Re:Monster Day 121-130 (2/2)
The axe that was blocked from it’s initial target met the ground with a crash.
It crushed the ground and the surrounding shock sent rocks at the speed of bullets.
The rocks collided with his skin, but didn’t do anything in particular, Aporou simply didn’t feel any pain.
Aporou, who didn’t suffer any damage, turned to counter attack immediately, but the white flames and the golden thunder that erupted from the head of the axe burned the surroundings and the range of destruction greatly expanded.
Aporou’s movements had dulled slightly from the surprise of this instant.
Minokichi-kun now had three [Divine Protections]: [Divine Protection of the Demigod of Fire], [Divine Protection of the Demigod of War], and [Divine Protection of the God of TLightning], these were the golden thunder and white flames from the Demigod of Fire and God of Lightning which granted Minokichi-kun their power.
But because Aporou ate the Red Bear, he also received the [Divine Protection of the Demigod of Fire], though even with this, receiving such a strong flame with a [Divine Protection] alone would be difficult, even with his overlapping abilities would have caused trouble.
Of course there was a reason why Minokichi-kun was able to use such strong thunderous flames.
When he became the new variant of the Minotaur species, he obtained a factor that greatly raised the power of his axe strikes.
It was an ability unique to him and the effect was great, it was called [One who becomes an Axe] and another ability he had gained was called [Thunder Flames of the God of Murder] that greatly increases the power of his thunder flame attacks.
Minokichi-kun loves to use his [Scorching Acquittal Axe] which holds a unique ability [Fire that Burns the Sinful].
Though, the factor that aided him the most would certainly be his high affinity with the fire attribute.
The power that Minokichi-kun has obtained was something that could even equal Aporou’s strength. It was something clearly visible from that situation.
Normally, with just a single blow the battle would have been settled.
Even if one were to be able to avoid the strong swing, the combined powers of the great white flames and the golden thunder released after the mighty blow would have been enough to slay any normal enemy.
In the first place, just the strike from the great axe would have been enough to make just about any opponent pass out.
To be able to either block, or even dodge the attacks from the current Minokichi-kun, there could be no member in all of Parabellum besides Aporou himself capable of such a feat.
Even if one were to prevent being hit by the axe itself, what awaits you afterwards are the brutal white flames and golden thunder.
However, because Aporou had [Null Electric Damage] his body was not burned by the golden thunder that surged upon him. No matter how strong the golden thunder was, the [Thunder and Lightning] strike could not and would not affect the great Aporou.
But that was not to say that he was invincible. Even with the [Divine Protection of the Demigod of Fire] and [Complete Fire Resistance] the damage of the white flames of an unnaturally super-high temperature was not nullified completely.
It’s only natural since Aporou lacked any ability to fully nullify it, thus even by reducing the damage, he would still take some damage.
Aporou’s hair was burnt by the strong white flames as well as part of his cheek and forehead were severely burnt. There was the smell of burning and the sound of his left eyeball splitting from being completely burnt was heard.
Aporou’s face was in a great deal of pain from having his left eye crushed and so instinctively used [Hyper Speed Regeneration]. The skin which had festered and burnt away had been cured as if time itself were reversed.
The burnt skin and eyeball regenerated in the blink of an eye and any damage that had been dealt was negated.
But in this briefest of instances, not only did Aporou prevent the attack, but also went on the counterattack.
“Don’t just focus down on the opponent, consider the entire battlefield.”
While giving advice was his everyday habit, Aporou had started to form both water and earth spears behind Minokichi-kun.
At the same time, his silver hand collides with Minokichi-kun’s shield. The dull sound that occurred as the shield intercepted the approaching strike.
Both combatants felt the shock throughout their entire body.
Just at that moment, Aporou executes the water and earth attacks with the spears.
While considering that Minokichi-kun would be focusing on the front, Aporou’s standard attacking method was to attack at the same time with both attacks from the front, back and blind-spots to break his opponent’s posture.
It is very difficult to prevent or fight effectivily against this form of attack as it is near impossible for Minokichi-kun to see behind himself, especially considering his opponent at his front.
If it had been the former Minokichi-kun, his posture would have been quite easily broken, however, Minokichi-kun had become far stronger than he had been before.
The sheer increase of power and skill had even slighly escaped Aporou’s expectations, if even only a small margin.
Therefore…
“…The!?” (Aporou)
“BUUUUMOOOOOOOOO———————-”
Golden thunder and white flames blew up from Minokichi-kun’s entire body.
From behind, the white flames and golden thunder burnt and evaporated the water and earth spears. The pieces blown into the air and at the same time that the silver arm was touching the shield the head of the golden bull had began to shine.
Aporou jumped back instantly to gain some distance, but Minokichi-kun’s advance was even faster than Aporou could retreat. He was caught as he could not generate the necessary distance as an illusion-like figure of the golden cow’s head was made to as if it was jumping out of the shield.
The illusion of the golden cow pierced, with it’s sharp horns, into Aporou’s flesh.
The damage was so fierce that it would gouge out one’s guts, and because Aporou, who had jumped and was now in the air, could not easily evade it to either the left or the right.
Evading would be very difficult and the hands Aporou had put out to meet the attack was quite limited in their defence.
Even so, Aporou chose to grab it, the illusion, with his silver arm.
As his flesh arm was holding to the red spear, he could not yield such a weapon during this battle.
