The Spearmaster and the Black Cat Chapter 395.2

The voice was reverberating directly in my head and heart. It was the goddess. I felt a mysterious weight pressing down on my shoulders…

And then I started to gradually lose mana.

“Ooohh? A Battle Spirit clad in a garnt of water?”

“Is he soone belonging to the twelve distinguished families?”

“I thought the huge black beast might be a guardian, but…”

“But, he’s not wearing an army uniform.”

“Rather than that, where is this place…? The trees growing here…I’ve never seen those types before…”

The people close to Rollodeen comnted as they pleased. Apparently they haven’t grasped grasp that they’re currently in a different world.

And then Rollodeen lifted her upper body, trying to look up at the water goddess. She imposingly stood on her two hind paws.

“Nn, nyaa～,” she owed.

Lifting one of her front paws, she revealed her pad.

She repeatedly lifted and lowered her front paws as if asking, 『Want to receive my paw seal nya~?』. To it looked like nothing more than cute cat antics, but…my partner was currently in her huge divine beast form. Thus, it obviously scared the people she had rescued.

But, I understood through my senses. This should be an ability that’s influenced by battle…

“――Do not fret, Divine Beast who received Sadeyula and Gaia’s blessing. I am no more than an illusion.”

The goddess had apparently read Rollodeen’s feelings.

『Let answer your question. Just as you thought, is originally an ability that causes an illusion of to clad a weapon. This ti I have used it as a water call. And I projected my own illusion by using the water in the area and the majority of the mana activated by you』

I comprehended from Water Goddess Akreshys’s voice. I was looking up above my head. The wheat-colored sun shone through the transparent garnt, beautifully illuminating her inner thighs. I had no bad intentions in looking. It was just that I was looking up to her from right below.

I’m a guy, too. So I ended up staring at the deepest place between her pretty legs, her crotch. It had a color reminiscent of water. Its shape was rather small, and she wore extrely refined panties which were adorned with frills and highly artistic strings. Seeing how she’s a water goddess, I guess you can call those godly panties.

Her clothes were similar to Hel’s, but the coloring was slightly different.

『Hmm, an indecent stare…』

Oh shit!

I quickly shifted my eyes to Rollodeen.

“Nn.”

Has Rollodeen realized?

She imdiately unleashed a divine beast punch, cutting at air.

『…Forgive , Water Goddess-sama. I am indebted to you. But, Hel has…』

In the anti, Hel was about to beco a single cluster as if imitating a crystal while glowing. Her Yellow Water Ribbon crest had surfaced as well.

Does this an it’s related to ?

『Did she absorb a part of the demi-goddess?』

『Indeed. In order to protect 』

『The demi-goddess might have been weakened, but absorbing a goddess was unreasonable even for your brave kin』

trusting in her defensive capabilities also played a role, but I guess it was my mistake.

『…Yes. I’m going to be more careful from now on. Are you going to return Hel to her previous state?』

『Be more careful? Hel, who used to be my kin, is now your bloodkin. It’s her duty to protect you. Or to be more precise, the Hel over there is evolving. It’ll take ti, but I think she will return to normal eventually』

Eh? This is the process of her evolving?

『How long is it going to take?』

『In mortal ti, it’ll require a millennium』

…Thousand years. I’d hate to be separated from Hel for such a long ti. Rollo is my partner, but Hel is also dear to as a partner. For a goddess, such a long ti might be no more than a blink of an eye, though.

『I’d like her to recover quickly. Is that possible?』

『It’d be impossible for an ordinary person. But, it might be possible for you』

So it might be possible for , huh?

『Please tell the thod by all ans』

『Very well. First, soak Hel in the lake over there and expand your sage art across the vicinity while pouring your mana into her. Next, invoke 《Water Cure》 after stimulating it with your mana. Then, if you can successfully remove the scum of the demi-goddess that’s probably clinging to Hel’s core…Hel should recover. Lastly, at the mont when you have retrieved all of the scum, she’s going to spit out the demi-goddess’s part…supposedly. This would be the proof of it having succeeded. But, the extre difficulty…』

『――Okay, then I’ll get to it at once』

It had a nuance of not really wanting to hear the last part of what the goddess wanted to say, but I didn’t care.

