Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 11 - Chapter 19

Chapter 19: 19

11-19 . Oni (2)

However, I sure have never seen a disaster movie where all of the characters are saved .

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I should have noticed the fear reflected on Yuika's eyes .

My palm which was striking Yuika to faint her is stopped by a hard magic wall .

It's probably the unique skill [Automatic Defense (Guardian)] .

I somewhat remember this sensation .

It's similar with the [Fortress] function on Nana's equipment .

--Then, it's the weak point .

While my palm is still lightly hitting the defensive wall, I twist my body further and strike with more power . At the moment of impact, I release a lump of pure magic power .

>[Armor Penetrate] Skill Acquired

>[Mana Strike] Skill Acquired

I shot it out since there was nothing to lose anyway, but it seems to be the right idea, I've successfully made Yuika faint .

--'kitt', I heard such sound .

I catch the delicate Yuika who's fallen with my hand .

--'bzzt' sound comes out . Where is it from?

I pull Yuika who's lost her consciousness, fallen like a doll and put her body on my other arm .

I heard the last sound of the fall (Trigger) right at this time .

--'pakin' .

I think it was a light sound such as that .

I should've noticed it at the first sound . . . .

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--Crimson light is dancing in the sky .

Reflecting the pale light that fills the space .

--light clothing as if it's an angel robe feebly dances in the sky .

It regains its freedom after the wedge has disappeared .

--A pair of hills exposed in broad daylight .

A gentleman I am, I turn my eyes away from the meager undulation .

I heard the small sound of the broken clothing clasp falling to the ground .

The eyes of Yuika who should've fainted suddenly opens wide .

"You damn pervertttttttt!!"

I narrowly evade the fist that comes striking as she awakens .

Looks like her personality's changed .

Come to think of it, they said that she would change into [the other person] when she fainted was it .

"Don't evade itttttt!"

Violet ripples are swirling around Yuika's body, and a fist that's a world difference than the one just now is coming at me .

It's probably the [Peerless Strong Arm] unique skill, but please stop with the rapid strikes .

Good grief, what'd you do if you became a demon lord after using too much unique skill .

I evade the rain of literal certain-death fist attacks by using the skill [Foreseeing: Anti-Personnel Combat] .

Yuika's level has changed from 50 to 55 . Half of her skill composition has also changed to hand-to-hand combat-related skills .

I had thought that her personality would change, but I didn't think that her level and skill would too .

--However, please be aware of it soon .

When there was some distance between us, I made a gesture of striking my own chest with my finger .

With my action, It seems Yuika has finally remembered that her chest is exposed .

"Gununununu . . . . "

Her face is distorted in shame, she pins the chest cloth with one of her hands and groans frustratingly .

Alright, she's stopped moving, let's try talking to her .

I take a mantle out of the Item Box and give it to Yuika with [Magic Hand] .

"Use it . "

The mantle that's opened in mid-air covers Yuika .

"Kukukukuku"

I can hear Yuika chuckling under the mantle .

She brushes away the mantle--and then jet-black dress that's different from just before appears . It's the so-called gothic dress . It matches well with her white skin and violet hair .

Her pupils which were lilac colored have also changed to scarlet and blue color of heterochromia .

Moreover, Yuika's level has changed once again . It's slightly fallen at level 52, and her hand-to-hand combat skills have also become that of magic warrior kind starting with darkness magic .

Yuika covers half of her face with one of her hand whose fingers spread, and then she continues to laugh while looking down .

--Don't tell me, it's the symptom of demon lord-fication?

" . . . Hahaha"

Her eyes that can be seen between her fingers glint, and then Yuika slowly raises her face while continuing to laugh and leaning backward .

Her sharp glance is fixed at me as if it's going to pierce me .

"Haaahhahhahahaha"

--Three steps of laughs?!

As if expecting my surprise, she points her hand that was covering her eyes with a bang and begins her introduction .

"I am the descendant of the oppressed darkness, the miko demon of the sixth heaven, the last noble of Oni-kin . "

She changes her pose, and puts a moment pause .

"My name is Foilnis La Belle Fille! Those who fear and honor me call me as the 『Jet Black Beauty Dark La Princesse』!"

Un, she's a chuunibyou .

Still, please stop mixing French and English . Judging from the nuance, there's also Germanic too I guess?

Denying her seems like it'll be annoying, guess I'll ride on it .

"Nice to meet you, 『Jet Black Beauty』 Foilnis La Belle Fille-dono . I am called Kuro, a friend of Ban and Corpse . "

When I introduced myself, Yuika No . 3 laughed scornfully .

"A friend of Ban and Corpse? Someone who holds the title of hero, pretending to be a friend of my fellow darkness brethren!"

Yuika is enraged while producing illusion of flame from her crimson eye .

She can see my hidden titles huh?

I don't see any unique skill that fits it, but the [Divine Sight] one seems suspicious .

I had thought that it was surely an attacking magic eye kind .

"I am the strongest magic warrior who have consigned numerous demon lords and heroes to oblivion! My level has become less than half of it was generations ago, but I will teach you that level difference is not the definitive difference in battle!"

No no, I think six times level difference is [Definitive] enough .

If I have to say from watching the growth of our girls, 10 level difference with the opponent is the limit in a fight . If the difference in level is 20, it can't even be called a fight, that is as long as you don't have equipment and skill composition with overwhelming advantage against the particular opponent .

