Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 17 - Chapter 50

Chapter 50

17-50 . Innocent God (2)

 

Satou here . [Coward who breaks the rule gets defeated in a frontal fight] or [Too strong an adversary gets defeated by exploiting a loophole in the rules], despite their contradicting natures, both are classics in tales .
I like either development, however I think someone who follows the rules to a T in real world is just setting up their own defeat flag .



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"Turn into fodder . "

God Parion instantly closed in on us with her Authority, and swung down the <<PERISH>>-clad Divine Sword in an attempt to cut god Karion and god Urion along with the spaceship .

--Unit Arrangement .

"I know that already--Sight Seizure (Everything in my hand) . "

The large spaceship got pulled in right before god Parion just as I warped it away .

"Wargod Trample . "

--Oh no .

Enshrouded in blue light, god Parion made a fierce charge as she cut the spaceship in half .
I managed to get us away from the ship barely in time, but since the two little goddesses and the purple little girls weren't considered my units, we got separated away .

"Arisa . Sorry but just to be safe--"
"--if you're telling us to take shelter, I refuse . "

Arisa declined while I was mid-sentence .

"Arisa-chan is right! This is the part where we triumph over through the power of effort and friendship!"
"Master, we would like to be of use to you . "
"That's right nanodesu! Pochi and Tama will do their very best nanodesuyo!"
"Aye!"

Following the beastkin girls and Arisa, the other girls also state their intentions to fight together .

"Satou, from where we stand, god Parion isn't that much different from Demon God . "
"Listen to Karina-sama . I have my reservation in rebelling against god Parion, however, stopping someone who has committed the grave sin of deicide is my duty as a miko . "
"I think so too! Besides, I believe the nimble Satou-san will surely put a stop to Parion-sama . "
"Un, Master Satou will be fine . "

Zena-san and the other girls put their near-faith-like trust in me .

"Satou, Wand Ship . "

I took out her wand ship as urged by Mia .
Looks like she wants to fight god Parion using the real anti-god magic, not the lesser ones .

"Master, gimme mine and Hikaru-tan's too . "

In addition to the two's, I also fetched Nana's shield ship and other heavy-duty support equipment .

"Arisa, I've designed these three wand ships strong enough to withstand your Unique Skill . However--"
"I know I know . I'm just gonna barely touch the line, for the sake of our love life . "
"Please don't touch that line if you could help--"
"Master!"

Parion made her move .

Looks like she's discovered god Urion and god Karion who were hiding themselves with Authority .

"Core Two, retrieve those pink little girls . "

I passed over a small spaceship equipped with dimensional submerge functions to Core Two and Unit Arranged away before she could reply .



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"Divine Ruin Fist . "
"Unrivaled Mobility (Nothing can hit) . "

God Parion used her Authority to dodge the rain of vermilion-colored bullet hell god Karion unleashed .

"--Strongest Lance (Nothing cannot be pierced) . "
"That shan't be done . "

God Urion neutralized god Parion's finishing move .

Arisa and the girls offered me their participation through Familiar Link, but I told them to wait for a chance .
God Parion will surely launch a counteroffensive the moment she gets hit by the wand ships' assault, thus finding the right timing is crucial here .

"Master Wizard . "

--Geh .

God Parion used Demon God's Authorities to deploy Divine Dancing Armor and Dragon Rending Slash .
She blocked my light attack with the armor and stopped us from coordinating with the slash .

"--Strongest Blade (Nothing cannot be cut) . "

Finding an opening, god Parion shook me and god Urion off and tried to cut god Karion in two .

--Oh crap .

I warped god Karion to my side right before Divine Sword cut her .
It went well even though I used Unit Arrangement reflexively . Looks like both god Karion and Urion are now considered my own units, likely because of our joint struggle .

But really, she's strong .

We're full on the defensive even though she's up against a united front that includes two gods fully wielding their Authorities .

"I hate that . "

God Parion appeared before my eyes with her sword swinging .
I somehow managed the flurry of Dragon Rending Slashes followed by the Divine Sword .

