𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟎: 𝐂𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
While issuing orders to the zombie horde, I continued the hero hunting. In the process, I turned the commander who had fainted and was rolling around into a zombie, as if he was no longer needed.
Along the way, I added maki zombie and ken zombie to the fight. By revealing their faces, I incited further agitation in Shindou, using small tricks.
The effect was moderate.
Originally, the movements that had dulled by dealing with the pawns and hostages became even duller.
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🔹𝔄𝔴𝔢𝔟𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰.𝔠o𝔪 ― ℑ𝔫𝔡𝔲𝔩𝔤𝔢 𝔦𝔫 a 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 “𝔡𝔞𝔦𝔩𝔶 𝔲𝔭𝔡𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔰” 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔢𝔵𝔠𝔩𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔡𝔳𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔡 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰🔹
As a result, the fenrir’s attack landed a critical hit, sending Shindou flying and embedding him in a wall.
I can’t perform an appraisal because of the distance, but I think his HP has significantly decreased.
Without a moment’s delay, I sent a woman named Ivy, controlled by the arachne, to charge at him.
This could be the decisive moment, I thought, and for a moment I almost let my guard down.
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“Yoooouuuuuuuuuuuuu!”
“!”
“What?!”
Incredibly, the woman named Ivy resisted the arachne’s control with all her might, diverting and stopping the trajectory of her sword.
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“What?! What?! It’s not moving?!”
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Could this be…
No, the arachne’s ability isn’t omnipotent.
It’s after all just a special effect of one true equipment.
There must be loopholes.
This means I can’t overly rely on similar controlling effects either.
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Well, that’s fine for now.
If this woman named Ivy is no good, then I’ll just deliver the final blow with other forces.
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“Full attack. Make sure to deliver the final blow.”
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Obeying my command, the zombie horde began to approach the dying Shindou.
The fake hero subjugation army and the fenrir did the same.
Only the arachne’s puppets remained still, probably because the arachne was focusing too much on the woman named Ivy, but it was still enough force.
This time, for sure,
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“Checkmate…”
“《Air Bomb》!”
“!”
“What?!”
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Just as I thought that, another unexpected event occurred.
A woman named Emma, who was supposed to be under the arachne’s control, unleashed a wind magic towards the charging army.
Could it be… Because of concentrating on the woman named Ivy, the constraints on the others loosened?
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“Nico-san.”
“I’m sorry☆.”
“…Please be careful next time.”
“Yeah!”
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Deciding that getting angry wouldn’t do any good, I gave a small reprimand and refocused on the battle.
Fortunately, the woman named Emma hadn’t completely thrown off the control, so the magic she used just now wasn’t that powerful.
It bought some time, but only a few of the fake hero subjugation army’s small fries dropped out.
It doesn’t affect the big picture.
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Or so, I thought.
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“《Holy Fighting Spirit》!”
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But in the brief time that the two women named Emma and Ivy risked their lives to buy,
Not even a full minute, just a very short time,
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The tide of battle changed.
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Shindou was enveloped in an aura of light.
He activated a skill of Holy Fighting Spirit, one of the exclusive skills of a hero.
Probably a skill he hadn’t used until now to avoid killing hostages and meat shields.
What it means to use it at this timing.
I am not the one who doesn’t understand that.
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“What?! Retreat!”
“《Photon Stream》!”
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Shindou swung his sword wrapped in light.
Just with that, the area around Shindou was swallowed and wiped out by a stream of light.
Including the ones who approached to attack.
The only ones who could escape were ken zombie, who had the speed to respond to my immediate command, and the fenrir, who avoided with a wild instinct.
Everyone else died.
The woman named Ivy also died.
Shindou killed her with his own hands.
And Shindou, the hero, with tears in his eyes, was clearly staring at me.
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“. . . I wanted to settle things before it came to this.”
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Looking at the monitor through the Automata, I held my head in my hands.
He had not only erased strangers, but also his comrades, with his own hands.
That is to say, he’s fully prepared.
Until now, I had been using hostages as a shield, taking advantage of Shindou’s mental weakness to maintain my advantage.
Now, that advantage was lost.
From here on, it will probably be a pure contest of power.
