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Campione! - Volume 20 - Chapter 3.2




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Part 2

「You already understand……the difference in power between us right?」 

Godou spoke as though in admonishment and also blunt rejection.

「You are# Laksmana aren’t you? Just wait quietly until your big brother comes back! I’m someone who don’t want to do meaningless match# even this man――」

「Well# if I don’t need to make effort# then there is nothing better than that.」 

John Pluto Smith was nodding. He was staring at the brown skinned noble youth through his mask’s visor! This was Laksmana# the biological younger brother of the『King of the End』Rama, who even though his appearance was exactly the same like his elder brother, it was only his skin that was of different color. 

The subordinate god of the great hero――grinned broadly! 

It was a smile that was filled with the usual hatred. It was venomous! A glimpse of his soul’s distortion could be seen from there. 

It was late at night, furthermore it was in the middle of Okutama Mountains that was piled with snow. On top of that rain was drizzling down, all of them there had their clothes drenched wet. Anyway it was freezing. 

But, Godou was feeling hot instead. 

His whole body was heated. The blood flowing in his blood vessel felt like burning. Surely it was because his Campione soul was raging, as if it would lose against the chill of winter――and against god! 

Smith should be in the same state too without doubt. 

In front of such two godslayers, even so Laksmana was grinning.

「There is no problem. Even if my body is powerless, I who am the little brother of my elder brother who is the most sagacious among the people with wisdom possess a secret measure! ……I recalled it.」 

Even though you are just a subordinate god, you talk like a big shot――for some reason such thinking didn’t cross Godou’s mind. 

He felt a particular suspicious dread of time when a mortal danger was approaching. The back of his neck was tingling. He didn’t dare to believe# could it possible that Laksmana became strong in this short time? 

The moment he felt suspicious, lightning fell somewhere far away. 

*DOooooooN* Such sound and vibration was transmitted until here. So that’s it!

「Elder brother who ought to be extolled as the ferocious tiger of heavens, is a hero that is protected by the sacred blade of war god. Now, while I am merely a foolish and powerless little brother# I too implore――」 

Laksmana pointed at the sky with his index finger.

「O divine sword of salvation, display thy true form to the world right now!」

「As I thought# it’s that@」However# could the little brother that wasn’t Rama used it skillfully!?

「Nu……OOOOOOOOOOOH@」 

Laksmana howled in front of Godou who was on his guard. 

In respond to that, lightning was falling one after another. Around the prince of India myth, Smith, and Godou,『DOoooN!』『DOoooN!』『DOoooN!』lightning strike was showering down. 

However, there was no lightning cloud that released these lightning.

「Is it something like that mandala again!?」 

Godou yelled. 

Above――the mandala of the divine sword was manifesting! 

It was a square magic formation. It had sides around ten meter. It was demarcated in detail with grid pattern, weapon was stored inside each block. 

Sword – katana – bow – spear – axe – shield – pole – naginata – pike – jewel – rope – brick, and so on. 

And then,『arrow』was the weapon that numbered the most there! The mandala was shooting out those as lightning――it was the appearance when the divine sword of salvation became its final form.

「Elder brother, I beg you for the divine protection of sacred immortal to this unworthy little brother!」

「So this is the trump card of godslayer killing that I heard in rumor……」 

Smith whispered with his magic gun drawn out. 

The surrounding of Godou and others were rained down incessantly by lightning = arms of India myth. 

It was already inevitable for them to be overwhelmed badly by those! Smith aimed at the sky――furthermore it was toward empty air where there was nothing, and fired his magic gun. *KAaaaaaN!* High-pitched sound rang and one of the lightning of salvation was annihilated. 

One of the raining down arms were broken by Smith’s shooting! Furthermore# the magic bullet didn’t stop there――it was continuing to fly as it was 

In order to shot down the lightning that were raining down to Smith, and also to Godou. 

* KAaaaaaN! KAaaaaaN! KAaaaaaN! KAaaaaaN! KAaaaaaN! KAaaaaaN! KAaaaaaN! KAaaaaaN!* 

The magic bullet was flying around to all direction freely, shooting through lightning of salvation in succession, crushing them. It was just like a flying shield. 

Thanks to that# Smith and also Godou didn’t need to rack their brain for defense.

