Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (WN)

"--What is" blood and life ritual "?"

"For the people of Shdrak, who estimate the high value of pride and promise, it is one of the habits that cannot be ignored.They will tell us more about it. than that. "

Answer only the top of Subaru's question and Abel glances at us slowly.

The Shdrak girl is passing on the message of Abel to her chief, Mizelda, and there are only two of them here: Subaru and Abel.

In other words, there is limited time available for consultation.

"Let me ask you something. You said you were taken prisoner at a position outside the woods. What about the treatment?"

"... shoulder and back wounds are the result.And then I had to do some chores. "

To be precise, miscellaneous and abusive are separate stories, but Subaru answers while being pushed by Abel's intimidation.

Abel narrowed his eyes and looked at Subaru's left hand.

"When I see things that don't touch my fingers, is that something else?Well, the woman I was chasing did it. "

"Ugh... what does that have to do with anything?"

"It proves you're an idiot who cares about a woman who breaks her fingers."

That recognition is not appropriate to describe the relationship between Subaru and Lem.But there was no time or obligation to discuss the details for a long time.

Abel also quickly separated himself from Subaru's left hand state.

Miscellaneous use is something I've seen in my team.Approximate placement? Squeeze out your head and pull it out of your memory. "

"Some tents and the number of people in my squad... Hey, what are you talking about?"

"Don't you see? That's what I know.What you saw... "

Asked early, Abel snorted at Subaru, who stared at him.

But Abel can't answer Subaru's question.Earlier than that, multiple footsteps approached this cage again.

It's Mizelda, who can be pulled by that girl, and her crew...

"I heard from Utakata. You said you were going to receive the Ritual of Blood."

A girl clinging to her feet - a girl called Utakata - put her hand on her head and Mizelda, who had her hair dyed red, stabbed her serious eyes towards the Subaru people.

It was the dominance of Subaru earlier when he stepped on their pride as a warrior, and his comparable satirical gaze.

"Where the hell do you know about the Ritual of Blood and Life?It's supposed to be a ritual that only passes between us, Shdrak. "

"Don't make me laugh, young Shdrak.In this world, do you really think that your legend is unknown to anyone?If there were two humans, the secret would leak.Stop wanting empty pictures when their bond is a single rock. "

――――

"Your precious' blood and life ritual 'is no exception.In fact, I know what it was and what happened in the past. "

Mizelda's gaze became steep, and Abel's mouth responded with more heat.

Not only Mizelda, but also the faces of the Shdrak people around her, were seen in the high-handedness of the story, and Subaru swallowed it in his heart.

Currently, I don't understand the content of Abel's "blood and life ritual", and only Subaru is left behind in the story.However, it is certain that it is an important ritual for Mizelda and that Abel, who despises his thoughts, is not welcome.

So, Subaru said to prevent any further confusion, "Um!"She shouted.

"I'm sorry to be so excited, but could you tell me about the" blood ritual "?Maybe it's none of my business either. "

"... why do you think so?"

"No, the masked bastard just threatened me.I feel like I can sacrifice everything.I couldn't do it, but that was my answer. "

"Well then....."

"I'm the only one who can bet.You overestimate your influence a little bit. "

What a sacrifice, what a remark only a man so powerful was allowed to make.

Unfortunately, Subaru and Abel, who are caught here by the people of Shdrak and have no hands or feet, are not even qualified to make such a grand choice.

So the stakes are on my hand.Currently, only Natsuki Subaru.

"But Abel is right, I have to ask Mizelda and the others to listen.I will repeat what I just said, but let me say it again and again.Worst of all, I need you to let me out to protect my precious things. "

"... I see, Na. Apparently, I qualify for the 'Ritual of Blood Life'."

Mizelda murmured so little at Subaru's appeal to close the story somehow.

Subaru rounded his eyes and Abel slightly rang his throat.But there was one person who overreacted to Mizelda's murmuring.

It was a group surrounding Mizelda, a woman with blue hair dyed next to her.

"Sister, are you serious?I really received these men's stories..... "

"I didn't really take it, Tarita.I just thought it would be a shame to throw it away. "

"Sister...."

A woman called Tarita faces down on Miserda's words, which she called her older sister.

Apparently, they are sisters, and the more they are told, the more impressive the strength of their eyes is, the more they do look alike.

