Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

Chapter 532

Abyss Lord’s Summer Vacation Arc The Style of Fairy World

The center of the fairy world, the Divine Tree. Loud cheers were reverberating at the east side of its bottom.

「HYAHHAAA, Right there! DO IT! GET HIM JUST LIKE THAAT!」

「Aah, Stop! That’s a clone!」

「Again huh dammit, show your guts alreadyy!!」

「The bastard moving annoyingly all the time! Don’t screw around!! 」

「But……but he’s strong-」

「Yeah, the guy’s absurdly strong!!」

The voice owners were mainly onis. There were the orthodox onis like the one that came out in Japan’s folklore, and there were also western onis like ogre or vampire. There were those that had single eye to multiple eyes, two faces to eight faces, even small oni to big oni. There were even folktale onis from other worlds than earth.

From flying existences especially western and Chinese dragons drifting in the air, to gods and buddhas observing the situation by opening spatial windows, but the majority were standing on the Divine Tree’s roots protruding on the ground while raising their voices.

The Divine Tree’s roots were gigantic. They were like meandering giant wall. Depending on the spot some protrusions could even reach nearly thirty meters.

In that scale, the ground’s unevenness slightly became like a good spectator seats for human sized being.

The target of the comments was naturally, the Abyss Lord VS Oni Army show. The spot between the huge roots expanding in V-shape became an impromptu area where right now a fierce battle was unfolding.

Because one side was doing an extremely unique fight, there were cheers flying and also booing. Sometimes the onlookers even lost patience and jumped into the battle, but conversely there were also onis that got blown away to the root and so got forcefully transformed into spectator instead.

And so, those who disliked oni let out clapping and cheering, and the spectator onis snapped hearing that and started a brawl outside the ring.

The situation was truly becoming a kind of festival revelry.

At a corner of that Divine Tree’s root, Rana and others were standing on a root that was about the size of a gymnasium.

「Fuh, how magnificent Abyssgate. As expected from my companion! Hammer your exquisite skill of abyssal abyss into the other world’s onis to your heart’s content!! AA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!」

Of course, the Hauria first wife was in max tension. With both her hands spread wide, she praised & cheered her husband with the aura like an evil organization’s leadership.

「HYAAAAAH!! This is a fresh Abyssgate-sama yeah!! He’s too cool it makes me wet-」

「Vanessa!? What’re you saying! T-that’s too lewd! Or rather are your personality getting affected by the onis!?」

Of course, the tension of the otaku agent whose favorite thing was heated development was also on the rise without stop. Perhaps she got influenced by the onis’ behavior that was like yankee that she even became a bit strange. No, if asked whether this AGENT was strange or not then she was generally strange though……

In any case.

「Fuhn. For a moment there I wondered what would happen after we got ambushed by such notorious specter but……」

Zhu was looking at the spectacle below while scoffing in displeasure. But, it also felt like her lips were slightly less tense perhaps because of relieve.

After all, what was waiting for their group the moment they arrived at the fairy world was that legendary evil oni──Ootakemaru.

They had already experienced his terrifying ability and strength at Fuji’s forest of trees. Other than him the other lining up “challenger” onis were also all named being.

As the former leader of “Shadow monk” she had restudied the monster folklore of Japan from zero again for her duty, so seeing the lineup made her drenched in cold sweat.

Perhaps ShuutenDouji turned traitor……she even instantly thought that and prepared herself for a fight to the death.

Hidzuki who was still plopped on a chair that looked like a portable shrine was chuckling Kukuku while holding her fan over her lips.

「Oh my! This art unacceptable! If thou art also one of mine beloved’s women then thou ought to simply sit down and wait with confidence.」

「Who’re you calling his woman!! Don’t say something so repulsive! In the first place if not for my mission then who’d ever stay beside……beside……beside that kind of abnormal!!」

Zhu pointed sharply with her finger.

Ahead where her finger pointed was……

『『『『『FUHAHAHAH, how about all of you try catching meee~~~?』』』』』

Ten lords was doing midair walk that once got temporarily viral in social media. By alternately lifting up one foot and then quickly alternating it with the other foot, it looked like he was walking on the air.

Why, was he doing something like that……

Walking normally would be faster so naturally he got easily caught. And then he got crushed in the grip of the catcher. Of course, they immediately divided and increased though. It was extremely sickening.

And then in front of another oni,

『『『『『Hey! YO!! You are muscle-brain! Your movement is monotone! You’re a loser who’s never gonnawinnn! If you wanna complain then scream ONN! This Is Freestylee!!』』』』』

The ten lords initiated rap battle. He was even wearing a rapper-style hat and mike that he brought out from who knew where.

Why, was he doing something like that……

They showed a lot of openings so naturally they got easily punched and erased. Of course, they immediately divided and increased though. Extremely annoying.

