Chapter 46
Satou here . In ghost or reincarnation stories, you tend to see scenes where the protagonists watch their own funerals . In older works, those scenes usually take place in the protagonists' homes, while newer works feature mortuaries, a sign of changing periods . Not like I want to experience something like that regardless of settings though .
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Innumerable lights disperse .
A sense of helplessness like I'm in a zero gravity assaults my body .
I can't collect my thoughts .
What was I doing?
What has become of me?
A golden light and a purple light flashed in the corner of my vision .
Someones are fighting .
Someones important to me .
That's-- .
"Arisa-chan, I've taken care of the greater demon!"
"Got it! Mia, release the next demon!"
"Nn, Avenger . "
Arisa's space magic [Dimension Labyrinth] and Mia's artificial spirits are holding demons down so they won't have to fight more than one at a time .
"Revenge brings nothing so I persuade . "
Receiving Nana's Provocation-invoked shout, a knight-type demon, Avenger, lunged toward Nana's deployed barrier .
"Shadow Stitch no jutsu~?"
The shadow below Avenger stretched out and bound its legs, stopping it .
"Now's the time for finishing move, charge, Vorpal Strike Luxion nanodesu!"
Pochi clad in a golden colored light charged at Avenger .
If I remember right, that's the new official name Arisa indoctrinated Pochi who couldn't say 'Extra Mode Excellion' correctly, Arisa was like 'Yep yep, the new mode's called Luxion . '
Avenger blocked Pochi's charge with its jet black shield .
"Tail burst nanodesu!"
Pochi shot out unfocused Magic Edge Cannon from her tail to forcefully accelerate herself, piercing through the shield .
However, Avenger tilted its head to dodge her attack by a hair's breadth .
"Nin nin~? Tama's a precocious headhunter~?"
Tama appeared out of nowhere and swiftly cut off Avenger's defenseless neck .
Even Avenger couldn't react fast enough to a ninja that showed up of nowhere inside its barrier .
Avenger swung its sword at Tama even without its head .
Quite tenacious .
"Aim--shoot!"
Lulu's bullet flicked that sword away in the nick of time .
"Sankyu~?"
Flutter~ Tama escaped into Avenger's blind spot .
Avenger is still chasing after Tama .
Nana undid her defensive posture, and rushed toward Avenger with a boost from her powered exoskeleton's thrusters .
"Overlap, Blast Armor!"
Nana invoked her finisher successively, blasting away Avenger's barriers one after another .
"All defensive barriers destroyed, so I report . "
"OK!"
Multiple utility pole-sized transparent spears rained down upon Avenger .
"I've sewed it down!"
"Affirmative!"
After confirming Hikaru's report, Liza activated her golden armor's acceleration circle, launching herself from catapult mid-air .
"--<<Dragonic Penetrator Hexa>>"
Liza's finishing move drilled open six holes on Avenger's body, blue lights overflowed out of those holes, tearing open Avenger from the inside before dispersing it into black mist .
Nicely done .
They managed to defeat an opponent stronger than an average demon lord without a hitch .
Looks like all the girls including Arisa and Hikaru have broken through level 100 . Wonder if there's no level limit in Netherworld, or it's just easier to level up here?
Every one of them has gotten so much more stronger than when I first met them .
I can leave my back to them worry-free .
--Oh?
I could see black stagnation-like thing on the aura covering these girls, or am I just imagining things?
That's not a good thing .
I don't know why, yet I'm convinced of that fact .
I stretch out my who-knows-where hands toward the girls and get rid of those black stagnations .
Done, they should be fine now .
As I watched over them, Arisa seemed to be surprised at something .
Did something happen?
Perhaps, Zena-san and the girls at the space ship are having trouble?
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Light streamed, my view moved above the hanging garden where our large spaceship parked .
Countless demons are encircling the space ship .
Most are lesser and middle demons, but a few greater ones are also mixed among them .
"KARINA KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!"
Karina in her heavy exosuit unleashed her finishing move at a greater demon while exterminating all the lesser demons that were in her way .
Unlike the ordinary exoskeleton, this one looks like a robot outwardly as you can't see the person wearing inside .
Losing to Arisa's and Hikaru's plea and getting carried away during their construction might have been a mistake .
"Karina-sama! Don't get too far ahead!"
Zena-san wearing the same heavy exosuit as lady Karina's exterminated a middle demon that was creeping in behind lady Karina .
I saw a cannon-type demon trying to snipe Zena-san from her blind spot .
Zena-san, watch out-- .
Either my murmur reached her, or her sixth sense was at work, Zena-san made a sudden turn to dodge the cannon .
Oh good .
Gotta pay attention to your surroundings with these many enemies .
"Set the ship's defense at maximum output, intercept enemies coming from the sky with anti-aircraft guns . "
"Defensive output is already at max . Deploying wand ship to buff up with sacred magic . Core two, please raise generator's output . "
"No no can do! The generator won't hold up if we do that!"
"We'll think about that once we overcome this . Our top priority is to secure a place for Satou-sama and the others to come back at . "
Princess Sistina, Sera and Core Two seem to be stressed out .
It's okay .
I've made it so the generator won't break easily .
Since Core Two isn't as experienced as Nana on this, I'll do it for her and raise the output temporarily . It might cost a bit of the generator's life span, but all is fine so long it's enough to get us out of Netherworld .
"Huh? The output's stabilized . Your side is getting power, Sera . We can afford anti-aircraft bombardment now . Will auto-tracking do?"
"Yes, Core Two, please focus on commanding ship repair golems . Turn over damages beyond self-repair functions to my golem units . "
A golem army under princess Sistina's control are hard at work warding off lesser demons closing in above ground .
"Third golem unit, switch to close quarter defense . Fourth unit, continue to support Zena . "
" . . . ■■■■ Sacred Dome . "
Sera's magic passed over the space ship along with the light from her Unique Skill .
Looks like Sera's sacred magic is their final defensive line .
"Tina, done repairing the main ship . Only void sky circuits left . "
"Thank you, Core Two . Sera, is the Miasma Barrier holding up fine?"
"It's consuming more power than predicted, but it should last us three hours more . "
That's shorter than anticipated .
I turn my sight at the generator maintaining Miasma Barrier .
An improvement plan unknown to me during the generator's initial construction emerged in my mind somehow .
I'll fix it up real quick .
My fingers tempered with the circuits here and there .
The adjustment was a cinch since I could see mana flow and miasma law better than ever .
"Tina-sama! Miasma Barrier's generation circuits have regained power . We should be fine for eight hours more with this . "
Yup, that's good news .
Everyone, give it your all .
My mind went blank due to the relief .
It kinds of feel like I'm watching a dream .
I saw Aze-san worrying about me and her guards, Shiro and Crow trying to cheer her up .
In the same view, I saw Sage Mouse Chuu Fat and his subjects, Raven Riders of Underground Empire patrolling Shiga Kingdom's skies .
Godbird Hisui is noisily singing 'pipiru piru piru', seemingly bothered about something .
You're making the little princess Doris anxious, pipe down a bit .
Hard working Echigoya Firm's personnels, Muno Marquisdom's people, Labyrinth City's populace, lady Ringrande and her entourage, I saw many people in various locations .
It's as if my consciousness has been dissolved over the entire world .
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--Master!
My vision suddenly refocused in a spot above Demon God's Castle hallway .
--Master!
Looks like I was drawn by Arisa who was calling for me .
Arisa and the girls are advancing ahead in a fluster .
A reckless march without a hint of their safe tactics earlier .
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