At a corner of an island floating in the sky, there was a demon king sitting on the ground grasping his knees.
It was Haji.
「Even though thou understood this is how it wouldst end up……」
A weeping back, eyes that looked like dead fish, a beautiful huddling posture. Haji who was the personification of picture perfect "depressed person" was told by Tio with an exasperated expression.
「Guu」
He barely could let out a 'guu' sound. Seeing such Haji, Tio snickered once more even through her exasperation. The situation that was the exact opposite of their normal act surely would make anyone who knew these two to doubt their eyes if they saw this. (TN: In Japan there is a saying of "he cannot even make 'guu' sound" to show how speechless or cornered the person is)
「Co on, Goshujin-sama. Co back to thyself quickly. Thou art going to investigate the cause of this island's floating state correct?」
Tio squatted snugly beside Haji. She peered into Haji's face with a consoling smile. Haji glanced at Tio. And next he glanced across his shoulder to look behind.
Over there were several fainting dragons with the white of their eyes completely exposed. Several of their fellow dragons poked at them to ascertain their well-being while several others were staring fearfully at Haji and Tio. It went without saying that the fainted group was the victim of one of Demon King-Style 108 Harassnt Skills, "Peek-a-Demon King!".
「Just leave alone and take care of those guys. You see, I'm disgusted from the bottom of my heart of a foolish existence like .」
「Well, certainly, it was really immature.」
「Gufuh. Getting told that by the like of a hopeless dragon……depressing. I want to……not die, I want to be a shut-in.」
「Even though Goshujin-sama's mind art damaged that much, but this natural abuse, nnn-」
Tio's cheeks reddened while her body fidgeted.
A dragon that was poking its comrade behind tilted its head「Oh?」, and a beat later it made a commotion *gyau gyau*. The other dragons that got startled and turned around then started to make similar noise. A fainting dragon had its tongue spilled out limply from its mouth. ……It seed that it was just a step short from the death's door.
「However, for Goshujin-sama to make rry until this far, how rare this is.」
「Well, I cannot deny that my mood is uplifted more than usual. After all an adventure where there is no clear objective, no powerful enemy, and no companion's life at stake like this is the first.」
「Boy.」
「You say that, but you too are high spirited aren't you?」
「Yes. I couldst not deny that.」
One more dragon had its tongue spilled out limply. And then one more dragon, although it opened its eyes just for a mont, it then stretched its forelegs to the sky――before losing strength and flopped on the ground.
This scene was obvious to the trained eye. Right now, sothing that looked like a white vapor was rising out from the limply unmoving dragons toward the heaven with swaying motion! They were dying from the shock of "Peek-a-Demon King"!
「Well, for now, I'll depend on you to keep my disgrace a secret okay? As expected, if this is known by Yue and others, then I'll turn into a real shut-in from sha and self-disgust.」
Haji stood up while making Tio to promise to keep this a secret. He then turned on his heel and walked away briskly. He was heading toward the dragons making *gyau gyau* noise at their comrades' death.
The surviving dragons were startled by Haji's approach and their body froze before they escaped in panic.
「Fufufuh, a secret just between the two of us, that really art not bad. Very well. The childish figure of Goshujin-sama will be locked inside mine heart.」
「Please, okay? Now then, you guys, don't go to the other side as you please.」
Haji was talking with Tio while fitting his hand into a black glove that was overflowing with romance. He then suddenly reached out his hand to empty air and grasped sothing violently. And then, he drove it into the dragon below him.
The dragon with its tongue lolling out twitched and convulsed. The other dragons raised their cry while evacuating to the sky, as though to say「He is beating up a corpse!?」
Not paying any attention to that, Haji did the sa thing to the other dragons, he caught sothing midair and then drove that sothing with a palm strike into the dragons' body.
「Still, looking at them from nearby like this I can really see it……these dragons, their body is really frail.」
「Yes. They art scared against human, and then the polluted land, there art no doubt that this world is a harsh place without sufficient food for these children to live.」
While conversing like that, Haji made red sparks running through the black glove. *bachi bachi* With that sound, the hand beca clad in moderate electricity before Haji's hand casually struck at the place where the heart of the dragon with lolling tongue seed to be located at while he was still talking normally with Tio.
