Free Web NovelChapter 318: 318 KonoSuba 43
Unlike the original, we could not follow them secretly. Because Wolbach had used teleportation magic to move, we had no way of knowing where they went.
In fact, it was possible for me to find them with my abilities, but there were many eyes around, and the thought "do I really need to?" came to mind, so I decided to just let them go.
Seeing what Kazuma had been doing, I felt that he too needed to realize the preciousness of his comrades a little. So I did not think to go out of my way to search for them by exceeding my known abilities here.
"What do we do now?"
Yunyun looked at me and asked.
"Hmm... from what they said, they came to the village to find something, so that should be a hint. Yunyun, Megumin, is there anything that comes to mind?"
"I don’t know..."
"I don’t really have anything that comes to mind either..."
At that moment, the villagers came up.
"Is everyone alright?"
When Chief Hiropon asked, Yunyun answered with a worried expression.
"We’re fine, but Kazuma from Megumin’s party was kidnapped. Because he was moved by teleportation, we can’t find him..."
"This is serious. The Demon King’s army is outside, so searching at night is difficult..."
"Father, is there something hidden in our village? I’m asking because the generals seemed to be looking for something earlier."
At Yunyun’s words, the chief thought for a moment, then spoke.
"Hmm... I don’t know. As for something special in our village... In the past, something like a grim reaper or a goddess was sealed, but they’re gone now, so I don’t think it’s that. The only special things are the ’Magician Killer’ and the ruins that no one has been able to interpret... Surely the Demon King’s generals aren’t targeting the Magician Killer?"
He finally seemed to be suspecting the right direction. I was worried because he hadn’t deduced it even after I gave him hints, so it was a relief.
"But even we don’t know how to use the Magician Killer."
"If by chance they activate the Magician Killer, I’ll stand on my head and run around the village."
The chief was about to suspect in the right direction, but the shoemaker’s son ’Bukkorori’ and the astrologer ’Socket’ standing nearby set unnecessary flags and interfered. For a moment, I almost struck the back of their heads, but I held back and persuaded the chief back in the right direction.
"Perhaps you never know. If they came to find a way to operate the Magician Killer from the ruins, a dangerous situation could arise."
"Hmm... then let’s go to the Magician Killer first. As Silver Flash says, if they have found a way to operate it, it’s not an ordinary matter."
We moved with several villagers to the factory‑like building where the Magician Killer slept. There, truly, the Demon King’s army was present.
"Oh no, Silver Flash was right! Everyone, attack!"
At the chief’s command, the Crimson Demons, one and all, attacked the Demon King’s army.
"Light of Saber!!!"
"Of Saber!!!"
"Saber!!!"
"Ber!!!"
"Waaah! Crimson Demons!!! Run!!!"
When the Demon King soldiers saw the Crimson Demons appear and attack, they ran away as if on fire. But there were only monsters — the Demon King generals Sylvia and Wolbach, and Kazuma, were not visible. This was different from the original. In the original, Kazuma and Sylvia came here directly, but this time, it seemed only the monsters came, checked, and left.
"It seems only the small fry came."
"Right, the generals aren’t visible..."
The people searched even the inside, but there was no one, and the door was still properly sealed.
"Hmm... it seems we should post guards here. And when day breaks, from then on, we will form teams and search for the kidnapped man."
From this point, the chief would take care of it, so we decided to rest together at Yunyun’s house today.
When the next day came, we began searching for Kazuma again, going around the outskirts of the village. But we only briefly encountered and repelled the Demon King soldiers who were scouting — we did not find the generals or Kazuma.
"Haa... I wonder if Kazuma is alright. He’s making me worry."
Megumin sighed, worried.
"Hmm... his life will not be in danger. Because Sylvia liked Kazuma."
"Really? But couldn’t that be even more dangerous?"
"Well, I don’t know about that..."
We searched for a long time like that, and as the sun set, we had no choice but to return to the village. Everyone’s expressions were bad, so I suggested we rest for a bit. So everyone was bathing and eating — when from the place where the Magician Killer was, the sound of something exploding was heard, and flames rose upward. So we also hurriedly moved to the place where the Magician Killer was.
