Kohaku came to me, looking a little impatient, while Haruru, who got some free time after the transaction, and the viewers were discussing the strategy in the battle against Melty.
“What’s the hurry?”
“I heard that Melty had arrived. I came to you as soon as I could. Did she do anything to you?”
“I see. But don’t worry, we just talked.”
I already talk about a lot of things with Melty, and I don’t think Melty ever intended to hurt me. At most, she was just playing around.
When I told her this, Kohaku’s expression of relief was blatantly obvious.
“Thank God…. she’s a danger, and I was afraid she would invite you to a fight. I don’t know what to do if she did that….”
“Oh, but I promised to fight her in two hours.”
After I told Kohaku that, she put her hand on her forehead and sighed.
“I was too late then… was Sukuna the one who started it?”
“Yes.”
“IDIOT.”
“Ugya!?”
<LOL>
<Manga reaction.>
<Sukuna is attacked with violence for no particular reason!>
<That’s a valid reason.>
<Haruru is already moving away, lol>
<It’s just a chop, but it’s creating a shockwave.>
<Isn’t this NPC really pretty?>
<Kohaku is as tall as ever.>
<I’m laughing here. Sukuna is unharmed even though the attack has buried her in the ground.>
I don’t feel any pain, even though she just smacked me, and why did I fall into the ground…?
I mean, it’s also a mystery why I took this much impact with no damage. Is it some kind of skill? Like a [Tsukkomi] skill that only gives impact without damage?
After I managed to raise my buried body, I found that Kohaku had a dumbfounded expression on her face.
“Her strength is no joke. This is going to be one-sided.”
“I know, I know. I don’t even know when I’ll see her again. So it’s a shame if I don’t try to fight her.”
“I don’t want you to weigh your life so lightly… But I guess my words are not convincing because I, too, used to be so wild when I was younger.”
I’ve heard that on average, the Oni folk are recognized as adults at the age of 100, so at around 50 years old, Kohaku should still be young.
But it was true that Kohaku had once destroyed half of an Oni village in her rage.
In my opinion, the current her is like a gentle big sister, but I’ve heard she used to be very wild, so I guess I can’t speak too strongly about it either.
“There’s also a matter of holy war, so it’s good to know what a strong entity is capable of, she is also stronger than Nocturne, so it will be a good experience.”
“Does Kohaku know how strong Melty is?”
“In the last 100 years, there are only a few records of her fighting on her own. Naturally, I have never witnessed a battle myself. However, she is a hero who has protected this world for more than 1,000 years, from the time of the gods to the present day. There are more legends about her than about Kishin-sama.”
“hee… such as?”
“Her most notable story was when she defeated the seven stars king number four – Heavenly Maou by herself several hundred years ago.”
{note: Maou could be translated as Devil, Satan or Demon King, it COULD mean that, but as usual, considering the love of this author of Kanji play, I will leave it as Maou.}
The King of the Seven Stars. A monster of the same rank as the Wolf King of the Beyond, which is also my goal.
No, The seven-star king is probably the biggest goal for all players at the moment.
So far, there are only three known to exist: Requiem, the Heavenly Wolf King, who protects the seal of the Shuten Douji, and the Dragon King, who slumber in S ≠ Trillia…, and the Sirens, who are hostile to this world itself.
“Doesn’t the Maou have a name….?”
Suddenly, Haruru, who looked a bit bored, asked such a question.
Heavenly Maou. Haruru most likely inquired about this name because it shared a kanji with Requiem. A kanji for [Heaven]. {天}
Anyway, because this Maou has a similarities to Nocturne or Requiem, does that make it a [named]? That should be the core of Haruru’s question.
“You are… ah, a Blacksmith God familia, aren’t you? May I ask your name?”
“Oh, right, I’m sorry, my name is Haruru….”
“Haruru, my name is Kohaku, but it seems that you already know. And to answer your question, the Maou was once named, it was said that he lost his name when he became one of the seven great disasters.”
“I see… I think I saw that name in the library of Fias… I wonder if it means that he is the same person as the Maou of Pride… I’m not sure…”
“Oi, oi, there were a few words that I couldn’t ignore.”
Does this mean that Haruru is the descendant of Blacksmith God?
Are the seven-star king and the seven great disasters are the same?
The particularity of the seven sins is obvious, but it’s not as if they can be synonymous with the seven-star king.
“If you’re talking about the Blacksmith God familia, it’s not so different from Sukuna. Sukuna is also like a household member of the Kishin, right…?”
“Ugh, well, that’s true, but…”
“There are quite a number of people that could call themselves a Blacksmith God familia, the sign of one is the crest on their hammer. Apparently, the Blacksmith God will make a connection with a skilled smith.”
Haruru nods loosely in agreement with Kohaku, who now laughs out loud.
I see. Just because you have a connection to God, it doesn’t mean that all of them need to be complicated and have limited conditions like with Shuten?
“I know I’m getting a little off track here, but have you prepared a countermeasure to fight Melty?”
“I think I can use the weapon that Haruru prepared for me, and I’m hoping to use [Douji no Mai] to catch her off guard.”
“I see. You want to take your chances with the counter… It would certainly be nice to get a scratch on her. Is the cooldown of your dance already up?”
“Yes, my Closing Ceremony has a pretty light cooldown time, to begin with, and in fact, it’s back on thanks to the use of this hourglass before I left this world.”
I took out a Golden Hourglass as I said this, and as the name of the item is also exactly what it seems like, it was an hourglass made entirely out of pure gold shaped a sand clock.
It is an item dropped by the golden knight Gold that can be used only once a day, and it will reduce the cooldown time of skills by half.
<It’s a beautiful hourglass.>\n“We’ll use all the means at our disposal. And as for the battle with Melty, I’m going to take the opportunity to observe. Of course, I have no intention of interfering. I simply want to witness the battle of the world’s greatest hero.”
I nodded to Kohaku’s words.
Melty is indeed the world’s greatest hero. There must be many NPCs who would like to see her fight. In the real world, it would be like having a professional athlete come to coach a school club.
The end of the battle between Melty and I would be a one-sided slaughter, but the process leading up to it would be worth seeing.
“I’m sure it will be worth seeing how it goes down. It’s reassuring to know that Kohaku is here…. Oh, what about Haruru?””
“I’ll pass… Please review how you feel about using the Teardrop Weapon later….”
“Roger that. Thank you for coming, Haruru.”
“I mean… it’s fine…. we are good friends, aren’t we….”
“Yes, of course.”
I wondered if Haruru and I were that close, but, well, she is probably the friend who is most often involved with me, except for Rin-chan, for sure.
After that, I handed over Ouma for maintenance, just in case and the three of us discussed tactics and items for the upcoming battle. Afterwards, Kohaku and I parted ways with Haruru and headed for the training hall.
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By the way, if you defeat the Named of the Wolf King familia, you will collect rare skills to make [Ravenous Wolf] stronger.
Tl note:
Just so the reader know the right pronunciation of Sukuna’s skill
Ravenous Wolf = Garou
Shadow Wolf = Kagerou
I want to use Garou for Ravenous Wolf, but I will change too much since it was something I inherited from last translator.
[Thorough Warfare] I still cannot decide on the proper name. At this rate, I will use its kanji…
What do the original kanji mean? It means a war that you will fight until your last drop of blood, something that says that you won’t stop until you’re dead.