Mob Kousei No Ore Demo
Boukensha Ni Nareba Riajuu Ni Naremasuka: Chapter #140
Translators: Nyx and Ririi Rain
Episode 140: The Trial
――――The first serious armed
conflict between the Yujin faction and the Solomon faction began around the
time the sun reached its zenith. It ended just before sundown, with an easy
victory for the Solomon faction.
The Solomon faction's victory
was due to two major factors.
Firstly, the Yujin faction's
morale was extremely low compared to the Solomon faction.
The discovery of the body on
their own side and the disappearance of the Lie-Detection magic item, the Yujin
faction members were suspicious of their own leader. In contrast, the Solomon
faction, having suffered the loss of life, was fueled by anger and fear, and
their morale was exceptionally high.
Secondly, there was a
fundamental disparity in combat strength.
The Yujin faction, primarily
equipped with the cards Yujin-san had initially distributed and perhaps some
cheap D-rank cards, was outmatched by the migrants in card quality, many of
whom owned C-rank cards.
This difference reflected the
gap in crisis awareness between the long-time local residents, who had few
dungeons nearby, and the migrants, who had moved there specifically to prepare
for Angolmois.
Furthermore, the local
residents had fewer young people due to ongoing aging and depopulation, meaning
the settler families had more people capable of fighting.
This directly contributed to
the difference in strength between their two vigilante groups.
The battle began with the
local residents at a disadvantage in terms of morale, numbers, and card
quality...
From the start, it was never
going to be a fair fight.
Defeated in battle, Yujin-san
was captured. Missing women who had been confined were discovered in the Heddon
Hall House set up in the basement of his home.
This clearly established his
guilt, leading to a trial—likely the first since the Third Angolmois began.
I was chosen as one of the lay judges1, representing the neutral faction.
――――Two days later.
The island's sole concert hall—a
building disproportionately grand for this small island.
It served as the courtroom.
Seven people stood on the
platform. In the center was the defendant, Yujin Sato. To his left was Solomon,
accompanied by Pruflas, serving as both prosecutor and moderator. To his right
were the lay judges, including me, plus two representatives each from the Yujin
and Solomon factions.
No one was willing to take on
the role of defense attorney, so the defendant acted as his own defense
attorney.
The judge2
was the entire audience of 500 spectators gathered here.
"――――The defendant, Yujin Sato, is charged
with exploiting the chaos of Angolmois to kidnap and confine multiple women who
sought his aid, and furthermore, with the murder of Emi Minamisawa and the
abandonment of her body in a civilian home,"
The prosecutor Solomon read
out flatly, detailing Yujin-san's crimes.
Since this island lacked a
courthouse or formal judge, this was merely a mock trial.
However, even a mock trial
required a formal structure.
A format that everyone could
reasonably accept...
"Defendant, do you have anything to state
regarding the facts presented?"
After reading the charges,
Solomon looked at Yujin-san and coldly questioned him.
In a normal trial, the right
to remain silent would be explained, but in this trial, that right was not
recognized.
All the chosen lay judges possessed
a card with [Deceit Detection] skill, and the defendant was required to answer
the questions as fully as possible for the lay judges to make a proper
judgment.
While silence was the
defendant's right, it would severely damage the perception of the lay judges
and the hundreds of audience-judges.
Needless to say, this would
influence the verdict.
"...I... I..."
Yujin-san, standing on the
witness stand, looked terribly worn out.
In just one night, deep dark
circles had formed under his eyes, and his skin was dry.
He looked even more haggard
than I did after encountering Urashima Taro.
Yujin-san's voice trembled as
he spoke.
"I... why did I do such a thing..."
The venue stirred at his
words, which sounded like an admission of guilt.
I, too, couldn't help but
raise my eyebrows.
"You confirm this to be true?"
"...Yes,"
Yujin-san nodded, his head
dropping limply.
Voices of disbelief erupted
from the spectators who must have believed in his innocence: "No
way..." "He's being forced to say that, isn't he...?"
But...
