Volume 4 Chapter 6 (1/2)

Chapter 6 - The One Who Bring Back Light 1

「Ji, jiigaa toku butsurai, shou kyoushou kosshuu, ii自我得仏来、所経諸劫数、無量百千万、億載阿僧祇 ──buhah!? Jo, jousetsu boukyoukee常説法教化 ……ouchhhhhh!」

Riona was beaten by a waterfall

Within the great a with repetitive splashi+ng sound, she was desperately reciting sutras

Sometimes water would enter her mouth and she became unable to chant the sutras Each ti voice of the ”honorable onen妙法蓮華、仏所護念! Pray with all your heart!」

She was scolded by a dignified and lovely voice

Furthermore, each ti pain

It wasn't a metaphor She would physically feel pain A vibration like ultrasonic waves would run through Riona's body fro waterfall ether in praying pose

It was uncertain whether it was ic or a more special power However

(Honorableout her voice, that's just too th as she pleased It was terrifying that she repri like this

Her costume was a black vestn looked co that would be worn by practitioner of Buddhism or Taoism But, this place was other world Hyperborea She must have ordered her subordinate in Byakurentou to purposefully create this

That cloth had also becao by the waterfall water Her body was also co in order to forget the coldness too Riona continued

「Jousetsu boukyoukee, muushuu okushuujou, ryounyuu oobutsudou, nyoorai muuryoukou常説法教化、無数億衆生、令入於仏道、爾来無量劫……buhah」

「Eliminate your wicked perspective and turn your heart into nothingness!」

Another scolding fro from outside the waterfall basin came once more Rip rip Riona screamed

「Ouchhhhhh-!?」

They were in a small island that was several dozen kilometers away from the island that contained the mansion of Byakuren Ou

It was an island that contained small mountain, forest, clear strea that

Riona was confined here

There wasn't a single boat in the island Even if she flew to escape──the onarasu's spiritual poere all sealed

It was because of the so called 《prohibition art》 that her master Luo Cuilian applied on her

(To think that the second coh she is a little child like this!)

Riona was secretly gnashi+ng her teeth There was a reason for that

Her training was the waterfallcliché It was old fashi+oned, in addition was the illogical coaching that was simply like power harassnored this kind of teaching

But the ”honorable th that didn't allow that

The sun set and she received peret out fro up to the ground She lied down spread-eagled with her whole body still soaked wet Her ht beside her

The Godslayer as possessed both wisdoe was clad in loose ancient Chinese outfit today

She was a coht well even in such getup

「Ho, honorable ic user──that you are a practitioner using Taoism as the base You're a Taoist……no, you are feu?」

She was still unable to stand up fro her

Riona kept lying on the ground while talking to herme to chant Lotus Sutra──the sutra of Buddhis the school of Quanzhen that adopt the taste of Buddhisend of wang Chongyang that is familiar in work like Kinyou's wuxia novel for real……」

「Well, it's so down on Riona with a gaze as though she had encountered a rare anient aren't you」

「Because that'spraised wasn't the style of Toba Riona

However she wasn't a ainst the reaction that Luo Cuilian showed in the aspect of being outlandish

「In that case, I shall command you Discard that cleverness intentionally, and arrive at the emptiness──at the state of ht」

「Heh?」

「When you're able to do that, you will be able to advance to the next level」

「The, there isn't a single person on earth who is able to speak to thisattitude you know?」

Riona grumbled in blank amazement The reply came back swiftly

「I don't know about other people However, I'e that willwell」

The honorable h her words were the truth of the world

And then, that was also the reality But, Toba Riona wasn't someone ould obediently do what she was told to do She whipped her tired body and slowly stood up

With her queenly obstinacy on the line, she attempted to hold even e the topic, honorablealready」

「About what?」

「Like, this Hyperborea, what is the y that is used as the base of this world」

「Who knows?」

In respond to Riona's question, sectdidn't matter at all

「I' You too should stop thinking about insignificantthat you will suddenly perceive by yourself when the proper time co yourself with the nature in heaven and earth」

「Uuuuu This is why sozi to do nothing and take things as they co In the sanctuary of Hyperborea, a form of an extremely ancient belief is left behind in a very si」

「What do you mean by that, honorable master?」

「In here the na nanized and worshi+pped by the ht, The One Who Expand the Land, The Warrior of Fla, and the like Also, in this Hyperborea──there are a lot of Gods who are waiting for their revival even after death」

「Gods waiting for revival? That's」

The topic that the master suddenly mentioned made Riona bent forward in curiosity

「It's about the 『heroes who died in the underworld』 that honorable master mentioned before isn't it? Those people ould one day resurrect」

「It's not in just the underworld There are also Gods who died in battle when the world was once destroyed Their body and soul are waiting for the time of revival」