So Mizelda, who had left her sister's words, looked at Subaru again.

"I heard about the Ritual of Blood and Life.It is a ritual that has long been passed down to our Shdrak, that he may recognize himself to his family.It's also called the ritual of maturity. "

"Adult... oh, that's it.But not us..... "

"I am not a people of Shdrak.Everyone knows such things without being told.Don't waste time playing games.What matters is the essence of the ritual. "

Knowing that Shdrak's rituals were meant to be treated as adults, Abel was stunned by confused Subaru.He pulled his cheeks like that, but Subaru understood what he wanted to say.

The essence of maturity rituals is to make the group admit that there is one challenger.In other words, the essence of "blood and life rituals" is -

"A ritual of passage for the Shdraks to listen to each other equally....."

That's what I'm talking about.

Affirming Subaru's thoughts, Abel looks at Miserda in arms.Then Mizelda pulled her chin under her gaze.

"Don't challenge the Ritual of Blood and Life, La Zoe, get ready."

"What happens if we withdraw? Are you telling me you're gonna let us go now?I don't have a worldly and skewed head enough to expect such a convenient story.Neither am I, nor is this Natsuki Subaru. "

Hmm!?

While Subaru is surprised to be embedded in one of the motivated between the two, Abel is not willing to let us through.

While being rubbed at that pace, Subaru said, "What should I do?Mizelda asks me,

"... I'll do it. If there's no other way, I'll have you listen to the ritual.But it's not a ritual that takes days. "

"That's right, Na. We don't want that either. Then bah....."

"Sister, it was La, because Ergina is good, huh?"

Subaru decided to accept the ceremony, and Tarita offered her help to Mizelda to consider the proposal.Mizelda nodded deeply at her sister's suggestion.

"That's it." The Ritual of Blood and Life. "Ha, the greatest difficulty was chosen when it was done."

"The biggest difficulty..."

"- Ergina"

Mizelda repeated the words to Subaru, who swallowed the spit.

And when Utakata heard that, she jumped her shoulders and shrunk, and Shdrak's women were surrounded by some tension.

The warriors' pride in their reaction is too much to inspire Subaru's anxiety.

But...

"Neither I nor you can go back.Are you ready? "

"You seem to be doing great talking on your own.You owe me so much that you can do whatever you want.... "

Thanks to you for giving me a knife, but the exchange here blew away all that deep feeling.Of course, I appreciate that you made room for Subaru's loss and for them to listen.

"As far as I know, no one's busy hiding their faces!"

"It was because of the accident.--disrespectful, but don't deny it. "

When someone with a hidden face appears, the opponent is likely to be a related party.But Abel is thinner than Subaru's father, so he can't come up with another candidate.

Mizelda gave instructions to her fellow countrymen without such a beneficial idea.

"Abel and Natsuki Subaru, I will take you both under Ergina.Prove to me that you can accomplish the "Ritual of Blood and Life!"

So the prison was opened, and Subaru and Abel were taken out.

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Subaru and Abel, who had been taken out of prison, were walked outside the settlement, surrounded by the people of Shdrak, without blindfolding or restraint.

A deep, gloomy forest, like walking around in the dark, Subaru had repeatedly jeopardized his feet, each time being helped by Shdrak around him.

"Oops, I'm sorry. I need your support again...."

"Yo, it's okay. I'm so powerful, I'm totally fine."

That's how a woman dyes her hair yellow over a falling Subaru.

A woman with a soft, plump body shape who speaks and looks soft.It was a rare type of shdrak with a lot of tight and muscular women, but it had a very friendly atmosphere.

"Are you okay with your injury? I took care of it."

"Ah, is this what you did?Oh, it's okay. It still hurts a little, or rather quite a bit, but better. "

"Ahahaha, honest man ~"

That also saves me from an attitude of relaxing laughter.In fact, I was treated for the wound, so it should be said that it was saved in a double sense.

Subaru naturally relaxes herself to a large, gentle woman with such an atmosphere.However, I am very concerned that she has been carrying bony meat in one hand.

"Hmm? You hungry? You want some meat?"

"Oh, no, it's okay. I'm not hungry, but I can't move if I eat it."

"Ahahah, that's right. And when I'm full, I suffer when I die."

"Hahaha....."

She was shredded with bony meat, even in a gentle appearance.