And there, Kazuma was standing in attire that was quite hard to look at. He was wearing a very small area, black leather triangular brief, and on his upper body, he was wearing a strange outfit made by weaving leather belts in an X shape like a reverse arm lock. On top of that, he was even wearing a leather studded collar, so literally, he was wearing hard gay fashion.
Kazuma was busy tending to the fallen Crimson Demons, but the problem was that every time he bent his body down, his private parts were emphasized to an absurd degree, causing such severe eye terror that I, watching, turned my head away to avoid my gaze.
"Ka-Kazuma??!!!"
"You, what in the world..."
"What is this..."
At Kazuma’s appearance, they were so shocked they could not find words. Then Kazuma, with tears in his eyes, quietly spoke to me.
"Taejin... by any chance, in your subspace bag, do you have any clothes I could wear?"
"Ye-yes... there is."
I immediately took out clothes that Kazuma could wear from my subspace bag and handed them to him. He received them and slowly put them on his body. But looking closely, on his buttocks and back, long red marks, as if struck by something, remained clearly. I was curious about what had happened, but I did not have the courage to ask.
"Kazuma, it must have been hard..."
"Kazuma..."
"Kazuma..."
The women also, finally guessing what had happened to Kazuma, all hugged him. Then Kazuma, unable to endure any longer, collapsed on the spot and began to cry loudly.
"Wahahahahaha!!!"
After crying like that, having calmed down a bit, Kazuma briefly explained to us.
"Sylvia locked me in that door. I thought if I left her there for a month, she might quiet down."
"Starving a Demon King general to death..."
"Pretty capable, Kazuma!"
"Amazing, Kazuma!"
Whether it was because such a thing had happened to Kazuma and he had imprisoned a Demon King general, everyone was full of praise. Clearly, it seemed that comfort was also included in that praise.
"Ah... this feels healing... this is all I ever wanted..."
As the women gathered and poured out praise, Kazuma enjoyed the praise with an expression as if he had attained enlightenment. But whether he could be healed by something like this was questionable.
"By the way, wasn’t the Magician Killer sealed here? If Sylvia activates it, what are we going to do?"
When Aqua, for once, made a pointed remark, Kazuma spoke.
"She wasn’t carrying anything inside, so it should be fine, right?"
"Really? Then, since we’ve defeated a Demon King general, the reward is split evenly, right? This time, Kazuma did everything, but we’re the same party."
Aqua was only happy about the large amount of money coming in, and her head was full of plans for spending it.
"Ahaha, what should I buy when we return to Axel..."
RUMBLE!!!
At that moment, the entire building shook greatly. I shouted loudly and warned the people.
"Oh no, everyone, hurry and get out of the building! It seems she succeeded in activating it!"
We hurriedly got out of the building. Then, from inside, powerful lasers were fired consecutively, cutting through the building in an instant, and the building immediately exploded and collapsed.
KABOOOM!!!
"Waaah!!"
As the building collapsed like that, dust rose and obscured visibility, but from within the dust, suddenly Sylvia’s voice was heard.
"Did you think I came just to steal a weapon?"
As the dust slowly settled, Sylvia’s figure began to be revealed. Her upper body was still her original appearance, but her lower body had merged with the Magician Killer, taking the form of a giant serpent.
"This is my ability! The power to absorb weapons or anything and integrate them into my body!"
I already knew, so I was not surprised, but the other people behind me, seeing that, were making expressions as if it was over.
"My name is Sylvia! The glo‑chimera who has obtained the ultimate power, Sylvia!!! Muhahahaha!!!"
I quickly spoke to them.
"Sylvia has merged with the Magician Killer, so magic does not work! Darkness and I will block her, so you people, quickly inform the village of this fact and prepare for the attack of the other Demon King generals! They too will surely target this moment!"
"Ah, got it!"
Then Sylvia looked at me and spoke.