『Suzuka』
『Yes, it's not a lie.』
The [Deceit Detection] skill
confirmed that Yujin-san was neither lying nor being forced to say it.
"Hmm..."
When I met him again on this
island, Yujin-san had certainly said he "knew nothing about the missing
women."
Yet now, he’s admitting that he abducted them.
Despite the obvious contradiction, the [Deceit Detection] skill wasn't reacting.
Why...
"The defendant's crimes—confining innocent
women and taking the life of one young girl—are extremely vicious and selfish.
As these actions also served as the catalyst of this conflict, I hereby demand
the death penalty."
While I was deep in thought,
the trial proceeded. The prosecutor demanded the death penalty, and the
proceedings moved to the lay judge questioning phase.
Here, each lay judge would
question the defendant, and the answers would form the basis for discussing
whether the prosecution's demand was appropriate.
The lay judges did not have
the final vote, and the discussion itself did not determine the verdict, but it
was a crucial part as the audience, acting as the judges, would base their
judgment on the discussion, influencing their perception.
"Did you... did the defendant really do
this? To such a young girl?"
"That I did it... is definitely true.
But..."
"Why did the defendant do such a
thing?"
"I... I don't know either..."
"How did you feel during the crime?"
"At the time... it was fun. But now, I
don't understand that self..."
"Did you feel guilt for deceiving your comrades?"
"...I'm sorry."
"Next, any questions?"
As I listened to the lay
judges' seemingly pointless questions and Yujin-san's rambling answers, it was
suddenly my turn to ask a question.
A question, huh...
I pondered for a moment, then
asked,
"Do you remember meeting me on a trip
during summer vacation?"
"Huh? Ah, yes..."
Yujin-san nodded, confused by
the sudden change of topic.
"Do you remember what we talked about back
then—that one thing?"
"Uhh... sorry, what was it again? That
thing?"
"No, never mind."
I cut off the conversation
with the confused Yujin-sa — no, Yujin, and called out to Suzuka,
『Suzuka, you still feel like
something's off?』
『Yeah.』
『I see...』
What should I do?
If my hypothesis is correct, Yujin-san is
likely innocent.
There's only one way to prove it.
And it's something that can only be done right
now, at this very moment.
But it's a gamble. A pretty risky one at that.
If I lost the gamble, there’s a high probability
of an all-out battle between me and the Solomon faction—a battle between
humans.
No, I have to assume it would happen for sure.
I don't think I’ll lose the fight, but I have
no intention of using my power against humans.
If I did that, the 'something' that currently
keeps me grounded would be lost, and I will lose control.
If that happens, I will choose to withdraw.
In other words, I would have to give up the
safe base we had worked so hard to secure.
The chances of success are low, and the risks
are high.
So, is it really worth taking action...?
"Verdict!"
But, aaah――――
"With 383 votes in favor, 19 for commutation,
and 98 abstentions, the defendant is sentenced to death!"
――――If my hypothesis was
correct, this verdict was simply too bitter to stomach.
『...Suzuka, do it.』
『Got it~!』
Receiving my order, Suzuka gleefully
slashed at Yujin-san.
Blood sprayed across the
platform as everyone in the hall watched in shock.
――――I don't have any particular proof.
There were many other
possibilities, and my hypothesis was merely an assumption built upon another
assumption—it was a low-probability guess.
Still, the only reason I went
ahead with it was simple:
Letting an acquaintance be
executed like this left too bitter an aftertaste.
If my guess was correct, the
situation was utterly sickening.
That was all...
"Well, I guess letting emotions take the
lead isn't so bad sometimes,"
I muttered, grinning as I
confirmed I had won the gamble based on the sight before me.
"! What do you think you're doing?!"
Solomon shouted, his face
stern, glaring at me amidst the audience's uproar and confusion.
I calmly pointed behind him
and replied,
"That's my line. ...Why is that guy
injured when I attacked Yujin-san?"
Where I pointed, Pruflas was
bleeding, its chest gashed by a diagonal cut.