Regardless, the people of Shdrak, who are leading the Subaru there at such a pace, do not feel anything hostile towards us.

Mizelda did, but by the time Subaru and the others decided to accept the "Ritual of Blood," it seemed that the impact of the first failure of negotiations had not been dragged down.

Whatever the outcome of the ritual, their recovery was successful.

In this case, even if the outcome of the ceremony was not good, you may be able to come to the negotiating table again.

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"... don't read my thoughts and thoughts because I'm just looking at people's faces.So are you, but are all the Empires like that? "

"I don't know the cause of your trouble, and I'm not interested in comparing it to anyone.However, Empire humans learn to see each other well in life.There will be a difference with the kingdom. "

"Look closely at the other person....."

Abel, who was with us, had something in his words that Subaru could feel.

That is a lesson to be learned not only by the Imperials, but also by many who do not possess overwhelming force.That's why Subaru can't even pick up a small odds without looking closely at the opponent.

It was a strong and conscious issue in the future.

"Sometimes, don't you think you're gonna run away while you still can?"

Abel whispered to Subaru, thinking like that.

Subaru was astonished at the coldness of the contents.

"Will you please stop making such a strange temptation?I don't have to think about it, but I won't do it. "

"Well, why? Now there's a better escape than when I was in that cell.If we make a hole, we might be able to scratch Shdrak's eyes. "

"Well, I almost ran so recklessly when I was completely out of my mind...."

In Abel's pleasant words, Subaru looks around again.

The darkness of the forest is deep, and Subaru cannot be seen a few meters away.In other words, the direction and distance of the position where Subaru has to return is ambiguous and there is no way to escape.

Besides, all the surrounding Schdraks are much better than Subaru, whose hands have broken down.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm sure you're in love with Ho. Ho, the most beautiful woman in the village."

"Woah, I'm in trouble ~"

Utakata and the woman next door are talking about Subaru's gaze.

The woman who shakes her neck reluctantly blushes her cheeks and is very cute, but there is no gap.I'm sure Subaru was twisted down in an instant as he tried to escape.

Above all...

"What will happen to you if I run away?"

"- I see. That's what you are.Disgusting, bullshit heroic aspirations. "

What do you mean?

Abel said to cut off his gaze and throw it away.

As he said, when he clings, Subaru tries to bite into the hidden side of his mask.However, Mizelda's leading foot stopped before questioning his sincerity.

"Right here."

"I don't see anything here...."

Even if the raised torches illuminate the surroundings, they can be seen within a few meters at most.Subaru only seems to have an unchanged view of the forest.

What the hell is going on here?

"You'll see."

"Nhhhh!?"

Subaru stared into the darkness and fell asleep.His back was pushed by the tarita that was turning behind him, and his foot was cut in the air as he stepped one or two steps.

This is evidence that scaffolding has been lost and that there is no basis to press on.

"This feeling... is it again!?"

Unexpectedly raising his voice, Subaru is blank on the ground - a steep slope, to be precise.Slip your feet on the slope to avoid flipping over.

He ran down the steep slope and somehow breathed under the slope.

"Ah, it's dangerous... and suddenly I can't even get my hands on it!?"

Move! Move!

Barely stopped, there was a strong shock on his back, and he eventually fell to the ground.Looking grudgingly behind, it was Abel who hit Subaru's back.

Apparently, he was pushed up the same steep slope as Subaru.

"From what I've seen, it doesn't look like the bottom of the hole... is this the ritual?"

"Yes, I will. Now, what's next?You said Ergina. "

"Do you have any idea?"

"El, it means big, but.... mmm"

Something is thrown underneath the slope during a conversation between the chased Subaru and Abel.Rolled under Abel's feet, it was a cloth wrap.

In that case, I was peeking into your face from inside the envelope.

"My stuff and your trash."

"My stuff too!"

It was Subaru and Abel's stolen equipment that was thrown in.

Inside, Giltiwip, as well as a knife from Abel, who had been stabbed in the back of Subaru, returned from a tour.

Abel picked up his sword and cloak and wore them quickly.

"But this is why....."

"Wow, look at this! Hang in there!"

A noble voice answered Subaru's question of retrieving his equipment, imitating Abel.It appears that the girl who waved her hands on the slope, Utakata, threw in the gear.