For starters, I touched the tallic cross next to my right eye, booting up the Kaleidoscope. The tallic device, which would pass on the energy into my eyeball, deployed. It possessed a surface similar to a highly-efficient, intelligent glass. The attachnt near my temple transford into a 卍 just as always.

Fras were added to my existing visual field, and the resolution was enhanced as well. I scanned the wriggling Hel cluster.

―――――――――――――――――

?????High Form??A00

Brain Waves: Imasurable

Bod: Imasurable

Gender: Imasurable

Overall Physical Strength: Imasurable

Elenium Integration: 99809???

Weapons: Imasurable

―――――――――――――――――

It was bugged. I scanned the cluster, but the dense mana was so heavily overlapping that it looked like a natural mosaic. I could barely understand that it was a wriggling being.

I deactivated the Kaleidoscope by touching the attachnt once more.

Then I carried Hel to the lake. While soaking the Hel cluster with water from the lake at the shore, I poured mana into it.

At that mont, the cluster absorbed the water around it, instantly turning into a humanoid shape. The humanoid floated up while looking asleep.

I activated and placed the crooked mana hand beneath Hel. Hel’s core, a bluish-black orb, was exposed at her chest. It’s the sa orb she showed when we ford a contract.

At the sa ti, pearl-like water droplets kept trickling down along Hel’s nude body before falling from the mana hand into the lake.

Small, blue butterflies squird on the bluish-black orb. This must be the scum the water goddess ntioned…

I deployed my sage art. It allowed to gain the sensation of being a part of the surroundings, as if having fused with nature, peculiar to a sage body. The mist of my sage art spread out. It slowly crept onward while creating wave patterns on the lake’s surface.

Is it a herald of strong feelings? Though, the mana consumption that feels like it’s twisting my stomach is the sa nonetheless…

Different from the usual sage art…the mist looked like a dense blanket of white flas.

After confirming my vicinity, I focused on Hel, strongly believing that I’d heal her.

I clad my whole body in Magic Combat Style without ever having attempted to run my sage arts and Magic Hand guided by Thought at the sa ti. But, I won’t lose to the vague assimilation with nature.

So as to affirm my own self, I focused on the Magic Shoutaiyin Feijing in order to knead my mana, which was centered beneath my navel, once more. I’ll decide it through my inner strength.

On top of that, I silently cast 《Water Cure》, invoking it. A transparent water globe, which was bigger and shining brighter than usual, manifested in front of my eyes.

The water globe sank into Hel’s body as if lting into it. And then I placed my mana-laden on a butterfly that was coiled around Hel’s core. I carefully grabbed the sticky end of the butterfly and removed it by pulling it up from below.

White, burning hands appeared from within the white mist that had assimilated with . The hands were covered by countless white flas, looking like they contained a burning, seething steel core within. The hands and my own hands perford a surgery on Hel’s open heart, carefully removing all the stains polluting her core.

The blue butterflies moved their sticky wings. They had multiple legs on their bellies like centipedes.

The hands and I threw away these trash bugs of Golgonshura. The instant the butterflies ca in contact with the white flas of the mist around , they evaporated.

――Alright, most of the cleaning is done.

It was quite a troubleso piece of work. Removing those clinging to the core with tentacles was a major pain.

※Piiing※ skill acquired ※

※Piiing※ Conditions for t ※ Sage Occupation Class has gone up ※

※Piiing※ Your Class has gone up from to ※

, huh? I reached the next rank after apprentice while being watched by the water goddess. But, it looks like my spear and sage arts won’t fuse yet.

I an, my combat occupation hasn’t evolved even after I killed Golgonshura. Well, seeing how is an extrely rare combat occupation, it won’t go that easily, I suppose. Well, various things might influence it either way.

Combat occupations you can’t acquire unless you get woodworking-based skills should also exist.

Suddenly, Hel’s throat expanded abnormally. The instant her mouth turned into a huge, round hole,

“Guubuuhh――!”

She vomited so kind of object alongside so water. It was an oval gem which lightly floated on the lake without sinking. Its surface had depressions. Countless trenches ran alongside its surface, forming the shapes of small butterflies.