Furthermore, in front of another oni,

『『『『『Moreee! Get more heated!! How can you give up there huh!! Nuueveaaarrr GIVE UP!! Now, one more time!! Make your burning hot pathos hit deep inside me! Give it your alllllllllll!!』』』』』

Ten lords were becoming Matsuoka Shuuz*u.

Why Sh*uzou……

They weren’t defending or even dodging so they got easily crushed. Of course, they immediately divided and increased. They were extremely stuffy with no end in sight, so the oni facing them had been pleading 「I give up! Just consider me beaten!」 all this time, but the lord wouldn’t let him leave. He cut him off even when the oni tried to run! The oni’s eyes were already tearing up.

And then, the lord who was most likely the main body was accompanied by four clones acting like back dancers. He was doing that Dead*ool Dance while already consigning ten-odd onis to oblivion.

It wasn’t like there was any super alloy skeleton lying around, but Hajime-quality super alloy skull was created following the dance video of a certain vulgar hero. The lord was fighting while using it as weapon.

Of course, the music of that video was also playing. There was even a speaker intentionally prepared.

The inner Abyss Lord had taken much effort to learn the dance fighting after receiving appearance request from boss for activity in the luxury cruise. Where would he practice it if not right here! It was like his sharp and snappy moves were proclaiming that.

Even now once more the skull went *Zudon* directly at the crotch of one mister oni!! Mister oni pressed his hands on his crotch while screaming 「AAAA~~~~~~~!!?」 the scream of death agony. Tears flooded out in gallons from his eyes and he crouched while shaking his head in denial……

The onis around him yelled 「W-what the hell did he just do-」「This guy, doesn’t he has any human heart!?」「Youoni!」 while backing away. Their faces were shuddering as though they had run into an evil oni.

When watching such absurd and incomprehensible and nonsensical battle, it made anyone even felt like they were getting dragged into an abyss of insanity……

「Uu, I remember now. When he was moonwalking even though we were seriously chasing him……that guy’s roaring laughter echoing inside the sea of trees……uu, my comrades, they’re vanishing, one by oone……」

Zhu-san looked suffering for some reason! Emily-chan immediately caressed her back. So kind.

Claudia smiled wryly at Zhu’s condition while speaking out her doubt.

「E-even so, this is unusual isn’t it? For Kousuke-sama to be the one who said such thing. Even though they were all offering one-on-one duel……」

「In the first place there was no need to accept. His objective is, Hidzuki, it is you right? It should be because there are this kind of problem that has to be taken care of no matter how many times you have returned to the fairy world. Why, do the situation become like this.」

Beside Claudia, there was Hinata puffing up her cheeks with a dissatisfied look.

Certainly, if it was the usual Kousuke he would definitely be reluctant while at least making a clearly unwilling look.

But this time. Only this time he answered practically right away. Although he showed a troubled look for an instant, he activated abyss lord mode before anyone could say anything.

And then, most likely half because of their pride and half thoughtfulness, Ootakemaru and others requested one-on-one fights (One hundred battles with the tough fighters who had won through the fierce battles for the right to participate in the duels this time. Kousuke would only fight in intervals as required). But his respond,

──Fuh, how can I possibly curtly treat the love call toward this me. But however, onis. You makes me laugh with something like one-on-one duel!! There is no need for tedious talk or concern!! All of you can come at me together!!

Was that kind of provocation.

Certainly, the abyss lord’s strength was in the violence of number. Even facing multiple opponents wouldn’t trouble him. Rather, he was an assassin-type so a chaotic melee suited him better. But, the opponents weren’t ordinary this time.

Ootakemaru went without saying. But other than him there were the onis four heavenly kings that were said to be led by ShuutenDouji, the oni of hell, the bull oni, etc. It was a gathering that was like a bargain sale of legendary onis.

For the current Kousuke, he surely would be able to win in one-on-one even with low depth level. For him to go out of his way to choose a way that put a great burden on him……in the first place it was just like Hinata said, there was no need for him to accept their challenge.

Therefore, it felt a bit unusual based on Kousuke’s personality for him to voluntarily choose this situation……that was Claudia’s question and everyone could understand her doubt.

The one who gave a straight answer to that question was Rana.

「My, perhaps both Claire-chan and Hinata-chan are still not there far along yet?」

Please don’t abruptly return to your normal mode. The gap is too vast that our emotion can’t keep up……Claudia and Hinata thought that even while looking at Rana.

But, Rana’s gaze immediately moved away. She looked toward Hidzuki meaningfully, but also proudly.

「There’s no way Kou-kun will disregard the feeling of someone who love him isn’t it?」

「「A, aa~」」

Rana returned her gaze to the two once more and winked.

Claudia and Hinata also turned their gazes and there they found Hidzuki hiding the lower half of her nonchalant look with her fan.

They could easily imagine it. Surely, she must be hiding her slovenly grinning lips.