Although one might say to just simply grab it, that would not be so easy as the sheer speed of Minokichi-kun was exceeding the very speed of sound. The distance between the two only being mere 5 meters, total point blank range.
It would be quite normal to say that one would be killed instantly getting run over by such an attack, even if you were to catch it. The power from it hitting your body would pierce it easily.
However, Aporou had managed in catching it, if only because of his previous experiences with the mighty Minokichi-kun, and the fact that the silver arm which he had used to catch it didn’t even move a millimeter from the spot.
With this, Aporou had managed to barely prevent the attack.
But, because it is difficult to keep one’s overall balance onto a single point, Aporou pushed the lower end of the right spear into the shield. The silver arm and the red spear, which are on two different points, prevent the horns of the golden cow from reaching Aporou.
However, Aporou is still floating in mid-air and Minokichi-kun was not stopping there.
“OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO————————–!!!”
Minokichi-kun advances with the very same speed as before, kicking the earth beneath him.
With white flames blowing out from the head of the axe, and the golden thunder surging from his golden hair, his remarkable speed was displayed.
The sound of the burst was heard, the sensation and explosion sound of the sound wall being broken, Aporou’s [Sense Area] made the massive wall approaching from behind visible.
As it seemed Minokichi-kun wanted to throw Aporou into the wall.
Aporou is thrown into the wall, and not only that, but the shield itself crushes into the wall as well.
Aporou’s body was nearly crushed by the illusion, but was narrowly stopped with the silver hand.
The damage even was passed through Aporou into the wall.
So fast and strong were the muscles of Minokichi-kun.
There seemed to be no chance for Aporou to win with only defense.
It was then that a small smile floated on Aporou’s face.
“There’s no longer any need to go easy on you anymore.”
Aporou used one of his best abilities, one that he didn’t think he would have to use, [Great Power of the Black Demon].
Because he recognized Minokichi’s strength, and also because his own fighting instincts told him to, Aporou took position.
The air instantly began to fill with a dreadful intimidating air.
Even being only a single ability, one should not approach it.
It gives off the sense that you should not, nay, must not fight against it as it is simply too much for you.
Naturally, Minokichi-kun also notices the drastic change in Aporou. The moment that he noticed the change in the air, a cold sweat began to pour down from him, and in that moment of realization, Minokichi-kun chose to pay it no mind and strike to rush Aporou.
He can’t stop now, he surely won’t be able to achieve victory if he gives even a moment of hesitation. As Aporou’s body isn’t in mid-air anymore and one of his hands is occupied holding the horn, he thought it would be difficult to defend with his current body posture.
However, Aporou used [Gravity Law] allowing the tip of his foot to touch the ground. His posture was something close to tiptoeing, but it was enough for Aporou.
“Here it comes” (Aporou)
[Great Power of the Black Demon] is an ability that gave him the strength to even stop Minokichi-kun’s movements. Aporou’s body sinks, yet even so, the silver arm that was holding onto the illusion didn’t change it’s position from the start.
As a result.
“Counter!?” (Minokichi-kun)
With the flow of power changing with a sudden, yet terrific force, Minokichi-kun’s gigantic body was easily sent flying back into the air.
A voice full with feelings of surprise was clearly heard.
Minokichi-kun’s body was turning, over and over again in a straight vertical direction. Minokichi-kun was not able to recognize the difference between heaven and Earth as he was unable to regain his posture in air, with the most likely ending resulting in him crashing back down to Earth.
The energy required to move such a heavy object is enormous, but all that energy will disappear the moment that it hits the ground. In other words, Minokichi-kun will stop when he crashes into the ground.
The chance for a counterattack that had previously been impossible had now appeared, and it was not something that Aporou would miss.
“…Shaaaa”
Aporou began to unleash one ability after another.
[Aero Master] to create thirty lumps out of wind, [Gravity Law] allowed him to perform high-speed attacks using the gravity.
In an instant, all of the lumps formed of wind smashed into Minokichi-kun just as he came hit the ground, proceeding to prevent Minokichi-kun from regaining his composure. The continuous dull sound similar to a huge hammer hitting a bad chunk of meat rang out throughout the arena.
“Buuumooo!!!”
A voice full of pain began to leak out.
One of the main characteristics of the Minotaur species is their incredibly tough body wherein Minokichi-kun has a remarkably tough one.
As for the attack, it was one that was meant to be able to pierce metal armor with a single blow.
The power of each impact was heavily reduced because Minokichi-kun’s entire body was covered with a strong muscular armor so the attack itself couldn’t cause massive damage.
The heavy battering on the mighty Minokichi-kun had, however, proved just effective enough to keep him in one place.
Since Minokichi-kun couldn’t move, Aporou closed the distance and made a strike with the red spear.
With the tip of the spear, he cut the atmosphere and the sound of impact rang true.
The blow from the red spear that was aimed towards Minokichi-kun’s left shoulder was just barely blocked with the massive shield. The sparks rang out in a massive array, but Aporou’s attacks didn’t stop.
The spear was drawn once more, and repeatedly thrust at the target.
A red light began to emit from the tip of the red spear as the speed of the spear increased well over a hundred times.
[Aporou battle technique [Arts] [100 Blossoms 1000 Spears] was activated][With the battle technique [Arts] [100 Blossoms 1000 Spears] spear effectivity is increased]
Following this, Aporou activated both [Job – Master Spearman] and [Spear King].
