Chapter 1203 (1/2)

The signal frohter piloted by 'Noah' of the Bravers vanished The arhter to the Bravers passed this information onto the special forces hth Guidance's base, and it was devastating news for them

To the ordinary people, the Bravers were heroes, but to soldiers, they were more than just that To the soldiers, As

One hundred geniuses that noreneration, and most of them had been born on an island nation to the far east And all of theic 'ability' that worked on unknown principles

Partially due to these 'abilities,' each of them had the power to shake entire nations

The 'fallen hero' Kanata had possessed Gungnir, which allowed hih any obstacles

The 'Metamorph' shi+houin Mari, who had killed Kanata, was a uise beyond as seen in spy e her race and physique instantly, rendering scanners for fingerprints, retinas, and voice signatures useless, and there was a high possibility that she could fool sensors that identified the Mana wavelengths of individuals as well

The Oracle Endou Kouya, Machida Aran with Calculation, shi+mada Izumi with Inspection All of them broke the rules

The most fearsome of the Bravers was Amemiya Hiroto If he had been born before the World War, it would likely have been the eastern island nation, not the American-European alliance, that ruled the world

“So, did the stealth fighter's signal disappear because of an attack by the Eighth Guidance? Are the Bravers still alive?” asked a co officer of the special forces of one of the nations

“Unknown,” his subordinate inals of 'Noah,' Mao Smith, have ceased”

“I see, so that troublesome woman has disappeared”

Mao had been nificant surveillance That wasn't because her behavior was often problematic, but because her Noah ability was troublesome

Things stored inside Noah could never be detected fros, she could transport them as she liked Of course, that included people

What if she were to transport a dangerous biological weapon inside Noah? The thought was enough to terrify the high officials in every nation

The Bravers had possessed society's trust up until now, but there were Murakahth Guidance

Nofor sure that they would never stain their hands with crime

That hy it wasn't bad if the Bravers died It would be best if they were to work for the nation and find per was far better than theanizations

“First, we should confirm how many losses the Bravers have sustained, and wait for contact from them to hear whether they're in a state to participate in the operation In theory, ould take this option However, it's highly likely that the Eighth Guidance has already detected our operation,” the co officer said

If that wasn't the case, there was no way a latest- and healthy pilot dead

How had the Eighth Guidance, who shouldn't have been in possession of any radar equiphter? It was possible that it was the doing of Murakami Junpei or one of the others with their abilities, but it was a known fact that all of the hth Guidance were able to use one death-attribute spell in exchange for not being able to use ic of the normal attributes

Both possibilities were feasible

“Co Murakami Junpei and the others who possess a suitable ability for this,” said the subordinate “Is it not the doing of the Eighth Guidance?”

The abilities of Murakami Junpei and his folloere already well-known

Murakami had Chronos, an ability that delayed the activation of other Bravers' abilities and ic cast by others that were nearby He also had incredible Mana regeneration that was always active

His companion Tsuchiya Kanako had Venus, which charmed others However, this didn't work on other Bravers

There was Death Scythe that caused instant death by looking at the target's face, Super Sense that strengthened the user's five senses, Sylphid that transforas, Marionette that allowed thethem, Hecatoncheir that was telekinesis… they were users of all kinds of abilities

Gazer, who could see the future, had been a particularly probleetative state when Murakami kidnapped her, so it was unclear whether she could use her ability

However, the co officer did not trust this information The source of this information was the Bravers, after all Soence service rong; he couldn't just blindly accept information from outside sources

“If the ability-users work together, they may be able to use their abilities in ways that aren't in our intel And there is no saying that they won't have a truuard down,” he said “We have been given top-secret orders As we have been ordered, ill begin our operation!”