Neither Mizelda nor Tarita spoke out against the Utakata's actions.Does this amount of help prevent the ceremony from proceeding?

And at the same time -

"Ja, I want you to do your best ~"

"Seriously....."

Earlier, the woman who dyed her hair yellow was in a relaxed voice, in a relaxed state, smiling slightly and seeing the big rock blocking the entrance of the slope.

There is no mistake in seeing it, even from the sound of the earth.

Unbelievable power - you know who made that robust instant cage.

When the entrance was closed, the Subaru were dropped in a valley space about twenty meters wide to the left and right.

Contrary to the covered entrance, the darkness is spreading in front of the Subaru, but you should throw away the sweet idea of being let go if you run straight through it.

"Natsuki Subaru, how far do your hands go?"

"Ah? Both hands... as you can see.I can't lift my right hand and I can't hold my left hand tight either.Of course, it's impossible to do detailed work... huh!? "

"Put it on your better finger! We're running out of time."

So Abel threw a ring at Subaru from his belongings.Receiving it quickly, Subaru put the ring on the middle finger of his left hand to his words without saying anything.

Black jewelry embedded ring with a strange sense of intimidation along with a sense of luxury.

"Who is this guy?"

"It's a ring that seals the magic.Put it on before you use it.There's a limit, but I spit out the fire. "

"What? Demon? Lipstick? What the hell..."

"Coming."

Abel pulled out his sword after leaving Subaru behind, unable to keep pace with the pace of deployment.Then he narrowed his eyes, and Subaru took the whip in haste.

So, when the equipment is ready,

"... hey, you gotta be kidding me."

Behind the ramp blocking the exit, Subaru lined up with Abel stunned in front of him.

Slowly crawling through the ground and looking out of the darkness, it was a collection of lustrous green scales that appeared wet and lustrous - serpents.

The Big Snake Demon Beast has already been encountered twice in this dense forest of Badheim.

"No way, Ergina...?"

"─ ─!!"

A breathtaking, perhaps ascertained Subaru's murmur.

The serpent opened its mouth and raised a loud roar as if it affirmed it.Subaru hardens himself by exposing himself to the fierce wind pressure.

The Ergina-Serpent, and the Ritual of Blood and Life, hit the most difficult problem.

If so, the walls that Subaru and Abel have to break through this time...

"Come on, fight me, prove yourself a warrior!Shdrak's hunting eyes are in sight! "

"Ahhh! I knew it!!"

On the cliff, Mizelda's mighty voice echoes to Subaru, who faces the Beast under his eyes, and then other Shdraks' "Wow!" high and high voice echoes.

Watched by a voice that neither cheered nor cheered, the serpent stood up.

"--Coming, Natsuki Subaru!"

"I can see it! Shit, I've been trying it all this time!"

With the momentum to crush Subaru's mourning, the serpent waved, and the "ritual of blood and life" began.

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― ― Elgina, a beast that lives in the dense forest of Badheim.

In Abel's story, Elle means' big ', so the word snake probably depends on the part of Gina.

Or perhaps it is the unique name of the people of Shdrak.

Either way, it is too late to verify it and contribute to the history of cultural anthropology.

"For now, dealing with the enemy in front of you is our priority!"

A giant serpent that opens its mouth and leaps out its sharp teeth.Its length is more than ten meters, and it looks like a willful tree is running wild in the forest.

His torso is as thick as many logs, and the momentum of the swinging tail is powerful enough to be seriously injured just by scooping.

As usual, beasts are meant to kill humans physically.

"Bear..."

Subaru bites his back teeth, calling out the name of his partner, who is not there.

When confronted with an emergency situation, Subaru has made it his best to entrust his partner Beatrice's judgment and responsiveness to him sooner than he thought.

In the present situation, it appears as Subaru's own lack of coping power.

"First...."

"Play if you're stunned!"

Shortly after you blew your face, the back of Subaru's head is grasped by his hair with anger.He kept screaming, and the upside-down Subaru was dragged down.

Above the fallen Subaru, the snake's fangs are relentlessly closed, a loud sound is made, and the atmosphere is chewed to death.At the same time, the wind and smoke that erupted blew up the earth.

Uh-oh...

Pushed by the intense blast, Subaru rolls on the ground without any manipulation.But you can't roll forever.It is a fool's job to pick up nine deaths and keep them.

