Chapter 384

Reflections.
It’s the perfect word to describe my state of mind right now.
I’m not talking about what happens when you shine a light in a mirror or on your shaved head.
That’s the most famous one, but what I’m talking about is “unconscious reactions that happen regardless of your will”.
A voice echoing overhead.
The giant’s low, rumbling voice makes me reflexively excited.
“Haaaaah—.”
I took a deep breath.
It’s something I’ve been thinking about since I heard the parallel world explanation, but it doesn’t calm me down.
Your heart is racing like crazy, and your pupils are dilated.
My senses are so heightened that I think I can hear my beard growing.
“Are you okay?”
“Maybe.”
To be fair, Lean was concerned about my condition first.
For good reason.
Because the only thing that drives me this crazy is Adeshan untangling Negligee.
Oh, crap.
I can’t wait to see it.
“Hee hee!”
Letancier was stunned.
She, too, seems to have noticed what’s going on upstairs.
Suddenly, the telekinetic surge stopped.
In my case, it was a reflexive behavior.
Of course, I wasn’t about to tolerate that crap.
I kicked the wall and leaped, catching her behind me.
He held the blade to her throat and hissed.
“Go up.”
“We’re all going to die! Didn’t you just hear a voice?! They’re coming!”
“Then you can die here.”
I moved the hilt very slightly.
The delicate skin bled the moment it came in contact with the blade.
One more tug and Letancier’s hair would be sliced off like freshly made pudding.
“I, I don’t know—!”
The decision was quick.
Letancier narrowed his eyes.
My right hand, down to four, crackled, and our bodies began to rise once more.
The moment I stepped through the hole, bright sunlight poured in.
Most of the landscape was the same, but one thing was different.
About thirty meters in the air, a four-winged giant looked down at the ground.
“Ahhhhhh!”
Letancier panicked.
A disorganized telekinesis misses you.
I landed gracefully, but she was dropped like a bucket.
The giant’s gaze turned to the destroyed roots.
“Basagia asks, did you do this?”
“I’ve heard that name a lot.”
The corners of my mouth lifted.
If memory serves me correctly, he was killed by the Allies before the war was even fought.
Zaifa inspiration killed.
I didn’t like the idea of a flying beanstalk holding the weight.
“Yo, forgive me!”
Suddenly, Letancier’s head snapped up.
The sound of clicking teeth could be heard all the way up here.
She gasped, and then shouted like a rapid-fire cannon.
“I was dragged out under duress, and he cut off my restraints–no, I mean, work tools, so, so, so!”
“Hey, yummy. You said you wanted me to untie you.”
I was blown away.
I can’t believe I’m about to get my ass handed to me on a topic that hasn’t even had the blood drained from my ears and fingers yet.
Giants are kind of scary.
“I don’t know what the hell gives you the nerve to try to destroy the world–isn’t that bald guy over there one of the biggest assholes of his species? I’d understand if he had eight wings and a big bun.”
“Yo, forgive me— have mercy—.”
Letanci did not respond.
I sighed as I watched her ass squirm.
Again, the zealots had no answer.
They’re assholes who can’t even take responsibility for their own actions.
Suddenly, Basagia’s voice rang out overhead.
“What did you just say?”
“What?”
“You dared to take the sacred eight wings into your mouth. Did you know what you were talking about?”
“Aha. What the hell am I.”
Why, the douchebag had an answer.
Apparently, my remarks had touched a nerve.
It’s understandable that they’d be bothered by something as insignificant as a bug taking their supreme dignity into its mouth.
Basagia asked again.
“Speak. Basagiah has commanded you.”
“He’s impatient. Why should I?”
I stuck my hands in my pockets and set my jaw.
I was going to tell him, but he was being impatient.
I felt like my blood pressure was rising indefinitely just looking at that signature downward stare.
“Foolish, your indiscretion will be judged by eternal torment.”
Basagia stretched out her arms.
Particles of light began to converge around a large white hand.
I don’t know if it was my mood, but it was much bigger and more intimidating than anything I’d seen before.
I wonder if it sucked the life out of this star and grew.
This is interesting.
“That’s funny. Throw it.”
“Mi, are you crazy?!”
Letancier’s head snapped up, startled.
My forehead is red from how hard I hit it.
The spear of light left Basagia’s hand.
“Basagiah carries out the sentence.”
It’s a lightning-fast rush.
In an instant, my eyes went white.
Letancie froze, unable to even think about dodging.
“Pretty good.”
The guess was right.
I was right, it was stronger than before.
Of course, it didn’t really matter.
I tugged on the hilt of my sword in silence.
A long vertical line was drawn from top to bottom.
The white-washed field of view splits in half, revealing the sky again.
A spear of light, bifurcated left and right, plunged into the sea.
Kwahhh—!!
Two plumes of water shot up to the sky.
The splash that soaked Basagia’s shield became a red rain that poured over my head.
“What.”
Bewilderment crossed the shadowy creature’s face.
Understand.
Because that’s what first experiences are all about.
By the way, I’m an adult now, so I should probably declare war.
“Let’s start with eye contact.”
Grabbed the hilt of the sword.
A vivid scarlet color flashed across the white blade.
It’s a nostalgic color in many ways.
Evening sunset.
My family.
The Hill of the Four Seasons, where I sat shoulder to shoulder with Adeshan.
My auror, who resembles the setting sun.
“Come down. Conjaban.”
The color flashed and spread out.
Basagia’s body was bathed in the glow of the setting sun.
Like iron dust drawn to a magnet, the behemoth crashed in front of me.
