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Arifureta After IIIs That God, Really Alright?
KUEEEEEE, a high pitched shriek resounded
Right after that, a squall that struck down from the sky rolled up cloud of dust and blocked the field of vision Small pebbles of sand attacked the eyeball which would force anyone to narrow their eyes while covering their face with their ar, rain poured down bythe squall
However, it wasn't a rain of water It was a rain that was th of around 15 centi really like a heavy rain
――Coatrice's stone needle
It was the characteristic le le needle, they would be petrified in the blink of eye And such needle was fired in a wide area by several hundred needles siht was blocked by the squall and cloud of dust
「――"Wind Wall"」
Aabbreviated hispered with a small voice Wind that whirled with the caster as the center bleay the cloud of dust
What appeared was a young man He had silky brown hair and well-featured face His body was lean and tight despite being slender and tall Wearing simple protectors that only protected his body's vital spots, his hands were holding a western sword that was shining faintly in a low stance
That youngthe squall of stone needles, he cal the sword fast with only theto rotate like a pinwheel in an instant looked like a round shield in addition with the radiance it was clad with
Right after that, stone needles showered down on the round shield of holy sword But, it seeh that shield because of its great momentum, the stone needles were easily repelled and scattered to the surrounding, piercing the ground around
KUEEEEE, a shriek that was unpleasant to the ear resounded onceits characteristic s that produced squall physically, and then its huge body rapidly swooped down
「tsk――"Light Explosion"!」
Light exploded Flash gushed out from the holy sword round shield like an explosion, and the shockwave bleay the re stone needles
The stone needles stabbed the surrounding like thorns If he et hit with petrification from below Kouki picked this forceful option because of that
Using "Ground Shrinker" skill, Kouki leaped out to the air in one go
The coatric put forward the sharp claws at its legs
「――"Light Severance"-」
Just before both sides crossed each other, Kouki created a siic Using that barrier as a foothold, he changed his trajectoryhis holy sword in a circle arc
Coatrice and Kouki crossed over each other round without decelerating at all Its neck plopped off and flew like a joke, and its flesh round
Kouki twirledhis body to fix his stance, and then he landed on the ground Just in case, he confirround, but the needles were already crue, so there would be no problem even if he landed on a stone needle
「……」
Kouki confir of the stone needles and the death of the coatrice, and then he let out a small exhalation to unravel his tension At the sa up inside
His coe of his physical condition didn't show up outside Even that condition that was beco he was used to
(Not just getting used to it, I have to overcoh……)
Kouki talked to hi his spirit to push back the breakfast inside his stoh to say 「You calling?」 He unconsciously smiled bitterly at hi like that, it's disgusting」
「Nnguh!?」
The caustic words that stabbed at hi javelin caused the breakfast to rise up as though to say 「As I thought you are calling aren't you?」 Using spirit! He pushed it back!
The one who threw the javelin of words froht clad in Hairihi kingdo, and she could be seen like a noble's daughter if she shut up and wore a dress
In fact, the girl was froh……
Anyhile Kouki was fighting the coatrice, the girl was hiding in the cover of rocky area and didn't co bad at all about that, far from that, when the battle was over she ca her ally while approaching near with a brisk pace
「Nn, nnh Err, isn't it going too far callingin front of a corpse with its head and body separated from each other, at a scene that is drenched with blood, how could I not call hiize, I cannot really follow hero-sa the fe away like in a rewind toward the nearby rocky area while her whole body was radiating aura 「It's creepy」, it caused Kouki to consent inside his heart 「Well certainly!」 in desperation while his
「So, hero-sa theback to the town? Or else, will you continue hunting like usual?」
The fe up to the sky The sun hadn't even reached the zenith yet This was a tio back to town to take lunch and reported to the guild about the request's completion
Norht was asking like that instead, it could be iined that usuallyKouki wouldn't return to town in this case
「The eyewitness report about the coatrice and also the extermination request we received said that there is only one of it but……there was also other eyewitness report of other monster The monsters of 【Duvune Precincts】 are troublesorand canyon, there are a lot of hiding places here We have ti further」
「……So it's like that」
The feaze at Kouki and she let out a sh
Kouki and others had went back to earth and returned to school