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“Shiro-san, Nico-san, please stay focused. Don’t let your guard down just because the opponent is on the verge of death. The real fight starts now.”
“I understand!”
“Yes!”
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Perhaps sensing the mysterious determination emanating from Shindou now, the two muscle-brained robots responded quite honestly.
At the same time, Shindou moved.
Raising his remaining right arm to the sky, he brought it down towards us.
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“《Photon Blade》!”
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Then, a slash of light attacked the Automata.
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“《Fenrir Roar》!”
“《Chaos Impact》.”
“《Sky Slash》.”
“Ugh…《Tornado Blast》!”
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Our long-range attacks intercepted it.
It was the same as what we had done at the beginning of this fight against a woman named Emma.
But this time, we are overwhelmingly on the defensive.
Shindou’s attacks are more powerful than expected.
We could only divert his attack by combining everyone’s power.
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Then, as if to use the attack itself as a distraction, Shindou started running.
His target… the arachne!
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“Nico-san! Prepare the meat shield!”
“Okay!”
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Following my instructions obediently, the arachne prepared a meat shield in Shindou’s path.
The one I chose was a woman named Emma.
To shake him mentally by using a comrade as a shield.
Simply put, there was probably no other puppet capable of matching the speed of Shindou’s attack except for a woman named Emma.
But this is probably the best move.
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However.
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“Please cut me down! Shindou-sama!”
“…I’m sorry.”
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It doesn’t work against Shindou who has made up his mind.
Just before the attack, Shindou’s sword is enveloped in an even stronger light.
There is nothing we can do about it with the performance of the Automata.
And then…
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“《Brave Sword》!”
“Ah…”
“Nico―――!”
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Swallowed by the slashing light, the arachne disappeared along with the woman named Ema.
Well, she died inside the pseudo-dungeon territory, so I got DP and experience, but I can’t be happy about it.
This means Shindou is right next to the Automata.
To be frank, it’s a desperate situation.
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“I’ll avenge you! 《Wolf Strike》!”
“Ken, Maki, support.”
Perhaps to support the fenrir, who probably rushed in without a plan, I gave instructions to ken zombie and maki zombie.
Ken zombie follows behind the fenrir, ready to launch a continuous attack at any time.
Maki zombie releases magic on Shindou before the fenrir’s attack to distract him.
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However, Shindou dealt with all of that.
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“《Photon Blade》!”
“Gaah?!”
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The fenrir’s thrust fist is easily wiped out by the sword wrapped in light.
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“《Cross Sword》.”
“Hmph!”
He also calmly handled the following sword attack.
He ruthlessly destroyed ken zombie with a counter-attack.
He shows no mercy, even to a former classmate!
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“Ha!”
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The next instant, Shindou turned toward the Automata.
Even through the monitor, a chill ran down my spine.
And in the moment that I was intimidated, Shindou approached, blew away the maki zombie, and split the Automata neatly in two.
The speed of the Automata could not keep up with Shindou’s speed.
As long as he wasn’t mentally hesitant, this was an inevitable conclusion.
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“Mamoru, I have something to tell you.”
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While thrusting his sword in front of the Automata that had fallen to the ground, losing half of its body, Shindou started to talk.
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“I know that you are the demon called automata right now. And I also know that this body is nothing more than a remotely controlled puppet.”
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. . . So he knew.
Speaking of which, there was someone among the heroes who had the unique skill of [appraisal].
Probably, I had let him escape in the royal capital.
Since he had no direct combat power, I had lowered the priority to defeat him, but that decision may have been a mistake.
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“Even if I destroy this body here, you won’t die. That’s why I’m only going to say one thing now.
━━I will definitely settle things with you. No matter what form you take, I will definitely meet you in person and settle things.”
“. . .”
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This is the worst.
A malicious stalker has been born.
I have to kill him no matter what.
I was planning to kill him from the beginning, but now I have one more reason.
The priority to defeat him has increased.
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“Let’s talk about the piling up stories then. Well, see you, Mamoru.”
While uttering such things, Shindou enveloped his sword in light, swung it back largely, and then swung it down.
The monitor from the Automata’s perspective went dark, and I couldn’t see anything.
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Thus, the battle with the hero ended.
With the worst outcome, a thorough defeat.
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