Hakai Me no Yuuri - Chapter 89
Author: Kaburagi Haruka
Translator: s.h.i.+roiKaze/Soyokaze Translations
4th Act, Chapter 89: Revival
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Beyond the ma.s.sive door was a room of about 20 meters to a side.
In its center was a throne-like chair, with two kobolds on each its left and right.
Upon the throne A kobold? The thing seated there was ma.s.sive enough to make me doubt that, as it a.s.serted its presence on the surroundings.
“Is that really a kobold?”
“Seriously?”
Me and Alec commented on reflex.
Kobolds are normally 1 meter tall creatures that could be cute if you get used to them. But what stood there was practically something else entirely, far surpa.s.sing 3 meters.
That must be A Kobold Lord.
Recognizing our entry to the room, the Kobold Lord moved its huge body, grabbed the great sword at its side, and stood.
The great sword The hatchet was big enough to be comparable to Sentinel.
“Here it comes!”
“GOOAAAAAA!!”
The Kobold Lords roar overlapped with Hasters tense voice.
A heavy, pressing burden could be felt on our spirits. That shout probably held an “Intimidation” effect.
Haster and Alec both dashed forward at once.
“The first strike is mine!”
Their movement stopped as they took up their weapons; aiming for that moment, I released an arrow.
The target is the one on its right!
Third Eye is tucked away, so its a normal arrow, not an iron one.
But if its just a 1 meter tall kobold, then my short bow can do plenty of damage.
The unreliably thin arrow, different from the usual, went exactly towards my target kobold, piercing through its eye and gouging into its brain.
“GIKII?!”
The kobold cried out before collapsing.
With a wound like that, it probably wont be rejoining the battle.
“GURUA?!”
“Not happening!”
After one of its companions was shot, the Kobold Lord turned towards Haster, who had jumped in close to it, and swung in anger.
Alec hit the side of its giant hatchet with Sentinel, deflecting the swing.
With its stance broken, Haster faced its legs and swung his sword once.
The dull blade couldnt tear through its thick muscles, but it did succeed in delivering a wound.
“GUWAN!”
The scream of the kobolds and the creak of bows.
Following those came the arrows of the kobold archers. One each for Haster and Alec, and one more for me.
Alec used Sentinel and Haster used his armor to deflect them, while I ducked down to dodge.
With how small my body is, laying low to the ground is a perfectly viable defensive posture.
Moreover, I often take this position for close combat when I use [Body Reinforcement] to keep three points of contact, so Im used to maneuvering like this.
Upon dodging the arrow, I follow up by rolling along the ground to change position, and aim for the one getting another arrow ready on the very left.
When I released the arrow, it flew right on target into its neck, rendering another one powerless.
The battle continued in this way for a bit, with Haster attacking the Kobold Lord, me taking out the henchmen, and Alec serving as Hasters guard.
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I think about 10 minutes have pa.s.sed since the battle began?
“Only 10?” youre probably thinking, but 10 minutes is really long when moving at full power the whole time.
Kendo and karate matches are limited to 5 minutes. Even in sumo, if a match goes on longer than 4 minutes there are times when theyll take breaks.
Haster was breathing more heavily, and he was visibly moving more poorly.
Alec wasnt giving full strength the whole time because he was focusing on defense, so it looked like he could keep going, but as for me, my shooting hand was getting numb.
Ive shot the bow 9 times already, and my quiver of normal arrows was down to 3.
The kobold archers were annihilated, and the Kobold Lord was covered in wounds.
Our side is fatigued, and our opponents movements have dulled from its wounds. Just when it was feeling like a stalemate
“HAH!”
“GUGEE?!”
Hasters sword dug into the Kobold Lords armpit, and made it bleed grievously.
Important blood vessels often run through the armpit (this differs depending on the creature, of course), so a wound like that is usually fatal.
Considering the amount of bleeding, it was undoubtedly a vital point for the Kobold Lord.
