Maouyome Chapter 21

Chapter 21 : Decisive Battle in White Palace

I rushed toward the pure white entrance where those useless waste of space macho statues was lined up . .

Those guys are useless, but this place is wide, it would be affected if I do it here . However, I needed to do this, so this much destruction is okay right?

DOGOOOOOOOOON! !

The sound of those statues being destroyed almost made me leap in joy . Even though it was not intentional, Adolphus had been destroying everything that stood in his way . From the training field to this place . That was why I became curious, what sort of expression would he show by the time he had regained his sanity back?

Fufun .

Let’s see . I think it’s time to end this .

Wielding that wicked katana in his hand, Adolphus rushed towards me . Of course I was not standing still . I also set my stance to prepare to receive his attack .

Well then, come at me!

「Intruder malicious intent confirmed . COMMENCING THE ELIMINATION OF THE HOSTILE FORCE」

An inorganic and monotonous voice suddenly resounded from the surroundings .

Naturally it’s not mine .

Thus, I tried to find the source of that voice, but before I could do more than confirm that I’m alone, the scenery made a sudden change .

「THE HECK」

The supposedly inanimate white machos statues suddenly started to move, making creaking sound from various parts of their bodies as they did so . Then those white machos statues charged at Adolphus simultaneously .
 

…Eh? What the heck?! What was that regeneration ability? That is .

I’m doubting the strange scenery before my eyes . After all, what I saw was a completely black Adolphus being pinned down by all those white machos statues in this pure white entrance hall .

That scenery was just weird .

My train of thought halted right there .

Nononono .

What the hell are you doing trying to escape this reality . Me .

Now, since those statues had move, they should be the so-called living statues . In short, they’re autonomous stone statues . You know, the kind that often came out from heroes and demon king tales .

Whoops, rather than that, I should focus on something else . Like the fact that they could actually move! I mean, I was pondering over『If only these disgusting guys could move out of my sight』everyday .

Did you know how I felt as I ran full speed through this space everyday? Did you?! I had to run at full speed every single day just to minimize the pollution my eyes from looking at their naked figures .

I mean, I’m a semi-permanent resident of this place you know . Me .

Could I cry now?

But now I understood why I’m not allowed to demolish those guys no matter how much I plead .

It’s because they were crime prevention devices .

While I’m grateful for the thoughtfulness, I’m also annoyed you know, Celazam-san . I mean, couldn’t that devices be in other shapes? Why must it be those naked machos?!!!

Fuu~ well since I couldn’t do anything about that, I should focus on other things . Like the fact that I could use them as I pleased . They did say that before, right?

Since that was the case, I could make full use of those white machos to knock that wicked katana off from Adolphus’s hand .

BUT!!! Even though they’re statues, those bewitching muscles were wriggling non stop . It didn’t stop with the wiggling muscles but also included that certain something on their crotch . Those were REALLY distracting .
 

In the first place, why were all of them nude? What’s the purpose?

All I could say was absolutely ridiculous .

Was the purpose for those particular style so that I wouldn’t carelessly approached them? EH?

Careless huh . Careless……… . .

…even though I looked like this and acted like a tomboy…I’m still a girl you know…

「EEEEEEEEEEEEEI! HERE I GO!!! ! 」

I no longer have time to hesitate . After all, this wouldn’t end unless I started my counter-attack . Steeling my resolve, I jumped into the fray, desperately landing hit after hit to that wicked-looking katana, while simultaneously using those white machos statues as my meat shield .

Adolphus did not stay still . He retaliated, firing a black mist-like thing to all direction to break free from the assault of the white machos . And every time he swung his katana, the ceiling, wall, and some white machos broke into pieces .
 

I’ve been trying to knock that wicked-like katana from between the gap of the white machos, but regardless of how many times I tried, I still failed to do so .

What the heck with this guy’s grip strength .

Ugh, this was not the time . The number of white machos were dwindling at a rapid pace . Though the statues could regenerate themselves, I couldn’t wholly ignore the pace of the destruction done to the white palace .

Another thing was, I might just be in danger right now . After all my meat shield was rapidly being destroyed…furthermore, everytime my sword hits the katana blade; a terrifying shockwave is directly transmitted to my hands .

It was only now I realized the loophole in my tactic . I had greatly underestimated Adolphus’s grip strength .

Oh crap .

The momentary lapse in my focus created a gap for a counter .

「Aguah! ? 」

Though the blade missed its target, it still got to me, creating a big gash on my right shoulder .

That hurts . It hurts like hell . Really really painful .

Thanks to the shock from that wound, my grip on the handle of my sword loosened and it ended up falling to the ground .

As such, I’m currently hiding behind the white machos to avoid his pursuit, because I have lost my weapon right now .

I bit my lip, regret filling my heart when I chose to come to this place .

However, I have to calm myself to overturn this hopeless situation .

Should I give up here? Come on, gimme a break here .

Calm down . Me . Remember, you still have a few of those white machos . While usually I’d feel relieved when they’re gone from my sight, that was not the case right now . Currently, I’m really relieved that they’re still here . Otherwise, I’d be in deep shit .

You could know why from the wound I have gained, especially the one on my right shoulder . It’s quite a deep wound . And since I had no time to properly care for it, my blood kept flowing out of it . Nevertheless, I could only strengthen my weakening courage, to stand up in front of these overwhelming odds against me .

Calm down . Let’s think again .

