Story 4-12: 『Mass Suicide』
Leaving the house, Katsuragi-kun and I imdiately went sowhere.
I’m glad it’s just the two of us. I should be happy that he relied on .
However, he was looking at in a pained expression now.
“Hah…! Hah…! Aaaah!!”
How many tis has it been with this? His death throes seared into my eyes. I stopped counting how many ti I’ve seen this miserable appearance.
I don’t want to see it any more, I don’t want to hear it anymore.
But, since he decided to do this himself, I will do whatever it takes.
“Aah…. aah… aah…”
Katsuragi’s ability rise when he dies due to 『Revenge of the Resented』. It was a very appealing thing, most people would probably envy being able to get strong easily.
What it’s like to die once, you can’t imagine it if you haven’t died. How agonizing and painful it is. They would only say sothing like that since they haven’t embraced those horrible sensations.
I understand, since I’ve died once.
Even more profoundly… Katsuragi-kun’s state of mind is experiencing hell.
The pain, he’s tasting the pain of dying countless tis.
It’s not just that.
While his consciousness fades, he suddenly appears lonely.
Katsuragi-kun is doing it with his own hands.
The effect on his mind is unfathomable.
His yells aren’t at the point of language anymore.
He uses a dagger to madly stab himself in the heart.
Stabbing.
Stabbing.
With a splashing sound, blood stread out.
A pool of blood encroached across the floor. Repeatedly killing himself, Katsuragi-kun finally collapsed before committing this suicide.
“Katsuragi-kun!”
I hastily ran over to him and held him. The sll of blood choked . It’s not good to stay in such a harsh environnt.
“I have to get you out of here…!”
Just as I tried to lend my shoulder to get him outside, he grasped my arm strongly.
“… Shuri. I’m fine… so. I can still… do it…”
“Stop it, already! You collapsed since you’re at your limit you know!? You need to rest!”
“Not yet… I haven’t even died fifty tis… One hundred tis. At least… wait until I reach one hundred…”
“No, that’s no good! Please listen to !”
I shook off his arm and tried to forcibly stop him from dying. However, I couldn’t attack him.
Due to the forced restrictions, I couldn’t take any more actions.
I’d been stopped like this many tis.
I can’t save him yet again. I can’t save him.
That kind of feeling overflowed.
I hate how helpless I am.
And… I can only watch him from nearby like this.
“…”
I clenched my fists. My fingernails dug in. Even if my skin tore, I didn’t care.
Compared to what Katsuragi-kun was going through, it was nothing.
At least… if I can do nothing but watch, I’ll give it my all.
… I won’t avoid it. I won’t run away.
Telling myself that for the second ti, I decided to accompany him in those acts of hell.
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—-She’s dead because you’re weak.
When Yuina was killed, that guy said that to the stupefied .
—-In praise of her (gone)spirit, I will stop hunting your life. Though that decreases my enjoynt… I do have a reason. Instead–
My sight shook. The world crumbled. My hit cheek hurt.
I was shafully blown away and rolled. I didn’t have neither the stamina nor the willpower to resist.
Terias glared and looked down at the an that had beco a shadow of my past self.
—-If you don’t like it, get stronger. Then, co and entertain so more.
Gouging his toes into my abdon, Terias kicked and left. Following after him after glancing at with sowhat lonely eyes, Sajima must have been disappointed by my miserable state.
Even though I saw that, my consciousness blacked out.
When I next woke up, Shuri and Arianne were in front of . At appears that I had sohow or another slept the entire day.
It didn’t feel like it. Since that scene had been replaying the entire ti.
It wasn’t a bad joke.
It wasn’t a nightmare.
Yuina died. That’s reality.
Then, what should I do?
While resting in my room, I thought about that the entire ti.
I will save Yuina. That is my absolute priority.
However, the war between humans and demons will start before that.
Then I have to do sothing, too.
What do I need to protect what’s important?
Power. Such a stupidly huge power, that crushing anything would be easy.
Fortunately, I already have an easy way to gain power.
I… won’t hesitate anymore.
The only concern I might have had was asking Shuri to see this.
“… Sorry, Shuri. For showing you sothing like this.”
“… It’s fine. Sobody has to watch… and besides, Katsuragi-kun is hurting the most.”
