ā»This is not from Satouās point of view
āUgeeh, itās a huge one.ā
An earthquake is shaking the imperial capital.
Buildings are swaying hard like theyāre made of clay.
āItās dangerously perilous so I inform.ā
āArisa, Tama-chan, Nana-san! Please take shelter here.ā
Lulu beckoned the girls to her Floating Fort.
Nana carried Arisa and jumped out, Tama slipped out smoothly and secured a place on the tip of Floating Fort.
Surrounding houses are collapsing down toward the Floating Fort.
After getting Arisaās confirmation, Lulu moved the entire Floating Fort forward.
āNana, please guard the Floating Fort. Iāll put up Isolation Walls andā
āOrder accepted, so I report.ā
Nana and her stacked Flexible Shields block out all the small falling objects and dust cloud, while Arisa parries away big ones with space magic [Isolation Wall (Deracinator)].
āCrumbling downown~?ā
The imperial castle at the center of the capital was sinking down.
āIāll see how itās going over there.ā
āUnderstood. Tama-chan and I will take care of the bigger debris. Is it okay, Tama-chan?ā
Lulu uses the Floating Fortās antiaircraft artillery to break down huge debris into pieces, and Tama uses her Wind Release technique to blow those away.
Normally, Wind Release is a technique to whirl up sand as a diversion at most, but this feat must have been made possible by the superior ability of Cat Ninja Tama.
āNot even Japan ever got a quake this intense!ā
Hero Seigi and Hero Yuuki look around while screaming out loud.
The rampart theyāre standing on is undulating greatly, looking like itās going to fall apart anytime.
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āSomethingās coming nanodesu.ā
Pochi nodded at her Dragon Steedās call.
Mia tapped the quizzical Liza on the feet before riding the winds and took a seat behind Pochi on the back of the white lesser dragon, Lyuryu.
āLyuryu, ta~ke off nanodesu.ā
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The white dragon flew off at Pochiās command.
Liza also leaped off and caught the arm the white dragon extended out.
Miaās voice got swept away by the roaring sounds of collapsing buildings, but it still managed to reach her summoned Artificial Spirit, Lesser Fenrir.
Lesser Fenrir skillfully hops over the falling debris, following after Mia.
āYou guys too, fly off.ā
Having their hands pulled by Hikaru who was floating in the air, Hero Seigi and Hero Yuuki recalled the Flying Shoes they had on and put mana into those.
The rampart comes crashing down just as they get in the sky, along with several other structures in the site.
āGeh, the castleās.ā
The volume of Hero Seigiās shout didnāt lose out to the thunderous sounds.
Beyond the dust cloud, the castle in the center is sinking in.
āSeigi, look at that! Down, on the ground!ā
Hero Yuuki pointed at a huge shadow of humanoid beyond the dense cloud of dust.
āI-I-Itās shaking.ā
āWe-weāve got to get away from here.ā
āHas the Divine Punishment come again for us?ā
āEy, stop that nonsense!ā
āIndeed! Such a thing as Divine Punishment is impossible in God Parionās dearly beloved Saga Empire!ā
Ministers and servants couldnāt manage to stand up due to the violent shaking as they fell on the floor, panicking while latching on nearby pillars and people.
āYour Majesty! With the power of Imperial Capital, the earthquakeā
āNow that the demon lord has perished, rather than defending the capitalā
The place greatly shook vertically as the aides were saying something.
People screamed as they got thrown off the floor and hit the floor again hard.
Only the emperor and his aides protected by the throne and knights who grabbed on pillars were safe.
Before the emperor could ascertain the situation using the City Core, the entire place sunk in vertically.
Everyone in the audience hall screamed out shamelessly without caring for their reputation as the floor sunk down at a speed that fooled even bodily sensation like it was experiencing a free fall all the while shaking violently.
āO Guardian Spirit of Saga Empireā
While trying not to bite his own tongue, the emperor gripped the Monarch Bell in his hand and shouted out loud.
āProtect my loyal subject! ā Absolute Shellā
The floor suddenly stopped sinking, perhaps they had hit the bottom.
Right before the people crashed on the floor, the City Core magic the emperor used was activated and everyone in the audience hall got protected by spheres of blue light.
The magic only protected people though, walls, ceilings and a huge amount of ornaments came crashing down due to the intense recoil.
Spheres of blue light protected the people here from most of the impact from the fall and the falling debris before it broke into pieces.
āāļ¼¬ļ¼·ļ¼µļ¼Øļ¼µļ¼”ļ¼ļ¼ŗļ¼©ļ¼„ļ¼„ļ¼”ć
A howl that felt like it brought about dreads from the depth of hell aroused the emperor from his momentary blackout.
Groaning and sobbing voices of people mixed with a low frequency sound from afar informed the emperor of their survival.
None of the aide was here to answer him.
With a huge roaring sound, the audience hallās wall got torn apart, and the naked upper half of a woman with bull-like horns showed up from there.