Swords met between it and Haster 2, 3 more times, but the Kobold Lords weakness was growing intense. The fight was essentially over.
I breathed a small sigh of relief, and in that exact moment
Haster suddenly pulled back the sword he was going to defend with, and the Kobold Lords last attack hit his body And split it. In two.
“Eh”
Im not sure what just happened.
This doesnt make sense. Why is he in two pieces?
Alec screamed something and delivered the final blow to the Kobold Lord.
Now only an upper half, Haster went into convulsions
“N-NOOOOO!!!”
I threw my bow away, and ran over to him.
Hasters eyes were clouded over, and probably couldnt see anything anymore.
Of course his breathing stopped It makes sense, since the diaphragm he would need for breathing isnt attached anymore.
I clung to his corpse and lost my composure, unable to do anything about the miserable scene in front of me All I could to was hold him.
“What done happened?!”
Lastly, the door opened and Miss Levy came running.
She must have guessed something happened from my scream.
“Aah Uwaa! Waaaaaah?!”
I couldnt even form coherent words at this point, and turned into something which could only let out sobs asking for help.
“Kh?! Th-this aint Ergh, over here, bring im this-way!”
“Got it. Sis Come on, lets go!
Following her orders, Alec carried me, and Hasters remains.
After that I dont remember.
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When I came to my senses, there was a house of ice inside the labyrinth.
It was made using a cavity in the pa.s.sageway, caging ourselves inside, making the walls using [Water Wall], then solidifying them using [ Freeze].
That was probably the choice because theres no ground inside the labyrinth to use [Earth Wall] with.
The ice walls prevent enemy intrusion, and if theyre broken, the cracking ice will make a bunch of noise to act as an alarm. Its constructed in that fas.h.i.+on.
Unlike [Earth Walls], they also transparent, so we can see whats on the other side of them.
Its a little cold, but considering its convenience, thats a small price to pay.
“Where are”
“Just a small corner o the labyrinth.”
“What time”
“Been round four hours since then.”
” Where is he?!”
What about Haster?! I was too distressed to think about it at the time, but hes “Immortal”.
He shouldnt die just because he was sliced in two!
“It looks like his body is done regenerating. Its a lot slower than yours, sis.”
“To think yall had the “Immortality” gift”
Miss Levy sounded amazed.
“Hearts gone back to beatin too. Just gotta wait for him to wake up now.”
“Thank goodness”
Along with his relief, Alec looked at him with a trace of umbrage in his eyes.
He was supposed to be acting as the guard Is probably what hes thinking about.
“No, actually This might sound like an excuse, but I feel like Master pulled his sword out of the way on purpose right then, didnt he?”
“And why would he have to do something like that?”
“The h.e.l.l if I know!”
My tone made it sound like I was blaming him, so he raised his voice in refutation.
But we cant have something like this happen again. Lets pursue this a little deeper.
“If he pulled his sword away, a fatal wound was guaranteed. Everyone there knew that. So why would he have to do it in spite of that?”
“I just said I dont know Ask Master yourself once he wakes up.”
I wanted to pursue this calmly, but it would seem my voice came out more coldly than I was trying for.
Alec must have guessed I didnt mean to sound that way, as the force behind his voice quickly withered.
“I understand. We will leave that for later. But we cant have this”
“I know. We cant have this happen again; I wont let this happen again. I would even swear it on this World Tree.”
To my cuttingly cold voice, Alec put strength and determination behind his reply.
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One hour later, Haster opened his eyes, safe and sound.
“Haster! Uuwaaaaaah!”
“Eh Aah, guess I worried you.”
Upon jumping directly into his chest and immediately crying, he gently, but firmly, hugged me.
My face is touching where he regenerated at. The skin there is exposed, and smooth like a babys b.u.m.
By the way, everything below his chest is buck naked right now.
“Whats the situation?”
