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So don't need them.

Huh?

What did you just say?

I said I don't need you. Your stats are too low to bother with.

Wh-What was that, you jerk?!

I hope you'll look at things more in the long term.

We're still in the process of leveling up.

Your capacity for sensing danger is so low, you couldn't even tell that the priest was an undead.

I don't see how you'll be useful going forward.

If you come with me, you'll just slow me down.

I-If you want, I'll show you what we're capable of right now!

Back home in Nakashi Village, they called me "Mash the Hero"!

They did? Then go back to Namaste Village.

That's Nakashi Village!

--You jerk, I can't take any more! --No, Mash! No fighting!

--Hey, what's going on here? --No, Mash! No fighting!

The church has burned down!

The sister has collapsed!

Explain yourselves! If I don't like what I hear,

--I'll haul you in and have you interrogated! --Er, um, n-no, we just, you see--

The truth is, a horrible undead was posing as a priest.

And that's how the church came down, too?

My head is kind of fuzzy on the exact details,

but yes, I'm sure the undead set fire to it and destroyed it.

What I do clearly remember is that tomorrow morning

an army of 10,000 undead will arrive in this town.

T-Ten thousand?!

We'd heard that the undead force that toppled Krain Castle was turning south.

There is nothing to worry about though.

God has not forsaken us.

I can say this because God has sent a goddess down from Heaven to us,

as well as a hero who has received a revelation from God,

and there are also two others here who are both dragonkin.

P-Please forgive my manners!

We have been sent here as an advance force

to defend the town of Seimul from the undead.

Mr. Hero, please fight off the undead forces with us!

How much will you give me?

How much will we give you?

Why, money, of course.

Hold on, Seiya! You're discussing money at a time like this?!

I learned a new special move recently.

It requires a bit of money to put it to use.

Special move? What special moves takes money?

The empire will of course provide you with a vast reward.

At least 1,000 gold coins--

Is that right? Then just to make sure, write it down.

J-Just a moment, please! There will be more knights right behind us.

Two hundred knights of the imperial order, here to assist--

So don't need them.

You so don't need them?!

There are still at least a few people in this town, right?

You stay here and defend the town.

Hey, organic mushroom from Namaste Village...

That's Mash the Hero from Nakashi Village!

You didn't get a single part of that right!

If you're not going back there, stay with the knights and defend the town.

You can handle that much, right?

Wh-What do we do, Mash?

Ha! I'm not going to do his bidding!

W-Wait for me, Mash!

H-Hey, Mash! Elulu!

Those two aren't thinking of charging into the undead force, are they?

I doubt they're that stupid.

And even if they are, I'll smash that army first.

Sure, you may be ridiculously strong, but we're talking 10,000 of them!

Let's all work together here.

Don't need to. So don't need to.

Isn't having as many allies as possible more reassuring at a time like this?

Having another 100-200 people on your side against 10,000 means nothing.

There's no need for those kids from Namaste or the knights

to die unnecessary deaths.

Could Seiya be concerned for the welfare of those kids?

Seiya! Huh?

Th-The Flight skill?!

By the way, I so don't need you, either.

Huh? What did you say?!

I'm heading off to take out the undead. Wait for me at the inn.

N-No way. He doesn't need me, a goddess?

Huh? What is this? A dream?

L-Lousy non-team-player self-centered hero! I'll get you!

I'm definitely going to get you for this!

Order! Grant unto the Goddess Ristarte the Flight skill she's already supposed to have!

The ability to unlock essential goddess powers in emergencies,

used only to support their heroes--

an Order, a Divine Realm special measure!

Hm-hm, beautiful wings if I do say so myself.

I'll catch up to him in no time and put him in a full nelson.

Rista Wing!

Never underestimate a goddess!

Hmph, I'm done breaking this skill in. Time to fly all-out.

H-He's fast! Damn it!

Burst forth, Megamic Power! Direct all my strength into my wings!

Ow! This hurts my back! My wings are going to come off!

But tough it out! Tough it out, Ristarte!

You're destined to become a Great Goddess!

E-Even using Divine Realm special measures...

Honestly, you're such a bother.

Come on, let's go.

This guy really is super-cool. He's even holding me by the hand.