But, Kouki as tormented by his sin persuaded his family and childhood friends and he dropped out of school by his own choice He immediately crossed over to Tortus, and like this heendary decisive battle, the monster swarm that overflowed from 【Holy Precincts】 wasn't completely annihilated Quite a nu The monsters of 【Holy Precincts】 were powerful Every last one of theth of the reat labyrinth
For the adventurers of this world, these monsters were severe if they weren't adventurer of "Gold" class
It was for that reason that Kouki crossed over world without waiting to graduate froh school, and here he accepted ainst monsters from 【Holy Precincts】 He asked for cooperation from Liliana, he also appealed to all the branch heads of the adventurer guild, and like this tiiven the preference to receive infor on request with the highest degree of danger by his oish It was also wasn't rare for him to have consecutive battle every day Indeed, there was no doubt that there would be enore is these monsters were left alone, and rapid disposal of the to be thankful for
However, Liliana and so reckless like this then it er to him someday, they advised him to care for hin that Kouki's action pace would drop This ti to search for ht them just like usual
(I wish he will also be considerate aboutdispatched as his watcher and also supporter……)
Altough fighting side-by-side with Kouki wasn't included in the range of the feainst the
At the battle against coatrice just now, it would be the end for the ferazed by the stone needle Kouki and others of the another world group was in different level when it caic Most likely, she would be coot hit
Before this too, she felt uneasy only hiding in the cover of a rocky area, so she was hiding herself by creating a trench with godspeed hole digging
「Aaa, I want tois still quite far away I think……」
The fe behind the walking Kouki Kouki s the onee-sareatly loved to the degree that ashi Shizuku
「I know that already Aa, I hatelike the world can be crossed using spirit and guts if it's for onee-sau」
「If the world can be crossed like that, just what is the umo's hardships then」
Kouki's wry sinally she was a royal guard that was attached to Liliana, a direct subordinate of the forht order leader, Kuzeri Rail But, why then she was now acco Kouki? If such question was asked――the short ansas, she was dereatly loved Shizuku, she caused troubles over and over again because of her overflowing onee-saht -> norht -> this girl is no good already
At the legendary decisive battle, Kouki was at the enee also because of Kouki's own declaration
And so, nothe monsters of 【Holy Precincts】, naturally there was also opinions that were uneasy of leaving Kouki unregulated
Although Liliana declared that such thing was unneeded but……Kuzeri consulted to Kouki with an exhausted expression 「That girl, I'ive peace to the heart of the people as yelling their anxiety, let's attach a knight as a watcher, let's irl! That was how it ended up
「I wish that you won't speak of the name of that son of a bitch」
「You willyou know?」
「You ot Shizuku-oneesahly?」
「Gahah!?」
Kouki pressed his hand on his chest and fell down He got on all fours with his head hanging down It was a terrific counter
「Good grief, putting aside Kaori-sama, I wished that you would at least protect Shizuku-oneesama to the death Even I will be able to snatch away onee-sauh」
「Rather than hero-sama, you are the loser-sama You are chicken-sama!」
「Kafuh!?」
「Hey hey, how does it feel to be treated as "little brother" by a girl the sae with you? How does it feel? Hey hey」
「Uu, uuuuu」
The feht sword at the crouching Kouki She was venting her anger with her all, filled with the grief and lamentation toward the present situation where she couldn't even scratch that son of a bitch de presence was transmitted from the direction of 【Raisen Grand Canyon】
「……Looks like, I have a good luck today」
Kouki stood up so easily it was unthinkable that he was getting so grandly humiliated until just now
And then, he iht to folloith his gaze
The feht followed in a hurry Kouki suddenly turned his face toward such her
「Aah, that's right I had asked this several times already but……can you stop with the "hero-sama"?」
「……」
Kouki said that with a sht spontaneously turned silent, and after thinking for a while,
「Then, I'll call you chicken-sama」
「Can't you just call me Kouki normally!?」
Kouki spontaneously tsukkomi-ed As expected it seeht slightly backed away and ed her breast
「Asking et pregnant」
「You won't! What are you saying so suddenly!?」
「It's Onee-sa when I went to report to her that I am appointed with this duty First he would create fa each other by name, after that he would nonchalantly increase the body touch rate, for some reason some incident would occur and he would resolve it, and in the end he would suy's modus operandi you know, be careful okay, onee-sama said to me」
「SHIZUKUUUUUU-」
The tsukkomi of Kouki's heart burst out The roar ofin concert with that
