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Uh, guys? As a cultivator from the Orthodox Sect, I was busy doing righteous deeds when I came across this demonic cultivator with jade-like skin, eyes like lipid pools, lips red as blood, and thin, boneless arms, whom I swiftly defeated in just two strokes.
And as I was about to land the finishing strike, this demonic cultivator revealed that he is actually a Beastman from the Cat Clan!
He also said that if we engaged in dual-yang cultivation and I injected my supreme yang essence into his Opening Core, it could cure his Heart Demons and break his bottleneck!
Should I agree?
As a righteous cultivator of the Orthodox Sect, of course--- not that I'm into that stuff, you know...
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"Come at me, Michinaga Daichi!" Siegfried roared as his six arms pointed their blades at me.
"My pleasure." I rolled my shoulders, enjoying the feel of [Excalibur Rapidly] and a [Light Sword] in my hands. "Just don't cry when I take your toys away."
-shwing!-
My right hand raised the jagged, kris-shaped blade of [Excalibur Rapidly], the Holy Sword I'd conveniently liberated from Freed Sellzen. And its power circulated through me, enhancing my movement speed and reflexes.
And in my left hand...
-vooom!-
A golden-white sword manifested. It was the [Light Sword] I stole from some Exorcists all those years ago.
'Two against Six, huh.'
-clang!-
The first clash rang throughout the forest, as [Gram] collided with [Excalibur Rapidly], causing a massively powerful shockwave that scattered dirt and stones as our blades locked.
"Hoh?" Siegfried's red eyes narrowed.
"Something wrong?" I asked.
"Your Holy Sword..."
"Freed's, actually." I tilted my head. "Or should I say formerly Freed's?"
"Hahaha!" Freed laughed. "Serves him right!"
-clang!-
[Balmung] came from my left, and I blocked with my [Light Sword].
However, a drill-like aura began rotating around [Balmung], and as the surrounding air twisted, the resulting whirlwind forced my blade backward.
-whoosh!-
"Got you!" Siegfried's third arm moved.
[Nothung].
-swish!-
I moved my shoulder as the blade passed close enough for me to notice something interesting.
Its edge possessed an incredibly concentrated supernatural sharpness.
While I can't say much about its destructive power, its sharpness was something else.
It was like its energy had been optimized entirely around cutting.
'Oh, that's neat.'
[Wind and Cutting Power...]
Asterion observed alongside me.
'Yeah, I noticed.'
[Then stop admiring it and defend yourself.]
'Hmmn?'
Siegfried swung [Tyrfing] down at me, and I jumped back as a destructive aura crashed into the ground.
-boooom!-
"Whoa!" I exclaimed. "That was explosive!"
-frost!-
Then, all of a sudden, ice shot up from below me, encasing my feet in a solid block.
[Dáinsleif].
"How about this!?"
It was the Demonic Sword [Gram].
I met its demonic destructive power with [Excalibur Rapidly], and deflected it all with one smooth motion.
"Huh!?" Siegfried looked confused.
"You look confused, Siegfried. Let me wake you up." I then slammed both pommels of [Excalibur Rapidly] and [Light Sword] into Siegfried's head.
-baaam!-
"Kuu....Kuuoghhh..." Siegfried moaned as he stumbled backwards before falling on his ass.
-thud!-
"Now that's just unbecoming of a man with his name..." I whispered.
[Indeed. If you were to put him in my Labyrinth Dungeon, I could whip him into shape.]
"You do know that you're Asterios, the minotaur, and not Chiron, the centaur teacher?"
[It means no difference to me.]
"It really doesn't, huh?"
[No.]
"H-How!?" He gritted his shattered teeth as he shouted. "How are you still stronger!?"
"I have the swords!"
"I have the genes!"
"I have the power!"
"So why?"
"Playtime's over." I said. "And I don't even have to stop time for this."
"Die---!" Siegfried roared as he dragged his ragged body
-clang!-
His sixth arm swung the [Light Sword] he'd produced earlier, but I deflected it with a [Light Sword] of my own, before [Excalibur Rapidly] severed the hand he used to wield his weapon.
-slash!-
"Uggghh!" Freed groaned as he stepped back.
"Bad move, Siggy." I scolded him. "Now you're about to have a bad time."
The horns made from pure chaotic energy rotated violently, and as I lifted [Excalibur Rapidly], the blade was infused with the [Power of Destruction].
Then, in a traditionally Japanese iai-do stance, I performed the Makkou-giri, a simple downward slash from above.
-slash!-
I haven't put too much power into it, because I needed him to exist in order to acquire his loot, so this much will have to do.
"Kuuuuooooooghghhhh---!"
As I was completely covered in a shower of blood, several trees were uprooted as the force carried Siegfried along, tearing the terrain to pieces as he slammed into nearly every tree.
"Now, we're done." I said as I looked at the Swords on the battered ground.
[Gram], [Balmung], [Nothung], [Tyrfing], [Dáinsleif].
I needed them to inspect and make copies to strengthen my peasant army--- er, friendly group.
[Nice.]
-wooosh!-
One by one, the Demon Swords entered my Labyrinth.
[The weapons have been secured, Host.]
'Excellent!'
"Well, Sieg." I smiled as I saw his body still airborne, leaving the vicinity of Kuoh. "Thanks for the donation."
"Now." I looked around. "Where was the other asshole?"
After retracing my steps for a while, I finally found Ewald.
His throat was torn apart, and the damage done to his lungs was so intense that the scorched outline could be seen on his bruised chest.
I wasn't done with him.
"Usually, there's a big hoot about the ethics of [Hypnosis]. But unfortunately for you, I don't care."