Huh? Wait a minute, what is this, a date?

Hey, Rista...

Y-Y-Yes?

My name? It's usually "Hey" or "You" instead.

N-No, Seiya! Love between a goddess and a human is forbidden!

But no one else is around, so maybe a little wouldn't--

Wait, a kiss would be possible, right? In fact, maybe I'll kiss him!

We're going to speed up now.

Huh?!

Stop, already!

My bare boobs have spilled out!

I-I-I thought I was dead...

I thought goddesses couldn't die. Also, do you really look like that?

It's all your fault! Look at my Rista Wings!

You can see right through to the bare skin in places!

You could just fix them with your fancy restoration magic.

But never mind that, keep quiet. What if they happen to hear us coming?

Huh?

They're marching all in one body to show off the Demon Lord's force.

It's magnificent in one sense,

but to avoid any risk to myself, I'm going to break up that column.

They don't stand a chance against bombardment.

Bombardment? There aren't any aircraft or bombs in this world.

I've obtained a power that takes their place.

Huh? Where did you have anything like that?

Keep quiet for a minute.

A shadow? Whoa, what is that?!

I-I-Is that...?

Meteor Strike.

It's a small meteor,

but the energy of it falling from the heavens at high speed is tremendous.

I can probably wipe them out all at once.

I increased its speed toward the undead.

The moment it hit the ground, it became superheated and vaporized,

thus creating a huge explosion.

Th-That's amazing.

And, while it's powerful, it has many restrictions.

It can only be used over extensive, uninhabited ground,

and it takes time to focus myself long enough. I can't use it very often.

B-But where in the world did you learn magic as incredible as this?

When I was beating Cerceus senseless in the Divine Realm,

the idea for the move came to me in a vision.

O-Oh, back there?

Wait, so you weren't studying sword moves with the Divine Blade?

I think that exterminated most of them, but I'm still a bit concerned.

Better launch another one, just to be safe.

Amazing. Beyond amazing.

I'm sure even Deathmagla, the Heavenly King, would have been killed by that.

I hate to say this about Mash and Elulu,

but honestly, this one hero alone is enough.

Hold on, if he chucks a meteor at the Demon Lord's castle,

we could take control with one shot! This is a piece of cake!

A-Are you all right, Seiya?

I've consumed a whole lot of my MP. I need to rest a bit and recover it.

A-All right. Let's go back to Seimul and head for the inn.

Can't blame him. He fired off two of those amazing spells back to back.

I'm sure that consumes a great deal of MP.

I only have 13,500 MP left... of my original 15,000...

Huh?! You still have plenty left!

Mash is gone?

Mm-hmm. Two days ago. I've looked everywhere.

He didn't go back to your village or something?

If he had, he would have told me.

I'm sure he's all right. The chances of him being in trouble are low.

The undead force is gone after all.

That hero really is amazing, isn't he?

But he's been caught up with that new "Synthesis" skill of his ever since.

He used the reward money to buy up weapons and armor,

and locked himself in his room.

He's probably trying out different types of Synthesis. Should we go ask him?

Seiya, I'm coming in.

Hey, what is all this?!

Rista...

Take a look at this.

A platinum sword?!

Th-This is incredible! What did you synthesize to get this?

Combining a sword with a sword only increased its strength a little.

To synthesize a powerful weapon, I had to use something completely different.

By which I mean a catalyst.

So what exactly did you use?

The hair of a goddess.

Huh?

I found some in your room while you were out.

By synthesizing it together with a steel sword...

...I created that platinum sword.

Th-There's so much I could say about this, but I'm glad my hair came in useful.

I want you to carry that sword as a spare. So give me more of your hairs.

I'll need a thousand of them pulled from the root.

I'll go bald!

There's a delivery here for the hero.

What is that? Who brought it here?

A man wearing a hood. He just said that he wanted to donate it to the hero.

Sounds fishy. It could be an explosive.

You open it.

J-Just because I can't die, aren't you being a bit of a goddess-driver?

Oh, my! Isn't this a lovely looking glass?!

Wh-What was that?!

M-Mash! That's Mash!

Are you seeing this now? Are you hearing this now?

Ah, I can see you fine from here--

the handsome hero, the beautiful goddess, and the cute red-haired girl.

