Chapter 329
"break."
"Is it really okay to blow it all the way through like this?!"
"No problem - as long as the outer shell 'surface' is not blown apart, it doesn't matter what happens inside!"
"Everyone! Hold on to me! I will help you land safely!"
“Wa ...
After a moment of chaos, everyone landed safely in the darkness.
"I finally understand why the deputy director told me - unless necessary, never let them switch ranks before reaching the enemy." Fujimaru Ritsuka grabbed Mashu's hand and got up from the ground, sighing tiredly and painfully, "You guys - none of you are a real Caster!!!"
"Some people just chop people with swords, some just smash their opponents to death with props, some just hit people with wands, and some even smash their enemies' skulls with sticks - now there's even an Onmyoji who just does explosions!!! When they were in Alterego, both of them looked quite reliable!!! How come Solomon is the only one in the family who can be considered a serious magician!!!"
"A true magician's familiar wouldn't fail to recognize his own master, right?" Caster Abe Haruaki stood in the front of everyone, raised his hands and used Yin-Yang magic to illuminate the space in front of him, and casually complained about the dark history of the 72 Demon Gods, "Oh my, this is really..."
The space before them was empty, and the metal walls were emitting a cold light unique to inorganic matter. However, this space that was clearly filled with a strange atmosphere seemed too familiar to Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu.
"Lost Room." Before Fujimaru Ritsuka opened her mouth, Mash had already told her the answer she got from New Chaldea.
Lost Room - This is a place where you can see things that have been stolen or lost; this is a place located in a forgotten corner of Chaldea that belongs to no one.
"Lost Room?" Abe Harusai turned his head to look at Mashu and asked.
"That guy... did they take away something important?" Fujimaru Ritsuka reached out and pressed the cold wall, feeling the chaotic touch that was completely different from the visual experience. "Strange, this wall——"
Black mud gushed out from the place where Fujimaru Ritsuka had just touched the wall.
"Although I don't know what that pervert wants to recover from his loss, I know that he has at least been deprived of the ability to create a body at will...ah." Caster Abe Haruaki used a talisman to block the gushing black mud, turned around and took away Abe Harusai, Yahiko and Maorong, "Stay away from him!!!"
“Eh!?!”
"...Ah, I'm exposed." The unknown being that occupied Ashiya Hanae's body tilted his head towards everyone and gave them a rather weird smile, "I wanted to spend more time with you guys."
"It's not a fake 'fake', but a genuine product..." Caster Abe Haruaki frowned and looked at the black light in the man's hand warily, "I'm sorry..."
"There are so many people from the other world here." The black light dissipated, and the being that occupied Ashiya Hanae's body cast its sights on the furry figure that was blocked behind Caster Abe Haruaki. "Those who don't belong to this world shouldn't be here - don't you think so?"
"In that case, you shouldn't be in this child's body." Caster Abe Haruaki confronted the guy in front of everyone, "Tell me your name, you're just hiding in the shadows."
"Haha, hahaha... You said I shouldn't appear in the body of this child 'Hanae'?" He laughed happily, and his eyes moved from the furry body to Abe Harusai's body, "But, if it weren't for me - where would this child exist? Itsuki has grown up a lot, and has become an excellent abbot of the Monster An..."
"You thought I would say that? I'm sorry, but even though I don't like monsters, I've never thought of killing Aoi."
"!!!"
"Harusai didn't kill Aoi!!!"
"…Ashiya Ei, I saw your name in the legislation. You were a servant of the Monster An in the past—the person who hired you was the former Saishu Aoi." Caster Abe Haruaki interrupted Ashiya Ei and looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka who was standing with Mash, "If you want to be more specific…"
"He is also a descendant of Asaya Doman - and he found a record of a kind of Onmyojitsu that can transfer souls only in the Asaya bloodline." Fujimaru Ritsuka closed his eyes and filled in the whole story based on the known conditions. "But you don't know why this Onmyojitsu can only be used in the Asaya bloodline."
"That's because, in order to prevent Ashiya Doman from escaping from the seal and disappearing without a trace, the great Onmyoji Abe Haruaki restricted Ashiya Doman, who had no body and had fallen into demon, to only be able to choose his own descendants. It seems that the result of your use of this Onmyoji was very successful, but..."
"Don't you think that the fact that such a difficult Onmyoji technique was used in this era without any problems means that this is a trap?"
Black mist surged out from all around the room, tightly wrapping Ashiya Hanae's body, along with Ashiya Ei's somewhat panicked shouting and cursing.
