CH 515

“[Spiritual Arts] …… Okay, looks like I can call ghosts and skeletons. I’m going to go cover the knights, Ogure-san, you go to Fath-san.”

“Understood. Call me as soon as it gets dangerous, okay!”

“Of course! But I have Roza’s dagger and I’ve trained myself, so I can handle it if it’s just monsters.”

Urka leads the undead and attacks the coming monsters as if they were going to do a pincer attack with the knights. Jack, who was looking at it from the side, shrugged his shoulders and said.

“Ueeh, he’s getting more and more evil ……”

“The ability is rare, that it is. As a child, he had hoped to have confidence in himself, but it was fortuitous that he was asked to help out in Luitzar Kingdom, and that he had the opportunity to grow up in the class competition. I would like to thank Lars-dono as well. Well, I’m sure your [Collaboration] is quite evil as well, that I’m sure.”

“I guess so …… Oh, we never to cover up Fath-san for now!”

As Sharuru flips her skirt and tail, she makes a water sword and attacks.

The super-compressed water is powerful enough to cut through stone, and she aims for Lucifugus’ neck without mercy.

“Sharuru! Don’t get in my way, okay!”

“I [Reject] you!”

“Guh …… What an annoying woman ……!?.”

While blocking Fath’s attack, she also rejects Sharuru, and Lucifugus avoided being hit by the Flowsword. 

But up until now, she’d been slammed into the wall so hard because she used only one hand to guard against Fath’s attacks. 

“She can return attacks, but she can’t return killing intent or attacks that aren’t aimed at her. And that’s what you should aim for.”

“[Reject] is not my only way of attacking, you know!”

As Fath and Sharuru were talking, backing up from the recoil of being hit, Lucifugus swung her whip at Sharuru to make her run on the ground. 

“I thought it was a lizard, but it turned out to be a dragon. But don’t think you have avoided it!”

As soon as she did, Sharuru flung her wings out of her back and fled into the sky, but the whip of fire stretched up and attacked her.

“What!”

“Sharuru, come down!”

“She repelled the whip!? This whip that will burn anything it touches to ashes ……!?”

“Fath-dono!”

“Aye!”

Sharuru is now in Jack’s arms, and Fath and Ogure are closing in on the astonished Lucifgus.

“Return, flame whip! After I [Reject] you, I’ll turn you to ashes–.”

“Thunder Dust Fist.”

“Sword Technique …… “Tsubaki San-Ren” ……”

“[Reject]! …… I can’t reject it!? How!”

(T/N: I tried searching for the meaning tsubaki but it all results to Camellia, a type of flowering plant.)

Fath’s fist pierced her right cheek, and Ogure’s sword flash severed her left arm.

“Finisher!”

“Not yet!!”

Lucifugus looked astonished, but swung the whip in her right hand, creating a wall of flames to prevent Fath and the others from attacking. Fath and Ogure, now at a distance, open their mouths without releasing their stances. 

“Kukku …… Did you think I was just pounding my fists on you for no reason at all? Do you think that because I let Makina go, I can’t do that kind of coordination? You idiot, I trained anticipating that kind of thing, you know.”

“You impudent ……!”

After grunting and spitting while holding back the mist from her left arm, Lucifugus re-formed the mist and regenerated her left arm.

“You’re so weird ……!”

“They said that these guys won’t die unless we destroy their core, right?”

“Kuha ……! That’s right. But I’m not going to specially tell you where the core is.”

“No need to ask. We’ll just tear you apart without a trace, after all.”

“Well, I guess that’s it. Let’s go!”

“I’m going to kill them all! Roar, “Hell Hunters Flame Song”!”

“Is that your true form? I’ll gladly take you on!”

In a fit of frustration, Lucifugus unleashed a whirlwind of flames at Fath, but she didn’t care, she wanted to push forward. Then Ogure intervened, spinning his sword to scatter the flames. 

” “Lotus Sword”! If you get hit, you’ll die, but you’re being reckless!”

“Good, Ogure! I’m going in!”

“You should at least listen to me for a moment!? Your husband must have gone through a lot of trouble ……”

“Don’t get carried away! !”

“Hmph! Hot!?”

“Fath-san! Wawa, my legs are turning black!”

While using a fireball as a check on Fath, Lucifugus spreads his flaming whip on the ground and tries to burn him from the feet up.

“Sorry!”

“Tch.”

When they were about to be engulfed in flames, Sharuru, now in dragon form, quickly retrieved them and sent them soaring. 

“I appreciate it! She’s trying to expand the range of her flame. She’s going to burn or baked at this rate.”