Both are high level [Arts] which can only be utilized at the higher levels of an individual’s [Job] wherein the spear is the main combat weapon.
This originally gave humans the possibility to exceed their physical strength and speed limitations at the cost of the user’s stamina.
If it were to be used in a state where the user was near death, there would be a high chance that the user would die as a result of the backlash.
Because the technique that Aporou had used, [100 Blossoms 1000 Spears] is exceptionally strong, it goes to an even higher class of [Arts] than compared to most others.
But, due to the fact that Aporou’s body is substantially stronger than that of a human being, while using [100 Blossoms 1000 Spears] his stamina is only slightly reduced. In addition, after cutting off the technique, he only requires several seconds before he can recover to his original state with no long-standing side-effects.
The heavy red spear was thus greatly strengthened through Aporou’s [Arts] and collided with Minokichi-kun’s shield. At the moment of impact, an abnormal sound erupted with a flash of light.
This nigh impossible scene between two monsters of battle was unraveling before all of the members of Parabellum. Everyone, excluding Aporou’s children, were at a complete and utter loss for words at the spectacle before them.
The red flashes from Aporou’s red spear attacks held such enormous power that each blow would be fatal simply by itself. If it were not for Minokichi-kun’s extremely high durability, he would never have been able to endure such an onslaught.
This scene was also the very first time Aporou had ever been forced into a situation where he showed his hidden strength, his combat [Arts] and special abilities to everyone.
There was a law within this world that “Only a human can have a [Job] as one’s [Ability]”.
[Arts] allow humankind to match the great and mighty existences of the giants and dragons, it was granted upon them by the [Gods] and their greatest [Blessing].
Therefore, no other species are able to gain a [Job] or access the combat [Arts].
But now, right before the eyes of everyone in the battle arena, Aporou had just overthrown the Laws of the world that they had all known.
Such a scene was shown before them. The surprise of the scene for Rusty Iron Knight and the Female Knight was something so unimaginable they were at a total loss for words.
“””How is that possible…””” – Many began to mutter.
Those fragile voices quickly began to fade as their full attention began to seep back within the spectacle before them. The crash of sound created from Aporou’s combat [Arts] [100 Blossoms of 1000 Spears] slammed into Minokichi-kun’s shield.
“Look now Minokichi-kun, I’ll stop holding back now if only a little, prepare yourself!”
From the sheer weight of each blow, Aporou gradually began to push through Minokichi-kun’s defences through the use of the combat [Arts] [100 Blossoms 1000 Spears] combined through the synergetic bonuses of several other abilities.
As a result, the simple calculation of the situation corresponds to an approximate multitude of twice as many hits.
A red afterimage from the spear grew darker and the impacts began to start damaging the surface of the spear, because of the sheer magnitude of these strikes, Minokichi-kun’s arm holding the shield had to bear a serious load.
If it wasn’t for Minokichi-kun’s strong body, a hole would have been created within several seconds.
With too much strength invested into the attacks, the red spear could also have been damaged. This attack, however, was quickly approaching it’s end as Aporou’s endurance was approaching it’s climax. Within combat [Arts] there is a fixed limit within each technique wherein afterwards there is the slightest of openings.
Even for Aporou, who can use the combat [Arts] that none other than humans should have access to, could not change this fact.
With the end of the combat [Arts] there is a small chance to counterattack, which even the greatly weakened Minokichi-kun would never overlook.
However,
“…SSSsssssaaaaaaaaah” (Aporou)
Aporou began to use another ability [Continuation Thrust]
A constant assault through piercing attacks was created by the use of [Continuation Thrust] and [100 Blossoms 1000 Spears] which left no real opening nor chance to counterattack.
The display of attacks shown was only something possible by Aporou, who is capable of using multiple [Abilities] to create original combat [Arts].
“Buuumoooooooooooo!??………” (Minokichi-kun)
The sheer number of piercing attacks could no longer be perceived anymore, it had become a muddy stream. While enduring the attack nothing could be said, as the brutality continued, even the mighty Minokichi-kun could only release a groan.
Praising the enemy while piercing into the frame, the muddy stream of brutal piercing attacks scatters the meat into pieces. While the shield managed to block most of the attacks, some of the meat exposed around the shield was severely chipped away from Minokichi-kun’s limbs. Minokichi-kun’s leg was also greatly damaged.
Beforehand, at Aporou’s feet there was a lump of rock that had been generated. Through the use of [Gravity Law] it was broken off, the wreckage began to rise quickly into the air.
In an instant, more than 100 rock lumps had risen from the surroundings into the air. As for the rock lumps’ sizes, there were small ones and large ones of all sizes from a few centimeters to some of nearly five meters. Some could see it differently, but in reality, one could even compare it to a small gathering of space debris.
“………………!!?”
In this space in time, Aporou’s preparations had been completed and a roar similar to when Minokichi-kun had first collided with the ground was released. At the same time, white flames and golden thunder once more blew out from his entire body.
The thunder flames wrapped around Aporou’s entire body since he was near him, but there was little to no real effect this time around. Even with this, the continuous attack from the [100 Blossoms 1000 Spears] and [Continuation Thrust] had not stopped even for a moment.
The appearance of Minokichi-kun’s body had momentarily disappeared from Aporou’s view due to the thunder flames, they had more or less become a slight barrier from the piercing onslaught.
For only that instant, a small gap could be seen between attacks, and Minokichi-kun using all of his might, forced himself from his back. It was an action only possible because Aporou’s attacks had, for just that moment, lightened.
