039, Magician Duel

Read as Polar Reversal, written as Flying Thunder God.

Before Sasaki Kojirou, Rin Tohsaka, or Shirou Emiya could react, the two had already swapped places with Rimuru and Sasaki Kojiro.

Sasaki Kojiro's blade cut through empty air. By the time he turned around, Rimuru had already burst forward into the mountain gate at high speed, opening up the distance between them—

"...I take back what I said... You really are... just like that vixen..."

He helplessly rested his sword against his shoulder and watched the three figures who had already passed beyond the mountain gate. For a moment, he was at a loss for words, unable to describe them.

Was his opponent despicable? Yes, but they had not exactly deceived him either, because...

He could completely explain that move as the strongest sword technique... Sasaki Kojiro sighed, suddenly feeling rather weary.

"My apologies, Sasaki Kojiro." However, Rimuru did not try to argue his way out of it as Sasaki Kojiro had expected. Instead, he calmly admitted, "I did want to have a genuine duel with you, but my goal this time is to rescue someone... Letting you delay me would clearly be unwise."

"And just as I guessed, as someone summoned in violation of the rules, you cannot stray too far from that mountain gate, can you?"

Rimuru turned around, looked at the two dazed figures beside him, and reminded them, "Let's go, Rin."

"...Huh? Oh... right!" Rin hurriedly followed Rimuru, then hesitated. "You should be able to defeat him quickly, right? Like when you faced Lancer?"

Cú Chulainn, who had once been defeated in a single move by Rimuru's reflected attack, was an immensely powerful existence even in legend. Rin therefore understood very well that the stronger an opponent's ultimate attack was, the greater Rimuru's advantage became.

"If you