Thus, the four-ard gogma lost both of its sword and hamr-wielding hands, reducing its combat prowess by half. The table has turned against the four-ard gogma.
NUGUGUGU GOBURUZENJIBURAFUGA
WA-WATCH OUT, SOUMA-KUN! THE BOSS IS ABOUT TO DO SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK!
Yuuto's leg stopped as soon as he heard Takanashi Kotori's warning.
The boss might have realized that the winner was already decided. Their side had lost this battle. Since that was the case, it might as well drag so of its formidable opponents along to hell. Despite being a monster, it had the pride of a king who led his people and the pride of a warrior who fought till the bitter end.
That pride was sothing that Yuuto, its enemy, recognized but Yuuto had no intention to die along with it. Therefore, he stepped back.
UWOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
But the word "Retreat" never existed in a berserker's wisdom.
As the lightning cane, shining even brighter as if it was ready to explode at any given mont, the boss brandished its axe, the only remaining weapon to stall for enough ti to complete its suicide bombing casting ti.
FUTABA-SAN! DAMMIT
The boss had yet to die. Even the current iko wouldn't be able to kill the boss within the several seconds before the suicide bombing magic activated. On the other hand, if Yuuto tried to stop iko now, both of them wouldn't be able to escape from the explosion.
NII-SAN, RUN!
At that mont, Yuuto felt really ashad of himself for almost escaping due to Sakura's voice.
Should I escape? In this situation, he could only escape by himself.
Should he escape despite the vow he made to protect Futaba iko? Should he escape when this was exactly the ti when he had to fulfill his vow?
When he decided to protect iko, he felt so sort of power bursting forth from inside. The shine of his sword increased even further.
Nero Lightning!
Brilliant white light surging forth along with Yuuto's slash. The giant shining sword blasted the hand of the boss that clasped the thunder magic cane.
One would wonder if that pinpoint super-killing move was only a coincidence or a newly awakened power born inside the hero to protect his comrade.
GUGA, BUUUUUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Yuuto and Co. could only guess whether the four-ard gogma's scream was that of the agony upon losing its third arm, or a wail of the loser who failed to activate its suicide bomb magic in the last second.
But such a scream wouldn't stop the berserker from finishing off the four-ard gogma for good.
At this mont, not a single voice entered iko's ears.
Not a single one, whether it was Kotori's warning for Yuuto, Sakura's warning to Yuuto, Yuuto's war cry when he decided to protect iko or the death throes of the enemy before her.
She didn't consider that as herself running out of control because of the drug because inside iko's head was as serene as the surface of the water in the well. The sa went for her mind.
The reason was that she heard a voice.
KILL
It was soone's voice, filled to the brim with killing intent.
SLASH
It wasn't her voice nor her comrade's.
CUT, SLASH, KILL
It was an enigmatic, seemingly genderless voice. But that voice definitely resounded in iko's ears.
No, it resounded in her mind, just like God's voice.
SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
That killing intent-filled voice was received by iko with a calm heart, not even causing a ripple in her mind.
Uhm, fine.
She replied calmly to that voice like a mother trying to pacify her child's selfishness.
SLASH. KILL. I, THIS HAND
Sparing no compassion or whim, iko understood that. That they're taking the best advantage of each other.
Yeah, let help you, Assassination Kitchen Knife.
And then, iko who received the power from her cursed weapon, the Assassination Kitchen Knife, reached out and pulled it out.
One Who Hears The Voice The ability to hear the unreachable voice. Neither refusing nor going mad because of that voice, just accepting it with a calm mind.
It was the third skill she gained upon changing her vocation to Berserker. Just as its flavor text had said, iko who heard the curse's voice got a new power without rejecting it or went mad because of it.
Therefore, she felt so sort of power surging forth from the hand gripping on the Assassination Kitchen Knife.
Black aura surging forth from the knife's blade, smoke rose from it as if it was burned.
Her dark crimson aura that had already been released, and the jet-black aura which personified curse were mixing together, giving even more sinister darkness to the crimson color, which then surged forth from the knife's blade.
That power was ready to be fired at any mont.