As the red spear missed the target it met with the ground and was quickly removed.
The meat from the limbs that had already been gouged from the target, remained where the red spear hit the ground.
Minokichi-kun glanced back for a mere moment to see Aporou instantaneously activating another one of red spear’s abilities.
[Unique ability [Bloody Armor of the Shuyari Tepes] triggered].
By executing the ability, dozens of red spear attacks occurred from below Minokichi-kun aiming for his legs.
It was an attack aimed for the sole purpose to, if only temporarily, reduce the great speed of Minokichi-kun that broke the speed of the sound barrier. It is considerably difficult to prevent an ability that attacks from below into a critical blind spot. Without even knowing when one would attack, it was certainly a killing move.
However, from the small glance Minokichi-kun had gained, he seemed to be able to read it as Minokichi-kun’s reaction was lightning fast.
Just as the red spear came from the ground, Minokichi-kun’s massive body had jumped nearly twenty meters into the sky. What the red spear had struck was only Minokichi-kun’s shadow.
As Aporou looked into the sky, there was Minokichi-kun who had raised his axe. It was not difficult to imagine the power that the blow could deliver. Even for Aporou, to receive such a blow directly would be extremely dangerous. Though, Aporou had no intention to be hit by it at all.
With a motion from his hand,
“Go…” (Aporou)
The rocks that had been floating in air were sent flying aimed at Minokichi-kun. The attack was similar to a flying charge, one only needed to change the gravitational pull to send the attack wherever one wanted to. There was yet another purpose for the floating rock lumps, but that is for later.
“Buuumoooooo…”
As the blaze of the rock lumps approached from all sides, Minokichi-kun angled his shield with the hoof of his leg. by changing the angle the rock lumps were intercepted by the shield on, it was as if he was surfing on a wave. The rock lumps were colliding with dull sounds, but were not able to damage the shield because the momentum of the blows were being redirected to lessen the impact.
Minokichi-kun was very dexterous to the nigh impossible point to even make Aporou astonished.
“…………ooooooooooooooooooooooooo”
The pattern of the golden cow once more began to shine and the illusion of the cow’s head appeared.
The remaining rock lumps that were aimed at Minokichi-kun were all crushed and at the same time an attack was launched at Aporou.
Because he had such terrific power, the pebbles that were thrown at him became a rain of rocks. Aporou intertwined with his golden thread gushing from his fingertips were able to prevent the pebbles as they fell by rotating the centrifugal force and once more launching a counterattack to the falling Minokichi-kun.
In order to deal a great blow to Minokichi-kun, the golden lump of rocks and thread followed an orbit that could not be blocked with the shield. Though there was a brief disappointment as the burning axe cut it open, preventing the pebbles within from delivering a strike. With that, a great deal of the damage aimed at Minokichi-kun was avoided.
“Buuumooooo!!!”
From the frustration, a strong shout filled with anger was released from Minokichi-kun.
As the massive figure of anger reached the ground, the impact felt like the release of all of the built up feelings all at once as the axe was swung down. The energy that was gained while falling, and the weight of all of his equipment that figured out to well over 1 ton, combined with the supernatural muscular strength that came from him being a Minotaur, created a grand explosion as it fell. There might be other various reasons, but at the end, the extensive destruction was created by Minokichi-lun.
As Minokichi-kun landed, the ground shook as if a meteor had landed. The shield that had been used like a surfboard sunk deeply into the ground and an abnormal dust cloud was raised.
Aporou had almost lost his footing due to the shaking ground, but quickly recovered.
It was certain that most living beings would have been killed should they have received such an impact, however, the problem was not the heavy shield crushing down upon the earth, but the attack from the axe that had buried itself halfway into the ground.
Golden white thunderous flames from the head of the axe demonstrated the full power of destruction as they blew up from the underground, creasing fissures as if several huge snakes had been summoned forth.
It might have still been alright if it had been just that.
However, from his anger, Minokichi-kun swung his axe back downward with the thunderous flames.
Even the ground being casually destroyed left Minokichi-kun seeming unsatisfied and the thunderous flames were launched forth into the heavens for further destruction.
As the cracks on the ground began to shine a golden white, they erupted. A pillar of thunderous flames blew up from the sky and ground, meeting together and exploding in a fantastic spectacle.
The range had taken up the entire arena, leaving Aporou no space for escape.
The remaining lumps of rock that had still floated within the sky were shattered by the thunderous flames and disappeared while being burned away.
Even while his body was being engulfed with the thunderous flames, Aporou manipulated the current of the air such that the thunderous flames did not inflict harm upon the nearby members.
Minokichi-kun’s thunderous flames were blown together in the center of the arena.
At any rate, Minokichi-kun’s attack was not only focused at Aporou, in his anger, it had been so powerful that it would have extended great damage to a majority of the crowd.
-If I had done nothing, nearly 70% of those watching would have failed to get out of range in time, if I wasn’t lucky, it could have been a severe death toll…
It was a grand scale, high level wide-range attack with an unbelievable attack power.
After several seconds, the pillars of thunderous flames finally disappeared.
Cough* *Cough* “… Oh, Minokichi-kun, have you cooled your head yet?”
Even after all of that, Aporou hadn’t gotten close to death. The golden thunder had no affect to Aporou, however, he was somewhat damaged by the white flames.