「It’s not as strong as what I heard though……that’s what I feel.」 

Smith said to Godou.「What do you think as someone with experience?」

「You are right! Laksmana――isn’t as used with the divine sword of salvation as his elder brother. Or perhaps I should say, that he cannot handle it.」

The lightning of salvation became fierce bullet rain and attacked the surface ground like a downpour. 

That was『Mandala of Divine Sword』that Rama controlled. However, the lightning that the little brother made to rain down felt only like early summer rain in spring. Its thickness as barrage was thin, and the aiming of each one was also inadequate. 

Even now countless lightning strikes were noisily falling around Godou and others. 

The hit rate was around one hit at Smith or Godou for each twenty# thirty shots! It wasn’t even worthy to be compared to the rapid-fire of a machine gun. 

Even the lightning that looked like they would hit were getting smashed in succession by the magic bullet that was flying around the sky as shield. 

But, even so Laksmana was howling.

「O zodiac of divine sword! O all transcendental who wish for devil king extermination! Slaughter these corrupted Rakshasa, and please grant me……!the destiny of the chosen warrior@」 

The little brother of the great hero sat down in the lotus position――at the posture of seated Zen meditation! 

He floated in the air with that still posture and climbed for thirty, forty meter steeply until he took position right beside the mandala of divine sword that was floating midair. 

It was the exquisite performance of midair floating that yoga ascetic might show at occult special programme in television.

「……His strength increased?」

Godou frowned. He felt it. The whole body of Laksmana that was in lotus position was emitting magic power――that was bloating up even more than before.「That guy, he can also imitate that!?」

「Mu――?」 

John Pluto Smith was also gazing in wonderment. 

The masked godslayer had also witnessed the too sudden power up of Seiten Taisei at the battle in inner Nikkou before this. Naturally he would notice. 

The Great Ritual of the Old Covenant. The grand secret art that granted privilege of devil king extermination to heroes that possessed attribute of sword.

「The same power……with Seiten Taisei before this@?」 

Even so it was far off from the elder brother! It didn’t even reach the level of Seiten Taisei at inner Nikkou. 

It only still reached the level in the category of subordinate god. But, the density of lightning that was released from the mandala of divine sword――was increasing by thirty percent. 

As the result, the anti air defense by the magic bullet was finally starting to get slipped through by lightning. 

One shot fell toward John Pluto Smith!

「You who possess no fixed shape……take a look at the shadow of Count Bifrons.」 

Smith whispered something that sounded like words of power. 

The fierce lightning strike――passed through the highly dignified costumed figure. 

At this time the overly peculiar mask and black outfit looked swaying, Smith’s outline was becoming an unclear figure that was like heat haze that appeared in desert or human reflection on water surface. 

By any chance, it might be a phenomenon that was caused by this man’s authority! ……While thinking so briefly# Godou jumped back with beastly agility all of a sudden. He got a bad premonition on the spur of the moment. Sure enough, a lightning of salvation was falling his way. The true identity of the assaulting lightning strike from diagonally above――it was an arrow with steel arrowhead attached! It pierced Godou’s chest! If it got just a little deeper# it should pierce through his lung.

「Shit……@」 

Godou cursed and grinned fiercely. Although he had pulled through with his prompt instinct, it was a deep wound that dug until inside his lung! But it wasn’t lethal, so he could still fight. His grin was due to that fighting spirit. And then he chanted.

「All evildoers, tremble before my strength. Upon my mighty self, I shall bear the symbol of the raging camel!」 

The words of power of Verethragna’s fourth avatar『Camel』. 

The pain in his lung lessened with the benefit of the avatar and his body was filled with vitality. He ran to the right, then he ran left, rolled to the front, all with movement of fierce beast in order to evade the lightning strikes that were raining down in quick succession and got through it forcefully. 

Godou took a glance at Laksmana’s direction! 

There was no sign of him getting down from midair. It appeared that he was planning to stick close to the mandala floating in night sky until the two Campiones were brought down.

「It seems that different from his elder brother, his personality is to run away from head-on confrontation huh.」 

Like this his leg――the kick that was the weapon of『Camel』 wouldn’t reach! 

Godou clicked his tongue. Even during this time, the mandala in the air was continuing to fire lightning. Even while it had thinner density compared to the elder brother, the attack was continuing on. 

