Chapter 238 (2/2)

“Th-they're so fast! How are they so fast with such an enormous body?!” one of the heroic spirits shouted, his eyes opening wide in shock

Even Doug was astonished “I-is this the effect of Kanako's dance lessons?! M-maybe I should take them too”

The Giant, which stood over ten round beneath its feet with every step and sent largewith its kicks Its movements were powerful, and yet nimble and lively at the same time

This was the power of dance – or perhaps not

“Even without the dancing, it's because they're using the Giant's skeleton Up until now, Legion only had flesh, so even though they had a lot of muscular power, they couldn'tthe muscles,” said Melissa

“Well, they were taking lessons with pseudo-skeletons they received from Van, so the lessons may have actually had some effect after all,” said Kanako

Indeed, Legion's speed and power caained a skeleton, providing pillars of support to concentrate the force exerted by their muscles

Legion roared as it sent a kick towards the titan shi+eld-bearer

Unable to avoid it in time, the shi+eld-bearer immediately atterunted as the blow landed, and because he had undergone 'Heroic Spirit Transforround despite his foe having far greater th

But in the nextthe kick with his shi+eld was Countered, sending hi towards the forest

But Legion wasn't unharmed, either

“… We've already gone and broken bones”

“Yes, several in the legs The bones of Rank 8 ile”

The Mountain Giant's bones, unable to withstand the iion had borrowed these bones to begin with, so they didn't feel any pain, but this also eneration' Skill didn't apply to them

The heroic spirits noticed this as well and started ly

“They can't move once their bones are broken, so hold out until then!”

“Hurry up and conjure some familiars! I'll kill the others in the meantime!”

But Doug and the others ion up

“As if we'll let you! Let's kill the

And in theBlade,' who had become unable to ion With his body destroyed, his soul becaht, and he attempted to return to his Divine Realm

But before he could rise up to the sky, so prevented the ascension of his soul

“Before you leave, the reet you, so please wait a !”

“Father, let it out!”

And with that, the soul was dragged inside so and disappeared

TLN: Not sure on the last two dialogue lines, since context is limited Will alter the translation if the context becomes clear later

Going back in tiainst Hajime Fitun some distance away from Kanako and the others

Hajime Fitun, who had unleashed his power as the incarnation of a God with 'God Transforhed triumphantly “I can tell! Neither this, this nor this are inflicting great dae upon you!”

His swords were co Vandalieu

Each ti the curved Orichalcurew in nuh the liquid 's exoskeleton, and even severing the De's bones

The claws Vandalieu tried to use to stop the blades were severed and sent flying along with the fingers they were attached to The blades cut into his legs and slashed away the flesh of his ar from his shoulders

And with each blow, Haji upon Vandalieu due to the 'Curse of Consequence of Action' But rather than faltering froe toon Vandalieu

According to that gauge, none of the wounds Hajie

“But… how about this! 'Purple Lightning Full Moon!' 'Consecutive Blade Slash!+' 'Guillotine Slash!+'” Hajime Fitun shouted

“'Steel Forue,' 'Swift Whip Strike,' 'Death Bullet,'” Vandalieu murmured

Haji the intensity of his offense Each of his attacks were aimed at the human body's vital spots In response, Vandalieu atte his defense with 'Ar Technique' with his extended tongue and the Deic froertips

But Vandalieu's tongue and tentacles were sliced to pieces and his 'Death Bullet' projectiles were repelled, and his enemy's blades were thrust towards his body

“Your tongue and tentacles are things that you can grow as you please, so the pain that comes to me is small!” said Hajime Fitun “But…!”

