Izure Shinwa no Ragnarok - Volume 2 - Chapter 3.1

Chapter 3.1

Night . Current time is 10 P . M .

There are three people inside my room, Sharo senpai, Maria and Ruirui . Pg . 135

“That means you don’t have any results from the East District, right?”

“Yes . ”

I was asking Maria the question .

During dinner time, I asked Kunisaki for their yield, and it seems that the search for Kushinada Himeko at the East District were in vain .

“Well, whatever . I already told you guys earlier, I found a worrying destructive trace in one of the warehouse in the West District earlier today . Tonight, we are going to investigate it with the three of us . ”

“I understand . But, before that, there is a thing that is worrying me . ”

“Something that worried you?”

“Yes . ”

First, Maria take a glance at me, and then talk to the other three in this room .

“When I was walking through the island today, I felt a strange present coming from the island itself . ”

“Eh, Maria-chi, isn’t that a little too ambiguous?”

Ruirui let out a complain .

But Maria is not particularly perturbed,

“Or it may be paraphrased with the surrounding air . Something is going to change, or something is approaching . Although it is still faint now, I felt a discrepancy with the normal world . ’’

So, the girl politely explains about the ‘unusual atmosphere’ that she felt .

“Ruirui . You don’t know, but the saint, Maria, is sensitive to ‘Devil’ . If she said that she felt a strange atmosphere, it is not some minor report . ”

I tried to supplement the finding, but Ruirui still cocked her head .

“Even if you said so, Iー . In the first place, I don’t know what a saint is . ”

“……right . I will explain it to you a little bit . ”

I began explaining about the saint to them .

“To be specific, the saint is ‘A Virgin Who Brought in Miracle’ . There are mainly 3 miracles that can be performed as declared by the Holy Church .

If you are able to perform any one of them, you will be regarded as a saint, but one does not necessarily have only one ability . Maria has [Blessing] and [Healing], in particular her blessing ability is high, so as I said earlier, she is very sensitive to the ‘Devil’ . ”

Each ability can be explained more thoroughly . There is no reason to reveal it at the present time .

“He~, by the way, how are one perceived as a ‘Pure Maiden’?”

“Fue!?”

When the topic abruptly got changed, Maria let out a hiccups like voice .

“Nee~ nee~ tell me how~”

“Uhm~ aah~, that is……”

Maria’s face flushed and move about in confusion .

Afterwards she faces here and asked for my help .

“Ruirui . Stop your sexual harassment . ”

“Eh~ which part of it is a sexual harassment . ”

“Shut up . ”

I sighed and end this topic .

For now, I’ve given the necessary explanation .

“I don’t know what is that ‘something’ that Maria felt at the present time . There is a probability that Gods who qualifies for the representative are trying to descent to the entire island . Keep this matter inside your heads . ”

“Yes~ . I understand . ”

Just like a student who got scolded by her teacher, Ruirui lightly shrugged her shoulder .

Did she really understand?

I let out a small sigh again .

After that, I look at Sharo senpai .

“Then, I think it’s time for senpai to summon Brünnhilde out now . ”

“Ah, un . ”

Sharo senpai gave a small nod .

“Please excuse me . ”

I brought my eye near Sharo senpai face . Pg . 139

That girl has a nervous expression .

Just a moment .

“Wake up, Brünnhilde . ”

“────”

Once I let out my order, Sharo senpai head shook .

When she lifted up her face, her eyes have turned sharp .

“F-your face is too close! How long are you going to keep this!?”

The moment she meets my face, she suddenly cried out loud .

“Shut up . Calm yourself . ”

“……guh . ”

Listening to my order, Brünnhilde zipped her mouth .

Her cheeks were red for some reason, but that is not important .

I distanced from her and get up .

“Is the [Blessing] necessary?”

Maria asked .

The [Blessing] from the Saint greatly improves the ability of the Divine Punisher .

Whether to receive it or not will determine my ability to survive tonight .

But, I,

“No, I don’t need it for tonight operation . ”

So, I refuse .

“Our purpose this time is information gathering . We will avoid battles . ”

However, to counter the unforeseen circumstances, I should receive the [Blessing] if possible .

But, in order to have [Blessing] ritual, we need gold to enhance the sanctity, and it needs few days for preparation .

It’s meaningless to use it indiscriminately and become unusable when necessary .

[──although you have no time to spare, you’re still preserving your power, such fool’s errands . ]

Balor is mocking human policy .

Certainly, there are people that dies as soon as they used their power .

On contrary, those who preserve their power are capable of surviving until the last moment .

Which compliments this situation .

In short, Bálor is just making an argument as a form of his usual harassment to make other people uneasy .

Unfortunately for him I’m not indecisive in my policy .

I prepared two pistols and magazine changer,

“Let’s go . ”

So, to sum it up, I began acting with the two Goddesses who are [Dominated] .

After we left the South Dormitory, we went to the West District warehouse street in a straight way .

There is considerable distance between the South District to the West District . But if we head straight, we can arrive there at an hour mark .

