Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 6 - Chapter 32

Chapter 32: 32

6-32 . Mortal Combat with the Demon?!

New recruits were surprised when they see it, but they became able to do it themselves 1 year later . That is if they're still around after a year .

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"Where are those girls now?"

"They're right outside the city's wall . Looks like they're surrounded by zombies . "

"Really? We have to help them!"

"Ah, we won't make it even if we run . I'll support them with Remote Arrow . "

I tell Arisa so, get out to the balcony that faces the city and use the magic . I change into silver mask costume as a precaution if there are any witnesses .

"Uwah, transform? Transform skill?"

"It's just a skill for changing clothes fast . "

I wonder if quick clothes-changing skill is rare?

While feeling slightly weirded out with Arisa's bizarre tension, I set up a short cane . I'm fine even without using one, but I'd probably look more like a magician with one .

I fire 3 successive shoots with 50 arrows for each shoot .

For some reason my head is tapped from behind .

"What's wrong Arisa . "

"Magic isn't something that you can rapidly fire . When you're in front of people, keep around 10 seconds gap for each shoot . "

I see, I've learned new things from Arisa-sensei .

For now, I have to get Liza and the others out of their predicaments . I'll let Liza and the others to finish off the lower 20s-leveled monster, so that they would gain experience, but their safeties come first .

I'm worried about the knight from duke Oyugock near them witnessing it, but they probably wouldn't think that the magic is shot from here, so it's probably fine .

There doesn't seem to be anyone who hang around in the city . Although, it looks like there are thieves around, I mark them for now . I'll leave them alone even if they're in danger .

It seemed that the people who weren't rushing to the castle gate were taking refuges in their houses .

Zombies who get into the city are heading straight to the castle gate .

Looks like the baron and the others have somehow able to move into the castle's stronghold . Even though the fake hero and Ossan seem to be hurt, since they're alive, there's no problem .

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"Hey hey, what is that clothes? Cosplay?　If you just had said it, I could had made cooler costumes than that unfashionable one!　Something like cosplay of red comet, or black noble troupe, I want to make you wear many things~ . "

I'm fine as long as it hides my identity, but I don't want to become Arisa's plaything . She's saying something like, "Mask is romantic after all right . ", but I ignore her .

"The forest is strange nano desu . "

Pochi pulls the hem of my clothes .

That's right, I had put them off since I was worried with Liza's and the others' safeties, but the giants in the forest were in a pinch .

Fortunately, since giants who are affected with confusion are few, it doesn't seem to have ended up in friendly fire . As expected, It's probably easy for the high-leveled ones to resist the magic .

Now then, while I finish off foes which give Liza and the others hard time with Remote Arrow, I take out the wooden holy sword from the Item Box .

I'd like to try how usable this is against the demon in actual combat . In truth, I wanted to try it against the small fry demon like the Splitter, but since this weapon is too conspicuous with many people watching inside, I gave up .

Even if it doesn't work, I could just use another holy sword .

"You, don't tell me you're going to use that wooden sword?"

"That's right?"

I return Arisa's give-up face with a straight face .

If I say that I do have other trump card, she'd surely scold me with, "Fight with the strongest one from the beginning . "

I've used the strongest holy sword when I was fighting Wagahai-kun, however, since the enemy this time is not the type who fights straight, but one who plays dirty, I'm scared to think of the counter if I attack with something that's too strong .

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I ask Pochi to watch the urban areas and the castle gate, while I go to the balcony that faces the forest .

Arisa was also going to come along, but I stopped her .

"What?"

"There's someone who has see-through skill in the forest . I don't know how powerful the skill is, so I want to avoid situation where we can be seen . "

"Are you fine yourself?"

"Yeah, I've hidden my name so it's fine . "

"Wha"

After the incident with Zen I was checking the skill and took the opportunity to investigate the menu further, then I noticed that I was also able to alter my name in the exchange column .

I couldn't do it freely without limit though, just like with Title, I could only change it with names that I owned . In my case they're, [Satou], [Ichirou], [Ichirou Suzuki], [(Namae Nashi)], one among four of them . I've decided to use, [(Namae Nashi)], when I change into silver mask .

<TLN: Namae Nashi means no name, and there's a reason why I don't translate it directly . >

"Your menu is really a cheat huh . "

"That so?"

Even though she's said that it's plain, it looks like the evaluation is getting better .

I think that you could do it with magic art anyway, and there are probably skills like, [Conceal Name], or [Alias] out there too .

Reflected on the radar, indicators that denote demons are suddenly rushing out of the forest quickly .

Don't tell me, surprise attack?

