Translated: Sei, MTL-sensei-tachi
Edited: Sei, Grammarly no Danna
Source: Syosetu
TL Notes:
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Sorry it's late. I haven't been feeling well lately. And this chapter is twice as long as usual so I split it into two.
Chapter 305 Part 1
To track the devil who appeared at the meeting and confront the revived Auru-san and the others, I assimilated with my senior, Leona-san, and attempted a full-force pursuit.
The first thing that caught my eye upon exiting the door was the hallway inside the venue, overflowing with people.
Realizing immediately that guards had rushed in upon hearing of the disturbance, I leaped into action on the spot.
"Hey, what are we going to do?!"
"Just run on the ceiling!!"
"Hyaa!?"
Kicking off the walls and ceiling, I burst through the crowd and out into the open air.
Which way is it?
『It's diagonally behind and to the left from your perspective.』
"Falga-sama!"
『I'll guide you there.』
"Thank you"
Following Lord Farga's instructions echoing in my mind, I leapt using the elasticity grant—— Healing Jump that propelled me high into the air, allowing me to run along the wall.
『With my high-speed movement and Usato-kun's kinky maneuvers, we can dash through any place! Go, go! Usato-kun!!』
『So this is the view you're seeing... It's a bit moving.』
『Oi, Nea!? Are you okay!? I'll pin you down with dark magic!』
"Abababa?!"
Moving from rooftop to rooftop while enveloped in Thunder Beast Mode 2's lightning, to a bystander, it probably just looks like lightning streaking across the ground. But as long as it goes unnoticed and passes for a natural phenomenon, that's fine by me!
"Hmph!!"
In an instant, I made it from one end of Mialak to the other, then without a moment's pause, leaped mountainously with a healing jump, confirming the opposite shore from midair.
『It's at the other end of the lake. With your and Leona's current strength, you should be able to cross easily』
"Got it! Leona-san, let's go!"
"Yeah, don't hold back, use it freely!!"
A tremendous amount of cold air flows out from my feet.
The magic power generated transforms into ice blocks midair, which I use as footholds to accelerate rapidly through the air.
Using the momentum, I deliver a downward kick, sending the cold energy taking shape toward the lake surface ahead.
"Healing Cold Legs!"
『That's a clever name, combining the words 'cooling' and 'cold legs'...!』
『U-Umu…』
『You can be honest, Leona』
"I-I-I-I'm going into hibernation?!"
The released cold air instantly freezes upon striking the lake surface, transforming into a temporary footing.
With the ice-formed path stretching from the lake's surface to the opposite shore visible before me, I once again enveloped myself in lightning and sprinted full speed toward the opposite shore.
"Hyaaaaah!? What the hell are you doinggg!? If I hadn't been clinging to you, I'd be frozen to death by now!!"
"I'm casting healing magic too!!"
"No wonder I feel so calm... or did you think I would say that!? This is a wash!?" (Note: a situation resulted in a neutral outcome where positives and negatives cancel each other out, or that no one side has an advantage over another.)
Feeling sorry for Nea's screams trapped inside my chest armor, I kick off the frozen ground.
Leg armor that makes any surface a foothold.
Using them, I've even run across a lake, and now I'm kicking through the icy ground with elasticity to jump.
"Healing jump!! And one more!"
Using an ice block conjured mid-air, I leap higher and spot several figures on the opposite shore preparing to activate teleportation magic.
Nine people!? Two of them are devils, and the rest are Auru-san and her friends!!
『! So you really did come, huh.』
"I found youuuu!!"
『『!?』』
Spotting them, I called out Leona-san's name as I fell toward them.
"Leona-san!!"
『Yeah!』
Ice swords materialized around me, and then were fired all at once.
"Ha, hahaha! Just as you'd expect from a kid Captain has high hopes for! He's totally out of this world! Gilg!!" (Note: Taichou)
『...』
One of the black-robed figures lunged forward, unleashing a powerful heat-like force from his palm.
It instantly melted the ice sword, but in that instant, I landed with a thud, my feet slamming into the ground.
"Oraah!!"
Releasing ice magic, I unleash icicles toward the devil and Auru-san and the others.
It's so powerful that it can't be melted by heat alone.
"Oops, looks like it's my turn then."
Alongside the giant man called Gilg, Auru-san thrust her hand forward, releasing a purple wave.
The waves shattered the ice the moment they touched it, and within that instant, the heat magic Gilg unleashed melted the ice away.
"..."
『What's wrong? Aren't you going to attack?』
『Better not charge in until we figure out that purple-haired woman's magic』
『Yeah, it's powerful enough to send Usato flying head-on』
There were nine people in total, just as I could see from the sky.
Two devils, and seven figures clad in black robes, including Auru-san.
The seven of them are surrounding me right now, but two of the devils, Rapdo, are looking at me in fear, while the other is preparing to cast a teleportation spell.
"Well now, this is a bit of a predicament. Even if we outnumber them, we'll still lose like this."
Auru-san, who was standing in front of me, muttered this in an exasperated tone, and the female devil who was about to teleport raised her voice.
"Just hold him back! There are plenty of replacements of you!"