Should he hit him with Smith’s gun# even if that was something that didn’t match his nature――

『Your majesty!』 

The divine sword dwelling in his right arm was relaying the telepathy from her.

『Right now Ena is heading there! Ena will bring down that guy for sure# so lend Ena your majesty’s power! Just like before――respond to Ena’s calling voice@』 

It was a message from a girl that shouldn’t be here! 


No, what led Godou to this place was the authority of Madam Aisha. Perhaps the power that brought about good and bad luck also connected him with his last helper’s destiny! And above all she had a bond with Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi. If she searched the whereabouts of her partner with her heart and rushed through the local mountains with her monkey-like agility, then this wasn’t an unnatural entrance by any means――!「Ena’s here your majesty@ Kusanagi Godou@」 

And then, Seishuuin Ena arrived with a leap. 

Her body was wrapped with the school uniform of that unknown whereabouts, her beautiful black hair was fluttering while she slipped out through the trees, into the battlefield where lightning of salvation were raining down. 

Of course, even the princess shrine maiden of the sword would die if she got struck by the lightning of salvation. However.

「I respectfully wish to the monarch of my back! Please bestow our secret sword and wind’s guidance to this one@」

「Go, Seishuuin!」 

When his name was called by a person that was in the verge of mortal danger, he would be able to instantly teleported to there. 

That was the effect of Verethragna’s first avatar『Wind』. 

The method of bestowing Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi along with the fastness of wind to Seishuuin Ena who was standing in predicament――!

「IYAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!」 

Ena and the divine sword was clad with whirling wind and flew to the sky. 

At the next moment, the leading princess shrine maiden was already right in front of Laksmana in midair! It wasn’t something like a leap or flight, but a speed that was equal with instant teleportation. Naturally, Ena also passed through the countless lightning strikes the mandala of divine sword launched# and with unharmed state she――

「Please, Ama no Murakumo!」 

She lifted the divine sword of Japan that was her matchless partner. 

Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi flew like a throwing javelin. Even though it was thrown with a technique that was unbecoming for a swordsman, but it splendidly pierced 

Laksmana’s chest!「Guh――@?」 

Laksmana groaned. Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi was piercing around the noble youth’s chest! 

Oddly it was the same spot where Godou received his wound. But, the little brother of the great hero showed his distorted grin haughtily and boasted.

「Hahahaha@ No matter how great a divine sword this is# it’s something wielded by the likes of human! It’s impossible for it to fall me who is watched over by my imperishable and indestructible elder brother!」

「Then, this is the second stroke!」 

Ena was unbelievably still floating in the air. The spiritual power she obtained by her specialty the secret rite 

– divine possession was fastening the princess shrine maiden of sword to air. A new sword suddenly appeared in both her hands. 

It was a doubled-edged long sword. However, its shape was bizarre. 

The『trunk』that was the blade had three protrusions each at the left and right side that seemed like『branches』, a total of six protrusions.

「YAAAAAAAAAAAH!」 

Along with a shout of fighting spirit, Ena flew straight toward Laksmana. 

Flying in with all her wight, she stabbed a new sword heavily into the chest of the noble youth, into right next Ama no 

Murakumo no Tsurugi that pierced the lung# at the heart’s location.「GUOOOOOH!」 

Laksmana was groaning with a voice that was even louder than before. 

The mandala of divine sword behind him vanished, and the wounded noble youth limply fell to the ground. He crashed on the snow with dull sound. 

Ena herself was still hovering midair. 

In addition, she quickly pulled out her two beloved swords from Laksmana. 

This result surely came because the enemy was a subordinate god# and also the growth of Ena’s strength that was higher than before. The body of the princess shrine maiden was currently overflowing with two type of divinity. 

The divinity of Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi, and the divinity of that new sword――! 

So to speak she was in a state of double divine possession. Pushed by that, Seishuuin Ena was able to exhibit that much prowess. But, the inquiry about it would be put for later.

「Kuuh――@」 

Godou rushed toward Laksmana while afflicted by severe headache. 

He would be tormented by this pain when he was using two avatars of Verethragna simultaneously. This was because he was using『Wind』for Ena while still keeping『Camel』on. 

He bore with it in order to deal the finishing blow right away. 

He leaped at the prince of Kosala country that was standing up unsteadily.「DAAAAAAH!」 

Godou jumped high and a spinning kick flashed toward 

Laksmana’s head! 