And then, without knowing the fate of the Bravers, and without an

“We will definitely acquire the hth Guidance, whose bodies contain death-attribute Mana, for our nation! It doesn't matter if they're corpses, kill the officer shouted

“Yes, sir!” his men responded

Knowing howthe death attribute, the high officials of every nation couldn't help but to want that glory for their own nations

Most iic would allow the realization of hu that, and considering that the other nations would think the same, they couldn't help themselves

The hth Guidance, who could only use one type of death-attribute ic each, wielded this much power If one nation monopolized the death attribute, hoerful would it become? Thus, it was justice for our nation to 'control' it

This squad was not the only one to have received special orders frohts

The soldiers of the special forces possessed carefully-trained bodies and were studied users of advanced ic In addition, they were outfitted with the latest equipment

Active caic, the theric, and the anti-infrared Magic Items were flawless as well

And they were equipped with firearms, knives, all kinds of cheloves and coically and ically

Each individual soldier was a superhu power than a tank Squads of sizes varying from a dozen to thirty men had been sent by ten different nations

They had confidence that they would fulfil their hly-trained soldiers

They certainly wouldn't lose to amateurs who relied on unknoers… the Bravers who couldn't escape their is who hadn't undergone any training, as long as the situation was kept under control They couldn't lose

That hat they thought

Amemiya Hiroto had deliberately e so that they wouldn't be persecuted by others However, no matter what he did, he had not been able to reduce the nu them to zero

Anti-personnel landmines and booby traps The work of an aht

The soldiers of the special forces proceeded through the subway tunnels that were the Eighth Guidance's base, disarht have been different if they were normal police officers or soldiers that were sent on ordinaryon a stroll

Is this the Eighth Guidance? They're quite –

As the cohts stopped permanently

Dozens of gun barrels had appeared out of thin air and opened fire on the special forces

“An enemy attack?!”

“Let there be a stone wall!” the co a stone ith earth-attribute ic to hide his body behind

The coht that this was a surprise attack by the special forces of another nation to dispose of a competitor

If that wasn't the case, the enee

“Eiza officer ordered, knowing that the stone ould be broken through bythat the all of the special forces members from the other nation should be exterminated

Under his orders, his subordinates recited incantations for an advanced fire-attribute spell and a wind-attribute spell that produced a membrane of breathable air to protect their allies

“Delivery!”

With this signal, a hole opened in a part of the stone wall, and the fire-attribute spell was fired through that hole At the same time, the defensive membrane of air enveloped all of the soldiers

There was a thunderous roar It was likely that all of the oxygen on the other side of the wall had been co the ene air

“Life signals?” the co officer asked

“None Enemy casualties confir the enemies' annihilation with a sensor that contained a life-attribute Magic Item

Just as the anto quickly administer first-aid treatment… the stone wall crumbled to pieces

“Impossible! The enemy should have been dead!”

As a rain of bullets descended upon hiured out who the enemy was

The ene out harsh groans Lifeless, dead soldiers that didn't need oxygen

“HAHAHAHAHA! Overwhel, aren't they, my brave warriors!” Valkyrie, the tall, beautiful wohed loudly as she watched the special forces soldiers fall one by one to the Undead under her command

TLN: This is a reference to a fa, isn't it, my army!” This line is very commonly referred to, actually, I've seen similar references numerous times

“You're right about that,” said the 'Death Scythe,' Konoe Miyaji, as he looked on “Aren't Zombies normally small fries?”

“How rude, calling theht on without fearing even death!” Valkyrie protested

“Well, they're already dead, so there's no need for them to be scared of it now”

Undead existed in Origin, but they were just treated as a kind of monster, corpses that moved on their own because of Mana that had remained in the body for whatever reason In ed like beasts; they did not possess the intelligence or skills that they had in life The only exception was the 'Undead' who had used ic

That hy the special forces soldiers would never be defeated no matter how many Zombies tried to swarm them The most they would be able to do was buy some time

However, the brave Zombie warriors that Valkyrie commanded could handle firearms as they had done while alive, and they could even cast simple spells