This mirror is a gift of the Demon Lord's power.

It can display images from faraway places.

Whoops, I've neglected to introduce myself.

I am one of the Four Heavenly Kings,

"Demon King Forces, Four Heavenly Kings: Deathmagla" I am one of the Four Heavenly Kings,

"Demon King Forces, Four Heavenly Kings: Deathmagla" one who specializes in overhauling monsters, Deathmagla.

Th-That is Deathmagla? So he wasn't in with the undead army.

I'll admit, I wasn't expecting you to obliterate the undead army I raised.

Lucky for me, I was controlling the undead remotely.

On the other hand, it takes quite a bit of time to raise that many of them.

So I decided I would get back at you.

Using this boy.

N-No... It can't be...

Unlike dealing with corpses, playing with a live person is fun.

But I've grown tired of it, which is why I will now kill him.

No, stop! Please!

Stop that, you coward!

Oh, begging for your life at the end? Go ahead and bawl all you like.

H-Hey. I hear you took out a force of 10,000.

You're a jerk hero that thinks he's so big, but you're the real deal.

You're a breed apart from me. So...

...you have to save the world in my place!

Mash...

Hey, that wasn't begging for your life.

But then, we'll never see that kind of spirit coming out of you again.

No... Somebody, save Mash! I'm begging you!

Hero my foot! You're powerless to stop me!

Watch from there as I cut off his head!

Rista, open a portal to the Divine Realm.

E-Even if time flows more slowly here than in the Divine Realm,

given the circumstances...

Just open it.

I have to say, Mash the dragonkin, you have a lot of guts.

I'll let you at least carry my equipment.

Huh?

I was once in a similar situation.

I've been carrying on simulations ever since,

determining what I should do if I had even less time than I did then.

Are you dense? I'm not even there! Your sword can't reach me here!

Stop!!

Wha--?! H-How could this happen?!

A photon blade that can cut through the fabric of space--

Dimension Blade!

Wh-What the...?! Using what principles?! That's already god-tier--

Hurry up. The real battle is just getting started.

Huh? Real battle?

He's currently in a somewhat confused state,

but he'll soon blow his stack and kill Mash.

Th-That's for sure.

That's why we're in the Divine Realm where time flows at 1/100th the pace.

At most, he'll find a weapon and kill Mash in the next ten seconds.

Put another way,

we have less than 15 minutes to find a way to get us there and rescue Mash.

A-All right. There is a way, but make sure you don't step in it.

Are you the head goddess around here, lady?

Hey! You're really stepping in it!

I-I am terribly sorry, Ishtar!

I'm going to go look for Mushroom on Gaeabrande.

Open a portal for me.

That is not how you speak to a Great Goddess!

Also, his name isn't "Mushroom," it's "Mash"!

In other words, you want me to find your friend for you?

It is against divine law to give excessive help to a human.

You're just making a portal open up in a specific place on Gaeabrande

like this girl does all the time.

Am I wrong?

Hmm... You may be right about that. Very well...

I found it. The location is in the forest near Krain Castle.

It appears he is being held captive in a vast underground room.

Th-That's our Ishtar for you!

Good. Now make a portal. Right in front of the nearly-dead mushroom.

Very well...

"Nearly-dead mushroom"?

Ishtar, I really am grateful for this!

Come on, Seiya, say something!

Good job. You have my praise.

Who do you think you are?! Do you have some way to stop the undead?!

What do you take me for?

The instant we emerge from the portal, I hit him with Hell's Fire.

You use that moment to rescue the nearly-dead mushroom.

Let's go.

R-Roger that.

You certainly have grown, Seiya Ryuuguuin. Good hunting to you.

Wah! My hand!

My hand!

Burn! Hell's Fire!

Are you okay, Mash?

Y-Yeah...

Th-This is brutal.

I'll heal you right now.

How is Seiya doing?

Black flames? They seem to be protecting Deathmagla.

Wh-What is that, exactly?

He's... He's...

Was that the same fire magic that put an end to Chaos Machina?

That won't work. Give the Demon Lord's Heavenly King Deathmagla some credit!

Don't tell me he's a ghost type! Seiya, use holy water!

I already did, but it has no effect.