「Besides……Hidzuki-chan had pro~~perly taught the men approaching her their place. She made them realized that they can’t possibly steal Hidzuki-chan’s heart. That’s why, rather than calling that duel it’s more suitable to call that a type of ceremony.」

By the way, Rana and others had gotten permitted to call ShuutenDouji with her true name. That was the biggest compromise from Hidzuki who wanted to become family with them but……

The impetus was most likely because Rana being the most proactive in making interaction with Hidzuki, having talks that dropped away all pretense repeatedly, accepting Hidzuki’s invitation without flinching even knowing that she couldn’t win, rather she happily became the challenger as a method of communication and she was even showing a noticeable growth in her strength.

And then, it was definitely also because Rana inserting herself between her and Emily and others to act as mediator with ingenuity and honesty.

Rana’s completely straightforward personality that never be dishonest or sly must also be lieable for an oni like Hidzuki, but in any case.

It seemed Hidzuki too had taken a liking to Rana, to a degree that she was qualified enough to call herself as the first wife.

Getting back on topic.

「Ceremony, is it?」

Hinata tilted her head slightly. Unexpectedly the one who answered her wasn’t Rana, but Emily who was forcefully making the traumatized Zhu-san drinking excessively colorful liquid that was stored inside a test tube.

「They must want to be convinced right? No, more like they want to be made to accept it? That the man who snatched away their flower on high peak is someone worthy. Yes, it’s that, in Japanese’s term this is what they called “drawing a line”.」

「I see……」

It seemed that the concept was still slightly hard to understand for Hinata. The concept of communication between men called “talking with their fists”.

In any case, the reason Kousuke was proactively accepting the duel was because he was taking into consideration Hidzuki’s feeling, and even the feeling of the demons in this conflict over Hidzuki.

「Well, other than that, I think he also want to make it perfectly clear to them in a way where they won’t be able to make any excuse at all.」

Rana added that at the end. Hidzuki closed her fan *snap* and nodded 「No argument here」 while saying,

「Truly, he is a good man isn’t he?」

She said with a smile of rapture. Rana sent a thumb up to such Hidzuki as though to say Of course. Emily and others were also smiling brightly, Zhu too──

No, Zhu-san was the only one who went 「HAH!? What did I just……wait! Just what did you make me drink!? Hey, Emily Grant! What in the world did I drink!? My body feels abnormally hot! Why is that man’s surrounding look sparkling!?」 with a desperate look while shaking Emily back and forth, but anyway, they all directed their eyes back to the battle below.

So that they wouldn’t miss even a second of their hero’s figure that fought with other people’s feeling as his driving force.

「FUHAHAHAH, my body is finally warmed up. ──I’m going to shift gear now. I wonder if you guys can keep up? Legendary fierce god!!」

「You’re too slow brat. I’m just about to run out of patience holding back.」

His screwing around until now was just for buying time (Reaallyy? Everyone doubted it but let’s put that aside for now). That was because the principal rule of Limit Break’s special derivative, “Abyss Lord” gradually increased the user’s spec so it reduced the burden to the body (the burden to the heart wasn’t taken into consideration).

Even so, perhaps it was just as to be expected from abyss lord. Almost half of the opponents had been taken down. Even so half was still remaining even though he was in Depth IV. The toughness of named onis seemed to deserve praise.

Anyway, Ootakemaru must knew it too. The lord was still not at his full power. Finally huh, as though to say that he was cracking his neck.

The abyss lord opened his five fingers and covered his face with one hand while slowly leaning his body diagonally──he took such chuuni pose while shifting gear just as proclaimed. His chuuni depth went to V.

One thousand bodies appeared all at once. Black shadows increased explosively. The legendary onis faced several hundred clones for each of them.

Of course, it was while making a great variety and diversity of chuuni poses!

Furthermore, perhaps because of the evolution too.

「……S-say, everyone. Is it perhaps just my imagination? There’re Kousuke with different outfit or hairstyle?」

「That’s not all you know, Emily. There, look closer. There is Aby that’s as thin as wire, and there’s also Aby with obese body!!」

「Fufu, Vani-chan, it’s amazing that you found them. Even though it’s as hard as “Find W*lly”.」

It was just as Emily and Vanessa said. Before they knew it, there were strange Abis mixing in.

「Allow me to explain! According to Abyssgate, “Dead*ool-dono is the greatest hero! I too need to prepare multiverse style Abyssgates in accordance to the newest movie!!” apparently!!」

It was truly, a pointlessly skillful not-pointless pointless technique.

「I see. I don’t get it at all.」

「I see! I completely get it! As expected from Aby-san!」

Emily-chan was a bit jealous at Vanessa’s high degree of understanding. 「I need to study the subculture more!」 She muttered.