「Well, it's impossible for me to be infatuated to other person that is not onee-saive this up」
「Why is it like I was confessing and then get rejected……wait, this is bad! Isn't this an aurora dragon!?」
Kouki felt exhausted, but right after that he saw the monster that showed up and he raised his voice in panic The on shaped ht that was once called as grey dragon The white dragon had disappeared and right now they were called as dragon of extreh already, but now they were the 【Holy Precincts】 version and their level had been increased It was a for ritted his teeth at the appearance of a aze behind hiht would retreat
「Quick, get aait, fast!? No, that's fine though!」
At that tiht had just leaped into the trench that she dug before this It was a wonderful escape
Kouki's expression was co somehow not satisfied, but the nextabove and he turned around And then,
「Uu, UOOOOOOH」
He faced the extreht that was released at the saht as only showing out her face a tiny bit froh he actually didn't mind even when he was ridiculed about his relationship with Shizuku-sa called "hero-sama" What a difficult person)
Kouki's act before this Despite his big reaction, but he easily returned to reality From that it could be understood that he had already came to a clean decision about his relationship with Shizuku Rather, he was accepting with the relationship where the two of theer brother and felt satisfied with it
But, in regard of getting called "hero-sa, but if one looked carefully they would clearly see that he had tense expression
And then, the e in front of the corpse of coatrice That was……
(It was, fear Now then, what in the world that fear is about……)
The feed the monster in midair battle with si a bit
The current Kouki wasn't wearing the "holy ariven to him from the palace That was because Kouki returned it himself He also returned all the artifacts he received from Hajime like "Air Force Boots" and others
That was because of his guilty conscience that said that those ite that could be possessed by him asn't a hero, at the same time it was also a decision that came from his deter on artifact
He was only carrying the holy sasn't because he wouldn't let go, but because he couldn't let go of it For some reason, when Kouki left it behind, it would fly back to him when he h the sas saying it had no user other than Kouki
In any case, it didn't change that Kouki's defensive capability had declined reht then he clearly wouldn't get away unscathed
Then, in that case, was that linked to his fear then……
The feht had a hunch that there was no way that was all there was to it
However,
(Well, it's soht easily abandoned that thought
At the distance, it seeht after that, three ons appeared and he raised a shocked screauess I better ht who actually was nonchalantly an expert in darkness elenored Kouki who raised a war cry 「I, I WON'T LOSEEEEEEEE-」, and then she diligently worked hard in digging a hole
「Uguu, I thought I was going to die……」
「How exaggerated In the end other than getting knocked down by a tail, didn't you nor particular wounded?」
「……Kaa-san, thank you for birthing ot a distant look and offered his feelings of gratitude toward his mother that was in different world
As expected, it would be severe for Kouki and the feht who had just underwent a ht now they returned at their base recently――【Brook Town】
If one walked at the bustling street, aroma that really stimulated one's appetite would waft from the street stalls Kouki's stomach was already empty too from his intense exercise His breakfast that rose up even when he didn't call now didn't show any sign of showing up
Kouki's gaze was unconsciously absorbed toward the numerous street stalls, but――
「Oi, that's」
「Ah? ……Chih, he is still in this town huh」
「Is this alright? What if he is sche……」
The men who looked like adventurer that happened to pass by were talking whisperingly to each other when they saw Kouki Their voices entered his ear
The area around Kouki's chest slowly turned chilly He unconsciously moved to cover his head with the hood of his cloak, but he stopped his hand froe
Their expression that he caught in a glance was clearly feeling disgusted, along with color of anxiety that oozed out Even though they understood that right now the hero was taking the initiative to hunt the ust didn't really vanish No matter how they couldn't wipe out their unease
The traitor of od……
Would he bare his powerful fang toward ……
Trust that was lost once wouldn't return easily
It was so he was prepared for That hy Kouki didn't hide his face He looked forward, deter trust is so really difficult」
「Eh?」
The words that feht suddenly let out caused Kouki's eyes to open wide The feit is easy, but obtaining it is hard」
「You're, right」
「However, giving up is exactly what a "person that cannot be trusted" would do Therefore, oneslowly inside Kouki's chest He was getting looked coldly at like this was hi what he sowed At the time when he was needed the most, he instead prioritized his own e