Vol 4 Chapter 6 (2/2)
Hey, you… Do you understand what this means?”
“Well If you’re going to tell me, by all means do it”
“I can use the zombie as much as I waaaaaaaant!
And you, conversely, cannot summon! Lonely lonely boy!
You’ve been driven to a corneeeeeeeeeeeer!”
“…”
What the heck
I thought it too back with Noelle, but each and every of the Firsts… Do they get a weird ?
“Gooooooooo! My little zoooooooooooombies!”
Lance raised his cane and, right after, two Skull Dragons caround
Along with the one that caons
Is this the reason why Lance allowed himself to not set traps before?
Due to the su, and conversely my opponent can use as many zombies as he pleases
Frouys… Chances are high that he still has other zombies hidden
I see
Certainly, if you think about it nor driven into a corner
“What’s it? So afraid that you can’t speak?”
“…”
From when has been it
That I lost my sense of normalcy
From when has been it
That I’ve ended in a kind of nificant crisis
A es people’s personalities
So that this power doesn’t engulf me… I must be cautious
I, with everyone… I’ll protect the world where all of them can smile!
Limiter[4]—release
“Agaaaaaaa… What’s with this aic power!?”
The instant after releasing the power of my limiter
Wrapped up in a dazzling flash all around, echoed Lance’s shriek
Good Since it’s been a long ti if it would go well, but… It’s been a total success
Transforround
This tiroings from my back
It see its full power, es with the amount released
“Dieeeeeeee!”
Right after Lance howled
The Skull Dragons attacked simultaneously from the front, the back and the side
However, Withlike this didn’t count as an attack
I, lightly parrying the Skull Dragons’ attacks, niround and entered into an offensive motion
I don’t have time to spare
That I didn’t e the hundred deaths course… Wasn’t because I was unwilling in the least to use it
This power… Its durability is extre
Before, when I fought Noelle at the Grandeel archipelago, its limit was five minutes
This tith, I think I can keep it longer than before, but… It will be, at most, ten minutes?
If, by soed in a war of attrition, I would clearly be at disadvantage
“Doryaaaaaaaa!”
I launched a dropkick with all on
My dropkick, with a power that once on burst
A perfect overkill
Even if it’s a zombie, it seems it won’t move once its skull has been smashed into tiny bits
The opponent gave me a hard ti special
After that, I defeated the second and third Skull Dragons in the same fashi+on
All that in just seconds
I feel that, co my transformed self
Even if I say so ood time[5]
“… At last next it’s your turn”
While I was battling the Skull Dragons, it seems that Lance had put up quite a distance between us
I don’t know if that’s where he has buried his next zombie or if he’ll pull out a different trap
However, I don’t have the time to hesitate
Either way, it will all go well if I strike faster than my opponent’s next attack
So as to move faster, I released my Limiter’s power to around 50
This tirew
By s on my back, I close the distances withthe effect of the mountain’s slope
With this… It’s checkmate
“Kukukuku Kuhahahahaha”
When I was sure of my victory, the next instant
I noticed a faint smirk on Lance’s mouth corners
“!?”
I see… This hat Lance was planning from the start…
What Lance took out to defend himself fro about since before
They had been already brainwashed by Lance
Aruru’s and Meruru’s eyes had lost their forleam and had become empty
So as to cancel my attack, I released the monster transformation
“… Guh!”
I, as already flying at high speed against ainst the snow
“Kuhahahaha! Isn't it cruel, Kusumi Chiharu!
I can’t fight a monster like you upfront
But, ht from the moment you came here, your defeat was settled!”
“…!”
Lance traood mood
“… Whaaa? Why are you looking at my with such defiant eyes?
Fine by houl sisters over there”
“…”
“I know You can’t, can you?
According to the report I received earlier, you… are an extreuy
Unfortunately, I couldn’t catch the h to shake your heart Isn’t that right?”