Thereupon, the part of the butterflies, which hadn’t evaporated after being thrown away, headed for that gem. They were moving as vigorously like starving piranhas…

The butterfly successively bit into the gem’s depressions, and furthermore clung to its surface with their legs.

Eventually, the butterflies stopped moving after adopting the sa color as the gem. Following that, the butterfly carvings on its surface revived as if the gem was filled with power. Its egg shape didn’t change overly much compared to right after being spat out by Hel. It just lost so of its depressions on the surface, increasing the cleanness of the gem.

I grabbed the gem, pressed it and traced the remaining trenches with my fingers, but nothing happened. I didn’t send any mana into it, since it’d probably trigger sothing.

This gem was certainly interesting, but first I had to handle the matter with Hel. She was sleeping while floating above the lake.

Her sleeping face is adorable…

I stuffed the gem, which looked like it’d beco a key, into my pocket.

『Thank you for always』, I strongly thought while brushing Hel’s hair to the sides. Supporting Hel’s body, I carried her like a knight, before lowering her on the ground.

The grass at the shore was soft, making it a great bed. Hel was snoring lightly.

I wonder whether the surgery succeeded.

————— End of Part 1 —————

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The skillfulness was excellent and decent.

By now night had already claid the land. But it was bright because Rollodeen had created a blazing column at a place alongside the lakeshore. She was using her tentacles to catch fish, prawns, wild mice, and beaver-like monsters, handing her catches to the people she rescued.

But, none of them seed willing to eat any of it.

『……Has Hel been saved with this?』

『It seems so. But, you are aware that I’m not here like this just to talk about this with you, right?』

Before that, I got to deal with Golgonshura’s stone…

『Yes, please wait a mont. Umm, the existence of this oval gem ans that Golgonshura is still alive, right? And I’m also curious about Kizeleg, the content of that silver coffin, which had been in such a focus by Golgonshura』

I shifted my eyes to the coffin which stood at the shore all by itself.

『Don’t worry. It’s a fact that Golgonshura, one of the gods who had been fighting over the Barrier Master of the twelve Seas of Trees in the past, has perished. It’d be a different story if this was a labyrinth with a Black Ring, but you have defeated the demi-goddess who had been sealed in Sela』

『Oooh』

『But, it’s too early to rejoice. A god remains a god, even when weakened. Golgonshura possesses a unique space-ti-based ability that created her domain in the Sea of Trees and brought forth the Hill of the Light Cross. Gods are beings who stand at the top of many different levels of beings』

『…..Okay』

『Even if it is true that her divinity has dropped after being destroyed on Sela, it’s very likely that the source of her spirit has survived sowhere. Her source has either been captured by the bottomless swamp of the netherworld, or it has fallen to the bottom of the Ten-Layered Hell, the deepest part of Spirit World Sebdola, or…maybe the Prison Dinsion Godolon. I heard those are the place where the shells of gods accumulate…』

If it’s the Ten-Layered Hell, I’ve heard of it. So it’s been such a place, huh?

『Still, I might be repeating myself, but Golgonshura has perished on Sela. Just a few of her kin are probably remaining besides this egg stone that contains a part of her divinity』

『Is it possible for her to revive with this stone as origin?』

『Yes, it is』

『It seed like she desired that Kizeleg or whatever…』

『That will only help if both are released. Are you going to free them? I wouldn’t do it』

Thereupon, 『Aahhnn, Your Excellencyyy』

『…She’s watching a lewd dream. Don’t tell , Varmina got to her?』

My spine shuddered.

『…Haha, Hel isn’t in touch with her. Rather, she’s been blocking Varmina off for . I have mark from Varmina on my neck, after all』

I’ve also got a connection with the boobs of magic poison, err, Goddess of Magic Poison Misea…

『…Should I praise you for your courage to show that off in front of ? You’re a filthy man with a stigma』

『Sorry』

Oh shit, her voice sounds like she’s going to unleash a blizzard at any mont now. I thought it’d get exposed sooner or later anyway, so I ntioned it. But, was that a bad idea?

『…Oh well, it’s sothing I’ve already been aware of. It’s beco a cornerstone of your chaotic nature, so it can’t be helped』

Oh my, I thought she’d get pissed off a lot more, but it looks like I was wrong. Water Goddess-sama’s words were kind…full of broadminded love. I couldn’t see her face from here, but I instinctively focused on showing a smile.