However, because of [Hyper Speed Regeneration] he had recovered immediately, so he wasn’t in any danger.
“Although it hurts slightly, i’ll endure it for now.” (Aporou)
Aporou, who had just endured Minokichi-kun’s attack, was at the limit of his patience.
As it was a fight between Aporou and Minokichi-kun, being attacked was not the problem at all. It was a rather natural thing, so one should generally not get angry. The anger, however, had not come from that.
The reason for Aporou’s anger was due to Minokichi-kun, without any thought at all, had used an attack of such a grand scale that it would have involved the other members.
Minokichi-kun, who is a commander and is in a position to lead subordinates, drew out, without thinking, an attack that could have killed his subordinates.
“Grrrrrr…… Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……” (Aporou)
In the distance, Minokichi-kun had come to and muttered “What… have I done…”, at the same time Aporou, at the end of his patience, triggered [Black Ogre’s Evil Eye] and [Black Demon’s Dignity]. As a result, Minokichi-kun’s movements dulled remarkably.
More than half of Minokichi-kun’s large axe remained buried underground, with his massive shield completely buried at his feet.
Though, normally one might have just easily pulled them out, but because of Aporou, Minokichi-kun’s movements were exceptionally slow.
While storing his spear into the item box, Aporou dashed towards Minokichi-kun at full speed. Even after the body had jumped with [Great Power of the Black Demon], it accelerated even further. Combined with [Black Demon’s Charge] his speed fully surpassed Minokichi-kun’s. Aporou arrived at Minokichi’s position past the speed of sound, the distance instantly being covered.
[Giant’s Iron Hammer] appeared in Aporou’s arms and [Destructive Fists of Flesh Crushing Rage] was put into action.
In addition to two or more abilities that were used to strengthen Aporou’s fists, they vanished from Minokichi-kun’s view. Such a speed is simply impossible for mere eyes to comprehend.
He didn’t have enough time to gather his shield, and as he determined that, Minokichi-kun forcibly pulled his axe from the ground with both hands to harden his defense. It was in that moment that Aporou’s attack exploded.
The huge fist passed through Minokichi-kun’s right flank, bypassing his defenses. A ridiculous power that smashed through Minokichi-kun’s hide and broke the ribs easily.
The left arm crashed into Minokichi-kun’s chest. It was only due to Minokichi-kun’s defense that he survived, if it had been a regular human being, the broken ribs would have pierced into the lungs and other internal organs due to the sheer force of the blow.
The right shoulder defended by his axe was then hit, and even though it was largely defended by the axe, the humerus was still broken to the point of piercing outside of the skin from the sheer force.
The left side of his head that had become defenseless was hit, the brain was shaken and a crack ran along the skull from the strike.
Finally, a direct hit to the upper part of the jaw was released, one of Minokichi-kun’s fangs was crushed and scattered to the surroundings. The massive body of Minokichi-kun was whirled up off of his feet.
The massive body of Minokichi-kun flew into the sky for a few seconds, after which, it landed outside the arena and fell to the ground with an awfully dull plopping sound.
The place where he landed changed color. At the place where he landed, several bones were protruding from Minokichi-kun’s body and a large quantity of blood was flowing out.
Due to the serious injuries, as anyone could determine, he should not be able to continue fighting because of the serious damage that had been done.
However, Minokichi-kun stood up as if it were nothing. All of the members who had been observing the scene from outside of the arena, especially the human members, were astonished as to what had just happened. Thunderous flames started to blow out of Minokichi-kun’s wounds and the serious injuries were healed within seconds.
The fang that had been broken fell out and a new fang grew in it’s place. The bones that protruded from the skin crackled as they re-entered Minokichi-kun’s body and the ribs that should be piercing his internal organs crackled as they went back into place.
Even with the Minotaur race’s proud and mighty vitality, Minokichi-kun’s recovery power was simply unbelievable. It was proof that Minokichi-kun’s regeneration power was near, if not equal to that of Aporou’s.
The Minokichi-kun that had recovered, never had let go of his axe as he was beaten. He re-entered the arena and after setting his posture, he dashed onwards again.
Minokichi-kun collected his shield on the way. From Aporou’s view, it seemed as if a massive figure began pushing out his shield before him. There was still some way to go before they collided, but Minokichi-kun’s smile could be easily seen from the shadow behind his shield.
It’s only natural, looking at the shield before him, Aporou saw Minokichi-kun and received him with a smile.
The red spear was taken back out, the axe swung down, the red spear intercepted it, a clash, a flash of light and a shockwave flashed forth.
The aftermath of the scattered and indiscriminate destruction, the ground was torn to pieces, gravel being shot like arrows, the atmosphere screaming with tension.
Both monsters clashing just as before. As the axe and spear clashed, sparks flew out and the roaring sound of the battle swept through the entire forest.
After Minokichi-kun returned, we continued to spar all day.
As the battle with Minokichi-kun reached the end, the stars and moon had already reached the top of the night’s sky.
I was extremely tired. Because of the great amount of fatigue, both Minokichi and myself spent that night in the External Training Field.
Ahh, the starlit sky was beautiful.
I got slightly nostalgic for a battle in outer space…
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Day 124 Sidestory Female Mantis Humanoid’s POV
This version still needs to be looked over and edited. ~Rok
Day 124/Sidestory: Female Mantis Humanoid’s POV
In front of my eyes the Leader and the Vice-Leader are fighting. The fight that is unfolding in the circular fighting arena build in the External Training Field, is so terrific that it is difficult to understand it at all.