"If we're lucky, this will be the last battle." Caster Abe Haruaki looked at the huge ball of black mist at the other end of the room and breathed a sigh of relief.
"I don't think it's that simple..." Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled bitterly, but when he shifted his gaze, he noticed the change in the shadow, "Is there something wrong outside, Avenger!?"
The servant in the green cloak sighed and explained the situation in the outside world to Fujimaru Ritsuka - "This time the fiction is not a monster, but a key. The real monster was pulled into reality by the key, returned from the land of Hades, and reappeared in Nakatsu. The demon who abandoned his human identity was just a bait, and the real danger lies in reality."
"…This is too troublesome. I'd better just use the Noble Phantasm directly." After listening to Edmund's explanation, Caster Abe Haruaki stated his solution cheerfully.
“Run away!”
At this moment, the black mist dissipated, and Ashiya Hanae's body was obviously taken away by the enemy as a container.
"The question now is how to get back. This place and the real world are two different spaces—"
"Monster An!" Abe Harusai opened the small door that suddenly appeared in the corner of the wall and invited everyone to enter the Monster An. "Monster An can travel between the hidden world and the real world, so the space here should be fine - do you want to reclaim the shield that was left at the entrance at the beginning?"
"That's a magical creation, there's no need to recycle it." Mashu shook his head and entered the Monster Temple under the guidance of Abe Harusai. "Luckily, Mr. Harusai is here, otherwise we would have to spend more time on the road."
"Avenger, where is the awakened ancient creature?" Ritsuka Fujimaru asked Edmund who remained in his shadow.
"Izumo." Edmund threw out the answer and shrank back into the shadow of Fujimaru Ritsuka. "It is impossible to deal with both parties at the same time with the current combat power."
"…A dragon." Caster Abe Haruaki frowned, "And even if Ashiya Doman has fallen into evil, he was also an Onmyoji in the past. Those guys that can be summoned with the First Noble Phantasm can be said to be helpless against this combination."
"Then Lord Haruaki should concentrate on dealing with the matter of Ashiya Doman." Fujimaru Ritsuka clapped his hands, "Leave the problem of the dragon seed to me - after all, just like Sherlock Holmes versus Moriarty, the result of the battle between Abe Haruaki and Ashiya Doman is destined to be only one. No matter how many characteristics this awakened guy has... I will find a corresponding plan."
"If we are dealing with dragons, we should look for dragon slayers. If we have divinity, we should look for godslayers... There are only two enemies, but we can ask for help from the entire history of mankind from the past to the future!"
"Should we say it's the backlash of the previous period of too much daily life, or the retribution for wanting to take a vacation..." Marisbury sat in the director's seat, calmly enjoying his Darjeeling black tea amid the alarm, "But our members are experienced saviors - not just any guy can take her life and end her journey."
The computer screen in front of Marisbury showed the data comparison results of the opponent that Fujimaru Ritsuka was facing this time - the class type was determined to be Berserker, the genealogy was determined to be Japanese mythology, and the spiritual base comparison result was...
——Yamata no Orochi.
"arrive!"
Everyone came out of the Monster Temple one after another. When Caster Abe Haruaki left alone to look for Asaya Doman, everyone's attention was focused on Fujimaru Ritsuka.
Mashu took two steps back and placed the newly formed cross shield in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka.
"Since the establishment of the Age of Primates, it has prospered for thousands of years. At the end of the Age of Gods, humans who experienced the Gregorian calendar became the most prosperous species on earth. We are the ones who determine the future of the stars and carve inscriptions on them." Fujimaru Ritsuka closed his eyes, reached out and pressed the center of the cross shield, injected magic power into it, and expanded the shape of the Heroic Spirit Summoning Array. "For this, we have nurtured a lot of knowledge, created a lot of resources, and circulated a lot of life. The principles that make mankind longer, more firm, stronger and more prosperous - the navigation map of mankind."
"In this world of magic, it is called human law. We in Chaldea regard it as our highest mission and have been working hard to protect it."
Fujimaru Ritsuka took a deep breath, stared at the bright red shield-shaped Command Seal on the back of his hand, and recalled the declaration made by the Saint to the many Heroic Spirits in the Grand Temple of Time -
"Listen, you heroes who are engraved in human history and are as powerful as a thousand men! Even if we are irreconcilable enemies, even if we are from different eras with no intersection, please lend me your strength now!"
"This is my order as your Master... No, this is my order as one of the restraining forces of humanity, the collective subconscious of 'Alaya'."
"No matter what means are used - kill the Yamata no Orochi again, who should have been sleeping in the land of death."
“That’s our mission this time.”