I returned a bitter smile towards the gentle words. I turned around to not show her my face distorted by filth.
Throwing away the knife dulled by blood, I took out a fresh dagger from its sheath. I put the point to the center of my chest–taking it to the location of my heart.
“… Fuu… haa… … fuu… … …”
I drove away my idle thoughts and breathed deeply. If I think about it I might miss.
If I have to die, taking the least amount of ti would be good.
“… Alright.”
The trembling tip stilled.
If I’m going to do it, now’s the ti.
I quickly stabbed the blade that was raised high into my heart.
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“Open.”
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Katsuragi Daichi Occupation: Hero Level 87
Stamina: 40378
Magic: 38520
Physical: 26200
Endurance: 36000
Agility: 10480
Special Abilities:
『Steel Heart』: During battle, Endurance doubles. Poison, Paralysis, Sleep, and Berserk have a 1/3 chance of failing.
『Persistent Soul』: Magic cannot be depleted below 100.
『Wight King』: Able to make contracts with living beings near death, to revive them and make them obey to your will. Every second ti the user dies, increases the limit of the number of contracts. Currently, there are 53 slots.
『Absolute Command』: Appears when those bound by a contract are lower leveled than the Wight King. Any order will be accepted by the slave until cancelled.
『Magician of Slaughter』: Killed targets within a radius of ten ters will deal the sa damage to all units of the sa type.
『Cruel Mind』: When you kill three mbers of the sa species, your physical attacks against that species gain a paralytic poison effect.
『Chant Omission』: When magic is invoked, the chant may be removed. However, the mana consumption increases by 50%.
Unique Ability:
『Revenge of the Resented』: No matter how many tis you die, power stored in the abyss of death is taken for revival.
Current Number of Deaths → 114
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Resting for the ti being inside my house, I checked my status.
They probably increased differently due to the way I’ve been fighting up till now. Since my battle style has leaned towards magic. I noticed this after continually committing suicide, but the amount of ti it took before reviving lowered after dying more and more.
Now when I die, my consciousness cos back almost imdiately. To the point where I doubt if I really even died.
“… Still… it’s not enough.”
Checking my abilities, I read further down. Shuri and Leadred also gained experience, their values rose considerably.
Of course, the two words 『Tamaki Yuina』 weren’t there.
“Katsuragi-kun. Here, it’s coffee.”
“Aah, thanks, Fuuko.”
The black-haired girl brought a drink and took a seat.
It’s Hayase Fuuko, whom I had made temporarily seek shelter.
There’s a reason she’s here.
Because she has troubleso news that concerns us.
Previously, I turned a knight into a spy at the royal palace when capturing the 【Labyrinth of the Dreamless Sleep】. The kingdom seems to also side with Claria’s religion in hunting demons. It dispatched a group of knights including the heroes(classmates) to a dungeon to destroy it.
I wouldn’t care about 【Rigal’s Den】【Labyrinth of the Dreamless Sleep】 and the like. The problem was that their target is the [Forest of the Demonic Dragon].
It was a small blessing that the slave knight is participating as a mber of the subjugation, quickly relaying the information.
Apparently, the world won’t give even give us free ti.
As for why I stopped suiciding, it was to co up with a strategy for this crisis. When we perfect it, I want to imdiately get back to it.
“That reminds … is Arianne resting well?”
“Yeah. She left saying [If Katsuragi-sama sleeps with , my stamina must be perfect…]”
“… That’s almost at the level of needing respect.”
Though I said that out loud, I was thankful Arianne didn’t lose her [personality].
Her perverse manners softened the dark mood.
Thanks to that, Shuri and Fuuko didn’t lose their morale either.
That why I want her to rest for now. She kept working the entire ti. Fuuko and them have been running around and bringing things back till just now.
However, since we believe we can win, we will do it.
… Yeah, even Yuina.
I hope that we win. I believe that we will seize victory. That’s why I did sothing like that.
I won’t let her sacrifice be wasted.
And I’ll do whatever it needs to revive her.
“… I’ll win at all costs.”
I declared my determination and spread open the map of the area.
Seeing like that, Fuuko unintentionally smiled. She understood my request and used her ability, 『Global Search』.
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