Yuika No . 3 still looks at my status and curses at it even now .

"Fuhn, a parade of fake names huh . Trismegistus, Michaelangelo, Echigoya, Ichirou, Nobunaga--how many famous people are you intending to pretend to be . "

No, one of it is my real name . Though there's a celebrity with the same name indeed .

And, Yuika No . 3 isn't one to say that of all people .

"You shouldn't be one saying that right? Yuika . "

"T, that's the mana (true name) that should be kept secret from the world! The name, 『Yuiitsu (The Only) Kami (God) - (Yuika)』, that's cursed by the gods is not to be spoken out loud! My name is Folnis La Belle Fille!"

Oops, I inadvertently retorted even though I had admonished myself .

However, she doesn't have [Curse of the Gods] on her title or abnormal status looking at her stat, is this another [Self-proclaimed] one?

Yuika No . 3 was enraged for a second, but she quickly regained her composure and questioned me .

"Let me ask you! The nameless hero who bears many names! What is your objective!"

--Objective?

In this case, my objective should be visiting Yuika's house .

"Escorting Vampire Princess Semeri, I just came to greet the woman who came from the same 『Former』 world as me . "

"What? Even though you're a hero, you didn't come here to subjugate me?"

"As long as the other party won't cause harm to our girls, I won't subjugate without question even if it's a demon lord . "

In fact, even with the Dog-head demon lord, I probably wouldn't be hostile toward him if he had no intention of harming Sera, Head-Miko and the others .

"--I can't believe it . My skill tells me that your are speaking the truth . . . . "

Yuika No . 3 is at a loss for words .

Looks like she judge whether it's the truth with [Fathom] skill .

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"Umu, I haven't had pizzas for a long while . "

"What do you want me to bake next?"

"It's enough, I'm already full . "

We reconciled after that somehow, and then, responding to the hungry Yuika No . 3's request, I entertained her with pizzas and carbonated drink .

I had only one pizza that was reserved for midnight-snack remaining, but losing to Yuika No . 3 who earnestly demanded for more, I baked more with impromptu furnace made with earth magic .

It seemed Semeri was just sent to a different locked space by Yuika, she appeared safely and then began to wrestle with the pizza in silence . I have to stop her soon since her exposed stomach has swelled .

"The newest Yuika is quite good at cooking, but Kuro's cooking is very dangerous . "

"Yeah, he's better than the cooks at Ban-sama's place . "

Yuika drinks the carbonated drink that's flavored with sugar and fruit juice while praising my cooking skill .

Since Semeri unexpectedly disliked carbonated drinks, I took out some Brownie Wine for her .

"I never thought that I would ever eat pizza in another world y'know . I want you to reproduce cola next time please . "

"Let alone the recipe, I don't even know the ingredient for cola . "

"Isn't it cola fruit?"

I've never heard of cola being a fruit .

Yuika No . 3 ambiguously replies back, "Keep researching . "

"I'm sorry for the newest Yuika earlier . "

"It's fine already . You've just apologized now . "

Yuika No . 3 who can't move with full stomach speaks some meek words .

Of course she was talking about the matter with Yuika No . 1 who attacked preemptively .

It seemed she was in panic since she had been taught by the pleasant reincarnated underground bunch that heroes were dangerous so she attacked first .

Heroes would have shout "You damn goblin demon lord!" and attacked if they met Yuika No . 3 anyway, so there's no point blaming Corpse and the others about this .

Moreover, it's not only heroes, demon lords have also challenged Yuika No . 3 in order to call themselves [The strongest demon lord] . Yuika No . 3 was level 99 at that time, so she defeated them in her spare time .

I had thought that it was another made-up story from her chuunibyou, but Yuika has the titles of [True Hero] and [Goblin Demon Lord] . Apparently it's true .

Although, she hasn't actually become a [Demon Lord] even though she has the title . She was arbitrary called that by some opponent who came challenging her which resulted in her getting the title .

By the way, the title of Yuika and the others seen from appraisal skill is [Recluse] . She must have stayed indoors for a long time .

I thought that her level had decreased since she was slacking off, but she told me that her level decreases by 30 whenever she creates a new main personality . It seems her skills are lost along with it too .

Their skill and level can go back if they get hold of the main body from the main personality, but it seems the level can only go back by 20% of the main personality at most . Moreover, there's also some rule about affinity .

"By the way, 『Jet-black Beauty (Dark La Princesse)』 Folnis La Belle Fille . This place has turned into abysmal state, do you have any place to sleep today?"

"Uu, it's embarrassing when someone actually calls me that . . . "

She's happy when she's called in an exaggerated dramatic way, but chuuni name being plainly and seriously spoken out is embarrassing .

I understand well as someone who's contracted the disease once .

"Why don't you get a new name? If you had enough of Western-style name, why not Japanese style or Chinese?"

"You give me, Kuro . "

"Right then--"

We came together with Yuika No . 3 to Corpse's castle to order a new hermitage for Yuika, and then we went toward Ban's castle .

Yuika No . 3's new chuuni name is [White Oni Sovereign] .

I got it from her white skin .

Thus, the sightseeing tour of the labyrinth's lower layer ended peacefully like this despite the little trouble-- .