The woman cannot possibly be a human even disregarding the horns. Thereās a race of carnivorous bipedal cows called Minotaurs, but those have cow heads.
The emperor has no idea about the race of this female human with horns in front of him.
Besides, sheās too huge. Just her upper half almost reached the audience hallās ceiling. No need for precise numbers, considering the audience hall is more than 30 meter tall, this thing is clearly even bigger than the giant race that boasts big frames.
Her eyes clad in purple light caught the emperor.
There is only madness in those eyes.
The emperor murmured as if groaning.
He had no basis in that, but he could sense the womanās identity from the madness along with the overwhelming terror emanating from her.
āO Guardian Spirit of Saga Empireā
The emperor appealed to the City Core with a trembling voice.
-ļ¼¬ļ¼·ļ¼µļ¼Øļ¼µļ¼”ļ¼ļ¼ŗļ¼©ļ¼„ļ¼„ļ¼”.
Dark purple light circulates on the womanās body, converging into her long hair.
Her hair is split into three braids that then raise up as if snakes.
Snake-like mouths appear at the tip of these braids, converging dark purple lights forward.
āTake me to safety to the Sanctuary!ćā Return Master Roomā
Right after the emperor disappeared, a laser-like dark purple light swallowed up the entire audience hall.
The emperor was saved by a hairās breadth, but were he used any other City Core magic than the [Return Master Room] in order to save his aides, he would have been turned into cinders along with his aides, or perhaps he would end up like the blackened burnt remains on the floor.
āOh he got away, Lamiko-san. Gotta do something about your clothing before we go after him. Iām the only one allowed to look at Lamiko-sanās naked body.ā
A boy wearing a shabby robe was standing close to the bullhorn womanās ear before anyone realized.
āHero Fuu! Why would a hero!ā
āHee, you survived through Lamiko-sanās Snake Beam huh. Pretty good.ā
The imperial knight commander managed to survive even after losing one of his arms and with blood seeping out of his head.
Itās a miracle brought about by his body rigorously forged to protect the emperor and the holy armament left behind by past generation heroes he wore on his body.
āHave you betrayed us! Betrayed Saga Empire! Betrayed God Parion!ā
The commander who was wounded all over denounced Hero Fuu.
His words incurred Hero Fuuās wrath.
āā¦Betrayed? Screw you!ā
Hero Fuuās eyes who looked like that of dead fish got dyed in the color of intense hatred.
āScrew you! Screw you! Screw you! Betrayed? Spare me your bullsheet! Iāve never been your ally, ever! Give me back! My games! Manga! Anime! My NEET life with three meals and a catnap a day!ā
The enraged Hero Fuu let out his honest feelings.
Even though the content might a bit questionable as a human, those were his true feelings as someone who was unilaterally summoned to another world without his consent.
āYou all took those away from me! It took me five real time years to raise my ultimate character! I even managed to build a castle after giving my all playing solo! But none of those remains anymore Iām sure! Thanks to you kidnapping me, I couldnāt refresh my castle, it must have decayed now! Give me back my five years! Let me back to my world!ā
The imperial knight who couldnāt understand what Hero Fuu was talking about muttered rudely, āHas he gone mad.ā
āYou guys are all the same! You deny any sense of value that you cannot understand! Is it fun to look down on people from your high horse?! I bet it is! Isnāt it!ā
āEey, cease your nonsense!ā
The knight commander draws Holy Sword Blutgang hanging on his waist.
Itās something left behind by a hero of the past many generations ago, when they went home.
āIn the name of His Imperial Majestyās name, I beseech Guardian Spirit of Saga Empire!ā
The City Core terminal embedded in his holy armor gets clad in blue lights.
āBestow me power to fell this Man-eating Fiend!ćā Inmagic Light Bladeā
Blue light dwells on the holy sword.
ā[[HERALD]] Blutgangā
The holy swordās blue light is twinkling intensely after the commander recited the holy verse.
āI shall put my all into this strike. Secret Artā
The knight commander puts even more mana into the sword as if heās burning down his life.
A blade of dazzling light fired off the holy sword Blutgang swung with the commanderās entire being.
Thatās the finisher technique Hero Hayato Masaki is proud of.
āāļ¼¬ļ¼·ļ¼µļ¼Øļ¼µļ¼”ļ¼ļ¼ŗļ¼©ļ¼„ļ¼„ļ¼”ć
A giant dark purple magic circle appeared in front of the Bullhorn Woman.
A moment later, the blade of light clashed with the giant magic circle, filling the audience hall with sparks and roaring sound.
Hero Fuuās voice was erased by the thunderous sound, reaching nobodyās ear.
The one his word was directed at, the knight commander is lying on the floor, split in two by his own technique that was reflected by the giant magic circle.
āDirty stain, was it?ā
Hero Fuu looked at the bullhorn womanās face while citing some kind of parody, as if seeking her approval.