"Urion!"

God Karion's scream reached my ear just as I dodged god Parion and her Divine Sword .

God Urion's head has been lopped off .
Reaped by god Parion holding a scythe .

What's going on?

God Parion is right in front of me .
It's not a fake . She's holding the Divine Sword and even using her Authorities .

The one holding the scythe is also god Parion, who's rushing for god Karion's neck now .

--I won't let you .

I teleported in with sight-based Unit Arrangement and parried away the scythe .

"Urion must go back to life!"

God Karion stuck god Urion's head and body together and prayed for her revival .

"Won't happen . "

The Divine Sword-equipped god Parion went for the two little goddesses .

I shook off the scythe god Parion with sight-based Unit Arrangement and put myself between the three gods .

"Perish together . "

<<PERISH>>-clad Divine Sword is drawing closer .

I'll sacrifice the holy magic divine sword and-- .

--No, I've got another card in my hand .

Eye-blinding flashes, roaring and shockwaves blew away god Parion and the Divine Sword .
I just used [Demon God's Attack Magic] that had been stored away in my Storage .

The second god Parion came out of the explosion while staggering .
It's probably not enough to defeat her, but it must have dealt some damage .

"You won't hurt Master, so I report . "

I've been wondering why the scythe god Parion isn't attacking, turns out Nana and the beastkin girls have been keeping her at bay .

"Out of the way . "
"Cicada Shell no Jutsu~?"

Nana who was going to get cut up along with her Paladin Domain got saved by Tama's ninjutsu .

"Sure Hit Blade (Never Miss) . "

God Parion took throwing swords out of [Unlimited Armory (Endless Swords)] and launched them at the girls on the front line .

"Nyu!"
"Phalanxus~ nanodesu!"

Pochi flicked away the throwing swords with her Phalanx .
It couldn't manage to completely stop the attack however, broken pieces of throwing swords and Phalanx's vestiges blew Pochi and the girls away .
Since Tama had picked her up, I'm sure Pochi is fine .

And, making best use of the chance Pochi and Tama gave .

"--<<Dragonic Penetrator Hexa>>"

Throwing away her powered exoskeleton as she propelled herself forward, Liza rained down [Pierce All] Dragon Spears upon god Parion .

"Unrivaled Mobility (Nothing can hit) . "

God Parion dodged her with Unique Skill .

"NOTYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!"

Liza forcefully altered her course by shooting magic edge cannon out of her tail and drove a finisher I had never seen before on god Parion .

"Dragonic Penetrator Infinity . "

A barrage of attacks intense enough to make her afterimages look like mist assaulted god Parion from all directions like a wide area attack .

"--Mwuu"

The Divine Dancing Armor protecting god Parion broke apart, leaving several scars on her body .

"I hate that . "

I pulled Liza to me using Unit Arrangement to rescue her from god Parion's assault .

"Well done . "
"Master . "

I praised Liza even while fiercely clashing with the other god Parion .

"Karina Saint KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!"

Powered up by Zena-san's [Saint Prey] and Raka's super strength, Lady Karina unleashed down a kick at god Parion from high in the sky .

"Won't get hit, anymore . "

God Parion's Unique Skill easily dodged her .

"Raka-san! Now's our chance!"
『Disperse . 』

The instant lady Karina passed by god Parion, the light wrapping her dispersed into a flash .

"Mwuu . "

『Arisa!』
『OK!』



As the flash of light blinded her, giant golems controlled by princess Sistina manifested around god Parion .
Arisa must have teleported them there .

Those golems clad in emerald-colored lights charged at god Parion all together .

"Why can't, I dodge?"

I could feel divinity coming from the giant golems .

"Tenion's doing . . . Everyone is a big meanie . "

Looks like god Tenion has joined the fray through Sera .


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"Urion must go back to life--"
"--Karion . "

God Urion's voice could be heard .
Looks like god Karion managed to revive god Urion with her magic or Authority .

