Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 6 - Chapter 26

Chapter 26: 26

6-26 . Battle of Muno City (4)

It's a bit more severe in a parallel world .

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I hear Pochi saying, "Bones are chasing after people nodesu . ", while still she's still hugged by the daughter .

"Bones? Are there skeletons inside the city?"

"Yeah, it seems there are some people who could use ghost magic . The elderly are probably scared of undead because of their experiences with the No Life King's army encirclement during the time of marquis Muno . "

"It can't be helped then . It's not like we can help them from here . "

"Since there are only 20 skeletons inside the city, I'll do something about them with Remote Arrow, thought it might be futile . I won't aim at the ghost magic users since they would likely die if hit . "

I come out to the balcony using different door than the baron and the others have used .

The magic, Magic Arrow which Remote Arrow is derived from is written in the beginner magic book that I've bought .

It is said that [『Magic Arrow』 is the basic and ultimate of magic . The more you master it, the further away it could travel, and the more you could release . If you master it to the limit, and have unlimited magic power, you could destroy the entire army of the whole country with 『Magic Arrow』] .

Of course, it's probably exaggerated, but still, when I, who have skill level 10 on it, use it, I could use my map to lock-on the enemies and shoot them . Since the power of one magic arrow is still far weaker than a punch, one arrow could only defeat one level 5 enemy at most . I could shoot 1-125 arrows at once . It consumes at least 10 magic power, and the consumption increases as the number of arrows increases and exceeds certain range . To be frank, it looks to be inferior compared to something like explosion or fireball magic as an anti-army magic .

"Wa, wait, don't tell me you're going to use Remote Arrow?"

"Yeah, I'll shoot it secretly of course . "

I stretch a short cane from the position where the baron couldn't see and generate magic arrows to aim at the skeletons . The arrows look like they're made from glasses .

The marks that signify the skeletons on my map are followed by lock-on marks that look like the ones you usually see in aircraft fighter simulators .

Lock-on mark is nice . No matter how many time I see it, it stimulates my male instinct .

I set the trajectory of the arrows so it would not enter the field of view of the baron and the others, and launch them . Soon enough, the skeletons in the map are annihilated . Magic sure is convenient huh .

"Hey, hey . "

Arisa's voice is trembling .

Dang, is this kind of long-distance shooting normally impossible?

"Don't tell me you could only shoot 20?　How could you think of fighting a level 30 enemy with that . Know your place . "

Her way of speaking is unusually prickly considering she's Arisa .

Was the number of arrow too low . Looking at the arrow's power, I could easily win just by shooting 20 arrows, but I wonder that since the opponent is a demon, it'd be easy for it to resist elementary magic .

The arrow's number depends on the skill level according to the textbook, so should I just tell her half of my level? Though it's not like I have to keep it a secret, I could just tell Arisa [Hide it] if she looks like she's going to run her mouth . If level 10 could generate 125 arrows then I should tell her that the level is the same as her mind magic skill level, but since that's the level of an expert, if I say that the level is 4 then being able to generate 50 arrows shouldn't be strange . 10 arrows are enough to defeat the opponent even if it has magic defense anyway, so this excuse should be good enough I guess?

"I could shoot 50 arrows at most . If I'm attacking while drinking MP recovery potion, I could probably defeat it by repeating about 10 times right?"

"Right huh~ if you shoot that many, it's alright huh . "

Arisa goes back to the room without saying anything, I pretend not to see her stomping the floor, and she glares at me from inside the room . Tears come out of her dauntless eyes .

The baron and the others are still viewing the city on the balcony . It doesn't seem like they would pay attention here .

"You, by any chance, are you hiding your level?"

Huh? So it was a leading question?

I wonder where I did wrong, I thought that it shouldn't be a problem since firing 50 arrows with each consuming 1 MP should meant that I had 50 MP which should be good enough for level 12 .

Well, this is just right for coming out I guess .

"Yes, I'm hiding it . Wasn't it Arisa who told me to hide it?"

"Right, that's right, but to think you could hide level on top of skill . "

"But you've guessed well, I only need 50 MP for 50 arrows, there's no strange point in it right?"

Arisa's face freezes, and she lets out a sigh while putting her hand on her forehead . She pauses for a bit, and scolds me in a whisper that sounds like it's been squeezed out . I feel like I'm always scolded by Arisa .

"This careless man!　Know this world's common sense better . "

"I understand that I've failed, but which one I did wrong?　Even the magic books say that the arrow could be shot infinitely you know?"

"That's only the 『Theory』 . Right now the best magician which is also the founder of this country can only shoot 49 at most . "

It's that few huh . Let's only shoot 30 in front of people from now on .

"I could just say that one is an error . "

"Not only that, it's impossible to only use 1 MP for 1 arrow . "

"It uses at least 10 MP for each shoot . It's just that I only need the same amount of MP until the number of arrow reach 10 . "

"That's the strange part . An attack magic with the same efficiency as magic arrow among light magic use at least 15MP for each shoot . According to Nana and magic art scientist that I'm acquainted with, it generally needs 5-10MP per shoot . Furthermore you don't even use a long cane, but a cheap short cane that doesn't have magic amplifying or magic power usage reduction effect, if anyone tell me about it, I would have thought that they're just bragging . "

"Then, let's make it so it need 10 MP for each shoot . "

There's so much difference huh . Then I have to pretend running out of gas after shooting 12 arrows in front of people . This is a bit troublesome .