The dragon with lolling tongue twitched and trembled. At the next mont, its eyes opened with a snap and it accomplished its revival!
The "Lightning Clad" seed to be overflowing with casualness, but actually it had been superbly adjusted. Haji also granted electric shock using that into the dragons that were ascending to heaven.
By the way, Haji reaching out his hand to empty air was a direct blow to soul――by using the black glove that was a protection artifact, Haji grasped the soul of the dragons that was ascending to heaven and returned them to their body.
The dragons that received the relatively rough direct resurrection treatnt were shivering in terror as expected when they saw Haji. Haji muttered「Well, can't be helped. I reap what I sow」. For the ti being he took out food――at that was preserved inside "Treasure Warehouse II" for the bean sprouts dragons.
Haji threw it carelessly at the dragons' feet. The dragons jumped in place because they couldn't escape even if they wanted with their distance being too close to Haji, even so their nose was twitching from the wafting sll from below.
They were bothered about Haji. Or rather, they were scared. Perhaps they would be killed instantly the mont they took their eyes off from him……
Even while thinking that, drools were already dripping like river from their mouth. In less than ten second their eyes were already glancing repeatedly at their feet.
They looked like a doggy that was told to "wait" .
Haji smiled wryly.
「That's an apology for surprising you guys. You guys looking like bean sprouts even though you are a dragon race is also pitiful. Eat as much as you want.」
Saying that, Haji also carelessly leave behind raw ats including the share of the dragons that were circling above while observing the situation. And then he drew back.
The dragons looked at each other. 'He is not attacking? What is this thing with good sll? Is it okay to eat?' It felt like those voices of heart could be heard from them.
The flying dragons hesitantly landed down. And then, their eyes were getting bloodshot from seeing the lumps of at while drools were dripping down from their mouth like waterfall. The dragons looked at each other, and then, they glanced at Haji.
Haji was standing silently beside Tio. Beside the mysteriously kind great existence who was clad in the sa presence like them.
Before long, one dragon beca unable to endure anymore and bit at the edge of the at. While the other dragons were watching over him「O, oi. You are okay?」, for a mont the dragon stiffened, and then its eyes snapped open instantly before it charged the lump of at.
「GYUUOOOOWAAAAA!」
Anyone could understand even without word. That was truly a roar of joy! 'How can sothing this delicious exist in this world! This is like a treasure of food~~-!!' Such voice of heart was resounding.
Naturally the other dragons also snapped at the at. And then, they raised similar roar of joy.
One dragon exposed its white of eyes and its tongue lolled out from the excessive deliciousness and excitent. Its soul that looked like a white vapor was ascending to heaven. Haji quickly grasped it, drove it *zudon-* into the body, and revived it with *bachi bachi*. The dragon then snapped into the at once more.
「These guys, they are dying too easily. Just how frail they are?」
「Truly, this art too pitiful for a dragon race……was what I wanted to say, but it looks like this art even their first ti eating at for these children. Most likely, they art surviving by living in this island eating fruits or sothing else. By the way, why art Goshujin-sama bringing at like that?」
「Aa. Rember, we had barbecue before right? A lot of people ca and so I bought a lot of at in preparation in high spirits, these ats are the remains from that ti.」
「Mu. Wait a second, Goshujin-sama. If I rember correctly, the at at that ti was really good at correct? I rember that it was the brand product from sowhere.」
「Yeah. These are grade A5 ats.」
「……The at they art eating for the first ti, art the top quality product. Perhaps it couldst not be helped if they ascend to heaven from that.」
Rather, this was an act that would make the at producer to fly into rage saying 'don't use this at for animal food!'. If Haji was going to make excuse, he gave them this kind of at because he only had preserved food other than this. Even Haji felt a bit regretful doing this.
But, this act that was an extravagance in a sense brought an unexpected result at the present.
「Hm? ……Their wariness is lessening slightly?」
Yes, the dragons that were giving off satisfied aura as though to say「I'm full!」were sending glances at Haji. From those gazes, it certainly looked like the color of terror from before was lessening. Right now if he had to say they were more bewildered than scared.