One sci his internal organs to shreds The other's blade cut partway into his neck A third attack, slipping between Vandalieu's arms, pierced his thin chest

But the pain that Hajireat Vandalieu was sie amount had also sprayed onto Hajime Fitun and become a venomous substance Even his 'Status Effect Resistance' did not co sensation on his skin

But that was all

“Even these aren't a big deal to you! I get it You didn't die even when the reincarnated individual called 'Death Scythe' used his power on you, did you?! Even if your vertebral column is half-severed, even if soans are torn to shreds, these are insignificant wounds that you can recover froht away, aren't they?! But –” Hajiave a shout of surprise

With blood still spraying froue, Vandalieu had placed one hand on either side of the sci the blade between his palms And then he attempted to break it

Hajime Fitun's scimitars were made of Orichalcu In this position, it would be possible to break them

Naturally, Hajime Fitun tried to slash at Vandalieu with the other scimitar But his body would not move

“This is… You've coagulated your blood?!” Hajime Fitun muttered

Vandalieu's blood, the blood of the De, had stained Hajiulated in an instant, preventing hi

During that ti the sci it hard to believe that it was made of Orichalcum

“How dare you do this toequipment, activate!” Hajime Fitun shouted

To Vandalieu's astonishment, a black blade appeared in the broken blade's place

“'Lightning Forht Full Moon!'” Hajime Fitun roared

Hishiulated blood of the De He then unleashed a martial skill with his Orichalcu equipment that had been sealed and covered with an Orichalcum blade

His slashi+ng attack struck Vandalieu's defenseless-looking head It cut through the De's bone, and the De's eyeball that had appeared on his forehead

Hajih “I DID IT!”

Through the effect of the 'Curse of Consequence of Action,' he felt an extreme pain in his own head that he could not withstand

It was a pain unlike anything he had ever felt before, a pain that felt like it would warp his very soul Feeling this pain, he was certain that he had inflicted a fatal blow upon Vandalieu

But he put so Vandalieu, wary of having a large quantity of blood spraying over hiain

Thanks to that, the warning was just in time

“Fly to your right!” shouted a fa to a man that Hajime Fitun detested

Reflexively, Hajime Fitun obeyed the command – a choice made with his 'Intuition' Skill

Three beah the space that he had been occupying moments before Vandalieu had fired the's eyeballs that he had produced on his palms

Haji hith, but Vandalieu fired a series of 'Death Bullet' projectiles at Hajime next

“It wasn't a fatal blow?!” he shouted

Even as he struck the projectiles doith his De equipment, he stared in disbelief at Vandalieu, who had a deep wound in the center of his face

“… Did you forget that I'ht now?” Vandalieu said

To hidestroyed posed no problem for him at all

He had simply sharply a him falsely believe that he had inflicted a fatal wound and let down his guard

Even after his sneak attack failed, Vandalieu had continued firing 'Death Bullet' projectiles, but his casting suddenly stopped

“So, this is one of those abilities,” Vandalieu murmured “'Detect Life,' 'Screw Projectile'”

It wasn't that his spells were being obstructed; they were sithened Realizing this, Vandalieu produced throwing-knife-sized horns of the De from his hands rather than 'Death Bullet' projectiles froertips, and threw thenals that he detected

In a spot where there had been nothing but tall grass, the air distorted and two h to be called boys appeared

One of theue “He's noticed us!”

“Avoid them, don't try to block! We have to avoid them!” said the other

The two of therass to avoid the projectiles thrown at them

“You bastards, Murakami and Haza intent that he felt instinctively the moment he saw the two boys, his former companions who had once betrayed hiet in my way?” he asked, his eyes still fixed on Vandalieu

“Get in your way? We're not going to do anything like that We just thought we'd help you kill Vandalieu,” one of the boys replied

The 'Chronos' Junpei Muraka of Vandalieu's spells, and the 'Odin' Akira Hazamada, who had seen several seconds into the future and warned Hajime Fitun of Vandalieu's attack

The two of them had broken out into a cold sweat fro from Vandalieu and Hajime Fitun

Both of them had their Attribute Values increased by the familiar spirits created with Rodcorte's Mana, contained within rings that they earing in order to prevent Vandalieu fro them before they could descend But even so, they could not defeat Vandalieu or Hajime Fitun

