civilwarnovels Chapter 1010 The Last Routine 189
Chapter 1010 The Last Routine 189
Chapter 1010 The Last Routine 189
This was practically a proclamation, making them feel uneasy, unsure what dangers awaited them ahead. While Kobayashi and the others were afraid, a certain perverted female knight seemed eager to try her luck.
"What?!" Darkness shouted excitedly, "What kind of humiliation awaits me...! I must find out as soon as possible!!"
Ignoring the others' attempts to stop her, she ran ahead without looking back, startling Huihui who immediately shouted, "Ah, wait! Don't go any further, Darkness!"
Before they could stop him, Darkness spoke in a strange voice, shouting to the crowd behind him, "Kirin, come quick! What am I supposed to do?!"
"What's wrong now..." Kobayashi complained as he walked towards her, and then he saw a large door blocking Darkness's path. Next to the door was a tombstone with words written on it. He subconsciously read aloud, "Hmm... It's hard to read, but it seems like there's something written on the stone... Does turning into a dog open the door?"
"W-Does this mean I have to do that!?" Darkness said, her face flushed and her mind wandering, "Lying on the ground wagging my tail and begging for food from the bowl!?"
"It didn't say to do that, did it?" She seemed to really want to do it that way, so Kobayashi couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth and casually said, "Why not just add 'woof' to the end of the sentence?"
That's right, just like when they ran the cat-eared shrine maiden café in the Scarlet Devil Village, adding "meow" or "woof" to the end of sentences might make it easier to pass the test. Kobayashi naturally wanted to use this method to get through the difficulty, but the perverted female knight didn't think so.
Darkness shook his head and said, "No, I don't think that would satisfy the guidance of that vile earth, to pick up thrown bones and suffer humiliation and such..."
This guy always tries to complicate things, even when simply adding a clause at the end of the sentence would likely solve the problem.
"Anything is fine, just hurry up." Aqua was getting impatient and urged Darkness to try, "Anyway, try barking first."
"Ugh!!" Darkness writhed, her face flushed, and said, "As a noble lady raised by the heavens, I'm being forced to act like a dog... What kind of reward is this, woof!"
Despite her awkward and perverse manner that was incredibly frustrating, she still managed to bark at the end of her sentence, and then the gate blocking their path opened with a loud bang.
"Ah, the door's open." Huihui was slightly taken aback when she saw it, then gave a thumbs up to the noble lady who was barking like a dog and said, "Well done, Darkness."
"Huh...? What? Is that enough...?" She looked unsatisfied, her face full of discontent.
"Hmph hmph hmph~~~" Aqua hummed cheerfully as she skipped and hopped into the room, saying as she went, "At this rate, we'll be at the deepest part soon... What's this room? There are so many cups filled with water?"
She stared blankly at the countless water glasses that filled the entire floor, while Kobayashi, as usual, looked at the stone slab in the room and read the words on it aloud: "Drink everything, and the road will open... In other words, you have to drink it all? Okay, I'll leave it to you, Aqua. Let me see the power of the water goddess!"
"...Eh?" Although Aqua was very unwilling, under Kobayashi's gentle threats, she eventually drank all the water in the room, her stomach even becoming bloated. She said with a pained expression, "Ugh, this feels so uncomfortable... even drinking water feels so uncomfortable..."
"My stomach is about to burst too." Mikami Hibiki covered her mouth, pretending to vomit. "No, I'm going to... throw up...!"
Are they really a goddess and a hero? ... Kobayashi wanted to say that, but Aqua had indeed drunk a lot of water, and when Mikami saw how uncomfortable Aqua was, he wanted to help, but he didn't expect that even he almost couldn't withstand it.
"It seems their purpose is to reduce their combat strength." Chris, seeing the two of them looking like they were in ecstasy, subconsciously twitched the corner of her mouth and complained, "As expected, that Earth Guide has a terrible personality."
"I think it's even worse if you just watch without helping..." Mikami Hibiki complained to the group, since only Aqua and Mikami Hibiki were drinking water just now.
