First Outer World Story Series: The Black Mist that Devours - Chapter 123
Translator: MadHatter Editor: MadHatter
(Ichiko POV)
“I must say, Kurokiri is a real nuisance.”
“Indeed. Lady Ryo.”
After chastising Kurokiri with Lady Ryo, we had arrived at the plaza, the boundary between the first and second levels of the labyrinth.
“I never envisioned that he would try to obtain a new kin for sexual purposes under our very noses.”
“That’s right. Even though he has a woman like me, how dare he try to get his hands on another woman? Even knowing that Kurokiri has such a lusty nature that I want to call him Momokiri[i], this is not something that I can tolerate. As I have just done, he should be sanctioned again after the intruders are dealt with. Furthermore, despite all the talk regarding making them into a normal Kirijin, it seems to me that if left unchecked, he will eventually lay his hands on them. I mean, if he would prefer seeking other women, then I would rather every day he…”
With my blood pumping in my head, I responded to Lady Ryo’s remarks.
Oh, Lady Ryo has a subtle look on her face as she places her finger on her temple. What’s going on?
“Ichiko… no matter how I hear what you just said, it sounds like you are speaking fondly of a loved one…”
Huh? Speaking fondly of a loved one? What do you mean by that?
I was merely expressing my true feelings.
“Or rather, you are sounding like a person who is jealous of other women messing with your boyfriend, or angry at a man who touches other women while having a girlfriend of his own…”
Ah… Ah, what shall I do? This is so mortifying that I feel like my face is about to catch fire.
Since it was something that slipped out accidentally, there is no way to cover it up, so what shall I do? I mean, I don’t suppose Kurokiri has heard what I just uttered, right!?
If he has been listening… if he has been listening, aaaahhhhhhh!!
“S-Since this is happening…”
“What do you mean, ‘Since this is happening?’”
Since this is happening, this feeling that I have no clue where to direct it…
“My sorrow will be relieved by the enemies who will strike shortly!”
“For the time being, I feel sorry for the enemies that will be arriving soon.”
Then as she declared this, for some reason, Lady Ryo was forming her hands into a mudra gesture towards somewhere.
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(Third person POV)
“Hah… where is this place?”
Despite their wounds and sacrifices, they had made it through the second level of “White Mist and Black Swamp Forest”.
They then finally reached a point.
A black swamp cascaded down around them like a waterfall, creating a plunge pool at the bottom that appears to swallow the lives and minds of those who fall in. Surrounded by the waterfall, a kind of circular arena had been established, and two girls were standing in the arena.
“You guys are…?”
The fighter man addressed the two girls.
“I’m a kin, the ‘Blade Princess of the Undefined Sword’.” “I am a kin, ‘Beckoning of the Mist’.”
At the mention of the two girls’ names, the men realized that they represented adversaries, so they re-adjusted their weapons with their wounded bodies.
“Lady Ryo.”
“I understand. I will not interfere, so do as you please.”
“Thank you.”
The one who identified herself as “Blade Princess of the Undefined Sword” was the one who came forward, with the other girl behind her.
“So we are being underestimated huh, showing up here all by yourself?”
“Yeah, I suppose so. A kid like you, regardless of your wounds, is no match for me.”
“…”
The men, on the other hand, assumed that the girl lacked substantial strength and chuckled based on her appearance, but they hastily modified their formation to remain on guard.
At the moment when the men were about to charge at the girl…
“Aren’t you the one who’s underestimating me? ≪Decapitation≫.”
…the girl’s figure faded from the men’s sight in a split second, followed by the decapitation of the guy at the rear of the line, with the girl’s hand grasping a sword that was recognizable at first glance as a sharp sword.
Needless to say, neither the man whose head had been chopped off nor the other men could fathom what had transpired. They had no notion of how the girl had moved behind them or even when she drew out the sword.
“What…”
“Damn ittttttt!”
As he registered the discrepancy in ability between himself and the girl, the heavy fighter guy was taken aback. Meanwhile, the fighter man dashed for the girl without hesitation, inclined to avenge his friend’s death.
“≪Monster Create・Low Rank≫ Flying Sword. Assault.”
“…!?”
Nevertheless, in the instant when the fighter struck, the girl performed a leap that demonstrated her leg prowess that no man could ever match, and out of nowhere in mid-air, she retrieved… no, she created five daggers. Those five daggers soared through the air, twisting their route as if they had their own will, penetrating the gaps in the heavy warrior’s armor, sending the heavy warrior to the ground with blood flowing out from his joints.
“I won’t let… this be the end of me!!”
In response, the fighter executed what he considered the greatest leap of his life and lunged at the girl, who was still in the air and seemingly immobile.
Yet,
“It’s all over once you lose yourself to your rage.”
The girl’s figure abruptly vanished yet again, and the next thing he knew, she was on the ground.
“It couldn’t be… a teleportation skill…”
The fighter recognized a part of the true identity of the girl’s competence with this move, which was inconceivable according to the laws of nature.
It was, however, far too late. The man was already in the air. And unlike the girl, the fighter had no skills that could be used to escape.
In other words…
“≪Sword of the Formless King・Weak≫.”
“Arghhhhhhh!”
Right now, there was no means of evading the gigantic stakes-like thrusting swords that had formed right under the fighter’s feet.
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(Kurokiri POV)
“After all, an ordinary human being is no match for her…”
Once I completed the transformation of the captive female heavy fighter into a kin, I watched Ichiko’s fight on a monitor in my room that depicted the field of vision of the Swamp Flying Fish that I had hidden in the waterfall, before the fight.
Naturally, the victory went to Ichiko.
When it came to overthrowing the current Ichiko, at the very least a high-speed attack that didn’t even create an opening for teleportation or a ranged attack that can instantly cover the entire teleportation range was a necessity, and it was doubtful that anyone will possess such a method of attack anytime soon.
“In the meantime, once I get back, I’ll have to keep him occupied for the rest of the day… Ichiko, she said that kind of thing huh.”
What I recalled was what Ichiko uttered before the battle.
No, well, if she said something like that to me, as a man, I’ll…
“Now, I suppose I’ll be welcoming you first.”
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T/N:
[i] Not too sure what momo here means but I think it means pervert. Momo is peach in Japanese. And pink color is associated with saying someone has a lusty/perverted personality
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