Standing up with momentum, trying to get away from the serpent,

"Don't make me say it again, fool. Breathe."

Ugo

Svalbard is twisted down on the soil as his head is squeezed down.It seemed that Abel, who was also painted with earth smoke, wrapped Subaru in his cape.

Nevertheless, it's a cloak that's not that big.There was no denying the lack of size, and Subaru was horseback riding by Abel.

"Hmm, what... yeah, 'Hidden'!"

"That's right. If you hold your breath, he won't find us soon.... and I'm unlucky. If the "blood and life ritual" is other than an arm's length test, what have you seen? "

Abel's eyes mixed with anger and remorse as he heard signs of a serpent in the near future.

That said, Subaru understood his thoughts painfully.

Apparently, the content of the "Blood Life Ritual" is different every time.

There must have been some other way to fight the Beast.However, Subaru and Abel were thrown into battle to prove a warrior against the serpent.

"My hands are out of order, Abel's swordsmanship is second-rate... shitty."

"It's second-class.As it stands, you can't even pull my legs. "

"I still have a mouth to say back... yes, just now."

Subaru raised his left hand and showed him the ring of his middle finger as he gazed into the smoke.

It's a ring that Abel threw at me for lack of explanation.He said something he didn't know about lipstick and fire, but...

"How do I use it?"

"I told you. Put your tongue on the jewel and make it the owner.And then there's magic. "

"What a ring like Lanove's weapon...!"

Seeing the ring half-heartedly, Subaru looks at the explanation.Abel watches the movement of the snake beyond the smoke blast, leaving aside the impression of Subaru.

He can't hide his sense of urgency in the face of a real threat, even if he can afford it in prison.With a deep breath, Abel grasped the handle of the sword.

"Even if we get close, it's not safe to pierce that scale.The unscaled area… the eyes, mouth, or thin area of the scale will have to be targeted before an attack can pass. "

"You have to make a gap for that.Do something.... "

"You make that gap.For what, just you and me? "

"I was going to tell you, but it's so annoying that people are telling me to be a cheater...!"

Nevertheless, it is the only way to share the role in terms of the contents and physical condition of the equipment.

Subaru supports and Abel is familiar with the role of offence.As always, Natsuki Subaru is only available as an assistant.

"As it stands, the Beast has lost sight of us.Attract his attention with the flames of the ring. Close that gap. "

Ah, I see...

Using resources first and aiming for maximum effect is the basics of battle.

Coincidentally, use the Smoke Screen created by the Beast to defeat enemies using the environment.

Subaru felt very uncomfortable when he thought about it.

The identity of the discomfort is the beast "Elgina".

Because of the magnitude of the beast in the shape of a serpent, it has a sense of size equivalent to that of Anaconda, but the threat is higher than that of Anaconda because it actively targets humans.

And if the opponent is a snake-shaped demon beast, and the ecology is close to a snake,

― ―

At the moment of battle, Subaru unconsciously pressed his lips against the ring.Then he stretched the ring over his head and turned towards Abel's gaze at the smoke.

Subaru opened his lips faster than Abel questioned the behavior.

"--Gore"

In an instant, a flame burst out on the nose of a snake that broke through the smoke and targeted Subaru and the others.

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--It is called the pit organ, which is the thermal sensing organ of a snake.

Snakes that inhabit forests, rock shade, and are often nocturnal in nature have pit organs to know where their prey is even in the dark.It allows snakes to quickly capture and prey on prey in the dark by detecting its temperature.

The application of this principle is a substitute for what is called thermography, but the snake is a natural assassin in the dark.

And, damn it, the serpent had pit organs.

"─ ─ ─"

A snake sneaked up and was intercepted at the moment of attack.Abel was instantly slashed when a snake jumped up his face screaming at the firepower burning his nose.

It seemed that Abel's sword, the most penetrating spike, approached the snake's throat, and the sharp blade deeply shaped the scale of the beast.

"Kh...!"

Abel moans and his right arm is hit by the shock.

When the tip was shallowly pierced into the scale, the sword was prevented from penetrating any further.I can't say I was in good shape, but it was definitely a blow to my body.

It didn't go through.

"Whoops!!"

Looking back at Abel, a fireball collides on the side of the beast that tried to launch a chase.