--Eh?

The dots displayed on my radar are increasing in number .

As I turned around, I was greeted with the sight of god Urion and god Karion having their hearts pierced by blue swords and spears .
Those blue-colored weapons are brandished by three god Parion .

The scythe god Parion is blocking my way, the Divine Sword god Parion emerged out with a light and sucked in the two little goddesses .

"Gods are omnipresent . "

That appears to be the mechanism behind these five god Parion .

We had a hard time fighting two, five would be too much .
To top it off, god Parion's Divinity increased every time she slew a god . Those gods look like they got sucked into the Divine Sword, but their Divinities seem to flow into god Parion .

We're gonna need a miraculous reversal here .

『Master . Above, after three seconds--』

Arisa contacted me through Familiar Link .



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"3,2,1--"

I moved above with sight-based Unit Arrangement .
Along with the girls of course .

God Parions are hounding us with their eyes .

"Mythology Down . "
"<<Mythology Extinction>> . "
"Mythology Eater . "

Three anti-god magic swallowed the five god Parions .

"Oho? She didn't dodge that . "
"Un, that was surprising . "
"Lacking learning ability . "

The one getting pushed down by the golems aside, I didn't expect all five to get hit .
She probably never imagined that other members besides me could deal her a crushing blow .

"What a terrifying destructive power . "
"Yes, Liza . I can't see myself taking that head-on . "
"Huge win~?"
"Our embeepee are Arisa, Mia and Hikaru nanodesu . "

Pochi must have meant MVP there .

"You two, save celebrating after we've confirmed her defeat okay . "

Indeed .

"Oow . . . "

One god Parion showed up blowing the explosion away .

She's lost one of her arm and part of her body, cracks have formed on her skin, dark bluish lights are getting discharged out of her body in place of blood .
Her halos are blinking, her voice is cracking .

" . . . Got careless . "

Apparently even god can't get away from an ambush coming outside her cognizance .

"But I won't get careless anymore . "

As she psyched herself up, her broken body returned to its original state like it was rewinded .

In addition, the dark blue aura gushing out of her body transformed into make-up and dress armor, an indigo blue halo and a vermilion halo got added behind her back . The blue halo that was floating behind her moved to her head, making it look like a cap .

"No way, even that didn't do the trick?"
"Okay now this is bad . "

Yeah, never would have thought she could instantly restore herself back after eating three anti-god magic directly .

"Divine Retribution . "

God Parion's attack magic flew toward the spot Arisa and the girls were .


Foreseeing that, I pulled them at the optimal timing with Unit Arrangement and then sent them together with the other girls to a safe zone--the small space ship Core Two boarded .

The Wand Ships that were left on the spot got instantly evaporated .

God Parion herself doesn't seem invested in the removal, she's not checking whether it was a success or not .

"Tenion next . "

God Parion murmured unfeelingly .

"But, before that-- . "

God Parion emerged right before me .

"--Gotta remove the annoying Irregular . "

Incoming <<PERISH>>-clad Divine Sword .

I moved hundreds of kilometers away with Unit Arrangement .

However, god Parion showed up before me in less than an instance .

"God is omnipresent . "

Meaning she can appear anywhere huh .
No wonder she didn't stop me with Sight Seizure .

--Kuh .

The holy magic divine sword Pendragon I used to block her attack creaked before tragically breaking down .

--This is bad .

"Got you . "

God Parion's scythe was about to reap my neck .

Jet black and rainbow-colored sparks flew .

A rainbow-colored sword has blocked the scythe .
Holy Divine Sword Excalibur made from a fusion of holy sword Excalibur and a Dragon God's fang .

"I see, there were two fangs . "

Parion nodded .

Creak, a crack formed on the rainbow-colored sword .

Now that she's absorbed the two little goddesses and got her Divinity boosted, god Parion has gotten multiple time stronger .



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"But, it's over now . "

Holy Divine Sword Excalibur broke into pieces after a few clashes .

"I'll take you in together with Demon God . "

God Parion's sword and scythe drew near .