“I’d love to see that happen ……! Your big frame is an eyesore! “Flame Feather”.”

“Sharuru!? You!”

The flame feather flew innumerably, wrapping around Sharuru’s giant body, Fath, and Ogure, and Sharuru couldn’t endure it and fell, making a tremor. The burned Sharuru and Fath stands on their feet, and she extend her whip to wrap them up with the flaming whip. 

“Ogure-san! I’ll borrow you for a while.”

“Ohhhhh!? What are you going to do with me on your back …… Hm, I see.”

Jack, with Ogure on his back, is using his sword to slash at Lucifugus!

” “Pomegranate Dance”!”

“Sharp!? A brat can’t just do what he sees!”

“[Collaboration] can reproduce the original copy almost perfectly, you know? Now I don’t even have to hold their hands, I can just touch them!”

“You’re good ……!　[Reject]”

“Kuh ……! Not yet, I’m not going to forgive you for hurting Sharuru!”

“Guh, if only my feet weren’t burnt! Hurry up, Fass-dono!”

“I know ……! Jack, don’t you be reckless!”

As Fath shouts angrily, impatiently trying to get Sharuru out of the way, Lucifugus, who is engaged in a fight with Jack, smiles.

“…… I see, it seems that they really care for you, don’t they? Then–“

“Uh!? W-What do you think you’re doing!?”

“Mmm!?”

When Lucifugus grabbed Jack’s neck with her left hand and lifted him up, Ogure on his back fell off and the [Collaboration] was released.

“Kuku …… I was thinking of strangling you to death myself, you know! I can see the faces of those women twisting in despair.”

“No, stop!”

“There, the bones in your neck is making noise ……”

“G-Gaah …… Just kidding! Thank you for approaching me. I was trying to figure out how to approach you, you know!”

“……? Are you out of your mind? It’s impossible for you to defeat me.”

The moment Lucifugus said this, Jack grabbed the arm that was strangling him and forced his body forward, then put his other hand on Lucifugus’ face and smiled wickedly.

“Yes, it’s true that I’m not a strong fighter. I’m not an adventurer, I’m just a fisherman, and I’ll probably lose to Urka too. However, I have a skill called [Collaboration], you know?”

“So what of it, what do you plan to do with your skill that can only borrow power from someone else?”

“Kukukku …… I’m going to borrow someone else’s …… No, your power! [Collaboration – Counter]!”

When Jack put his magic power into it, his right and left hands began to shimmer and glow. Then Lucifugus’ body began to shake, and she began to scream and started to struggle to take Jack away from her.

“Y-You!? This is bullshit! U-Using my [Reject] like this–“

“Whoa there, I’m not going to let you get away, okay? I’ve got a bit of strength since I’ve trained with dragons, what’s wrong? You’re going to break my neck, aren’t you!! [Reject]!”

“A-AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!? I-I’m disappearing!? I-I’m rejecting myself!?”

“My [Collaboration – Counter] can not only be released, but it can also be released internally to someone else …… If I touch you, I can even make someone else use your [Reject], you know. This time, self-destruct with your skill ……!!”

“Impossible!? I don’t care if it’s the woman or the dragon …… or the skeleton swordsman, but to be defeated by someone like youuuuuuuuu!”

The hand that was gripping Jack’s neck tightened, but–

“That’s enough. Go away quickly, you poor demon who was defeated by a fishmonger.”

“O-Ohh …… Uuooaaahhhhhhhhhh–“

Jack narrowed his eyes as he said this, and Lucifugus disappeared, spitting black mist out of her eyes and mouth.

“Fuh …… I guess it was worth training for.”

“Fufu, to dare to show an opening and hit the main body …… That was brilliant!”

“Yeah! Oops, I have to go help Sharuru! Hey, you okay!?”

“Well, you did well for a fishmonger, didn’t you? I did my best on making her think I’m the strongest, and this is the result, you know?”

“It would be nice if you could give me a compliment once in a while, though …… but I guess I can’t say that since it’s thanks to Sephiro’s fruit. “

“That’s right! Let’s go!”

“I’m counting on you, too! Once I return to the earth, I’ll be cured!”

Jack lowered her shoulders, picks up Ogure, and heads off to help Urka. I realized that the cage created by [Reject] had disappeared. 

“Thanks, guys! I guess that’s one for now.”

“Let’s take them all down just like this!”

“I’m going after Makina. She must have gone after Adramelech.”

Fath said that and ran off, followed by Jack and the knights.

And in the Irving family mansion where Adramelech is waiting–