“Of course, it's thanks to our coathered all of the corpses forelse,” Valkyrie said

The brave Zombie warriors could exhibit the same abilities that they had possessed while alive due to the power of Isis, the black woman with dreadlocks

Just like the Goddess who once joined together the separated remains of her husband to resurrect him, Isis was able to turn corpses into Undead that possessed the same abilities they had while alive She needed between an hour to half a day to create a single one, so she couldn't add the currently-dying special forces soldiers to her Undead, however

And Valkyrie's poasUndead, ere normally impossible to control That was all

“Therefore, my brave warriors and I will not accept criticism! We shallfroanizations up until now!” Valkyrie declared

“I don't want to go along with this, but…”

“Konoe, to your right, there are soh explosive devices Kill the from Konoe's communications device

“Yes sir, Muraka these orders, Konoe released ultrasonic waves ind-attribute ic Sensors picked up the ultrasonic waves and projected the faces of his targets “Death Scythe”

With just that, the targeted soldiers went into cardiac arrest, convulsing a few ti

“Did you think that you could feel at ease because you're wearing helmets?”

It was true that Death Scythe could only cause instant death… cardiac arrest, in targets that he had seen with his bare eyes However, he had embedded sensors into his eyeballs and could see the faces of his targets with the echoes of the ultrasonic waves that went through hel this method

It was a method developed after he had accepted Murakami's offer, so the special forces, who had acquired their information from the Bravers, were unaware of this trump card

“Are you done? If you are, we'reforward! The appetizer will be devoured by I, Valkyrie, and Izanami and Berserker as well, before the fake heroes arrive!” the beautiful, brave-looking Valkyrie declared to the men

Konoeout of your way to go on the frontlines? The coht?”

“It's because my power is only effective within a one-kilometer radius frome You can just hide behind me!”

“Yeah, yeah”

In a place separate fro unleashed on the elite soldiers

“GYAAAAH!”

“a ic work?!”

“Silver bullets, holy water, salt, anti-Undead equip works! We never heard about this!”

The Eighth Guidance had crushed several top-secret death-attribute research facilities in the nation that had dispatched this squad of special forces, and the nation had been aware that the Eighth Guidance had been taking away the corpses of the guards at these facilities

Thus, the nation had provided their soldiers with large quantities of anti-Undead equipht turn these corpses into Undead and use theuard their base

However, the one stationed there was not the Undead under Valkyrie's command, but Izanami

Ferocious roars filled the air

Yomotsushi+kos, each with four short lis that looked as if it had been pasted onto the body And Yomotsuikusa, which had the appearances of apes that had their muscle fibers exposed

TLN: Yomotsushi+koy; Izanai who broke the contract between them Yomotsuikusa are demons that inhabit the underworld

Izanami's ability created these two types ofbut a desire to feed

“Ugufuh! … Go, go and eat, then come back” Izanami used a knife to cut out one of the protuberances that covered his body, right fro noises as it transformed into a monster

At the same time, the wound left behind on Izanami's body closed rapidly

“Kufuh, now then, kill them They are not the ones who killed the 'Undead,' the one who gave htly monster, but they are the allies of those who killed hi in,” Izanami murmured

All of the cells in Izanaans as well, had transfor cancer cells that repeatedly underwent endless cell division Thus, it was suspected that Izanami would not die unless over 70 of its brain was destroyed

However, in thethat siained when the Undead rescued it, due to the size of the protuberances, it had become able to create two types of monsters from the tumors cut away from its main body

Right before Izanami's eyes, these two types ofthe special forces, ere supposed to be elite soldiers, into a disadvantageous situation

But the price that Izanami paid was that its tue to try and recover from the repeated injuries its body had sustained within a short period of time

“Kukuh, at this rate, the pressure froans… my brain” Now that Izanaht of the tumors, it had started to see the finish line, and whispered into its coht now,” it said

