Chapter 37

Chapter 37

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“Haa… Haa… I brought it down, Hiroki…”

Swarms of Goma corpses lay about. At the peak of that mountain of cadavers, the Boss Goma that held the Demon Sword was scattering into light particles.

 

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Would be the 4 skills possessed by Sage, Takanashi-san.

“And, what do these powers do specifically?”

“See that fountain over there? The fairy square’s fountain actually has a hidden feature. And to use that feature, you have to know how to read the ancient language”

That’d be where Ancient Language Deciphering: basic comes into play.

“That feature being?”

“Like repairing equipment, or making new ones. All we need is some suitable materials and Kotori’s mana.”

Apparently she can find out if those materials are suitable using Mana Analysis. Also, she seems to understand some other things with that skill too, but let’s put that aside for now.

“Lastly, with Simple Remodelling, we can activate the fountain”

“So it’s the fountain doing it and not her skill?”

“We tried that too. Results: with the same weapon and same materials, there’s a large difference in quality. We think that this fountain has a high level Remodelling feature, but we can only use it via the Simple Remodelling novice skill”

Meaning, even if you did the same actions as Takanashi-san, it wouldn’t work unless you have a skill related to remodelling.

“Asuna, I didn’t think you were into games and stuff?”

“No, all this are things Kousaka thought up”

Stepped into a landmine there. My chest hurts. Hiroki, that guy was really into games huh. That reminds me, I never returned that game I borrowed.

“Anyway, the fact of the matter is, with Kotori here, we can repair our weapons and make new ones. Only, we didn’t have much in terms of materials, including cores, until now, and I ended up using rusted swords”

On the other hand, as long as we have the materials, we can make as many powerful weapons as we want. This is a really useful skill in a dungeon where we aren’t guaranteed any supplies.

“And what does Word of Rejection do?”

“It’s somewhat iffy. Apparently, when Kotori says something like stop, or get away, it can stop monsters intent on attacking”

And if she shouts with strong willpower, she can apparently blow them away as well. And not only one, but many at a time. In addition, it’s not only limited to monsters, but ranged attacks like stones or arrows shot at her are also included in things blown away.

It sounds like an amazing magic, but it only works for things aimed at Takanashi-san herself, so she can’t use it for support us in the frontlines. Though the concept of Rejection should be between her and the enemy only, conveniently stopping only the enemy seems to be tough. Worst case, she could accidentally stop an ally mid-battle.

It’s dangerous to use carelessly, so Takanashi-san has been only using it for self-defense.

“I’m guessing she could do more with it when she learns new Sacred Tongues… but right now, we can’t use it in fights at all”

“No, it’s great that she can use for protecting herself. But the real amazing part of Takanashi-san’s power, it’s how she can create new weapons. Right now we’ve got a decent amount of cores, so she can probably make do with those”

“Right, so let’s get Kotori to— huh, Kotori, you’re crying?”

“Uu, Uuu!! Asuna-chan you dummy!!baka”

What’s up with her, Asuna and I both tilt our heads, at which point Natsukawa-san swoops in to the rescue.

“Heey Kotori-chan, you can do this. Do that remodel(?) thingy here and you can show Souma-kun your good side”

“R-really~, ehehe, Kotori can get Souma-kun to praise her?”

“Yup, that’s right, he’ll be super happy”\n魔力解析 — Maryoku Kaiseki — Mana Analysis… better explanations right after.

[7] An education imagepossibly NSFW

[8] (This is a joke note) If we consider the listing of colors being not randomized, but in the order that the girls appear in, Sakura should be Pink, Asuna → Black, and Minami → light blue. With Kotori obviously being White, we got the official colors of these girls’ pantsu. Yes, this is important. According to this, pantsu can tell a lot about a girl. Well, not irl, but in these trope-ridden web novels, its bound to say at least 50% of their personalities. Furthermore, the fact that only these girls (no Class Rep/Ryouko) appeared at this juncture is, I believe, a literary karma, plot armor type of thing. As for who’s plot armor it’s supposed to be, of course it’s Ryouichi’s. You know, Yuuto (Hero’s) best friend who kicks ass with him. It’s been established that he’s being shipped with Ryouko, so Yuuto cannot have ecchi moments with her. This is because it would turn into a form of NTR. Now, we know how adamant the author is about heroines and NTR, so I’m expecting no such development in the future. And, maybe I’m going off in a tangent here, but this also establishes what sort of girls are accepted in a “Hero’s” harem. With top-tier looks, it’s not big enough to have their characters overlap, they even got different ways of calling him. You’ve got Sakura the incest-bait (that this one guy in the comments keep complaining about) who’s all about that Nii-san, it’s got a level of closeness appropriate for a highschooler sister who’s not afraid to be close to her brother. Minami, the genki girl, and Kotori, the token loli, who go with the normal Souma-kun, they’re not as close, but still top-tier beauties who, dare I say, belong to his harem. Finally, there’s Asuna, the cool one, who makes do with just Souma, no honorific = +closeness, no first name = -closeness, but that’s just because she’s the cool one; calling him Yuuto would be too affectionate for her personality. Now, we all know Sakura’s the winner. Since Yuuto always seems to give her special attention. Even when refering to people in his mind, he designates Sakura separately, like his very own Best Girl. Her pantsu are also pink, so of course she wins. As for black, err Asuna, she’s the dark horse, the closest rival for Sakura, and also has the trait of fiancee and matching activity(kendo). Hiroki being killed off gives the perfect excuse to add her into the harem without hero having guilty feelings. Additionally, Her bold behaviour makes her a fan favorite and she’d be, in another story, the best girl the audiance majority loves. Natsukawa, miss blue ranger, has no chance. She’s the equivalent of the green haired girl who neveralmost wins. Her and white, Kotori, just make up the numbers, cause harems are never just 2. Kotori is here for the loli-service… and the oppai-service. Of course, we’ve got Reina, the other loli, who’s allegedly also in the harem with the foreighner-service. But she hasn’t appeared much yet, so I shan’t say anymore. As a final aside, Ryouko who says Yuuto-kun only shows that she’s a close female friend, but someone who musn’t be touched… at least if Ryouichi doesn’t end up dying.