With the "Omniscient and Omnipotent God Roy" backing him up, Natsuki Subaru immediately straightened his posture and asked, "Lord Roy, who is that woman?"
Roy recalled briefly, "Her name is Elsa Granhiert, nicknamed 'Bowel Hunter.' She accepted someone's commission to come take the insignia."
"'Bowel Hunter'? What a terrifying nickname. Who hired her?" Natsuki Subaru said with lingering fear.
Roy replied, "Don't worry about that for now. Focus on how to deal with her first."
Regarding Lord Roy's temperament, Natsuki Subaru roughly understood—he wouldn't tell him things that were too high-level, lest he aim too high and accomplish too little.
After three Return by Death loops, Natsuki Subaru was already quite proficient. He ran to the slums, took photos with his phone, and made a deal with Felt.
The two of them arrived at Old Man Rom's tavern.
Confirming the phone's value was 20 holy coins, joy appeared on Natsuki Subaru's face. "Then it's decided! Everyone goes out for a drink, and this matter is happily concluded!"
As he spoke, Natsuki Subaru walked toward the door, as if this matter was already settled.
"Wait, why are you in such a hurry?"
As expected, Natsuki Subaru's anxious attitude aroused Felt and Old Man Rom's suspicions. They preferred to wait for the employer to arrive and sell to the highest bidder.
Natsuki Subaru's face stiffened. Of course he was anxious—that crazy woman could appear at any moment, and when she did, everyone would be killed.
Natsuki Subaru desperately tried to explain to the two, but with his clumsy tongue, he couldn't convince them at all.
Roy shook his head watching this—after all, he was just a seventeen-year-old high school student with too little experience.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
At this moment, knocking sounds rang out.
It was as if knocking directly on Natsuki Subaru's heart. His heart contracted with the knocking sounds, his nervousness visible to the naked eye. "Lord Roy, what should I do?"
Natsuki Subaru subconsciously touched his abdomen, the pain of having his bowels cut etched into his mind. Fortunately, this time he had someone to consult with—the great God Roy!
Roy smiled, "Rest assured, the person outside is the half-elf girl who haunts your dreams."
Hearing this, Natsuki Subaru's eyes lit up.
The person outside seemed to notice the door wasn't locked and slowly pushed it open. Indeed, it was the half-elf girl with silver hair and amethyst eyes.
"Return the insignia to me!"
Emilia mobilized her mana, condensing several sharp ice spears aimed at Natsuki Subaru and the others.
Natsuki Subaru was about to explain when Roy's voice rang in his mind, "She's entered the house!"
Natsuki Subaru broke out in a cold sweat all over his body—Bowel Hunter!
"I'm temporarily lending you part of my power. Kill her, don't go soft. She's someone who kills without blinking." Roy spoke, manipulating the system to grant Natsuki Subaru about 10% of his ability values.
For Natsuki Subaru, this was already an indescribably powerful force. Heat flowed throughout his entire body, and endless power surged from within.
Natsuki Subaru said excitedly, "Praise Lord Roy!"
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, a blur shot out from the darkness, heading straight for Emilia.
With Roy's warning, Natsuki Subaru reacted faster than everyone else, grabbing a large wooden crate and smashing it fiercely at Elsa.
Elsa had no choice but to stop, swinging her blade. Sharp light shredded the large wooden crate to pieces.
Emilia jumped in fright and hurriedly retreated.
What they saw was a voluptuous woman with waist-length hair tied up like a braid, possessing crystal-clear fair skin and a quiet, beautiful face with drooping eyes.
"How curious. In that instant, you became stronger, and the sense of danger you give me has multiplied several times over." Elsa looked at Natsuki Subaru strangely.
"Hmph!"
Natsuki Subaru stood proudly. He now had Lord Roy's power—that was an invincible existence.
Felt recognized Elsa and demanded, "Employer, what do you mean by this?!"
Elsa merely glanced at her lightly, "Truly slum-born, so unreliable in handling matters. You even led the owner here. Now that it's come to this, I'll have to silence all of you."
Her tone seemed quite helpless, but anyone could see the excitement and fanaticism on her face—clearly the type of bloodthirsty madman.
"Wanting to harm my daughter—I can't pretend I didn't hear that." A fluffy, adorable little cat emerged from the crystal stone hanging on Emilia's chest—none other than the Civil War Illusion God Puck.
Natsuki Subaru, Emilia, Puck, Old Man Rom, and Felt—five against one. Yet Elsa's face showed not a trace of fear, only cold killing intent.
!!!
Puck struck first, condensing countless ice crystal spears with his mana and firing them like rain.
Elsa dodged rapidly inside the room.
Roy taught Natsuki Subaru about the basic formations of adventurers, and the latter shouted loudly, "Puck, continue the assault! Old Man Rom and I will be the vanguard! Silver-haired half-elf lady, prepare your healing magic!"
Natsuki Subaru revealed all of Elsa's intelligence one by one, causing everyone's expressions to turn grim.
Facing Elsa, this extremely threatening enemy, the group quickly reached a consensus to join forces against her.
The battle between both sides was imminent.
Facing the combined assault of five people, Elsa unsurprisingly fell into a disadvantage, fleeing like a wolf in the room.
Elsa glanced at Natsuki Subaru, a trace of incredulity flashing across her face. This young man's steps and behavioral habits completely didn't resemble those of a seasoned veteran.
Yet he could always play a decisive role at critical moments, truly making her unable to understand. It was as if an old monster lived inside his body.
Just as Elsa suspected.
Roy had stripped her bare to her underwear, "Elsa has a half-vampire constitution, capable of resurrecting multiple times. The coat on her body can block magic attacks."
"What a troublesome person!"
Hearing this, Natsuki Subaru's face turned ugly.
"Use fire, burn her to death. Isn't that little girl free? Have her find gasoline or other flammable materials." Roy also gave instructions. "Resurrection" sounded impressive, but as long as it wasn't concept-level ability, it just meant life force and recovery ability far exceeding normal.
Carbon-based life forms have no resistance to flames!
"Felt, hurry up and find gasoline, diesel, whatever oil you can find, bring it here!"
Through his conversation with Roy, Natsuki Subaru obtained Elsa's complete intelligence.
This turned the battle into a hunt.
But as time passed, casualties appeared on Natsuki Subaru's side—Puck reached his quitting time.
"Ha~ so sleepy."
"You rest first, I'll handle it."
"Lia, if anything happens to you, I'll abide by the contract and destroy the world. If the situation becomes critical, consume soul power to summon me." Puck said, his petite body becoming increasingly faint until it disappeared.
Losing Puck, their main force, Natsuki Subaru's side's combat power plummeted, and Elsa was already able to counterattack.
Her swift figure charged forward like a cheetah, swinging the short blade in her hand with fierce blade light.
Natsuki Subaru and Old Man Rom were beaten back step by step.
Elsa was extremely cunning, always positioning herself overlapping with the two, making Emilia wary and afraid to use magic attacks casually.
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