There was only one reason
Pruflas would take damage from an attack intended for Yujin-san:
Feedback. The man standing on
the platform—the current ‘Yujin-san’—was Pruflas's true master.
"...This, what is this? Why are you hurt...?"
Solomon, turning to see the
bleeding Pruflas, stared in shock.
Just as I thought—he doesn’t realize the truth.
It made sense; otherwise, [Deceit Detection] skill would have responded.
" That's because the ‘Yujin-san’ standing
there is the real Solomon."
At my words, every pair of
eyes in the hall turned toward ‘Yujin-san’.
The fake Yujin, his earlier
look of haggardness completely gone, stood expressionless, like a doll.
"He is, the real me...?"
The stunned Solomon stood frozen. I nodded
"Yes, you were simply made to believe you
were Solomon ――Yujin-san."
The moment Suzuka mentioned that
something was 'off', my first thought was the possibility of a power superior
to [Deceit Detection] — an Authority — being used for deception.
Authorities related to
illusion or deceit were closer to rewriting existence than simple
transformation, making them undetectable by [Deceit Detection] skill.
Upon realizing this, I
immediately looked up Solomon's 72 Pillars to see if there was any devil with
that kind of Authority, and I immediately found one that fit the bill.
――――Ose. A devil that brought
madness and delusion to humans, possessing the Authority to transform people
into other forms without the victim realizing it.
Not only does this Authority
can alter appearance, but it also rewrites self-perception, so it could easily
bypass interrogation by [Deceit Detection].
Unlike ordinary illusions or
transformation skills, the effect persisted even after Spiritual Recurrence was
undone, likely due to the nature of the Authorithy that can rewrite existence
itself.
However, two questions
remained if I were to attribute everything to Ose's Authority.
First, when did Ose manage to
use the transformation Authority on Yujin-san, who had always been protected by
a card barrier since Angolmois began?
How did Ose rewrite the
perception of Solomon himself, its own master?
The first question could be
explained by cleverly finding a brief gap, but the second was fundamentally
wrong.
The exercise of an Authority
at a level capable of rewriting the master's perception should be considered an
attack on the master, which shouldn't normally be possible, even if the master
wished it.
A card
capable of harming its own master, something that normally is impossible…
I knew of one such existence:
a Cursed Card.
If it were a Cursed Card with
its shackles fully removed, it could be active outside the dungeon even before
Angolmois.
Before Angolmois, it would
have been easy to attack Yujin-san—who wasn't protected by a card barrier—steal
his cards and appearance, and take his place... It would also have been easy to
sow discord between the migrants and the local residents.
Pruflas was, after all, a
devil that sowed discord and deception and incited war.
It's highly likely that Pruflas was involved in
the pre-Angolmois conflict between the local residents and migrants on this
island—even if not entirely responsible...
Of course, this was all my
speculation.
There was no guarantee that
Pruflas’s Spiritual Recurrence was Ose, nor that it was a Cursed Card.
The entire hypothesis was full
of holes, built on layers of assumptions, and was ultimately just a
reverse-calculation of ‘the most sickening possible scenario’.
In other words――――
"Aww, man, how boring. I was so close to
making them kill their own protector with their own hands..."
This was a truly diabolical scenario:
after committing all sorts of atrocities in the guise of fake Yujin, Ose would
undo the swap and have the innocent Yujin-san executed by the people of this
island, who knew nothing.
Right
now, Pruflas transformed into the devil with the
leopard's head and the body of a young woman: Ose.
For a moment, Solomon and
Yujin-san's forms seemed to blur, then they swapped places. With a thud, the
real Yujin-san collapsed heavily to the ground.
Immediately, Suzuka grabbed
the real Yujin-san by the scruff of his neck and dragged him over to me.
Ose ignored this and walked
over to the real Solomon, her master, and embraced him, wrapping her arms
around him like a snake.
The sight of Ose, with her
sensual body from the neck down, hugging the young Solomon was somehow erotic.
"You, what exactly is your goal?"
I asked Ose, who was rubbing
her cheek against the doll-like Solomon.
