CH 458
I have never seen Sarge fall from the sky before, so I headed for the entrance of the town with a bad feeling.
I arrived at the scene just as a suspicious creature entered from the gate, and I couldn’t believe my eyes at the sight below.
“No way!?”
Below me, I saw a medium-sized Sarge, Fath-san, and Eagle-san lying helplessly. Judging by the blood everywhere, they must have been hit by a man or woman standing nearby.
“It’s Lars!”
“Jack, and Urka! …… What’s with the strange creatures?”
“Oh, it’s a dragon cat …… that I collaborated with his skill to make!”
“Never mind that, Lars, Fath-san and the others are down, but what’s going on?”
Urka stopped Jack from saying anything that would make him feel better and brought the conversation back to the point.
“I just got here, so I don’t know yet. But, I’m pretty sure they’re the enemy! !”
“Oh!”
“Urka, Jack-dono, go after them …… I have a feeling that they aren’t ordinary.”
I shoot a spell at the man stomping on Fath-san’s head and pull out my Sargeblade to slash at him. But the silver-haired woman blocks my way and opens her mouth.
“You’re the one earlier, I’ll [Reject] you.”
“This is …… Ugh ……!?”
“Nyaan.”
The fireball is deflected to the side by her right hand, and the moment the tip of the sword touches her, her left-hand pushes it backwards and I’m blown away largely. I thought I was going to crash into the wall, but at that moment, the dragon cat’s paw pads acted as cushions, absorbing the damage and allowing me to land without difficulty.
“Are you okay, Lars?”
“Yeah, I’m fine, Jack. Anyway, did that woman just use [Reject]?”
“Lars-dono, I have a bad feeling about this. Don’t let your guard down.”
“It looks like it …… Wait, a skeleton is talking, who are you?”
“Oh, I am Shingo Ogure, the skeleton who was with Urka. But I’m now your companion.”
“You talk like a samurai, don’t you?”
“Oh, you know what’s a samurai!?”
The skeleton were astonished, and I thought I had said too much, so I turned to the pair and opened my mouth.
“…… Are you Kemuda and Sherida? But you both should be lying tied up. What’s going on?”
“I’ve shed my skin, that’s all. I’m not going to be able to get rid of this pent-up anger without tearing you all to pieces ……!”
“Fufufu, where is that little girl? I’ve already beaten this master back, as you can see. Get her out of here …… I’ll crush her to a pulp in front of this master ……”
“……”
This means that Fath-san is still alive, Sarge won’t die easily, and Eagle-san is still moving his fingers.
But Eagle-san is worthless to them and will probably try to kill him or take him hostage. It’s only a matter of time, and I told to Jack.
“Can that dragon cat attack or anything?”
“No, it can probably only play around at us.”
“Then–“
I whispered a request to Jack and the others, and stepped forward to open my mouth.
“I’m going to have you to give Fath-san and Eagle-san back.”
“Can you do that? I’ll show you the true form of [Greed] and–.”
“!”
The man pointed his hand at me to use a skill, so I checked him with magic, kept low, and ran into him.
“I’ll absorb that! What!?.”
“Ugh, oh no ……!?”
I use the Fire Arrow as a distraction and use a short transfer to appear between the two of them, kicking the man away and sending the woman farther away with a close range hydro stream.
“‘Get your filthy legs off me!”
“You …… k–“
“Nyaan♪!”
“Wha ……!?”
As she was about to reject the hydro stream, the dragon cat jumped on her and she quickly turned her free hand towards it but she was crushed.
“Chestooooo!”
“Damn you, you skeleton with nothing to take ……!”
The man slashes at the skeleton and defends himself with a lance he picked up. Rather than that, Shingo, right? He’s really moving like a samurai!?
“Oh well, it’s helpful, after all! ! Urka, Jack get Fath-san and the others! Sarge, wake up!”
She was badly injured, so I healed her first, and then immediately went to Sarge. I’ve never seen this guy with the whites of his eyes before, and I slam my fist as hard as I can between his eyes.
“You’re awake, looks like you’ve been hit hard.”
“They’re in the middle of something right now …… I guess it’s not going to be that easy.”
“Nyaan!?”
