Chapter 134 (1/2)
Volume 2
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (WN) Chapter 133
133. Leon vs Yuuki –Part 1-
The ultimate skill 『Avarice King Mammon』is an ability specialized in depriving.
As expected, the most heinous character was bestowed with the evilest ability.
A moment prior, Yuuki was in an overwhelmingly disadvantageous position. Perhaps had Chloe joined the fight the tables could possibly be turned, but Yuuki wished to avoid that.
The number of times Chloe could be commanded was set at 3 times. Moreover, an order was consumed via his first command “Do not interfere with me”.
This was the greatest command he could achieve against Chloe’s ability. If he wished for her to serve him faithfully, even all of the wishes would not be enough.
Simply commanding Chloe not to turn hostile exerted him to his utmost. Nevertheless, he had taken countermeasures to agains the possibility of Chloe awakening from this Curse of Dominance.
Yuuki had to use every ounce of his soul to maintain this soul contract.
And now, even though Yuuki’s own Ultimate skill has awakened, he decided to abstain from using her power.
Chloe’s specialty is combat. Even so, Yuuki did not fail to consider the possibility that Chloe was seeking to annul the contract every moment she was with him.
After all, she almost succeeded a second ago.
「I see… I thought she was awfully quiet, but she was trying to cancel the contract with me, huh?」
Yuuki said, shrugging.
Chloe remained silent, with a bitter expression.
Setting aside whether the attempt would have succeeded or not, the fact remains that she tried.
Well, that’s a given, thought Yuuki. Unless you’re an idiot, it’s unnatural for someone to simply obey.
「Well whatever. Looks like I made it in time. Now then, Leon. Shall we continue?」
Yuuki nodded in regards to Chloe’s reaction, and faced Leon.
Leon scowled at the blissful expression on Yuuki’s face.
With both sides now possessing an ultimate skill, Leon had already lost his advantage.
But situation wise, Leon still had the advantage.
Yuuki may have awoken to his ultimate skill, but his energy has not yet recovered.
He was still stuck with whatever was left over from dominating Chloe.
But still Yuuki refused to deploy his trump card. He wanted to win with what he already in hand.
Yuuki continued to think, but his current situation remained unfortunate.
The Silver Knight Alrose was currently fighting face to face against Kagali. Both sides were evenly matched.
At the same time, Leon’s strongest subordinate the Black Knight Claude, alongside the red knight and the blue knight were fighting against Yuuki’s subordinates.
The Black Knight Claude displayed overwhelming might in battle.
Yuuki’s Subordinates, who originally numbered more than 10, were now reduced to mere 5. And even now, another one was felled by his strike.
And then there was 4. They planned to assist Alrose in the fight against Kagari after cleaning up the small fries.
「Wait a moment, Yuuki-sama! At this rate woudn’t we be killed?!」
Becoming rather desperate-looking, Kagali continuously evaded Alrose.
Looking at her struggle,
「You really are weak aren’t you」
Yuuki answered Kagari with disgust.
「But I guess having this be a one-sided slaughter does bug me, so how about I go on the offensive?」
He slipped behind the red knight.
And while avoiding the sword slashing towards him,
「Life steal」
And then, a palm rested on Red Knight’s chest.
As soon as Yuuki lifted his palm, the Red Knight crumpled on the spot.
[The editor just came to the realization that these knights are based off of power rangers…]
「Red Knight?」
「Nee-san!」
Red Knight didn’t respond to Black Knight Claude’s and Blue Knight’s screams.
Or rather, she couldn’t. The reason being that she was already dead.
「It’s useless to beckon you know? That’s because, I just took that person’s life」
Looking like his powered restored a little, Yuuki stated the fact with icy cold words.
This, was no longer a battle.
Only the Depriver, and the deprived.
Between the two, there was a hopeless gap.
Defeating all of Yuuki’s subordinates, Blue Knight rushed towards Red Knight to confirm what he had proclaimed.
His sister did not show signs of movement. she was without a doubt, dead.
「You Bastard!」
The Blue Knight was enraged,
「Oi oi, this is a battle, isn’t it?