āAah, youāre still naked. Letās get you some maid uniform around there.ā
Despite the obvious difference in sizes, the bullhorn woman did not object Hero Fuu as she reached out her snake hair toward the body of a maid that hadnāt been turned into cinders.
The maid uniform disappeared from the body after it was wrapped in dark purple light on the tip of snake hair, suddenly the then-naked bullhorn woman had a maid uniform equipped. Looks like the difference in size got revised.
Using the same sequence, a knight armor got fused with the bullhorn womanās maid uniform, transforming it into a fantasy-like combat maid uniform.
āHee, equipment evolution huh. Thatās pretty interesting. It look goods on you, Lamiko-san.ā
-ļ¼¬ļ¼·ļ¼µļ¼Øļ¼µļ¼”ļ¼ļ¼ŗļ¼©ļ¼„ļ¼„ļ¼”.
The bullhorn woman and Hero Fuu were looking at each others before suddenly, she grabbed Hero Fuu and turned around.
She hid Hero Fuu in her cleavage while twisting her body, then she reached out her hand diagonally-at the opposite direction of where the girls showed up, and produced three giant magic circles in a straight line.
Blinding rain of light pillars came piercing down the ceiling, clashing with one of the giant magic circles.
Following after the rain, blue and red conflagrations swept over the place.
Just like with the commanderās blade of light, both the light pillars and blue and red conflagrations got reflected back, blowing apart the entire castle ceiling along with the soil that had buried it.
āPhew, weād be done for if we didnāt send the black drone to scout ahead.ā
Eight shadows showed up with the setting sun as their backdrop.
Golden Knight Red-Arisa lifts up the corner of her mouth as sheās been waiting for that word.
Arisa strikes a pose that gets featured often in hero ranger shows.
Matching her, Yellow, Pink, White and also Green cheerfully take the action pose they have been practicing. Black, Orange and Hero Nanashi look a bit bashful.
Hero Fuu seems to understand the obligatory act himself, heās watching over them without attempting to open fire.
-ļ¼¬ļ¼·ļ¼µļ¼Øļ¼µļ¼”ļ¼ļ¼ŗļ¼©ļ¼„ļ¼„ļ¼”.
The bullhorn woman who didnāt get the obligatory fired off a dark purple beam from her snake hair.
āI wonāt let you, so I tell!ā
Golden Knight-Nana activated the [Impregnable Castle] mode of her armor and blocked the beam.
Floating Shields made with Space magic stopped the beam, scattering intense sparks everywhere.
That small sound mixed in the roaring sounds reached Nanaās ears.
āEveryone, evacuate the place so I tell.ā
Arisa teleported everyone to safety using space magic.
The left behind Floating Shields of Castle got turned into stone-like materials before they dropped down.
āWell Iāll be. Looks like ordinary method wonāt work on this demon lord.ā
āInstallation-type Castle has a bad affinity with it, so I report.ā
āNo need to save for the rainy day then. Go deploy ćAbsolute Throneć.ā
āYes, Red. Executing part exchange.ā
Arisa who had done appraising the bullhorn woman while having the discussion turned to Hikaru.
āHero-sama, can you see the bullhorn womanās information?ā
āOnly that itās level 95, and the nameās Lamiko. Her race is unknown.ā
āSo you tooā¦ God-stamped Appraisal is supposed to be able to see more than that though.ā
Neither Hikaru who was summoned as a hero nor Arisa who got Godās Fragments as a reincarnated person managed to find detailed info about this bullhorn woman.
Chasing after Arisa and the girls who were floating in the air after teleporting away, the bullhorn womanās snake hair laser came flying at them.
Arisa short-range warped away along with the girls.
āThink itās another Thief God thingy series?ā
āWell, I wonāt be surprised if thereās other besides the three ćThief God Harnessć. Thereās also Mana Camouflage, but that one consumes too much fuel.ā
The two have no doubt that the bullhorn woman is a demon lord.
Sheās obviously been using Unique Skills after all.
āMaybe itās either minotaurs or bullhorn giants.ā
āMino-san is smaller than that and they have the head of bull, so I donāt think thatās right. As for Bullhornkin-I donāt think those exist.ā
The bullhorn woman come slithering out of the castleās remain.
Her lower half is covered in scales in the form of snake-like tail instead of legs.
āOh, I think I got it.ā
āWhat a coincidence, so do I.ā
Arisa and Hikaru got a solid guess about the bullhorn womanās race.
Not even this world has many beings with snake hair and snake-like lower half.
āOh no oh no nanodesu!ā
Tama and Pochi gave a warning when they saw countless magic circles appearing around the bullhorn woman.
Calculating all possible angle of attacks, there is no safe place they could get away to with short-range warps.
āIncoming omni-directional attack! Whiteā
āYes, Red. Activating [[Absolute Throne]] so I tell.ā
Nana who was done exchanging her equipment made that declaration with a cool face.
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