Manowa

Chapter 304 – Let's Wake Up the Devil King

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Right now, Kazane was dozing.

The Supreme Ruler's Mask, Dairokuten Maou Armor, and Dairokuten Maou Odachi desired to rule.

In Zexiaharts' explanation, those items only changed the player's personality settings, but in the real world, it seemed they caused something like a will distorting Curse.

Currently, Kazane had completely lost her sanity due to mental pollution from the strong magical arms.
Still mad, her desire for ruling led her to play the part of Devil King Kazanerian like she had pretended to be in the past, and she changed her name to Devil King Asura Kazanerian.

And right now, Kazane was dozing.

She was taking out her full power, behaving as a Devil King, and playing with her companions.

It was exceedingly fun.
Yes, it was a fun thing.
So she laughed.

The current Kazane could understand everything.

Why this world existed.

Why players came to this world.

And what she herself was.

That day,『simply for the sake of saving Yumika』, she detached the final human part of herself and offloaded her into the world, where she acted like a human once again.

Inside that prison of time that could be called eternal, she finally obtained her ideal world.

And even though she should have cut off the part of her heart that desired this, she felt happy.

Right now, everything looked like it was shining to Kazane.

Her overflowing tears not stopping was natural.
How long had she continued despairing about her own circumstances, and at the same time, how long had she been craving for this? She parted from her father and mother solely to wait for this time.
Like someone cursed, she had desired this salvation.
Many times, she was betrayed and scorned, but she continued to protect her friends, her younger brother, and her comrades.

And after a long time of doing so, the thing called her will became complicated, and for the sake of preserving her self, she changed to something that could no longer be called human, but a specialized existence whose only function was protecting.

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After going that far, how miraculous was it that she finally obtained a world that had Yumika, Naoki, and Yuuko-nee?

「Time's up, Kazane-san.」

A voice suddenly resounded.

「A trance state has been considered a method to commune with the gods since time immemorial.
Connecting became easy due to the mental pollution, right?」

A pure white world.
Despite this being inside Kazane's mind, that appeared.

「We also should have thought about the existence of a backdoor.
Well, I also entered from there, though.」

Kazane recognized that voice.
The boy god Norman was there.

Kazane should have been the only thing in this mental world, but with the appearance of the existence called Norman, an existence of her own was also born in this interior world.
Since she was no longer the only one there, an individual shell was necessary.

「That doesn't mean you did it intentionally, right? The fact that you unconsciously made a Path to that body is something that can't be helped.
I also understand your desire to go back.
However, if you don't separate soon, that vessel will break?」

After those words, Kazane nodded.
She understood that her dream time was over.

Then the overlapping existences called Kazane slowly separated until she split into two.

One Kazane had an extremely satisfied expression, and the other Kazane blinked in surprise when she saw that Kazane.
But the surprised Kazane also smiled when she saw the satisfied Kazane, and she nodded.

Then Norman told her.

「Kazane-san.
You probably won't remember anything about this.
The knowledge you acquired here should no longer be inside you.
Even if a little remained, it should settle in the deepest depths of your memory, like the memory of a dream.」

「I am……?」

Various meanings were loaded into Kazane's question.
Norman answered slowly.

「You are Yuihama Kazane.
A foreigner from a distant world, a player.
You're not special or important; the only thing special about you is the way you were born.
You can live as you like and die as you like.
You're something different from us, who are incorporated into the world's mechanisms.」

Norman only spoke to that extent about the truth of the existence called Yuihama Kazane.
And Kazane also understood that the part of herself those words didn't apply to was currently standing next to Norman.

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「Ah, that's right.
It's a measure for the backdoor, but I gave you a freebie just in case, so you should return to normal when you wake up.」

「Huh?」

Kazane realized that his atmosphere was different from before and tilted her head.

「Well, there's only about one minute left, but I'll leave the settlement to you.
No, in the first place, it's like I was rounded up due to your mistake.
I don't care to go as far as patching things up.」

「Eh, Norman-san.
Are you angry about something?」

Kazane was bewildered by his strangely forceful words, and Norman laughed.

「Well, I was enjoying the rice crackers and Sayama tea I ordered from the east countries when there was an emergency scramble.
I'm worried that Rezon has eaten everything by now.
It's shameful.」

So saying, his shoulders dropped, and after he sighed, he said「Farewell!」and started disappearing.
The Kazane next to Norman also waved her hand and started disappearing.

「Ah, wait a second!?」

Kazane called to stop them, but the world was closing.
She was waking from her dream.

