Arifureta After III Abyss Lord Arc Chapter 2 The Respective Battle Bottom
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This is consecutive update after Saturday.
A chapter before, 「The Respective Battle Middle」 was posted so,
For those who haven’t read it, please start from there.
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Around the same time when the returnees were attacked everywhere, in the Nagumo family house……
All the attackers were groveling around the house.
With just one word, the demon king’s first wife,
――Grovel
Ordered them to do so.
It was Yue-sama’s “Divine Statement”.
Whether they were demon or cultist, it was irrelevant. The sense of invincibility was absurd.
In a manner of speaking, Nagumo family house was the demon king castle, so although in a glance it looked like a single house that was somewhat splendid in a residential area, the inside was a completely different thing.
A type of defensive barrier that automatically detected every kind of attack as well as infiltration was prepared in five, six layers with varying form. In case those layers were penetrated, an interception system that was also automatic would attack with heavy weapons, magic, and swarms of grim reapers.
Even if someone was lucky and managed to step inside the house, the moment they stepped in, a teleportation device would activate and the intruder would be forcefully moved to an underground prison that doubled as a battle field that was set up deep inside mountain. (With setting change it was possible to send only the mind to a dungeon of game world)
In case it was a long range attack――for example, even if a nuclear missile was fired, it would surely become a nightmarish sight where the surrounding became empty lot while only Nagumo family house would still stand unharmed.
It was a house that was truly should be called as an impregnable fortress.
Who in the world the attackers could possibly be? What kind of existence the unseen enemy that was wafting off strange aura was?
Yue asked those things from Kousuke through telepathy, but just slightly before that,
「Excuse me for coming so late at nightttttttt-」
Suddenly, the space in the living room distorted. From the opened “gate”, Aiko rolled *roll roll* out. She also didn’t forget to give greeting as befitting a full member of society.
Aiko went along the momentum of her rolling and stopped into a beautiful kowtow, then she said 「eih」while twisting the “Gate Key” that Hajime specially gifted to her which could directly connect to Nagumo family house. After that, the arm of the cultist who was reaching out his hand from the “gate” exactly at that timing was……
*Plop* It fell on the living room.
Because the gate closed, the arm that straddled through space was bisected it seemed.
It appeared, Aiko was going to a convenience store. Her hand was holding the bag of a certain convenience store and a box of Yukimi Da○fuku was peeking out from it. She was attacked while going home and panickedly escaped to Nagumo house. Only the Yukimi Da○fuku that she wouldn’t let go no matter what. (TN: Seems like it’s a brand of manju snack or something in Japan.)
「Yue-oneechan. Someone’s hand is……」
「……Nn. There is no such thing.」
*Snap* A single finger snap resounded. The “hand” was swallowed by blue flame, together with the slowly oozing out blood. it vanished in the blink of eye without even leaving behind ash. Annihilation by flame for filth for the sake of Myuu’s cultivation of aesthetic sensibility.
「I’m sorry to visit suddenly. For some reason people who give off bad feeling attacked me.」
「Ai-chan-sensei, it’s gret that you are safe. Just now we were also attacked. There are quite a lot of people outside.」
「Eh? There are that many suicidal people out there?」
Aiko’s statement flew out so naturally in respond to Shizuku’s words, but it spoke volumes about her opinion toward Nagumo family house.
Although, it seemed there was no time to sort out the situation with each other leisurely.
Right after that, the emergency telepathies from the classmates were broadcasted to the whole group, and at the same time, the barrier devices that were set up in Shuu’s company, Sumire’s workplace, Shirasaki family house, and then Hatayama family house raised the alarmed that notified their activation.
And then,
『Everyone, it is I.』
The voice of the abyss lord too.
In this kind of emergency, what do you mean “It is I”, Yue-sama thought with vein pulsating on her forehead.
「……Endo. Explain without screwing around.」
It seemed the voice of extreme coldness returned the lord back to Kousuke. Yue listened to the starting explanation while running her gaze around. After doing that, the wive~s nodded in the same beat.
「……Tio, take care of the house. You can also open the underground as evacuation place.」
「Umu, understood. I wouldst protect Myuu and Remia. Go forth, Yue.」
「……Nn.」
Yue vanished silently.
