「I held back this power during the Grand Martial Tournament」
I spoke calmly.
「This power is versatile in both offense and defense. Attacks that an average assassin might think of won’t even scratch me」
「Don’t be so sure of yourself」
The assassins flinched at my psychokinesis, but they still pressed their attack.
They crept closer with silent steps, aiming for an opening, and launched poisoned needles from their sleeves.
The needles flew in unpredictable curves, not straight lines.
At the same time, two assassins rushed in from opposite directions, one with a dagger and the other with a chain-sickle.
「Hmph!」
I knocked away the poisoned needles with psychokinesis
Then, using psychokinetic martial arts, I quickly kicked both assassins away.
「Gah!?」
「Urgh!?」
The two assassins went down.
「What’s wrong? Don’t you have any better moves?」
I taunted them.
The leader signaled his comrades and switched to a new tactic.
The assassins hid behind trees and rocks, then threw small bottles at me all at once.
The bottles shattered on the ground, and a yellow-green liquid spilled out.
From the liquid, a deadly gas began to spread, surrounding me.
「This poison is powerful. Just breathing it melts the organs」
The leader sneered.
But I formed a barrier of air around myself using psychokinesis, keeping the gas away.
I stood calmly within the cloud of poison.
「Too bad. That won’t work either」
Using psychokinesis, I gathered the poison gas and sent it back toward the assassins.
The gas flowed into their hiding spots, and screams echoed through the area.
Several assassins emerged, coughing violently and writhing in pain.
The leader, unable to hide his fear and anger, muttered,
「What is this…」
「Let’s finish this」
I began to move forward.
I expanded my psychokinesis over a wide area and sensed the assassins hiding nearby.
One by one, I lifted them into the air, controlling them like puppets.
They squirmed in midair, their voices filled with fear.
I tightened my grip through psychokinesis, constricting their bodies.
They let out cries of pain, struggling to breathe.
One by one, they lost consciousness, and eventually stopped moving.
I dropped their bodies to the ground.
Only the leader continued to resist.
I approached him and looked into his face.
「Who hired you?」
The leader remained silent, gasping in pain.
I increased the pressure on his neck with psychokinesis.
「Guh…」
「I have ways of finding out even if you stay silent. But if you talk, I’ll let you die more easily」
His eyes widened in fear. Finally, he spoke.
「V-Valdin… Count Valdin is… behind it…」
「I see. That old knight」
I sneered.
「Anyone else?」
「That’s… all I know…」
「I see」
I gave a slight nod.
In the next instant, my psychokinesis tore the assassin’s body apart.
Blood splattered, and silence returned to the area around me.
I returned to my horse and resumed my journey down the mountain path.
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