Black Summoner: Volume 9 (eBook)

Doufu Mayoi (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-7564-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Our favorite battle junkie charges headlong into hell, chasing the greatest Hero in history!

After Kelvin's party defeats Estoria, one of the Apostles, another immediately appears before them. And who is it but Serge Flore, the previous Hero who once defeated Demon Lord Gustav! Even Melfina proves powerless against her. Their entire party brings everything to bear against a fighter said to be the pinnacle of fighting prowess, but she still manages to get away.

Kelvin, of course, just can't let it go! He resolves to chase her down, even if he has to go to Abyssland, a place occupied by demons, which most people simply referred to as 'hell'!

Come along for the ride as this black-clad Grim Reaper and his friends bring the fight to the Apostles in the ninth volume of this epic journey!

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Even so, Ange did not let down her guard. She stared at the white swordswoman so hard, it was as if she was afraid she would lose sight of her if she looked away for a split second. At the same time, Rion quickly reached out to Melfina through telepathy.

::Mel-nee, are you okay?!::

::I’m...fine. I managed to avoid taking fatal attacks. However, this opponent is no joke.:: Melfina got back on her feet, leaning on her lance for support. Although she had managed to heal herself with White Magic, there was no way to restore her armor. It was thoroughly beaten up, even being completely ruined in some parts.

“Finishing...your mission? What do you mean?!” Ange demanded.

“Exactly as it sounds. I no longer have to protect the Cradle anymore. You know, Arbitrator’s sanctum. You know what that means, don’t you, Assassin?”

“But that...”

The only inference to draw was that Elearis, the goddess the Apostles served, had already been resurrected. Ange swallowed her words back down even as she discerned what Serge’s presence here meant. And the answer did not bode well for Ange and her companions.

“Be...careful...” Estoria murmured from where she was lying motionless on the ground.

Ange shot her a look. “What, you have advice for us?” she asked, still wary of the vampire.

Unfortunately, the feelings were mutual. “I was only...talking to...Gerard-sama...”

::Everyone, be on high alert. This is the Fourth Seat, Serge Flore. She’s the previous Hero, the one who defeated Demon Lord Gustav, Sera-san’s father. And I’m pretty sure she’s the most powerful fighter in the world. She’s the pinnacle of combat skill,:: Ange warned everyone through the Network, making sure to emphasize just how formidable their opponent was.

::In the entire world?:: Rion asked incredulously. ::Like, better than Mel-nee and Prettia-chan?::

::At the very least, there’s no doubt she’s the most powerful among the Apostles,:: Ange confirmed. ::What’s more, Gerard-san and I are worn out now, and Melfina-san, who’s the strongest among us, is, well...::

Melfina sighed. ::To be honest, I didn’t stand a chance. I couldn’t make her move an inch from where she’s sitting.::

It only took Melfina a split second to upload the footage of her battle with Serge to the Network. Rion and the others immediately played the video, which began just as Melfina had saved Sister Atra. After using her Holy Lance to make short work of the lich king possessing the unconscious nun lying on the altar, she headed over to heal her up. However, the moment she was done removing all the hexes, when there was nothing left to do but wait for Atra to wake up, a voice rang out.

“Excuse me there, Melfina, Goddess of Reincarnation.”

Serge appeared with a casual greeting, sitting exactly where she currently was—in other words, on the edge of the altar. Until the moment she spoke up, Melfina had not noticed her presence.

“Wha—?!”

In the blink of an eye, Melfina found herself thrown back. Or at least, she thought she did, although the truth was that the goddess had backed up herself. At this moment in time, however, Melfina had yet to realize it.

After that, Melfina spammed a plethora of Blue Magic spells at the Hero, including the attack that had finished off Demon Lord Zel: Luminary Burst. At first, she held back out of concern over getting Sister Atra caught up in the cross fire, but that discretion soon faded away. After all, nothing she threw at Serge landed. Even when she manipulated Celsius Briar, it only took Serge one swing of her sword to smash it to pieces. The rays of light sparkling like stars in the sky all curved when approaching the Hero, eventually shattering against the wall behind her back, their energy sapped. Melfina tried a few more things, but none of them worked on Serge either. She couldn’t even make the girl get up.

Furthermore, the more Melfina attacked, the more she herself got hurt. For example, the icicles created when Serge parried the briars just happened to topple the remains of a stone pillar nearby that fell her way. Sometimes, Melfina’s own spells exploded in her face. The severity of what was happening was on a whole other level, but the nature of the clash bore a great resemblance to the phenomenon seen during Touya’s fight with Ellie and Ruka. And that was where the footage ended.