“…”
I see
Maybe this has become bad
I was entranced by his ability as a necroist
In other words, Lance… Had prepared beforehand two kinds of hostages
The first were the brainwashed civilians to lure me here
The second ware Aruru and Meruru, who are right here
I’d say… Instead of brainwashi+ng Aruru and Meruru, he put the and then he laid them at the top of this snowy mountain
If he did it like that because of what Lance said about the lie a necromancer can manipulate zombies in… It’s completely irrelevant
…
……
Darn!
I… a fool
Even if the ht that with the power of my limiter I could forcibly make him surrender
However… Reality is not like that
Now that he has took hostages in this manner… I… How could I offer the least bit of resistance?
The opponent, foreseen ements
Now that it’s co by myself
“Sonuvabitch! Don’t ignore me, you idiot!”
“… Guh!”
I was traht
Lance attacks were strong enough to make my head bleed… But that was all
The injuries on eneration ability of my Limiter
“… Hu power in the report from earlier
If the flesh and blood me takes you on, I may break a bone… There’s no way
You guys, take him on!”
When Lance clicked his fingers… So happened
What suddenly appeared froround were the ones I should have defeated before with the power of ons
“Whoa… The heck…”
“Hahaha! That idiotic face… It’s a masterpiece!
Didn’t I say? The ability of necro corpses
In other words… As long as I still have uys any hundreds of times!
Gooooooooo! My little zoooooooooooombies!”
The Skull Dragons went to trae paws
“… Kuh!”
As I nied by a hair’s breadth to avoid that and entered once again into a fighting stance
“Oioioioi Who said you could evade Is it all right? Whatever happens to these…”
“…”
Lance directed a horrifyingly lewd glance to Aruru’s and Meruru’s bodies
“… Kukukuku How cute, these children I’ve decided that they will become my lovers instead of Mary”
“ Oi You… What are you sa…?”
“Shut uuuuuuuuup! Don’t bother meeeeeeee!”
Right after Lance yelled that, the Skull Dragon’s gigantic pa near me
“…!”
This tiin
Certainly… These zoons
Compared with the ue and their speed is superb
However, in the end they're nothing but corpses
I don’t know if it’s because of that, but it seeuys holds complex attack patterns
I kept standing and evading the attacks froons
“… Tch I told you not to evade
Well, fine Keep playing with these small fries Of course… Till you die”
“…”
I may win
This time, a path to victory surfaced in my mind
It’s a thin, thin thread that ht break anytiet a hold of it
Afterwards… If I just get the ti…!!
“… Kuh!”
Let y!
The Skull Dragons, attacking the three at once that have literally bottoive any rest to my body
However, having grasped that hope, I could move more nimbly than before
In any case, now it’s the time to endure
Afterwards… I’ll earnestly wait for my chance
With decision, dancing boisterously like a teons’ attacks
× × ×
How much time has passed?
I felt like it has been an hour already, but I believe it have been just ten minutes
Afterwards
Like before, I kept evading the attacks froons at once
Holy cow… Even if I say soit well
Of course, in this situation I can’t achieve a Godsend feat like receiving no hits… On the way, I’ve been stricken by some blows
There was an inhuman quality
As at the sa… It seems that I didn’t receive any fatal injuries from there
Nevertheless… My body is reaching its limits
Due totienerative power gradually weakening
Thanks to going through these hard ti ready
After this I have to wait until the last piece falls into place
Please… Please, be on time
“… Guha!”
Suddenly, the foreleg of a Skull Dragon kicked my body away
A disgusting creaking sound came from my ribs
The broken bones may have injured my innards
Spitting a large amount of blood from my mouth, I dyed red the snow at my feet
This… May have become bad
It would be fine if it was just the injuries
However, ic power has already reached its limits and the recovery can’t keep up with the extent of the wounds
In other words… It’s a desperate pinch
“Kuhahaha! You’ve caused too much trouble! At last your end has come!”
Lance took a sharp knife out of nowhere and came near me step by step
“Are you suffering? Does it hurt?
Your last hope that was your regenerative power has started to break down and weaken
However, rejoice
The true hell starts now
I’ll personally disassemble your body
By the most wretcheduniinable in this world”
“…”
“Kufufufu I think that those ghoul sisters there will also suffer a shock
I’ll tell you one thing so that you die without regrets
I, y’know? When brainwashi+ng living undead, I don’t snatch away all of their consciousness, just half
Why do I do that?