I used [Body Modification] to heal him just enough to regain consciousness, and when he groggily woke up, I used [Hypnosis] on him.
"Because of the piling up stress of your job, you've become much more extreme in your methods of doing things."
"So much so that you didn't even notice that you were about to commit an atrocity, and that you enlisted the help of a future member of the Hero Faction from the Khaos Brigade to do so."
"In the end, we fought, and you were returned to the light."
"In the process of doing so, I saved you from going too far, and because of this I became your benefactor that you swear eternal loyalty to."
"Now go back to sleep, and sleep until this is all done."
-thud!-
Ewald's head dropped limply.
-snore, snore-
"Well, that's that." I sighed. "Now, to visit CBT Fallen Angel."
-shine!-
"..."
I stopped as a bright magical circle appeared in front of me.
For a moment, I felt like Homelander looking at the light shining off of some heavenly breasts.
And before I knew it(lie, I stood still), those breasts had enveloped my face.
"Daichiii---!" Gabriel cheered. "We're back!"
While I couldn't see anything else, I could hear the sounds of others walking out of different circles.
Unfortunately, I had to tear my face away to see who it was, and boy, oh, boy was I surprised.
Well, firstly, we had a certain blonde, green-eyed exorcist with a certain second-ranked Longinus called [Zenith Tempest].
---Dulio Gesualdo.
"Hmnn..." Dulio glanced around, his eyes going over the damaged ground, to Ewald snoring away, and then to me. "Did something happen here?"
I took a good long look at him, and then at Ewald.
"It would be better if he slept through this one." I said. "He did have quite the nasty fall."
"...That's quite a fall." Dulio said.
"Yup."
"..."
"..."
We stared at each other.
Then...
"Haha. I see." Dulio chuckled.
Oh my, he was humoring me. What a good man.
I liked him already.
But before I could say anything else...
"Daichi~." Roygun appeared with someone tagged behind her.
"You've been gone for a good amount of chapters." I reminded her.
"Fufu~ Sorry~" She chuckled, taking my words for some kind of joke. "I've been in the background, making deals on our Maou Leviathan's request."
"Did you miss me~?" She playfully poked my cheek.
"Sure." I replied right away.
"Aww~" Roygun drew closer. "Don't worry, after all of this is done, I'll be sure to give you some love."
I didn't remember asking her for some love, but I wasn't about to refuse.
"Thanks. But before that, we have some business to do." I sai.d
"Busy day?" She asked.
"You have no idea." I sighed.
"Oh, I think I do~" Roygun smiled as she walked closer. "Mine has been rather hectic as well."
"How hectic?"
"Let's just say certain people have been making rather troublesome movements lately." Roygun said as she brushed a strand of hair away from her face.
"The Hero Faction?"
"You're becoming harder and harder to surprise." Roygun's smile widened as she nodded to the woman next to her. "But I'm sure that this will surprise you."
Black feathers drifted through the air as a woman stepped out.
She had long purple hair that flowed down her back, sharp orange eyes that examined her surroundings through a pair of glasses.
This was Benemune, one of the Cadre of the Fallen, and one of Grigori's head members.
She looked like a particularly strict teacher.
Though I had to wonder how the hell her clothes worked, seeing them hold up those massive weights on her chest.
"...Michinaga Daichi." She nodded and smiled as her eyes landed on me. "I've heard a lot about you."
"Good things, I hope." I smiled. "Benemune? Or is it Penemue?"
"Hah, you're no fun." Roygun said as she poked my cheek.
"Well, my bad." I clapped my hands as the four then looked toward me. "Well, the gang's all here now, right?"
"So..."
"Before anybody starts asking questions... How about we take this conversation somewhere more comfortable?"
"Oh?" Roygun raised an eyebrow.
"Somewhere comfortable?" Dulio tilted his head.
"Where would that be exactly?" Penemue raised an eyebrow.
"Preferably somewhere with food."
Dulio's expression changed.
"And where exactly are you suggesting we go?" Penemue sighed.
Why are you sighing? Didn't you just meet me?
I started to wonder what exactly she heard about me from Azazel.
"There's a really neat bar on the outskirts of Kuoh Town."
"A bar?" Roygun repeated.
"Yep."
"...Don't tell me." Penemue's eyes narrowed.
"Azazel goes there quite often." I grinned. "In fact, you could say that he owns the bar."
Penemue rubbed the bridge of her nose.
"You're referring to Kuroinu."
"Bingo!"
---Kuroinu/ Black Dog.
When you say that name, it didn't bring to mind a bar where the previous MC of Ichibumi-sensei's work [SLASHDOGS], who could cut space-time and concepts at his strongest, was probably currently washing dishes.
But rather a world of Elves[1]... drawn by Hikage-sensei, well, a well-known eroge developer[2] in certain internet forums.
But forget that! On we go!
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Next Chapter: 059: Ecchi Delinquent, Heaven's Joker, The Queen Of Crack, And Penemue Visit Kuroinu! (The Bar, Not The Sexy Elves)
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Trivia Time! (Againx!!)
Did you know(ofc)
For Siegfried's JP VA, we have Jun Fukushima, who also voices:
Atrum Galliasta (Fate/Stay Night) The blond playboy mage who tried to seduce Medea
Formaggio (JJBA PT5) His fight with Narancia is super underrated tbh
Kazuma Satou (Konosuba) Kazuma-desu
Gabiru (Tensura) Oh, I think I should start reading the light novel.
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[1] The one to start it all: https://vndb.org/v3706
[2] even the cover art is peak: https://vndb.org/v51465