Well… yeah, sorry for that long as break. I procrastinated, and then also went overseas to visit relatives, but I"ll try make the releases more frequent now! Thanks for reading~
The original plan was to spend today restfully in Ra.n.a.litta and then enter the Dioral Kingdom tomorrow.
However, Ra.n.a.litta was attacked by the Dioral Kingdom"s army and is going up in flames.
It"s strange in a lot of ways.
To start with, the fact that the Dioral Kingdom is attacking Ra.n.a.litta, a town in its own country, is strange.
Next, it"s also strange that the regular army is cooperating with the knights affected by the black miasma.
The existence of the black knights had been concealed, and it only became public just recently.
How can they so easily accept those ominous and creepy things?
Are they not scared of becoming black knights themselves?
If you get affected by the black miasma, you acquire immortality, and your physical ability rises too. However, you lose your sense of reason and become a puppet for the king. That is tougher than death.
There are exceptions, like the hero of the【Gun】, Bullet, but there"s no guarantee that they can become an exception like him.
Escaping before turning into a black knight is normal.
… However, they aren"t doing what"s normal. Let alone that, they are even fighting alongside those monsters.
"Good grief, this is a troublesome development." (Kearuga)
The black knight"s weakness is that they can only fight with simple tactics, because they don"t have the ability to think, but the regular army is compensating for that with their support.
I click my tongue and run towards the place where the dragon Freya and the others were riding, crashed.
What"s troublesome, is that there aren"t only black knights.
Due to the magic-strengthened arrow the archer sent, the dragon Freya and the others were riding had its wing pierced.
They can"t be an ordinary archer, to send an attack to the sky that a normal arrow wouldn"t even be able to reach, and pierce the strong defences of a dragon with that attenuated power.
Even though Kureha and Freya are there, it might be dangerous.
Their compatibility is bad against an archer.
Kureha has no long distance attack methods, and the fact that the arrow reached the dragon, means the enemy can attack from outside of Freya"s magic. It doesn"t seem likely that Freya can block an arrow going at the speed of sound.
The battle has already started.
Kureha is swinging her sword multiple times; she"s clearing away the arrows that come flying in one after the other.
I can"t see the appearance of the archer. They seem to be one-sidedly attacking from a long distance.
Normally, Kureha would have cleared away the arrows while rus.h.i.+ng towards the direction it came from, shortening the distance, but behind her, there"s a wounded dragon, Freya, and Ellen.
If Kureha leaves that place, the archer would probably ma.s.sacre the remaining members.
She"s in a deadlock.
Eventually, when Kureha becomes exhausted, she won"t be able to block the arrows anymore. At this rate, the probability of the archer winning is high.
However, unfortunately for them, I appeared as a reinforcement. At this point in time, the archer"s chance of winning has gone.
I put power into my【Jade Eye】, and stare at the direction the arrows are coming from.
Calculating the reverse trajectory of the arrows with ultra strengthened eyesight and kinetic vision, I find the archer. Interesting, the arrows are coming from seven hundred and twenty metres ahead.
It"s a laughable distance. Those attacks are coming from outside of Freya"s maximum range of five hundred metres. Because of that, Freya couldn"t counterattack, huh.
The range of a common bow is around two hundred metres.
It can"t be the work of a human to shoot from over three times that distance.
"Setsuna, you go join up with Kureha and the others. Those black knights are approaching them. Even Kureha can"t take on those black knights while clearing away those arrows." (Kearuga)
Since I"m aiming for the archer, the other party also took measures.
Around ten of those black knights head towards Kureha and the others.
Those guys are immortal, and can"t be killed.
Right now, when she has her hands full with clearing away the arrows, even Kureha will probably struggle.
However, sealing their movements with ice has already been verified to be a viable option before. Setsuna, who has the power to protect herself from that archer and freely manipulate ice without holding back Kureha, will become the best reinforcement.