「……Are we mistaken perhaps? Who will ever thought that these guys who were that scared against human will change their heart like this just from a single food.」
「Muu. These children art too simple that it's worriso. They are like children who wouldst follow a stranger just because they are promised candy.」
It was unthinkable for a wild beast to so easily let go of the wariness they had harbored once. That was why Haji gave them at in the na of apologizing but……at this rate, perhaps these dragons would react warmly against human who they actually ought to be wary against different from before.
The result of doing that would be the sa like shortening the life of these dragons. Therefore, Haji's expression turned a bit bitter.
「But if you look from the opposite, perhaps they are being so cornered to the degree that their wariness will lessen just from a single food……」
Haji sighed. And then, he exposed a really speechless expression before he suddenly changed his presence.
「Sorry. I didn't intend to toy with you guys but……I did sothing bad. Get scared against human properly.」
Saying that, Haji was about to emit "Pressure"――it was at that ti,
「「「「「Gyauh!?」」」」」
The dragons suddenly turned around in panic and rushed in full speed into the forest.
「Goshujin-sama?」
「No, that's not . I haven't emit Pressure. Just what in the――」
Tio turned a face that was questioning Haji, but naturally Haji responded with words of denial. Haji himself was tilting his head n puzzlent why the dragons suddenly ran away.
But, the next mont, he noticed the cause and stopped his words. If it was the hell rabbit ear Shia, the it would be possible that she would notice in the sa ti or possibly faster than the dragons.
「What? Sothing is approaching? A living thing……but this voice」
「Mu? I couldst not hear anything……no, now I ccouldst. ……This is…..it sounds like motor?」
「Ye, yeah. I also can hear sothing like that……」
From faraway the sound of *kiiiiiiiii-* was faintly resounding. Certainly it was just like Tio said, the sound resembled motor sound. Yes, it was a voice that was raised by machine. Therefore Haji couldn't hide his bewildernt.
A black rain that polluted the world, dragon, and floating island in the sky. In this undoubtedly fantasy world, sothing that was making a sound that resembled motor sound was approaching rapidly. It couldn't be helped that his image of this world was crumbling.
「Nevertheless, this thing is……」
「Fast!」
The mont Tio continued Haji's sentence, that thing showed its appearance along with a high-pitched sound.
A hard-looking fra in delta shape that had a trace of roundness with sky blue color that could be concealed by the azure sky. Several long and narrow tubes were attached at its bottom part. There were five of them, rushing straight toward the floating island with beautiful triangle formation.
Seeing those things flying away instantly above Haji and Tio, Haji said,
「Why fighter aircrafts!?」
He grandly acted the straight-man.
Yes, those things were obviously fighter aircrafts. If compared to the existing aircraft in earth, then these aircrafts looked like space fighter aircraft that appeared in a movie of near future, but Haji's excellent eyes certainly caught sight of a few things. That human was riding inside the cockpit installed at the front part of the airfra, and that the tube things installed below the aircraft resembled the missile in earth.
「……Goshujin-sama. It seed our world view art mistaken. If we hath to say what kind of world this is――it's SF.」
「What's with this chaos.」
A black rain that polluted the world, dragon, and floating island in the sky, futuristic fighter aircrafts flying in the sky.
Certainly it was a chaotic world.
*KIIII* The hard sound resounded from the other world aircraft that drew a beautiful arc in the sky. The formation of five planes was circling above as though to observe the floating island and then they took distance for the mont.
「The other side should be able to see us too. It will be fine if they can communicate with us sohow.」
「For now, how about trying to talk with them using telepathy Goshujin-sama?」
Haji and Tio talked with each other carefreely. Ahead of their gaze, one of the circling aircraft suddenly began to be clad with a strange light. The aircraft that was giving off presence that felt increasingly like SF――or rather like UFO, it released sothing like light ripple the mont it passed across the forest.
There wasn't any thunderous sound reverberating or the forest getting blown up. But, there was certainly a result from that.
*KIIIIII-*
A hard sound that was different from the motor sound struck the ear.
「-, this is」
「Sound wave?」
Haji and Tio screwed up their face reflexively. Tio imdiately blocked the sound wave using wind barrier, but even so that sound attack caused her headache.
Naturally, for the dragons whose hearing was better than Haji and Tio and didn't possess any barrier, this was an attack that would make them feel outrageous agony.
