Free Web NovelChapter 319: 319 KonoSuba 44
Sylvia, this time not with flames, attacked us by firing lasers from her mouth. This attack seemed not to be Sylvia’s original ability, but rather the Magician Killer’s inherent attack ability.
ZING—!! ZING—!!
KRAKABOOM!!! KABOOM!!!
"Danger!!"
I quickly embraced Darkness and carried her, rapidly dodging the lasers.
"Hahahaha, this powerful strength! If I had known, instead of taking time to reorganize the Demon King’s army, I would have come to obtain it much sooner."
From Sylvia’s words, different from the original, I could understand why she hadn’t come yesterday. Probably because the number of Demon King soldiers she had brought was large, so she had spent a day reorganizing with Wolbach. That was also why Kazuma had suffered that fate.
"Heheh, being held like this by my husband feels good too."
Even in this situation, Darkness blushed and said something irrelevant, but since she was my wife, I didn’t particularly say anything.
"Darkness, I think we need to be careful with those lasers. No matter how strong you are, I think it would be hard for you to withstand them. And we should aim for the head. At this rate, because of the regeneration ability, it seems like it won’t end."
"Okay, understood."
I put Darkness down and took my fighting stance again. But Sylvia, intoxicated by her own power, was just looking at the sky and laughing loudly. In the Konosuba world, it seemed that not only ordinary people but even the Demon King’s army had a few screws loose.
"Shouldn’t we attack now?"
"Yes, let’s."
Darkness seemed to have the same thought, so she said that to me. I quickly approached Sylvia’s body and used Iaido. Then Sylvia leaned her body far back and evaded the attack. It seemed she hadn’t completely stopped paying attention to us.
"You’re impatient. When you’re enjoying your new power, you should know to wait. No romance."
Sylvia said that and immediately swung her tail to attack me.
PUK!!!
But I raised my sword and blocked it. However, because of Sylvia’s heavy tail, I couldn’t stop being pushed back in the air with no foothold.
THUD!!!
"Taejin!!"
As I quickly fell to the ground, raising dust, Darkness shouted my name in surprise.
"Hahahaha, I’ll return your own words to you — you’re finished!"
"You bastard, trying to make me a widow! Unforgivable! I will avenge Taejin!"
"Oh dear, sorry. I didn’t know you two were such a relationship. Then I’ll send you quickly to your husband’s side."
Darkness was already treating me like a dead person.
"Hey, I’m not dead yet."
Naturally, when landing on the ground, I landed fully on both feet, so there was no damage. It was just that because of the speed, I fell a bit noisily.
"Taejin! You’re safe!"
When I appeared again, brushing the dust off my clothes, Darkness called me gladly, her eyes tearing up. It was a bit strange that the person who just a moment ago had been treating me like a dead person was doing this, but thinking about it, since Darkness wasn’t in the same party as me, she didn’t know my strength, so it seemed to be that.
"Still alive!"
Sylvia also, surprised that I was alive, frowned.
"Oh dear, it seems I looked too weak. I’m actually quite high‑level, you know."
When I said that, Sylvia immediately fired lasers at me.
"Die!"
ZING—!!
KRAKABOOM!!!
I rapidly evaded, then charged at Sylvia.
"Kingdom Samurai Sword Technique, Final Secret Art — Flashing Light Wild Dance!!!"
SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH—!!!
As I quickly approached, Sylvia tried to strike down with her tail, but I sliced the tail she was trying to swing into pieces using the final secret art.
"KYAAAAH!!!"
Then Sylvia screamed and rapidly fell back, and this time, to prevent me from approaching again, she breathed flames to keep me at a distance.
FWOOSH—!!!
Then suddenly, Darkness took the flames with her entire body, clasped her hands together and held them downward, then shouted to me.
"Guh... Taejin!!!"
"Got it!!!"
I stepped on Darkness’s clasped hands and jumped toward Sylvia. Thanks to her strong push, my body flew at tremendous speed.
"Damn it!!!"
Sylvia was greatly flustered as I closed in.
"Iaido!!!"
SLICE—!
I cut from Sylvia’s waist to her shoulder in one stroke.
"Th-this... can’t end me with this..."
SLIDE THUD
Sylvia’s body slowly split apart and collapsed. Then Darkness excitedly ran to me.
"Taejin! You did it!!"
"No, not yet. This one isn’t dead!"
"Wh-what??!!"
If Sylvia had died, the notification would have appeared immediately, but it hadn’t appeared yet, and in fact, Sylvia’s severed body was twitching and regenerating.
