Arifureta After III Brutal Hero Shia Arc I Am A Married Woman Desuu!
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The rabbit eared girl dignifiedly threw out her chest above the pale bluish white ripple.
Even the divine spirit of earth couldn’t take the next action immediately in front of that. Confusion, shock, ……the thought of 「A talk, isn’t that impossible?」, putting aside all of those, it took all he had to return to normal the iron hammer that was deflected by a small girl who was like an insect from his point of view.
The celestial people too, the demon king too, and then even every single one of the demon kingdom’s people, they were completely speechless.
In that blank period of time that was brought about by that dumbfoundment and charm, the yellow slime……not, the divine spirit of lightning cloud who was catching up plopped in front of Shia and started hopping.
『Oros, it’s fine even if only briefly, please lay down your arms.』
With a piercing glare, a sharp glint came from the far 600 meter above. In the head of the gigantic golem, there was certainly a pair of light that although small was visible.
『Udar……that’s some state you are in.』
There was no objection. Because his appearance was completely a slime. But, he wished to be allowed to groan ‘muu’ in protest at least. Udar flickered flashily in order to express the inside of his heart while forming his words for the sake of his promise with the girl who he deemed worthy.
『Won’t you lend your ear to what the children of man have to say?』
『……』
Oros didn’t answer. But, he also wasn’t ignoring those words. He also wasn’t ruminating. What could be felt from him was shock and anguish, and then rage.
『We are sometimes liable to forget. That lives have as many color as its number in existence. The “children of man” are also included in that.』
“Children of man” didn’t consist of a single living thing. There were many lives that were born, and so there were also as many different will, sense of values, and then the way of changing, and the speed of that change in accordance to that. That was what Udar said.
‘That’s why’, Udar continued……
However, before that,
『So you have fallen, lightning cloud.』
‘How truly pitiful, what a tragedy. Oh my brethren, that state of yours that I cannot bear to even look at, there I already no right or wrong in it. If you say that you are going to turn your back on mother, then perish together with them.’
Even without words, the torrent of killing intent that shook the land was thrust before them.
It was expressed by the shape of the iron hammer. Although it only came from a single arm, it wasn’t inferior compared to a gigantic falling meteor just like before. It was more than enough to crush a divine spirit who had been weakened.
「Begone!!」
Of course, such future wouldn’t be approved by the bugged rabbit.
A thunderous roar stirred the air, at the same time Oros’s crushing hammer was deflected once more.
But, this time he didn’t display an unsightly dumbfounded look. If one attack was impossible, then two attacks. If two attacks were no good then three attacks. He would attack no matter how many times, until they fell, until they perished.
*GOU-* The wind howled.
That was truly a battering that was like a storm. The two arms of Oros who was firmly stepping on the ground were unleashing consecutive attacks in order to destroy the small rebel and his fallen brethren.
The crushing hammer of the combined two arms that was falling like a meteor was nothing but a nightmare seen from the view point of the demon kingdom’s populace who were targeted by it.
But, that nightmare, it could be regarded as just a nightmare if they survived it.
「Level VII!! Come at me with all you gooot-, desuu!!」
It was like a barrier. The meteors of crushing hammer, all of them were deflected the instant it reached a point in the sky.
Each time that happened a thunderous roar reverberated, shock waves shook the land, and the air was blown away in radiating direction.
A swing of war hammer.*PAANN* It smashed the wall of air and struck dead the death with a blow moving in the speed of sound. Against the meteor shower that was increasing in speed, the war hammer also increased in speed moment by moment, intercepting the calamity right from the front.
『Damn hero of another world……annoying.』
His hands didn’t stop even while saying that. The rage toward the irregular existence that made his brethren fell and brought danger closer to his mother was stirring up Oros more than his sense of mission.
『The land isn’t as light as the lightning cloud. Attempting to save the children of man……realize your own hubris.』
The storm of crushing hammer increased further in intensity. As though to say that the strikes would continue attacking eternally until the hero who worked for the salvation of man was crushed.
That was why, Shia yelled. She raised her voice, undaunted against the thunderous roar.
「I won’t save anyone!!」
Damn straight. Shia wouldn’t save. She wouldn’t save the people of this world or anything. Because there was no meaning in them being saved. Because they had to save themselves by their own.
「Exactly!! Please, listen to our words-, divine spirit of the earth!!」
Because Shia left behind Schutaif and rushed ahead alone, Eric got left behind and only caught up now. It seemed that he came ahead with only Louis using Louis’s spirit art.
「We are foolish-. So foolish that we aren’t able to unite our heart even at this late hour.」
The words of the young king of the human race resounded in the interval of the thunderous roars.
Even the people who were scared out of their wits by the fight between fellow supernatural existences like in legend finally returned to their senses hearing that voice that was raised until the throat was almost torn up.
The eyes of the people of the demon kingdom brightened when they finally keenly realized that the reinforcement had arrived. The celestial people fired up themselves to remove the threat that was opposing the divine spirit.
「However, even so-, please I beg you to listen! To the prayer of the people who are trying to reform, trying to take back the goodness of heart from the old day! Please I beg you to ascertain it with your own eyes! Of our repenting figure!」
Oros didn’t answer. As though to proclaim that something like words to say had been exhausted already since a long time ago.