By the way, Zhu-san was ranting 「Oi, Emily Grant. My body suddenly got way colder this time. Look here, the shaking of my fingertips……eh? Come to think of it, why did you make me drink medicine? Oi, Oi Emily Grant! I don’t have any memory just prior to this! What in the world did you do to mee!!」 while grabbing Emily’s collar, but Emily-chan herself looked busy with taking memo in her smartphone.

If Emily’s family saw her right now then they would undoubtedly say 「She has become really tough……」 with conflicted expressions.

The abyss lord in question was heightening his concentration to the degree that he couldn’t hear such voices from the audience stand. Even his screwing around attitude, his Fuh-ing, and even his stylish turn were gone. He was seriously serious.

「All of you are apparitions. You won’t die even when killed. In that case, you don’t mind even if you get killed right?」

「HAH, that’s a pleasant killing intent you got there. Finally you got serious huh. Nice, just try it. If you can that is!!」

The lord smoothly unsheathed two short swords and made a chuuni pose like he was embracing himself while fearlessly smiling.

The one facing him Ootakemaru grinned fiercely and spread out his hands. As though to tell him to attack as he liked.

At the surrounding too nearly a hundred clones for each oni were also taking stance. The onis grinned in delight seeing that and stood ready.

From here on would be the main show.

It was clearly conveyed b the onis’ ghastly aura and the abyss lord’s magic power grating against each other.

The cheers and quarrels at the audience stand stopped abruptly. Even the divine class spectators were focusing anew while holding their breath.

The one who got the ball rolling was the lord.

「Then, I shall gratefully accept the initiative!!」

The lord didn’t move even while saying that. What?Ootakemaru wondered with a dubious look, but at the next moment.

「Gaah!!?」

Ootakemaru’s huge body folded into “<” shape and blown away.

(What!? What happ──tsk, solid afterimage huh!?)

Ootakemaru’s sight captured the situation even while flying backward.

The lord was still in his previous pose. But, there was also another lord at the spot where he was standing at previously. This one was in a pose of fist outstretched in full strength.

Even though he never took his eyes off him, he had switched place before he realized it. No, perhaps it would be more accurate to say that it was because he couldn’t take his eyes off him that his attention got taken by the clone and he was unable to sense the main body’s approach.

Either way, it was an exquisite skill that mixed both falsehood and truth, not merely a dilution of his presence.

Ootakemaru’s back smashed the Divine Tree’s root hard. The root was dented radially and his body sank into it. He reflexively tried to get out right away but……

The serious lord didn’t allow it. He was already in front of him the instant he put strength into his body.

「FUHAHAHAH, it’s always my turn all the time-! Dearuuu!!」

The blow was too wicked in contrast to the joking proclamation.

「Goh!? Gah!? Guoh!!?」

「Useless uselessuselessuselessuselessuselessuselessuselessss!! This great MEEEE!! IS SUPER HIGH TENSIONEEEEEDD!!」

Those were blows launched by a human brat. That kind of thing wouldn’t work against oni. The difference in their physical strength was in different dimension.

Not to mention Ootakemaru wasn’t letting his guard down. He was even clad in armor formed from highly dense aura.

And yet, and yet even though that should be the case,

「Oi oi, that’s Ootakemaru fighting there. Is thatthing really……human?」

In the end, which divinity whispered those words?

A child of man, was nailing down on a highest rank of oni of all people with punches. Even the gods and buddhas couldn’t stop from unconsciously leaning forward to stare in wonder at that fact.

(This guuy……the blows’ power itself is inhuman but not anything big. But, to think he’s directly hitting at my soul-!!)

Impact that felt like it was whipping up his consciousness was actually not something physical.

The most troublesome thing was the impact to his soul. The lord’s blows, every single one of them was accompanied with direct hit to the soul.

──Soul Magic Soul Impact

It was the basic attack magic in soul magic. Originally it was magic that released wide range shockwave. It could blow consciousness away, sealing movement for a moment, hindering usage of magic, etc, it was a magic with high versatility but……

Because of that it was easy to resist when used against equal or stronger opponent. Right now the lord was condensing that magic into his fist to hammer into a single opponent. Furthermore, the condensation rate was increased by overlapping the magic through the multiple clones he left behind.

Yes,

「The power mine sword friend had imparted into me, it’s quite a delicacy isn’t it!? Feel free to taste it fully without reservation!」

The lord was using soul magic with his own strength. The method to learn regeneration magic without conquering a great dungeon that was the result from outrageous human experiment Kouki went through, through that inspection and outcome, it was naturally also applied to Kousuke.

As expected it wasn’t possible to do that for all age of god magic due to technological problem and burden to the body but, if it was the soul magic that he had the highest affinity for then the result could be seen just like this.

Even a legendary fierce god could be shut up with the fist of a human!

But, if asked whether that would be enough to end this, as expected the opponent wasn’t someone that half-baked.

「UOOOOOOOOOOOH!!」

「Nuu!!?」

A fierce war cry was accompanied by physical impact as it was unleashed.