"I clearly tried to stop you, but you said something like 'I have to help capture Lady Aqua!' and then started drinking on your own, didn't you?" Kobayashi rolled her eyes and said this in an annoyed tone.
Mikage Hibiki looked quite displeased, and said to Kobayashi with disdain, "As expected, you still lack the awareness of being Lady Aqua's attendant. We'll decide who's more suitable later... Stop! Don't hit my stomach! Come out!"
Kobayashi wasn't interested in becoming Aqua's follower. The reason he didn't dare drink earlier was because Aqua was a goddess, and even if something happened to her, she would have extremely high resistance as a safety net. If Kobayashi and the others lost their fighting power like this, they would fall into the trap of the Earth's guidance.
"Stop, stop arguing." Seeing the two of them silently start fighting, Huihui quickly stopped them and said, "We're almost at the last room."
Then, she and Chris pushed open the door to the room. A bright white light flashed, and when everyone regained their vision, they saw the earth's guide in the center of the room, but nothing else. It was as if it had been waiting for them all along.
Upon seeing everyone, the Guide of the Earth was clearly delighted, swaying up and down in mid-air several times, and said, "Heroes who have endured countless trials, you have finally arrived here! Come, let the final game begin!!"
Without any intention of opening remarks or reminiscing, they were determined to start the decisive battle from the moment they met.
Aqua was even more anxious than it, stepping forward to block the crowd and shouting urgently, "No need for this! Okay, just let me go back to normal!"
"Hehehe..." The earth's guide chuckled, "If you wish to have your wish granted, then display your power!!"
Immediately afterwards, a flash of light appeared, and a large number of monsters appeared in the room.
"Wa ...
"Have the monsters been enhanced? Every hit is... so heavy!!" Darkness's eyes twitched slightly.
Chris struggled to resist, saying, "If they keep coming out like this, the operation will..."
"Hahaha—" Seeing everyone struggling to fight, the Guide of the Earth smugly said, "Looks like you don't have much of a chance, huh? Hmm? If you apologize sincerely, you might as well become my retainer, you know?"
"Who wants to be your retainer!" Kobayashi rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, "We still have the legendary Demon Sword Hero from the city here!"
However, Mikami Kyouya covered her mouth and said with difficulty, "Waaah... because of the water just now, I can't move freely..."
"Hey—! You messed up at the crucial moment!" Kobayashi was speechless at this useless hero who failed at the critical moment, then looked at the female thief beside him and asked, "Chris, think of something quick!"
However, Chris started acting strangely; she couldn't even protect herself, let alone help. Megumin was startled and immediately shouted, "Whoa! Stop! It's dangerous!! If you get any closer, my forbidden power will manifest!!"
"What's going on?! ahh ...
Seeing the chaos at the scene, the guide of the earth was extremely pleased and laughed wildly, saying, "Hahaha! If only I had the power at a time like this, but unfortunately, I don't!"
"This...this guy...he's completely gotten carried away!" Megumin glared at her, annoyed. "It's time to teach him a lesson! Right, Aqua!"
“…Yes.” Aqua said as if she had discovered something, “Thinking about it carefully, there were no monsters back then, so it’s hard to believe that I really got stronger.”
“That’s true,” Darkness added. “Kolin being knocked away and then receiving treatment might all be an illusion.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Huihui chimed in, “After all, Kobayashi has been pretending to be weak, so it’s not surprising that he got hurt so badly from a slight attack.”
These guys, could it be...? Let's just go with the flow here!
Although they were belittling themselves, Kobayashi still sensed their intentions and went along with them.
"Ah, after all, I'm a noble young master who has never held anything heavier than chopsticks since birth." Kobayashi said this while secretly observing the Earth's Guidance's reaction. "Only monsters can truly be enhanced, humans can't, right? It seems like you can dress people in slightly more revealing clothes, you pervert!"