I blocked the Divine Sword and the scythe with the two broken rainbow swords .

The rainbow swords' grips broke down and fell on Netherworld's ground .

They gouged down the purple soil before stopping deep inside the land .

Faces of the girls crossed my mind .

No, not the revolving lantern please .

This time I had a flashback of the Bridal Knights' members .

--Two pieces of schedule table .

How come this image is-- .

Hoping for a miraculous reversal, I look at my Storage .

--Found it .

Then there is a way out of this .
I communicated what I needed at a minimum through Familiar Link and moved away using Unit Arrangement .

On the upper deck of the large spaceship god Parion sank .

"Futile . "

God Parion caught me up instantly .

"It's over now . "
"Yeah, it's over now . "

I operate my Storage with my thought .
One luminous dot is my lifeline .

"Obedient . Obedience is a good thing . "

God Parion nodded .

"I'll make your death painless . Any last words--"

Last words?

I'm controlling a string of Divinity using Primeval Magic .
So meticulously in order to slip past god Parion .



"Right . . . "

What I need to say-- .

"--it's checkmate . "
"Checkmate? I know that . Learned from heroes . Your checkmate . "

God Parion raises her scythe .

"Nope . "
"Nope?"

Parion tilted her neck in confusion and then noticed the string of Divinity coiling around her lower half .

"Futile . "

God Parion swung her sword to cut the string .

Right at that moment, a rainbow fang broke through the spaceship's deck and pierced Parion's body from behind .
The girls lurking in the ship have pushed out a [Pierce All] dragon god fang I had taken out inside the ship .

"Why . . . "

God Parion's body is blinking intensely .

"Parion, thinking that I was all alone is your undoing . "

The real reason for her loss is a duplicate bug of my Storage though .
Just like how the Bridal Knights' schedule plan handwritten by Arisa became two, the originally only two [Dragon God's Fangs] had also been duplicated . The latter is probably Dragon God (Kagura)'s doing though .

"Not yet . I haven't lost yet . "

Even after having her God Core's damaged by the Dragon God's fang, god Parion clung on to life without giving up .

『RIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT』

The yellow halo transformed into an arm and grabbed god Parion .

『USELESSSSSSSSSSS』
『OVEEEEEEEEEEEEER』
『STAAAAAAAAAAAAAY』

Orange, green and purple halos also turned into arms and grabbed god Parion's body and face .
Looks like the gods' consciousness have remained inside their robbed Divinities .

"So noisy . Shut up . "
『SATWOUUUUUUUUUUU』
『NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW』

The vermilion and indigo halos shined and raised Parion high up into the sky .

Looks like Urion and Karion realized what I was trying to do .
In the sky, Parion tore up the arms and threw them away . The vermilion and indigo halos remained as are .

"Not yet . I haven't lost yet . "

God Parion is breathing heavily .

With her God Core damaged, she's lost a lot of Divinity, her whole being is destabilizing .

"Nope, it's your loss . "

--Because .

"I have--"

I look up into the sky .

"Declared my victory (checkmate) . "

Netherworld's sky gets split apart as a star comes down the starless sky .

"--I don't wanna!"

Parion teleports away .

The star vanishes along with her .

"It's futile . "

Authorities are miraculous powers wielded by gods .

Meteor Shower has been pumped with enough Divinity by the strongest Dragon God herself to kill herself, an exceptional disposable Divinity .
Nothing can defy such power .

I shut my eyes .

Images of falling stars come up in my mind .

Stars fall onto the young goddess' back .

Stars fall onto her as she escapes to the human world and to the Realm of Gods .

The moment she stops moving due to exhaustion will be her last .

The stars mercilessly broke her body down, gouged down the Realm of God's land, demolishing even those divine grounds .

> Title [God Slayer: Parion] Acquired .
> Title [God] Acquired .
> Skill [God Slay] Acquired .

> Job Restriction has been Liberated .

> Special Ability [Unit Creation] has been Liberated .





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