With just that, the lord got blown away like a leaf flapping in a storm. He somehow twisted his body midair and landed while engraving a trench on the ground but……*dri~p* blood trickled from his ears. Apparently his eardrums were torn.

「You ain’t half bad, brat.」

「Eh? What did you saay!?」

「But, you’re simply insulting me if you think you can kill me with just something like that yeah?」

「Whaaat!? Please say it one more time!!」

「This time I’m coming at you!!」

「This time I’m cumming at you!? Why are you suddenly throwing dirty joke around! There are ladies watching!!」

Ootakemaru-san and abyss lord stared at each other.

A moment passed and Ootakemaru’s gaze turned reproachful. But it couldn’t be helped. The lord wasn’t screwing around but honestly getting a sudden case of deafness (physically).

Seeing no other way Ootakemaru tapped at his ear. The lord guessed what he meant and said 「Thank you!」 before drinking recovery medicine.

「So!? What did you say!?」

「Enough. Die!! You shitty braatt!!」

It seemed that Ootakemaru-san got enraged.

The ground exploded loudly like it was hit with a cannon. The huge body already filled the lord’s field of vision completely the moment he got aware of it.

It wasn’t because the distance was real close. Ootakemaru’s huge body was actually enlarging even further.

A body that was more than two meters tall closed in while at the same time growing to ten meters. In legends, there was one that said Ootakemaru could transform into a giant body dozens of meters tall, but apparently it was true. Without any pause he swept his arm that was like a log to mow him down.

Just the arm’s movement generated shockwave and gale that pulverized even rock boulder. The ground got deeply gouged like an excavator had passed through.

It was an intentional large swing so the target couldn’t get away. Normally it would result in minced meat, no question about it.

In fact, it looked like the lord got removed without a trace in the eyes of many audiences.

「Mister oni, over here♪ Guess I should say that in this kind of situation!!」 (TN: Hide-and-seek in Japan is called Oni Gokko, or chased by Oni)

Ootakemaru swung his arm backward in no time at all. He noticed. That lord and a clone of his had switched place just before his arm hit.

It was switching-type teleportation using artifact. By having multiple clones carrying the artifact, the lord could always teleport instantly to the spot he wanted.

Buckshot of sand and pebbles assaulted the lord. The were grasped at the same time while the arm gouged the ground. Ootakemaru threw them behind him simultaneously with a backhand chop.

Of course, 「Shunn」 the abyss lord dodged again by switching place. Of course, the 「Shunn」 sound effect was said with his own mouth.

A flying kick was slammed on Ootakemaru’s head from the side as though it was payback. It was also accompanied with “Soul Impact” again. Furthermore, similar with the first attack it had gravity magic added to increase the strength.

Ootakemaru’s head snapped. Right after that,

「That’s not gonna be enough at all!」

「GUWAAAAAH!!」

Ootakemaru’s oni eyes turned toward him glaringly. At the same time the lord’s leg got tightly grasped and then he was slammed on the ground. And then the body puffed into smoke.

*Tsk* A tongue click. Ootakemaru returned his gigantic body to its former size. The kunais enveloped in electricity passed through the spot where his head and heart were previously located.

「「「「「「「「「「IYAAAAAH!!」」」」」」」」」」

Before anyone realized it a hundred clones fired the second wave from behind, front, left, and right. Normally Ootakemaru would ignore something like thrown weapon from human, but he got a bad premonition like before so he discarded that option.

In exchange he created swords and spears that looked like ice at the air and attempted to sweep away the clones as well as neutralizing the attacks.

The attack’s power was terrific. It was also fired to all directions with the force of tsunami as though there would be no end to them.

「Tsk, as I thought the damn things’re enveloped with something-」

「They’ve the ability to cut you along with the space!! You did well to see through that, so accept the high praise from this me!!」

「「「「「High prai──GUWAAAH!!」」」」」

「Noisy bunch!!」

The ice swords and spears certainly swept away the clones. But, the kunais cut through the swords and spears, making the attempt to neutralize them a failure.

Even so the trajectories of the majority were diverted so it wasn’t pointless.

More than ten of them pierced Ootakemaru’s arm. They went through exactly like heated knife going through butter. The oni’s defensive power was easily broken through.

「This is lukewarm too!!」

But, something like that must only felt like getting poked by toothpick for Ootakemaru. Just by putting in his fighting spirit 「Fuhn」, all of the kunais were bounced away just by his muscle’s strength.

And then, even the wounds were getting closed fast.

「This time it’s my turn. Try getting through thiss!!」

「Ou!! Leave it to me!!」

Ootakemaru grinned and jumped to the sky. “Free flight” was also a power of Ootakemaru that was told in his legend. Then naturally “storm summoning” and “rain of flame” were also something he had.

