newbobooks #213 - This cherry is so handsome
#213 - This cherry is so handsome
"Now!"
"Ice Wall!"
At Natsuki Subaru's roar, Emilia erected a wall of ice, blocking Elsa's path.
The ice wall stood, completely sealing off the loot house, as if sealing away a terrifying monster. But the price was their companion… though they had only met for less than half an hour, not enough time to foster any attachment, or even to grieve for their ‘companion.’
“Haa — — — —”
Natsuki Subaru let out an exaggerated sigh of relief.
“That was close. We should be alive, right?”
The sensation of being bathed in the warm sunlight of an isekai novel, feeling reborn, was completely absent. Rather, it was already completely dark, creating an unusual chill.
After all, they were standing in front of a giant icebox.
It had to be said, the silver-haired half-elf girl's control over fire magic… no, more accurately, temperature-based magic, was masterful. If it hadn't been for her continuous blocking, they would have become corpses under Elsa's blade long ago.
“How could this be, that guy…”
Felt looked at the sealed door of the loot house, subconsciously moving towards it, but was grabbed by a huge hand.
“Old Man Rom…?”
“Don't go, Felt.”
Old Man Rom shook his head.
In fact, he had also realized that they were completely burdens. Protecting these few people was consuming a large amount of magic power for Zun Zun, so their leaving was the best choice.
Emilia also wore a slightly worried expression.
Natsuki Subaru waved his hand, signaling them to relax.
“Don't worry. Didn't that guy say he had a hidden ultimate move, one that would kill everyone except him if activated? So… wait, I suddenly thought of a question. Satella… ahem, Miss, you also have a hidden ultimate move, one that also kills everyone except you. So, how big is the range of the ultimate move?”
“…What do you mean?”
“I'm asking how big your ultimate move's range is.”
“Probably half of the slum would be affected. Why are you suddenly asking this?”
“No, how should I put it… I suddenly have a very bad premonition.”
Just then—
Natsuki Subaru saw a dazzling light in the dark room, his expression terrified as he couldn't help but shout to everyone.
“—Run!”
With that, he grabbed Emilia, who had no reaction, and ran towards the slum's main road, while Old Man Rom grabbed Felt in the same way.
The four of them were already running as hard as they could, but that dazzling light contracted and collapsed, then suddenly exploded outwards in all directions.
It caught up to them in an instant.
“Ice Shield!”
Emilia's eyes narrowed, and she summoned several ice walls behind her with her hands clasped together. However, the ice walls that could withstand Elsa's attacks were easily melted as if they didn't exist.
“How can this be…”
The silver-haired half-elf was at a loss, the light gradually engulfing her. Natsuki Subaru rushed towards her with an excited expression, shouting loudly.
“—Satella!!!”
On the other side, Felt was also embraced tightly by Old Man Rom, in a state of confusion.
But they couldn't withstand this enormous impact at all, and were blown away after only resisting for a second. The explosion, impartial to all, continued to spread outwards, engulfing everything in the slum.
Fortunately, Old Man Rom's loot house was on the innermost hilltop, and it didn't affect others, but those people fled frantically out of the slum after discovering the anomaly.
A huge pillar of magic power reached into the sky.
Not only the people of the slum, but even the residents of the royal capital noticed the anomaly. Also attracted to it was a certain Sword Saint who was just about to leave the slum.
The pillar of light lasted for a full minute.
When everything dissipated, the dark clouds above their heads were also dispersed, and looking up couldn't help but make people marvel at the beauty of the starry sky.
Suddenly, a hand reached out from the dirt.
Natsuki Subaru pushed away the triangular wooden plank pressing on his body, and crawled out of the dirt, covered in dust. In this situation, he still optimistically said: “That scared me. I thought I was going to see that uncle's stinky face again.”
“Although I don't know who the uncle you're talking about is, could you please get up first?”
“Oh, oh… sorry.”
He quickly moved aside, pulling the silver-haired half-elf girl, who was also covered in dust but unharmed, out of the dirt.
“Are you okay?”
“…Yeah, except my arm hurts a little.”
Under the moonlight, one could see the girl's fair skin was slightly swollen, probably from being hit by a heavy object just now? Although it was a little distressing, compared to the surrounding situation, this injury was much better.
“What is this…”
“Is this for real!?”
Natsuki Subaru's eyes widened. It wasn't his fault for being so surprised, but the scene in front of him was completely different from half an hour ago.
The loot house had completely disappeared, and the wooden plank that had protected them was a corner of the loot house. Not only that, the entire hilltop had been completely flattened, as if someone had opened their mouth wide and taken a bite. The hilltop had become a crescent-shaped crater, and he and Emilia were at the deepest part of the crater.
“Is this the ultimate move? It destroyed the entire map, okay!?”
“Indeed, it's really surprising.”
Emilia also deeply agreed.
Her hidden ultimate move was ice, which could only freeze this entire area. Just from the destructive power alone, Zun Zun was still more powerful.
