Chapter 1.6 (2/2)
Sora sits down on the spot as fear overcomes him. He mumbles, “I’m not going to die in a place like this! I won’t, I refuse, I refuse.”
Cerberus uses the opening to lift its leg so he can crush Sora underfoot.
Yami leaps out from behind a rock with Sura as she says, “Masta! You’re in danger!” She stops in front of Sora and attacks. She ignites Cerberus’s right head while he crushes her small body with his his right foot.
With Cerberus’s right head defeated, Sora is freed from his fear. “Mn… I was… an illusion!” He looks around and finds Yami’s remains. “He- Hey, Yami? Is this a joke?”
Sora’s rage makes him forget his pain. Vengeance for Yami’s death is all he can think about. “s.h.i.+t, I’ll kill you!”
He appears behind Cerberus with a speed unlike before. He puts all his strength into his right foot and, “Oraa!” Cerberus’s right leg is crushed with a guchaa.
Cerberus, with his balance broken, collapses.
“Gravity control!”
The increased gravity crushes Cerberus’s internal organs. His blood splatters as he’s pressed into the ground.
“Gravity control!”
Cerberus cries out as more blood bursts from his body.
Sora’s anger fades with Cerberus’s defeat. His rationality returns to him along with the pain of losing his arm. Unable to withstand it, he drops onto the ground. His consciousness become dim, must have lost too much blood.
Am I going to die here?
His pain vanishes as he finishes those thoughts. A jet black flame covers the remains of his left shoulder. “Huh?”
A voice says, “This is a temporary solution. They’ll vanish soon.”
Jet black fire, that tone, the sound of that young voice; I know them.
Sora says, “No way… didn’t you die?” Her body was ripped to shreds earlier. Yet, she’s still alive?
“I won’t die as long as masta doesn’t die.”
“Yami!” Sora is overcome with the desire to hug her. He wants to hug her with both arms, but that is impossible. Instead, he holds Sura within his arm and hugs both her and Yami while crying.
–Twinkle Twinkle Cute Star ★–
Sora and his group resume their journey after a while. His gait is unsteady, fura fura, but he manages to reach Di Nodel. There are no buildings there, just withered trees.
He continues to press onward while thinking, This place really isn’t to my tastes.
That’s when a large structure comes into view. The edifice looks like a castle, but has a strange ambience to it. Sora can’t describe it as anything but ominous. Maybe that’s, no, that has to be Maou’s Castle.
Sora’s first act is to look for an entrance. It’s easier to find than he imagined, but he can’t get inside. It’s locked with magic.
While everyone wonders what to do next, the door flings open on its own.
— How We Wonder What You Are, Cute Star ★–
Dai Maou Edition
Various maou are gathered together around a conference table. The door is forced open as a low ranking ak.u.ma hurries into the room. “Tro- Trouble!”
The maou glare at the ak.u.ma as though it were a piece of garbage. One of them says, “Tell us what happened. Depending on the contents— Am I clear?”
“Un— Understood! We’ve— been breached!”
“Hoo, an intruder? How many? Are there any notable features?”
“There are two people. One of them is male, probably a boy, and is missing an arm. He smells just like the Yuusha who were summoned not too long ago. As for the other—”
The low ranking ak.u.ma has his mouth pinched midsentence. “Hold on~, I hope nothing’s wrong~.”
“Dai Maou-sama, is something the matter?”
—Dai Maou Elias
She says, “About that boy~, does he have black hair?”
“He- He does! Did you realize something?”
“Ahaha~, just as expected~.”
The various maou gaze at Elias in confusion. They stare until one maou steps forward to inquire about her amus.e.m.e.nt. “Da— Dai Maou-sama, although this may be presumptuous of me, would you…?”
“N~ You want to know?”
“Ye— Yes.”
“N~ Except, I don’t want to say. You’ll learn soon enough, after all~. Low ranking ak.u.ma-kun, I’ll kill you if anyone lays their hands on that child.”
—Zokuu!
Elias’s killing intent floods the room in an instant. Her power freezes the maou in place. “After this~, do your best to lead him to this room~. Understood?”
The low ranking ak.u.ma dashes out the room while saying, “Ye— Yesss! Please, excuse mee!” He then reports the situation to everyone through telepathy. “—I said, if you touch him, Dai Maou-sama will—”
T/N: Sora, a not yet level 30 defeats Cerberus, a level 90. Good thing his evil eye did show Cerberus’s stats. They must have been horrible. Sora might have died laughing if he could see them, indirectly killing Cerberus through sheer embarra.s.sment and humiliation. On that note, I wonder what level he is now. There must have been a huge spike.
Although, I am somewhat happy about the ending. Honestly, I’m getting really curious about the situation with Sora’s friends. This doesn’t tell us anything about them, but I’ll take the s.h.i.+ft in perspective for now.
-Gandire Alea
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