Sairin Yuusha no Fukushuu Hanashi

Episode XVII: Those Who Supported the Back of Heroes

- It's falling.

Down, down, down, down.

No matter what means you take, you cannot resist the fall.

It just falls.

The light that was visible overhead disappeared, and now everything in sight is covered in darkness.

I don't feel warmth or cold.

I am in the true darkness.

I don't know how much I screamed.

To the point of spitting blood, I spoke of hatred.

Now, I can't even hear myself screaming.

- It's falling.

Unexpectedly, darkness cleared.

Close your eyes to the glare.

It was' the world 'that got into my sight.

Above is a cloudy sky, as if gray and purple had mixed.

There was light here for some reason when I said there was no sun, no moon, no stars.

If you look around you as you fall, you can see nature, such as forests and rivers, in the distance.

――――

When I stared, I saw something far beyond unnatural.

Things like purple, dull, glowing crystals stick out of the ground.

To say you can still see it from here is quite a size.

It was when I tried to gaze.

――――

In my ear, I heard voices.

I heard it in my dream, that voice.

――――

I still can't hear what you're saying.

The noise isn't hanging like before, it's as unclear as the other person is talking in the water.

"Are you Melt?"

Even if I don't know what you're talking about, I know who's talking to me. Come on.

――――

An unclear voice, but I felt like I nodded.

When I wondered if The Testimony of the Brave shined, the light enveloped my body.

"What?"

I don't get a response.

Gradually, I have the feeling that someone who was in my ear is going away.

Just one last thing.

- Don't give up.

I thought I heard that voice.

- I was slapped to the ground, keeping the momentum of the fall.

No more shock, no more pain.

I don't know what the principle is, there was supposed to be no impact of the fall.

... I don't care about that.

I'm kind of guessing where this is.

- Underworld.

On my journey so far, I heard my name more than once.

A paradise that can only be visited by humans who have received a full death.

If you look at the cloudy skies and the surroundings, it doesn't seem like such a good place though.

Hands on dry ground and stand up slowly.

The wounds I sustained, where I am now, didn't matter.

"... you betrayed me"

Look up at the sky.

"You betrayed me, Hardyaah!!"

He killed Elfi.

Previously, he was turning his hands around in the back.

Only to take advantage of us, he came close.

This is the result.

"I'll kill you! Whatever means you use, whatever sacrifice you make!! I will make you pay all the price!! Absolutely!!"

I'll make you regret not killing me on that spot.

I don't know if it's God, but that doesn't matter.

Break those wings, crawl them to the ground, make them regret using us from the bottom of their hearts.

Elphi's, for.

So we'll start by exploring how to get back to the original world from here.

Yes, it was time to think about it.

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Soon, I was surrounded.

It was the Demons who were around.

... No, it's not.

Demonic, human, subhuman.

Every race was staring at me with their vain eyes.

But the magic you can feel is not normal.

The magic emanating from these bodies is cloudy as if you had mixed people, demons, subhumans, demons, and all things.

If you look closely, you can also see abnormalities from your body.

Some have a human body, while the arms have demonic objects, and the head has dragon species that stick to it.

Some had on them flesh chunks that could not be taken as Demons, right arms as Humans, left arms as Subhumans, and heads as Demons or Subhumans.

That kind of race, it can't be done with the word.

There was a mixture of magic and flesh, unusual beings surrounding the perimeter.

"... what, you guys"

What came back was the inexplicable groaning of intelligence.

They've arrived, as if to signal it.

"-"

Pull out the sword and intercept.

But...

"Huh."

The moment I took the blow, I was blown away.

They rose up and pursued him, but they took the flesh of their shoulders only by plundering.

"Ah, heh."

Each one, too strong.

Use [Hero Reproduction] to slash and lay down the people who came by, but it's as if the momentum doesn't diminish.

They crush their fallen companions and attack us first.

Using a ghost sword doesn't hold the momentum.

"Gah."

It gradually fails to prevent them from attacking and starts to scratch.

The depletion in the battle with Orteguia and the others is pulling back.

Gradually, mindset magic is solved.

"Shit!"

I try to escape up there, but they catch me on the ankle and beat me to the ground.

I wave my sword as I lay low, slashing off their ankles.

My fist slapped into my brain, even as I stood up to get rid of falling in.

Vision shakes.

I'm losing strength in my hands and feet.

"Shit, shit!!"

I wave my sword at the mercy of my strength, but it strikes me next.

What the hell, these guys?

Each and every one of them is comparable to the elite of the devil clan.

Plus, there's too many.

I can't handle it right now.

"El...... ugh"

Shit, what am I talking about?

He's gone.

The guy who can keep his back, no more.

Since when?

Thus, fighting alone is.

――――

Mindset magic, completely solved.

It didn't even buy me time to relay the slow coming attack with a soft sword.

"Shit, shit..."

Is this where you're going to die?

They use you to be good to Hardia and kill you like garbage scraps in here?

"Elfi -"

They're gonna jump on me when I'm down.

- Don't give up.

That voice passed the back of my brain.

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Shortly afterwards, a white flash ran in front of him.

The people in front of them are swallowed by flashes and their bodies are amputated.

The flash does not once, it slashes and lays down the people who were around me over and over again.

"-"

From behind, feel a dark magical reaction and reflexively avoid to the side.

The flames of the Red Lotus came through where I was earlier.

The flame swallows them relentlessly and returns them to ashes.

The flames increased in scale each time, and the surrounding part, the people around them, burned unnecessarily.

"Here! Now he would have gone for it too!?"

I heard voices.

"Ha. If I'm going to die now, there's no point in helping me here."

It was the voice of a man and a woman.

"If you can kill me like this in the first place, I'm not here."

Flashes and flames rush.

All those people who were there instantly diminish their numbers.

Eventually they realized the disadvantage and disappeared somewhere so that the waves would pull.

Face up.

On a nearby cliff, there were two shadows.

One was a red-haired man.

He wears a black robe and holds a large cane in his hand.

One was a blonde.

He covers his body with a white cloth and holds a sword in his hand.

"- Hey, stand up, you fucking brave man. How long have you been looking at me like that? No way, you've already broken my heart?

"- Please stand. We haven't lost yet."

A voice that makes me angry and a voice that almost makes me cry zero.

"Let Me Use Me To Kill That Fucking God, Amatsu"

That's what Lewsas Gilburne said to throw up,

"Come on, Mr. Itsuki. - We're starting to fight back."

Lucifina Emilior said that with a smile.