Book: The Mystic Sword of Bezeld

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The Mystic Sword of Bezeld (Slayers #9)
Hajime Kanzaka
Rui Araizumi (Illustrator)
Elizabeth Ellis (Translator)
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Welp, seeing as how we lost the Sword of Light, it’s time to find Gourry a new toy. These stories about a bona fide “sword in a stone” near Bezeld sure stunk like a scam at first, but learning that a group of assassins has their eye on it too kinda made me a believer! Now we’re in a race for the loot with a few obstacles along the way—namely a little (possibly) rich girl who won’t stop blowing us off, a mercenary couple who won’t stop stalking us, and hordes of demons who won’t stop burning towns to the ground! This mystic sword had better be worth all the trouble!

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Quick, fun read... but this time it was kind of an overused plot device: the so-called "victim" is actually the mastermind! Not much to say otherwise. I keep on thinking Gourry acts something like "the reader"... any explanations Lina makes is really for his benefit (thus, the reader).