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Source: Slayers: Lina and the Magic Swords-Chimera novel, excerpt from chapter 1.(Tsubasa bunko)
Slayers (Tsubasa Bunko) Volume 1
Lina and the Magic Chimera Swordsman
Excerpt from Chapter 1
"The gifted beautiful sorceress. Her name: Lina Inverse."
"Fireball!"
KA-BOOM!
The flame spell I released from my fingers blasted towards it's destination - a swarm of bandits standing before me - and blasted the villain's sky-high. At the behest of a local village's mayor, which had been recently assaulted by the band of theives, I'd tracked down their hidden lair situated deep in the mountains among countless centuries-old rocks.
Simply finding the villain's lair in and of itself would have a matter of sheer impossibility for any NORMAL person.... So it's a good thing I'm not you're average, run-of-the-mill girl, and "impossible" doesn't exist in my vocabulary! After all, my name just so happens to be Lina - Lina Inverse! I'm sure you've heard of me before, since I'm a pretty famous sorceress, if I do say so, myself - I'm a genious in my own right, and cute, to boot! For someone so talented, such as myself, comparing hunting down the hideout of a band of theives to a walk in the park is giving it way more credit than it actually deserves.
"Oh~hohohoho!"
KA-BLAM!
"Hah! Bandit scum! You have some nerve trying to defy ME, the almighty Naga, the White Serpant!"
Crackle!
"You're 8 quadrillion years ahead of you're time!"
Incidentally, the black-haired girl standing by my side and hurdling blasts of attack magic every which way was Naga, the White Serpant. If you took one glance at her pitch-black mantle and dark clothes, not to mention the skull pendent hanging around her neck, you'd probably be hard pressed not to see her as anything more than an evil sorceress... But in reality, she's the sort of person who enjoys making enemies of all the people around her, and bringing dispair upon her allies. In short, she's nothing more than an exceptional idiot.
Now, as for why such a gifted sorceress such as myself joined forces to fight alongside such an explosive-loving blockhead....Ugh. I guess it was just how the flow of things turned out. After all, no matter where my travels take me, Naga is always hell bent and determined to chase right after me! Seriously, how am I supposed to do anything about that?
"How rude! I'm not chasing after you at all! The only reason why I'm spending all of my time traveling with YOU is because I plan to strike at your weak spot when your least expecting it, and when that time comes, I, the almighty Naga, the White Serpent, shall assume the throne of the world's most beautiful, gifted sorceress! Oh~ ho ho ho ho ho!" Naga cut me off in mid-thought, almost as though she could read my mind, and laughed obnoxously.
......Wait, wait, she's totally convinced herself to do it, too! Oh, wow, that's just low.
But, in any case, that's all beside the point. Back to the present, the lair we had infiltrated originaly hid about 100 bandits, but thanks to mine and Naga's sneak attack, we rendered the vast majority of them unconcious, in one blow. Doing a quick head-count over the fallen bandits' surviving comrades, I figured all we had to take care of now was about sixteen or seventeen stragglers, give or take.
Turning to Naga, I yelled, "Let's finish off the rest of these guys already and claim their treasure!" Uh, but before we go any further, I'd like to state for the record that we didn't accept this job JUST because we were after the bandit's hidden treasure, or anything like that, but there's nothing wrong with giving ourselves a teeeeny-tiny reward for doing a good dead, right? Right.
"I hear you!" Naga called out her affirmative, and we both began to cant spells powerful enough to wipe out the rest of the bandits in one fell swoop - Naga, preparing a "Freeze Arrow" spell, and I began to cast a "Mega Brand," when suddenly....
"Hold it right there!"
A tall, blond man, the source of the cry, I thought, appeared out of nowhere and leapt between us and the bandits. By the looks of him, I figured he was a wandering swordsman, maybe somewhere around 18 years old? He was probably thinking we were being assaulted by bandit thugs and decided to come to our "rescue."
"That's as far as you go," the blond swordsman proclaimed as he strode to stand before Naga and I, facing the bandits as he drew his sword. "Now tuck your tails between your legs and run home, you dirty theives, and I'll spare your lives!"
....Uh.
Sorry, pal, but you totally just wasted a bad ass entrance.
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