"Damn... regenerating! I’ll use Explosion magic right here, so Darkness, step back a bit!"
"Ah, okay!"
While Darkness quickly retreated far enough, I kept cutting so that Sylvia’s body wouldn’t regenerate. This was why creatures with regeneration abilities were troublesome. Plus, if this one completed her second transformation, she would become stronger than the Demon King, so I couldn’t just let her be. If that happened, I would have to use abilities beyond what I had obtained here, which would be a bit problematic.
SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH—!!!
I kept doing that, and when I thought Darkness had retreated far enough, I put up a magic shield and immediately used Explosion magic.
"Explosion!!!"
KABOOOOM—!!!
No matter how strong Sylvia was, having been cut up this much and then hit directly with powerful explosion magic, there was no way she could survive.
[You have seized the abilities of (SS) Chimera (Sylvia), (SS) Magic Resistance, (S) Physical Resistance, (S) Regeneration, (S) Poison Bloom (Hans), (S) Laser Beam, (A) Flame Breath.]
[(SS) Chimera (Sylvia)]
Can absorb living beings and items and use them as one’s own abilities. (Only possible with living beings and items of SS rank or lower)
[(S) Poison Bloom (Hans)]
Can create powerful poison to attack opponents.
Seeing that it gave me Hans’s ability, it seemed that Sylvia had obtained Hans’s ability and been caught during her second transformation. For me, it was extremely lucky. Duplicate abilities were naturally absorbed or merged.
But the slightly disappointing point was the [(SS) Chimera (Sylvia)] ability — there was a limitation that it could only absorb things of SS rank or lower. So it seemed I would need to raise the rank of this skill later.
"Taejin!! Are you alright!?"
As I was briefly lost in thought because of the abilities after defeating Sylvia, Darkness shouted from afar.
"I’m fine — I caught Sylvia."
"Phew... glad you’re safe."
Having been fighting for a while, I hadn’t noticed, but Darkness’s hair was slightly burned, and her armor was dented here and there in this fight. So I first used Heal on her. But I couldn’t use the [Restoration] ability on her armor — Kazuma would repair it later with his blacksmith skill. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
"Ah, thank you. I didn’t know you could use Heal."
"I learned it from Aqua before."
"Is that so."
"Let’s quickly rejoin the battlefield. Kazuma and the others and Yunyun and the others might be in danger."
"Okay."
We ran quickly to rejoin the battlefield.
BOOM!! KRAKABOOM!! CRACKLE!! POW! POW! CRASH!!
The battlefield was complete chaos. Various spells were flying between both sides’ formations, and countless arrows were also coming in. The Crimson Demons, facing the numerous Demon King soldiers — whether the baker, the clothing shop owner — everyone had come out, using magic to defend and fighting with difficulty. And at the back, Aqua and Cecily were moving very busily, healing the wounded.
"Damn it, I have no more mana!"
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No matter how much mana they had poured out, even the Crimson Demons seemed to be reaching their limits.
When we arrived, Cecily, who had been moving busily, spotted us and was extremely happy.
"You won!"
"Yes, we caught Sylvia."
At those words, not only Cecily and Aqua, but even the Crimson Demons who were resting from mana depletion due to injuries, their expressions greatly brightened. Then Darkness tried to go straight to the battlefield.
"Taejin, I’ll go to the battlefield now. If I quickly go and block them from the front, it will give these people some breathing room."
"No, wait a moment. There’s a better way."
"What way?"
I immediately took out the railgun (temporary) from my inventory.
"Use this."
"That’s the clothesline we got from the clothing shop."
It seemed Darkness hadn’t heard what it was on the day we obtained the railgun (temporary). So I briefly explained.
"Wh-what — that thing was that kind of weapon..."
"So we just need to find a place where the battlefield is visible..."
Then the astrologer ’Socket’, who was resting due to mana depletion, told me a location.
"For such a place, that hill over there would be good. There, villagers who can’t fight right now are gathered, so from there, you should be able to see the entire battlefield at a glance."
"Got it, thank you."
I quickly called Aqua, Cecily, and Darkness together and spoke.
"Listen carefully. Before I use the railgun (temporary) from the hill, I will send a signal. While preparing, tell Chief Hiropon, and when I give the signal, tell the Crimson Demons on the front lines to temporarily pull back. Then I will fire the railgun."
"Got it. I’ll tell the chief and also support the retreat."
Having instructed them like that, I went up the hill. There, Megumin’s family and children, and the elderly and weak, were watching the battlefield with worried faces.
"Wow~ big brother!"
"You!?"
"I don’t have time to explain — excuse me."