“Won't you last any longer?” asked the voice of Baba Yaga, aiting for her own turn to step up

A bitter smile appeared on Izanami's face “I'll probably last another few minutes, but soon, I won't even be able to speak”

“I see… Then leave the rest to a

“Let us ain, comrade!” said Valkyrie's voice

“I'll go soon as well, so wait for me,” said Pluto

Izanami listened to the farewells fro on the other side,” it replied, and then took out the switch that it had received from Isis

Now that Izanaht about it, Isis hadn't said farewell, but… it was probably because of Murakami and the others, so it was fine

“This body of mine, devour as many of them as possible” Izanaic Item implanted inside its skull was activated The explosion itself was sh to destroy Izanami's brain

With the paste-likeout of the hole where its face was, Izanami collapsed

A deep growl filled the air

Izana as an enormous Yomotsuikusa

With its beast-like roar filling the subway tunnels, the enored at the special forces soldiers that were still resisting, desiring more prey

A beast was roaring in other passageways as well

“Lee! Get a hold of yourself, Lee!”

But the beast was Sergeant Lee Jian of the special forces squad sent by an Asian nation, who had been fighting against a o

Thatthe fur of a bear, but he was a fearsoility of a carnivorous, feline beast and the superhuth of a bear

If he was allowed to close the distance, he would take the lile blow

Noret close, but the special forces soldiers couldn't prevent hi in due to the traitor Bravers, the 'Hecatoncheir' Doug Atlas and the 'Aegis' Melissa J Sauto the enemy from behind

And so, ten of the thirty soldiers of the special forces squad had fallen and finally defeated the beast, but for soun killing his companions as a new beast

“GUOH!”

“Lee, it's me, it's Chen!GYAH!”

Lee, who had been a specialist in close-quarters co that skill to its fullest as a beast He cut the throat of the co his name

“That's no longer Sergeant Lee! Exter with the enemy!”

Though it was already too late, the soldiers saw this, changed their way of thinking and began a full-blown attack on Sergeant Lee

Bullets and spells cast with their incantations shortened by portable eant Lee

“Don't let up on your attacks! Think of the ene until you cos!” a soldier shouted

But this also meant that the enes were completely destroyed… if its entire body was turned intospecial forces soldiers had the skill and equipment to make that happen

However, this was only true if their attacks landed

Sergeant Lee roared, and a white, fog-like shi+eld appeared in front of hi this, the soldiers' faces turned pale

“That da?!” shouted theofficer

The response to this question caeant Lee, a man with an afro “Do you mean these two that I just crushed withat a corpse that had become compacted and thin with all of its bones crushed, as if it had been gripped by a giant, and another whose head had been pulverized

nobody responded to him

“They won't hear you if you speak with your normal voice, will they, Atlas?”

“Oi, don't call me Atorasu!”

TLN: Here, there are four kanji that are pronounced, “Atorasu” – a japanese name

“Ah, yes, yes Doug, I just have to call you Doug, right? … Ah, how bothersome”

“Melissa, how can you speak like that when I' – whoops!”

Behind Melissa, a half-white, half-Asian wo deflected echoed out

“One more rat!”

The terrible sound of bones being broken and flesh being crushed came from thin air, and then a mass of mincee robe, appeared there

“Thank you for your hard work”

“Wow, that's such an unsexy way to say thanks”

“I haveafter that beast… Berserk”

The woman's name was Melissa J Sautome She was a reincarnated individual with the ability to conjure an 'Aegis,' a shi+eld of ulti any physical or ical attacks However, she could only conjure it around herself or somewhere a short distance away from her, not both at once

When she conjured the Aegis as she had done earlier to protect the beast… Berserk of the Eighth Guidance, she herself became defenseless

It was the 'Hecatoncheir,' Doug Atlas, that covered her This was the role of the man who had been named shi+rai Atorasu by his parents on Earth, as they had wanted him to become a man who supported the world