「GAHAHAHAHAH, if you die you die! If you don’t die then do your best to entertain mee!!」

Not only the onis who were in a fierce battle against the other clones, even the audiences were disregarded. You ran out of luck the moment you’re in the same battlefield with this me. An indiscriminate and unreasonable attack that seemed to say that was manifested.

Localized dark clouds covered the sky in the blink of eye. And then a rainstorm broke out.

The small fairies screamed 「Uwaa~~ah」 and flew away. As expected the divinities were easily protecting themselves but, the middle rank had to protect themselves quite desperately on their own.

Naturally, Rana and others were also in danger. But, not even one of them lost their composure.

That was because they believed that Kousuke wouldn’t allow even the smallest chance of that to happen to them, and even more than that,

「Hinata-chan, Zhu-chan. Can I leave it to you two?」

「Please leave it to us.」

Rana requested with her wholehearted trust on them seeping from her voice. Hinata happily answered her without any hesitation. And then, Zhu-san responded immediately even while scoffing Fuhn with slight dissatisfaction.

「How many times I’ve told you to not call me with “chan”──eei, it can’t be helped! Follow my lead, Fujiwara Hinata!」

「I should. After all I am the better one between the two of us.」

「That’s not what I mean!」

Even while arguing like that, Hinata chanted her prayer while Zhu spun her mantra.

Immediately forming was two layers of barriers……or not, it was a combined barrier like two barriers melding with each other. Regardless of how they acted with each other, this was an exquisite technique that couldn’t be done unless both thoroughly knew each other’s capability as well as having trust toward the other.

The lord glanced their way. And then he smiled Fuh before immediately returning his gaze forward. Just from that Hinata’s face broke into smile from the trust and commendation that were conveyed through that gesture. Zhu-san looked displeased as usual, but a small faint curve was forming on his lips as though to say 「See that!」.

Right after that, the torrential rain of flame began trampling the ground.

It was like carpet bombing. Impact sounds were filling the battlefield without pause.

「「「「「「「「「「GUWAAAH」」」」」」」」」」

「Can’t you do something with that stupid sounding death cry?」

The clones fighting on the ground were vanishing one after another. Dozens of onis who were already exhausted from fighting them also threw angry yells and curses toward Ootakemaru while being blown away, but the screams of the clones that sounded like from the story of a certain slayer of ninja were too noisy that their cursing couldn’t be heard clearly.

Also,

「IYAAAH!!」

Perhaps it was his newest personal obsession. The lord’s main body that magnificently rushed through the heavy rain of flame and ran up to the sky also let out a war cry just like that certain slayer of ninja as expected. That was after he finished launching surprise attack toward Ootakemaru.

The tip of a short sword grew out from Ootakemaru’s chest. Even though he hadn’t let his guard down by all means, he was taken from his back splendidly.

「Guuh!? You bastard……cowa──」

「You aren’t going to call me a coward aren’t you?」

「Guh……yeah, I won’t! You screwing around son of bitch!」

Invisibility that easily deceived even the senses of a fierce god. That was proof he could possibly assassinate even god. It was understandable that the complexions of the gods and buddhas were rapidly changing from the viciousness.

Ootakemaru tightened his muscle to trap the short sword while launching a backhand blow to behind him. But, that was a bad move.

Against the lord who was predicting that an oni would definitely pay no mind to the injury and forcefully switched into offense,

「──”Black Maelstrom”」

「!? Tskk」

*Gakun* His altitude was forcefully dropped. At the same time the lord himself was lightly floating like gravity had no hold on him. With that the backhand only swung through air in vain.

During that offense and defense, the short sword that ought to be pulled out right away started displaying its function fully.

Ootakemaru’s sight twisted like jelly. The throbbing felt excessively far away. Numbness that originated from his wound was rapidly spreading to his whole body.

His movement stopped for an instant. Naturally, that was a fatal opening.

「Take this!! This is my full power full throttle!!」

(This guyyy──craapp!!)

Instantly generated by clones “Soul Impact” X 100 + “Black Sphere” X 100.

Combined and compressed magics of impact into the soul and ball of gravity. The main body himself also created it and when they were overlapping and enveloping his fist, the power that resulted could be easily guessed.

What Ootakemaru could do when he saw the figure of the lord with his fist drawn back like a bow above his head, was simply covering his body with highly dense demonic aura to heighten his defense.

「──”Kokuten Shittsui Geki(All Creation Shall Fall Within)!!”」(TN: Black Heaven Fall Attack)

「──Tsuuu!!?」

He couldn’t even make any voice. How should the impact that penetrated his armor of demonic aura be described? If a comparison had to be made, then perhaps it was like having a powerful earthquake getting slammed directly to his body.

Ootakemaru didn’t understand. Because his consciousness was cut off at the same time when he felt the impact.

It was like a shooting star. He was slammed to the ground with a trail of demonic aura following behind him. That impact caused an actual earthquake.

Tons of dust whirled to the air. However, a raging gale immediately tore away the veil of dust.