"Okay, okay. Well, I'll do my best to harass and hold them back, so I'll be happy to help."
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Three of the seven have revealed their abilities, and if they use them, it'll be troublesome.
At least, if it's just me alone, I won't lose, but I can't win either.
Seven against one means there's that much of a handicap.
...Well, it's too much trouble to even think about it.
"All we have to do is stop the teleportation."
Instantly activating Thunder Beast Mode 2, I force my way through the encirclement.
My target is the devil in the form of a woman.
"You're first!!"
"Eh, haa?! Nooooooo?!"
I slammed my hand into the screaming devil's neck -—— but the attack slipped right through.
This guy's hiding too!
But that's meaningless against me!!
I slam the healing magic bullet I created in my hand onto the ground, scattering it around. The particles of healing magic take effect on the invisible presence.
Hmm, this thing only has half a wing...!
....
"So you're the culprit?! I won't forgive you!"
The one who stole and exploited the bodies of the buried Auru-san and the others.
If I beat her down, I should be able to do something for them.
Just as I thought that and tried to attack her, who was invisible, white smoke enveloped my body.
"Usato, it's the same white smoke as before!"
"This is meaningless to me right now!! Hmph!!"
Using the leg armor imbued with healing magic, I strike the ground, diffusing the healing magic around me.
I track the three approaching shadows and deflect the swung sword with my right gauntlet.
Then, pulling my arm back, I instantly envelop it in purple lightning.
"Thunder Beast Mode 3!"
""...""
"Electromagnetic Acceleration Healing Flying Fist!!"
One of them made a defensive move, but it was too late!
The flying shockwave, unleashed three times alongside the Healing Acceleration Fist, struck the three who had attempted to attack, sending them flying.
『Fist Railgun...? What's that? I wonder if I can do it in the same way as a thrust...』
『At this point, it's practically a different thing altogether...』
The white smoke was blown away by the Healing Flying Fist, revealing a small man who had been slammed into tree on his back, a large man who was defending himself with a lump of iron, and Auru-san who was defending herself with a sword sheath that was clad in purple magic power.
"Captain, where on earth did you find this kid?! Hmm, hmm!? My body..."
"It's a binding spell!"
"Nice! Nea!!"
Nea's binding spell immobilized them, and I pressed my attack to incapacitate them.
But Naruka-san, a woman wielding sonic magic, stepped in front of me and unleashed her spell. Protecting Nea, I gritted my teeth and took the hit head-on.
"... Smoke again!"
Smoke flies over from the side again.
As I grit my teeth at it, intense heat surges along with the smoke.
Did they send heat magic along with it too?
"Leona-san, please adjust your timing with me!"
『Yeah!』
I combined Leona-san's cold air with the Healing Explosive Wave I created with both hands.
It'll blow away all this heat and smoke!!
『Cold Air!』
"Healing Explosion Wave!"
Unleashing the stored magic power, freezing everyone within the range of the technique.
It halts the movements of the two who had been emitting heat and white smoke beyond the blown-away smoke.
"There's opening."
"Usato-kun!"
As the white smoke cleared, a sword was thrust into my stomach.
I barely managed to block it with my gauntlet, but——,
"My magic is similar to an impact."
"What?"
"I'll return all of your attacks at once."
A cannon-like impact strikes my stomach from the tip of the sword.
...I see, so this is the true nature of her magic.
I took the full brunt of the frontal impact with my entire body and held my ground.
"E-Eeh? I thought I put quite a bit of impact into it."
Had I not driven ice stakes into the soles of my feet beforehand, I might have been blown away. But once I endured it, the advantage was mine.
I raised my head and grabbed her shoulder with my left gauntlet. Auru-san's smile twisted into a grimace.
"If I know the impact’s coming, it’s no big deal...!!"
"No, that's something a captain would do... Wait, areh? I'm in trouble!? T-This guy~, l-let go~!"
She struggles to release the grip on her shoulder and the sword.
That strength was beyond that of an ordinary human, and even the electric shocks being poured into her since earlier showed no effect.
"What incredible power...! What on earth have they done to you?"
"That's what I should have said! What did the Captain do to you!?"
What did she do to me...?
You guys should know that better than anyone!
"Training...!"
"It's frustrating to find myself convinced by it...!!"
Could this superhuman strength be due to the devils doing something to the corpse...?
But judging from the others, it seems only Auru-san retains awareness.
"! There it is!"
From behind, I seized the neck of someone approaching invisibly with magic, using a dark magic hand created from my shoulder.
What emerged from the empty space was Rapdo, knife in hand.
Seems he tried to catch me off guard, but half-hearted ambushes won't work on me now...
"Was it you who did it?"
"Wh-why, my location?!"
"If Healing Detection is activated, I have no openings."
"Healing Detection is a pretty dangerous skill even without thinking too hard about it...?"
『It leaves no openings for this guy...』
The surrounding area is already filled with more than enough magic power from that healing explosive wave earlier.
Even if you try to deceive my five senses, I'll find it with my other senses.
"Alright, if you're coming to help, now's your chance!"
"!"
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