Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 7 - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: 20

7-20 . A Night No One Knows (2)

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"Oi, you're late, the ritual has already begun . I'll open the door, so take your positions quietly . "

A person who looks to be a leader-type is scolding us with rough voice in front of the door that leads to the ritual room . The scolding is over quickly, I slip in with the society members to go into the door .

I've thought of this since I mix in awhile ago, but they're full of leaks .

They don't look like a group that would do such outrageous thing as summoning items from hell . There's something mismatched about this . I wonder if there's someone who's pulling the string from behind?

Well, whatever .

There are probably only a few places where they can hold the ritual, so if I destroy this place, people who are thinking of doing misconducts will lay low .

The ritual room is wide . The width is 200 meters, the height is 20 meters, the depth is nearly 1 kilometer long . Of course there are a lot of standing pillars, but they sure are strong for supporting such enormous weight . Is it due to [Fixture Magic]?

My thought had wandered off for a bit .

The nearly 200 men and women inside the room are reciting poetry-like words repeatedly . It doesn't seem to be a spell chant .

There are three beds of stones lined up on the altar, and three girls are sleeping there . Magic circle-like drawings are painted on the girls' bare skins . They don't seem to be dressed .

"Summon the holy relics as compensations for these unsullied girls!"

"""Summon!"""

It seems I've come slightly late . Following the most self-important looking man's shout and the replies, three executive members beside the girls raise ceremonial daggers overhead, and swing it downward toward the girls' hearts .

Maybe it's not like the usual me .

The moment I see the executive members raise the daggers, I rush out instantly .

I feel the members behind me are blown to the wall . Looks like they've been exposed to the reaction from my sudden acceleration .

I run at the speed of an arrow, but I won't make it like this .

Remote Stun would be excellent for a case like this, but Sky Drive is faster . The magic gun's range is 200 meters . It's still far .

"M-A-K-E-I-T!"

I try to convince myself by yelling .

The moment during the executives' dagger swinging downward is only for an instant, in reality it can even be called [Now], but this isn't futile it seems .

At the next moment, I feel like strangely running in water, and when I come to, I've kicked the daggers from the executives' hands .

>[Ground Shrink Skill Acquired]

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"Who are you!"

The man who said that must be the society's head, no doubt .

But I make everyone faints before they can say anything . Since I make use of the ground shrink skill that I've just acquired, I must be looking like split bodies from their point of views .

Thanks to that, I don't need much time to make the nearly 200 members powerless .

I'd like to collect the short horns, but I guess I'll do something about the demonic possession people first .

"Disturbing the ritual like this, what a boorish comrade, deojaru . "

"Yes, yes, truly like the inferior beings humans are, nari . "

Two demons appears by breaking out of the bodies of two members that have fallen on the ground as if taking off clothes .

They're not short horns .

They're the same upper-ranked demon like Wagahai-kun .

The 'ojaru' one has red body with deer-like horns, it doesn't have wings . The 'nari' one has bronze body with water buffalo-like horns, it has two pairs of wings . They're both level 63 .

"Good grief, he's foolish beyond help for disturbing our resurrection ritual, nanoda . "

There's a figure of a girl sitting on the stone bed . The girl--no, the one possessing the girl doesn't show its true body .

Leaving aside the life of the members, I want to save the sacrifice girls .

I use ground shrink skill, and carry the two girls to the exit .

"I won't let you go, deojaru . "

As if space is breaking in front of my eyes, the red-body demon teleports in .

Since both of my hands are occupied, I restraint it with [Remote Arrow] and [Short Stun], shooting with maximum power .

"I'll return it, deojaru . "

The magic that I've shot toward the demon return to me in entirety .

Space magic huh!

The Remote Arrows change their course back to the demon, but the Short Stuns are going to directly hit me . I put up Shield at once to stop it . The shield breaks in an instant, but I've successfully arrived at the door .

I leave the girls on the other side of the door, and close it .

The red-body demon behind me is fed up with the Remote Arrows that are coiling around it .

