Chapter 94 (1/2)

Mastermind

Sakaguchi Hinata thought herself fortunate to have been able to meet Izawa shi+zue

Though the tiether was truly short, only to shi+zue was Hinata able to truly open up her heart

A single month

In that short time, she had stolen all her skills and left her

She was afraid to be rejected As her theft ability was terrifying

Moreover,

「We’re bothering shi+zu-san

The association is not so rich as to support people who don’t work

So would you like to work together with me?」

So said a boy from her world

She understood that he was si to recruit her, but his words – that they were being a bother – deeply hurt her

That’s when Hinata decided to leave

When she was setting off, these were the boys parting words,

「We’ll definitely ain! When we do, help me!」

She took those words literally

Lacking in information, Hinata opened her heart up to the boy just because he was a fellow World Traveler

So she nodded at his words without any hesitation

And set off on a journey

A world filled with despair, where life could be taken easily, such a world

She obtained power in order to survive

A country she was staying in got attacked,

By a Disaster-classto protect the children

The adults would not run away, but would desperately attempt to shi+eld their children

Even though she had thought they would run aithout a second thought trying to save themselves

Those fighting were called the Knights Tehts)

They would at ti the people and enforcing justice

“That’s where I want to live,” Hinata felt

And thus without a doubt…

Ten years had passed

Though Hinata did not believe in God, she had reached one of the highest posts in the church

An ironic tale perhaps, but she was perfor the lives of people and the citizens of the Holy Empire of Ruberion

Hinata did not doubt anything, and believed this to be her justice

Live for others Even at the cost of your own life

If you did so, then everyone could be happy Similarly, the monsters must be destroyed

Since every single time, it was the monsters that threatened the peoples’ happy lives

Though the capital was protected by a barrier, the saion

The patrolling knights decreased the nuht of monsters

Unlike the ion, these had no other food source

A desolate wasteland spread to the west

A result of a battle between two des

This wasteland has many areas of dense hts embody the peoples’ hope itself

There have been tihts have been deceived and killed by monsters

Due to these occurrences, the church decreed dealing with a monster was strictly forbidden

This creed conveyed the hts who had survived while protecting people

And at some point, Hinata had decided that peoples’ happiness was directly connected to this creed

Though she did not originally believe the creed, she on over by its logic

And, at some point…

She decided that protecting the creed was her justice, a truly ironic tale

The days spent fighting the monsters

When was it that she found this routine boring>

The day she beca plans, the nureatly decreased

That was thanks to her Monster Spawn point prediction and Casualty prediction Methods of co

Thus people began to see the results of her optimization of the system

This is why the knights have so ht

This is why she absolutely could not violate the creed

She has the responsibility, the mission to protect the people

Having received the trust of her subordinates, she created a place to return to

Even Nicholas claimed to love her…

In the end, Hinata was simply afraid

Even though she tried not to get attached to anything, she was still afraid of losing everything

People could live happily only under complete control

Hinata so believed

And the existence of the Controlled Society Ruberius only proved her point

That’s hoas supposed to be

Which is why, like always,

She only needed to defeat monsters; that is all

A simple point But that’s hoas

Protecting the creed was her reason to exist, her justice

Such was her warped heart that never knew parental love

This belief was the only thing that supported her heart

To protect that belief, she decided to fight

And, now

Things were so bad, she wanted to laugh

But as a result, she h

She si

Was she right, was she wrong? Not even that mattered anymore

She could not see the amount of power of the enemy before her even with『Mathematician』skill

An eneth She could only la let him escape last time

Her tedious days,

Would now come to an end

Fighting a losing battle is a fool’s action Even so, Hinata was excited

(A? In that case… prove it, Demon Lord Rimuru!)

She drew the large sword, Dragon Slayer, from its scabbard to oppose the demon lord

A thin smile appeared on her face

And with her heart elated, sword pointing at Rimuru, she advanced

I again considered ht with her

This girl leaves no openings

Thanks to thought acceleration, I am currently able to perfectly receive her hits

After a brief exchange, though my attacks don’t even scratch her, hers seem to be able to scratch me

Not that they don’t though–not that I can be proud of that

Which is e’re currently trying to exploit an opportunity or a mistake made by the other, but none had presented itself yet

Hinata is a real beast to be able to fight me like this even after I awakened as a Demon Lord and have Raphael’s support

Frankly, I had expected myself to overwhelm her

She seems to be able to easily read my sword, and blocks it without fail And, responds with a accurate slashes

Last time, I was truly not a threat

Moreover, she didn’t even go all out last time

While lightly blocking her attacks, I observe Hinata

A faint sht at me

But, her eyes don’t reflect ourto observe the entire area around us

Her posture does not waver, she is able to keep up a natural pose ready to counter any attack

Her inate from nowhere

I am not sure how she is able to so easily predict my attacks, but it’s clear that she knows

Whereas I, when I see her attack, I just desperately try to evade it

Of course, I’m the one with lots of wasted movement

Because I have enough power to overwhel hit

Our proficiency levels cannot be coher

Even so, she does not let her guard down

At this point, all her tricks and skills have been rendered hting spirit

That spirit being of the Holy Affinity, I will probably be hurt if I get hit by that

According to Raphael, the special ability of that sill let it cut through even my barrier

Well, I guess depending on the reliable sword rather than on gaudy skills is just what I would expect from Hinata

In reality, other than ainst her attacks

But, Hakurou would not be able to win by relying on ic attacks

Whereas Hinata has decided that ainst me, hence decided not to use them

She is a fighting genius

Even if I send out ht, she will probably cut it down in a second

One of the only weaknesses of ultimate skills is that only the true body can use them

In other words, even I were to project a copy or create a clone,

While I could use the skills bymy consciousness to them, multiple “me” cannot

I cannot leave ultimate skills to clones

The sah the copy does possess some of the skills of the true body, these are not perfectly copied

Souei has gotten good at this and can bestow only the useful skills to his clones

At a ti with the support from an ultimate skill, a cheap clone will quickly be hit and vanish

It would be great if a clone could create an opportunity for me to strike at her, but if that backfires… I’ll die from embarrassment

A simple plan would be to focus on Hinata’s endurance I mean, I never tire

Even if neither one of us lands a hit, time still passes

But, it see battles have finished

Soround, all seem to be exhausted and unable to move

But, their eyes are glued to our battle

They certainly cannot follow our attacks, so are they just trying to ascertain the result?

Anyways, I don’t have the ti around

I have to resist Hinata with all th

The land is filled with the sound of our clashes

The sword Hinata held, the one as large as she is, had an edge that looked like as if it was made of blue crystal

It was a beautiful sword

As if not feeling its weight, with a speed uniinable for its size, Hinata wielded it freely

She’s probably depending on some skill for that, but it’s still marvelous sword play

And her expression,

Now… it is that of an innocent girl, a smile on her face

Not the cold sneer that she carried before

She is si else, focused on the battle

A genius, huh

If I think about it, I was fortunate

I’ve hadborn as a monster, I made some friends and had lots of fun

What about Hinata?