get a new mask?”
A few days ago, the guard who had his mask cut off after getting into a fight with Ossian was sweating coldly on his back.