At the same time as Sarge gets up, I can see the dragon cat soaring high in the sky, and the woman’s [Reject] forces Shingo to back off.
“How impertinent.”
“Let’s get rid of them as soon as possible. We must join forces with Akzeryus and overrun this city.”
The man and a woman smiling at each other in a relaxed manner. If they mentioned the name of Akzeryus, then they must be Kemuda and Sherida.
But when I heard Kemuda’s name and the feather on his back, I was sure of one thing. Then Sarge talked to me over my head.
“It also absorbs magic, so I guess we’ll just have to go at it with swords ……”
“I think I’ll get my skeleton out too, maybe that’ll take out the guy over there.”
“The woman is tricky, do you want me to be bait? Can’t I use my transfer magic to slash her from behind?”
Jack seems to understand Sherida’s characteristics and makes a suggestion, and I nod. But before I do that, I’m going to ask these guys some questions.
“Am I right that you guys are Kemuda and Sherida?”
“Hmm? What are you talking about now? So, you suspect that we are different beings because we are separated? I’m Kemuda.”
“Yes, I’m Sherida. Can I have that woman back, and I’ll have to find the little girl too …… dead?”
The two men said their names as if they were telling me something.
But I tell them a name that I know.
“…… Are you sure? That peacock feather ……, aren’t you ‘Adramelech’? And you, Sherida, are ‘Lucifugus’.”
(T/N: Adrammelech is an ancient Semitic god mentioned briefly by name in the Book of Kings. Lucifuge Rofocale (Latin: Lucifugus Rofocalus), according to the Grand Grimoire, is the demon in charge of Hell’s government and treasury by order of Lucifer. )
“!?”
“!!”
As I say this, the two men’s eyes clearly change color and their hair stands on end. They seemed to be astonished, but the murderous energy directed at me was different from before, and it made it hard for me to breathe.
“Looks like I’m right ……!!”
“You! Why do you know that name!? No one but the Lord Founder knows about this!!”
“O-Oohhhhhhhh …… N-Not good, my figure, my beautiful figure!”
The two of them immediately began to change into different forms. And then–
“!!”
“Sephiro!?”
Sephiro jumps out of my pocket and activates the [Solar Striker].
I arrived at the scene just as a suspicious creature entered from the gate, and I couldn’t believe my eyes at the sight below.
“No way!?”
Below me, I saw a medium-sized Sarge, Fath-san, and Eagle-san lying helplessly. Judging by the blood everywhere, they must have been hit by a man or woman standing nearby.
“It’s Lars!”
“Jack, and Urka! …… What’s with the strange creatures?”
“Oh, it’s a dragon cat …… that I collaborated with his skill to make!”
“Never mind that, Lars, Fath-san and the others are down, but what’s going on?”
Urka stopped Jack from saying anything that would make him feel better and brought the conversation back to the point.
“I just got here, so I don’t know yet. But, I’m pretty sure they’re the enemy! !”
“Oh!”
“Urka, Jack-dono, go after them …… I have a feeling that they aren’t ordinary.”
I shoot a spell at the man stomping on Fath-san’s head and pull out my Sargeblade to slash at him. But the silver-haired woman blocks my way and opens her mouth.
“You’re the one earlier, I’ll [Reject] you.”
“This is …… Ugh ……!?”
“Nyaan.”
The fireball is deflected to the side by her right hand, and the moment the tip of the sword touches her, her left-hand pushes it backwards and I’m blown away largely. I thought I was going to crash into the wall, but at that moment, the dragon cat’s paw pads acted as cushions, absorbing the damage and allowing me to land without difficulty.
“Are you okay, Lars?”
“Yeah, I’m fine, Jack. Anyway, did that woman just use [Reject]?”
“Lars-dono, I have a bad feeling about this. Don’t let your guard down.”
“It looks like it …… Wait, a skeleton is talking, who are you?”
“Oh, I am Shingo Ogure, the skeleton who was with Urka. But I’m now your companion.”
“You talk like a samurai, don’t you?”
“Oh, you know what’s a samurai!?”
The skeleton were astonished, and I thought I had said too much, so I turned to the pair and opened my mouth.
“…… Are you Kemuda and Sherida? But you both should be lying tied up. What’s going on?”