“Wait, wait a minute, Felt and Old Man Rom?”
“Huh?”
The two looked at each other and quickly searched around.
“Felt! Old Man Rom! Felt! Old Man Rom! Hey, where are you? Answer me! Are you okay!?”
“This, this way! Little brother, come here quickly!”
Natsuki Subaru heard Felt's slightly tearful shout and quickly ran over with Emilia.
Felt, like them, seemed to be unharmed except for being covered in dust, but Old Man Rom was different. A broken wooden stake with a diameter of 5 centimeters was stuck in his chest and abdomen, and blood was constantly flowing beneath him, forming a small puddle.
Natsuki Subaru noticed that Felt's hands were covered in blood, but it was obviously Old Man Rom's. She lowered her head with an uneasy expression.
And next to him was a rafter. Judging from the broken part of the wooden stake, they were also lucky to have been protected by the loot house, only the wooden stake…
Speaking of which, not being injured in a fight with the enemy, but instead being injured by one's own people, what's up with that?
“Please… please, save Old Man Rom!”
“Leave it to me!”
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Emilia stepped forward to give Old Man Rom emergency treatment.
Natsuki Subaru seemed unable to help much by staying here, so he said: “I'll go take a look over there. I don't know how Zun Zun is doing now. I wanted to ask him to use his ultimate move, but it wouldn't be good if he ended up dying together with the enemy.”
If that were the case, he would definitely choose to loop again!
He didn't want to sacrifice others to benefit himself!
Stepping on the destroyed and flattened land, Natsuki Subaru was both familiar and unfamiliar with this scene. He had seen it in textbooks, but he had never experienced it. But he also sighed.
“—This is too exaggerated.”
He couldn't fully imagine how intense the battle in the center of the battlefield was, but Natsuki Subaru believed that the two had died together in this situation.
At least his small body couldn't withstand it.
Walking to the loot house… or rather, the location where the loot house used to be, Natsuki Subaru used the moonlight to see Zun Zun, his whole body pale and his face burned out, leaning against a pile of dirt, his head slightly lowered and a smile of no regrets on his lips.
“Hey, hey, hey, with that look of finally defeating a strong enemy and dying without regrets, don't scare me!”
He quickly ran over.
He put his finger under Zun Zun's nose, wanting to check if he was still breathing, but his constantly trembling fingers made it impossible for him to accurately sense it. Then he put his head to Zun Zun's chest, wanting to hear if there was still a heartbeat.
“…What are you doing?”
“Of course, I'm listening to see if there's still a heartbeat!”
“Is that so? I thought you wanted to do bad things to someone who couldn't resist.”
“Of course not! Although I really want to, I'll also look at the occasion and the atmosphere, okay! I… huh?”
Natsuki Subaru looked up and saw Zun Zun smiling at him.
“…You're still alive.”
“That's too much. I saved your lives, but you say that.”
“That's not what I meant!”
“But although I didn't die, I was completely drained. That big sister is not to be underestimated.”
Zun Zun was shakily helped up.
Right now, whether it was his physical strength or magic power, he had completely bottomed out.
Rather leave regrets in morality than leave hidden dangers in life.
Zun Zun had never been an indecisive person. Once he decided to act, he would be merciless.
Elsa's strength lay in her recovery ability. Since it was a competition of stats, Zun Zun naturally wouldn't be stingy with magic power, using not only his own, but also the magic power of the cherry bombs.
As a result, most of the loot house was destroyed.
“I said, although I understand that the ultimate move has to have earth-shattering power, I still hope that you can restrain yourself a little, Zun Zun. I almost got blown to death just now.”
“You dare to make demands? I'm the one who saved you.”
Zun Zun was also shocked by Natsuki Subaru's thick skin, but this was his true nature. If he wasn't like this, he wouldn't be used to it.
“Speaking of which, where are Felt and the others?”
“No idea. I was lucky. Felt was well protected. Old Man Rom… he was stabbed in the chest and abdomen by a wooden stake. That silver-haired lady is treating him.”
“I see.”
He understood why Natsuki Subaru was complaining to him.
The two staggered down the mountain, wanting to reunite with Emilia and Felt, but in the instant the two relaxed and chatted.
A shadow, like a venomous snake, revealed its fangs.
It was a low-quality dagger that used to be placed in the loot house, but now it had become a deadly weapon.
It was Elsa, she wasn't dead!
“Danger!”
Natsuki Subaru subconsciously stood in front of Zun Zun, closing his eyes tightly, already waiting for the burning pain of his stomach being ripped open and his intestines flowing out.
However—
The crisp sound of metal clashing came, and Natsuki Subaru didn't feel any pain. He slowly opened his eyes and found that a pair of cherry blossoms had blocked the attack.
Elsa's surprise attack failed and she retreated again.
She took a deep look at Zun Zun, like a cold venomous snake, seemingly hating him completely. Without leaving any harsh words, she turned and ran away before the cherry blossoms could attack again.
“Seriously, she's too hard to kill.”
Zun Zun's legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.