"Speak!" the earth's guide cried out, as if unwilling to endure such humiliation. "This time, witness my power!"
Then, Darkness and Aqua were once again enveloped in a strong light.
"Oh...! This is it, this exquisite pain! I can't... I can't take it!!"
"It stings a little, but once it's over...!!"
As the light faded, the two seemed to have been strengthened once more. Aqua and Darkness looked smugly at the earth's guidance behind the monster horde and said, "Alright, seems to be over. Prepare yourselves!"
"Hmm? What's going on?" The Earth's Guidance sensed something was amiss. "That look in your eyes, like you're eyeing your prey...!!"
It finally realized that it had been tricked.
Darkness chimed in, "Just watch over there how strong I become!!"
So the two of them wiped out all the monsters with overwhelming force, and their clothes eventually returned to their original state.
……
“…Gurgle! Pfft! It has to be like this!” Aqua said cheerfully after taking a swig of bubble wine. “Nothing tastes better than bubble wine after all that effort! I can also go to the fancy bubble hotel I booked. I need to buy a beautiful dress later.”
“Me too.” Darkness said with equal relief, “It’s so great that I was able to attend the Royal Capital Meeting. Honestly, I was worried something was going to happen…”
As he said this, he looked around and asked curiously, "Speaking of which, what about the guidance of the earth?"
"It seems that the person who possessed the demonic sword said they would seal it in a lake using magical artifacts..." Aqua casually remarked, while simultaneously calling out to the older woman passing by, "Another cup, one for each of us!!"
……
"Alright, the seal is now complete..." Mikami wiped the sweat from his brow and addressed the guidance of the sealed land, "I heard you. You will be spending your life here from now on. Don't cause any trouble for anyone."
"Ah!? I've finally gained my freedom, only to end up in a place like this—"
"If you want to leave here using water... then I will make you disappear, and I will show no mercy."
"...Oh, handsome sir!! Let me live a peaceful and leisurely life here."
Clearly, having learned its lesson, the Earth obediently admitted its mistake under the threat of Mikazuki Hibiki. Although it was not a weak being, it was still far inferior to the Demon Sword Hero.
"While I can't completely trust you yet... never mind." Mikami Hibiki didn't want to meddle. He hadn't directly killed the Earth's guide, and naturally wouldn't kill it now. However, just in case, he said, "I'll come here often to check on things—"
"Ah, Yuya, you're here." Kobayashi greeted Mitsurugi Hibiki by the lake, saying, "I've been looking for you."
"It's Mitsurugi!!" Mitsurugi Hibiki corrected him again, then said irritably, "Kobayashi, what's up? Perfect, let's settle this on the stakes of Lady Aqua's attendant...!"
"No way," Kobayashi decisively refused, then clapped his hands and said, "Oh, right, it's Aqua who's calling you. She said there's a victory celebration for the previous battle, do you want to come?"
"Lady Aqua!?" Upon hearing this, Mitsurugi Kyouya exclaimed excitedly, "This won't do! We must send over the treasured food and bubble wine!"
Then, he ran away quickly.
"...Alright, the troublemaker is gone." Kobayashi's lips curled up slightly as he looked at the earth's guidance with ill intent, and said, "Because of your power, I have a favor to ask of you."
"...Didn't you hear what I just said?" The guide of the earth sighed and said, "If I do anything unnecessary, I'll be destroyed by that demon swordsman."
"Alright, listen to me." Kobayashi waved his hand and said, "I think if we can make good use of your ability to change appearance, we should be able to make a fortune."
"...Hmm? Tell me about it."
"There are people in this world who are willing to pay for anything that's even slightly different from what they're used to... So, how about we make a deal?"
"Use this power in exchange for me going outside?"
"You certainly have great insight."
"Sure. It's not bad for me either."
The earth's guidance desperately wanted to leave this place, and of course it wouldn't refuse such a request.
"Okay! It's a deal, I'll make some plans and come back later!"
After saying that, Xiaolin ran away.
(End of this chapter)