Episode 616. War and War (8)
“You are here.”
Hetia noticed the change and turned her head.
In a battlefield where only sounds echoed in all directions, the only sound of lightly walking footsteps.
Rather, it was the first thing that bothered my ears because it was a quiet sound.
Hetia glared at the boy walking among the rampaging monsters.
“Um… … Surprisingly, it holds up well.
It’s a bit difficult if you’re persistent like this.”
“The real trouble starts now.”
It will be clear that the author is the instigator.
On the outside, he appears to be just a human boy, but he doesn’t do anything funny because he is seduced by his appearance.
Hetia kicked the broken spear, grabbed it, and threw it at the boy without hesitation.
Bouton, the reincarnated person who created and led those monsters, caught the flying spear lightly as if snatching it, and broke it with only his grip.
“Young people don’t have any manners.”
“It’s better than doing this when you’re old!”
Hetia rushed at once and threw her palm.
Her palms turned into those of a griffon, and sharp claws grabbed Bouton’s face and tried to tear it apart.
However, Bouton blocks it by lightly entwining it with an arm that has changed like a snake’s tail.
Not surprised. It was already expected.
“No doubt.”
From Hetia’s back, something like a reptile’s tail protruded and hit the ground like a staff.
As it was, he pulled Bouton’s body with all his might and kicked it with both feet.
“Ugh!”
There was a dull sound and the feeling of something breaking at the same time.
The snake’s tail loosened its hold on the arm, as if it had been eaten properly.
As it was, Hetia pulled her arms back and emitted heat rays from her mouth.
Bouton’s whole body was swallowed up by flames with the power of a lower dragon’s breath.
“… … Are these the only reincarnated people?”
Hetia caressed her wrist, which had turned back to normal, as if she was tired of it, and clicked her tongue.
“Still, compared to the other guys, Bonno thinks he’s on the side of getting through the conversation.”
Bouton, who stood up while brushing off the flames clinging to his body, smiled casually and spoke to me.
“Even Bonno was a little surprised when he spewed fire. No matter how much it is, if an overgrown wife spews fire like that, would she use it?”
“Don’t meddle. Even if it looks like this, all the ugliness has already been seen, so no one can say anything about it.”
Responding roughly to his joke, Hetia gritted her teeth.
As expected, the blow from earlier hadn’t even been eaten.
There was also one thing that bothered me.
“by the way… … Hmmm… … indeed… … Did that happen?”
For some reason, Butten glanced at Hetia and gave her an interesting look.
She clenched her fists in displeasure at that fact.
“Clear those eyes. It’s reluctant.”
“Don’t get me wrong. It just made me feel nostalgic for a moment.”
“What’?”
“I’m sorry. I never thought you would call yourself the queen of a different species and no one else.”
“What do you mean… …
It’s not even worth listening to the bullshit the enemy says.
Still, Hetia had no choice but to ask.
Actually, it bothered me.
A problem that Centaur representative Furetel pointed out in the previous meeting as well.
Why does that monster have similar characteristics to Hetia herself?
“Are you also related to black magic?”
“Looking at you asking that. I had no idea… … but. At that time, I had to pack my things in a hurry, so there was nothing special.
In the first place, I didn’t even know that those idiots dared to lose Bonno’s research results.”
“… … what is that?”
“Nothing. It is true that the person who invented the characteristics of that girl is Bonne Yellow.”
Hetia clenched her fists and did not respond.
If you think about it again, it was a word that could come out enough.
“Hmm, I’m not really surprised. Well, that was 150 years ago… … Aren’t I the one who would be shocked to hear something like this all over again?”
“If I had said it a hundred years earlier, I might have been somewhat surprised.”
“Hmm, I’ll teach you more about what happened like this. Think of it as a minimum obligation. hmm… … In short, as a creature, Bonno wanted to perfect an existence superior to anything else.”
Bouton looked down at the back of his hand and continued.
“There is a saying that a strong mind resides in a strong body. Conversely, it means that no matter how excellent a being is, if the root of the body is weak, it is of no use whatsoever.”
“I don’t understand.”
“I don’t mean to ask you to understand. In short, Bonno was interested in the creatures with excellent traits at the time. I wanted a body that reflected all of that.”
A result that reflects only the advantages of each creature.
Button put it that way.
“But technology is dangerous, and I wasn’t eager enough to try it out. That’s why I secretly leaked my skills to the uncontrollable warlock and sent them off.”
“After that, the lady over there should know enough. Bonno thought that they couldn’t make a proper test item until now… … Was it quite successful?”
It was a coincidence that Bouton was unaware of Hetia’s existence.
At that time, the black magicians who spilled their skills were discovered and annihilated by these races.
That’s why Hetia was hit here and there before getting on the railroad at the time and got out by accident.
Bouton only took care of the research records at the time, so he was not interested in anything more.
That was all.
“But as a result, the young lady gathered the different races and pretended to be a queen… … hmm… … Even Bonno can’t say that this is pleasant.”
In other words, they leaked evidence of their existence.
If Harial hears it, it’s sure to be reprimanded.
“… … Rumelsitasa’s. You sent it knowing this.”