"Oh ho, as expected of Silver Flash. To immediately notice our plan... More than that, Kazuma, you betrayed me — it seems the love I gave you was quite insufficient, wasn’t it?"
"Eep-!"
As Sylvia licked her lips and scanned Kazuma with a seductive gaze, Kazuma was startled in surprise and hid behind Aqua.
"Well, I’ll catch you later and train you thoroughly again... for now, you are an excellent opponent to test my body integrated with the Magician Killer. You’d better prepare yourselves."
Sylvia swung her long tail, trying to attack us. Then Darkness blocked that attack with her sword and held on.
CLANG!!!
"Guh! Go quickly!!!"
At Darkness’s shout, the other people hurriedly ran toward the village.
"Where do you think you’re going!!"
FWOOOOSH—!!!
Seeing that, Sylvia was not still — she took a deep breath, then breathed flames toward those running away to the village. I immediately swung the flat side of my sword with all my might, creating a strong wind, and blocked those flames so they would not reach them.
FWOOSH—!! FWOOSH—!!
The flames were blocked by the wind I created and rose into the sky. Then Sylvia clicked her tongue in disappointment.
"Tch!"
After blocking the attack like that, I immediately attacked Sylvia by firing several Moonlight Cuts.
SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!!
Sylvia quickly raised her tail and defended against the incoming attacks.
CRAAACK!! CRACK!!
"Guh!"
But my attacks were not that light, so on Sylvia’s tail, as if a storm had raked across it, numerous sword marks remained.
"As expected, you’re not an easy opponent. Silver Flash!"
Sylvia rotated her body and swung her tail with all her might, then slammed it down toward me.
CRASH!!!
This time, Darkness quickly moved forward and blocked that attack.
"Urgh! Now, Taejin!!!"
"Thanks, Darkness!"
I immediately put my sword into its sheath, approached Sylvia’s tail, and used [Iaido], swinging it powerfully.
CRAAAACK—!!!
"Tch!"
Sylvia, not staying still either, quickly pulled her tail to the side to minimize damage. But because she was a bit slow to evade, having just attacked, she could not prevent more than half of the tail’s body from being severed. It seemed quite a critical hit. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
"You’re beginning to see the end, Sylvia!"
Seeing that, Darkness said boastfully to Sylvia, raising a flag.
"Fufu! With this, you thought you had won!?"
Sylvia immediately regenerated her severely severed, wounded tail. Then Darkness was greatly flustered.
"No, how can this be..."
"It seems you forgot — I am a chimera. Thinking that something like this might happen, absorbing creatures with regenerative abilities is an obvious precaution."
At that moment, the sound of a large explosion and the sound of rapid‑fire magic came from afar. Probably, the advancing Demon King’s army and the Crimson Demons had clashed.
"Oh~ finally the other side has started moving too. Fufu... if Wolbach leads the remaining Demon King army and uses all their strength, the Crimson Demons will not last long. If the Crimson Demons are annihilated, starting from that, the kingdoms will collapse one by one. But you will die here, so regrettably, you will never see that sight."
"Don’t be ridiculous! On that side, our comrades have gone, so they will not be breached that easily!"
At Darkness’s shout, Sylvia thought for a moment, then spoke.
"Hmm... true, if the Crimson Magic Caster is there, that side will not be easy either. But on our side, we also have Wolbach. No matter how skilled the Crimson Magic Caster is, she cannot stop Wolbach, and with overwhelming numbers of Demon King soldiers, in the end, it will only delay for a short time."
Sylvia ignored Kazuma’s party and worried only about Yunyun. Certainly, Yunyun’s reputation was very high, to the point that even the Demon King’s army knew her epithet. But she did not know — that there was a nuclear bomb named Megumin, and that Kazuma was also fairly strong, and that with Aqua and Cecily there, they could fight like zombies. freewebnoveℓ.com
"Now! We’ve rested enough, so we should continue, shouldn’t we? I haven’t had a heart‑pounding battle like this in a long time!"