"Nn. Kearugsama, leave it to Setsuna." (Setsuna)
Setsuna and I break into two groups.
"Goshujin-sama, what should Guren do?" (Guren)
"You just cling to me like that. After all, there are going to be swarms of black knights up ahead, so your power is necessary." (Kearuga)
The archer"s position is even further behind the rear unit, and there are many archers and magicians, with many black knights as guards. There are more than just ten or twenty.
To neutralize the archer, I need to break through that wall of meat.
If there were only a few black knights, I could push my way through with【Deterioration Heal】, but that would be tough to do against that number.
I need Guren"s flames.
"Okay. I"ll purify those smelly people with the holy flames of a divine beast! Trash goes in the trash can!" (Guren)
"Hey, Guren, aren"t you embarra.s.sed to say the holy flames of a divine beast?" (Kearuga)
"… It, it"s the truth! You"re too fussy." (Guren)
Well, the minor details are fine.
I draw my sword.
Guren swings her tail; she seems to be putting in fighting spirit.
And then, my sword gets wrapped up by Guren"s flames.
If I cut them with this sword enchanted by the flames of purification, even the immortal black knights will die.
I have gotten close enough that there are around two hundred more metres left to the archer.
"Goshujin-sama, there"s like, a rain of so many arrows and magic coming." (Guren)
"Seems so." (Kearuga)
I"m trying to attack the rear unit alone, so this kind of reception is within expectations.
"They are quite skilled." (Kearuga)
I"m slightly impressed.
After enduring until I entered the effective range, they fired in volleys at me.
In addition to that, it"s a full power saturation attack at one person.
This is quite difficult.
It"s normal for there to be people that fire before the target enters the effective range or people that become unwilling and let their guard down as there"s only one person.
However, the enemy did the correct thing. They properly attacked with all their power in a perfectly coordinated way.
It wouldn"t be interesting otherwise.
"Goshujin-sama, we"re going to die, we"re going to die!" (Guren)
"Don"t worry, I can see it." (Kearuga)
The eye next to the【Jade Eye】s.h.i.+nes. It"s the【Kokus.h.i.+gan】I received from the G.o.d bird.
That eye has the power to see a few seconds in the future.
I can see the places where the arrows and magic will impact.
From the scene that"s packed with destruction, I can see that perfect evasion is impossible. I slide into the place with the weakest attacks, hold Guren tightly to protect her, and put up a defence barrier.
The attack lands, and I feel a tremendous impact.
However, it"s far off from being a fatal wound.
I got through it with minimum damage.
"Goho-, goho-, you should"ve dodged it better!" (Guren)
"I did as much as I could. That was a next to impossible situation." (Kearuga)
As long as I can just see the future, I can deal with any situation with my over level 200 agility.
I incline my head. An arrow pa.s.ses by the place my eye was just at.
This is absurd.
In that short break where my tension loosened due to the fact that a large scale destruction caused clouds of dust and smoke block all visibility, they fired one at my vital part.
If I hadn"t seen the future with【Kokus.h.i.+gan】, that might have hit me.
They are clearly an irregular archer.
I"m getting a lot more interested in them.
I wonder what type of person it is.
… If possible, a woman would be nice. And if she was beautiful, then there would be no complaints.
Because of this person, I"m late getting to the Dioral Kingdom.
Kureha, Freya and Ellen were endangered. There"s no way I could forgive this person. They are a target of revenge. If I"m going to take revenge anyway, I would enjoy myself more if it"s a woman.
I dodge the arrows coming flying in one after the other.
They all surpa.s.s the speed of sound and are aimed at my blind spots.
And yet, it doesn"t become dull. I can see schemes in each arrow.
I"m watching with fascination. How skilful. However, they have the wrong opponent.
For me, who can see the future, there"s no way arrows could hit me.
The compatibility is too bad.
The smoke cleared away.