This distance is something that I, a trained person and Valkyrie like Brünnhilde will have any problem to cover .

Meanwhile, Ruirui .

“Ruirui . ”

“Hm? What . ”

“Can you fly a little lower, I don’t want you to be discovered by other God . ”

“Alright~”

Listening to my instruction, Ruirui obediently lowered her flying altitude .

She is in clad of a divine garment and is flying through the sky .

“The Cloak of Feathers . That sure is useful . ”

“Right~ . ”

Ruirui spread the garments as if to show it off .

──the Cloak of Feathers .

It is one of Freyja property . In the mythology, the garment gave her the ability to change into any bird .

In this Representative War, by wearing it, the user is granted with a [Flying] skill, as well some boost in speed and magic barrier .

It is a somewhat plain divine garment, but it’s a very useful item for a long-distance travel .

Besides, although I asked her to fly in lower altitude, it is actually for us to collect information by observing from a higher place, which suit this reconnaissance task .

“Brünnhilde . Is there any sign of enemies nearby?”

I ask Brünnhilde who is running at the opposite side from Ruirui .

Of course, I myself has not neglected to scout the surrounding, but she is in the better state where her limiter is remove .

“No problem, Shinzen Raika . ”

“Good . ”

I’m charging ahead, and put more forces on my foot .

Afterwards, we arrive at the designated warehouse an hour later as planned .

“Ruirui . Come down . ”

“Yes~ . ”

“From now on we need to raise our awareness . It will be troublesome if we got discovered by the enemy first . ”

Taking in my instruction, Brünnhilde looks a bit unhappy .

“Even if the enemy suddenly appeared, I can handle them . ”

……where does that baseless confidence came from?

Naturally, I ignore her opinion .

“Keep your guard up . Let’s go . ”

I picked up the gun from the holster .

During my visit at the West District in the day time, I found a lot of vacant lots here, and the building here are fewer compared to the other district .

I don’t know whether that is for compensating the gap or not, but flower hedges and roadside trees were organized neatly along the promenade and natural parks were built .

According to the map that I’ve confirmed before tonight, there should be a big botanical garden located not far from here .

Right now, we are at the midsection overlooking both the West District 2nd station and warehouse town which we’ve visited during noon . At the side is the boardwalk which I took after getting down the bus .

I will decide the route from here .

“We will go along the boardwalk there towards the warehouse town . We will be hiding behind the trees and fences . ”

“I understand . ”

“……muu, understood . ”

Ruirui agrees right away, but Brünnhilde seems to be somewhat dissatisfied .

Still, she obeyed my instructions for the time being .

We proceed to the boardwalk while being aware of the surrounding .

Our destination is the warehouse town, but we can’t directly go there .

Just like what we told Maria before we left, our purpose tonight is information gathering .

Based on the blocked wall, I concluded that the criminal is stealing off the goods from the warehouse on regular basis .

That’s why, we are going to hide ourselves in a place where the warehouse is visible and monitor it for one night .

If we’re lucky, we’ll able to caught the culprit red-handed tonight .

In my prediction, the person responsible is a Divine Apotheosis .

Is it……?

The bad feeling that I’ve had since earlier this noon .

Rather, was it a premonition?

If the true identity of the Divine Apotheosis is the person that I’ve suspected……

“,,,,,,!?”

When I was immersed in thinking, I was taken aback to reality from smelling the sudden smell .

“Stop . ”

I gestured both Brünnhilde and Ruirui to stop .

“What?”

“What is it? Anything happened?”

Both of them asked .

“……”

I don’t answer them right away, and check for the wind direction .

This smell is mixed with the breeze .

No doubt .

“It’s the smell of blood . ”

“Eh?’

“……”

I followed my sense of smell to trace back the blood .

At the fence between the boardwalk and the natural park .

At the square, there is a space where a vinyl sheet was spread upon .

From the promenade side, the fences are in the way, so the bottom can’t be seen .

“A, oi . ”

I landed on the grass while listening to Brünnhilde .

Then, I saw it .

I have found it .

“Oi, why so suddenly……!?”

Brünnhilde, who also jumps over the ledges, becomes speechless .

“Oh my . ”

Ruirui, who is floating with her Cloak of Feather, leak a disinterest voice .

『——uhihi . 』

Bálor, that guy, leaked out a voice as if in trance .

I’m grabbing the gun silently .

At that place, there was…

It was a corpse of a girl lying on the grass .

“……kuh . ”

At first sight, it looks as if the girl has fall asleep .

But, not only that, she was also rip to pieces .

The blood is not flowing from the open wounds .

Her blood, has it been drained?

『——uhihi . You might not be wrong . 』

Bálor answers while laughing creepily .

I put my gun in the holster, and approached the girl .

Since my eyes are accustomed to night, an extra light is unnecessary .

Just to be sure, I rub the girls wound with my finger .

“Oi, Shinzen Raika!”

“Just keep quiet . ”

I ordered Brünnhilde to shut up .

I need to focus now .

I gaze at my fingers that touching the wound .

The blood doesn’t smear it at all .

