November 8, 2021Ririka☆

No… this…… this is a tough one…

I mean… Right? I thought there was no way the field was 100 meter circle and there only being one arm.

Eh? What is this?

「「「「「「……….」」」」」」

See? Everyone’s stunned.

But we’ve come this far, so we have to keep trying…

「If we can’t beat it, there’s always next time! Let’s take what we learned from this battle and apply it to the next!!」

「Ah, Aah!」

「That’s right!!」

「I’ll do my best!!」

「Let’s die, you guysssss!!!」

「「「「「That’s the wrong kanji!?」」」」」

Tl. So the kanji he used is (逝)くぞお前らァ, while the correct kanji should be, (行)くぞお前らァ. 逝 means death while 行 means going. If you say them out loud, they sound the same, Iku zo omaera.

The morale, which had been at rock bottom, was now as close to positive as possible, thanks to the inspiration of someone who realized that there was a next time.

From this point on, it will be my job as the leader of this strike team…

「I’ll take the lead!! Follow me!!!」

「「「「Uoooooooo!!!!」」」」

「The rear team should use water magic to solidify the magma!!」

「「「「Got it(please help)!!」」」」

――Jiyuuuwaaaaaa……

The vanguard team, with me in the lead, pushed through amidst a tremendous amount of steam.

Here I finally decide to use the skill of this weapon. If I don’t use it here, when else am I going to use it?

「Brace yourselves!! ―― 《Ocean Blade》!!」

This is a word I’ve always wanted to say. It’s not just a little bit, it’s a lot, but it’s good because it’s in style.

A type of powerful move that consumes 200 MP to unleash.

It was an astonishing 20 meters long, far longer than the 2 meters of the great sword, and 10 times longer.

『『『『『『『Gugyaaaaaaa! ? ! ?』』』』』』』

A blade of water over 20 meters long that looks like Magoctave’s arm… or maybe a leg because I think it’s an octopus. It sliced through about 10 legs.

「「「「「Uoooooooo!!!」」」」」

「I can do it!! We can do this!!」

「Really!!」

「That was amazing!!」

「You don’t need us for this…?」

「If we can win, so be it!!」

One after another, my friends shouted with joy. I used this to raise morale, too. I’ll cry if I can’t raise it.

――Bashu…

「Wha!?!?」

「No way…」

「Isn’t this too hard…?」

Someone was surprised, followed by everyone else.

The water blade that had been slicing through its legs earlier, the hope of everyone, disappeared without a second thought when it hit the main body.

「But I still have a secret plan!!」

「There’s more!?」

「It’s…」

「「「「That is!?」」」」

「I’ll tell you later」

「「「「「Haaaah!?」」」」」

「This is a tough one to deal with, so let’s all cut off its legs. We’ll talk about it later」

「I see…」

「So that means the harder we work, the faster we’ll be able to see it, right!?」

「You will」

「Uooo!! Let’s do this!!!」

「「「「「「Ooooooooooo!!!」」」」」」

「Do you guys have a minute?」

「Hm? What is it?」

A man with a violin that came from the rear team came to the front.

「How about I take over here to cut off its legs?」

「Huh… ?」

You want me to leave it to you all of a sudden? I’m not sure… ?

「Ah, that’s right. You know what It’s like――」

He said that each scream has a different sound and the number of screams is 88, the same number as the keys on a piano. He also said that since they have mouths, they are likely to launch sound attacks from here on out.

It seems that the vital thing is that the man can buff and debuff with his violin. Or rather, the reason he was playing before this battle started was to buff everyone up.

「… All right. Go ahead」

「! I got it!!」

──♪──♬─♩──♪─♫

The man held up the violin and slowly plucked the strings ─ Music. While he was playing, Magoctave began to attack, but everyone pulled together and defended themselves.

「── Yes. The song you just heard has the effect of increasing the attack power of the ally who hears it by 1.5 times. This one that I will play is a degraded version of the first one… I’ll be honest… And now──」

──♫─♪──♩─♬──♪

The song that I had just listened to made me feel full of energy, but this one made me feel uncomfortable. And I couldn’t really feel the effect.

「This is a song that multiplies the defense of those who have heard of it and have hostile intentions by 0.75」

Oh, I see…. No wonder I feel uncomfortable and anxious…. It’s a song that embodies such negative emotions.

From there, the rear team used water magic to create a foothold, and we, the vanguard team strengthened by the music, sliced through the legs.

Surprisingly, the other guys were able to slash the legs without being hit.

――――

――

We took our time and were able to get down to about 10 of them left.

「We’re almost there!! Let’s do this!!」

「「「「Ooooooooooo!!」」」」

When we were almost at the end, everyone’s spirits returned.

No wonder. They were able to survive the attacks of such a large number of legs…

「… I guess it’s time」

The last one was sliced away.

『Gyaaaaaaa!!!』

A high-pitched scream echoed in my ears.

Here, it was finally time to use that skill.

「I’ve kept you all waiting!!」

「Finally!!」

「At last… !!」

「All our hard work… !!」

「You will be rewarded!!!」

Everyone in the top 100 has always been interested in new and powerful weapons. And now that they know that there are weapon skills, the momentum is even more intense, which is scary to say the least. My eyes are burning…

「This is the last time, octopus!! Eat this!! 《Hydrogen-powered Hypersonic Cannon》!!!」

The name sounds something like chemistry, but it’s probably an attack type.

――Pyiiiin

The muzzle of the greatsword glowed.

And then――

――Zudoooooooooooon’n’n!!!!!!

「Aggh!?」

I was thrown into the air at the same time as a tremendous bang rang out.

Author’s Note:

The hydrogen skill simply uses hydrogen to make the explosion.

The super-hydraulic cannon is the one that fires the compressed water by compressing it further. By the way, I’ve been using the super electric gun as a reference.

I don’t know if it’s actually possible. It was an impromptu idea←