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Chapter 364: Two Years

“Melty…”

Right now, the only one by Melty’s side is Firo

But it will be hard for Firo to defeat the Reincarnators alone

Quickly As fast as we can, we have to go save her

“Don’t worry You guys don’t seein of power, and the Spirits’ help, I don’t think that Goddess can sense you”

“In the end, are you an enemy? An ally?” (Raphtalia)

“I just fight by my rules I’m a God Slayer And by My rules, I will expel those who destroy the order of this world As long as… the Spirits who chose you continue to want you around, then I’m probably an ally”

Around Arc, spirits begin to circle

“I can’t see theuys quite well liked by the Spirits?”

The lights surrounding him crowd around me and Raphtalia

“Those are the Spirits of worlds destroyed So I think they’re praying for you to protect for their share as well”

“Aren’t they invisible to you?” (Naofumi)

“I can’t see Spirits, but by listening to the wills dwelling in the weapons, I can hear them Your shi+eld… has a Spirit with a relatively ht?”

On his words, soins to take shape

The figure that appeared suddenly clung to me

“Naofumi-sama!”

It was… Atlas

A soul resting in the shi+eld

She really did work hard with the Spirit of the shi+eld for my sake

Her will, the regrets of the Spirits, everything… I won’t let it go to waste

“Oy, you The one who’s been trying to talk towith nothing but a soul left behind? You’re half transparent, and I can’t really see you, but it see poells within you”

After gripping htly for a while, Raphtalia wrenched her off, and Atlas answered the question

“Yes Together with the Spirit of the shi+eld, we’re sharing our power to turn it into Naofumi-sama’s Eventually… My consciousness, and the Spirit of the shi+eld’s willwith a soul” (Atlas)

“Ah, good luck with that…”

Though Arc’s explanations definedit

It’s just that I’s I can do has increased, so the only thing left is to test it in battle

“Naofuht” (Atlas)

As she said that, the Spirits started rotating around Atlas

I begin to feel

“Just now… the Spirits have granted us some power Naofumi-sama, do you feel it?” (Atlas)

I’m aware of the process Atlas describes

We’re being given soe from them

But while I can receive their power, I cannot steal it

My nature as the shi+eld binds me, but it also becomes my power

“Isn’t it about tis to do, so I can’t really follow, though”

“For teaching us quite a few things, I thank you” (Raphtalia)

Raphtalia and Atlas lower their heads to him

“Oh, don’t worry about it It’s a power you guys realized yourselves, and built up fro you wanted when you obtained that power, reuys are not my enemy”

And Arc smiled happily

But if you look at it from the other perspective, if we stray frohtest, it’ll be all-out-war

Anyways, I understand oal, which had once been unclear

But for noe’re in a situation where neither of us considers the other an enemy

We’re pretty much unrelated now

He did do us quite a few favors, so if so him isn’t the worst option

Of course, that’s only if me and Arc share the same interests at the time

“If you ever find pain in the path you walk, and want to sleep; if you want it to end, just search for s is my job as well”

“Yeah… okay If I ever get tired with life, perhaps I’ll leave it to you” (Naofumi)

“Well then, I’ll see you then Best regards”

For those barred from rest for eternity, they will eventually say this

I just want a peaceful sleep

I wonder if he’s the one granted that role

But ’Best Regard’… he returned my cynicism with some of his own

No, is it common courtesy?

Not that it s

“Listen here Before you enter the world, the first thing you have to do is make sure you’re not sensed by the ene like the lynchpin that protects the world, right? In order to put in a new pin, I guess you’ll have to remove the old one”

Lynchpin… I see

Right now, the one protecting that world is Itsuki… the Hero of the Bow, and his Spirit

The heroes and Spirits from Glasses world probably hold similar positions

But that pin could easily be pulled out by the bitch Goddess at any time

And when they’re gone, the world falls apart

Then… should I just increase the aether?

Right now, er bolt than before

But with that, it’s unreliable

Even so, more To increase the chances of our victory

That means…

“Naofumi-sama” (Raphtalia)

“Naofumi-sama” (Atlas)

“Fine, I know Let’s go pick up Ren and Motoyasu” (Naofumi)

We should be able to find and bring those two back

Like us, they should be clinging onto life somewhere

We prepare ourselves to cross worlds once h space

I concentrate… those two’s locations

… Motoyasu is close He’s somewhere parallel to that world

On the contrary, Ren is far

If I were to coalaxy away

Is that Ren’s world?

“Ah, when you’re fighting, I think this will prove handy to you Whatever happens, re it”

Saying that, Ark tossed the medicine of immortality over to me

It’s not the watered down version, It’s the real thing

Just how high would be the output on the skills unlocked through the undiluted formula?

“I pray for success in your battle to come”

Ark waves his hand

“Your arrogant attitude… I definitely will never be able to trust you from the depths of my heart” (Naofumi)

The way he offers trials to people is so

The result is fine, but I hate how it feels like I’ on the palm of his hand

“Ahaha… as expected of you But I don’t hate you Yep, good luck”

“I’ll definitely pay back this favor I’m a man who keeps promises” (Naofumi)

“I see If I need help, I’ll call for you then See, I’le man”

Good grief… he doesn’t seeuy

Anyways, we need to take action to save the world now

Even if we do end up repaying that’ll be after this mess is over

“Raphtalia, Atlas Let’s go”

“Yes”

“Understood”

We change to light, and head off to Ren and Motoyasu

–

Even from the outside, I could tell Ren’s world was one out of a Sci-Fi novel

As I approaches it, I could see it, but it seems that the fact that other worlds exist is common sense to them

They can’t traverse between them yet, but perhaps in a few decades, they could put their knowledge to practical applications

“Then should we enter?”

“Yeah”

Me, Raphtalia and Atlas infiltrated Ren’s world

We in our descent

The location is… it seems to be Ren’s room, for when he’s alone

We land on the floor, and look around

It looks like a world of the near future, but Ren’s room’s structure isn’t any different from those of my world

It just looks like an exceedingly normal apartment room

There’s curtains hanging on the s, and when I look outside, I see there’s not ap between us

I i of the sort

Well, even if our civilizations are on different levels, it’s still japan

Ren is… sitting at his desk On his head is a large helmet

I’ll bet it’s some sort of tool to dive into the world of the net

If eren’t in such a hurry, I would like to try it on for a bit

I mean, I’m an Otaku, am I not?

Ren is… stuck in that position He really isn’t

He’s breathing fine, so he isn’t dead and he’s no vegetable

Is he asleep?

“What should we do?” (Naofumi)

“For now, just try tapping his shoulder a bit” (Raphtalia)

“Yes, I think that’s the best option” (Atlas)