The red light bursts with the hot wind, burning the moist air in the dense forest, but the damage to the snake is insignificant.When the beast licked his burnt cheeks with his long tongue, his yellow eyes turned towards Subaru, and he opened his mouth and roared.

"Shit!"

It's only been about thirty seconds since the battle started.

However, in just that amount of time, I found that Subaru and Abel had no chance of winning.Abel's sword cannot break through the scale, and the handicraftsmanship of the disabled Subaru is also incompatible.

Originally, it was Subaru's limit that the overwhelming violence had no chance of winning.

"Goa, goa, goa! Layer it up, goa!!"

Subaru waves his left hand toward the jumping serpent and shoots magic at the dark clouds.

With each shot of light, the ring flame breaks off the Beast, breaks down the cliffs of the battlefield in the valley, and temporarily divides Subaru and the Beast.

"Hey, Mizelda! This is..."

Subaru, who tried to complain quite tightly, took a breath.

Above their heads, the people of Shdrak watching over the struggles of the Subaru - all of them - were following their bows and targeting the Subaru.

――――

The people of Shdrak were blurring their expression and staring ruthlessly at their prey.

It was Mizelda, Tarita, that gentle woman with yellow hair, and Utakata, all without exception, staring coldly at Subaru and the others.

─ ─

"It's a ritual we started once.There is no escape from the Ritual of Blood and Life.If you don't defeat it, your wish will not come true, and even your life will not be picked up. "

Abel tells the frozen Subaru in Shdrak's cold eyes.

This is the difference between life and death that was flown to Volakia and felt many times from the empire's position to this point.--They can smile at each other and kill each other in a second.

When I looked at Utakata, I realized that it was a view of life and death that I had soaked from a young age.

There is no point in asking whether or not the concept of life and death is here.

This is not a place where we are required to confront each other's claims and argue with each other.

All you need to do is follow their rules and win the Blood Ritual.

"The scales on the torso don't come off.If you can't penetrate the heart, do you aim for the brain from your eyes and mouth? "

"The weakness of the brain is a common weakness of the organism... but maybe it's also difficult.Then the conditions for our victory are a little higher. "

"― Up"

I imagine it will be difficult to inflict fatal wounds and win.

Then there is no other way to win but a fatal wound.If this was the Wicked Beast's nest, it might have made sense to take the egg of the serpent hostage and surrender, but it wasn't.

Then we can only target the common weaknesses of the Witch Beast.

"When the horn is broken, the beast submits to the broken opponent. - That's the only way."

"What's the solution?"

"As suggested earlier. I'm a suspicious masked man."

"Suspicious? Noble masked men are the only ones here."

Interacting with Abel, Subaru took a deep breath and exhaled.

The conditions for victory were shared and the work to be done was consolidated.

Behind them and above them, under the frozen gaze of the people of Shdrak, the Subaru confront the serpent whose forest is ours to prove the warrior.

I don't think a warrior's proof suits me, and I don't want it to.

"If I can't get to you without it, I'll get it."

― ― Subaru stepped out strongly thinking of the lem that had been left behind in the Imperial Soldier's position.

"─ ─ ─"

Breaking through the smoke, a big snake with a big mouth comes in.

In front of the serpent, Subaru protruded his left hand.Looking at it, the yellow eyes of the serpent became alert, closed his mouth and shifted his head sideways.

The lowest flames did not do much damage, but they were able to draw the snake's aversion to the point where they refused to hit.

The vigilance became a vendetta.Now, there is no ring in Subaru's left hand.

"Your left hand is not on your side, it's on top of it!"

That said, the tip of the whip was thrown from Subaru's left hand.

Master Klind taught me a trick so that I could handle it almost unchanged, right or left.Use your left hand, which moves properly even with two fingers, more severely than your right hand, which does not rise above your shoulders.

The tip of the whip was not, of course, the scales of the snake, but the thick branches of dense forest above its head.The whip is wrapped around it, and Subaru's body jumps up momentum.

─!

After a vigorously jumping Subaru, the jaw of a stretched snake approaches.

If he hadn't folded his knees quickly, Subaru's body would have been caught by closed fangs and his legs would have been ripped from below.

"--Oneechan! That guy, run away!!"

Yea...

