Chapter 2048 – 2048. Savior Of The Academy
Thud.
The price of a suicide attack was the enemy’s blade piercing my chest. The burning blade began to incinerate my heart and internal organs.
“You fool. With a weapon like that, is that all you can do? In my life, I’ve never seen such an idiot.”
“Heh heh heh.”
The flames that started in my gut quickly burned all the way to my skull.
[Death Resistance has been activated. You will not die for the next 15 seconds.]
Even without a heart, my brain could still move my hand.
I slammed the Setting Sun into the enemy’s left shoulder. I had originally intended to strike his neck, but my body faltered.
A piece of the sun shattered. The sun tried to restore its shape, but it was slow. Sanada Kenshi frowned deeply.
“Your suicide attack is only this much. You couldn’t kill me. You disappoint me in the end. Just die.”
Die? Me?
My vocal cords were burned, so I couldn’t speak. Instead, I rattled my skull and mocked him.
Soon after, the flames turned my skull to dust.
[Use 2,000 points to purchase a skill cooldown reset ticket.]
[Use the skill cooldown reset ticket.]
[Use Full Recovery.]
My body recovered, and the flames subsided.
“You’re the one who’s going to die.”
I thrust the Setting Sun towards the enemy’s neck, his eyes wide as if they would tear.
Swish.
I missed.
Sanada Kenshi quickly retreated, dodging my attack. Not only that, he floated into the sky.
“Ah, you’re not rusty at all. Your reflexes are amazing. But are you scared now?”
“Just what are you…! What are you?! Why won’t you die?!”
“Are you scared? Come down and fight.”
“…Shut up! I’m not foolish enough to fight a monster like you. Regeneration? Resurrection? Whatever it is! This time, I’ll burn your soul to ashes!”
“Heh heh. You’re completely terrified.”
The composure that had been all over Sanada Kenshi’s face was completely gone. Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and his eyes darted around. He was probably imagining terrible things in his head.
“Shut up!!!”
Sanada Kenshi rose high into the sky. The sun was behind him. The sun turned white and began to burn.
Pure white flames rose around me. The white flames clung to me, burning my soul and body. Even with mana resistance, I couldn’t completely shake them off. It was going to burn my soul, and something of mine was really burning.
“Is this what it feels like to have your soul burned? It’s pretty hot.”
Machina.
I summoned Machina, who had been reverse-summoned, again. Machina screamed right away.
“Aaaah! What is this place?! It’s hottt!!!”
“Bow.”
“Ugh… Hurry!”
Machina took my mana and materialized it into a bow. I grabbed the bow that was created in the air. A tactical longbow covered in machinery.
I grabbed the longbow and placed the tenth Setting Sun on the string.
“Arrows are meant to be shot. Thanks for giving me the distance to shoot. You moron.”
The Setting Sun glowed gold. Golden light swirled and gathered at its tip.
I aimed at the white-burning sun.
I didn’t worry about missing. The Setting Sun was destined to hit the sun. It was set in stone.
I pulled the string to its limit and released it.
Ping.
With a rather anticlimactic sound, the arrow flew towards the sun, scattering golden light.
The arrow pierced through Sanada Kenshi’s heart, who was in shock, and didn’t stop.
Just towards the sun.
It soared into the pitch-black night sky, scattering golden light.
And the arrow, the tenth Setting Sun, hit the sun.
Cracks appeared on the white sun, and it shattered and fell.
Along with it, Amaterasu screamed and vanished.
『Karma: Goodness has increased by 34.』
Thud.
I collapsed to the ground. The white flames were gone, but more than half of my body and soul had already been burned.
Death approached with a smile.
[Death Resistance has been activated. You will not die for the next 15 seconds.]
[Use 2,000 points to purchase a skill cooldown reset ticket.]
[Use the skill cooldown reset ticket.]
[Use Full Recovery.]
Death turned away crying.
“Full Recovery is invincible, and the Play Life app is a god.”
I lay on the ground and looked at the sky. The black sky was still there. It seemed Tsukuyomi was still alive.
‘Maybe it’s because it’s Elena and Yuria, but I don’t feel any anxiety at all. I can rest a bit.’
Something fell from the sky. I glanced at it and saw a broken, stone-like magatama. It was just trash with no divine power.
“Yujin! What the heck are you? Your soul was half-destroyed, but why are you okay? Are you even human?”
“You’re talking nonsense, so you must be okay too. Machina, when are you going to get stronger?”
“Maybe if I had about 100 spirit orbs?”
I wonder if that’s true.
Machina was fundamentally different from other spirits. Her very origin was different, so it was only natural. Still, seeing how crazy she was about spirit orbs, she didn’t seem completely different from other spirits.
“Aren’t you going to answer the phone? All the calls coming to your smartphone right now are from Auntie.”
“……I just killed Amaterasu, so I don’t even have the strength to hold my smartphone.”
If I answered the phone now, a barrage of insults and nagging would surely begin. They say time is a medicine. If some time passed, Sung Hari’s anger would lessen, even if just a little.
“Should I answer the phone for you?”
“Tsk.”
I reverse-summoned Machina.