「「「「KUWAAAAAAAAH」」」」
The dragons raised a cry that sounded like scream and they flew out all at once from the forest.
It seed they fell into panic. They frantically tried to distance themselves from the forest as much as they could. There, another plane fired its missile.
The missile that was approaching in high speed burst before it could impact the dragons, and from there a net was ejected.
The net spread widely and enveloped the dragons without even giving them ti to twist their body. On top of that, the net wasn't falling down but it stayed fixed midair and restrained the dragons. It was as though the dragons were locked inside a cage that was created midair.
「A hunt, huh.」
「……I see. We art not helping?」
Tio didn't sound blaming. She asked rely as a question. Haji made a wry smile.
「If there is soone being a nuisance to a fisherman saying『What are you doing catching the fish huh!』, then that person is simply an idiot. No, rather he is a scoundrel that is hindering the fisherman's work.」
「Certainly. It's not sothing good if we who doth not know anything about this world interfere as we pleased.」
It was a completely sound reasoning. They only had a bit of interaction with the dragons, but it would be a lie if they said that they didn't feel attachnt at all to the dragons whose reaction were like a stray dog. However, if they were asked whether they were so attached to the dragons to the degree that they would hinder the aircraft pilots who were possibly hunting the dragon to feed their family or for so kind of important work, then the answer was a big NO.
「But, I'm curious to the working of that net that is fixed midair and the sound wave attack and flashing phenonon of the aircraft. No matter how I look, their driving force seem different compared to earth's aircraft……perhaps, it might have the sa principle with how this island is floating.」
「Either way, they art a party that we might be able to exchange word with. Letting this chance get away art not an option. The problem now, art how to form communication with them, but……art we going to try sending them telepathy?」
「It will be great if my Language Comprehension and interpreter artifact can demonstrate their effect.」
Even while the two were conversing, most of the dragons that were flying out from the forest were captured. Haji was observing to see how the dragons would be transported, but during that ti one of the aircraft circled around and it was facing its nose toward Haji and Tio.
「Oh, as expected it looks like they noticed us. Seem the toher side is the one coming to contact us see?」
「Ri, right. It appears so but……for so reason, I hath a bad premonition though.」
Tio's premonition was correct.
The mont *voo-* an instantaneous sound split the air and a sudden flash scattered from the lower part of the aircraft's nose――wind of killing intent assaulted the two.
What was fired without any warning was a machine gun. The storm of bullets that were concealing terrible destructive power rcilessly rushed at Haji and Tio. The surrounding ground was rupturing as though getting blown away. The thrown up cloud of dust covered the two from view.
The aircraft passed overhead Haji and Tio as though nothing had happened and it rejoined its comrade. It didn't even give any glance at Haji and Tio anymore. It was clear that the pilot thought the two weren't existence that was worth anything. It was only mowing a grass at a corner of the garden that was an eyesore――that was how it felt like.
「……Calm down . This is another world. Don't judge things with our own common sense.」
「……Those guys……ignorance art truly terrifying isn't it.」
The cloud of dust was carried away by the wind. What appeared from there was naturally the unhard Haji and Tio. Cube-shaped barrier was deployed around them using Cross Velt. The strafing that had a might which resembled 30mm Vulcan cannon was blocked without even a single crack in the barrier.
However, it was doubtful whether the heart of the person inside could block that kind of uncompromising tyranny.
Haji was folding his arms with vein pulsing on his forehead, even so he was trying to suppress his anger and persuaded himself. Tio beside him was directing a gaze that was shuddering in terror to the aircraft pilots. Of course, that shudder wasn't directed toward their strength, but at their attitude that was picking a fight against a godslayer right from the front.
「This is a world with polluted land. Then, a ground that is floating in the sky must be really important for human to live. Naturally, they should be managing and protecting it strictly. And now there are unknown people rudely stepping on it. I cannot complain even if I got shot without any warning whatsoever. Isn't that right, ? That's right, .」
「Go, Goshujin-sama. I understand that thy art angry, so please stop that soliloquizing. Sohow it's terrifying in different aning.」
The way to suppress anger Haji-style――soliloquizing. Seen from the side, it was a skill that was wholly judged to be more terrifying then getting angry normally.