Tarita screamed as she saw Subaru swirling over the valley, which had risen sharply and become a battlefield.Mizelda lowered the bow to the Subaru with her hand.

And when Mizelda shines her green eyes,

"Don't run away, don't fight!!"

With Mizelda's sight and whip, Subaru spins around the sky.

While drawing a swinging trajectory like an attraction flying around the amusement park sky, Subaru aimed at the edge of the cliff with his right hand ring.

"Oooooooooo!!"

It was more a cry than a chant.

Then a flame overflowing from the right hand of the loud Subaru burned to the edge of the cliff, to the valley, to burn the valley with an incredible fire.

"Ukyaaaaahhhh!?"

"Wow! Utakata, watch out!"

"Ah, sister! sister!Are you sure?! "

Seeing the burning valleys, Shdraks watching the battlefield begin to make noise.

Utakata and a yellow-haired girl hugged her and asked her sister for permission to shoot through the Subaru.But Mizelda, whose eyes shine, is unaware of the complaint.

However, he was holding his fist tightly and nailing his eyes.

"Good zo, good zo, funny zo!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!!"

Mizelda's applause overlapped with Subaru's last cry before he ran out of breath.

In response to the last fart of barking, the flaming ring light vanished, and the fireball that was ejected collapsed part of the cliff and the serpent fell to avoid falling rocks.

But...

――――

A tortuous and falling serpent understands that there is no escape around him.

Fire already burns in the valley to the fallen trees, and sparkling flames do not even need the light of a pine.

Above all, this vastly scattered flame...

"Mostly, how do you watch the fever?--That's not going to work anymore "

He hid himself in the cloak of "Hidden" and let the serpent lose sight of Abel as he jumped.

"─ ─!!"

The snake suddenly glows its eyes at dangerous signs.However, there is a subaru above his head, thermal sensing is caused by flames, and Abel's appearance is transparent.

All I could do was jump from the spot onto a path with little fire.

And it's the false escape route that Subaru made while scattering the flames -

"Haaaaaaaa!!"

At that moment, Abel jumped off the cliff and hit the head of the serpent that jumped into the escape route.

A swinging sword draws an arc, and silver flashes toward the twisted corner of the snake's head.It enters diagonally into the center of the corner and needs to be mutilated at once.

"─ ─ ─"

The horns were slashed and the beast was about to lose its ego.

As the serpent barks, he twists his head in the final agony and tries to escape the sword.But bad foot scratching is bad foot scratching. Such misery will not come to pass.

--If it was a warrior blow.

Gah...

The sword flashed in the twisted head, and Abel's blow stopped in the middle of the corner.As it stood, Abel was caught in the tail that was ripped off before putting more effort into his arm and restarting the blow.

Rubbed by the impact, Abel's thin body is blown straight to the side.Without receiving, Abel's body rolled through a valley wrapped in fire, coughing blood out of his throat.

"Kafu... I'm soaked...!You can't play like that.... "

As he crawled over the soil, the serpent turned to Abel, who spit blood.

Once in a thousand years, the opportunity to reverse drove his eyes to ferocity and approached Abel as the serpent slipped.Abel couldn't stand up when he was struck and couldn't afford to go all the way to Hidden.

A big mouth was opened, and a serpent-like swallow approached Abel.

Having seen it, I no longer had time to think.

"I'm going back to death..."

It's been a long time since I've talked like that.

But for Subaru, who experienced his own footsteps in the Book of the Dead in the Prades Watchtower, the experience of trying to attract the Beast was as clear as the other day.

That's why I can say that I've come up with this hand in a moment.

"Gh, gah..."

When color fades out of the world, the sound disappears, and you don't even feel the flow of air, it's the black shadow that overflows into the still world that comes under Subaru instead.

It is homogeneous to that enormous amount of black shadow that cleared the Test, lost Shaura, and pushed under the beaten Subaru -

I love you.

"... oh, it's an octopus in my ear"

In a short word, Subaru agrees.

Shortly afterwards, a shock like a ruptured eyeball destroys the Subaru, rather than a sharp pain like being crushed from your fingertips and your vision dyed red by a sliding palm.

Unaccustomed pain and a sense of obsession and despair that does not predict the end.

But eventually, if it stays away...

"Look at me!!"

"─ ─!!"

Shortly after the color, sound and smell returned to the world, Subaru shouted so forcefully.

