Campione! - Volume 19 - Chapter 5.4

Part 4 

A hole was opened gaping wide at the reddish black night sky. 

The extraordinarily transcendental people were carried into the entrance of the cave that was decorated with colorful roses. 

John Pluto Smith. Seiten Teisei. Perseus. White monkey god Hanuman. However, there was no way the people who got caught in this trap would offer no resistance. 

It was the opposite. 

Seeing through what was going on, they heightened their magical power even while being carried by the fairies, and unleashed a move to escape when their magical power reached the maximum. 

「O my wings the Pegasus, o you who was born from the blood of Medusa! For the sake of my freedom, come with your loud galloping hooves!」 

「O cloud, don’t be late in answering the summon of Son-sama! 」 

「O father Vāyu, please dispatch a swift horse for my sake!」 

「I command under one of my taboo name the “almighty”. Drive off god, and perish the demon!」 

Perseus called his winged beloved horse, while Seiten Taisei called the golden cloud which served as his aircraft. 

The sword gods entrusted all their remaining magical power to their steed and heightened the soaring power to the maximum. 

Hanuman that was also the son of wind god caused an updraft that rushed until the space, trying to blow away the sky passage itself until the sea of stars. 

Smith transformed himself back from a demonic bird into the 『Archmage』. 

He attempted to break the authority of Madam Aisha with esoteric magic of Spell Canceller that he could only use in this giant form. 

……By some chance, perhaps one of them would succeed. 

But, an existence that returned all resistances into nothing appeared in the sky. 

Darkness star that called gravity storm――. 

The sphere created by Kusanagi Godou’s secret formula《Black Blade》. 

This sphere appeared right above the cave that was opened in the sky. 

The sphere of darkness was darker, and blacker than even the darkness of night. Tonight the night sky was especially dyed reddish black, so the jet black darkness looked even more standing out. 

As usual the darkness star was starting to rotate with『Gyuun, gyuun』sound. 

Already――Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi had completely finished the preparation of being drawn out at underground Odaiba. The rotation accelerated almost at the same time with its appearance, raising up a gravity storm. 

The windstorm drawing in everything in the surrounding was violent. A ferocious demonic wind. 

「「「「!?」」」」 

Smith, Seiten Taisei, Perseus, Hanuman. 

The gods and godslayer who were carried toward the sky cave, all of them were lost for words. Before the resistance that they did with all their might could show result, they were completely captured by the insurance runs that was the gravity storm. 

The destination of this wind storm was the darkness star and the cave floating right under it, waiting for them. 

「Dammit, even though I have exerted myself this much!」 

「Tsk-. I absolutely won’t forget this debt, Kusanagi Godou, godslayers of the world!」 

「…………」 

「…………」 

Seiten Taisei lamented, while Perseus yelled regretfully. 

The masked king of the underworld, and the wind white monkey god were silent together. It was unclear whether their attitude that didn’t even show any panic was because they were used to desperate situation, or because they were feigning composure. 

In any case, the mighty four people were swallowed into the cave of the fairy queen. 

And then, Kusanagi Godou who saw off the whole even from beginning to end――. 

「Fuu」 

He finally breathed out. 

In front of his eyes, there was Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi stabbed on the ground. 

He touched the hilt of the divine sword that was worked in the style of Japanese katana and sent the thought to stop the activity. 

The darkness star floating in the sky, its rotation speed that reached critical point was dropping with the sound of『gyun gyun gyun, gyun gyun, gyun, gyu……』, and before long it stopped completely. 

Immediately after, the darkness star vanished instantly. 

It easily left the stage, just like awakening from a midnight nightmare. 

「You too, it’s fine already.」 

Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi which had worked hard also vanished and returned inside Godou’s right arm. 

「Tonight is a mess, I wonder if it’s finished with this.」 

「It will be great if that’s the case but――aa」 

「……Hey Godou. I have one thing in my mind though.」 It was after Godou spoke about the end of the battle. 

Liliana faltered in her speaking as though she recalled something she had forgotten, and Erica also glanced――at the one other Campione. 

Madam Aisha was still sitting down on the cold snowy ground. 

As expected she didn’t look like she had anymore reserve strength, she was staring in a daze at the starry sky. Because she had called for the maximum good and bad fortune, the sky was still reddish black. The cave of fairy queen Niamh was also still gaping wide open in the sky. 

And then, Erica murmured with deep prudence. 