Or rather, there was no need to hold it back anymore. The reason being there was a perfect target for that power standing right in front of her.
Black Calm[TL: Kuro Nagi; Black Calm]
That strike decapitated the four-ard gogma's head.
Sending the one-eyed-twin-horned head flying high in the air. That one-killing strike beautifully ripped the life of her opponent, centing iko's victory.
But that was far from enough to calm the power that exploded at once.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
She pierced the headless body with a returning blade. The blade sank without any resistance at all. The four-ard gogma's hard skin, bulky muscle, and armor, all of that were cut apart from above to below. The Assassination Kitchen Knife easily sliced all of those parts as if opening a zipper of tunic from the top.
The four gogma's entrails and blood were gushing out from the part that was cut open by iko.
Seeing that, iko slashed her knife again.
UUUUUUUUUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
CUT, CUT, KILL. CUT AND TEAR IT FROM LIMB TO LIMB.
No one could stop iko's madness.
As if dancing she kept on cutting and slicing the four-ard gogma's flesh apart in the midst of a rain of blood, not even Yuuto's voice could reach her ears.
Fuu, haa haa I'm hungry.
Just when everyone was wondering for how long that grueso dismantling show would go on, it suddenly ended with iko's muttering.
At the sa ti, her body suddenly crumbled down like a doll whose strings got cut off.
Futaba-san!
When that happened, Yuuto was the first one to rush toward iko.
Following her was Ryouko who just snapped out of that gory show.
HANG IN THERE, FUTABA-SAN!
Calm down Yuuto-kun, she's fine. I saw similar symptoms like this one before. Maybe she just exhausted her stamina after she used Momokawa-kun's drug. Shes just sleeping right now.
Ryouko recalled that the sa thing had happened when she first ca upon Kotaro-iko's combi in the dungeon after the forr abandoned the heavily injured iko a few days prior since there was no way to treat iko's injury. That ti, she heard from Kotaro that iko was only sleeping from exhaustion due to the after-effects of goma's narcotic.
Thus, she guessed the reason for iko's current condition in accordance with that experience.
Dr-Drug you say, that's a dangerous thing right! No matter how you look at it, that drug caused more than Futaba-san's madness.
Momokawa-kun is a Shaman. There's a risk in using it but, it's not strange even if he can make a similar, but an enhanced version of that drug.
I've said about it before, right? She was okay the last ti I saw her using that drug, but let's just observe her for now.
It seems there's no problem with her breathing and pulse. Most of all, all her injuries healed right away thanks to her Berserker's toughness. That matter aside, let's take out the core to escape from this place as soon as possible.
Yuuto couldn't help but agree with Ryoko's calm judgnt.
They had no ti to worry about the hidden danger of Momokawa Kotaro's drug that was given to iko. Though they managed to beat the boss, iko ended up fainting from exhaustion, everyone was exhausted too.
Maybe because they didn't wish to interrupt the battle of the four-ard gogma and Co. against Yuuto and Co., the gomas had yet to step inside the hall. But it might be just a matter of ti before they're rushing into the hall.
Minami was moving in accordance with Ryoko's instruction, she retrieved the core from the four-ard gogma and the other four heavenly king's gogma. They also picked up the weapon, but since the size was simply oversized, they planned to give up.
Well then, let's go! the room with teleportation device should be right beyond that stairs!
Yuuto and Co. followed Minami's lead, leaving behind the spacious hall in which a deadly battle had ensued just a while ago.
Dammit in the end, I'm relying on her power again.
Yuuto, who was carrying unconscious iko on his back, didn't feel a shred of happiness from overcoming this deadly battle at all. For the current him, iko's body which he carried on his back felt as light as a feather, yes, nothing more than the body of a normal everyday girl.
That fact made him lant his powerlessness even more than before.
He failed to notice that he was falling into a depression. Moreover, the weapon that iko used to kill the four-ard gogma, Assassination Kitchen Knife started to show a change.
Its blade which wrapped in black aura had evolved, it beca longer, bulkier, and more sinister than before.
Dismbernt Demonic Butcher's KnifeWhether it's human or monster, all shall be butchered equally.
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