Even for me who has superior movement vision because of my compound eyes, the exchange of attacks is too fast to be visible. The Leader who did not show his serious punches during training, is now piling them in succession and a red hollow trace is visible in mid-air.
The massive battleaxe of the Vice-Leader swung down, and with the thunder flames crushed in to the ground, blasting the surroundings. Running at an unbelievable speed for such a massive figure, making everyone looking think that the Vice-Leader moved in an instant, he clashed at the Leader with that speed, however unknowing as to what happened the charging Vice-Leader was blown away. He rotated many times and crashed into the ground. And the Leader who pursued with an attack, however I was not able to understand what was going on.
The fight as it continued even after that, was dominated by the Leader’s flow from beginning to the end. But because it was dangerous, only a small portion of the executives were able to watch it till the last minute, it was regrettable.
I too wanted to see it till the last minute, but as it turned out that way, it was impossible. We who were only watching were left half-dead because of the aftermath of the attack, speaking of the terribleness of fight that spread a little.
What did I feel as I saw the fight, after only the Leader could be seen at the bottom?
The Leader is a monster in Arts. Enough of a monster to incapacitate me barehanded even as I am wrapped in a solid exoskeleton. What would happen if such an existence used a weapon? I can easily imagine it.
Moreover the Leader has racial abilities as [Divine Protection] that I cannot possibly explain, as he used powers that I cannot understand, even the one that opposes him is not permitted to compete. It is only possible to human beings to ever use [Arts], yet he used them, this was outside of my comprehension.
But as I am seeing it, my abdomen became hot, and only then it could be said that it was clear.
Wanting to leave a strong descendant, was my instinct. The Mantis began voluntary training. The Mantis is in heat. After having sex, the Mantis kills her male mate by eating him. The Mantis is not mistress material.
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Day 125
Early this morning, while sleeping in the arena, I was awoken by a voice from the communication cuff.
It was Supesei-san and Burasato-san with a message:
“We have gained a great deal of treasure and information.”
Admittedly, still half asleep due to my exhaustion from the day before I asked,
“What’s this all of a sudden?”
It appears that they had killed some human thieves and had taken their treasures. However, it seems they had ‘invested’ it all on excellent weapons and grimoires without giving any thought to the consequences.
While swearing to never entrust the fund management of the settlement to these two, I decided to share a bit of information with them.
You remember the goblins that couldn’t accept my leadership and had previously left the group?
They were the ones that were given mythril knives as a parting gifts. At the time, I had demonstrated the blade’s sharpness by cutting my finger and using the blood that was spilled, attached a small clone to it.
While those guys were moving, I was able to fill in more and more of my mental map of this area.
At any rate, it seems that several days ago, they were finally attacked by some humans and slaughtered.
It’s unfortunate that they were not able to win, even though they were equipped with the mythril knives. They were killed by a group of fairly competent thieves, all of their treasures were taken.
I decided to feed the information about the group of thieves to the two.
Even if the information on other groups such as thieves is good, since they killed several of my acquaintances, I can’t say I hold any warm feelings for these thieves.
After I finished my explanation, I decided to go back to sleep.
The next time I awoke, Minokichi-kun approached me and requested to spar again. Because of that, I continued to spar with him throughout the morning. Despite being incredibly heavy, he’s quite fast. This, combined with the special flame and lightning attacks he continuously unleashes makes Minokichi-kun quite the formidable opponent. In addition to that, it seems that as I took more of his attacks, it became more and more difficult for my [Resistances] to defend against his onslaught.
In the afternoon, I went to Blacksmith-san and the dwarves’ place so I could start production of various items. I wanted to try to make a gun that uses gunpowder, however,due to various reasons, I decided to abandon this idea.
I’ll have to come up with something else.
Perhaps I could use spirit stones and magic to solve this problem by creating a Spirit Stone Gun or a Magic Gun, however, it would be quite troublesome if these or the mere idea of such weapons to fall into the wrong hands.
Perhaps I could install a failsafe into these items, something like “Cannot be used unless you are a member of the group.”
While I was contemplating that, I took a break at the Leprechaun’s place in order to create a special coat of arms for the settlement to use.
Well… given that I don’t really have any artistic ability… I had a women with [Job – Painter] take care of the design.
The design instructions for the work was simply to create a deformed black ogre with three horns baring it’s fangs.
Since we didn’t have the proper materials for everything we needed, I decided to send out one of the humans that displayed one of the highest levels of obedience to town on a Falaise Eagle to go shopping for supplies.
A Falaise Eagle can carry up to 2 humans or roughly 3 small Goblins.
To note, the ride is not a comfortable one through and it takes a good deal of practice to manage.
Despite that fact, I’m heavily considering capturing even more of them.
After my evening meal, Burasato-san contacted me again to inform me that their hunt on the human thieves was safely completed.
The group of bandits were completely destroyed and they had obtained quite a few precious gems.
Before ending the conversation with her, I told them to come back soon. I had already told the other groups this as well, so everyone should be returning home soon.
The fourth group, which had been having problems with cooperation seems to have finally been able to work together more or less. So that’s one problem solved.
As expected, sharing meals with each other and overcoming diversity through life and death situations together are helpful tools to forge strong bonds between one another.
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Day 126
Recently it has started to feel like the weather’s becoming a bit more chilly.