You’ve been killing my subordinates too weren’t you, isn’t getting angry over this a bit unreasonable?」
TN: This guy…
In response to Yuuki’s words, their killing intent intensified.
As for Leon, after looking at Yuuki’s ability he realized the graveness of the situation.
Even if it had just awakened, Yuuki’s already completely mastered the ability. In the first place, leveling the playing field was something outside of his calculation.
Leon did not underestimate Yuuki. Yet, he concluded that Yuuki must be exterminated before was is given a chance to grow because of how unpredictable and dangerous he was.
Certainly he wanted to save Chloe as soon as possible; however, circumstances as they were dictated against solo action.
Therefore, he decided to retreat.
All of Yuuki’s subordinates have been eliminated; all that was left was the woman known as Kagali. Although he was worried about that vicious glare, strength wise she didn’t seem like that much of a problem.
But with an ability that steals an opponent’s soul without resistance through touch, Leon judged that Yuuki was far too dangerous for Leon and his companions.
「Withdraw for now”」
Leon decided, and immediately ordered.
「Leon-sama, allow me to be the rearguard！」
The Black Knight Claude cried out, and appeared in front of Leon, by the wall facing Yuuki.
「Ara? Leon are you escaping? I wouldn’t allow such a thing you know?」
Yuuki revealed a beaming smile, manipulating the surrounding trees and blocked Leon’s retreat path.
However, something of this degree couldn’t possibly block Leon. Light of the ultimate skill “King of Purity Metatron” gathered in his palm, Leon forcefully destroyed the trees and opened the way.
Although Leon tried to trigger transfer magic, his attempt merely resulted in confusion.
「“Ha ha, you can’t use transfer here you know? Didn’t you know? One of the reasons I chose this place was because it seals off any attempts of escaping via transfer」
Yuuki said, happily.
Then, without missing the opportunity from the failed transfer
「Overwrite」
Yuuki’s hands touched Black Knight Claude’s shoulder.
Despite being caught off guard for an instant, Claude took evasive measures. Thanks to that, he didn’t fall like the Red Knight.
No, something was off, and when Leon noticed,
「Yuuki-sama, my name is Claude. What are your orders!」
The Black Knight Sir Claude, kneeled towards Yuuki.
The worst development had come about.
What Yuuki can deprive was not limited to someone’s life.
Their life, ability, and even their mind.
No matter how deeply their loyalty is embedded onto their soul, by re-writing the information in their soul, it’s possible to instill loyalty onto himself.
Such is the ability of Yuuki’s ultimate skill “Avarice King Mammon”.
「Ahaha, now excluding Chloe, it’s finally a 3 on 3! We’re finally even, eh?」
Yuuki laughed happily,
「As expected, you have a really fine personality, Yuuki-sama……
But, Leon. Seeing you making that face fills me with endless joy.”
A joyful smile appeared on Kagali (Kazalim).
「You bastard, what did you do to Claude?」
Leon asked,
「I just took your subordinates. Isn’t everyone fine with it?
If the target swore loyalty to no one, this skill wouldn’t have worked.
Overwrite is an ability that allows me to re-write at whom the loyalty is directed.」
Yuuki who answered cheerfully turned to examine Claude to ascertain his feelings.
From the looks of Claude he has succeded,
TN Comment: $20 dollars betting anyone that this ability will fail to affect Shion when they do fight.
「But this ability is surprisingly useful」
He laughed, satisfied.
Perhaps it was best to call this power evil incarnate.
The higher their level of loyalty, the easier it is for them to fall into the hands of Yuuki.
Kagali was overjoyed at Leon’s dire situation, and the Black Knight Claude who had betrayed naturally pointed his sword towards Leon without hesitation.
As Yuuki claimed, excluding Chloe this has turned to a 3 on 3 battle.
Moreover, the situation has become overwhelmingly disadvantageous for Leon.
But even amidst this disadvantageous situation, Leon’s heart did not waver.
Considering Yuuki’s personality, one ought to have expected him to set up some sort of trap.
He doesn’t seem to have activated the trap yet, however Leon has already understood the nature of this trap.
TN Note: Leon’s name hasn’t appeared, but I took the liberty to make it flow a bit better.