Volume 2 - CH 269

Before my eyes, there was an Akki¹ vomiting blood from its mouth. (Akki¹ : Read as Akki, Literally mean Fiend, seperate words meaning is Spectre/Ghost/Devilish/Evil Oni, hope this clears the mistranslation.)

His internal organs must have already been in shambles, and it was strange that he was able to even stand, but he was still staring at me.

He still seems to have the will to fight.

The fact that he is still standing after being hit by that wave fist is …….

I heard that even a Reizen blow can cause extreme pain, but how tough can he be?

It is not like he will fall down without at least one more hit.

Houhen and Raiki have already been sent somewhere, and I don’t know if they are safe or not.

Although Houen is invulnerable, I am worried about Raiki.

It would be nice if he was hiding somewhere. ……

“Goho …… gah ……”

Don’t do anything stupid. Man.”

I get off the rock I was on and stand in the same line of sight as the Akki.

I don’t want to be hit in the air again and cause a blast, so now I’m using air compression to solidify and deploy the air to prevent that from happening.

If I make it explode at the moment of impact, I may not be able to reduce the power, but I can at least change the trajectory of the air.

I mean, why does this guy go to such lengths to try to fight?

“Hey, you Akki over there.”

“It’s …… Garak …….”

“Oh, I see. Then, Garak. Why did you kidnap the princess? I don’t know what it is about you guys, but it’s not right to take a princess who is desperately trying to resist becoming an Akki and bring her here to be turned into an Akki. You’re a former Oni, aren’t you? What about the other Oni who kidnapped the princess? They’re still around, aren’t they?”

“…… my friends are dead. The only survivors, are me and Gouki. ……”

…… what did he say?

How come he and the other one are left ……?

There is a possibility that this is a lie, but it is certainly strange that no other Akki are coming when this one is on a rampage so far,…….

It would not be surprising if they heard the sound and came over here.

“Our race will die if we go to outer realms. This place is a comfortable place for our kind, but in this realm. The air in this world is poisonous, and at an unbelievable rate, our lifespan is shaved off, and we turn to ashes.”

“…… Come to think of it, I saw some of their clothes when I was on Lacc’s back …….”

Uchikage and Alena were confronting someone and I saw some clothes fall around the area.

They were incongruous and that’s why I saw them.

I don’t know how many, but I do remember that they were pretty neat.

If Garak’s story is true, these were the clothes of the Akki that had disappeared into ashes.

So most of the Akki died in that place. ……

‘Well, forget it ……. So what’s the reason? There must be a reason. Why did they want to bring her here, even at the expense of their own lives?

“That because- ……!”

Then Garak tried to punch the air with his arm.

He couldn’t swing with all his might because of the severe pain in his chest, but the firepower was still adequate.

However, his fist exploded.

“*gasp!?”

“I’ve placed explosives around you. If you move, I’ll detonate them all.”

This was not a threat.

If he moves, he loses.

If he tries a bigger move, I have to make all the bombs explode to scare him.

I found out by exploding air compression, this was enough to hurt the Akki.

I tried to hit him and his arm exploded.

But it immediately started to regrow.

Although it doesn’t seem to be very potent,…… I can make numerous of them.

The power is good and I don’t have to worry about how many that I can make, so I guess I have the upper hand. ……?

“So? The reason?”

I just had to ask this one.

This guy is our enemy, but I don’t like to fight anybody either.

If I can avoid a fight, I will.

The reason might even stop the whole fight from happening.

I didn’t have a chance to talk to him because he attacked me like that first.

But now I can.

Whatever it takes, I want to hear the reason.

“… What’s the …… reason? I don’t like humans. Therefore, I don’t understand why humans are here. No human would help an Oni.”

“I’m not a human.”

“!??　…… Gu- guhaaahahahahaha! How can that be?　You are a human being, no matter how you look at it.”

“Well, you didn’t answer my question. I’m asking you why you kidnapped the princess.”