「In the end, if Godou want to be the only Campione remaining, to prepare for the confrontation against Prince Rama……you need to request the madam to exit the stage too somewhere isn’t it?」 

「Right……」 

「Also about the talk just now. I wonder where is the fairy corridor is connected to? To the past, or else to somewhere in astral world. Well, this corridor possess power that has never been seen before, so perhaps it might even be an unknown territory that even the understanding of us magician cannot reach……」 

「Certainly, that make me curious.」 

「Rather, I think that using the excuse of ascertaining 

that――to have the madam embark for a travel is also one possible way……」 

Naturally it was a comment that was made after a glance at Madam Aisha. 

Liliana was silent even now. Unusually she didn’t even try to object against the whisper of the devil that ran counter against moral. She was persisting in silence with a complicated face. It seemed that she was fighting against her conscience. 

Godou too was also in a bit of conflict, pondering that there was also that method, that it might be better to be like that for the sake of hereafter. 

「Aa――fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu」 

Madam Aisha abruptly breathed out all the air in her lung, strength leaving her body. 

She was sighing for long and long, as though even her soul might come out from her mouth. 

Right away the reddish blackness of the sky was settling down and turned back into a normal night sky. The fairy’s corridor that was opened in the sky also finally vanished. 

With the clear air in the middle of a mountain, the number of visible star was incomparably a lot more than at the city. 

Finally it became a night sky appropriate for winter Okutama. 

Flop. Madam Aisha collapsed onto the snow from her back. Like that she began to fall asleep soundly with peaceful breathing. It seemed that this time she had really ran out of strength. 

She was falling asleep without minding the coldness of the snow and her clothing getting wet. 

「Well, there is also this kind of outcome.」 

Godou smiled wryly and approached the side of the sleeping madam. 

She was a Campione that wouldn’t die even if she fell into hell anyway. Even though she was sleeping like a log on a snowy mountain in the middle of winter he didn’t think she would even catch a cold, he had to wake her up, and then take her back to the city―― 

「!」 

At this moment, his body immediately tensed due to his wild instinct. 

Something’s coming. Godou――he quickly reached out both his hands in order to grasp the empty air before his eyes. At the same time he also used the second avatar of Verethragna the『 Bull』. 

In order to not lose in strength, against a beast with outrageous power! 

「OOOOOOOO-!」 

「You have grown, Kusanagi Godou! There is worth in waiting! 」 

A demonic wolf rushed forward like bullet―― 

Godou’s right hand caught the nose and upper jaw, while his left hand grasped the lower jaw! 

A gray wolf with a size that could be mistaken as horse leaped out from tree cover, trying to bite at Kusanagi Godou’s head and chest with『GAH』sound. 

「Guah!」 

Godou groaned in pain. 

It was because he was holding on the upper jaw and lower jaw that were closely packed with teeth. Ten-odd teeth were piercing both his hands roughly. The demonic wolf’s physique was equal with a thoroughbred horse, so even its teeth were big like short sword. 

However, ignoring the pain in both his hands―― 

Godou shook around the large body of the wolf and threw it like throwing a hammer! 

However, the wolf wasn’t flung high to the sky, it was thrown to the ground right in the front. It was so that all the power of『 Bull』was converted into damage to the enemy. 

But, even when it crashed into the ground, the demonic wolf only raised its body exultantly. 

It should have received a damage that could turn even large car into scrap easily, but the fierce demonic wolf quickly stood up on its two legs and let out a chuckle. 

「Kukukuku. So even after an intense game you still didn’t let your guard down, you even saved spare energy and prepared for the next. Like this I can call you as a formidable enemy without feeling any hesitation.」 

Someone was laughing. not a demonic wolf, but Dejanstahl Voban. 

He returned to his usual old man appearance and stared at Godou with fierily shining emerald eyes. He whispered in amusement. 

「The time has come to fulfill the promise of the other day.」 It was challenging words. But. 

Godou didn’t have the leeway to answer that. Because an unexpected character had made their entrance. 

「Nee-san!」 

Of all people, it was his elder sister – Luo Cuilian. 

Moreover she leaped out from the same tree cover where Marquis Voban came out from. Using preeminence Qing Gong she sprinted without disordering even a speck of snow on the ground and dashed toward where Madam Aisha was. While Godou and the marquis were fighting―― 

The elder sister kneeled and lifted up the sleeping female Campione in her arms. 