It seems that a season similar to either fall or winter has finally come.
According to Gobujii’s stories, it doesn’t seem like this region is likely to experience snow. However, because there are plenty of children and newborns around, I passed off instructions to the leprechauns and their human helpers to start manufacturing some clothing for the cold weather.
In the morning, myself and Minokichi-kun shed plenty of sweat and blood in the [External Training Grounds].
Then in the afternoon I decided to give Auro, Argento and Oniwaka some training.
My eldest daughter Auro and eldest son Argento seem to have inherited both the blood of a human and that of an ogre, making them [Half-Ogres].
They were given names based on the gold and silver orbs they have.
Under normal circumstances, it would be unusual for them to have Ogre orbs, however, I don’t think it’s that strange considering that they’re MY children.
When Auro, uses her orb, a golden longbow appears that uses halberds, of the same color, as projectiles.
When Argento uses his orb, a silver longbow appears that uses partisan pole-arms, of the same color, as projectiles.
It seems that they are both naturally talented with long-distance weaponry such as bows.
With a little training and good effort, they should be able to easily hit their marks.
Their arrows aren’t even ordinary arrows either, I don’t really understand how they work, but both the halberds and partisans flew like normal arrows.
So, regardless of whether or not they were actually arrows, I decided to just refer to them as such.
Their power output was rather high as well.
It seems they create these arrows as they draw their bows, and since this is the case, they aren’t likely to run out of ammunition.
Given this fact, I could probably take them out into battle pretty soon.
Taking this into account, I decided to teach them plenty of close combat skills for the purpose of defending themselves, even if they were ranged fighters. It is sometimes necessary for an archer to defend themselves should their opponent close the distance on them.
Of course, the halberds and partisan pole-arms could also be used as normal weapons should the need arise.
As for Oniwaka who is a [High Ogre], he’s already cleared over 180 centimeters tall.
On top of that, his muscles seem to have developed to such a degree that he’s already gained the muscular strength of an adult [Ogre].
Because of that, I decided to teach him close combat techniques along with the other two.
I also called in Minokichi-kun to aid in their training.
Oniwaka’s weapon of choice is a Kanabo, a large club with spikes of pure mithril alloy.
A lot of his equipment resembles Minokichi’s initial equipment.
It would seem that he also greatly respects Minokichi-kun which made me feel a bit lonely as his father.
I have to say, it’s a really satisfying feeling to see your children grow stronger as the days pass.
In the evening, the remaining groups that had gone out finally began returning.
Aside from a male human I had stay out to spy, the rest of Parabellum had finally assembled once again.
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Day 127
This morning I decided to host another fighting tournament to decide the current standing of our hierarchy.
However, this time, there was a distinction between official members and provisional members. Also, because these battles were between combat personnel, not every one of our members was required to participate. That being said, because it was a great source of entertainment that our settlement generally lacked, there wasn’t a single soul that overlooked the tournament. This created far more activity around than there had been seen up until this point.
The results:
1st Place: Aporou
2nd Place: Minokichi
3rd Place: Kanami
4th Place: Avenger
5th Place: Asue
6th Place: Burasato
7th Place: Supesei
8th Place: Fire Lord-kun
9th Place: Wind Lord-chan
10th Place: Scarface *One of the Black Undead Knights from Day 121, he had greater intelligence*
11th Place: Rusty Iron Knight
12th Place: Suputo (One of the Thunder Dragonnewts)
13th Place: Gurufu-chan
14th Place: The Boss Monkey
15th Place: Redhead
16th Place: Illusion Lord-kun
…etc.
It was a pretty emotional spectacle.
From fighting affinity you had towards your opponent, as well as the changes between battlefields and the changes of various factors that could have affected the outcome of the battles, it drummed up quite a bit of excitement from the members.
That said, it ended up like this this time.
It’s important to note that the commanding officer of Prière didn’t make it into the higher rankings.
Seiji-kun’s race and orientation isn’t combat oriented, so it can’t be helped that he wasn’t able to rank higher.
However, it’s a given that the remaining commanding officers were all able to score within the top 10 of the rankings. The rest of the influential members scored themselves within the top twenty.
Although there were various options for assessing people, I omitted them this time, more or less because it’s just plain troublesome.
That night after the tournament was over, there was a grand banquet. The meat for the banquet came from several Black Fomorians that I generated.
Yeah, festivals are great after all. The Black Fomorian meat was delicious as well… They were seriously delicious!
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Day 128
Today, a request came from the Tomboy Princess .
When we had parted ways with the Princess, I had secretly given her a communication cuff to use whenever she had the need of me, regardless of the time of day. As a result, we’ve had plenty of conversations, taking place during the morning, afternoon and even at night. However, this is only the second time that she’s making a request.
That being said, when the Princess said “I wish to make a request,” I sensed some trouble looming.
Is it just me… Or does trouble always come whenever the Princess makes a request of me… No… no that can’t be right…
Well, to summarize, it seems that the request this time is just to help train the royal guards of the Amber Palace.
Well, we did become acquainted with the palace guards last time when they had joined in the training I was having with Fire Lord-kun and the Boy Knight .
They seemed like decent individuals and they were even able to overcome the human racial barrier to ask to join in on the training of a ‘lesser race’.
That said, it’s not really a job i’m really looking forward to do.
However, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible, nor will I be refusing.
