Chapter 37
Satou here . I believe the only ways to get through unexpected circumstances are by either having enough experience, or by having a predefined manual which describes methods to cope with any situation . In my opinion, the ability to instantaneously and perfectly deal with any suddenness only exists in fictions .
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"Encroaching Netherworld!? That sounds really really bad!"
Arisa shouted out loud when she heard god Tenion's oracle .
"Don't worry . I won't let human world be fused with Netherworld . "
It's like a malignant cancerous tissue .
We just have to surgically remove it real quick .
"We're here to seal away the gate that connects to Netherworld anyway, our objective remains unchanged . "
I guess it's not sealing, more like completely severing it off .
I've never tested it, but from my experience of crossing over parallel worlds, I believe it's doable .
"That's a good point! Let's do this, Red (Arisa-chan)!"
"Alrighty! It's time to save the whole world!"
Arisa raised her fist to reply to Hikaru .
She's as heroic as ever .
"OK then, let's pick up the pace . You girls with me?"
"Affirmative . "
After nodding to me, Liza turned toward the girls .
"Let's go, Yellow (Pochi), Pink (Tama), White (Nana) . "
"Roger nanodesu!"
"Aye aye sir~?"
"Yes Orange (Liza)!"
Golden Members went on to assist silver members annihilating the huge army of vanguard monsters .
"The Nether Gate should come into view once we get out of that cave over there!"
I told the girls while backing them up with support magic from behind the line .
There's only a few vanguard monsters in front of Nether Gate--Oh? There are some demons now .
I navigate through my Menu to confirm their identities .
Special Ability users?
--And their levels are way high!
Just as I closed the Menu, I saw the girls rushing into the cave .
--Oh no .
A moment later, a flash of light intense enough to evaporate orichalcum blinded my vision .
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" . . . Master . "
"Are you okay, Nana!"
"Yes, Master . Succeeded deploying Paladin Kingdom . Since it has been overloaded by the attack from enemy unit, I require a cool down for a while, so I report . "
It would have been disastrous were I late at fetching the girls with space magic .
I made it in time somehow thanks to Nana's emergency deployment of [Paladin Kingdom] .
"Nyu!"
"It's coming nodesu!"
Two demons cut apart the leftover vestiges of Paladin Kingdom as they jumped out of the explosion .
Both are holding purple colored great swords .
One is dual wielding, while the other has a shield .
I rushed right in front of the two demons with Ground Shrink, ambushing them with my self-made holy swords in both hands .
The three incoming blades are from the shield user's thrust attack . I parried the supersonic thrust with the holy sword in my right hand . Meanwhile, the dual wielding demon comes slashing down diagonally . Just as planned . I blocked it with the holy sword in my left--geh, my holy sword got cut?
I bent my body backward to dodge the dual wielder, and then blow it away with chantless [Explosion] before it could recover--tch, the shield user blocked it . And it's unharmed .
Rain of blue rays poured down on the approaching dual wielder . It's Lulu's bombardment .
The dual wielder dodged all the hyper accelerated bullets that should have been unavoidable . No, that's not it . The bullets had their trajectories shifted . As if the bullets themselves are avoiding the demon .
"--Meiko's skill?"
I could hear Lady Ringrande's voice in slow motion from behind, probably because my thought process had entered an accelerated state .
The dual wielder is coming for me . I parried a down slash coming from upper right, and shifted my body to dodge a horizontal slash coming from the left . Fast . The right sword has come back already . I sacrificed my holy sword to ward off the attack and clad myself in mana armor to block the thrust from the shield user at my flank--it pierced through? I immediately discarded my mana armor, knocking the shield user back with the shockwave produced .
Then I used Ground Shrink to dodge the dual wielder that had made use of that opportunity to draw close to me .
『--Master . 』
Arisa's plan was transmitted to me through Familiar Link .
I caused an explosion using chantless [Explosion] at point blank range, before retreating back using Ground Shrink in between the explosion .
Right afterward, Arisa's and Hikaru's lesser anti-god magic burst apart .
Intense flashes and roaring sounds produced a cloud of dust that covered the area .
"Hehheenda . Didcha forget you're up against us too . "
"Ichirou-nii, are you hurt anywhere?"
--Crisis Perception .
The dual wielding demon jumped out of the flash .
Looks like the shield user managed to block those two's lesser version of anti-god magic .
Unique Skills are really unfair, aren't they .
"Pochi won't let you nodesu!"
"Nin nin~"
Pochi and Tama intercepted the dual wielder .
The dual wielder dodged the two's dragon fang sword's finishers by stepping oddly .
"--That's Meiko's skill for sure . "
AR readings showed me the dual-wielding demon's Unique Skills . [Absolute Slash], [Absolute Avoidance], [Future Prediction] and [Create Weapon] .
The names aren't exactly the same as Meiko's Unique Skills, but they're extremely similar in effect .
"Master!"
From beyond the numbers displayed in my AR readings, the shield user slashed the dust cloud apart as it leaped out .
Surprisingly, it can still move even after taking a direct hit from Arisa's and Hikaru's anti-god magic . It's suffered some damage, but it's already being healed at an incredible rate .
"I won't let you!"
Liza rushed next to the shield user at a tremendous speed .
The shield user gave up trying to reach me, turning its shield toward Liza instead .
Magic spear Douma was stopped by the shield just as the shield user's great sword approached Liza .
Liza quickly retracted her spear and quickly thrust back at the great sword .
Looks like it's used up all its luck for it to expose its shield-less side to me .
--Photon Laser .
A shield clad in a purple light manifested over the demon's side, a layer of purple light diffused my Photon Laser in all directions .
Well, that's such an unfair skill .
"It's as if I'm looking at Hayato's shield . "
I could faintly heard princess Maryest's murmur .
AR readings show me the demon's Unique Skills just as it stopped moving .
This one's got [Absolute Piercing], [Absolute Shield] and [Infinite Heal] Unique Skills .
"My spear . . . "
I heard Liza's tragic grief-stricken voice .
The tip of magic spear Douma has been cut in two . Looks like the demon's great sword had done a number on it .
Right above her, the dual wielding demon that had managed to shake off Tama's and Pochi's fierce assault came swooping down .
"Protecting Orange (Liza) so I announce!"
Nana stepped in between the two with Flickering Motion and blocked the dual wielder's slash with [Paladin Castle] .
"Gununu . --Heavy, so I report . "
The dual wielder's great swords are sinking into Paladin Castle's barrier, vermilion and dark purple sparks are flying everywhere .
They were only equal for an instant as the great swords gradually delved deeper .
The shield user is closing in on Nana as well .
A thrust clad in a dark purple aura assaulted Nana .
"Phalanx~?"
"Phalanx, multi deployment, nanodesu!"
Tama and Pochi rushed out and tried to stop the shield user's thrust, however their phalanxes broke into pieces as if they were made of thin glass .
--But it's enough .
Making use of the time the two bought me, I got in front of the shield user with Ground Shrink .
――SXTRRRRRRRUASSSSSSSYH。
It probably intends to skewer me and Nana together .
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