𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟔𝟏: 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏
The time for the ceremony is approaching.
I, or rather my Automata, was observing the church’s terrace, the venue of the ceremony, from the back alleys.
At the moment, a middle-aged man who seems like the king is giving a speech on the terrace.
I suppose the heroes will appear once that’s over.
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There are two reasons why I’ve placed the Automata here.
The first one is for verification.
I need to confirm if the identities of the heroes are indeed my classmates.
If that’s the case, the sight of the Automata might shake them up a bit, so I hope they’re my classmates.
Well, since the teachers and others were there, I’m pretty sure they are.
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The second reason is that I’m thinking of outsmarting the Demon Lord and killing the hero myself.
The desire for revenge plays a small part, but the main goal is the huge amount of experience I could get from killing the hero and acquiring a unique skill-wielding zombie.
In terms of the zombie, given the teacher’s level, I don’t think it’s reliable as a force against the Demon Lord.
But there might be something valuable like the zombie-sensei, and it wouldn’t be bad as a regular force, so I want to kill proactively.
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While thinking about such things, the heroes appeared on the church’s terrace.
. . .Yes.
They are my classmates.
There are several unpleasant faces.
I can’t use appraisal from this distance, but I can tell without it.
However, even if I subtract the ones I killed, there are fewer than expected.
I wonder what this means?
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I was a little puzzled, but I didn’t have time to worry about it.
Suddenly, a roaring sound comes from the monitor.
Probably the Demon Lord has arrived and done something, and sure enough, a scene of the royal capital being destroyed by a black laser-like beam came into view.
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I hurriedly used the teleportation function to retrieve the Automata.
If I hadn’t, the costly Automata would have been engulfed in the friendly fire and annihilated.
Damn Demon Lord.
She unleashed it without considering me at all.
Well, she probably did it because she knows that even if the Automata is destroyed, I won’t die.
But still, I want to kill her someday.
Well, I have no intention of rebelling, because I’m scared.
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Thinking about such things, I thought it was about time the storm of laser beams passed, and I teleported the Automata back to the royal capital using the zombie-sensei’s teleportation.
The Automata in the royal capital.
Abbreviated as the royal Automata. . .Well, never mind.
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When I returned to the royal capital thinking about trivial things, there was a dragon, as big as a castle and black, in front of me.
That must be the true form of one of the high-ranking officers from the Demon Lord’s army who came to us.
I could rest easy if he was always that size, because he wouldn’t be able to enter the dungeon.
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Also, I can hear the sounds of battle from various parts of the royal capital.
I wonder if it’s the Demon Lord himself fighting, or if he’s summoned other monsters.
Well, anyway, it seems like the war has started in earnest.
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While I was trying to understand the situation, I spotted a group rushing out of the back door of the church.
Probably, or rather undoubtedly, they’re trying to escape from the battleground that the royal capital has become.
But seeing them, I thought.
What good luck.
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The ones who came out of the church were about seven familiar looking individuals with black hair and black eyes, and several others in armor who looked like guards.
They’re definitely the remaining heroes who, for some reason, didn’t participate in the ceremony.
Yet, like with the teachers yesterday, encountering them at such a convenient timing is such good luck.
I wonder if this is a reaction to all the misfortune I’ve experienced, or if fate is telling me to accomplish my revenge.
Well, it doesn’t matter either way.
What I have to do doesn’t change.
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Near the Automata, I summoned the hot-blooded zombie and the grandpa zombie as forces. I used the hot-blooded zombie as a shield and had it charge the Automata.
“Burn, simmer ━━ [Heat Knuckle].”
“Eh?”
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Because they couldn’t handle the speed of the hot-blooded zombie, which exceeded 5000 due to the power of the true equipment, one of the escorts was blown apart by the hot-blooded zombie’s punch the moment he let out a startled voice.
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“Kyaaaaaaaa?!”
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One of my classmates let out a piercing scream.
The other classmates are also considerably disturbed.
But the escort soldiers are surprisingly calm, not too disturbed despite one of their comrades being killed.
They’re standing off against the hot-blooded zombie and the Automata with their swords at the ready.
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They’re seasoned.
Thinking so, when I appraised them, every one of them was a big shot, with average statuses exceeding 2000.
Stronger than the Automata.
There are 10 such people.
I see, that’s why they are entrusted with the hero’s escort.
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But I can’t be stopped by that level of power.
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“Freeze ━━ [Vanargand].”
“What?!”
“[Icicle Nova].”
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Support fire from the grandpa zombie, who has unleashed the true equipment, comes flying.
The target is my classmates.
If they’re escorts, they have no choice but to use themselves as shields to protect their charges.
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“Guh?!”
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The magic power of the grandpa zombie who has released the true equipment exceeds 20,000.
The escorts, who have a mere 2000 statuses, can’t withstand such an attack.
They were instantly frozen and shattered.
The ones who barely survived also died in an instant from the hot-blooded zombie’s follow-up attack.
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And so, my classmates were left completely exposed.
I began to kill them in an assembly line fashion using the Automata.
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“No?! Please, stop!”
“Please help! Please help!”
“No, I don’t want to dieeeeee!”
“Why?! I’m going to dieeeeee?!”
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🔹𝕬𝖜𝖊𝖇𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘.c𝖔𝖒 ― 𝕴𝖓𝖉𝖚𝖑𝖌𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖈𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖘𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖓ov𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 “𝖉𝖆𝖎𝖑𝖞 𝖚𝖕𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘” 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖊𝖝𝖈𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖆𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖆𝖉𝖛𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖉 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘🔹
I paid no heed to their ugly screams.
I continued to slash them down as if testing the sharpness of the sword the Automata was holding, the [Mithril Sword] I had the creation zombie make.
If I dawdled, it seemed like my experience points would be stolen by the black laser beam from earlier.
Still, it was a nice touch to cut them in a way that would cause the most pain and suffering.
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And so, I annihilated the heroes that were here.
The moment that ended, the dragon released a black laser beam, a breath, aimed at the church.
Ah, so it wasn’t the Demon Lord but the dragon doing this.
Wait, this is not the time to be casually observing?!
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I quickly collected the bodies of the heroes, and I wanted to collect the two zombies and the Automata too, but something seemed strange.
The magic released from the church was contending with the dragon’s breath.
Moreover, it seemed to be pushing it back a little.
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Thinking that this might turn out unexpected, I only collected the bodies for the time being, sent the stealthy zombie to the royal capital instead,
Erased the presence of the Automata and the three zombies with [Spirited Away], and directed them to the terrace of the church, which had already lost its roof.
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