「There is worth……in waiting for this moment.」 

While strangely whispering the same speech like the old marquis, Luo Cuilian approached her lovely face toward Madam Aisha, and of all thing she stole her lips. 

In addition, she also whispered spell words! 

「Ki disperse, dragon die. Namely Four God Annihilation.」 

「Aisha-san!?」 

「Fufufufu. Godou, it seems that you are also completely at a loss of what to do with this witch but――you can rest assured. 」 

Luo Cuilian flung off the body of the sleeping Madam Aisha on the snow and she stood up. 

She already took no more notice of the maiden dressed in red hood and maid uniform. She looked like she didn’t even have any more interest or cautiousness toward her. 

「Because, I have sealed all the strength of this person.」 

「What did you say!?」 

Particles of blue light were leaking out in large amount from the whole body of the madam who was lying down powerlessly. 

Strong power could be felt from that countless glittering radiances. Perhaps, it was magic power. Godou looked dubious. 

What became the source of all authority, magic power. Was it rapidly leaking out? 

And then, his elder sister chuckled as though to endorse that doubt of him……. 

「Fufufufu. The authorities of Madam Aisha are all something that we don’t even understand how it will run wild. But, now there is no more need to be cautious of that.」 

「…………」 

「It’s possible to defeat her――without reservation.」 

It seemed that some kind of magic was transferred using the mouth-to-mouth. Luo Cuilian proclaimed. 

Just what kind of magic that was. Why she was together with Marquis Voban. There was nothing but concerning things, but Godou first exchanged glances. 

Toward the two knights standing by nearby, at Erica and Liliana. 

The girls nodded briskly and distanced themselves quickly. They had guessed Godou’s thinking that told them to take a little bit of distance. 

Yes. Because the situation where two devil kings of the older generation were present was really too dangerous. 

「Nee-san. Also old man Voban too.」 Godou asked once more. 

「Just why are the two of you together in this combination?」 

「What. We fellow senile old fools were just having a bit of talk, and luckily we managed to see eye to eye.」 

「It’s just as he says. For the present, the two of us are forming alliance until we become the last two name in order to win through the devil king civil war.」 

「……So it’s like that.」 Godou groaned. 

Thinking back, from the beginning both his elder sister and the marquis had been setting their sight at Madam Aisha, considering her as the opponent that should be overcome with maximum priority. Until now they had the carpet pulled from under their feet by Madam Aisha to a large extent. 

In order to take care of that most difficult enemy, the two of them joined hand. 

It wasn’t an unlikely story. And then, these fellows veteran, even if only temporarily they built an alliance in order to carry out the strongest deciding match between the two of them. This was also a development that seemed possible. Above all else the elder sister – Luo Cuilian was merrily standing in the way of her younger brother – Kusanagi Godou. Well, it was in accordance with his prediction. 

「Even so, for those three scenarios to come true all at once is just too unexpected you know……」 Godou whispered seriously. 

Two against one. Furthermore the opponents were these two. How would he struggle through this? 

As expected even Godou could think of no choice other than『 running away with all his strength』. But, could he escape from both Voban and Luo Hao? 

He thought ‘Well, it’s impossible’, discarding that possibility by himself. It was at that time. 

「Amazing. I’m really surprised you know, that the situation become like this. If possible, I want to be included here too no matter what.」 

「Hmph.」 

Voban snorted after receiving an interruption in the shape of a voice that sounded carefree and even idiotic. 

「Even if I reject you by saying don’t come, pushing in as you please is your style isn’t it? Don’t pretend to act admirably, Salvatore Doni.」 

「Hahahaha」 

From inside the darkness, a blonde haired young man arrived. 

The frivolous godslayer of Italia. Even though he was a handsome man but his face’s feature was loose, scattering around joviality with smiling face that looked like he wasn’t thinking of anything. 

However, his left hand was holding a sword that looked like Japanese katana along with its sheath, in a stance where it could be unsheathed anytime. 

「Then, with the approval given from the grampsie――I wonder if I can make a proposal? Listen here Godou, to oppose the alliance of the old people, won’t you try forming youngster alliance with me?」 

Ha? For a moment Godou was dumbfounded. 

Doni who didn’t mind that proposed while acting relaxed like usual. 

「Kusanagi Godou and Salvatore Doni. Both of them win through the devil king civil war, and in the end the fight a decisive battle whre the seat of the strongest challenger is at stake. Isn’t that cool!」 

Devil king civil war, the night of the second day. 

In the mountains of Okutama, four Campiones were gathering――.