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| - Lantz (Japanese: ランツ Romaji: rantsu) is a character from the Slayers novels. Lantz is a mercenary swordsman, the same age as Gourry or possibly a little younger. He has red hair and a goatee. He is described as average in appearance, neither exactly handsome nor exactly ugly. Lantz is a proficient swordsman; not quite at Gourry's level, but certainly first-rate. He uses a fighting style that combines swordplay with bare-knuckle brawling; he switches between a two-handed grip and single-handed grip on his sword to strike his enemy with his free hand unexpectedly. Lantz first appears in The Sorcerer Of Atlas when he encounters Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev in a bar. His attempts to flirt with Lina which results in her striking him and starting a bar brawl. However, Lina and Gourry are shortly thereafter hired as bodyguards by Tarim the Violet; as Lantz is also one of Tarim's bodyguards, they end up as uneasy allies. When Lantz sees the effects of the Raugnut Rushavna curse on Daymia the Blue and learns that there are two mazoku involved, he quits out of fear and plans to flee the city. Before he can leave, however, he is severely wounded by his traitorous ally Rod. Gourry defeats Rod and Lina takes Lantz to the nearest magical healer, saving his life. After recovering, Lantz departs for Sairaag. Lina and Gourry encounter Lantz again in The Ghost Of Sairaag on their way to Sairaag, his own journey having been held up by unspecified circumstances (Lina suspects it has something to do with a girl). Since he's going to Sairaag anyway, he offers to accompany them and help them ward off the numerous bounty hunters seeking them for the price Copy Rezo put on their heads. Lantz briefly wields the Blessed Blade, during which time he succeeds in destroying the mazoku Vizea. After the defeat of Copy Rezo, Lantz chooses to part ways with Lina and Gourry, saying "No offense, but I don't think I'm going to live long around you people."
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