Almost at the same time,
「I will return soon with Otou-san and others!」
「I’ll also go check on the disciples, so I’ll be a bit late.」
「Just in case, I’ll borrow several Grim-chan okay?」
Saying that, Kaori, Shizuku, and Aiko, the three also teleported to their own house using their “Gate Key”.
By the way, before Aiko teleported, she took several white and red balls that were placed in the living room’s shelves and then returned to her own house. What was inside the balls wasn’t monster, but mechanical god of death.
The balls were “Treasure Warehouse” for storing the Grim Reapers. It wasn’t Po○ball by any means. Papa wasn’t creating it to be similar because of a certain daughter’s begging, not at all.
Tio was listening to Kousuke’s explanation that was resounding inside the brain while groaning 「Fu~mu」, her hand was pressing her smartphone *pi-pi-* during that time.
「……It dost not connect as expected.」
「You mean Hajime-san and Shia-san?」
Remia who was going ‘my my ufufu’ even at this kind of time was asking while starting the preparation to for the people who would come here to evacuate.
「Umu. The barriers protecting Hahaue-dono and Chichiue-dono were activated. Naturally, the notification shouldst hath reach Goshujin-sama too but……」
「Umyu……where are papa and Shia-oneechan at nano?」
「Who knows. The modified phone of Goshujin-sama doth not connect. Perhaps the notification doth not reach, or perhaps they art in a place or a situation where even though the notification reach, they cannot contact back……. It doth not look like they art merely enjoying their vacation leisurely.」
Seeing Tio folding her arms in contemplation, Remia’s expression clouded slightly.
「Do you mean to say that Hajime-san and Shia-chan are also falling into some kind of dangerous situation?」
「Might be so. Although, it’s also not a matter that is so worrying. In all probability, they art only in a situaiton where the phone’s signal doth not reach. It’s not possible that they art unable to move or contact back even though the notification reached them. Goshujin-sama hath the Crystal Key afer all.」
No matter where they could possibly be, if Hajime grasped the situation here, then no matter what kind of obstacle stood on his way, Hajime could ignore it and instantly rushed here. That means, in the first place he didn’t notice the necessary to rush here itself.
That in itself was a really abnormal situation for Hajime though……
「There is no problem nano! It’s the long-awaited trip where Shia-oneechan was that happy nano! Making them go back home just because of this degree of trouble is no good-!」
The beloved daughter of the demon king declared that they had no need for papa’s help or anything it seemed. Both her small hands made clenched fists, and she puffed her chest, speaking passionately with a rough breathing 「Huff」. She even started shadow boxing with sharpness in her movement, saying 「Bring it on! If they want a fight, then come at us anytime, anyone, from anywhere-, nano!」.
Seeing the figure of such Myuu, Tio and Remia looked at each other’s face, and a beat later.
「It’s just as Myuu said. If it’s Goshujin-sama, he must hath gotten flown away to other world somewhere and flirted around with Shia anyway.」
「Ufufu, that’s right isn’t it? If the two of them are together, then there won’t be anything scary at all. Let’s take care of this properly while they are away.」
Saying that, they chuckled at each other.
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Right after Aiko teleported to the backyard of her parents’ house, she heard the voice of a person she knew well resounding.
「Yo, you guys! Just what in the world! Do you understand what you are all doing!? This is a crime!」
The voice of a young man was saying the natural thing to people who were most likely the cultist attackers.
「Ee? Taichi-kun? So you are visiting the house……」
Aiko was flustered and a bit troubled that the young man who was her childhood friend, Furukaway Taichi was in her parents’ home. The presence of Taichi here itself wasn’t something strange seeing how their families knew each other but……
He didn’t know. About the power of Aiko and her students. The returnees publicly said to the society that they went to another world, so he also knew about that, but fundamentally he didn’t know what the returnees could do just because of that.
For Aiko, although their families were close with each other, if possible he didn’t want anyone other than her family to know about the matter of magic and the like.
When Aiko entered from the back entrance, she saw the figures of her parents, grandparents, and Taichi huddling together in the living room. At the same time, she could also see countless silhouettes carrying things like hoe or hammer for pounding mochi from the veranda’s window.