I felt like the lake’s water level had dropped, but without paying any heed to that, I watched Hel’s condition.

『So, loving Water Goddess-sama, what is your business with …?』

『…It’s about the flash of darkness released by your Destruction Spear Gladopalus. That flash, which killed a goddess of Sela, reached those possessing power across many places like the divine domain or the Spirit World. It should have especially strongly drawn the attention of those gods who have a relationship with you. Because of that, I’m feeling vexed』

So there was a aning to it after all, eh? The water goddess appears to hate Gladopalus…

『But, since that’s currently my strongest attack against individuals…』

『Seems so. And that’s exactly why! Find the Water God Spear Aquashed, which my younger brother Sea God Sepiton created together with and Fire God Enphrit. Then you’ll be able to toss away that Destruction Spear, the beloved weapon of so Spirit World Knight or so other unknown guy, and use my water god spear instead』

Discarding the Magic Destruction Spear, huh? But, it’s a summon…

『…Water God Spear Aquashed, sothing like that is…』

『Although I’ve told you all that, I can’t personally grant it to you like the . Forgive …』

It makes feel obliged to have a goddess apologize to .

『…Why is that water god spear no longer in your possession?』

『I lost it in a bet against the fire and sea gods』

『What kind of bet was it?』

『It concerned the prospering of a certain ocean race. Having lost that bet, I stabbed Aquashed into the bottom of the sea where Sepiton dwells. I rember that my little brother rejoiced very much as he beca able to grow special offerings thanks to it』

A spear that brings about blessings, huh? I think it’d be bad to pull that out then.

『…I won’t pull out a spear which seems to be so valuable』

『For you to turn down my request! If you can form a contract with Aquashed, it’ll show its presence to you as divine spear comparable, no, excelling that destruction spear』

『What about your important match with the fire and sea gods? If I ddle with a promise between gods and annul it, won’t it anger the fire and sea gods?』

『Certainly, it might upset them. But that will be no more than an excuse to win you over to the divine domain’s side. They should accept it as long as they hear your reason for doing it』

I see…

In short, she’s telling to not beco hostile towards the divine domain.

『Water Goddess-sama, I’m grateful to you. I have the conceit of possessing an average level of piety, too. But, I’ll turn down your Aquashed…I’m and as such I don’t intend to follow any path that’s been laid out for . I might end up doing it unconsciously though』

『…You’re such a damn stubborn chaos bringer! But, that’s what I love about you. It’s fine for you to simply keep the matter of Aquashed stowed away in a corner of your mind. Keep using from now on, alright?』

『Okay』

『I shall take my leave then』

『That’s fast』

『Although you’ve been blessed with a vast amount of mana, this extre mana consumption should be hard on you, I suspect… Lastly, it applies to those from the Spirit World without saying, but you should also be careful of the 【Graveyard of Ancient Gods】――』

At that mont, the mysterious weight vanished from my shoulder. The absorption of my mana ceased as well. Still, she didn’t show any of Hel’s butt lover poses to . Well, considering her summoning locations, it’d have been kinda difficult, so it was inevitable. I shall offer a prayer to Water Goddess-sama’s panties which have vividly burned themselves into my mory. It might have been a divine miracle.

“…Your Excellency, I’m…”

“――Oh, how wonderful. You woke up, huh?”

“Yes――”

Hel leaped into my embrace as soon as she got up.

“I was surprised back then.”

“…I failed at taking in the goddess’ part, and intended to bid farewell from you at the end, Your Excellency――”

“Never say anything like that again.”

“Auuh, please don’t get angry with ,” Hel lowered her eyes while in my arms.

“You made worried. So, can you promise it?”

“Yes, I shall promise you. U-Umm, Your Excellency, was it you who saved ?” Hel asked while cladding herself in her usual clothes and magic garnt.

It’s probably no coincidence that I feel like her outlines have beco more accentuated due to the graduation of the colors of her long hair. …She’s extrely beautiful.

And after shifting her eyes from her slender hand to her own voluptuous chest, she directed them at .

“…Indeed. While receiving instructions from Water Goddess-sama, I carried out an operation while using a new sage art skill. I removed Golgonshura’s scum, which had made you suffer, from within you.”