"Nn~? To kill time... and to grant
Master's wish, I suppose?"
“Wish?”
"My master, you see, he wants to be a
king. Ahaha, isn't that cute? Even though he's not cut out for it at all."
Ose said, stroking Solomon's
cheek with a mixture of mockery and affection.
"But isn't a good devil supposed to grant
their master's wishes as best as they could? So, I decided to grant it... in my
own favorite way, you see."
Just then, my cards waiting
outside the hall rushed over to me.
It was the full team, leaving
only Athena behind with Ai for safety just in case.
Seeing them, Ose sighed
disappointedly,
"But well, I guess this is as far we go. ...My foolish, adorable master, we'll be
together forever, won't we?"
"Huh!?"
With a sickening *CRUNCH!*,
Ose chomped down on Solomon's head.
"Kyaaaaaaaa!" "Uwaaaah!"
"Hiiii!"
While the audience, who had
been watching the situation with bated breath, screamed, Ose devoured Solomon's
entire body in an instant.
Simultaneously, the oppressive
aura emanating from Ose skyrocketed.
It reached a level that
rivaled A-rank Irregular Encounters like Urashima Taro or the Pied Piper of
Hamelin.
Renge murmured faintly,
『This is bad...』
『What do you mean?』
I asked, wondering if she knew
something. Renge was uncharacteristically hesitant, then sighed in resignation
and answered,
『Cards and monsters with their
shackles removed can dramatically increase their power temporarily by consuming
a soul that meets a certain condition... especially their master’s. For a
deity, it would be a martyr or a zealot; for a devil, it's probably...』
"A contract with a soul as the
price..."
Renge nodded silently at my
realization.
I'll set aside the reason Renge kept that
silent until now—I can guess... But yeah, this is definitely bad.
We can probably win the fight easily enough,
but...
I glanced at the spectators
rushing toward the exits.
Can we defeat her while protecting them? In
fact, at this rate, the spectators might end up killing each other in the
stampede.
Damn it, leaving Athena behind turned out to be
a miscalculation.
"A ha ha! I won't give you time to think,
you know~!”
Ose instantly summoned nearly
thirty subordinates.
Shit! The Legion Summoning!
『Eliza, Yuki, Mea!』
In response to my call, Eliza
and the others immediately activated [World of Frozen Moonlight]... but,
"What?!"
For some reason, the
subordinates Ose summoned did not disappear.
“Ahaha, too bad! These guys have been given
souls, so they won't disappear~!"
Ose laughed delightedly.
Souls?
...Can she take the souls of the people she killed, too? No way, could this
entire conflict be for that purpose!?
Fortunately, the summoned
devils didn't seem to be able to summon more subordinates, but each of them
felt as strong as a B-rank.
『Summon our subordinates, too!
Dress’s group, use [Feast of
Destruction, Slaughter, and Victory]! And Eliza! 』
I gave Eliza a look, signaling
her to use her trump card.
Eliza, in her jester's outfit,
nodded quietly, transformed the flute in her hand into a large scythe, and vanished.
The next moment, she appeared
behind Ose and swung her scythe down with great force.
This was the reason the Pied
Piper of Hamelin was called the Master Killer: Teleportation and Absolute
Attack skills.
She learned to use them during
our journey so far.
“Ooh!?”
Eliza's strike was a complete
surprise, aimed to slice Ose clean in half from the head down―――― but
simultaneously, a nearby subordinate devil was somehow sliced in two instead
and fell.
Ose, who should have been
bisected, was somehow unharmed, and she swung her arm toward Eliza behind her.
Eliza evaded the strike with Teleportation
and returned to my side.
『My apologies, I failed. 』
『It looks like she has the
ability to make her subordinate devils take damage in her place. 』
The Absolute Attack skill pierced
through any defensive skill and nullified even durability skills like
[Knowledge of Survival]. Despite this, the fact that the damage was shouldered
by another meant that it must be a skill that took over the Lost state itself,
like the one Karkinos3 possessed.