The reason is just that i’ve heard that the First Queen is a deeply zealous individual and I may end up having to take meals with her as well as being held in audience with her at several points.
It’s because of this I felt there might be an ulterior motive behind this request.
Moreover, according to my clones, it seems that there may be some big plan involving the Princess that might be about to go down.
I’m guessing she’s intending to get me involved in that.
Although I don’t have the specifics yet, this is probably the case in this situation.
That’s more or less why i’m worried about whether it’s alright for me to take this request.
Our numbers are now past a total of 400, but a majority of them still need more training and to acquire better equipment.
If a troublesome situation occurs and I have to mobilize the entire group, I’m concerned about whether or not we will be able to overcome the crisis. It’s still unclear and that’s what has me worried.
The reward, however, is not going to be an issue. The reward is a rather extensively large sum after all. Given that it’s royalty, that’s a given.
The reward this time will be less than what we had received from the escort job, however, it’s still considerably higher than the market price for the service requested.
The Princess is certainly our best paying customer to date.
It’s not all that surprising though since we haven’t had many other clients.
I think i’ll wait a little before I decide whether or not to take the request or not.
I ended up spending the rest of the day having another sparring match with Minokichi-kun .
In the evening, since we both had free time, Father Elf and I decided to drink some Elven wine and Labyrinth liquor while soaking in the hot springs.
Although I said we’d drink upon our return, a week had already passed.
Since we both had our own business to take care of, it really couldn’t be helped much.
That being said, since the promise seems to have been fulfilled, there shouldn’t be any problems.
However, i’ll stick with it when I say that Elven wine is the best.
It really is after all…
That said, you can’t take Labyrinth liquor lightly though.
It’s a bit unfortunate that it costs quite a bit since it’s quite hard to get.
For that reason, i’m sorry to say that Elven wine will remain my favorite.
Hmmm…… It might be a good idea to challenge the labyrinth sometime in search of some seriously high quality liquor. While considering this, I merrily continued drinking with Father Elf.
After some time had passed, Minokichi-kun and Rusty Iron Knight had joined us. The situation had turned into a rather unique drinking party for the higher ranking men. Since the drinking party with the men continued well into the night, Father Elf decided to stay over rather than traverse the forest during the night after drinking a large amount of alcohol.
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Day 129
This morning after seeing Father Elf off, I decided it was finally time to get back with the Tomboy Princess.
In the end, I ended up deciding to accept her request.
Currently the financial situation with Parabellum is in a rather delicate state, it’s neither good nor bad. Certainly, there’s money from the escort job for the Princess that we had done, the selling of monster materials as well as the money we receive on a regular basis from protecting Clute Village and it’s residents when they go out to harvest lumber from the forest.
In addition to that, Burasato-san and Supesei-san had returned with quite a bit of treasure that had included quite a bit of money they had appropriated from the group of thieves.
There was certainly enough money here to support our current personnel.
Since we are self-sufficient for the moment, earning more money isn’t a necessity, however, we should earn it when we can since you will never know when you can get work in the future.
On top of that, it also seems wasteful to miss out on the large reward from this request. If some sort of commotion happens, I may end up losing out on my commission, but it could still be turned into a profitable situation given the right actions.
It will also give me a chance to lightly probe around the Princess which might allow me to pick up some important information that might otherwise escape me. There are more advantages than disadvantages in this situation.
Assessing the information I collected with [Intuition] I ended up deciding to accept the request. However, if we’re going to end up taking the carriages to the Royal Capital, it will take some time to prepare them for the journey. Although we could also just travel there by air now, we certainly don’t have enough Falaise Eagles for everyone. The Royal Capital is also too far away from where we are currently located.
If I were to think about it, heading out with enough carriages would end up being more convenient anyway.
I also have to consider what members I should bring with me. Of course I will be bringing Kanami-chan with me as well as Auro and my other children.
While they are still in their growth period, they will still be a great help in any given situation. Hmmm, given the current task, I think I’ll bring around twenty people in the case something happens. Those that stay behind can continue training their bodies. It might also be a good idea to let them head out into the forest to gain some rather needed experience on the hunt.
I spent a good amount of time today selecting the members that I would bring along with me to the Royal Capital.
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Day 130
In the end, I decided on having several groups head out again. For that reason, I produced ten carriages and strengthened them using various abilities.
My group consists of 24 people and will be taking 4 carriages.
Minokichi-kun and Asue-chan’s group consisting of 20 people with 3 carriages and will head for the Labyrinth City Purgatory in order to train and gather more materials.
The final group consisted of 22 people and were put on guard detail using three skeleton centipedes. Although the carriages can carry more members if I alter their size, this number is just fine for the time being.
Since we’re departing tomorrow, I instructed each person to get their luggage together.
Blacksmith-san and the sisters are going to stay home this time around. There are four people staying since they seem to have things to do.
Sigh… Well, nothing more than to get ready and prepare for the best and the worst. Though I’m looking forward to the trip, I won’t lie when I say I also feel a bit uneasy. The feeling is only subtle though.
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Day 130 Sidestory Gobujii’s POV
[Gobujii’s aspect: The 130th day ]
Recently, the body movements, became completely bad. The eyes became hazy, the joints are aching, and the sexual desire faded away too.
Steadily, I will possibly also go (die).
Give me a little bit more, as I look at me burning away, to everywhere I can see (look).
I would like to soak in the hot springs, soak in them again and work hard.
Gobujii’s life span = ■■ Day
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