Contrary to Butten, who was dumbfounded, Hetia frowned and disliked it.
“I won’t listen to you any more.”
“Umm, I’ve been telling you the secret of birth for a long time, so you’re getting pretty annoyed? Aren’t you curious?”
“If you were curious, I was curious. There were times like that.”
When I woke up, I was alone.
There was a time when I lost my life in the mountains without knowing how to live.
At the time, I was curious and resentful.
“To be honest, I think I’m glad I know now.”
“Hoo?”
Contrary to her words, Hetia took a step forward, revealing that she would live.
“I swore to myself that if the person who created such a body existed, if someone did this on purpose, he would surely be beaten to death.”
“… … How brutal. Tsk tsk. After all, I wasn’t spilling useless things on the warlocks… … so? Did I buy you enough time?”
Bouton asked, as if he had already noticed.
I already know that Hetia deliberately asked about her and heard the information, not because she was really curious, but because she had other intentions.
“Yes!”
At the same time, Hetia stopped walking and suddenly jumped backwards.
“You’ve earned enough!”
At the same time, fireballs appeared from all sides of the buton and exploded at the same time.
While Hetia was buying time, the other warriors dealt with the reinforced species and began to surround Bouton and attack.
From the beginning, Hetia didn’t even think of defeating him alone.
It was intended to be sufficiently surrounded and carefully hunted.
“hmm… … That’s right, there’s no way with a fire like this.”
Bouton walked out casually through the deflagration.
His whole body is dyed silver.
The skin is metalized.
“If you raise the hardness of the cells to the limit, you can easily endure this level of tyranny.”
After that, arrows coated with deadly poison rained down, but bounced off his skin in vain.
“… … Can’t the queen do something like that?”
“Don’t expect I’m not a monster to that extent.”
Hetia shook her head annoyedly when the dwarf representative carrying the hammer asked a question.
It’s a long-awaited expectation, but it can’t live up to it.
“So, from now on, I will regard it as a monster and hunt it.”
When the order was given, a stream of water came pouring down, filling the area around Bouton and locking him in the water.
It is the magic of the sirens and those who live in the water.
As people who live in water, their skills in handling water are excellent.
It’s not just about trapping it, it’s about controlling the buoyancy in the water.
Bouton tried to escape from the water by creating rakes from his body, but he realized that no matter how much he moved, he couldn’t move forward.
“hmm? You can’t swim normally?”
“It’s too late to realize!”
Warriors popped out from all sides, striking greatswords from every direction.
It is likely that the power of the sword will drop in the water only if it is struck in a fish tank, but it is also assisted by the sirens so that the speed of the sword does not decrease even in the water.
The greatsword stuck in Bouton’s body soon changed like a slime and became the shackles that bound him.
No matter how strong he is, he will not be able to move even for a moment as he is surrounded by hard metal in a space where he is not free.
“Didn’t you tell me? I have no intention of fighting you properly. I’ll keep you stuck forever.”
After that, he intended to mobilize all the sealing ceremonies that had been handed down from generation to generation and put them in a place that no one could reach.
No matter how strong a creature imitates.
As long as it is a body, there are some bonds that cannot be escaped.
“You were arrogant, you bastard.”
Hetia tried to order the use of the sealing ceremony while pronouncing.
… … But when she realized that there was a mocking laugh in her eyes, as if Booten was ridiculed.
“Ugh! Hurry.
It’s already late.
I thought that Bouton’s body was faintly emitting light, but didn’t his body pass through the fish tank with the shackles intact?
Warriors rush to block it, but their blades go through Bouton’s body.
Instead, Bouton changed his arm into a sword and swung it, and only his sword cut through the warriors.
This time, it spreads its wings and shoots out feathers.
The strangely swollen feathers exploded all at once as they fell on those assisting with bows and magic.
“This bastard!!”
Hetia was enraged, and at once closed the distance and swung her fist.
But didn’t her fist also pass through Bouton’s faintly flickering head?
“What?!”
Without even time to be startled, this time the back of her head was hit by Booten’s strong arm.
As she fell to the floor, he reached out and grabbed her head.
“It is useless. didn’t you say to imitate all beings. Then, of course, even non-corporeal beings can imitate 1-”
from spirits to monsters with mana phenomena such as banshees and ghosts.
The materials of all of them were covered and reproduced.
Normally, they would be ignored, but Butten researched them assuming that even they are creatures made of mana.
That means you can mimic even their characteristics.
As a result, he was able to completely spiritualize his body and escape from all physical interference.
“There is only one reason Bonno was dispatched here. No matter how diverse your race is, it has no meaning in front of Bonno.”
“… … Noisy you damn bastard.”
Hetia reached out and used magic to attack, but it didn’t work either.
It was difficult to help her because the other warriors were already in a mess.
“Now, this is my last recommendation. What should I do?”
Bouton grabs Hetia and lifts her up, trying to hear the answer as if it were a last word.
But instead of answering, Hetia just spit in his face.
“Stop the senile noise… … monster.”
“… … I’m sorry. You have no discernment.”
Bouton clicked his tongue and raised his other arm as if he was genuinely sorry rather than angry.
genocide will not
But it would be better not to have Kelia’s leaders.
