Volume 2 - CH 273

(*Name Perish in different kanji meaning)

Raiki used his most powerful skill while holding the bone in his hand.

Name-reveal.

As the name suggests, it is a skill to reveal the opponent’s name.

However, that is not all.

“……Garak the Shi-Oni*……… Level 200, Strength 5040, Magic 102, Attack Power 7000, Defense 2013, Magic Power 70, Agility 109……” (*Dead Oni, Oni Harbinger)

It is possible to see all of the statuses.

There is a condition that you have to be in physical contact with the body to do so, but if that’s all it takes to see everything, it’s a simple matter.

“Is …… this skill something that is activated after death ……? The Husk of Shi-Oni is …… horrifying.”

Raiki strokes the air with his other hand, which is not holding anything.

Then, the name [Shi-Oni Garak] came to my mind.

They were an eerie mixture of purple and bright pink, flickering and wobbling.

He tossed away the bone he was holding and picked up the floating name.

Then he ripped it up and threw it away.

“This is a skill that, by tearing down the name, erases the person’s existence. The person is remembered, but physically dead. Since the name disappears, others will no longer remember his name. The Shi-Oni will not perish without doing this, even though he has fought a person whose name he does not even know. You may find this strange, but bear with it.”

From the moment he saw Garak, the Akki, Raiki knew that he was in danger of transforming into a Shi-Oni.

That’s why he hid when he saw an opening when he was blown away, and stayed hidden until the time was right.

The reason why Raiki knew that Garak was a Shi-Oni was because he had killed Shi-Oni in this way several times in the past.

A Shi-Oni is immortal.

Even if they are burned, their ashes will attack their enemies, and even if they are frozen, they will one day break open and start rampaging again.

Such a dangerous existence was something that Raiki had fought several times before.

That was more than 300 years ago.

These skills are very powerful.

But there is a price to pay.

Each time he used the skill of name-reveal, his power would weaken.

His strength as an Oni is lost.

In this case, too, Raiki’s status was greatly reduced.

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Name: Raiki

Race : Oni

LⅤ ：100/100

HP ：190/190

MP : 1342/1342

Attack Power : 50

Defensive Power：44

Magic Power ：761

Agility ：102

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His attack power has decreased by 40 and his defense by 45.

This is the cost of name-reveal.

Every time he used it, his attack and defense values would go down by half.

Raiki had done this many times.

He already could not remember how many times this time.

The decrease in status takes a toll on his body.

Raiki wobbled and fell forward.

“!”

Immediately, Uchikage supported Raiki and slowly sat him down on the ground.

Everyone gathered around, concerned, and called out to Laiki.

“Are you all right?”

“Ouren, water!”

[I-I got it!]

I produced water, poured it into a cup that was in Houen’s magic tool bag, and gave it to Raiki to drink.

That seemed to calm him down a bit, and he let out a big sigh before opening his eyes.

He seems to be okay for now.

“Hohohoho, this is not something an old man should be doing.”

“No, we weren’t able to put him out of his misery. I appreciate that.”

I glanced at the bones and saw that they were gradually turning to ash.

The bones’ names had disappeared, and his names were no longer recognizable.

That was a strange sensation, but we all understood that it was an enemy.

This was for the best.

After settling down for a bit, we let Laiki ride back to Lacc.

It seemed that Houen knew where Lacc was, so he told Uchikage to bring him to us.

It seemed that it was relatively close and by the time Raiki had settled in, it was next to him.

“…… it’s been a while since I’ve seen you, Ouren-sama, the White Snake.”

[Not exactly a white snake, though, Houen, translate it!]

“Is that so? Indeed, you look very brave.”

I don’t really think so. ……

“Speaking of which, won’t Ouren return to his human form?”

[We don’t know what’s coming out here yet. I don’t want to consume too much MP, so this will do until we return to the village.]

“Oh, is that so?”

I mean, I’m really low on MP.

I always spend too much.

“Speaking of which, where’s Alena?”

“I was fighting a while ago when I felt a presence at the Drum Tower. I thought she was rescuing the princess.”

“Then we must go quickly!”

“I don’t think that’s going to be necessary.”

Uchikage said, and pointed a finger.

I looked in that direction and saw that Alena and the crying princess were in the middle of walking.

However, there was also someone behind them.

When I looked to see who it was, I saw an old oni walking slowly along behind them.

“!! Ouren-samaaaaaaaaaaa!”

[Gyaaaaah! You’re so fast!? Ouch ouch ouch! Slow it down! Go easy on me!!]

“Waaaaahhh!”

[GYAAAAAH!!]

She’s squeezing me as hard as she can.

Can you please go easy on me a little bit more?

My defense is not that strong.

I understand!

Okay, wait, Princess, it’s hurting me!

Whenever you see me, you don’t pull away, do you?

That’s a little heartwarming.

Crack.

Aghhoa!

R …… Recovery Water.

“…… Ni- Nichirin-sama ……?” (Nichirin=Sun)

“Huh?”

“Hmm?”

[Who’s that?]

It was the old Oni who uttered those words.