Eliza's scythe certainly caused
Ose to be Lost, but she pulled off a pseudo-resurrection right after with her
subordinate. It was an answer to Absolute Attack.
Since it wasn't a skill a normal
Ose had, it was likely a True Skill evolution. Or maybe the subordinate devils'
skills changed after they were given souls.
If they were the standard
subordinates, they should have vanished the moment Ose became Lost and wouldn't
be able to substitute for it. This, combined with the fact that they didn't
disappear with the activation of [World of Frozen Moonlight], strongly
suggested that those devils had lost their ‘subordinate/dependent’ attribute.
In any case, we can't deliver the finishing
blow until we’ve annihilated all the surrounding devils. This is troublesome.
"You have some scary skills, huh~? I'd
better restock,"
Ose muttered this and summoned
new subordinates.
Ose's Legion Summoning is only supposed to be
able to summon thirty devils a day... No way, can it be that she can summon as
many as the souls she devoured? Just how many souls had she devoured during
this conflict?
No, right now, it's more pressing that she can
restock the souls!
After confirming that the
subordinates on site were sufficient in number, I gave instructions to Renge,
『Renge! We'll settle this
quickly with the Rakshasas! 』
『Roger! 』
Renge transformed into
Kishimojin and, using the subordinates on the field as sacrifices, summoned a horde
of Rakshasas.
The Rakshasas, possessing
[Insanity-clad] and [Mutual Destruction], had overwhelmingly greater
destructive power than the subordinates summoned by Mea and the others.
This should allow us to
annihilate Ose's subordinates whose stock would be depleted.
My judgment, however――――
"Ahaha~...!"
――――was a mistake.
A shiver of dread ran down my
spine at Ose's gleeful laugh.
No, way...!?
Just as a terrible premonition
crossed my mind, a glowing crown appeared on Ose's head.
At that moment, the movement
of the Rakshasas, which had been about to pounce on the devils, instantly
froze. They slowly turned to face us.
『! The control has been seized! 』
『Subordinate Plunder!? 』
This is bad... Bad, bad, bad!!!
Fighting the Rakshasas in this situation,
without Athena, is too dangerous!
Furthermore, the subordinate
devils, now free of obstruction, began attacking the audience――――
『Master! Use my [Spiritual
Recurrence]! 』
Suzuka's voice snapped me out
of it.
That's right, Suzuka's [Spiritual Recurrence]!
『Suzuka! 』
『Yes! Honestly, I've been
waiting for this! 』
Suzuka, with an unusually
confident grin, transformed herself into an A-rank Oni (demon) deity.
Two blood-red horns rapidly
grew from her forehead, while her red hair darkened to a pitch-black that felt
almost evil.
Her pristine blue attire was
replaced by blood-stained crimson armor, revealing a menacing yet alluring
figure of a Great Oni.
The massive presence that
shook the air caused the fleeing audiences, and even the attacking subordinate
devils and Rakshasas, to stop and look at Suzuka.
"You lot, to whom do you point your
swords?"
Speaking in a rough, dignified
tone completely unlike the usual Suzuka, she clapped her hands, producing a
sharp sound.
In that instant, the
surrounding scenery warped, centered on her.
Before we knew it, we found
ourselves in a mountain reeking of thick blood.
Around us were only Ose and
her subordinates; the audiences were gone.
And the
Rakshasas, whose control had previously been seized, were kneeling before
Suzuka with their heads bowed low.
――――The
skill activated was one of the five inborn skills possessed by Ibaraki-dōji, [Mount Ōe4 Manifestation].
This skill that manifested
Mount Ōe, said to have been the stronghold of Shuten-dōji and his followers.
Mount Ōe had the effect of stealing
enemy’s Oni-attribute subordinates and granting the [Insanity-clad] buff to
Oni-attributed allies. Additionally, within Mount Ōe, Oni-attribute
subordinates no longer disappear over time, and their maximum number depended
on the user's combat power.
The Rakshasas were Oni deities
and had a full-fledged Oni-attribute. With this effect, Suzuka nullified the
opponent's Subordinate Plunder skill and allowed us to instantly steal back the
Rakshasas whose control had just been seized.