“Why should I tell a being like you!!!”

Garak raised his foot and immediately exploded the air around him.

BedRock was also blown up by this skill.

As soon as Garak exploded, he leapt around and fell to the ground.

But he regenerated and slowly got up again.

Although the attack is threatening, it is slow.

I could have easily dealt with it if I had done something about it before.

“So, what’s the answer?”

“Per, sis, tent, are, you!!”

“[Wave Fist].”

“!!?”

The golem’s body sprouted from the ground and punched him lightly on the leg.

The golem was made to use my Wave Fist and hit him, tearing the muscle fibers in his legs to shreds.

With that, Garak couldn’t stand up and fell to the ground again.

But with his arm so close to the ground, he might not be able to get to me in time for my attack.

So, I destroy both elbows and knees with a wave fist by using golem.

They might regenerate again, but I would at least have time to listen to him again.

“Gaaaaaahhh ……!”

“Listen to me. What’s the reason? Why did you kidnap the princess? Answer me, you fool!”

“What kind of oni, that doesn’t cry!!!”

“……”

Finally, he said something.

But that wasn’t enough to understand what was the reason for the kidnapping.

I was about to ask for more details, but then Garak turned on the switch and threw words at me like a bitter complainer.

“Who decided that we shouldn’t cry!”

He tears off his arm while he’s down and regenerates it.

With the regenerated arm, now the other arm.

“She’s Tenma’s daughter! Tenma is dead! She should cry!　But not to grieve for Tenma’s death, that would be just pitiful!”

With both arms, he shreds his legs and regenerates them again.

Even though he was already in tatters, he intentionally shredded and regenerated his limbs so that he could still go on to fight.

Garak had that kind of tenacity.

“If only it were okay for her to cry if she became an Akki! That’s why I ……”

“…… Did you know, she has been crying all the time?”

Garak, who had been speaking with all his might, froze when he heard this.

“……What, did you say?”

“She was under the illusion …… that Tenma was still alive, no, she seemed to be making an assumption, but she cried whenever she wanted. I heard that she cried when I left the Zenki-village, when I came back, and when Tenma died. I guess the shock made her believe that he was still alive. Maybe she’s still crying now, but I think it’s out of fear.”

It is true.

The princess seemed to cry whenever she wanted.

The only time I saw her cry was when I was leaving the village, but I think she cried in other places as well.

She is a child who does not have much patience.

I think Shimu is teaching her a lot of new things these days.

But I don’t know much about that.

“Don’t lie to me.”

“Why should I.”

“So, then, why doesn’t she transform into Akki? Why ……?”

“The hell I know, but it is what it is…..”

I don’t know why.

The princess was about to turn into Akki, but nothing serious happened to her.

She’s energetic, laughs a lot, cries a lot, and is a little selfish, but her personality is generally good.

She didn’t even show any signs of being an Akki.

And I never saw her use her powers.

“You’re the one who’s been cooped up in here all this time! Don’t you dare think you know how the princess feels, a**hole!”

“Ghaa!”

I walked up to Garak and hit him with a normal punch with only defense penetration.

The force is weak, but that’s fine.

I was able to hit him as hard as I could.

Even if I hit it normally, the raw power is strong, so it blew up quite a bit.

I was a little surprised at that, but I brushed my hand off and asked Garak.

“You want to end this thing yet?!”

“I’ve …… challenged you once,…… and I cannot lose……………….. I haven’t heard your name, by the way.”

“It’s Ouren.”

“…… Ouren, huh? Well, then.”

“Hah?”

The moment Garak said that, he cut off his own head and pierced his heart with his other arm.

After his head fell off, his body also collapsed, and blood flowed endlessly from the wound.

It may have been a fluke, but the head that rolled over was looking firmly at me.

He is not dead yet.

“Fufu …… fufu, D-de-d [Dead Oni Salvation]” (*Shi-Oni-mukuro)

Then, Garak’s eyes completely opened.