Then, she returned to reality.

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「Mu!?」

When Kazane woke up, she was in a dark box.

「Oh, her movements stopped.」

『Let's knock her down, master.』

She could hear voices from outside.
Kazane was surprised and reflexively began moving.

Then, the Golem eyes installed in several parts of Rokuten-kun's armor moved.
How they were able to sense things was unclear, but from using Information Link with Tatsuyoshi-kun and the other Golems, she had already verified that Golems possessed vision and the like.
Even though she had almost no direct vision from inside Rokuten-kun, she could take advantage of that property to connect to the installed small Golem eyes with Information Link, giving her nearly 360 degrees of vision.

『She should become unable to move soon, though.』

「Yumika.
We could wait, but defeating Kazane should also be fine, right?」

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「That's not fine!?」

Kazane reflexively replied, and she heard voices say「Mu, still resisting?」『Let's poke her a little, master.』

(Dangerous.
I don't know why, but I'm fighting Yumika and Jinrai!?)

When she looked closely, Berserk Ogre, Yuuko-nee, Mino-kun, and Kokuen-kun were also fighting her companions.
The cause was unclear.
She felt like she had been talking to someone until just now, but she couldn't remember at all.

She couldn't remember, but when she sorted the situation, it seemed certain that she had rampaged after entering Rokuten-kun.
Suza was writhing on the ground, which appeared to be due to the influence of Dragon Pheromone.
And she was almost out of Magic Power.

(Not good.
It's already checkmate.)

Kazane made a「Yikes!」expression.

「Umm.
Look, it's me.
It's Kazane.
Everyone, we shouldn't fight.」

She said desperately, and they replied『She feels like she's going to lose, so she's using Kazane's voice.』「Cowardly.
What a bastard!!」At any rate, their hands didn't stop.
The battle itself continued.

(What should I dooo!!!!)

For such times, there was THAT.
There was nothing but THAT.
There was now no choice but to rely on THAT, and she resolved herself.
Yes, it was always like that.
Mankind had overcome countless difficulties by doing THAT.

Then Kazane resolved herself.
It seemed that was also transmitted to Yumika and Jinrai.

『Is she planning to decide the battle before time runs out!?』

「She doesn't know when to give up!!」

She could hear such voices, but she couldn't worry about that.
Kazane had no choice but to do this to the two people jumping at her: sincerely apologize and beg for forgiveness.
She had no memory, but she was the one at fault.
In that case, there was one thing she should do.

She threw away the weapons in her six arms, then fell to her knees and deeply bowed.

It was a『dogeza』.
Kazane mustered all of Rokuten-kun's power and did a dogeza.
At tremendous speed, she changed to Dogeza Mode in one go.
And a miracle occurred.

『Gufuo!?』

「Nugaa」

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Kazane's action of abandoning battle was completely unexpected for Yumika and Jinrai.
Since her body moved forward at excessive speed, the four arms on her back crashed into Yumika and Jinrai, who were rushing towards her.
The two were completely defenseless as they received that attack, and they were blown away.

「I'm very sorry!!」

However, Kazane was doing a dogeza with her eyes closed, ready for their abusive words.
There was no way for her to notice that the two had been blown away.

It was the Devil King's victory.
The deciding factor was a Dogeza Punch.
The prayer of a girl who risked it all to put an end to the battle produced a (physical) miracle.

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Summoning Fighter

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Draghorn Tonfa x2, Dragonscale Breastplate, Drake Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Sylphyn Skirt, Plasma Pants, Dragon Eating Ogre King's Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Accumulator, White Magic Accumulator, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring, Angel Bracelet

Level : 36

Health: 145

Magic Power: 304+420

Strength: 67+20

Agility: 71+14

Endurance: 38

Wisdom : 72

Dexterity : 47

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』

Skill : 『Kick Devil』『Warrior's Memory: Lv2』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv3』『Aegis Shield』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link: Lv2』『Optical Camouflage』『High Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Devil King's Intimidation』『Stone Minotaur: Lv2』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-Silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur』『Dragon Pheromone「Dragon」』『Boost』『Monkey's Strong Arm』『Two-sword Style』『Boobies Plus』『Living Armor』『Alarm』『Six-sword Style』『Mental Attack Complete Protection』

Kazane:「The end of a battle is always empty.」

Yumika:「…………」

Kazane:「Umm, are you angry?」

Yumika:「Notーparーticーuーlarーly.」

Kazane:「Uu, I'm sorry.」