Normally the window would break with one attack, but this was the parents’ home of Aiko who was one of the wive~s. There was no way barrier that was installed here could be affected by something of that degree. Naturally, the owners of the disgusting voice resounding from around the house were also firmly prevented from infiltrating.
Although, the very voice itself couldn’t be blocked, so everyone there was scared or holding their head because their consciousness was interfered with.
「Okaa-san, Otou-san! Also Ojii-chan and Obaa-chan too! Are you all okay!?」
「Aiko! Since when you are……ah, it’s by that isn’t it?」
「Oo, Aiko! So you came back! Just in the world is going on?」
Aiko’s mother――Akiko guessed how Aiko returned home, and her distorted expression relaxed in relieve. Her father――Tetsuo also showed a relieved expression while asked with a voice that was filled with bewilderment. The grandfather――Shirou and the grandmother――Chizu also looked the same.
「A, Aiko!? Why are you here!? Or rather since when!?」
It was Taichi whose confusion was the deepest. The cultists hitting the window and the figure of his childhood friend suddenly entering inside the living room when she shouldn’t be here caused him to become slightly panicked.
Aiko was worried 「U~m, e~rr」 of how to explain, but seeing Akiko and others shaking from the demons’ scream, the string of her patience that was in the verge of breaking snapped.
「Anyway! Champion! I choose you!」
Aiko threw the Po○eball――no, the Grimball.
It made *bowan-* sound and let out white smoke. What flew out from there was――a kangaroo.
Everyone, especially Taichi let out their voice 「Eh……」 while looking dumbfounded. During that time the kangaroo type Grim Reaper that was called Champion looked back over its shoulder and glared at Taichi……
「Kyuiih!!」
「GOHOoOOOH!?」
In contrast with its cute voice, it sent a body blow that would make even a heavyweight boxer cried to Taichi’s solar plexus. It was a splendid punch that put the twist of the waist behind it. Its fighting pose was beautiful.
「So, sorry Taichi-kun. There is no time to explain so……I’ll properly deal you’re your memory later!」
「Aiko……you……」
Seeing Taichi’s eyes rolled up while he was holding his stomach with his butt sticking up caused Akiko to turn a gaze toward Aiko that looked as though she had witnessed something terrifying.
Even though there was a crowd of attackers right outside, her daughter’s first attack was directed to the youth who was her childhood friend. Furthermore, she did that even though she knew that Taichi was still holding lingering feeling of love toward her.
What mercilessness……
The really complicated gaze from her family caused Aiko’s gaze to swim around restlessly. But, her discomposure was only so and so, the explanation from Kousuke that was resounding in her head through telepathy was over then. Knowing the true identity of the enemy, Aiko also understood the method to deal with them. Her expression turned serious right away and she began chanting.
「Healthily~, comfortably~, intensely grow, and strike the enemy! ――”Pseudo Soul War Tree”!!」
Along with a chanting that felt like familiar from somewhere, the garden of Hatayama family undulated.
Right after that, the mandarin orange tree that was at the garden stretched out its branches largely and then mowed down. The branches that had thickness around as big as human’s arm became like a whip. The cultists sticking on the veranda’s window had their body bent together and got sent flying.
Furthermore, at the same time when their body struck the ground, the weed lengthened and entangled them, turning into restriction tool of nature.
Aiko whose vocation was “Farming Master” possessed immense talent for ability and magic that was related with soil and plants. It was to the degree that it was possible for her to change the food production output of the world by herself.
Normally she used her power to cultivate and improve farming, but when the age of god magic called soul magic was added here, it became like this.
All living plants became Aiko’s ally.
Aiko who confirmed that the enemies in front of the window were gone then leaped outside right away.
「Champion! “Beat them up without killing”!」
「Kyuuih!!」
Champion who received order rushed toward the cultists with pee-a-boo guard style. With amazing footwork and strike, it literally beat up the cultists short of killing them.
Its appearance was a kangaroo-san with brutal eyes. Of course, its inside was metallic because it was a Grim Reaper. Every single one of its punches was the same like a strike of a mass of iron. Just a jab from it caused vivid pulverized sound to come from the body of the cultists.