What came into sight was a huge crater.

And then, the figure of a fierce god laying spreadeagled unmoving on the center. His eyes were closed, and even the demonic aura had vanished completely.

The surrounding was holding their breath.

A beat passed.

The match is over. Everyone thought that and they were going to applause and cheer the winner──but just before they could.

「That headdd! Is mine!!」

The abyss lord mercilessly launched a follow-up attack. I’ll make sure you’re dead!! It was as though to say that! 「「「「「Ee~~~!!?」」」」」 Such voices slipped out from here and there in surprise.

「HAH, you don’t let your guard down as expected!」

Ootakemaru who was lying on the ground opened his eyes wide. He lifted up both his fists and swung them down.

His huge body got up immediately from the impact and recoil. Using his enlarged arms he met the lord who was descending to assault him.

A powerful uppercut that didn’t feel like it came from someone wounded dragged the surrounding air and even generated an updraft.

The lord received direct hit. However, this one was also a tricky fellow.

He had instantly judged that he would get shot down and dodged by switching place with his clone.

The two faced each other once more.

Stifled voices could be heard from the surrounding. The voices came from the other onis who got distracted by the sequence of events and had their heads taken by the clones. The clones let out cries of triumph 「I have taken an oni’s heaad~~」

The remaining opponents other than Ootakemaru were only ShuutenDouji’s four heavenly kings and two onis.

「Oi, what the hell is this poison? I’m still dizzy over here. It’s really something.」

In other words, that was the reason an abnormality happened to Ootakemaru just because of a short sword’s attack. He wouldn’t possibly die from it but, the deadly poison paralyzed even an other world monster for several seconds, or perhaps weakening them.

Who knew how effective it could be against oni that had excellent durability and recovery ability, but if it was something that a fierce god praised in a sense, then it could only be something terrific.

It went without saying who was the person who handed such poisonous substance to the lord.

「Please direct that praise to her by all means.」

The direction the lord directed his gaze was as to be expected, at Emily. It was one of the substance she developed because she wanted to become useful to Kousuke even just for a bit, because she wanted to become able to protect herself as much even just for a bit. Though it was too heinous even for such reasons that Kousuke slightly trembled when Emily happily reported it to him……

In any case,

「HAHAH!! That’s nice! I didn’t think that a woman who ShuutenDouji allowed to wait the same man as her could be a mere woman but……this is exhilarating!!」

Eh, could it be he resent me!? Emily-chan jerked when Ootakemaru sent his gaze at her. But, to Ootakemaru apparently it was exhilarating instead that a child of man managed to get one over him.

「Hey, brat……no, Abyssgate.」

Ootakemaru returned his gaze at him and called out while black blood was still freely flowing out from the stomach where his hand was pressing on.

「I’ll recognize it. The other bunch too surely can’t help but recognize it after getting beaten up to this degree. You’re a suitably strong warrior for ShuutenDouji to wait on.」

It was clear even without looking. The legendary onis who were called as ShuutenDouji’s four heavenly kings shrugged their shoulders in respond to Ootakemaru’s words. There was also no objection coming out from the other onis.

「But, you won’t surrender. Right? Are you having fun?」

「Yeah! This is fun! You bastard is the most amusing son of bitch! After all you still haven’t given it your all even this late at the game!!」

Yes, the lord still hadn’t played his trump card that was the final depth.

For Ootakemaru, no, for the onis that was something unbearably vexing.

And above all else, 「We gotta make him go all-out like it’ll be his death otherwise!」 they seethed so much they couldn’t help it. Facing such powerful warrior, their nature as oni, their instinct, their soul screamed! Make this warrior get serious, and then defeat him!

That was the greatest respect an oni could give toward someone. And most of all, it was nothing else than their recognition of him as “an existence above them”.

Even the matter of ShuutenDouji wasn’t in their mind anymore. Their objective had changed toward the strong before them.

Ghostly aura exploded out from Ootakemaru. No sooner than that Ootakemaru multiplied in the blink of eye.

「Don’t think that you’re the only one who can make clone.」

Ootakemaru grinned. It was his trump card of trump card that if used would make him lost some of his spiritual power for years, and he played the card facing against a child of man.

The other onis also played each of their trump card as though to say that this was the end.

Now, it’s your turn. Try using the trump card that ShuutenDouji mentioned with such charmed expression! If you’re going to carry your will through, let’s have a flashy strength comparison in a battle to the death yeah!! That’s what an oni is, no!! That’s the style of this world where gods, buddhas, and all kind of specters ran rampant!! Their intent said.

Facing such onis, the lord smiled fearlessly as though he was going to play with their rule. However,

「Fumu, as expected from oni! No wonder people often used strong as oni as a saying! But, regretfully I have to say that it’s still not enough!」

He replied so.