"Irritating, deojaru . "

The red-body demon roars, making cracks run on the space and destroys the Remote Arrows . Thanks to magic perception, I could see stream of magic that worked like early warning before the cracks ran on the space .

I turn ON the silver mask set and hero title before it's too late .

My equipped sword is Durandal, not Excalibur, it's not because I'm unwilling . I've stored dangerous amount of magic power inside Excalibur when I experiment with storing magic power, so I'm afraid that I would collapse the capital if I'm careless with it .

Durandal's performance is worse than Excalibur, but it's exceptionally strong compared to Gjallarhorn, so there's probably no problem .

"Houhou?　I've thought it's a rat, turn out you're a hero, nari . "

The bronze demon is approaching while munching on something . The altar's side has become a blood bath .

They themselves become the demon's sacrifices this time huh .

Right now, it's not the time to sympathize with them .

I put off dealing with the red-body for later, and going to get rid of the bronze demon first .

I move like teleporting with Ground Shrink, and slip below the bronze demon's chest, cutting--

Tremendous pressure overwhelms me .

>[Gravity Magic Skill: Demon Acquired]

>[Gravity Resistance Skill Acquired]

Still, I endure the high gravity forcibly, and swing the sword, but just before the holy sword touch the demon, I stop it, and back step away while opening the distance .

"The current hero is weak, instead his intuition is sharp, nari . "

"If he cut just as he was, the hero's body would had been split in two, almost, deojaru . "

It seems they've set some kind of trap-like magic .

If the crisis perception didn't ring me a warning, it would have been dangerous .

I make the Remote Arrows to fly around randomly, and hit the bronze demon with Short Stun, it seems that the trap magic breaks it huh .

I feel my body is being pulled slightly by the red-body demon . When I look at the log, it seems that it's using magic called [Drawing(Evil Snap)] .

>[Space Magic Skill: Demon Acquired]

>[Space Resistance Skill Acquired]

I activate the resistance skill .

"The magic isn't too effective even though his level is low, deojaru . "

"Ushashashasha, is that an excuse for your senility nari?"

Their attentions turn toward each others, now .

Making full use of Ground Shrink and Sky Drive, I rain down Short Stuns in 16 three-dimensional directions .

As expected, the Short Stuns begin to change their course, turning back . There's the bronze demon among one of the course .

When it hit the bronze demon, the short stun is forwarded to the red demon like the trap magic . It's different than the plan, but the result is alright .

Of course, they've only received small damages .

However, that's fine .

That instant chance I've got is quite enough .

When the blue glow from Durandal have melted in the darkness, the red-body demon becomes pieces of meat and falls to the ground .

I sprinkle it with dragon scales that I've taken out of the storage, incinerating it so it can't revive .

[Flash Slash Skill Acquired]

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"This is strange, nari . "

Taking the moment when the bronze demon is stunned, I take out the Holy Bolt set loaded with magic power from the storage, and shoot it .

The bronze demon tries to repel it with its hand that has jet black spiral appeared on it .

"Avoid it, noda!"

<TLN: Not the demon's name . >

With the possessed girl's words, the bronze demon inclines his body to avoid the bolt in a hurry, but it couldn't avoid the arrow, and its upper body is ripped into many pieces . Annihilated .

I've originally expected the bolt to be a mere diversion, but it's unexpectedly effective .

I cut the bronze demon while also using it to test Flash Slash skill .

"This is, splendid nanoda . I have to apologize for thinking you're a small fry hero, nanoda . No, I ought to thank you for destroying my courtiers, nanoda . "

The girl who's sitting with one knee drawn up on the edge of the stone bed murmurs so as if asking questions .

When the girl stands up, she begins to spin words in a clear voice as if she's a stage actress .

"The time of my revival has come . O humanity fear it! Today, at this time, the world will begin its walk into ruins noda!"

This should be the scene where I should shudder, but maybe thanks to the strange word she's adding at the end of her sentence, it feels like a comedy show instead .

Now then, looks like round two begins .