We did train ourselves to be as strong as B-class adventurers, but… it's nowhere near enough It makes me shudder to wonder ould happen if we didn't have our cheat-like abilities I'o and say that you'll continue your one-on-one fight after you kill us, Murakami prayed silently

“Hey, you God over there that's taken over Hajiht? Rodcorte has loosened his conditions; he'll give us our reward no matter who kills Vandalieu Unlike Hajie towards us You can make use of our powers to kill Vandalieu How does that sound?” Murakami said to Hajime Fitun

“Oh? So, you are different from the loose ones over there?” said Haji to Kanako and the others

“… If you swear to et me or those connected to o, you know?” Vandalieu sighed, exasperation showing on his expressionless face “My brain is injured, there's an open wound into kill enerated without leaving so much as a scar behind

If Murakami and his companions were to put distance between theain, like Mao Smith had done, he would leave theation that he had towards his former homeroom teacher and fellow reincarnated individuals

Of course, even as he spoke, Vandalieu didn't think that Muraka tiic and talk to the nearby dead spirits

assu that the presence o? She's either concealing herself extreuys? Vandalieu thought to hiuys, I'll ask them before I devour their souls

Akira, as looking into the future, gave a small nod Murakami saw that and responded

“A battle that will divide the Gods is about to begin, and you think we'll be safe just by fleeing the continent? In the end, we'd be rounded up to battle against the Deht in even more unfavorable circu the case, itfor our lives like those traitors over there did, but… that's i with you, on a fundamental level”

Even if Vandalieu were to forgive everything that had happened in their previous lives and their lives before that, Murakas That's what Murakas that Vandalieu had done

Even if it were possible for hiine that he could becoht away He would never be able to stop hi others down for his own benefit

Even what Vandalieu and his co now to protect the city of Morksi, Murakami felt was stupid

If he'd fought without caring about the city's safety, ouldn't have even had the chance to interfere, he thought

That hy Murakami could see that his own destruction was inevitable, even if he did sub Vandalieu, or Vandalieu would dispose of him before that even happened In the best-case scenario, Murakami would leave Talosheim on his own

“That's why the others can't do what those loose traitors did,” said Murakami “So that's how it is, God You can make use of the enemy of your enemy Don't you think we should use each other's power until this De is dead?”

Indeed, Hajiht

It wasn't because he had just been saved froerous predicament, but these tould certainly be useful

And his objective was not to face Vandalieu in a duel of pride like one between knights His objective was to enjoy a battle to the death with no rules Muraka

… That is, if he could suppress his hatred and urge to kill them

Continued battle while enduring the extreme pain from the 'Curse of Consequence of Action' was slowly but surely taking its toll on Fitun'sHajime's consciousness

“Very well We will join forces until we kill this guy,” Hajime Fitun said

And so, it was decided that he would join forces with this other group before fighting the De once more

The one happiest about this was the De Vandalieu himself

“That's good,” he said “I was originally angry with your plan of directly using and destroying your own believers, a 's ar Kanako and the others 'loose' and saying that they licked my feet haseven to myself”

“What are you going to do about it then? Blow us away along with this whole grass field and forest?” Murakami asked

“'space Wall,'” Vandalieu murmured in response to that question

He cast a 'Dead Spirit Magic' spell, using dead spirits that had transfor been trapped by Gufadgarn for decades after their deaths in the Trial of Zakkart This spell built a spherical wall of space centered around Vandalieu, spatially isolating that sphere fro else

“Akira?!” Murakami shouted

Akira clicked his tongue “I couldn't see it! But he's only put up a flimsy wall – shi+t! Use 'Chronos' and delay hiical barrier!” Akira screa several seconds into the future

“'Bloodlust' I' to devour you and end your lives,” said Vandalieu

The blood that he had spilled up to this point, and the tongue and fingers that had been severed by Hajime Fitun, turned into a red mist of carnivorous microbes and attacked the reincarnated individuals