I settled in a place where the battlefield was clearly visible and set up the railgun. Then I took out a coronatite chunk filled with mana that I had made for emergencies from my inventory and charged the railgun’s energy. That coronatite had enough mana to use Explosion magic several times over, so it could fully charge the railgun’s energy and still have plenty left.
Then I took out a signal flare and fired it into the sky. Then the chief shouted ’retreat’ loudly, and the Crimson Demons began to quickly fall back.
"Goodbye, Demon King’s army!"
I finished aiming at the center where the Demon King soldiers were gathered and was about to pull the railgun’s trigger — but suddenly Komekko came and pulled the trigger first.
"Hup! Fire!!!"
WHIR— FWOOSH—!!!!
KRAAAAKABOOOOM—!!!!
The moment the railgun was fired, along with a thunderous roar, a brilliant beam of light shot forward, cutting across the battlefield. That laser extended in a straight line, precisely piercing the center of the Demon King’s army, and then an earth‑shaking explosion occurred.
In an instant, a massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky, a scene like a nuclear bomb had exploded. Flames and shockwaves intertwined, sweeping in like a storm, and even though we were at some distance, the hot air rushed in as a blast wave.
Then suddenly, Komekko slowly stepped forward, struck a pose, and spoke.
"My name is Komekko! The Crimson Demon’s most charming little sister! One stronger than the Demon King’s army!"
As expected of a Crimson Demon, Komekko was also overflowing with chuunibyou. Still, she’s cute, so I let it be.
"Amazing... what did you fire?"
Hyoizaburo and the watching people, surprised by the railgun’s destructive power, asked me.
"I used a secret weapon hidden in the village. But as you can see, unfortunately, it’s a weapon that can only be used once."
The railgun, as in the original, after firing one shot, its barrel had become strangely warped and cracked, and was severely damaged and blackened. It was probably impossible to use again.
The Crimson Demons began to subdue, one by one, the Demon King army that was confused and unable to collect itself, and the Demon King soldiers were busy quickly scattering and fleeing. Roughly looking over the fleeing Demon King soldiers, I could see that with the powerful single strike of the railgun, their numbers had instantly been reduced to a quarter.
"Wow~ the Demon King’s army is running!!!"
"This battlefield is our victory!!!"
Wah~!! Wah~!!
Seeing that, the Crimson Demons cheered with joy. I went down to where the chief and the people were, together with the children and the elderly and weak.
"Oh~ welcome, Silver Flash! You are our village’s hero! Not only did you catch one of the Demon King’s generals, you also drove away the Demon King’s army!"
"It’s not something I did alone. It’s because Kazuma’s party and our party members helped hard. And also, it was possible because the Crimson Demons who fought hard on the battlefield bought us time."
When I pointed to Kazuma’s party, Yunyun, and Cecily and spoke, they all stood proudly and received the villagers’ cheers.
"Amazing — even your character is excellent! Good! After clean‑up, today, a party!"
Wah wah wah~!! Chief, you’re awesome~!!
The Crimson Demons and us formed teams, sweeping the outskirts of the village and cleaning up the remaining Demon King soldiers.
"By the way, what happened to the other Demon King general?"
When I asked that, Kazuma explained.
"When the situation became disadvantageous, that female general fled with the Demon King soldiers. She was in the middle of facing Yunyun, Megumin, and me. Then suddenly a huge explosion happened and a great number of Demon King soldiers died, so she quickly fell back and ordered the remaining Demon King soldiers to retreat."
"I see."
Then Aqua smiled and asked me.
"Hey, hey, Taejin! The reward is split evenly, right?"
"Yes, everyone worked hard, so let’s do it evenly."
"Yes~!"
As expected, Aqua was only interested in such things. Then Kazuma looked at Aqua and spoke.
"You really have no conscience. What did we even do..."
"What do you mean we didn’t do anything! We bought you time! And I and Cecily worked hard healing the villagers, you know."
It was true that Aqua and Cecily had worked hard running around this time, healing the villagers.
"Kazuma, she’s right. Aqua and Cecily worked hard healing people."
"Fufu, hear that?"
Aqua smiled at Kazuma, approached behind him, and tried to pat his shoulder. But suddenly, Kazuma was startled.
"Yaa—!!! Don’t stand behind me!!!"
Kazuma suddenly yelled out of nowhere, so everyone was flustered and for a moment, silence fell.
"Ah... sorry, I was just so surprised..."
Kazuma, also suddenly making the atmosphere like that, apologized to us, scratching his head. It seemed Kazuma had suffered serious trauma from the incident with Sylvia.
