Campione! - Volume Ex - Chapter 6.1

Chapter 6 – Warrior of Anti-Destiny
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The village where the magicians of the evil cult took root were living─

It was inconspicuously located in the north of Valencia region, in the mountainous region of Iberian mountain range.

It was a period where cars or planes still didn’t exist. Even the steam train hadn’t promulgated that much. The place couldn’t be reached without traversing the meandering mountain road by walking, using a horse or a horse carriage.

Well, it was a tiny mountain village.

There was only around twenty or thirty houses made from stone in this settlement that was created along the valley.

The villagers obtained the provisions for their living from meager dry field farming and their pasturage. For the villagers, things like sacrifice ritual or magic was one of their few pastimes──or perhaps it would be unfair to call it that.

However right now, this tiny settlement was greatly bustling.

「It’s amazing how many are gathered, really……」

「Umu. It seems that your fellow godslayer is truly a lady without any integrity.」

In respond to Kusanagi Godou’s muttering, his partner this time commented back.

They were hiding among the conifers that grew a lot in the mountain range. They could look down towards the village in the valley from the mountainside. The village was overflowing with gigantic beasts.

Lions, bears, pigs, snakes, deer, horses, lizards, crocodiles──.

Anyway the animals that varied numbered more than fifty.

Each of them were abnormally sized around 20~30 meters long. All of them were lying down on the ground while curling their bodies. They were on standby like dogs with good discipline.

However, it seemed there was some turmoil to reach this point.

The houses of the village──around half of them were smashed apart into wreckage of rubble and building materials. The other half was safe was perhaps because the houses weren’t built close to each other but scattered all over which was fortunate.

「No matter how you look at it, the place was ravaged by a huge army of beasts.」

Godou muttered.

A pink colored lump of rock was laid down on the square that was in the center of the village.

It couldn’t be seen from here but Madam Aisha should be inside it. Also, right beside the lump of rock there were dozens of humans huddling close together.

They were staring at the “beasts of disaster” with a scared look──.

「I can feel the fear of those people. They are completely afraid.」

His partner was slightly sympathetic to the villagers. Godou shrugged.

「If those kinds of things are in this village, then even those guys who are evil cult members won’t be able to endure.」

「It can be said that they’re reaping what they sow but, they’re also pitiful. Surely they never imagined even in their wildest dreams that the maiden they sacrificed is actually a godslayer!」

It was a fitting speech for a protector of justice.

His partner──war god Verethragna and Godou were in a truce for these three days.

It was because the clouds of life were being generated one after another and the beasts of disaster descended all over south Europe. It was the result of the “sleeping princess” Madam Aisha who controlled the item called holy grail and misusing its power.

Verethragna said this in the mansion of Marseilles.

『Just between you and me, I have to confess. Regarding the matter of that witch, my lord Mithra and the king of time Zurvan had “blundered”. As the one entrusted with the sword of salvation, I have to clean up their mess.』

『What a coincidence.』

Godou too immediately said this.

『I also intend to clean up the mess of that person’s misconduct.』

『Fumu.』

Verethragna only replied shortly.

However after that, the godslayer and the war god went around everywhere in south Europe together and crushed the beasts of disaster one after another. Then they finally arrived to this enemy headquarters. Even without speaking any words they naturally acted together.

Just like that nostalgic journey in Sardinia Island.

And then even now Kusanagi Godou and war god Verethragna were standing side by side.

「Yosh, let’s start.」

「I think you’re aware of this already but, in the end this is only a preliminary skirmish. Don’t run out of strength just from this.」

「Who are you saying that to? In this situation I’m the reigning champion who is receiving your challenge. It’s me who can act haughtily while looking down on you, don’t forget that.」

「Fuh──」

That faint smile surfaced on the lips of the war god from his exchange with Godou.

From here words were already weapon for the sake of fighting. Verethragna chanted first.

「Thus speaketh Lord Mithra……. The sinful shall be met with justice. May spines be crushed, may bones be broken, tendons torn, hair brains and blood mingled and trampled together with the earth」

The body of the handsome youth swelled up. He started to transform into a lump of flesh densely covered in black fur.

Godou also didn’t lose and chanted the “continuation”.

「The one unblunted and unapproachable! Oath breaking sinners be purged by the iron hammer of justice!」

OOOOOOOoooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOONN!

The divine beast Boar flew out from underground while roaring. It was the offshoot of Kusanagi Godou, the fifth avatar of Verethragna.

The jet black destroyer rushed down the mountain and charged fiercely to the settlement along the valley.

