CH 181.2

Chapter 181.2: Super Boss

The place where that giant snake came from was a giant hole at the bottom of the mountain. Surely, we might be able to reach the core of the monster if we entered from that place, but I didn’t think there would be extra space aside for that giant snake.

「Can we use several small caves in the mountain to infiltrate the center of the mountain?」

「It’s not like we can climb into the nest of that gargoyle.」

In the fight just now, though we fought a lot of gargoyles, they did not appear all at once at the beginning of the battle.

It was just a small part of the entire herd-a little over hundred- but, all of them were heading straight toward Ryuuichi and me. In addition, when they got shot down by Sakura and Co, their target was moving toward them… Nevertheless, the gargoyle nesting in the mountain didn’t react at all, the only ones rushing at us were the ones in our vicinities.

But if we were to rush into their nest, all of them could rush out at once.

When that happened, it would be a different kind of deadly battle than when we fought Yamata no Orochi.

「We should be able to enter as long as we crush its eight heads…」

「Forget about eight, five of them are enough to beat us black and blue.」

Indeed, no matter how strong Ryuuichi and I were, the most we could fight at the same time was five. Defeating eight of them at once was impossible with our current line-up.

If only we had another fighter who could fight on the same level as us…

「If only Futaba-san were here.」

No, seriously, just what in the hell am I thinking about!

To think that I was thinking about relying on her strength again just because I was pitted against a slightly more powerful opponent. In the first place, she had already been with Momokawa who had become an enemy now.

Even if we met them again in this place… it might become another fight against classmates.

「Anyhow, we can’t defeat that fu*king snake with our current line-up. We’ve to become stronger, or train the others to become stronger… or wait for more reinforcement(classmates) to arrive, right?」

Ryuuichi was right. We couldn’t beat Yamato no Orochi with our current line-up. Since that was the case, we could only increase our war potential.

「Anyone without a close-combat vocation will have a hard time fighting against that giant snake from the front. Asuna, Natsukawa-san, Nonomiya-san, and Yoshizaki-san might be able to fight them since their vocations are 『Swordsman』and『Warrior』.」

「I’ll leave the matter of raising them to you. I have no intention to babysit anyone.」

「I know. You can do as you like. And somehow become more powerful, right?」

「Training properly ain’t my style, but it’s a different matter if there’s an opponent for that.」

Yeah, Ryuuichi really was going to use Yamato no Orochi as a training dummy, after all. Well, he might really want to beat it by himself.

I really wanted to tell him to not overdo it, but… I knew that he wasn’t the kind of man who would stop doing something once he decided to do so.

「Okay everyone, hear me out!」

We decided on our current objective. For the time being, I would train everyone-including myself- so that they became even more powerful so we could fight Yamata no Orochi.

Ryuuichi and I had already reunited in this place. So I thought that the other classmates would gather in this place too. It would be more reassuring if we got additional reliable combat potential such as Futaba-san.

The reason I thought about this was simply that deep down, I knew that we―― couldn’t beat Yamata no Orochi with our current line-up.

「KYA! THI-THIS LIGHT IS… SOMEONE TRANSFERRED TO THIS!?」

Takanashi-san, who was standing right by my side, suddenly shouted so while pointing at the phenomenon of the dancing particles of light at the corner of the fairy plaza.

「Who’s coming at this kind of time?」

Well, much welcomed additional surviving classmates in our current situation.

No, wait a minute… Let’s not make assumptions that the ones who came were proper classmates first. The one who came might be Momokawa.

If that was the case, a fight might break out――

「Fuuh, thank goodness the transfer is working properly. I can’t help but wonder what kind of scary things will happen when we’re using transfer circle always.」

「It’s okay, I’m with you to prevent that after all, Airi.」

The one who appeared from within the light was a pair of boy and girl. The two of them were cuddling together, linking their arms like a couple.

「Thank you! Then, since Haruma-kun did his best in the boss fight, I’ll give you a looooooooooot of service late…r…」

Though the girl was flirting with a sweet voice at first, her expression solidified at once the moment she noticed our group in the fairy plaza.

「Ah, eehm, Himeno-san and Nakajima, right? An-Anyhow, thank goodness you guys are safe and sound.」

These two are going out, eh. Well, that matter aside, let’s congratulate them for surviving first.

「A-A-AAAAAAAAAAAAAH! S-SOUMA-KUN!? NO WAY, IT’S THE REAL SOUMA-KUN!!」

「Uwaa, Airi…」

Even though they looked like a pair of stupid couple a moment ago, Himeno-san pushed Nakajima-san aside as if he was a hindrance the moment she saw me and rushed toward me at once.

Heck, that was scary. Himeno-san turned out to be that kind of girl, eh.

「THANK GOODNESS! NOW I CAN FEEL TRULY ASSURED WITH SOUMA-KUN!」

「A-Ah, you’re welcome…」

I retreated at once since Himeno-san’s momentum was too shocking, She then caught my hands cheerily as she raised her arms.

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「Haa, the one who came is a noisy girl, eh.」

「KYAAAAA! TENDOU-KUN! IT’S THE REAL TENDOU-KUN!? YAAY, WE’RE ABSOLUTELY SAFE NOW!」

Seeing, Ryuuichi exhaled deeply as if he was truly annoyed. Himeno-san raised an even more boisterous and cheerful voice. She was so happy, eh. I thought that she simply couldn’t bear the loneliness since she was only with Nakajima, but it seems I was wrong.

「Fufufu, with Tendou-kun and Souma-kun together, my era has co――」

「Himeno-san, please keep your cheerful mood in moderation. You know what kind of situation we’re currently at, right?」

Sakura suddenly forced her way through to separate Himeno-san from me as she spoke with a bone-chilling voice.

「Ah… Souma-san is here too, eh.」

「Naturally, I’ll never leave my brother’s side.」

Himeno-san had a cramped smile on her face upon seeing Sakura’s bone-chilling smile. Though both of them were smiling, it felt like a giant storm was blowing around them.

「Anyhow, it’s a good thing that both Himeno-san and Nakajima-kun are safe and sound and managed to reach this place.」

At this moment, Class Rep broke into the strained atmosphere and changed the topic immediately. Thank you as always for your mediation, Class Rep.

「Well then, everyone gathers around. Let’s confirm our current situa―― What the heck, again!?」

The next moment, the transfer circle shone yet again.

Seriously, they are coming in succession. Was this a mere coincidence? Or someone’s plan?

No one could answer that question of mine at this point, the only job of the dancing particles of light was sending the one who stepped into it to the next destination.

And just as I expected, the one who appeared from the transfer circle was――