Stay cool, do not give up, and do not stop .

When things were getting dangerous, observe your opponent .

See carefully what made your opponent so dangerous .

After you found the source of that danger, get rid of it immediately .

Following those teachings, I’d observe what exactly made my enemy so dangerous . There must be something . I only had to find that .

Adolphus . Nope .

Adolphus is just a freebie . Think carefully, what it is .

AH!!! It’s that wicked-like katana . The cause of all of this is the mist that’s coming out from the tip of that katana .

Adolphus is merely being controlled by that thing . I only need to make him let go of that wicked katana . But, how?! Forceful method has failed . Since that had failed, what should I do now?! How should I make him let go of that sword?!

From that wicked katana that was emitting smoke from it’s point .

Wait, smoke?

The point of the sword was emitting smoke . I looked at it carefully .

Smoke? Why was it letting out smoke? And it’s not the black kind of smoke, but white smoke .

On deeper observation . Nope . It’s not smoke .

There’s something like flour that’s falling down from the sword blade .

What was that? Why were such things coming out from that place?

There wasn’t such a thing before . Why did it suddenly appear out of nowhere like that?

Let’s think again . Let’s think again . Let’s think again .

The cause should be something that I have seen before . I tried to touch that obscure idea I glimpse . I felt it . There should be an answer for this question somewhere . Let’s think again .

I had to grasp that clue . Ergo why I mustered all my brain power to look for the answer . And finally, the answer formed in my mind .

Black mist . Lost it’s effect . Virgin . Dodging . Blood .

「Could it be………… . Virgin blood?」

I brought up my right shoulder which has a long gash on it . The wound from before was still open . My blood is still flowing out from the open wound . Seeing this, my head cooled down immediately . That was just my assumption, but I’m already on the verge of passing out before I could even confirm my suspicion .

But, I already had no other means, this fight was just too big of a hurdle for me . Therefore, this move was my last gamble . It’s either I sink or swim now .

「Fine then, BRING IT ON!」 .

I have had confidence in my luck since a long time ago . But still, I couldn’t help but to yell out loud and put all my resolution to that single yell .

Decided, I slipped through his sweeping attack and waited for it to pass .

With each passing attack he made, the white machos, the wall, and the ceiling is blown up to pieces .

Nope . This move was also wrong . This was bad .

Just waiting like this was not enough to soak that wicked katana in my blood . It wouldn’t be enough even though the katana was splattered with my little bit of blood .

That thought made me wonder how much longer do I have to dodge his attack . While thinking that, Adolphus pulled back his sword, which created an opening for me .

NOW .

At once, I headed from behind the white machos who had surrounded Adolphus . However, before my attack could reach him, my body stopped moving .
A deep regret for forcing my already tired body crossed in my mind . Yet I couldn’t linger on that regret for long .

「!!!!! ?　Uurgh!! ! 」

Sensing its chances, the wicked katana tore the white machos apart with great speed and then stabbed into my flank .

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! !

That hurts . Reallyreally painful . This pain is going to kill me .

My head felt dizzy, losing so much blood already combined with this searing pain .

Like hell it’s going to be alright . Please, someone, just stop this pain .

But it didn’t happen .

I’m such a fool . Truly a fool .

At that moment, my head is filled with such regret .

But then, so what about it! !

Ignoring my dizziness, I put all of my power and grabbed the demon-like horn sword guard with both of my hands .

If the sword is twisted at this moment, my body wouldn’t be able to endure the pain . Thus I grabbed on to it tightly, and slowly pushed my body forward to pull more part of the blade into my body .

Take this precious virgin blood of mine . Drink it as much as you like .

And then, a terrifying amount of black mist erupts from the blade . The amount is incomparable to the total amount that this katana has released up till now .

As if showing it’s last moment, that black mist exploded whenever it came into contact with the walls and ceiling .

Even though it has no effect on me . Yup, as expected .

Meanwhile, I also felt that Adolphus’ power has weakened . Hence I used up the remaining of my power to bend my upper torso backward .

「THIS! 」

I put my entire weight into a headbutt that was aimed at the bent head of Adolphus . To be more precise I was aiming for the crown of his head .

「AHOLPHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS! 」[TL : A pun of his name]

After doing that, it was not only him in pain, but also myself . My action caused my head to be ringing with a loud and deep sound . I could even say that I really saw numerous star was floating in front of me .

My action was not futile though, for Adolphus finally let go of his tight grip on that wicked katana and fell forward .

Yosh . I managed to do it somehow .

「LEFIYA! 」

「BROTHER!! ? 」

「LEADEEER! 」

Everyone was calling us even though they came late .

Clank . I looked toward at the sound of something falling on the ground . Even though my line of sight was already fuzzy due to the extreme pain, I could still somewhat see through the corner of my eyes that was getting blurrier .

A skull was lying on top of the floor . And that skull was the cause of the dry breaking sound she heard .

The skull of a Yaksha Princess is a precious ingredient for powerful magic tools huh . I’m sure that was what Reanschild told me…they’re hunted for their skull .

I quietly prayed for her happiness in the afterlife .

It’s only a feeling, but my guts were telling me that the skull was asking a question . I didn’t know how or why I felt that . But, I was sure about it .

Thus I could only answer .

Your children .
were safe and sound now .

As if the skull heard those silent words, it turned into ashes .

And thus, I fainted .

Chapter end