Chapter 38
Satou here . During the final stage of a tale, it's customary for the protagonist to be stuck in a series of pinch . I wish such an unreasonable situation would never happen in real life . It's always been a life where I never got any power over the steering wheel though . . .
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"Arisa, assist me sealing the Nether Gate . "
"OK, count on me!"
Arisa immediately gave her OK to my request .
"Please maintain the space around the gate . "
"Gotya~"
The anti-god magic I used to defeat the Unique Skill-holding demons guarding the gate ended up completely obliterating the space around the gate along with those demons, slightly destabilizing that space in the process .
Bizarre purple-colored space started showing up on the walls, it's kind of revolting .
I proceed inside the sub-space while holding Arisa in my arm .
"Ugeeh, even the gate looks so gross up close . "
"It probably wasn't like this at first . "
The Nether Gate made of mysterious purple metal has reliefs of little girls engraved on it, but they look like they're suffering due to the black vein-like things running on its surface .
"That black thingy looks a lot like materialized miasma . "
The fact that it doesn't disappear even after getting bathed in my Spirit Light means that it's of highly concentrated one .
"Wonder if that's the Netherworld beyond that space over?"
Eavesdropping skill picked up lady Ringrande's murmur .
Oh right, these girls had never seen the mysterious space under the Purple Tower's walls before .
"That is not Netherworld so I report . "
"Nn, mysterious sub-space . "
Nana and Mia informed lady Ringrande's of the result of our prior investigation .
"Master, I've taken hold of the space, the feedback felt a bit weird though . "
Arisa's quick on her feet .
"Okay then, take care of this side . Dash out at once if anything happens . "
"Un, you be careful too Master . "
I leave the rest to Arisa and touch the Nether Gate with my hand .
You don't use this like a real gate as it's a type of teleportation gate .
AR readings told me the surface of the gate was covered in barriers, but those barriers vanished along with a glass-breaking sound when I touched the gate .
--Geh .
With the barriers gone, it's evident that the black thing on its surface is not miasma .
It's the same black sludge god Zaikuon used to power himself up back then .
The black sludge got peeled off the gate and spread out assaulting me like a predating slime .
Already anticipating that, I drew the Divine Sword and destroy all of it .
Fortunately, it was less concentrated than the sludge that took over god Zaikuon so it disappeared easily .
I waited until the near-jet black dark purple mist had cleared up before touching the Nether Gate .
A moment later, my body got transported to beyond the Nether Gate .
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"--Nether Pathways?"
Checking the name on my Map, this place is not the Netherworld .
It seems to be some sort of pathways made of the mysterious space .
There are around nine pathways spreading out .
Only 24 purple towers remain, so not all of them are connected it seems .
"So the Netherworld lies beyond . . . "
Well, there's no need to go all the way there .
Would be annoying if I got thrust into a fight as I came out .
I deploy similar space magic Arisa used earlier to permeate my mana in the Nether Pathways . Getting especially scrupulous around the pathways' root-- .
Once it's permeated enough, I proceed to the next phase .
I'll drive in [Dimension Smasher] using the permeated mana as a fuel and destroy all nine pathways in one go .
--Dimension Smasher .
A big bang-like light filled the pathways, then a moment later vibrations and thunderous roars intense enough to make me feel like the atoms composing my body were getting discomposed came assaulting .
I managed to hold out against it with multiple Castles somehow and then I checked the surroundings .
--Smashing complete .
Everything inside the Map has been completely torn to shreds you can't even tell which part was the pathways .
First Phase done .
Next, I'll erase the few remaining connections to Netherworld using Hikaru's specialized anti-god magic [Mythology Extinction] .
Feels like it's even more destructive than usual, wonder if it's because of the dimensional instability here .
I overdid it a bit .
Even the remains of pathways have been completely obliterated, and the entire space where the Nether Pathways were located is disappearing .
"Let's skip ahead . "
I skip some checks and proceed to the sealing phase now that Netherworld is completely cut off Human World .
The spell I chose is [Mythology Jail] .
An anti-god spell I improved from the magic intended to seal gods Corpse taught me .
However, this was originally a spell to simply seal gods and demon lords as its targets, so I made some rearrangements .
This trick is only possible because I have a complete grasp on the original magic code .
There is a need to recast but I can afford that much time .
[Mythology Jail] spread out, swallowing up the severed parts of Nether Pathways . This should make creating a new channel between the two worlds impossible .
"--Sealing complete, whoa"
My voice disappeared midway, probably because the dimension that held the pathways had vanished .
It'd be better if the space-time distance between Netherworld and Human World could be stretched out more, but I guess I've got no choice .
I'd get lost in space and time if this kept up, thus I got back to the Nether Gate using Unit Arrangement .
"Master!"
"I'm back . I'm going to clean up the rest, you girls go back ahead . "
"OK! --Teleport!"
Arisa took the girls out of the tower .
Now then, I just need to completely erase the Nether Gate and it's done .
I envelop the Nether Gate in multiple Castles and barriers before driving in a powered-up [Mythology Down] to destroy it .
It's a cinch this time since I just need to destroy stuff unlike earlier .
After confirming that no trace of Nether Gate remained, I left the tower using Unit Arrangement .
I was going to demolish the Purple Tower lastly, but it crumbled down on its own, perhaps due to the severed connection to Netherworld .
According to my Map, the remaining 23 towers we didn't destroy due to the local requests have all been erased as well .
"Guess it's case closed then?"
<TLN: If you're reading this novel at any other site than Sousetsuka . com you might be reading an unedited, uncorrected version of the novel . >
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" . . . I see an extra . "
When I turned around toward the girls, I saw someone who wasn't present when we entered the tower .
"Irregular! Please save milord!"
The pink-haired purple little girl clung to me while bawling out .
I look at Arisa seeking for an explanation .
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