::As I’m sure you’ve already realized, Serge possesses Absolute Gospel just like Touya does, although the luck it gives her is much, much more powerful,:: Melfina concluded.

::Hmm, that does seem like a pain to handle,:: Gerard noted.

::Even though I’d expected it based on what Ange-san told us before, I never imagined I’d be this outclassed...::

::Melfina-san, being able to make Protector draw her sword is already a great feat in and of itself. The only way to land attacks on her is when there’s literally no way for those attacks to miss. If there’s even the slightest chance of error, her luck will undoubtedly make it happen. In other words, single-point attacks don’t work but large-area ones do. Either that, or have someone on our side whose Luck stat is even higher than hers.::

::Have you fought her before, An-nee?::

::Nope, never had the opportunity. She told me all this herself. When she’s bored, she tends to blab about a lot of things.::

It was not so much that Protector was arrogant as she didn’t really mind anyone knowing. Then again, there was a part of her that was simply a chatterbox who didn’t sweat the small stuff, but it was only because she had a mountain of achievements that she had developed such a personality. There wasn’t much anyone could do even knowing how her power worked—that was how powerful the being known as “Protector” Serge Flore was. These were all details that would make a certain someone shed tears of joy if he heard them.

“Aww, you don’t have to be that on guard against me. I didn’t come here to fight; I just wanted to have a little chat. As for what happened with Goddess Melfina...uh, yep, I was just protecting myself!” Serge raised a thumb and an index finger and thrust them forward as if to indicate that she had thought of a good idea.

“A chat, you say?” Ange asked guardedly.

“Yep, yep! It’s actually one of my goals in coming here. You know, Assassin, since you left, the only Apostles that I can talk to are Survivor and Condemner. I don’t really like the new guy, Controller, all that much, and Arbitrator seems kinda on edge these days. So yeah, since I’m now free and it’s been a while, I decided to come see how you’re doing. And look at you! You’ve gotten strong enough to defeat Reviver! And you seem to have made new friends and all, so I’m pretty happy for you. Yep! Oh, by the way, you okay there, Reviver?”

Almost not even giving herself time to breathe, Serge continued chattering, vigorously gesturing with her hands. She didn’t seem to care that she was dropping pretty important-sounding information, simply going on and on with as much enthusiasm as expected when catching up with an old friend. One would find her mannerisms entirely reasonable in light of her immature appearance if not for the circumstances of the current situation.

“By the way, I heard you got a boyfriend, Assassin! Lemme meet him sometime! And that cute girl over there, are you also Japanese? Oh, what am I saying? Of course you are. Tell me, which prefecture are you from? I’m from...”

Everyone was struck speechless, but Serge went on with zero regard for the mood. She filled the air with her cheerful voice, her eyes glittering with enjoyment.

::Um, An-nee...are you sure this is the most powerful person in the world?::

::I...think so, at least. Maybe?::

Even Ange was starting to doubt herself. However, this was possibly a strategy to make all of them lower their guard. If so, then Serge was really crafty. The group reevaluated their impression of her accordingly.

Rion spoke up. “Excuse me, miss.”

“Call me Fuu-chan or Secchan!”

“Ah, I already know a Secchan, so Fuu-chan it is, then.”

“My name doubles with someone else’s?!”

The likelihood that Serge was purposely being guileful was very low. Somehow, Shiga Setsuna, the Hero Rion had already referred to as “Secchan,” had managed to deal damage to the most powerful fighter in the world without even meaning to.

“If ‘one’ of your goals was to see An-nee again, it means you have other ones, right? What’s the second?”

“Hey, pretty smart of you to catch on! This is my second goal.” Serge reached over and gave Atra’s hair a few gentle strokes. “I’m here to retrieve Holy Lance Eclipse, just in case. I guess it’s, like, insurance for Reviver? If I forget to bring it back, Arbitrator’s gonna get really mad at me.”

“That’s—”

Just as Rion was about to reply, Ange stopped her through telepathy.

::Rion-chan, it’s about time.::

::Oh! Okay, gotcha.::

For a split second, Rion directed her attention to the staircase at her back and picked up on two powerful presences rushing down it at incredible speed. When she checked the Network, it became clear who it was.

“Triple Air Pressure!”

“Direct Blue Fulmination...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.6.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Black Summoner
• Reihe/Serie: Black Summoner
• Illustrationen: Kurogin (DIGS), DaiXt
• Übersetzer: Taishi
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: action • Adventure • Comedy • Fantasy • Isekai • Light Novel • RPG
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-7564-6 / 1718375646
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-7564-2 / 9781718375642