「That, please teach it to h she was an ey of Taoist, but as expected froe

Precisely because she had stayed in this world for a long tiht to be watched Until now Riona was sitting down on the ground with slovenly posture, but

She quickly fixed her sitting posture into seiza and begged in supplication to thewith utlib…… But, very well According to my observation──this world once touched the fury of the Gods and a great flood occurred Most of the lands were sinking into the bottom of the sea, therefore Hyperborea became a world of only sea……」

It was exactly like the hypothesis that she herself formed Riona nodded 'uh-huh'

She listened carefully once more to the lecture of herplayed

「Froon of earth, evil spirit and the like appeared and destroyed the Gods and heroes A part of the Gods ere defeated and died at that ti for the time of revival」

「What should be done so they can revive?」

「For example, when a sacrifice that is worthy for that person is offered This place is where such tale of death and revival are repeated many times Whether it is at the surface or the underworld──」

「Hahaa……」

Riona was greatly impressed

「A world where Hero's Journey is repeated mostly automatically So to speak Hyperborea is a 《hero world》 then」

「Hou Hero world Hyperborea That's a really good naet, is the connection between that hero world and sun God Apollo…… Honorablethis far, so please teach me about that too」

Riona supplicated to her master once more

Luo Cuilian as out of norm at every aspect No matter how eous for her to challenge her master from the front Perhaps she should cajole herher weak point at time──

She convinced herself that this too was also training and prostrated herself for the first time in her life

「At this rate I'll be curious about the answer of the puzzle and become unable to empty my mind!」

「Fumu」

Sect master Luo Hao pondered only for an instant and irant youListen carefully」

「My many thanks to the honorable master!」

「The God of thief stole Apollo's cow──there was such story wasn't it?」

「I know the story, Her Her the ht, he roasted a cohole in front of a cow shed and ate it」

The master's word caused Riona to recall the story

「In Ho to the God』 often appear That's quite the case of food porn isn't it……」

Even at Trojan War, the heroes and royalty often roasted a cohole

It was forto the Gods of Olyrilled cow as it was and then began a party

The content of the poe the depiction of food porn that seeh, envelop it with fat meat that is folded to two layers, and put raw rill it, put the entrails that are skewered over the fire too』, 『after all present finish eating the legmeat and carefully roast it──』, etc

Since she was confined in this island, Riona had only eaten thin porridge

It was porridge of barley with only vegetable leaves boiled in it The taste was terribly bland Every meal had the same menu It was a very sad menu It was the honorable

Riona's sto of fatty beef

Sect master Luo Hao suddenly muttered

「Now then Why was Apollo in possession of a lot of cow?」

「Perhaps, it's because he is the protector God of stock-far isn't it?」

「I wonder about that Now that you mention it, I heard that Apollo have another nain of the wordof a hundred cows』」

「In other words, Apollo who has a hundred cows sacrificed to hi is literal But, perhaps it should be interpreted as the one who sacrificed a hundred cows……I think that should be the case」

Luo Cuilian said various things with rew impatient

「Honorable master, I'll be frank, what is the answer to the puzzle!? I'm curious!」

「Fufufufu That's as far as I'll teach you」

The beautiful Luo Cuilian ignored her disciple's pleading and sent and also has curiosity without equal on top of that Youreed that isn't fitting for a person of wisdoave hint was as a part of training in the end

Riona was feeling dizzy and unsteady on her feet at Luo Cuilian's thoroughness

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「Oo Paean Oooo Paean」

Apollo the bright was hu

In his left hand was a silver bow He nocked an arrow of light there with his right hand

「When I wield『O officiator of bow and lyre, shoot thy shi+ning arrow to afar swiftly』 When it fall down to the land of ether, 『Ooooo Paean, the one who shoot down dragon and snake』they say……」

At the wasteland of the underworld

Apollo was standing above a slightly elevated rocky mountain and ai bright arroas targeted to, there was his fated arch-enereat Apollo several days ago

But, the terrifying monster was already hit by several hundred arrows

It already had no spare strength to resist It lied down on the ground on its belly and could only hung down its head powerlessly

That land dragon──the huge beast that was of the same kind with the arch-eneh by the sure kill arrow of Apollo

「Oo Paean Glory to the one who offer sacrifice Apollo」

The arrow splendidly pierced the forehead of the land dragon

The last strength left the huge body of the terrifying beast The two eyes that were blazing fiercely with killing intent in the past were closed The resurrected Apollo obtained victory──

「Fu…… With this the heroic tale is co down on his eneht It was insufficient with just getting resurrected It was the accomplishment of his counterattack toward the opponent that once defeated hinificent one』

Thus, the deceased God now could return as 《The One Who Bring Back the Light》──

「Let ht』 even in this world that is filled with despair」

Right after Apollo soleround──the tip of its tail was lit on fire This fire was spreading in the blink of eye and coe body