Is everyone other than that archer convinced that they definitely killed me? I"m fifty metres away from them after all. The enemy group is feeling shaken.
Only the black knights that have no emotions or the ability to think immediately reacted and rushed me.
"So impertineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeent!" (Kearuga)
I purposely leave everything to my own violent impulse.
Tampering with my status by using【Transformation Heal】, I throw away my defence and modify it to be a complete, attack type status.
With【Kokus.h.i.+gan】and my speed, the black knights and the sporadic support attacks won"t hit me. I don"t need any more defence.
Although I can"t avoid any ultra wide attacks, I"m this close to them, and they wouldn"t be able to shoot their allies with me.
Even if they do, it wouldn"t be a lethal attack.
Therefore, I can rampage as much as I want.
Every time my sword gets sucked up by the black knights, they don"t get cut, but pulverised into small pieces.
Because of my excessive strength, each sword stroke exceeds the speed of sound, and sonic booms spring forth, chopping up the surrounding enemies that I didn"t even touch. Interesting. I don"t understand why, but when I cause sonic booms with the sword clad in flames of purification, even the flames mixed up with the impacts.
It"s an irrational phenomenon that was caused because my over level 200 status was concentrated into offensive power.
Even those black knights have their immortality stripped off and die immediately with one blow from Guren"s holy fire-clad sword.
Arrows and magic come flying every now and then, but they don"t hit.
They are skillfully arranging their battle formation to block my escape route, but my strength and speed rival ultra large monsters.
A wall of just a few humans wouldn"t even become an obstacle.
They go flying if I just forcefully jump in without any plans and b.u.mp into them.
I feel a smile coming up.
This isn"t a battle anymore, it"s a ma.s.sacre.
"Where are youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Archeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer! Come out without running!" (Kearuga)
Because of the melee and excitement I was having, I lost sight of the archer.
Well, it"s fine, they will be easy to find once I ma.s.sacre all of the hindrances.
I continue killing everything that enters my field of vision.
The sword clad in flames of purification for the black knights, and bare hands for the magicians and small fry.
My fifth sword broke.
With the damage from the flames of purification and my rough handling of it, they only last two or three swings.
However, that doesn"t bother me.
I can take as many as I want from the corpses.
"Guren, your flames of purification enchant is delaying." (Kearuga)
"Don"t say the impossible! This is quite tiring. Goshujin-sama, you"re just breaking too many!" (Guren)
Every time a sword breaks, Guren starts complaining as she has to clad them in fire.
However, it"s inevitable for them to break.
Why are swords this fragile, I wonder.
A sword that won"t break no matter how roughly you use it, would be great.
I keep killing, killing, killing, breaking, breaking, breaking.
The number of enemies rapidly decrease, and then, no one was left.
Strange, the archer isn"t here.
Did I end up breaking them while I was rampaging? d.a.m.n it, then this would just be killing; the lowest of its kind for revenge.
I got too high.
I should reflect since I"ve exhausted myself quite a lot.
The【Kokus.h.i.+gan】is at its limit, so I cancel it. It exhausts both my mental strength and stamina.
I also restore my ultra attack type status to a balanced one.
In the next moment, an arrow pierced through my forehead and right chest.
Dangerous. Because my status is back to a balanced type one, they stopped at shallow spots, but they would have been fatal wounds if I still had my ultra attack type status. Blood spouts out as I pull out the arrow.
The wounds heal due to Divine Arms Georgius"s【Automatic Recovery (Auto Heal)】.
At the same time the arrow hit me, I caught sight of their appearance with the【Jade Eye】.
There"s no longer any annoying wall. From now on, I won"t let my eye off of them for even a second.
Arrows come flying one after the other.
There was no way to dodge arrows moving at the speed of sound from that short distance.
However, there"s no need to dodge.
While just guarding the parts that will result in a fatal wound, I shorten the distance by relying on agility.