* * *
Yuria and Elena used a space-movement scroll to instantly appear in a deserted alleyway in Kyoto. They climbed onto a building as if it were natural.
“Hoo. This is quite a city to look at. Don’t you think?”
Elena admired Kyoto as she looked around. The traditional Japanese houses especially caught her eye. It was a city that looked great for sightseeing.
“Indeed.”
Yuria’s voice and eyes were emotionless. Elegant and refined traditional houses? What did that have to do with her? Kyoto or whatever, it wasn’t her concern. Yuria just stroked her belly with one hand.
“……I’ve been wondering since earlier, but do you have a stomachache or something?”
“Ah, was I bothering you? My apologies. I was just feeling empty.”
“……Empty?”
“As Elena knows, the Master and I are married. We’re newlyweds. I can’t even remember how many times we had sex while I was pregnant. Of course, I had a baby in my belly. It was 12 weeks along.”
“……I see.”
“Did you marry the Master as well, Elena?”
“……”
“I’ve been rude again. I’m sorry.”
“Has she always been like that?”
“Marriage and pregnancy are significant turning points in life. It’s not strange for my personality to change. Or rather, I’ve become more relaxed. And it’s between Elena and me, isn’t it? There’s no need to be embarrassed.”
Yuria smiled. It was a beautiful smile that radiated motherhood and benevolence. Elena turned her head away, feeling strangely disgusted.
As the head of the Baldert family, as the illusionist of the Empire, she wore her usual relaxed smile. Her lips twitched as if they were convulsing.
“Hmm. I’m a little worried. Your blade hasn’t dulled, has it? It would be troublesome if you held me back.”
“Please don’t worry. I am always ready as the Master’s blade. The Master told me to rest because it’s not good for prenatal care, so I haven’t held a blade for 12 weeks, but my senses wouldn’t have dulled in just that time.”
“You’re annoying.”
“Pardon?”
“It seems like my luck isn’t good today. I’m a very sensitive illusionist.”
“Thanks to you, I’ve gained new knowledge and broadened my horizons. Hmm. I think I’ve talked too much about myself. How have you been, Elena?”
“I’ve been the same as usual.”
“You’ve been the same as usual? I see.”
“……”
Elena started to feel annoyed for some reason, but she desperately suppressed it. The moment she showed her annoyance, she would lose.
‘Wedding… I’m planning it, but I haven’t even set a date.’
The [God’s Atlantis] world was not as peaceful and stable as the world Yuria was in. Because of the special circumstances, the marriage rate was very low. The birth rate was even worse. Elena also had no plans for pregnancy. It was a harsh world for children.
“Do you know what?”
“Hmm?”
“It seems the Master is into collar play these days.”
“Collar? It’s not the dog collar I’m thinking of, is it?”
“As expected, Elena is quick-witted. You can also become the Master’s bitch and go for a naked walk.”
“That’s not happening. I’m a noble.”
“Is that so? I can do anything for the Master… but you can’t, Elena.”
“…I’m a noble, but I can do that much without a problem for Yujin.”
“The Master will be pleased.”
“……”
Elena decided to calm down. She thought she was too excited. There was no need to be impatient, reacting to every word Yuria said. When she regained her composure, they both turned their heads to the left at the same time. There was a blue mountain.
“That’s the place.”
“Yes. Let’s move.”
Even while they were talking, they were using magic to search for Tsukuyomi. And they found Tsukuyomi almost at the same time.
They stood on a tree in the mountains. Below, they could see a shrine. They saw the corpses of the dead and the mind-controlled demons wandering around like zombies.
“It’s mind control. They’re being manipulated.”
“There’s a barrier set up at the shrine. Can you see it?”
Elena slightly shook her staff. Magic settled in her eyes.
“I see it. The space is distorted. It’s a high-level barrier. You managed to notice it.”
“I noticed it because the shadows were slightly distorted when I moved them. The three people lying down inside… they’re probably the Master’s classmates.”
“Their life force is being drained. Are those three sacrifices? Hmm? The man kneeling and dead in front of the shrine seems to have been conducting the ritual… but it seems the woman is the one who received the divine power.”
There was a woman in front of the shrine.
A woman in blood-stained white clothes. A woman with black hair that reached her ankles was looking up at the moon with her arms spread wide. She looked like a stereotypical female ghost.
When Yuria and Elena were summoned, they gained knowledge about this world, or rather, some of the knowledge of this world that Sung Yujin had. Therefore, they knew what that woman was.
“Was it called the Guirak Clan? She’s one of their people.”
“It seems she’s possessed by a guardian spirit due to Tsukuyomi’s influence.”
“A half-god, half-demon. Things seem to have gotten complicated.”
A blue butterfly appeared around Elena. The butterfly flew to Yuria and seeped into her. It was a buff that twisted reality, the same one she had given to Sung Yujin.
“Thank you.”
Yuria’s foot stepped forward. There was nothing below her, so her body fell to the ground. And then she disappeared.
Elena rolled her eyes to check her surroundings. She couldn’t find Yuria.
‘To think I can’t even find her with my eyes… That’s an absurd stealth technique.’
Only after concentrating fully could she find traces of Yuria. Yuria was already inside the barrier.