「This is truly the brilliance of life, the fla sacrifice──」

Right after he whispered so, Apollo turned around

「So you come, Rokuhara Ren What a tenacious man you are……oo! For Princess Cassandra to be with you too, what kind of ht discovered it, The conized as his great eneive his affection to

Apollo stared at the group that alking toward him and let out a smile

「Let's postpone the ceremony for a while」

He silently waved his hand The corpse of the land dragon that was only started to burn vanished

「Then, I'et away fro for a ed to save Cassandra so us any destruction to our earth after all」

「Certainly, that person is the eneht to be defeated here」

The spirit of Umayado no Ouji nodded

「Strive forward, Godslayer It's also the guidance of Buddha for you to enter a battle in the underworld too I too intend to help you asfor Ren-sama's fortune in war」

Cassandra also spoke sincerely

On the slightly elevated rockywith a silver bow in hand Perhaps he was grinning just like usual there

──Ren noticed The lovely Troia princess was looking very worried

She was staring at Rokuhara Ren with an indescribable pained look

「It's fine You're a good girl, so wait for a bit here」

「Yes……ah」

Ren hugged Cassandra closer and lightly kissed her forehead

The anxious girl finallyherself to sht without any worry

Cassandra looked down just for a moment and then she lifted her face in deter brother Hector who is dead is surely wishi+ng for Ren-saht noill also aid Ren-saly Ren sth of a hundred people with !」

「Leave it toover the conversation between the princess and Ren with a shocked gaze

Ren suddenly approached and hugged his fiancee's little sister

「I' now, Fumi-chan♪」

「Hyaaah!? Ro, Rokuharsan, hat are you!?」

「What, it's just a hug I was thinking that perhaps Fu mischievously, Ren made a thumb up

「If the worst case happen to me, run aith Cassandra until the surface After that you can rely on Riona and Luo Hao-oneesan Then」

「Ple, please do your best, Ro──Onii-san!」

Fu astonished

Ren received that voice with his back while walking forward by himself He walked toward Apollo When there was only ten meter left until the rockyon, Ren called out

The radiantly beautiful youth sht

「So you co The bad thing that you did to Cassandra──I want to give the payback to you」

Although Ren was speaking out his resentht

Already──he wasn't as highly strung like when he was irritated by the kidnapping of Troia's princess He also wasn't raging because of the land dragon's vitality that filled hio fro with Cassandra

He was the usual Rokuhara Ren that was following his own pace and hthearted

It was fine like this S himself was forbidden He had to keep his body and his heart's flexibility──

Like that he would be able to display his highest speed for the first time He could oppose even Apollo's divine bow

「Fufufufu I' your composure, Rokuhara Ren This tiethe obstacle called Rokuhara Ren, Apollo will immediately return to your surface world with the intention of bringing destruction to that land」

「So Apollo-san is also in the faction of 『the polluted earth is unnecessary』 huh……」

RenGod turned his board him

「Of course I too am someone with the same ambition as Athena Such land that achieved prosperity in that kind of coht to be burned to ash with flame and sunk down to the bottom of the sea as expected There is no other choice than that After that──I will expand the land again withhis silver boith a jet black arrow

Everything was black from the arrowhead until the arrow feathers It had an o The weapon wasn't suited at all with the radiant handsoive any out of place feeling

「I took out various arrows that I kept in reserve within reat if it suit your taste」

「Go easy on ht or anything like that」

「What a coincidence Me too!」

As soon as he said that, Apollo fired the jet black arrow!

Ren's perspective instantly entered the accelerated state He should be able to dodge the arrow anytime But, before Ren started to move──

The jet black arrow broke into pieces!

「Know the threat of Apollo Smintheus……of Apollo the Mouse I'h the darkness carrying sickness with them!」

The destruction of the arrow produced fine powder and was scattered in the air

In addition, wind blew and spread the powder out Ren too almost breathed in this powder, but his back suddenly felt shi+vers

「Uwah!?」

He took a big leap behind using the agility of his accelerated state

He jumped until more than ten e of the fine powder

And then Ren saw The tree growing fro tio was showered by the powder from the jet black arrow and it rot to black color

「Eh!?」

「I Apollo a art who cure sickness However, I'm also a God of pestilence who spread around sickness Even if you dodge e the sickness inside the arrow too!」

「You have that kinda arrow!? It's like the che!」

Apollo faced the shocked Ren and fired three more arrows in succession

The three of them were black arrows The arrows of sickness All of theh to the sky and broke apart in the air A terrifying a down on Ren's head──

At that tih the sky of the underworld

『Na!』

「Umayado no Ouji!?」

The voice that chanted the spell belonged to the crown prince of imperial virtue

The poisonous powder that caused sickness──irains and vanished epheh I'arasu, this Umayado is also the personification of savior Guanyin I shall be of assistance with th!』

Shoutoku Taishi+ aka Urateful to receive his support However Apollo quickly aimed his silver arroard the thankful Ren

He drew the string However there was no arrow He wondered what kind of attack it would be

「Then what about this!」

Ren intentionally stood still and sharpened all his nerves

If he focused too , his reaction would surely slon He heightened his defensive instinct to the !