“…As I thought! Your Excellency’s power saved ! I’m so happy…”

“According to the goddess, you’d have returned to normal if you had remained in that cluster state of yours for a thousand years, but…as might be expected, I would have been sad to miss out on your stories about your ambitions and your poses for such a long ti. Losing my training partner would be a bumr, too. Due to that I asked myself what worth a world without you would have. Because of that――”

“――Your Excellency.”

While shedding tears with her eyes trembling, Hel placed her index finger on my lips, telling to not speak any further.

She slowly lowered her finger, and closed her long, wet eyelashes. Imdiately following, she turned her small lips in my direction.

――Just as she wished, I gently pressed my lips on hers. After starting off slowly, I gave her a deep kiss so as to caress her lovely lips. And at the end, I gave her a bit of my mana as a little gift.

“――Auuhn.”

I carried Hel in my arms after her legs gave way. Hel put her arms around my neck, as if telling that she couldn’t hold back any longer, and pressed her lips against mine. Of course, a long, long, deep kiss followed. It was such an intense kiss that I worried I might warp Hel’s lips.

A faint, flowery aroma drifted into my nose from her. While experiencing a little spell of happiness, I headed to Rollodeen’s location. Rollodeen apparently took Hel and into consideration, blocking us from sight by swinging her tail and tentacles.

Thereupon, I heard a splashing sound from behind . Once I put down Hel and turned around…I found the semi-transparent warrior, now covered in weeds, standing over there.

Apparently he slowly made his way out of the lake’s deepest part… A thin light escaped through his visor and his gray hair looked pretty stylish.

“Your Excellency, that’s…”

“Yeah, he fought off Golgonshura with just that cross-shaped spear of his.”

A nice aroma, different from the one before, rose from Hel. It looks like she’s activated . I placed my hand on the hilt of Murasa that was affixed to my waist.

Should I occasionally use Murasa so as to capitalize on my new combat occupation? A sage art sword style interwoven with countless, blazing, white hands. The real Murasa might be just one blade, but it should be difficult to distinguish the real and the fake ones on a first encounter.

It’d also be possible to directly attack with the white fla hands. That would be perfect for fighting while checking the general situation.

While pondering about all that…I stared at the warrior. He was mostly covered in armor, but he also wore a torn half-hakama and black travel sandals. He was still semi-transparent as before, but probably because of the moonlight, I could see his armored upper body quite well. And him trudging through the dark shadows created by the moonlight while holding his spear in one hand was engendered by quite an impact.

The walking style that maintained a peculiar rhythm…triggered a dangerous atmosphere. Going by his aura, he reminded of the earlobe-weirdo we fought at the Dignified Heaven Shrine. His earlobes, however, weren’t stretched long, but the warrior instantly directed his eyes at .

His two eyes hidden behind the visor were gleaming.

But then, he returned his bloodthirsty look to the place where the black-haired girl from before was resting. I guess he guessed the place where I hid them in an instant.

In other words, a powerful connection existed between that warrior and the girl who was employing him as his master. The warrior passed Hel and while still having weeds coiled around his body. Without paying any attention to the people Rollodeen had rescued, he nonchalantly walked over to the girl’s place while showing us his back.

“A huge warrior-sama! That must be a guardian of the Twelve Families.”

“But, I wonder whether he’s going to protect us. According to rumors, he’s a combat tool, you know?”

“…Japon’s secret weapon…”

At that point, I saw Eva flying over from the other side of the lake. As might be expected, even Eva had her fair share of troubles with carrying a huge chunk of steel. She had wrapped her violet mana, mixed with streaks of scarlet, around the business jet that lost a wing and the rear part.

I guess it’s proof of her having evolved extrely.

She guided the jet to a slightly open patch of land between lake and knocked-down forest. My eyes t with hers.

――I started to run over, thinking I should help her, but she smiled at after lightly shaking her head. Then her cut off midway, probably because she got too elated. Because of the violet mana’s weakening, the jet crashed violently.

The vibration caused waves to travel across the lake, but the fallen aircraft didn’t break apart. All door parts of the jet shifted sideways. Gangways extended from beneath the doors, and even ladders extended downwards.

Several people, whose dresses were a ss, descended on the shore from there.