“I’ve shed my skin, that’s all. I’m not going to be able to get rid of this pent-up anger without tearing you all to pieces ……!”
“Fufufu, where is that little girl? I’ve already beaten this master back, as you can see. Get her out of here …… I’ll crush her to a pulp in front of this master ……”
“……”
This means that Fath-san is still alive, Sarge won’t die easily, and Eagle-san is still moving his fingers.
But Eagle-san is worthless to them and will probably try to kill him or take him hostage. It’s only a matter of time, and I told to Jack.
“Can that dragon cat attack or anything?”
“No, it can probably only play around at us.”
“Then–“
I whispered a request to Jack and the others, and stepped forward to open my mouth.
“I’m going to have you to give Fath-san and Eagle-san back.”
“Can you do that? I’ll show you the true form of [Greed] and–.”
“!”
The man pointed his hand at me to use a skill, so I checked him with magic, kept low, and ran into him.
“I’ll absorb that! What!?.”
“Ugh, oh no ……!?”
I use the Fire Arrow as a distraction and use a short transfer to appear between the two of them, kicking the man away and sending the woman farther away with a close range hydro stream.
“‘Get your filthy legs off me!”
“You …… k–“
“Nyaan♪!”
“Wha ……!?”
As she was about to reject the hydro stream, the dragon cat jumped on her and she quickly turned her free hand towards it but she was crushed.
“Chestooooo!”
“Damn you, you skeleton with nothing to take ……!”
The man slashes at the skeleton and defends himself with a lance he picked up. Rather than that, Shingo, right? He’s really moving like a samurai!?
“Oh well, it’s helpful, after all! ! Urka, Jack get Fath-san and the others! Sarge, wake up!”
She was badly injured, so I healed her first, and then immediately went to Sarge. I’ve never seen this guy with the whites of his eyes before, and I slam my fist as hard as I can between his eyes.
“You’re awake, looks like you’ve been hit hard.”
“They’re in the middle of something right now …… I guess it’s not going to be that easy.”
“Nyaan!?”
At the same time as Sarge gets up, I can see the dragon cat soaring high in the sky, and the woman’s [Reject] forces Shingo to back off.
“How impertinent.”
“Let’s get rid of them as soon as possible. We must join forces with Akzeryus and overrun this city.”
The man and a woman smiling at each other in a relaxed manner. If they mentioned the name of Akzeryus, then they must be Kemuda and Sherida.
But when I heard Kemuda’s name and the feather on his back, I was sure of one thing. Then Sarge talked to me over my head.
“It also absorbs magic, so I guess we’ll just have to go at it with swords ……”
“I think I’ll get my skeleton out too, maybe that’ll take out the guy over there.”
“The woman is tricky, do you want me to be bait? Can’t I use my transfer magic to slash her from behind?”
Jack seems to understand Sherida’s characteristics and makes a suggestion, and I nod. But before I do that, I’m going to ask these guys some questions.
“Am I right that you guys are Kemuda and Sherida?”
“Hmm? What are you talking about now? So, you suspect that we are different beings because we are separated? I’m Kemuda.”
“Yes, I’m Sherida. Can I have that woman back, and I’ll have to find the little girl too …… dead?”
The two men said their names as if they were telling me something.
But I tell them a name that I know.
“…… Are you sure? That peacock feather ……, aren’t you ‘Adramelech’? And you, Sherida, are ‘Lucifugus’.”
(T/N: Adrammelech is an ancient Semitic god mentioned briefly by name in the Book of Kings. Lucifuge Rofocale (Latin: Lucifugus Rofocalus), according to the Grand Grimoire, is the demon in charge of Hell’s government and treasury by order of Lucifer. )
“!?”
“!!”
As I say this, the two men’s eyes clearly change color and their hair stands on end. They seemed to be astonished, but the murderous energy directed at me was different from before, and it made it hard for me to breathe.
“Looks like I’m right ……!!”
“You! Why do you know that name!? No one but the Lord Founder knows about this!!”
“O-Oohhhhhhhh …… N-Not good, my figure, my beautiful figure!”
The two of them immediately began to change into different forms. And then–
“!!”
“Sephiro!?”
Sephiro jumps out of my pocket and activates the [Solar Striker].