It seems she doesn't like my answer, she seizes my robe and rub her head on my stomach while saying, "What do you mean by 'then'~" . Please stop it since it plainly painful .

"And also! The range is strange too!　The 49 arrows magician that I've said earlier is able to shoot enemies 2 kilometers away, but that's only in grasslands with good views . I've never heard anything like sniping enemies with pinpoint accuracy in this kind of urban area . "

"The sniping could be done integrated with the map . "

"Ceh, unique skill . I've thought that you're plain, but you have such features hidden . I can't make light of you indeed . "

Although she's letting out some questionable remarks, it seems that she has seen through my high level, so it's turned out alright .

"So yeah, it's like that, I've also hid my level, I'm actually high level . "

"I understand, I won't ask the detail . I mostly understand from the talk just now . "

She did huh, as expected of Arisa . Let's ask in detail next time .

But, it was good that I didn't tell her that I actually could shoot 125 arrows . It looks like she'd feel bad somewhere rather than relieved . She'd think that shooting one arrow more than the best record is a margin of error . Transported people are generally cheat anyway .

However, I was made to promise to sleep together with her for 1 week as a compensation for all her worries up until now . I've firmly said, "No ecchi . ", to make sure, but seems like it'd be difficult to hold the virtue firmly for 1 week .

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Yet, the citizens are still gathering near the main gate and the castle gate . Even though the skeletons have been eliminated, do the instigators remain there?

"I, it's terrible! Undead monsters are attacking!"

Butler-san from earlier barged into the room with different expression on his face .

"Calm yourself, Meyer . If it's the Skeletons that have appeared inside the city, it looks like they've been exterminated by the townspeople . "

"No, it's different . Swarms of zombies have appeared from the giant forest . "

"My, it's scary desuwa . "

Are you really scared, daughter-san .

"It's alright, Soruna-hime . I will protect you . "

"Yes, my hero-sama . "

I'm leaving this stupid couple alone .

The baron and the others go to the balcony that faces the forest, and check the condition over the wall .

"They're coming faster than expected huh . Let's quickly escape from the city . We're too outnumbered . Your magic could do something with hundreds of zombies, but if there are thousands of them, it's impossible right . "

"Wouldn't it be easy if we just smash them steadily from inside the wall?"

"There's no way the demon would wait for that . There must be its minions among the people who will lead them to open the gate from the inside, no mistake 'bout it . "

Looks like Arisa's prediction is correct . People are fleeing from the main gate . Seems that someone had opened it from inside . I tell Arisa about that matter .

"The demon and its group are heading here . "

"Right, it's finally the decisive battle huh . "

"Before that, the splitter would get here first . The knight Eral from back then is together with it . "

"Who's that?"

"It's the knight who was going to kill Hayuna-san when she was held hostage . "

"Uwah, that guy huh . Then won't he cut you if you attack the splitter?"

"Perhaps . I'll prevent it . "

"Let's leave it to Pochi . If it's that girl, she could handle attacks from that level of knight easily . You'll be watching the baron's family for any chance of ambush . "

"How about I neutralize the splitter with a knockdown?"

"Un, since physical attack might not work on the disguise, I'll do it instead . "

"Understood . "

I call Pochi, give her a dagger from the Item Box and brief her about the situation . By situation, I only said, "If the knight attack, ward him off . " to her .

And then, as if waiting for our preparation to complete, the door opens without even a knock .

"Baron! Consul-sama is coming in . "

"Sir Eral . Call baron-sama properly, not me . "

Baron comes back from the balcony and see the two who have entered .

"Ah, we've been waiting for you consul . It's terrible, undead monsters are attacking from outside the wall . Maybe No Life King has been revived?"

"Baron-sama, I've arranged a high-speed carriage . Please go together with hero-sama outside of the baron's territory . "

"But then, the people will . . . "

"It's alright, I'm going to stay in this castle and do something about it . "

It'd be troubling if it gets too close to the baron . I should start soon .

"Then, you'll turn all the citizens into undead monsters in the end right, Short Horn demon consul-dono . "

Arisa attacks the consul (demon) who turns around with startled face with shock wave .

The consul (demon) helplessly crumples to the floor .

Its figure is that of dark skin with bat wing, truly the figure of a demon .

But, even after seeing that figure, knight Eral shouts .

"You bastard!　What are you doing to consul-sama!"

Knight Eral draws his sword .

The split body (splitter) rises .

The daughter screams when she sees the split body .

And the baron and ossan who can't stand up .

The fake hero covers the daughter on his back and pulls out his sword from the blue sheath .

And Pochi, with her dagger, skillfully wards off knight Eral's great sword aimed at me .

With Space Grasp skill, I've understood the things happening in this room .

Right when knight's Eral great sword get stuck on the floor, I kick the blade and break it . Since knight Eral's big body is a nuisance, I knock him out unconscious just like that .

At the present, it doesn't seem like there's any ambush from the baron family .

Arisa has taken out a long cane before I knew it and point it to the demon .

It seems like she can't make her move since the fake hero is fighting the split body (splitter) .

"Uuh~ since they're moving around the place, I can't aim with Light Dagger . "

Really?　They're stopping aplenty you know?

The split body (splitter) stops the fake hero's sword with its claws . It's strong even though it's just a level 1 .

"O holy sword Gjallarhorn!　Now is the time to grant me the power to defeat this demon!"

I almost burst into laughter unintentionally . Of all things, it has to be that name huh .

The fake hero cuts the split body (splitter) with his magic sword which lets out indigo light . He's succeeded in cutting the claws, but the demon is still going strong .