Because in earth there was no way he could uncompromisingly go "instant death for everyone♡" like when he was in Tortus, this was a patience skill that Haji newly learned.
From afar, seeing how Haji and Tio were unhard, the pilot seed to be taken aback and he directed its aircraft's nose toward the two once more.
Haji cleared his throat once and he called for ceasefire while activating "Telepathy".
『Aa~, pilot-san, pilot-san. Can you hear? We don't have any ill intention. If we are trespassing illegally, then we will apologize and get out right away. That's why, first let's have a tal――』
Missile coming!! Without warning it went whoo~~~sh-!!
Of course, Haji and Tio were unhard.
『……』
『Sto, stop it! All of theee, doth thee hath a death wish!? Let's hath a talk right now!』
Haji was muttering to himself inaudibly.「Perhaps the telepathy didn't go through. No, perhaps they didn't understand the language. Perseverance is important in communication. Isn't that's right, ? That's right, 」He was soliloquizing again. His eyes were completely not moving though.
『Please, listen to us. We――』
Missile comi~~~ng-!! Yes, whoo~~~~sh-!!
Perhaps the missile this ti was of a different variety, it didn't just explode but it had extra fla blast with viscosity. The surrounding was dyed crimson. However, inside the fla that was blazing rumblingly, the two were standing still unhard as expected.
Tio was getting flustered 'awawawa' while glancing at Haji, but when she saw Haji's expression had gone past rage and he was starting to smile instead, she covered her face with both hands as though to say「I cannot bear to see this anymore!」
But, it would be troubling if the current Haji was looked down on. In order for him to live normally in earth at Japan, his holand that believed in law and order, everyday he was working hard to not use violence, but instead he was learning different strength that was patience and perseverance, negotiation power and financial strength.
He wouldn't snap just from a bit of machine gun strafing and missiles!
……It felt like the dragons would want to retort「Then, why did you snap before this!?」if they knew it.
『Pilot-san, we――』
Haji tried to call out once more with a voice that had lost any intonation. This ti, finally there was a reaction. Although, the reaction wasn't sothing that "ca back" to Haji, but a complete ignoring of Haji.
『Chih, what the hell is this. Don't tell they are carrying shielding device in the sa level with a warship?』
『Vans-san, surely that's impossible. Do you see anywhere any device with size necessary for shield of warship level?』
『Are they OOPArt owner? ……I want that.』(TN: Out of Place Artifact)
『No way, you think there is any explorer in this ear huh. Rather than that, look there. That woman. Her outfit is strange, but she is an extrely fine jewel yeah? Hey, Vans-san? Looks like that guy is calling at us, so let's land down and kill just the man, then give that woman. The woman from before is not usable anymore. I want to make her my new pet.』
It appeared these guys weren't really guys with class. At the sa ti, it seed they were thinking that the conversation at their side weren't leaking out. Most likely they were under the impression that the communication thod of Haji and Tio was sothing like their own thod, it seed they thought that they couldn't be heard because they were in different frequency (?).
Haji was silent. However, any color was gradually leaving his smiling face.
In the middle of that, the man who seed to be the leader called Vans-san said this to the man who made a remark of wanting to kill Haji and make only Tio as pet,
『Hmph? Certainly, I'm curious with that abnormally strong shield. ……Fine then. We will land down and pull information out from them. After that kill the man――and I'll take the woman.』
『Eeh!? That's unfair!』
『Don't make a ruckus. I'll lend her to you when I'm not using her.』
『A~a, can't be helped then~』
Their screwed up conversation was continuing. The five fighter aircrafts――if following what they were saying, it seed the plane was called sky battlecraft――that were circling with their nose directed at Haji and Tio were lowering their speed and altitude. Currently in the conversation that was being leaked out clearly, the hot topics were about how they would kill Haji or how they would rape Tio later.
「……Haa, the fools. They art waking up a monster that is not necessary to wake up. They art getting their just dessert.」
Tio's words were muttered to herself.
The sky battlecrafts were approaching. The dragons were peeking at their direction from inside the net.
Haji figure vanished instantly.
And then, the pilots of the sky battlecrafts, especially Vans who was flying in the lead as the first plane, were doubting their eyes.
『There is no need to get down. I'll send you all down to hell myself.』
A flat voice was resounding inside their head. At the sa ti, an impossible sight in front of them leaped into their sight.
