Metal Slime 247.2
Chapter 247: Beyond The Despair TL : Cnine ED/PF : R1[1-2], R2[2.5-4] Part 2.5 「Heal me too, Yuuma. My body hurts all over.」 Yuuma responded
Chapter 247: Beyond The Despair
TL : Cnine
ED/PF :
R1[1-2], R2[2.5-4]
Part 2.5
「Heal me too, Yuuma. My body hurts all over.」
Yuuma responded to Akito, who had a relaxed smile on his face, saying, "Ah, I understand."
Yuuma went immediately to Akito's side and cast a healing magic to treat the latter's wounds. The wound healed so quickly that the surrounding seekers and Messiahs were at a loss for words, their expressions showing utter astonishment.
「Yuuma, the 【Green King】 has arrived with their minions.」
Rui looked up at the sky and said those words. Yuuma also turned his gaze upward.
The sky was filled with a large number of monsters, among which one emitted an unusual aura.
「That guy... Are the Green King, eh?」
Yuuma kept his eyes fixed, glaring at the "King of Insect."
「Yuuma, your right arm……」
Rui furrowed his brows and looked at Yuuma's arm. Despite having used healing magic, the latter's right arm had not regenerated.
「Ah, it seems my healing magic can't fix it. It was burned by the Flame of the 【Red King】, so there's nothing that can be done about that.」
Yuuma gave a light, almost resigned smile. Rui felt a pang of discomfort in his heart.
「You can't fight properly with that arm. Let's escape first and come up with another plan.」
「No.」
Yuuma stared at Rui's face.
「I'll defeat that guy right here, right now. Everyone, evacuate to a safe distance.」
Hearing that, Akito yelped.
「Can you win against that?」
「I can. Trust me.」
Akito nodded deeply and said, "...Got it. I'll leave it to you" before turning around and walking away from Yuuma.
Kayla, who had been watching nearby, exclaimed, "Are you serious!?" but seeing the unwavering determination in Yuuma's eyes, she closed her mouth.
「... I trust you. Please, save this country... And its people!」
Kayla turned around and called out to the Indian seekers, urging them to evacuate.
Anik brushed his beard, laughing happily.
「Seeing that enemy and not losing hope... Rather, you seem to be overflowing with confidence. Your body isn't even in perfect condition, yet you have such guts making you even more impressive.」
Rudra, who had been standing behind, asked, "What shall we do, Anik-sama?"
「Let us go as well. It seems we have no choice but to leave that monster to him.」
Anik and the members of Makamayuri (Peacock King) turned around and left the place.
Darsha, who was a short distance away, had a disbelief look on her face. Even in this situation, Kayla, Anik, and the others had not given up and were attempting to evacuate everyone together.
Even though there was nothing they could do in this situation.
「Hey, big sister of Kayla! Don't just dilly-dally, let's escape!」
Akito grabbed Darsha's arm, but she quickly shook off the former's hand with a vexed look on her face.
「Where do you expect me to run?! There's nowhere left to escape. If it's the same no matter where I go, then I'll fight here and take down as many monsters as I can!」
Darsha glared angrily at Akito.
「I'm not telling you that we're going to lose! What I'm trying to tell you is that this is where we turn the tide and fight back!」
「... I have no idea what you're trying to tell me, Tennouji.」
「What is it that you don’t understand?」
「It is said that the number of insect-type monsters that have emerged from dungeons across India has exceeded 100 million in total.」
「O-One hundred million!?」
Even Akito, with all his composure, couldn't hide his surprise at this.
「You Japanese wouldn’t understand. The despair we’ve endured… Being raided by countless monsters, watching our comrades die without hope. The 【Green King】 cannot be defeated… We cannot win. And yet, I must go around rallying my comrades, only to send them to their deaths. Do you think you can understand how that feels, Tennoji?」
Darsha's sword was akin to barbed shrapnel. But Akito only shook his head while muttering "Good grief."
「We've tasted despair too. I also thought we're doomed when I saw the【Red King】 for the first time. But that guy never gave up. This time will be the same.」
「What are you ta---」
Akito pulled Darsha's arm before the latter could finish her sentence.
「W-Wait! I've told you that I won't esca――」
「We're not running away. We're just getting away so that we won't become a hindrance for Yuuma!」
「A hindrance for Mitaka? What are you talking about? What the weakest of your group can possibly do!?」
Darsha furrowed her eyebrows as they ran.
「You'll know in a while, he already said to leave it to him after all...」
Said Akito while flashing a smile.
「This time, it would be those monsters who would be in despair!!」
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Yuuma stood on top of the hill.
Insect monsters covered the sky for as far as the eye could see. Both the sky and the land were completely overrun by countless insect-like monsters.
Facing those hordes of monsters was nothing short of pure madness.
Yuuma let out a light smile and looked at his right arm. His arm, now missing everything below the elbow.
Normally, such an injury would hinder his ability to fight, but with an overwhelming number of enemies before him, it felt like a trivial concern.
「Huuumph!」
He clenched his fists and invoked his metallization ability. His skin turned dark, and his entire body became covered in an eerie, otherworldly armor.
Yuuma shifted his gaze to his left hand.
The moment he laid eyes on the Green King, he felt a bubbling sensation. A different kind of power surged through his entire body.
He understood the reason immediately.
The Chimera Gem on the back of his left hand. The once-clouded gem that had been unusable began to faintly glow, and in the blink of an eye, it turned completely transparent.
It was reacting to the Green King. If that was the case, the condition to use this power must be the presence of a "strong enemy."
If there was an enemy worthy of using the powerful transformation ability, the 【Orb】 would be released, allowing the ability to be used.
Yuuma raised his left hand to the sky. One of the orbs shone brilliantly, cutting through the night-like darkness. The liquid metal covering his entire body rippled and started to swell with a deep, bubbling motion.
His body grew larger, and its color gradually started to transform.
The air around him shook, and a tense, electrifying sensation spread throughout the surroundings. The insect-like monsters also sensed the anomaly and came to an abrupt halt.
The grotesque being atop the hill kept transforming, and transforming further with each passing moment.
His neck became elongated, a thick tail sprouted from his rear, and large wings unfurled from his back. Clawed feet, sharp and formidable, gripped the earth.
His entire body gleamed a fierce red, and vicious fangs were visible within his mouth.
His massive frame stretched over dozens of meters, and when his wings spread wide, it dwarfed the 【Green King】. As if to intimidate all the surrounding monsters, he glared at them with blazing eyes that seemingly could turn the entire world into cinders.
That was undoubtedly the form of a dragon.
The dragon raised its head and raised a warcry toward the sky.
「ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!」
That roar echoed across the skies of India. The surrounding temperature soared instantly, and the ground started to bubble and boil.
What appeared was one of the most powerful monsters, the one that had once drowned the world in a vortex of raging flames.
The 【Red King】―― Aurus Venom!!