Whoosh whoosh Whoosh whoosh Whoosh whoosh Whoosh whoosh!+

「Unseen arrow or transparent arrow, anyway arrows are co only on the sound of the arrow feathers cutting through air

He began accelerating at that instant He jued the unseen arrows Then Apollo quickly fired two arrows

──This time it was also unseen arrow but

Doon! A sound of destruction echoed

A lump of air was fired from the bow like cannon

Fortunately the flow of air was transht of the air cannon Ren ran once h iround of the underworld, Rokuhara Ren wasn't there

「In that case, how about this!?」

Apollo su arrow and fired

Ren side stepped with his super acceleration He dodged the arroith room to spare──was how it should be However the arrow's speed was great and it grazed Ren's left cheek

A line of scratch was created and blood trickled down Although it was a small wound, it was still an arroound

「Eh……?」

「Fufufu That's an arrow that flies with the speed of light So you can dodge it just barely」

Ren was bewildered Apollo was chuckling to hiht, then the speed should be around 220,000 kilo, around 150 kilometer per second The speed difference was unbelievable!

He barely dodged was because the shooter Apollo didn't ht, nocked it, and let go of the string──

During those actions, Ren ascertained the firing line in his accelerated state and took evasive action That hy he wasn't hit However, how long he could continue that? Even if he could dodge two or three times in the criticalafter that…… Ren made his decision

「So I've no choice other than to show my trump card already huh」

Ton, ton Ton, ton

A footwork that repeatedly stepped to the back and front Ren rhythround, he htly to the front, then returned to his original position

Juhtness of an outboxer

Apollo standing on the rockyof the future that even Apollo doesn't know about is it? But, it won't work against this arrow!」

「I wonder, about that!」

The instant the arrow of light was let go, Ren──split into seven

The afteries of Rokuhara Ren overlapped in seven layers and the real one couldn't be ascertained The situation was looking like that for the one as facing Ren!

The arrow that cah one of the afteries

「What!?」

「It's a new technique that I learned recently It's pretty good right?」

Apollo was astonished Ren stood still and ended the afteri alone on the underworld's wasteland without blurring into seven of hian to perfor it, so try shooting it one more tiht of hand for you!」

The light arroas fired and Ren split into seven once es became sacrifice

Smile vanished from the face of the radiant Apollo He praised with a serious face

「Splendid, Rokuhara Ren I never even thought that you're able to do that kind of h」

The point was to startfeint the instant the Godspeed was activated

That was all He ht, to the left, to diagonally forward, to diagonally behind, to every direction, so that it couldn't be predicted where he would leap toward By repeating such small and repeated motion in Godspeed──he could create multiple clones

It was a technique that he found at his first confrontation against sect master Luo Hao

At that ti ko That was how it looked like

But thinking back, technique like spinning kick or forward ju technique, the surprise attack techniques that was atte forward the user's body wouldTo say nothing when the opponent was an expert who boasted as『the emperor of martial arts』

In fact at that ti on the ground without any trouble

In other words his koing h

Rather──wasn't the faint that he showed before that ht, left, front, back, would she knohere he would jule-minded fool Thather wasn't it?

By hly, Rokuhara Ren reached a new frontier of『clones』

And then now──

The arrow of light speed ca for the third time

Ren too started to make small steps Ton ton ton ton totototo──the Godspeed feint created seven clones One of the afteriht In that instant

Ren stopped the feint and ju

He instantly ju on the rock lared at the gallant sun God and chanted in the air

「Divine punishmentNemesis is handed doicked deed that harht here!」

The words of power of Retributive Justice The figure of winged Goddess appeared behind Ren

The numerous attacks that he received until noere all returned to the sun God Apollo The phanto widely behind him

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The phantoether with Ren who jumped to the air

Nemesis's ice blue hair fluttered and her beautiful face was hidden by a blackfros noere overfloith the divine punishment of Retributive Justice

The arrows that Ren had dodged ht speed Arrows Arrows Arrows Arrows

Of course, they were flying toward their original shooter Apollo

Also, behind the rocky on that he defeated before this appeared while groaning 『Nuuh』 It was resurrected only now at this tie for itself!

And then, Apollo as the target yelled

「Oo, Neure!」

In that moment, Apollo was pierced by nuon's phantonawed at him whole