Does not mean that it’s solidifying or dried at all .

I look at the grass which the corpses lie .

There too, has no blood mark .

This is unnatural .

『——in which way . This is just a dead body . 』

I don’t see any trace of blood . Even if she was killed elsewhere and was brought here, doesn’t explain why there is no blood on her wound .

『——funn…… then doesn’t that mean the blood was extracted fully after she was killed and brought here . 』

For what purpose?

『——well you see . Blood has various uses . 』

Bálor sneered .

In the modern world, the most prominent uses for blood is blood transfusion .

But, we are in different situation .

Bloods are common catalyst for magic .

It can also be used as substitute for magic power .

It’s also a ceremonial item that God and Devil alike prefer .

It uses are indeed diverse .

Also, I notice something from the corpse .

“This is one of the student that was involved in the serial missing case . ”

A photograph that was attached together with the list of the missing students matched this corpse .

“As expected, there is God involved in this serial missing case . ”

“Eeh~ on what ground?”

Ruirui asked .

“The basis is the patrol guard . ”

I replied to her immediately .

On this island, the patrol guard and teachers travel around this island on night time .

The Sacrament Management Organization knows that a Myth War is currently taking place——because of that, to ensure that all students are staying in their dorm at night, patrols are done quite frequently .

If this corpse was leave here during night time, it should be discovered already by the patrol .

No matter how nonsensical this Myth War get, it’s bad if the students discovered the dead body .

From the viewpoint of the organizer of the Myth War, it’s more reasonable to collect the corpses .

Although this corpse was not collected, that was because it was put here only at night .

In other words, only God is staying active during the night time .

I don’t know what is the purposed for the blood extracted from the corpses .

There is no doubt that it won’t be for nothing .

As always .

People are dying, because of them .

“Are there other disappearance case like this too?”

Ruirui looks at the corpse and asked .

That is terrible to imagine, but there is a possibility .

Rather, it can be said that the possibility is high .

I feeling of disgust well up from my stomach .

“……what do you think the preparator of this incident is thinking by doing this, Ruirui?”

I asked her .

The Goddess from the Norse Mythology who contends from the 12 Gods thinks for a while .

“Let’s see……well, it’s hard to say just by looking at this corpse alone, but . ”

“But?”

“Even by extracting all these bloods and converts it to magic power, at best the magic power is equivalent to Rank A . if that person is a God on same level like me, then we mainly use magic from raw elements . ”

Those who can use Rank A magic among the humans can be counted with a hand .

This person might be a monster .

“With that line of thinking, she might be used as ceremonial sacrifice . ”

“A rite? Is it for Summoning Magic?”

“Not necessarily . There are many other necessary things that is needed for witchcraft other than magic power . Procedures……all those troublesome things . ”

“……”

Tears, standing there, leaked a voice .

“Now that I remembered, Maria-chi was saying something weird before we left . ”

“Do you mean the strange atmosphere that is currently covering the whole island?”

“Right, right . Perhaps, this ritual is directly involved to the alteration of the air on this island . ”

A large-scale operation that covers the whole island .

The target is the Divine Apotheosis .

No,

It’s much better if the targets are the Divine Apotheosis alone .

If, the range include the ordinary students as well .

“——”

I got cold sweats .

Apparently, the preparator for this serial missing case need to be destroyed with the highest priority .

『——oi . Are you done scouting? Let’s go meet the guy at the warehouse already . 』

Now grown bored, Bálor urges me to leave this place .

Indeed, in order to survive this Representative War, I need to .

“……”

But I don’t want to leave this girl corpse as it is .

My reasoning whispers whether there is any merit of such actions .

She is already dead .

I couldn’t help it .

Then I, what more I can do?

“……guh!”

In regret, I gradually tried to change my sense of self-responsibility .

At that time .

“Brünnhilde?”

“?”

At the same time, I take a look at Ruirui, an impact registered in my brain .

It was a chop .

It was so powerful that a star is forming in my eyes .

Brünnhilde, who rain down the chop, looks at me with an angry eye .

“What?”

“——”

Brünnhilde shows a face that want to tell something, but keep silent .

That reminds me, I told her to shut up .

But it seems like she is going to make a lot of noise once I cancelled the order .

The desire to know what she wants to say makes me forget about the danger .

Before that, Brünnhilde takes another action .

She’s pointing towards my chests over and over .

“……?”

Following her fingers——she is pointing towards the cross on my neck .

Cross .

It’s an equipment provided by the church which repels curses or magics that will harm the mind and body .

At first, I thought that is, but I suddenly notice .

There is another meaning for the cross .

A tool to mourn the dead .

That is, I don’t notice until Brünnhilde points it out .

I stroke the cross with my fingers .

“I’m not that good at devoting to prayers……”

Because I’m not a firm believer .

Because I didn’t ask anything from the church except for the technique to kill the God .

But right now, it made me regret a little .

“……”

The regret for the girls will never fade .

So at least, please let her soul be at peace……

That is my wish, when I tried to devote to helpless prayer .

A loud roar came from the direction of the warehouse town .

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