Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (WN)

Hajime followed behind, however his body twirled. He got out of the hole with his back first while tossing his violin case to below him.

While dozens of starfish imitations were repulsively rushing up in hot pursuit, Hajime grinned widely and did a quick draw with Donner.

The bullet he fired pierced the violin case that was passing just right in the middle of the swarm right at that timing――

「Go to hell」

The middle finger Hajime gave acted like a signal. A thunderous explosion and shockwave that were the loudest until now surged out.

The remaining missiles that were still inside the case and the powder of super condensed combustion stone that had been loaded inside it from the start brought a flame blast and destruction in the level of the highest class flame element magic in this SF world.

A fierce earthquake shook the ground. The long vertical tunnel was instantly collapsing. Naturally the surrounding ground was also caving in.

「As expected there is no way they’ll keep chasing after this.」

「The violin case is already like this……I’m scared at what the guitar version can do……」

Hajime and Kouki who leaped out of the tunnel lightly kicked at the crumbling ground and swiftly evacuated from the caved in area. And then they stood side by side watching the rising cloud of dust from some distance away.

They observed the situation for a while, but there was no sign the starfish imitations were going out of the ground.

They unconsciously let out a sigh ‘fuu’.

「Even so……it’s fine and all that we have come out to the surface but」

Hajime looked around once more and made a conflicted expression. Kouki was also the same.

After all, no matter where they looked, no matter how they looked……

「This place, looks like a gathering place for garbage.」

There were only mountain, mountain, mountains of trashes and rubbles. They were surrounded by mountains of trashes that piled up as high as a building. The sky was covered with dark clouds that flashed with thunders. It was dark even though they were outside. In addition, as to be expected,

「The magic dispersion phenomenon is still going strong.」

「Guess it’s the characteristic of this world.」

The two of them sighed together once more.

But, then,

「U……guuhh……this place……just what am I……」

It seemed that Jasper was coming to himself. Kouki laid him down on the ground. Jasper’s consciousness seemed to be still hazy. His eyes kept blinking.

But, a beat later, the moment he became aware of the situation around him, his face turned pale in a flash.

It couldn’t be helped.

After all he was being wrapped like in a cocoon by spider web.

For some reason there were two metal spiders that he had never seen before on his stomach. They were going 「III!!」.

And then,

「Now then, Jasper is it? You have two choices. Speak after getting tortured, or speak obediently like a dog from the start. Rest assured. I’ll never let you die until you answer my questions.」

There was also the obviously crazy man lifting an artificial arm that transformed into a spinning drill *Gyuiiiiiinn* (the function of the attachable bracelet) while making a terrifying smile at him.

Jasper tearfully answered while trembling all over.

「The dog course please.」

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At the same time.

A faint light came to be at a corner of the underground passage nearby the collapsed vertical tunnel.

The light source was a metallic sphere. A part of the sphere was tinged with light like an eye that was moving restlessly to left and right.

That metal sphere restlessly moved its single eye for a while, then it made a faint whirring sound *jiji-, jijiji-*.

『――Self-diagnosis completed. Damage minimal. System restart.』

It spoke such words. Its body also shook before it lightly floated in the air at the next moment.

It moved in the air with a glide and for a while it stared fixedly at the passage that connected to the surface that was now blocked by rubbles……it then suddenly said.

『Th-that person is like demon.』

It went without saying who it meant by that. Of course it would want to say that after getting dragged into the destructive blast.

『Anyway, I have to find them.』

The metal sphere spoke with a smooth tone, or rather its muttering strangely sounded human. Its single eye blinked while saying 『Recalculating the route to the surface』 while turning its back toward the rubble and vanished into the darkness of the corridor ahead.

『I hope they will be able to end us.』

While leaving behind that muttering that melted into the darness.

AN: Thank you very much for reading this every time.