「What?」

「Yes, because there is no end to abyss! Because if this great one is truly none other than the beloved child of the deep abyss, that meant to say that it’s impossible to reach the bottom of the abyss no matter what!!」

「……What?」

Perhaps, the second 「What?」 was simply asking what the hell is this guy saying I don’t get it.

Ootakemaru-san, exchanged glance with the other onis for the first time ever since this battle started. 「Eh? You guys, do you get it? What does he mean by that?」 He asked. Even the four heavenly kings who were normally in dogs and cats relation with him had the atmosphere like they were saying 「Eh, no, I also don’t get it……」「Children of man recently likes to say complicated thing huh」「A-anyway, how about saying something like “That’s a really big talk!” back?」.

As expected from the abyss lord. He iiimmediately dropped the place into chaos. He didn’t deign to read the room.

However, his intent was clear, and it was a fact.

Ootakemaru and gangs, were a bit insufficient to draw out Depth VI from him.

「Feast your eyes!! At the dreadful black star of calamity that is the manifestation of abyss!! And then sink! Into the darkness of abyss with no end in sight!!」

How many times did you need to say abyss in this short time huh……, many people made such tsukkomi inside their heart but putting them aside.

That manifested.

「……Oi oi, it’s strange for me to be the one saying this but……you’re fucking insane」

The dark clouds Ootakemaru summoned warped and then vanished. The storm stopped. In exchange a staggering updraft came into being.

The source was a black star whirling at the sky.

──Gravity Magic’s Secret Technique Black Sky Destitution

Furthermore, it was the strengthened version with diameter of 200 meters constructed by five hundred people while fighting. In addition, if it was right now when the lord had been heightened until he could possibly enter Depth VI, it was possible to make the pulling power be directed or controlling the star to the direction he wanted.

In fact, the ground of the improvised arena was lifted up with sand and boulders getting pulled in one after another. The clones on the ground were also getting pulled up one after another with screams of 「Iyaaa~~h」, but the surrounding audiences only felt strong wind hitting them.

「I have finished confirming it with Hidzuki. Apparitions can revive one day even after getting swallowed by my dark star. Though it’s hard to guarantee that they’ll be the same existence after.」

Two onis immediately tried to escape from the area of effect but the moment their legs got lifted up, they screamed 「Gyaa~~~h」 as their bodies were heaved up to the sky. It was because of the directed sucking force.

The clones were doing faked rescue while shouting 「Are you alright!!」「Catch my hand~~!!」「Fiighttt-」「Gutsss~~~!!」.

It was already hopeless trying to run away unless they used teleportation. They would get sucked in unless they used their spirit power to anchor themselves!

In other words,

「Checkmate」

It finally came out, today’s first Fuh & turn!! Of course he also didn’t forget the chuuni pose.

The “Black Sky Devastation” started falling down mercilessly. The divinities in the air hurriedly evacuated.

「Well then let us meet again in the next life!! Proud legendary onis!!」

*Shunn* The lord vanished. A clone appeared in exchange. Ah, hello-ssu, the clone fidgeted slightly awkwardly.

Ootakemaru and the four heavenly kings ignored it and glared at the “Black Sky Devastation”……a beat passed. They shrugged in resignation and laughed with each other.

And then,

「He really got us」

There was no objection to Ootakemaru’s words that expressed his surrender.

The legendary onis all accepted their defeat and vanished under the black star.

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At the end,

「「「「「Don’t give up till the enddddd」」」」」

The clones yelled as they rushed in,

「「「「「Just what the hell is it you wanna do-!?」」」」」

The onis tsukkomi-ed.

The abyss lord didn’t even allow the onis to follow their pride and die gracefully. In a sense, such act might be fitting for the right hand of the demon god.

That was what Emily and others thought as they saw Kousuke making pose right beside them when they realized. Only Rana was in a gleeful mood while taking a lot of photos.

AN: Thank you very much for reading this every time.

Thank you very much too for the thoughts, opinions, and reports about misspelling and omitted words.

I read the comments and wondered, Quux, is it really that crazy…I’m currently trembling with trepidation. Putting that aside, Shirakome managed to obtain that thing I mentioned through my favorite’s Big Camera-san. There’s a lot of games I want to play. The word count might drop for a while or I’ll suddenly take a holiday but, please forgive me……

※Material Introduction

– Deadpool dance

From the MV of the movie [Deadpool & Wolverine]. Fighting with skull is the movie’s opening scene. It dumbfounded me「Is this really alright!?」 in various senses.

– Don’t you have any human heart

From Zenin Naoya of [Jujutsu Kaisen].

– Useless useless useless useless

From [Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure].

– IYAAAH!! GUWAAH!!

From [Ninja Slayer].

– I won’t let you say it’s cowardly

From Ashina Genichiro of game [Sekiro].

– This is this great one’s full power full throttle

From the white demon king of [Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]. This is my full power full throttle! Terrifying.

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