Kuhahahahaha! The answer is easy
Because like that it’s really funny!
If they , won’t the undead that I brainwashed live the rest of their lives keeping the raced them?
Picture it
Your rawhide… Guts… spinal cord, fro them one at a time
Don’t you think that it will be a show of too strong stiirls?”
Making an enraptured face, Lance laughed with a coarse voice
“… asshole”
“… An? Whaddaya say?”
“…”
Lance
The reason of your defeat is that you get cocky when you have an overwhele
You, who's sure of your victory froive up victory till the end
It seems that the Goddess of victory will smile for me
“… Guh! What the heck!?”
At that tiust of wind blew before us
Co the race
Living Lodge’s usts of winds beyond common sense
During that race with my life on the line… So these winds blew at
I couldn’t achieve victory… But participating in the hundred deaths course was very valuable
Right after Lance’s body’s was thrown back by the squall
There was the shadow of a person thatwind
“!?”
Once the wind completely passed
Lance’s face had just became pale
“… Is this what you are looking for, necromancer?”
“Idiot… Idiot… Idiotidiotidiot!
I-i here! Ghoul princess!?”
“…”
To be frank… The one who suddenly appeared was Zonmi
Zone of the moment when Lance’s stance was broken by the sudden wind and ed to fetch up the cane that’s called the lifeline of a necromancer
“…”
Zonic power stone inserted in the cane she had in her hand and crushed it
What now
The strong foes that had been giving ons, immediately turned to ashes and in the end lost their shapes along with the wind
“Ne-neechan”
“Oneesama…”
It seeic power stone the brainwashi+ng has been lifted
The AruMeru sisters instantly recovered the glea sure they could move at will,
“Uwaaaaan! Scary… I… It was scary…”
“Oneesama… I… Believed that you would come…”
Both of theed Zonmi at once
“Yosh, yosh It was scary But since I’ve coht Calm down”
In order to calm her sisters’ unrest, she tenderly stroked their heads
Good grief… I grow e… It’s an intimate sisterly love
“… Kusumi Chiharu What the heck is this!?
Explain it! You… Have to explain this situation to me!”
“It’s not… Like I wasn’t going to explain it to you
As you know, since you had took hostages, I… Couldn’t attack you
That’s why I waited
Forto my side
I believed that if I ed to catch you by surprise, I’ll surely could destroy the staff you were carrying
Afterwards, to raise the chances of success of the strategy, I just synchronizedwith the wind, but… Do I need to explain anymore?”
“…”
Despite having explained it all, Lance threw lance of disbelief that said “it makes no sense”
… That’s why That’s why I said it was impossible!
This mountain is 100 kilometers[6] apart from the place ere at the start
Surely, if you have uess our whereabouts by calculating froic power threads make
However… Even if they had guessed our position, it’s still impossible!
They couldn’t have arrived to our position in such a short time!
Traversing long distances through the weather of Living Lodge with its rough clierous is it!?”
“…”
Certainly, the doubts Lance is holding is natural
I’ off
To tell the truth, I too… Don’t knoay had Zonirls arrived here
Asking for help, I looked at Zonh, started to tell
“That’s right Surely, it may have been impossible on my own
However, have you forgotten?
Our master… No, to us he is a cory…
To reach this place… The two on and the Nephili taking turns in this relentless weather
After guessing the location using the ic power threads… The quick-witted succubus Lilith calculated in an instant the shortest route to come to this place
The little sister… Though this tirateful instead for that
It seee my impressions of her
I… Though I regarded the little sister as being just a troubleuided by instinct, I’ve realized that she has a kind heart capable of prioritizing others when in a true pinch”
“…”
Is that so?
When I was not looking… Such an exchange happened
For the successful carrying out of this tiem, several risk came with it… There orries
Aot fed up withthe attacks to buy time, and took the life of either Aruru or Meruru
Had that happened… Unable to avoid the attack, the only way left to
Nevertheless, I could surmise that the probability of that was extrelance that Lance had directed to Aruru and Meruru
Really… I think that in this battle I have been walking on a tight-rope fro to the end
“… How stupid Are you telling me that you even took the wind into account?”
