CH 24

[I Don’t Have Time, So I Draw My Sword]

Thousands of years ago, when the gods still lived in the real world.

Born as the brother of Anubis, the god and king who ruled the country of Caelum.

That was Babi Niflheim, the boss of the ‘Netherworld’ arc.

Father of the additional heroine, Iris Niflheim.

He was an extremely atrocious and selfish being in those days; instead of protecting people, he treated everyone, even a baby, as his own property.

To him, the country was nothing but a ‘system’ that allows him to live comfortably, and the people were only the ‘parts’ that made it up.

Also, he himself is supreme – such arrogance made him didn’t permit the situation where ‘others have something that he does not have.’

If there was no sea in his country, he would destroy all countries that faced the sea, and if he heard that there was a country with more advanced technologies than his, he would rob those technologies and destroyed the country.

If things didn’t go as he expected, he would start rampaging, and would continue to kill anyone he disliked who enters his sight.

His rampage would last from morning till night, and what would be left under the night sky were a mountain of corpses and him alone.

That was why, he was called the Evil King of the Night Sky.

He, whose strength was simply ridiculously strong, made many enemies, yet his ego didn’t show any signs of settling down.

Eventually, he dealt with his own parents, who gave him a warning, ‘because they were noisy’.

Moreover, as could be read from the in-game documents, he attacked them in their sleep; from this you could glean on Babi’s bruteness.

Iris was born as a daughter of such a man.

The words ‘I want a child’ sounded good, but his reason when saying that was so selfish, it was because ‘even though other people have children, it’s strange that I don’t have one’.

Because of this reason and the deeds he had done so far.

Also because fearing that Iris will become the Second King of the Night Sky, the Allied Forces of his brothers and people who suffered because of him – led by Anubis, attacked him, and Babi finally met his end.

As a retribution of his tremendously evil deeds, his soul was denied entry to heaven, hell, and even the Netherworld, then dispersed… or so it should.

Because that DV(Domestic Violence)-complex bastard left a bit of his soul in Iris who inherited his blood, he was able to store up power by feeding on the ‘heat (energy)’ that could be observed by her Magic Eyes.

Then, in the story of the original work, the strong ‘heat’ released by the protagonist became the last push, and he revived by manufacturing his own body using the divine-made monster manufacturing system of the ‘Tower’.

Having erased the memories of Iris he abducted and gave her power, he made use of her who could get close to Anubis without being suspected and assassinate the lord of the ‘Netherworld’; afterward, he destroyed the ‘Netherworld’ and tried to build his own country in order to take revenge on those of the subjugation army that attacked him.

Such anger-inducing person whose shallowness and bruteness were inversely proportional was a famous character among the fans as a punching bag for relieving stress.

(Can I… solo capture him?)

My current level is 74.

This is the average level at the final stage of the main story; looking at the numbers alone, I should be strong enough to fight against an opponent like Babi, even solo.

In the first place, the setting of this additional content was that the soul of the protagonist alone came to ‘Netherworld’ while he was in a coma, so the only party members he could get was only Iris and a few nameless characters that could be hired in the guild.

Since Iris would end up being kidnapped midway, the number and the quality of party members are less important than when tackling the main story. So even a solo capture was possible.

(No, a solo capture and turning him into a punching bag is only possible if I did preliminary arrangements. I didn’t make any preparation like that, and neither my equipment nor skills are enough)

Also, it would take time to gather and grow comrades. I don’t have time to do something like that, right?

Unlike in the game, there must be a time limit before Iris have all of her memories erased and becomes Babi’s chess piece.

If only I have time to make preparations, it is a grave situation that makes me seriously think of throwing the towel and reset.

In addition of the sword that I have is only a common one, the armor I’m wearing is just the initial equipment I got when I enrolled to the academy, you know! What do I have to do!! And my items were used up in the battle with Bonus Uncle!!

“Even so, it doesn’t mean that we have no chance at all. First of all, let’s go meet Anubis, even if we have to use force to get an audience, we will make him listen to the story.”

“You really, really can save Iris-san, right?”

“First, let’s meet him and have him listen to the story, then we proceed ahead. Well, it’s going to be fun y’know. So I’m counting on you for support.”

“Dammit, even if it so we can get help, why do we have to do something like this…! If we failed, you have to take responsibility, okay!?”

“There’s no other way, we don’t have time or money after all. We have no choice but to get all kinds of equipment we lack from the people who owns them.”

While saying so, I draw out my sword under the cover.

At the end of my line of sight is the ice castle, ‘Niflheim’ where Anubis lives.

The information about the uproar must have reach them, as I can see the guards are bustling about the place, then I exhale a little to calm my mind.

“Anubis is in the middle of an audience. You do remember the way we took to meet him at the beginning, right?”

“Clearly.”

“Then, we will charge there. Keep in mind to ignore the surrounding people, but eliminate anyone who gets in the way. It is not a problem to kill them, okay? Because they only exist as a soul, they can be restored by the power of Anubis. Though if you do that your image will definitely turn bad.”

“That would be no difference from an armed robbery, right?”

“If only we have time, I’ll take an easier and safer measures! Don’t be willful, Ao-chan!”

In any case, this is a race against time.

I’m not good at time attack, but I have the ways to obtain every items and equipment you can get in the ‘Netherworld’ in my head; you can do anything if you put your mind into it, right?

“Wait for me, you brute type, DV scum bastard, I’ll carefully teach you… what happens when you turn me (player) into an enemy in this world (game)…!”
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