L-Leave it to you not to miss a trick. So wait, he's not a ghost?!

This one's name is Dark Firus, the mightiest fire-attribute monster,

created by me after several hundred experiments.

Fire attribute? But you're an undead user!

Overhauling all kinds of monsters is my special skill!

Don't make that mistake, you idiot!

Who are you calling an idiot?! We'll just use the opposite attribute!

"Dark Firus"

"Dark Firus" D-Defense is over 100,000?! Immune to all weapon attacks?!

"Dark Firus" Unaffected by almost every kind of magic, too!

Only ice magic?!

That's right.

You start by creating disorder in his body's molecular structure

using the Oscillatory Wave skill.

Then use ice magic to convert his attribute from fire to ice,

making him materialize. Once you've done all that,

if you can hit Dark Firus with a power greater than his defense,

you can defeat him.

Ho, mighty nice of you to tell me how to do it.

Oh, no! Oscillatory Wave is a minor blunt skill.

And ice magic is the exact opposite of Seiya's fire magic.

There's no way he can win.

That's why I told you. To drive any hope out of you!

I have hypothesized every contingency and planned for them!

This is the way a resourceful warrior fights!

How can this be?

S-Seiya!

I'm stunned. I am stunned by this.

You've hypothesized every contingency and planned for them?

Why did you announce so loudly something as ordinary as that?

Ordinary, you say? You mean, you anticipated this predicament?

I anticipated an enemy other than an undead one.

As well as one who resisted fire magic.

Right, but can you prevail over Dark Firus here?

He is invincible! You'll never beat him with your rudimentary preparations!

My preparations aren't rudimentary.

Huh?

I'm perfectly prepared.

I am fully and completely ready for this.

Ha! I'll soon drain the color out of that sassy face of yours!

Wh-What was that?!

Flames that do not burn out until they've eliminated their target--

Deadly Flames!

Hero, if you step aside, the ones behind you will be hit by them.

O-Oh, no!

I won't be backing away from that move.

You're attacking? Go, Dark--

H-He's fast!

Th-That was Oscillatory Wave!

I-Impossible! How do you have a special blunt skill?!

You're a swordsman, aren't you?!

I don't consider myself a swordsman.

If I was ever unable to use my sword, I'd be left with only my fists.

I may also come across enemies that swords are ineffective against,

and there's no telling when my sword may break in combat.

My sword may be stolen by an enemy.

Or it may suddenly dissolve, or rust, or become moth-eaten.

It's only right that I learn some blunt skills.

That is some unheard-of caution.

But you're finished! Dark Firus's fists

are ultra-hot deadly weapons!

You intend to block it with your mere human fist?!

Your whole arm will vaporize!

Ice magic?! Fire magic and Ice magic are polar opposites!

There's no way you should be able to use both at once!

Th-That bracelet!

It can't be! An item that grants ice attribute?!

That's how! So even if he can't use magic,

he can produce an ice effect with that!

B-But where did he come by an item like that?

Synthesis! You made that with Synthesis, right?

--Yeah. --Amazing!

What exactly did you put together to make it?

An ordinary bracelet and ice. Plus your hair. That did it.

Huh?

Incidentally, I have others, too.

Huh?

Bracelets that impart lighting, light, dark, and so on.

I also have spares for them, of course.

I used hairs that were scattered about your room to make them all.

Isn't that a lot of hair to be scattered around? Am I going to go bald later on?

You've still just made his body materialize!

I'm sure you don't have an attack that can overcome Dark Firus's defense!

Right. Unfortunately, I don't. But it's not a problem.

One thing that works against a materialized ice body is, of course,

a flame attack.

Oh, no! Dark Firus, close that distance! Stop his attack!

It's too late.

A white-hot focused-point strike--Phoenix Thrust!

Yes, you got him!

How? How could he beat that monster?

You see that? That is a one-in-100,000,000 phenomenon! Take that!

Th-Th-This can't be...

That's what happens when you get cocky and tell us how to attack, idiot!

And even if he hadn't told us, I would have found out soon enough.

Mm-hmm, that's right! You're a perfect mighty warrior, after all!

Now then, to take care of the other one right away.

After that, a major cleanup of this room.

Go ahead, go ahead. Take all the time you need.