Even so, Eric continued to scream. Because that was the only thing that he, humans could do, no, should do.
「How idiotic. Something like the words of harmful insect crawling on the ground won’t reach the ear of the great ones.」
It wasn’t Oros who replied. It was the celestial people. A portion of them who came back to their senses spread out. Above they created sparking mass of lightning. Their aim was Eric and Louis below. The fired spear of roaring lightning became an intense rain that poured on them.
「I won’t allow that. Prompt execution――”Water Wall”」
Just as Louis’s words meant, barrier of water that was casted with abbreviated chanting enveloped the two. The lightning spears couldn’t pierce the water barrier. The lightning ran along the water flow and scattered to different direction.
As expected from the strongest caster of the kingdom. Apparently even the killing intent of ten-odd celestial people wouldn’t reach him when he was in perfect readiness.
Although, that attack certainly became the signal of resuming battle. The army of celestial people, two thousand people who believed without a doubt in their own superiority started attacking the barrier-less demon kingdom once more.
Shia was still in the middle of exchanging blows against Oros right from the front.
It was hard to imagine that the bugged rabbit would lose in a one-on-one straight fight. However, that was because she possessed the strongest strength in close quarter combat. She who couldn’t use magic properly was lacking in annihilating power.
For a moment, the thought of advancing to Level X crossed her mind. If she subdued Oros quickly and fought with the style of throwing exploding slug bullet like grenade, she would be able to take one a mere two thousand.
Although, the problem was whether she would be able to beat unconscious a divine spirit who was nearly immortal, furthermore a divine spirit of the earth who was boiling in rage in a short time or not……
Thinking of the demerit of Level X’s limited usage time, she couldn’t help but hesitate.
The current Level VII was the maximum level that she could use without feeling any demerit. More than this would burden her body more or less.
(But, I cannot say that in this situation.)
Her rabbit ears were twitching *piko piko*. Agonizing cries were resounding from the capital. Not only the attack of the celestial people, apparently the great army of golems that should be called as small sized Oros were overflowing from the underground of the cracked earth.
Eric and Louis were also under the concentrated fire of celestial people who had drastically increased until a force of several hundred.
Even so Louis was still continuing to endure. One couldn’t help but to admire his skill that surpassed the imagination, however, he couldn’t be expected to do more. He was unable to launch a counterattack, he had his hands full with simply protecting the king. In front of the violence of number, his mental strength and spirit element were shaved away bit by bit.
Greg and others were rushing closer with body reinforcement, but they would need a bit more time.
(I’ve promised.)
She promised to Eric and others of wanting to deliver the feeling of human to the mother the star tree no matter what resulted from it.
The risk of Level X was too high. It wasn’t realistic. But, if she ignored the burden to her body, she would manage somehow until Level VIII, or IX with her guts! Shia thought with her rabbit ears standing straight, it was then.
「!? What!?」
『You bastards……』
The air was shaking unnaturally. The land was vibrating, and unpleasantness that was crawling stickily on the skin was attacking.
When they looked with a taken aback expression, the structure that looked like a tuning fork had been standing erect without anyone noticing.
Yes, it was the ultimate weapon of the demon kingdom――the Tyrant.
The faint illumination it was radiating was giving a graphic account how it was activating.
Eric and others opened their eyes wide in disbelief, while the celestial people fanned up their fighting spirit to attempt to destroy it this time for sure. During that time, Arogan who had recovered slightly floated in the air while raising his voice.
It was a foolish voice, in various senses.
「Listen-, my people! The foolish divine spirits! She is the one and only savior of mankind, the hope of us “human”, the hero Shia! ――My queen!」
‘Haa!?’ Such shocked voice resounded. That was Shia’s voice, and also the voice of Eric, and also the voice of a portion of the demon kingdom’s people.
「Shia! You are the first one to come running here in our predicament and protect me like this, that love, I have certainly received it! if your strength is combined with my strength, no, my country’s strength, there is no need to fear the likes of god! Let’s go together toward the new world that is filled with glory! My people! Observe carefully! The moment of us the strongest husband and wife defeat the god!」
The demon king’s speech didn’t stop. Tyrant growled in concert. In less than a few seconds, all the spirit elements in the surrounding would be thoroughly stolen and an act that should be reviled would resume.
The reason of Arogan’s eccentric behavior. In a sense, it was exactly just as his words meant. After witnessing Shia’s true strength, he saw the hope of winning against divine spirit, however, he despaired because Shia was unable to also handle the fierce attack of the celestial people and the golems, because of that he formed a plan.
That was a plan to draw in Shia to his side and made it into an established fact. He made it as though Shia fell in love with him and came running to their help because of love, then he proclaimed that he accepted that love.
Like that, by pulling in Shia from her neutral position completely into demon kingdom’s side, she would be brought into an absolutely hostile relationship against the divine spirits, making it into a situation where she wouldn’t be able to survive without joining hand with them.
Later, after overcoming this emergency situation, it would be fine if he just made Shia fell for him.
Arogan didn’t have any doubt. Of his own charm, that eventually there would be no way she would be able to resist him. If he obtained Shia in his hand, there would be no need to wait for mankind’s technology to reach the divine territory. And above all else, a radiant girl like Shia was the only one worthy for him.