"Attack, my minions!"
At Suzuka's command, the
Rakshasa sprang into action and pounced on Ose's subordinate devils (a sight
which caused Renge to look somewhat conflicted).
Furthermore, Suzuka began
summoning her own subordinates.
First to appear were four large
Oni.
This was the [the Four Divine
Kings] skill, which summoned the Big Four under Shuten-dōji: Hoshikuma-dōji (Star Bear Demon), Kuma-dōji (Bear Demon),
Torakuma-dōji (Tiger Bear Demon), and Kane-dōji (Iron Demon). Hoshikuma-dōji and the others
possessed B-rank equivalent power and can be revived infinitely as long as
Ibaraki-dōji is present.
Next, countless Hashihime
appeared.
The skill for this was [Oni of Ichijō Modoribashi
Bridge5], which contained the power of the Hashihime—who was often
identified with Ibaraki-dōji—allowing the user to summon Hashihime as
subordinates.
The summoned Hashihime were of
the infinite-summoning type, yet they possessed [Highest-level Dependent Body]
skill, and their summoning speed was extremely fast. Their deployment power
rivaled a Legion Summoning.
With these two Subordinate
Summoning abilities and the effect of Mount Ōe, Ibaraki-dōji was able to
unleash a numerical superiority that combined both quality and quantity.
Every time Ose killed a
Rakshasa and [Mutual Destruction] activated, a subordinate devil of Ose's was
instantly blown away.
Ose attempted to summon new
subordinates, but her stock quickly ran out.
It seemed the number of souls
she held was not very large after all.
Finally, with the last
subordinate devil killed, Suzuka's blade pierced straight through Ose's chest.
Ose spat up blood and said....
"Aww~, is it over? Well, I guess that's
fine. Master, we'll be together next time too..."
She lovingly stroked her stomach,
and then vanished...
"A~ah~... tired."
Simultaneously, Suzuka's [Spiritual
Recurrence] come undone, and she collapsed backward onto the floor with a thud.
As Mount Ōe faded away like a
mist and we returned to being in an empty concert hall, we rushed over to her
and showed our appreciation,
"Good job. You were brilliant this time."
"Hehee, right?"
Suzuka smiled, satisfied.
She seemed incredibly happy
that she was able to play such an active role with her long-desired
Ibaraki-dōji Spiritual Recurrence.
However, her face was pale,
and her breathing was shallow.
As expected, ‘reverting’ to A-rank still
imposed a heavy burden on her.
Still, she looked less
strained than the time she nearly passed out, and the duration of the skill was
somewhat longer.
Going forward, the cooldown
period should shorten as she uses it more often.
"Master, this."
Eliza picked something up from
where Ose had been and handed it to me.
"This is..."
It was a card.
A strange card with only Ose's
illustration and one skill written on it, with no combat power listed.
It simply read:
――――True Subordinate
Enhancement.
[Combat
Power] 2150 (Initial Combat Power 1200 + Growth 750 + Spiritual Recurrence 200)
[Inborn
Skills]
•
Right-Hand of the Oni Chieftain: This skill grants Ibaraki-dōji powers of theft
and deceit on the level of a divine Authority, despite not being a true deity.
•
Mount Ōe Manifestation: This skill deploys Mount Ōe, the legendary stronghold
of Shuten-dōji and his followers. It has the effect of stealing opponent's
Oni-attribute subordinates while granting [Insanity-clad] to the allied
Oni-attribute subordinates. Within Mount Ōe, Oni-attribute subordinates no
longer disappear over time, and their maximum number is dependent on the user's
combat power.
• The
Four Divine Kings: This skill summons Shuten-dōji's Four Divine Kings:
Hoshikuma-dōji, Kuma-dōji, Torakuma-dōji, and Kane-dōji. They each possess
power equivalent to a B-rank and can be revived infinitely as long as
Ibaraki-dōji is present.