With the regression of its existence, the big serpent that felt the swelling spirit turned around.Not the weak masked man in front of you, ready to kill, but the energetic and stinking Subaru above your head.

"I begged you!"

Subaru was wearing a ring on his right hand the moment he met the turning serpent.

From there, the whip is released at once, and Subaru's body draws a parabola and flies to the serpent.--I had to have him turn around to get it to his head.

That's why I confessed "Back to Death."It's a little too much to keep Abel from dying.

And then...

"Ah, ahhhhhhh!!"

He put his foot on the upper jaw of the serpent and flew forward in an unusual way.

In front of him, there was a white corner filled with a blade until the middle of it, a sword that would cut the corner in one more step, and Subaru turned his body to the head and knocked his right fist into his body.

Of course, I don't think this thick Horn of the Beast will be severed by just a Subaru punch.

But that's not just boxing.--One shot per Magic Stone with magic.

――――

The jewelry of the ring that collided with the handle cracked and red light leaked.

At that moment, the leaking red light swelled up and exploded around Subaru's right arm and the corner of the serpent's head, wiping out all sight and sound.

"What?"

As you circle around, Subaru falls to the ground in rotation and rolls twice or three times.

I struck my whole body hard, but I don't know as much about the damage it caused.However, I can't see what kind of state my right body is in because it is so hot that it burns.

――――

Your body on your back is cramping, spilling yellow stomach fluid from the edge of your mouth, and the fallen Subaru feels the sound of the ground.

It was a fallen tremor of a serpent that fell right next to Subaru, and Subaru, one of my most important things, did not realize that he was dying.

But...

"--Natsuki Subaru! Hey, Natsuki Subaru!Get up! Get up now! "

Someone who rushed violently to Subaru in a state where consciousness was no longer connected with even a thousand pieces of thread shook his body.

I don't know where I grab it and shake it, but it shakes anyway.A burning fever broke out and a loud voice was spilled, and Subaru drained the liquid through a hole in his face.

I can't think of anything anymore.

I want you to let go of your awareness right now.Pain, heat, thirst and suffering, and all the bad words that exist in this world are swirling in my head.

"Stand up, you have something to say!What are you gonna do with a woman named Lem? "

"A-ah"

"Speak from your mouth! I can't tell you what you want!"

A strong, hot appeal is forced into your ears, and your body is caught up in it.It was triggered even though I didn't know which side of my head or leg was above it.

I can't lift my body. Maybe the upper body just managed to wake up.

"Listen, people of Shdrak! You're right!Fulfilling the Ritual of Blood Life, we have proven ourselves to be warriors!Then you, my fellow countrymen, will have something to do! "

"Ah, Mizelda, the chief of Shdrak, is watching!Warrior Yo, my brothers Yo! What are you looking at?What are you screaming for? "

Immediately beside you, the voice from above resonates in your head.

As if your brain's defenses were gone, your voice sounds as if it's gone. Even though you don't know what they mean, your shoulders are shaken, your head is shaken, and your soul is shaken.

Answer me, Natsuki Subaru. Tell me what you want.Squeeze everything out of you. "

─ ─

"Draw what you want behind your closed eyelids.Nothing is given to those who cannot speak of their desires.--There's no food for lazy pigs! "

Imagine what you want behind closed eyelids.

I see a silver-haired girl. You can see a young girl with cream hair, a girl with peach hair, a grey-haired youth, a blonde boy, and many other faces.

----I 'm glad that a girl with blue hair is among them.

"Beep, beep..."

"What!!"

"Ok, scratch...."

――――

While savouring the feeling of peeling off, Subaru's lips are spinning.As soon as I did that, I grabbed my shoulder, probably the shoulder part, and grabbed my hand.

And the LORD of voice quietly nodded, "Ah."

"Hear that, people of Shdrak?This is the wish of our new compatriots.I bet you proved it by risking your life.If only I could see what I want! "

"Everyone says so. --We are proud and courageous."

――――

Slowly, your body relaxes and your consciousness drifts away.

Even the voice that tried to stop it by force won't try to do it again.Slowly, slowly, slowly, away...

"- You have fulfilled your duty.Leave her to me. "

At the end of the day, I didn't know what it meant, but I felt like I could only hear a reliable voice.

I felt it.