Right beside it──a Boar that possessed practically the same physique and muscularity with Kusanagi Godou’s offshoot was running. It was the form that the radiant handsome youth transformed into.

Right now, the two Boars were running parallel to each other while going down the slope of the mountain like an avalanche.

In order to pulverize and trample every obstruction standing before them. In order to carry out the first and last joint battle of Kusanagi Godou and the war god of the east…….

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*DODODODODO──!*

The ground was shaking with intense vibration.

(Earthquake……is it a landslide?)

Aisha thought in a daze inside the holy grail that was producing to life.

(I have to ask beast friends to protect everyone in the village.)

She had diligently created the beast army in preparation to confront the devil king Caesar. There was also that one time when a part of the beasts went wild in the middle, but everyone had calmed down completely. The villagers were also really happy and offered their prayer of thanks to Aisha=holy grail.

Also, she got the feeling there was also a single voice pleading 『Aisha-san! I beg you, please stop already!』 to her.

Unfortunately however, when she was inside the holy grail she was unable to grasp the situation outside in detail.

(……There is someone creeping about doing something isn’t there?)

She ended the thought with that.

But if a great commotion began outside like now──

(My? My my my my!?)

Aisha was flustered.

The beast army that she prepared after much effort was now being massacred helplessly……?

Two jet black divine beasts that looked like they were twins were running to every which way, jumping around, obliterating the animals of Aisha’s army in the mountain village located in the valley.

All her animals were taken care of in practically a single hit.

The attacks consisted of a fierce charge followed with head butt, body tackle, or a thrust of tusks growing from their mouth.

With such rough but hearty brute force, the two black divine beasts sent the animals of Aisha flying one after another. The two beasts went further by trampling their opponents with their front legs or kicking using their rear legs. They also used the tusks in their mouth to pierce the soft belly of their opponent before digging in and gouging the flesh.

The villagers were also falling into despair. They began to escape.

「Ca, Caesar’s demon beast came out!?」

「There are two of them!? This is the end──!」

「O maiden, o holy grail, grant us your divine protection……UWAAAAAAAH!」

Even the villagers who tried to hold their ground couldn’t endure anymore if the scuffling giant creatures got near. They were running away in full speed.

And then──Aisha felt two people coming to right near her.

「So this thing is the rumored holy grail. It’s true. Aisha-san is inside there.」

「It seems that she is more or less awake but, apparently she is still half asleep. To spread that many disasters everywhere on the surface world when she is in this state. What a truly terrifying woman.」

「Do you recognize me, Aisha-san? ……No reaction. It’s just like Ena said.」

「Looks like there is no other choice but to forcefully cut her off from this. Let’s see.」

It was a tall young man and a short boy.

The two of them exchanged gaze. Then a long sword suddenly appeared in the boy’s right hand.

「As expected. Can you cut it?」

「Umu. It’s clearly visible with my spiritual sight. This holy grail thing, is a mother earth goddess who was killed by the King of the End Mithra a long time ago──her corpse then became this rock. The goddess when she was alive was named Maria of Ephesus. O sword of wisdom, cut apart these name and divinity without fail……」

The boy thrust his sword while chanting.

It was a golden blade that was shining with sublime radiance.

*Stab*. The holy grail was easily pierced. Even though normally the hard rock surface would deflect the tip of the sword. *Zubu zubu*. The sword was going even deeper inside──

The golden tip arrived until right before Aisha’s eyes.

In that moment, she felt her body becoming light. Her consciousness suddenly became clear.

「The power of the holy grail stone is sealed by my sword. You can do it now.」

「Yosh, Aisha-san!」

The tall young man……no, Kusanagi Godou’s hand reached out.

This time his right hand was plunging into the transparent pink rock like it was water. That hand grabbed Aisha’s arm and pulled her out.

*Zaba-!* It was a feeling like being pulled out from underwater back to open air.

Thus the godslaying madam was revived. Aisha muttered in a daze with vacant gaze.

「Fueeee……Kusanagi-san, good morning……」

「Really, what a easygoing person.」

The young man was her old acquaintance and her fellow godslayer, Kusanagi Godou.

He was staring at the half awake Aisha in exasperation. There was also a boy around fifteen years old right beside the godslaying young man, holding a golden sword. What was his name again?

Anyway he was her savior. She had to express her gratitude.

「Thank you, very much……fueee……」

She was still unbearably sleepy. Plop.

Aisha was lying spread-eagled on the ground and began to sleep soundly.

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