Volume 2
Chapter 22
We Started
Fighting Together Again
Translator : PolterGlast
"……"
The expression
disappeared from Kakyouin-san's face.
I had rejected her
words before, but I had never expressed such a clear rejection.
So, Kakyouin-san must
have felt something too.
But even so, I don't
want to go into that mud───or beyond. It's definitely a place I shouldn't enter. My reason, my
emotions, and my instincts───all of them were telling me so.
"So... you're
rejecting me too."
However, Kakyouin-san,
who doesn't know my feelings, lowered her head and trembled.
"………But"
Kakyouin-san raised
her head.
"I told you
earlier that I wasn't asking for your opinion!"
As Kakyouin-san spread
her arms, tentacles grew from the black swamp that had spread throughout the
area.
"I'll take you and
Chrisya-san to the [Underworld] with my own hands!"
"………"
I'm in trouble...
Kakyouin-san doesn't seem to intend to stop. The entire floor of this room is
covered in a swamp created by Kakyouin-san... I'm at a huge disadvantage if I
try to resist alone. I have to ask Chrisya-san for help.
"Hey,
Chrisya-san, I'd like to ask your assistance once again."
"………"
"...Chrisya-san?
Are you listening?"
"…………"
"Oi"
"……………"
Why isn't she
answering? I think she can hear me because she's looking at me.
I need Chrisya-san's
cooperation to confront Kakyouin-san right now... She was the one telling me to
cooperate earlier, but... why isn't she responding to my question now?
What's wrong?
"Fufufu, what are
you playing at, Kushina? If you don't make a move, I'll come to you."
"───!? Hey,
Chrisya-san!"
"───!"
Kakyouin-san thrust
out her arm, and at the same time, several tentacles approached us.
At the last moment,
Chrisya-san, who had come to her senses thanks to my loud voice, noticed the
tentacles flying towards us, stood up, and thrust her hands forward, creating a
glowing dome───it covered me and
Chrisya-san, repelling the approaching tentacles and pushing away the swamp
below.
"..."
Ah, that was close. We
would have been caught if she had been a little slower.
"Um...
Chrisya-san?"
"………What?"
She responded to my
call, but she wouldn't face me.
But, it's okay if she
answers. I forced a smile and continued.
"I've had enough
of being dragged into that swamp."
"……"
"So, I want you
to cooperate with me to resist."
"………Of course, we
can't leave something like that alone. We'll deal with it properly here."
"Yeah"
Chrisya-san raised her
right hand. Then, a giant magic circle that covered the entire ceiling unfolded───a large number of
arrows of light descended toward the ground.
A barrage of light
arrows with an annihilation effect. The light continued to fall, covering the
entire room.
Kakyouin-san didn't
seem to intend to avoid it and was easily caught up in the barrage. Since the
light arrows continued to fall without stopping, she had no space to create a
swamp.
It's also impossible
to create a swamp right next to Chrisya-san like she did before. Right now,
Chrisya-san is covering herself and me with a hemispherical light membrane.
This probably has an annihilation effect as well, so if she creates a swamp
nearby, it will be annihilated immediately.
For now, I thought we
could buy some time with this───but then something strange happened.
"───!"
Chrisya-san looked up
as if realizing something.
I followed her gaze
and saw that the yellow magic circle, which was creating the arrows of light,
was being eroded by red and black.
Is this also
Kakyouin-san's power? She can influence things even without deploying the
swamp.
"───!"
Unlike me who was
surprised, Chrisya-san distorted her expression as if she had bitten into a
bitter bug and violently swung her raised right hand down.
The magic circle
shattered, and at the same time, the arrows of light stopped.
As expected, a swamp
formed again right in front of us───Kakyouin-san revived. Without a moment's hesitation, she thrust her
right arm forward, and in response, tentacles emerged from the swamp and
approached us.
However, it was
blocked by the light membrane that had been continuously deployed. The tips of
the tentacles spread out as if crushed, and mud dripped down the light membrane
slowly, like viscous water.
"───"
Red cracks began to
appear in the light membrane───it was being eroded.
Chrisya-san
immediately pulled out her staff that was lying on the ground, held it with
both hands, and slammed the bottom part onto the floor. A new light membrane
spread out rapidly from the floor where she had struck, and it grew larger and
larger, engulfing everything except me and Chrisya-san───the mud tentacles, the
old membrane, and even Kakyouin-san in front of us.
"Kushina!"
"───?"
"Buy me some
time! Expose her true form! I really didn't want to touch such a filthy person
even if it was merely its information, but... I'll analyze her!"
"Understood."
I stepped forward───and jumped forward
instantly.
As expected,
Kakyouin-san revived in the same place. As soon as she revived, I knocked her
head off. Her head shattered easily, as if it were made of mud───but it still had no
effect on me.
Tentacles from the
swamp wrapped around my body.
Instantly, an arrow of
light flew straight, and along with me, the mud, Kakyouin-san, and the swamp
were all obliterated. It was support from Chrisya-san.
From then on, it was a
cycle. I would attack the revived Kakyouin-san and leave the spot, new
tentacles would be generated from the swamp and stretch out, but they were not
fast enough to catch me and couldn't grab me. However, since my movement was
restricted, I couldn't avoid the magic that Kakyouin-san cast. But, Chrisya-san
would attack me along with the swamp to prevent me from being swallowed up.
We repeated this over
and over───
"Chrisya-san!"
"───!!"
When I called out to
Chrisya-san to ask about her progress, she distorted her expression. It seemed
that the analysis wasn't going well.
If this continues, it
will be a stalemate───no, I feel like
Kakyouin-san's attacks have been changing slightly since a while ago. If this
continues, sooner or later, we will both be caught.
In that case, it's a
gamble. I can only hope that Chrisya-san's analysis is completed before
Kakyouin-san can defeat me.
To confuse
Kakyouin-san, I kicked the walls and floor in various places, so she couldn't
focus on a target. After repeating this about ten times, I landed on the wall
behind Kakyouin-san and jumped towards her.
I used my arms to cut
off her head, and with that momentum, I went forward and away from
Kakyouin-san.
As expected,
Kakyouin-san regenerated.
She thrust her right
arm forward again, and ordered the mud tentacles to chase me───
"───!"
"───!!"
"───"
At that moment, all
three of us showed surprise.
Kakyouin-san's arm───as if the mud could no
longer hold its shape, as if the flesh was rotting and falling off its bones,
it collapsed from the place where she had thrust her arm out.
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