Laid Out Strategy and Exceptionally Dangerous Bunch
This chapter starts from Reina's POV
I suddenly found myself surrounded by demons right after supposedly getting teleported to Continent 3.
All by myself at that. What's going on here, geez.
Anyways, I looped off the heads of all demons no exception and then I set out to look for everybody else.
"W, what just happened...? Is this, inside shadow...? What, was I...?"
"Okay okay, just be quiet as I carry you away please. I'll take you out of the shadow once we've got enough people."
I pulled in a silver haired old man into my Shadow Dive right before the demon's attack hit him.
Both sides are looking confused and clueless.
Thanks to higher maximum MP and Ninjutsu Skill Level, I can now maintain Shadow Dive for quite a bit long.
It consumed 1 MP per second when I first got it. Now it's 1 MP per 7 seconds with much higher moving speed to boot.
I'm gonna grab anybody I can find that's in the same situation.
There's no way your average adventurers or soldiers make it out alive otherwise.
This silver old man I just saved seems to be the leader of a high ranked adventurer party. I think I recall them being the top ranker of the Hunt Fest's Red Area.
I'm sure he'll do an amazing working leading randomly assorted personnel.
"...I don't know who you are but you saved my life. You have my gratitude."
"You're welcome. Sorry but you gotta wait gulping a potion for those wounds till after you're out of the shadow. Please bear it for now."
"Ah, no, it's not life threatening. I'm peppy enough to have a debate with those demons even though I'm pretty bad at it. I still had to get saved in the end too, really uncool of me."
"All well's long as you live. It's the end when you're dead."
"You might be right. But even if I'm dead, I have people I've entrusted my dream on... Whoops, I shouldn't grumble to my rescuer like this. My bad."
"Nn, I mean you don't have to entrust your dream. You just gotta have the backbone to chase that dream together with them, am I wrong."
"...It's a bit difficult now that my age's caught up on me, I run out of breath simply from taking a light jog. Quite a contrast to young people who seemingly never have to catch their breath running."
Ah, this man looks to be one of those burned out adults, or more like an adult who's lost their drive and given up on their dream after experiencing setbacks.
He doesn't seem like a bad person considering his passionate speech to those demons earlier.
"Oh okay... So you look so calm and composed because you're too tired from being old~."
"Yup, really pitiful of me."
"But you look so picturesque like that, like, the image of a somber adult... Compare to our leader, he's throwing childish tantrums everywhere for his silly goal."
"I see. I have no idea who your leader is but I'm sure he must have a will so strong, age won't ever bend him."
"Well, he turns useless in front of his dear girl though. He's kept on a tight leash."
"Hahaha, there's no winning against women no matter the era."
He's so bad at it he won't even take the first step. What a bum.
It's pretty clear from Alma-san's behavior she'll welcome him with open arms anytime too.
He keeps thinking about stupid stuff like their age gap or that he's unworthy for someone as pretty as Alma-san yet he gets so mad whenever other men try to approach Alma-san (etc).
"By the way, may I know this goal of your leader?"
"Hmm, it's 'Travel all over the world and live the life eating good food'. He's pretty much already living that now though."
"...Haha... Ahahaha... Oh, excuse me. Yup, I think that's a splendid goal to have. Not giving up on that dream even after all this destruction by the demons is not an easy feat."
"Yeppers. I mean the reason our leader participated in this war to end this whole thing asap is for the sake of resuming our trip."
"Haha, despite the modest dream, his actions are on a big scale aren't they... I would love to have a chat with this person."
Uh, you did already. He helped you out carrying your baggage back then.
But I'm gonna keep quiet. I'll get to watch some interesting reactions this way. Fufufu.
Oops, found more protection target while we were talking.
I'll kick them outta my shadow once I've gathered ten of them. Keeping so many grown men in the shadow for too long makes it hard to move around.
Still, Kajikawa-san aside, wonder if Alma-san and Hiyoko-chan are doing alright on their sides.
I'm detecting several unusual presences. I better join up with them quickly.
...Wait, looking again, my protection target is a musclebound old man wearing nothing but underpants posing up with demons all around him.
Even the demons look super weirded out, they're making 'Uwaa....' sound. Can't I just forget and leave this guy behind...?
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~~~~~Vijikaranna (Long Purple) Commander POV~~~~~~
"Was that black haired man, that monster, Kajikawa...?"
Which means the strength he showed back then was real...!?
The demons who had me surrounded were not at all weak.
He routed a group of around Lv30-50 demons like he was swatting flies.
How, how unreasonable...!
Won't he take care of everything alone with him here.
It's as if he's sneering at us for hanging on by a thread against these demons.
Does he even know how long and hard we've been struggling all this time.
All to prove our worth and look back at the people looking down on us for being a woman...
That man showed up and ended it all instantly as if he judged everything we did so far was all for nothing.
Like we were of no interest at all to him, like that was how much we all amount to in the end.
Like, I'd accept that.
There's no way I can accept that...!
"I won't, stand someone like you, looking down on me...!"
"My, I smell a nice fragrant of hatred. Is this, envy? Ufufu, fufufufu, what good stink. It's like the polluted smell of sewer."
...!?
"What----"
"Alright, stop. Ahaha, you're full of openings, girl. Don't move now, alright?"
Someone stood behind me before I realized.
Showing up out of nowhere without any sign.
I can't, move...!?
"Are you familiar with 'Puppet Strings'? It's an Ability of Tame Skill that lets one control a lower leveled target as they please. Buut, it gets undone in no time against high level people such as you."
A blue skinned female demon drew her face close enough for our lips to almost touch as she peered into my eyes.
What sinister red eyes. It's so repulsive, I want to throw up.
"And yet, they're utterly helpless during that brief moment. Get what I'm on about?"
"Wha...t...!?"
"Look into my eyes. That's it, be a good girl and don't look away now."
The demon's eyes turn red, and redder as my thought is gradually getting painted red-----
"You don't need to bear it in anymore. Follow your desire to your heart's content. Tell me, what is it you want to do, and to who?"
"I, am---"
~~~~~~~In another, Battlefield~~~~~~
"...This is the coordinate for the teleport interference right?"
"Yea, there's no mistake..."
『Pi?』
"There's only one lone chick here. Someone's lost pet or something?"
"Musta gotten itself dragged in the teleportation. Didn't see that coming, damn."
"Well fine, we just have to wait for more humans teleporting in. Damn, what a letdown."
"What do we do about this chick?"
"Leave it be. Thing don't seem to have been eating. Probably too to weak to worth taming for."
『Pipi!』
"Shoo shoo, get outta the way you're noisy... Gopa!!?"
"Hm? ...W, what's wrong!?"
"An ambush!? Who, and where'd they come from!?"
『Cluuck!』
"T, the chick turned into a chicken, no wait, is that a Platinum Cock!?"
"Larval Mimicry! Watch it, Platinum Cock is an over Lv50 magic beast!"
"Anyone, use Tame on it! This thing could be of use..."
"Alrighty, lemme Tame bugepabaa!!?"
『Cluck!!』
"N-not good! It's too savage! We gotta kill it dead!"
"Magic! Get away and shoot from afar!"
"Drop dead, you darned chiiick!!"
"Shoot! Shoot, shoot, just keep shooting!"
『Cluuuu...!!』
"W, what...?"
"It's, sucking in our magic...!?"
"T-that looks like real bad news, all hands, retreaaaaaat!!"
『CLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!』
"I, is that a, Dragon Breath...?"
"Ah, no, I'm dead----"
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