Chapter 25 — A Chainsaw Automatically Appears on the Edge of the Shield!
“So, this kid can kill just by thinking it, huh?”
“Yeah, it’s like a cheat. An instant death cheat.”
After revealing the truth to Youko, Malna and Rilna stayed to watch what happened aboard the ship. They were interested in what Youko would do next, but just as it seemed like she was about to make her move, she was casually killed off. After meeting the boy with the power of instant death, Yogiri Takatou, she had been wiped out in retaliation. Then Yogiri had killed everyone else who attacked him, met up with his friends, and, despite some trouble along the way, killed almost every enemy he encountered and left the ship behind.
“Looks like there is still one of those dragons around. I thought they disappeared ages ago.”
“Right? I thought they had all run away after we beat them.”
“So what should we do about Yogiri?”
“What should we do? He keeps killing all the people we specially prepared.”
“Yeah. It’s kind of annoying. It feels like we’re losing at something.”
These girls could safely say that they were responsible for controlling the entire world. If they decided to kill someone, they knew a mere human would have had no chance against them. In short, they could kill him any time they wanted.
But as gods, they felt like that was admitting defeat. It was unacceptable for a god to strike down a person just because they didn’t like them. When it came to this world, their powers bordered on omnipotence, but that didn’t mean they should use them however they saw fit. If they did, the world would lose its sense of order. As those responsible for managing the world, they would be seen as failures. Their standing among the other gods would decline, and people would begin to doubt them.
Although Malna and Rilna appeared to do whatever they pleased, they actually thought through everything very carefully.
“Then let’s get something new ready for Yogiri!”
“Yeah! We can totally afford something new!”
“Do we have any spending money left?”
“Uhh, I think we spent a bit too much last time.”
“Okay, let’s keep it reasonable, then!”
“Yeah. We should be able to do a few people!”
“So, what kind of character should we make next?”
“Hmm. Maybe we should just do a transport with a bonus after all.”
“Picking someone from a minority and giving them powers is always a good option too!”
“There’s also reincarnation, but waiting for them to grow up takes so long.”
“Why not force them to mature right after being born?”
“That’s pointless! What would be the point in having them reincarnate?!”
“I was thinking...”
“What?”
“People who get carried away are no good, are they?”
“I know what you mean!”
“But watching those kinds of people is so much more fun.”
“Yeah, I totally get it!”
“People who were boring in their previous world are no good, are they?”
“Yeah. You really need to be more carefree than that.”
“What do you call it? Going on the defensive?”
“They say they want to live a slow life, but, like, it just makes you want to say ‘Why are you even here? Are you making fun of this world or something?’”
“Yeah, it really does, doesn’t it?!”
“Let’s go say that next time, then!”
“Yeah, let’s do that!”
“Oh, we kind of got off track.”
“Yeah, we did. We were thinking about the Yogiri killer.”
“Maybe we should pay a visit to the market while we think about it. We might find a good bargain.”
“Should we think about an ability to give them first?”
“Hmm, there might be a good character at the market already. Maybe we should think of what direction we want to go in first.”
“Yeah, it might be better to pick a character based on the power we have in mind.”
“Or if we find a good deal, we can pick a power that fits them.”
“All right, let’s just try this one and see what we can add.”
Malna picked one person at random, and Rilna immediately agreed.
“So, what do we give them?”
“I guess we need something to beat instant death.”
“Yeah, we need instant death resistance, don’t we?”
“So a super resilient type, I guess? We’ve never tried that before.”
“Let’s get all the resistance skills!”
“Petrification, poison, sleep, paralysis, instant death, freeze, burn, charm. That should be all the status effects, right?”
“And obviously we need auto healing and auto revival.”
“I also kind of want to add an ultimate defense field. I really like that effect, where it’s like ping! And everything just bounces off.”
“You mean something that just ignores a certain amount of damage, right?”
“We need to set their growth to max defense!”
“If you do that, their attack power won’t go up at all. Are you sure?”
“It’s fine. We’ll also give them this skill: Full Counter!”
“So their only way to attack is to counter? Won’t they both end up just doing the same thing?”
“Let’s give them Shield Bash too.”
“Oh, then let them use two shields!”
“Heh heh. Twin shield style!”
“Oh, we could put shields on their feet too.”
“Then both hands and feet, quad shield style!”
“We could put one on their back too...”
“That’s just too much.”
“I think four is already too much. They’re just going to be a walking stack of shields!”
“Oh, let’s put some spikes on the shields.”
“Wait, what? When they hold a shield, spikes are going to grow out of them?!”
“Yeah. You’re gonna get stabbed. You’re gonna get super stabbed!”
“Okay! If we’re doing that, I want to add a chainsaw too!”
“Where?”
“To the shield.”
“That’s not a shield anymore! But that sounds cool, so I guess it’s fine!”
“Okay then, so a chainsaw automatically appears on the edge of the shield!”
“I want to see them throw it. We can let them throw it, right?!”
“Then let’s make it come back to them automatically!”
“They could ride it too, then, right?”
“Okay, so they travel around by riding the shield.”
“How? They throw the shield and then jump on it?”
“Yeah, totally. They jump on it really fast!”
“That’s pretty clever.”
“Super clever!”
“But it can only go in a straight line, right?”
“Yeah, since it’s just an ability to make the shield come back when you throw it.”
And so the goddesses Malna and Rilna found a random person, who would suddenly discover they had manifested mysterious powers.
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