『……!』
“Gahhhhhh!”
Letancier screamed.
It was funny to watch him fall on his ass in an ugly way.
The funniest thing, of course, was the bald man on one knee in front of me.
“Rascal. What have you done–”
“You can be quiet for a minute.”
The missing blade is back in place.
A blue line has been drawn over Basagia’s throat.
Poof!
Blood, as blue as the summer sky, soaked my face.
He slumped forward, unable to speak.
“Hey. See everybody?”
I waved my hand in front of Basagia’s face.
Thanks to the shared senses of their race, all the bald men were probably watching.
He scratched his head and opened his mouth.
“Where do I begin–well, my name is Ronan. I’m the one who put this thing together. As you can see, I can tear through your smug defenses like a piece of shit.”
“This—is—.”
Basagia lamented.
He gazed with wide-open eyes at the shapeless, dying stars.
Even if you wanted to stand up, you wouldn’t be able to.
You’ve severed all the tendons in all your limbs when you ring the bell.
I walked backward and swung my sword a few times.
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
All the fingers of the root except the middle finger have collapsed.
“Oh, my God!”
Letancier gulped.
He finally believed that I had destroyed the root.
The five rays were now down to a single beam emanating from the middle, sprinkled with radiance.
It was a sight that was both vulgar and sacred.
“I fucking hate you guys. Probably the most hated person in the world, but I can’t be bothered to hunt you down, so I want you to come to me. Don’t give me any of that bullshit. If you succeed in catching me—”
This is where it got tricky.
I cleared my throat and continued.
“I’ll tell you where the missing Sun King of your cubs is.”
“What!”
Basagia’s expression changed for the first time.
Muscles all over his body bulged and the wound opened.
Blue blood poured out of him, but he never got up and fell back down.
Striving.
Someone cut it.
“End of story. Over.”
Having declared war, I brandished my sword.
Soft plosives.
Basagia’s head slid along the cut surface.
“Kuck.”
The light cooled in his eyes.
The headless body collapsed like a sandcastle.
You can see the white bone inside the clean cut.
The gurgling, gushing blue blood was mixing with the red waters.
“It’s not that easy to defeat an invader—that easily.”
Letancier quipped.
She was looking up at me with a half-and-half mix of fear and awe in her eyes.
I pulled a cigarette from my inside pocket and asked.
“I hope it works out.
This is my first cigarette since arriving in the parallel world.
With this, the giants’ eyes would be on me.
It’s not guaranteed, but it’s almost certain.
They were still searching for the Sun King at the moment of the war.
An ancient pikachu that crashed and died after a bloody battle with Ceniel.
The hilt whined as if worried about me.
“Don’t worry, it’s intentional. I can beat a thousand of those bastards.”
“I’m just hungry.”
“Erai.”
I chuckled.
I dipped the tip of my sword into the puddle at my feet.
My face was bouncing off the blue surface.
“Don’t spare it, eat it, it’s precious blood.”
“Yeah. This is special.”
The blue blood quickly dwindled.
The blood of giants was a specialty for Lin.
I exhaled the breath I’d been holding.
The smoke from the spew dispersed into the air.
“Yes. That’s right, that—that—that—that—.”
Letancie was sweating profusely and watching me closely.
You feel like you’re sitting on a thorny seat.
Well done, you traitorous bastard.
I stubbed out my cigarette and opened my mouth.
“Hey.”
“What, Naeh?!”
“Are there still people in this world, alive?”
“That, that’s—.”
Letancier stuttered.
I swung my sword at her like a sprinkle.
The sword qi grazed the top of Le Tansier’s head, landing on the one remaining stop.Koooow!
The finger collapsed with an explosion.
Letancier waved his hand in disbelief.
“There must be, because just three years ago there were rumors of the Resistance!”
“Yeah. You said there was such a thing. What’s the Resistance?”
“They were the ones who fought the invaders to the last man! Most of them died, but I heard that a few managed to escape, including—what was his name—ah! Navarordze!”
“What.”
I almost missed the cigarette by a mile.
It was too good to be true.
Red Dragon Nabardozze.
Its most famous alias is the Mother of Fire, perhaps the strongest creature on the planet.
Certainly, if she was alive, it wasn’t strange.
For a moment, the word hope flashed through my mind.
“Guide me.”
“—Huh?”
“Lead us to where the resistance is.”
“Well, I don’t know about that, but–huh! Okay! I get it!”
I snapped my fingers, and Letancier got up to play.
It was as if the fear of me was etched deep into my bones.
Fortunately, she didn’t have a very bad headache.
With a whispered incantation, Letancier and my body levitated into the air.
“Normally, I would have cut you to pieces. Don’t forget why your neck is attached. You are my personal flying squirrel from now on.”
“Black–hmmm—neh—.”
“What are you?”
“Flying squirrels–ahem!”
The tears rolling down my cheeks were pitiful.
The great Archbishop of Nebula Clazier has been reduced to a mere mount.
Honestly, it wasn’t great, even compared to her last job, but she dutifully complied.
“What can you do, you want to live.
We left the bald corpse behind and began to move inland.
I glanced behind me and saw a root spewing water out of a hole.
“Oh.”
This time, it wasn’t red water.
Clean seawater was rushing up the giant hole.
Apparently, the tower had disappeared and lost its functionality.
It’s going to take a while, but at this rate, the oceans around the world might get their colors back.
“—Good.”
I feel a strange sense of fullness.
That’s weird.
We haven’t broken the rift or captured Akasha yet.
Soon after we started flying, we saw the white land in the distance.
A land that may yet hold life.