I immediately make Remote Arrow to stand by .

"W, what . "

"It's the demons, they're jumping out of the forest . "

Hearing that word, Arisa readies her cane from the middle of the room .

No, looks like that's not it . The demons are not jumping out, but blown away by someone . As a proof, the split bodies (Splitters) are annihilated the moment they've gotten out of the forest .

The demon's real body who's gotten blown out of the forest is floating in the air while facing the forest .

I can't see it since it's too far, but it's probably floating with magic power . When I look hard at it, some skills become available . Might as well activate them .

>[Distant View Skill Acquired]

>[Bird's Eye Skill Acquired]

>[Seeing at a Distance Skill Acquired]

What's the difference between Distant View and Seeing at a Distance skills?　Later when I ask Arisa, it seems that distant view lets you see far away things while they're still looking small, and Seeing at a Distance lets far away things look to be closer . Looks like the former narrows your view, while the latter let you see details in far away things .

"Uh, my magic could had reached it if it was closer . "

I guess it's about 2 kilometers away .

"Won't it reach if you you use Over Boost?"

"Nope, nope, it would reach, but if it's that far, the power would be too thinned out . "

A little idea hit me, I take out a bolt and a crossbow from the Item Box . About the crossbow, I tried dissembling it once to understand how it worked--since it was boring to reassemble it back just like that--I remodeled it . Liza wasn't able to pull the bowstring since I went too far with the remodeling .

"Wait, if you're using normal arrow, even if it reach it won't deal significant damage you know?"

"Is it like that?"

I cut the bolt in half using the Troll Slayer dagger . I feel that Arisa would scold me if I casually use a holy sword for that, so I use this one instead .

I engrave the same pattern as holy sword on the remaining half of the bolt and pour the blue liquid that I've used to make the wooden holy sword . Since I've stored it in the Storage, it's still fresh .

After I've finished pouring the blue liquid, I put it on the magic bestowing stand and complete the process . It may be the result of me doing it once that I've done this far without even taking 30 seconds .

"You, you're making it as if you have production skill related cheat huh . "

I put glue on the bolt and attach a thin piece of metal on it .

Alright, holy bolt is complete .

The cost is about 20% of holy sword . This might be more usable than that .

I put magic power into the Holy Bolt .

Since Arisa has had put 100 MP into the the holy sword just fine, first I'll put around 50 MP .

It's fine .

Continuing on, 100 MP .

The demon seemingly has noticed the light leaking from the window, it turns toward here .

In order to restrain it, I make the standing-by Remote Arrow to encircle it .

"Demons aren't something you can defeat with beginner class magic . "

"It's just for restraint . "

Oh?

Even though I've said that it's for restraint to Arisa, the demon's health is gradually decreasing from the remote arrows that hit it . Looks like it doesn't have instantaneous recovery like No-Life King . It might be unexpectedly beatable with rapid firing of Remote Arrow .

When I put 200 MP into the Holy Bolt, it begins to shake . It's the same pattern like with Liza's spear . It would probably explode if I put more .

Now then, I wonder how much damage will it incur?

Since the restraining Remote Arrows are encircling the demon like a cocoon, the demon is already doing everything it could just to avoid the magic arrows .

I've decided on the aim, and shoot the holy bolt .

And then, several hundred meters away after the shooting, the holy bolt causes a small explosion--

"Aah . "

"I guess it's impossible for a such hastily-made thing . "

From there, it rapidly accelerates and flies .

Drawing blue tracks of light, it sucks up the demon--

"Huh?"

--It flies away beyond the empty sky while leaving several circles that looks like black mist .

It was too anticlimactic of an end, but since the log displayed, [Short Horn Demon is Defeated!], I did have properly defeated it .

I watch the black mist disappear while tapping the golden wooden holy sword that doesn't get its turn .

"Hey, what about the demon? Is it coming here?"

From Arisa's point of view, it only looked like a small explosion .

"I've beat it . "

I clown around for a bit, but it doesn't fit my character . Arisa is befuddled . Good, it was really good that I didn't attach, "Tehee . "

"Holy weapons really work well against demons huh . "

I deceive her with a straight face .

"Wha!? This cheat guy~~ what about my turn~ . "

Arisa flops down on the carpet exhausted, but I won't say to her that, being a reincarnated person with unique skill that she is, we're the same kind .

The giants are dropping off a person who looks to be the young lady on top of the passage of the city wall . I can't see the magic tool with the see-through skill called Raka-san or something . It probably could either becomes small or transparent .

I'm getting a hunch that this will be bothersome . I lead Arisa and the other away from this place quickly .