From how he was solidly surviving even with his chest pierced through by two divine swords, it was just as expected from this scrap of god of war. Godou launched pursuing attack because he had foreseen this. But.

「What!?」 

His sure kill midair spinning kick certainly captured the side of the head of the noble youth. 

Yet# Godou’s leg passed through Laksmana’s head! It was as though he was kicking a three-dimensional image that looked like human.

「I’ll be back again# godslayer……」 

Leaving behind that parting line, Laksmana was diving underground as though the ground was mud.

「Does he copied Smith? This guy also have an authority that is similar with that……?」 

Godou sighed. Smith also showed a trick that was similar with the defense against his kick just now. That was the reason he made the association. 

(……Godou-san.)

「What’s the matter Mariya?」

(Prince Laksmana just now――I felt that it seemed similar with Madam Aisha instead, though vaguely.) 

Godou was shocked with the revelation that Mariya Yuri sent to him from the realm of the dead.

「By any chance, is it that? The authority of fortune that thoroughly dragged us in too.」 

(No. The power that we experienced with our time travel to ancient Gallia……the corrective force of history……! For some reason I was reminded of that.)

「…………」 

Now that she mentioned it, Godou recalled. 

He witnessed it several times while he was staying at the city Colonia Agrippa of ancient Gallia. How the weapon that was wielded against Madam Aisha――easily passed through her! 

The madam said that it was also the corrective force of history. 

She said『The force that is trying to attach me to this era, it will make that kind of ill-manner into “nothing ever happened” for me you know!』 

Could it be, that Laksmana also had that kind of divine protection? 

While he was feeling dubious, the black haired princess shrine maiden and a Campion approached him.

「Your majesty!」

「Somehow it has to an end for now huh.」 

Seishuuin Ena smiled with her usual liveliness, while the masked godslayer returned his magic gun into its holster on the waist. 

For the time being, he exchanged gaze with his fellow Campione and conveyed『Wait a little bit for the complicated talk』using eye contact. John Pluto Smith responded with a light not just with that signal, so it was just as he thought, his compatibility with this man wasn’t bad! 

Godou and Ena slowly faced each other after parting for a day.「Seishuuin.」

「Hehehe, thanks for waiting.」 

Ama no Murakumo was vanishing among the two divine swords the princess shrine maiden was wielding. 

It already returned to Godou’s right arm! However# the other bizarre sword――it was still staying at Ena’s right hand! 

The length of the blade was three shaku――about ninety centimeters. It was double edged. The branches on it were blade with steel claw shape. Each had length of three sun――a total of nine centimeters! The main body of the sword was added with at total of six branches that should be called as sub-blades on the left and right, it was a strange sword.

「Is that the『trump』that you said yesterday?」

「Yep. Just as promised, Ena made it in time here.」 

Ena puffed up her chest while showing the meaningful sword. 

She lifted it with both hands as though handling a prized treasure and presented it in front of Godou.

「It’s called Nanatsusaya no Tachi! The same like Ama no Murakumo……well# not really that much though# but it’s a divine sword that is nearly the same class.」(TN: Nanatsusaya no Tachi=Long Sword of Seven Branches) 

「If it’s just from the appearance# than this one seem to have more pedigree.」 

The sword’s main body that was like a tree trunk# and the six sub-blades that were like branches. It was called as『 Nanatsusaya no Tachi』from how it possessed a total of seven blades. Godou nodded to that explanation.

「Anyway# I’m saved thanks to Seishuuin! Thank you!」

「It’s all my pleasure! Rather than that# what about Erica-san and Liliana-san? The are acting separately?」

「Unfortunately, we needed to separate because of unforeseen accident! ――That’s right! Does Mariya know where they are?」 

Godou called out to his companion that was『absent』 physically. 

He anticipated that if it was someone like John Pluto Smith, then he surely would guess the mechanism even without explanation. 

As he thought# Smith didn’t make any needless interjection and listened quietly. 

While everyone’s attention were gathered# Yuri who was devoting herself in support role from the realm of the dead sent him new telepathy. 

(I attempted to follow through the thought of everyone using spiritual power of telepathy. It seemed that Erica-san and everyone else escaped to the east――to the direction of Hachiouji for once# but…… 

It was the beginning of a report that dumbfounded Godou and others. 



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