With a giant weapon loaded with giant stake carried in one hand, a human silhouette jumped at the front of the flying sky battlecraft's cockpit while scattering crimson spark.
「Eh? Ah? What――」
That beca the last sentence of the man nad Vans.
『What……the hell, is that』
『Just now, what happened!?』
『What is going on!?』
『Shit-, is that seriously so kind of OOPArt!?』
Panicked voices resounded.
The sight that they witnessed.
It was a mont of a man jumping up for a few hundred ters with blood and flesh body, and then with one hand carrying a weapon that was unthinkable for any human to lift, he literally pulverized the first plane.
The wreckage of the first plan that was scattered into little pieces and shower of flesh and blood were raining down to the ground. A single black giant stake pierced the floating island like a gravestone.
The pilots that were cursing while rapidly turning their plane were treated with further absurd sight.
It was a sight of a barrage of giant stakes flying wildly everywhere.
『Sca, scatterrr!』
The plane that seed to be the second in rank imdiately gave a command, but he was already too late. One plane received a direct hit and got turned into scraps midair.
『Holy shit-, you bastard, I'll absolutely murder――』
The one speaking turned speechless. His eyes were opened wide. That was natural. After all, the target was calmly standing midair while causing crimson ripples, furthermore at the opposite hand of the hand carrying the weapon that was shooting out giant stakes――gatling pile bunker, another giant weapon materialized.
The na of that weapon which was put on the shoulder was――Agni - Orkan. It was a weapon that displayed the most power in surface-to-air combat.
Instantly, a great number of missiles were launched.
The man that was about to spit out curse scread soundlessly while steering his plane, but how could he possibly evade more than fifty missiles that were assaulting him from every directions. Naturally, his fate was decided.
One more flower of fla blast blood in the sky.
『Withdraw! We're withdrawing!』
『Mo, monster-』
The two remaining sky battlecrafts circled with a maneuver that was possibly even more outstanding that aircrafts made in earth. They tried to retreat from the battlefield right away with their highest speed.
Their speed was also amazing as expected, they had turned into the size of bean in one breath.
Haji silently stowed away the gatling pile bunker and Agni - Orkan, and he took out the replacent weapon.
――Anti-Material Sniping Cannon Schlagen AA (Acht Acht)
Across the scope, a sky battlecraft escaping to the sky faraway was reflecting.
『That was a good lesson right? Use it as reference in hell.』
The trigger was pulled after that whisper. No matter how excellent the speed of the sky battlecraft, there was no way they could match the speed of a bullet that was accelerated electromagnetically. One plane was pierced from its back part until its front part, and then with a state that was like it was skewered, its figure was vanishing into the sea of clouds.
Haji who was shouldering Schlagen AA called out to Tio.
「Tio. We are pursuing. We are annihilating――not, it appear that plane is returning back toward its comrade's location. Let's thoroughly have them tell us about this world.」
「Aa, yes. That's right.」
Tio was seeing Haji tearing apart the nets capturing the dragons using cakram with a wry smile while transforming into dragon.
And then, Haji rode on her back and she started flying in the sky with a terrific speed.
「Goshujin-sama, thank you.」
「……For what?」
Tio didn't answer. Haji also understood what it was about. She was happy that he exposed his wrath when the n said they would make her a pet.
Instead of answering, Tio's acceleration that was far smoother than usual told the answer more eloquently than anything.
「Now then. Was that the standard of this world's human, or else it's different, I'll have them show .」
「Thy art really on fire……」
Even while feeling a bit excited at the fierce gleam in the eyes of Haji who was facing an enemy that she was seeing for the first ti in a while, Tio was also feeling just a little pity at the vulgar residence of this other world who angered the demon king right from the start.
AN: Thank you very much for reading this every ti.
Thank you very much too for the thoughts, opinions, and reports about misspelling and omitted words.
Recently, I'm becoming unable to make it in ti……I'm sorry.
Now then, just when you thought it's fantasy, it's actually half SF! That kind of story.
Tio arc, just where in the world it's going to? Even Shirako didn't know.
But, I'm writing while picturing an enjoyable developnt. Just like usual!
The next update us planned to be at 6 P.M Saturday too.
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