Without showing any interest for the people whom she had saved, Eva imdiately flew over to in her wheelchair.

“――Shuuya, there was a very dazzling, mysterious flash earlier. Showdown with the demi-goddess?”

Dazzling, huh? It didn’t seem like it to though…

“Yep. It was a slash by Gladopalus as it butchered Golgonshura. You could call it a light of darkness caused by Golgonshura’s defeat, I suppose? Though I’m not quite sure myself. Anyway, after the battle ended, Hel collapsed. So I gave her dical treatnt until a little while ago. And now things stand as you can see yourself.”

“Yes. I’m in top shape! I was saved thanks to His Excellency. Eva, you did your best as well, didn’t you?”

“Nn, the healing was water magic? In any case, both of us did our best. We defeated Golgonshura and saved many people!” Eva comnted after checking Hel’s state.

With a smile, she extended a tonfa from one arm, hoisting it up.

“Aye. Eva, well done. Was that aircraft heavy?”

“Nn, a bit, but I was fine.”

“Mysty should be interested in a tallic aircraft, don’t you think? Eva, do you think it could be lted down and put to good use?”

“No. It’s different from the iron box vehicle you gave us earlier ― car was it called? ― that had magic tals sticking to it. This one here has a lot of pure iron, so Mysty might not be overly interested in it. Though I haven’t checked the interior yet, so I can’t tell for sure,” explained Eva and put her tonfa away, changing her wheelchair into tallic legs.

And then she scanned the area.

“Nn, Rollo-chan. Oh, sothing weird I’ve never seen before.” After smiling at Rollodeen, Eva gazed at the semi-transparent warrior.

She approached him, full of curiosity. We followed her.

“Eva, that guy fought Golgonshura on even terms. Be careful.”

“Nn.”

It looked cool how the warrior protected the girl with a daunting pose. And he had wielded his spear at a speed close to instantaneous, fending off the attacks of Golgonshura who had repelled my .

“Your Excellency, I’ll co into your left eye.”

“Sure.”

Without a mont’s delay, Hel went back into my eye.

“Nn, warrior no reaction. Those girls still asleep. The girl with the round glasses is different from Mysty.”

“They seem to be deeply asleep.”

Eva didn’t attempt to touch the warrior. She probably assud that he might attack her all of a sudden.

“Eva, fall back. For the ti being, I’ll approach him and check things.”

“Nn, got it. I’ll go to the place where the other people gathered. I’ll also inform Rebecca and the others. I don’t think I’ll understand the people’s words, though…”

“Aye. Well, the intention counts at the beginning.”

“Nn.”

Eva nodded and nimbly evaded a root with her tallic legs.

“Anyway, I guess I’ll try to get closer. Earlier he ignored us, but…”

The instant I approached the black-haired girls while saying so, the semi-transparent warrior moved, pointing his spear at .

“I saved those girls. Can’t you understand what that ans?” I asked him, but the warrior didn’t cancel his combat stance.

The arm holding the spear didn’t budge, keeping the spearhead pointed at . A sharp glint dwelt in his two eyes. I could imdiately tell that he’d cut down anyone getting close, with no questions asked.

“…”

Did this warrior have an ermine as an ancestor or sothing? The illusion of a mystical pipe fox was visible in his eyes…

“Well, I won’t pick any pointless fights…”

I think the warrior isn’t completely standalone, though. I can’t see any emotions in him…

I guess I’ll go back for the ti being.

At that mont, “Ngh, t-this is――”

The black-haired chick woke up. She imdiately turned her head around, trying to get a read on her situation. The bespectacled girl was still asleep.

Apparently having grasped the situation, the black-haired girl sat up, cladding her whole body in mana. Her mana especially accumulated at the bracelet on her wrist. The bracelet had a drawing of a mystical pipe fox.

That’s probably the reason for the illusion in the warrior’s eyes.

“Good work, Matabe. You can lower your alertness to the second level for the ti being.”

“――”

His na is Matabe. How nice. Totally sounds like the na of a Warring States Commander.

Imdiately after that Matabe received his order from the uniford girl, he released mana through the gaps in his armor as if emitting gas. He seems to be linked with the girl’s abilities. Maybe as part of her and his abilities, the warrior transford his appearance.