I don"t care how many arrows pierce me since as long as it"s not an instant death,【Automatic Recovery (Auto Heal)】will heal it. With this overwhelming, level 200 defensive power, I won"t die as long as I don"t make my status completely focused on attacking.
I can clearly see the enemy"s appearance now.
It"s a red-haired woman. Although she"s hiding her face with a cloth, there"s no mistake that she"s a woman.
It"s worth taking revenge.
Finally, the distance becomes zero. I firmly grasp her neck with my left hand, bring it up, and then smash her onto the ground, holding her there.
"Gahah." (Redhead)
The woman let go of her bow with that impact right now.
While I"m at it, I"ll also detach her shoulder joints with my open right hand. Now she"s powerless.
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" (Redhead)
She"s crying out with a cute voice.
Now, let me see your face.
Tearing off the cloth covering her face, I see a considerable beauty in her mid-twenties.
However, I sense deja vu. I"ve definitely seen these eyes before.
Sharp eyes that give the impression of a predatory bird, and a brave face with distinct facial features.
"Hero of【Healing】Kearu, my father"s enemy! I will kill you. There"s no way my father would lose against you in a fair fight. I will kill your cowardly self." (Redhead)
Ahh, I remember.
【Hawk Eye】of the three champions, huh.
She has the same eyes as him and has that skill with the bow. There"s no mistake.
Or rather, why could she tell I was the hero of【Healing】?
Well, whatever, I"ll know if I use【Recovery Heal】to copy her memories and experiences.
"Coward? What are you on about. Certainly, I did kill【Hawk Eye】, but that"s just the result of fighting fairly during a war. I see, so you"re【Hawk Eye"s】daughter, huh." (Kearuga)
"I have no need to answer!" (Redhead)
"Well yeah, but you know, I have several tricks to make you answer me, even if you don"t personally do it. Hyahah, it sure has been a while. Taking a revenge on a woman excites me." (Kearuga)
Having s.e.x with love with Setsuna and the others is nice, but as I thought, forcefully doing it while holding them down isn"t bad.
"You brute!" (Redhead)
"Those eyes are niiice. It weirdly arouses me when I turn the tables on a person that resents me. Because I know the thirst for revenge, trampling on that and disgracing them excites me. I wonder what this is, I can"t explain this feeling with words. All I can say is that I really need to thank【Hawk Eye】. Because of him, I can enjoy this kind of plot." (Kearuga)
Tears well up in【Hawk Eye"s】daughter as I say that, and she starts struggling.
However, an archer can"t do anything at this range while being held down.
After shutting her up with three punches and tearing off her clothes, she screams like an innocent girl.
Ahh, this reaction means she"s a virgin.
I feel like I"ll enjoy the revenge even further.
Nooow, time for some drugs.
"Well, how do I put it. It seems like you hate me because your father was killed, but I wonder how long you can keep that resentment. I"ll give you a drug that makes you love me." (Kearuga)
From my pouch, I take out a specially made aphrodisiac. It"s my newest work.
This is a special one, since it doesn"t just give the user pleasure and amplify their s.e.xual desire. It"s my first time using it on a human, so I"m excited.
They woman spits out blood.
It seems she bit off her tongue.
I see, so dying is better to her than letting me do whatever I please.
"You know there"s no way I would let you suicide, right?" (Kearuga)
However, unfortunately for her, I"m a healing magician, and there"s no way she can kill herself in front of me.
I immediately use【Recovery Heal】 and shove a cloth in her mouth.
That cloth had sucked up plenty of the specially made potion.
The woman starts rubbing her inner thighs, and her eyes are looking at me greedily.
"Hihihi, I wonder how long you can keep your sanity. If you really did love your father and wanted to take revenge, then you wouldn"t do or say anything that would please me, riiiight?" (Kearuga)
Doing this sort of play on the battlefield is a first for me, but I can probably get aroused from this unique situation.
Now, how long will this woman hold on for, I wonder. While thinking about that, I showed a smile.