• Oni
of Ichijō Modoribashi Bridge: This skill contains the power of Hashihime, who
are often identified with Ibaraki-dōji, and allows them to be summoned as
subordinates. The summoned Hashihime are of the infinite-summoning type, yet
they possess [Highest-level Dependent Body] skill, and their summoning speed is
extremely fast.
•
Remnants of the Oni: This skill originates from the legend that Ibaraki-dōji
was the only Oni to escape during the slaying of Shuten-dōji. As long as
Shuten-dōji is present as an ally, Ibaraki-dōji becomes immortal.
[Acquired
Skills]
•
Blindfolded Demon
•
Hunter
• Sharp Eye6
• Good
Wife and Wise Mother: Contains Cooking, Cleaning, Childcare, and Sexual skills.
•
Deceit Detection
•
Friendship Linkage
• Hide
and Seek
•
Spiritual Recurrence
•
Swordsmanship
•
Appraisal
•
Chant Shortening
•
Knowledge of Survival
•
Tactics
•
Weakness Nullification
•
Elementary Wizard (NEW!)
[Tips] Analysis of Normal
Ose's Stats and True Skills
[Race]
Ose
[Combat
Power] 700
[Inborn
Skills]
・Solomon's 57th Great Devil: Allows
the use of Ose's Authority of Deceit, Education, and Treasure Hunting as the
Great President of Hell.
(Deceit:
A general term for the Authority that warps and falsifies things from their
original form. Broadly includes the Authority of Beasts, but the Authority of
Deceit cannot rewrite ‘function’. It is close to rewriting existence and is
thus undetectable by the [Deceit Detection] skill.
(Education:
A lower version of the Authority of Knowledge. Allows searching for widely
known knowledge. Its advantage over the Authority of Knowledge is that it can
implant the searched knowledge into the master. However, the knowledge does not
stay long-term.)
・Army of the False King: Allows
summoning of C-rank equivalent devils who also possess subordinate-summoning
ability. Can be used to summon up to thirty devils per day.
・False Crown: Can materialize a
false crown that makes the wearer a ruler. This casts a Level-up spell on all
allies, doubling their stats. Can only be used once per day (lasts one hour).
・Subordinate Enhancement
～～From Maro's Memo～～
『The Ose who had True Skill
evolution demonstrated peculiar Subordinate Summoning and Subordinate Plunder
skills.
Since the summoned
subordinates didn't disappear even with Subordinate Sealing, it's likely they
had lost their subordinate/dependent attribute... Based on her words,
"have been given souls," there's even a possibility that they were
turned into genuine monsters.
Additionally, their combat
power was B-rank class, and they possessed Damage Substitution skill that they
shouldn't normally have.
Since Absolute Attacks even
penetrate defensive skill damage takeovers, that Damage Substitution must be
one like Karkinos's, "takes over the Lost state itself."
In other words, Ose was
successfully brought down to Lost state by Eliza at one point, and at that
moment, the subordinates should have vanished, making substitution by a
subordinate impossible.
Considering this, it’s highly
likely that those subordinates were genuine monsters independent of Ose.
It is unclear which skill
granted these abilities, and the mysterious card Ose left behind must be
handled with extreme caution.』
***
Notes:
3 Maro got one before and he keeps it. The description: A giant crab. It has a tragic anecdote of challenging Hercules to save its friend, Hydra, only to be effortlessly crushed. Perhaps out of respect for its friendship, Hera elevated it to the constellation Cancer. A type of friend who achieves greatness after death. Possesses a unique skill that takes the Lost of one ally upon itself. ↩
4 A mountain range in Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture.↩
5 Remember how Hashihime was said to have been defeated by Watanabe no Tsuna with Hige-kiri? It took place in Ichijō Modoribashi Bridge. ↩
6 見切り(mikiri). Previously translated as ‘Judgment’, but as it clashed with the Judgment magic mentioned in ch. 136, we changed it to ‘Sharp Eye’. The [Sharp Eye] skill’s description is: The skill to read the opponent's movement. It provides a positive action compensation for evasion and counterattacks. ↩
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