“After you died, Master, we rushed out of the room. Right now were camping in a cavity at the side of the pa.s.sageway.”
“About how long has it been?”
“Been round five hours.”
“That long, huh”
Alecs voice was tinged with criticism. Moving his sword out of the way to take a hit on purpose That action kept Alec from being able to fulfill his role. Hes probably angry about that.
Haster must have guessed that too, as he replied back to us in an explanatory voice while scratching his cheek.
“Yuuri, Alec, sorry about that I just had to try it now when I had a chance. To see the performance of my “Immortality”.”
“Then you should at least tell us beforehand!”
“If I said something, would you let me? Im going to die now, dont interfere for example.”
” Urk?!”
Theres no way I would let that happen.
But still Thats horrible, you know?
“Well, let me explain a little bit. The “Immortality” abilities of Bahamut and Yuuri have vastly different times on their regeneration. While exploring the labyrinth, when we encounter some unexpected situation, knowing how long it will take for me to recover may be very important information. Which is why I wanted to test the performance of “Immortality” now, when we have relatively more leeway.”
“And thats why you suggested we limit our magic and weapons for this?”
“Well Yeah.”
So thats why it felt like a nonsense reason, when he gave the unusually forceful advice to intentionally be negligent in our battle.
It was in preparation so he would have a chance to die.
“Ya didnt have to go up against a boss just for somethin like that.”
“I wanted to try it at the safest time possible, but to get killed I needed something strong enough to be considered an “enemy,” so Well, it was a balance between those.”
After listening up to that point, something inside of me snapped.
I swung my arm with every last ounce of strength I had, and slapped his cheek.
“Yeowch?!”
“Just how worried do you think you made us?! How worried I was! How worried Alec was!”
“Yuuri, dont be forgettin about mee.”
“Shut up!”
I roared back at Miss Levys interruption, and had her clam it.
“I understand that testing “Immortality” was necessary! But wasnt there a better way to do it?!”
“Im really sorry. Im reflecting on my actions.”
“Dont you dare I dont want To ever see something like that Ever again Please.”
“I promise. I wont do it again, and you wont see that again.”
Saying that, he hugged me and planted a kiss on my cheek The kiss was clearly an attempt to restore my mood, but Im easy, so my sourness dissipated a bit.
“I understand. I hear you, but Im still mad, okay?”
“Yeah, not much I can do now, but sorry.”
I paid him back by hugging him tight and digging my nails into his back.
He seemed to take it pretty nicely and
“Hey, you two mind?”
Alec decided to b.u.t.t in.
The mood was just getting good; dont get in the way now. A little more and I would have toppled him.
“What should we do about today? I know it would be hard, but Id like it if we could get back.”
Now that he mentions it, its already 9:00p.m.
Since weve cleared the 5th floor, we should be able to return by midnight if we really push it.
And Marle will probably be worried, since we didnt plan on camping in here
“I suppose, yeah. It would probably be best not to push it, but Shall we do an after-regeneration physical check while we head back?”
“Now youre being dangerous again!”
“Its alright, I really wont do anything reckless this time.”
“That bein the case, lets get hurryin on back Time starts feelin kinda ambiguous inside the labyrinth, but if we can get back, then itd be best to go back.”
Miss Levy stood up, and dispelled the [Water Wall] and [Freeze] magic.
Meanwhile Alec doused the campfire and made preparations.
“Cmon, Haster, yall too. That “manhood” o yours needs to go away, yeah?”
Everything below his chest is completely bare, so, well Its in plain view.
He looks like a 12 or 13 year old boy, and yet his prided “thing” is very adult.
“Uwooooaaaah?!”
He looked to be even more disarrayed in his panic than when he took the Kobold Lords attack.
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And so, on our 10th day we ranked up from “Novices” to “Beginners”.
Authors Note: I think its a little distorted, but if I didnt put in a scene where his regeneration is measured, then I felt like it would have consequences later on, so
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