With a face of having realized so, Lance dropped his shoulders disheartened
“I can’t understand it Kusumi Chiharu You… How come you can unconditionally trust others?”
“That’s a given Zonirls are my partners!”
Stating that as a ain with insanity
“… Aah Now I understand why I can’t pick up any blood lust from you
I… Hate brats ignorant of the ways of the world like you
Despite knowing nothing… You babble lip service You brandish your own convenient justice
So!”
“!?”
“… Chiharu Be careful”
“… Yeah Understood”
A ather around Lance
… No, wrong If I express it accurately, the correct ould be saying that he absorbed them
I’d say this isn’t but uess
Like the Skull Dragons I was fighting with until not long ago… Lance has buried many corpses in this snowy mountain as preparations to battle with me
However, it doesn’t seem that no matter how ood
Isn’t that why… Lance is absorbing little by little the reic power of the corpses buried all around?
“Don’t take htly The match hasn’t ended yet!”
Having finished gathering the rin and,
“Level… Over-limit”
Just spat out those words
The next instant, Lance’s body started swelling and changing to a grotesque shape
And what appeared beforescythe
“Death God Thanatos[8]…
I see So his power as a necromancer comes from the ability of the death God?”
“…”
Death God Thanatos
So the uy’s body before birth?
“Kuhahahahaha! This has turned the tables, hasn’t it? Kusumi Chiharu! Aren’t you clearly in a bad shape from the previous battles?
Won’t your Limiter reach its limit in just seconds of full use?
The ghoul princess too, coic power
And conversely, as you see, I’m in tip-top condition
Well, do we start?
Let’s start the decisive ba—“
“… Nope I think that won’t be necessary”
“… What!?”
“The o”
As Lance has said, ic power has already reached bottom
Even bringing forth the full power of the Limiter, I’ll meet the limit in just seconds
But, that’s fine
That’s fine
If I could clash with him from the front even for seconds… I feel I won’t lose to him
“Get ready Since the o easy”
So, that said,
Level… Over-limit
I Lance, I said those words inside my heart
It was different froons
My full power right now… Was 100 from 100[9]!
My hair greo bat-like wings sprouted from my back
I felt like ic power filled me from head to toe
That aic poas so vast that it melted the snow around er that it will s me
“… No way Impossible Iet this much power!?”
“…”
To tell the truth, I too am curious about that
I was told by Lilith-san that it see the devils, but she hasn’t informed me in the least about the details
“Haaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
Heupfront
As such following that victory goes to the one who hits first, Lance brandished his huge scythe against me
“… He disappeared!?”
“…”
Wrong
Speaking properly, I simply circled to your side
It’s just that our difference in power is so overwhel about normally it makes you think that I’ve disappeared
Following that, I lightly kicked the ground and leaped, giving a severe blow to the crown of the head of
the huge skeleton Lance had transformed into
“Gugiiiiiiiiiiiiiii”
Critical hit
Lance burrowed through the ground made of ice as if it had sunk in
In the end… After going on for about ten ot depleted
Released of his transfor the whites
Like that, since he didn’t even twitch, I think that this should be all there is
By fighting seriously, it was a too quick and excessively one-sided end of act—
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References and Translation Notes
Jump up↑ Around 6214 miles
Jump up↑ Obviously, 621 miles
Jump up↑ Artificial humans made inside a flask; alchemy term
Jump up↑ Written as “monster transformation”
Ju in the shortest time”
Jump up↑ 6214 miles
Jump up↑ ~6 feet
Jump up↑ Name of the Greek God responsible of death in sleep (Apollon was responsible for sunstrokes and pestilence, Artheeneral)
Jump up↑ Since 100 is “a hundred out of a hundred”, I don’t knohy the japanese say this, which means “100 out of 100 out of 100 out of 100”, but they do
Jump up↑ Around 32’ 10”