Metal Slime 253
Chapter 253: The Liberated World TL : Cnine ED/PF : Part 1 「YOU DID IT YUUMA!」 Akito flashed a bright smile and Rui patted his chest in rel
Chapter 253: The Liberated World
TL : Cnine
ED/PF :
Part 1
「YOU DID IT YUUMA!」
Akito flashed a bright smile and Rui patted his chest in relief.
Upon noticing that Yuuma had returned, Kayla, Darsha, Anik, and the others all came running one after another.
「MITAKA, ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?」
Kayla, who came with a pale face, and Darsha asked, 「What happened to the 【Green King】?」.
Akito snorted upon hearing that question and puffed his chest as he said.
「I've told you right, Yuuma beat that monster!」
When Akito spoke as if it was his own achievement, a loud cheer suddenly erupted from among the Indian seekers.
「Did you really beat that monster?」
Anik stepped forward, looking as if he couldn’t believe it. Yuuma showed the gem in his hand to Anik and said, “There’s no mistake.”
「OOOH!」
Anik let out an admiring voice as he saw the magic gem.
「This is a green diamond... No, since it radiates an even more intense brilliance. This magic gem must be containing 'mana' beyond that of diamond magic gem.」
Darsha and Kayla couldn't hide their shock upon hearing Anik's evaluation.
The magic gem that surpasses the highest tier magic gem currently known 【Diamond】―― Shouldn't exist in this world. If there was such a magic gem, it could only be the magic gem of a unique monster known as 【King】, the pinnacle of each attribute.
Darsha stepped forward and looked closely at the magic gem in Yuuma's hand.
As Anik had said, the green magic gem was radiating an unparalleled brilliance. Darsha held back the emotions rising within her, then looked up and spoke.
「You really subjugated the 【Green King】. I used to think that it's impossible to subjugate the 【King】――」
Darsha covered her mouth with her hand, fell on her knees, and started to cry.
「Big sister...」
Kayla, who had been watching from behind, could do nothing but rub her sister’s back as she sobbed. Darsha had been carrying an extremely heavy responsibility, heavier than anyone else during this joint operation.
Right now, she felt as if the burden was lifted from her chest.
She then raised her face, looking at Yuuma.
「My apologies for doubting you before, Mitaka... And thank you very much. I really appreciate your effort to help us from the bottom of my heart.」
Kayla closed her eyes and pressed her hands together in a gesture of gratitude. Anik and the members of Makamayuri (Peacock King) also joined in, doing the same gesture as her.
The other Indian seekers behind them were also showing the same gesture to Yuuma.
Yuuma exchanged glances with Rui and Akito, smiling wryly as he scratched his cheek awkwardly.
He was embarrassed when people were praising him like that, but he didn’t mind at all if what he did made people happy.
When he happened to raise his face, the brilliant sunlight was pouring down, illuminating the earth.
The land, laid bare in a pitiful state with everything blasted away. And yet, with the most devastating dungeon now gone and the 【Green King】 subjugated, India would undoubtedly start to recover from now on.
Yuuma couldn't help but look forward to that future.
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Five days had elapsed since Dvarapara was conquered.
Yuuma and the others had returned to the city of Cuttack and were resting at a hotel that had been prepared for them. They had asked Darsha to look into what had happened to the Indian government.
Yuuma sat by the window of the room he’d been given, gazing outside, lost in thought.
Even if they managed to conquer Dvarapara and subjugated the 【Green King】, if the Indian government collapsed, Yuuma and co wouldn't be able to get the "Magic Gem" promised to them.
If that was the case, all their effort up until now would become a fool's errand.
As Yuuma thought about all that, he recalled the face of Kaede—the last thing he saw in Japan. Her face was so beautiful, it was hard to believe she was already dead.
「Kaede...」
At that moment, the sound of running footsteps approached from outside the room. Yuuma turned his gaze, and with a click, the doorknob turned, and the door swung open with a bang.
「MITAKA!」
Seeing Kayla visiting, Yuuma asked, "What’s going on? Why are you in such a hurry?" Kayla took a moment to catch her breath and then raised her face.
「We managed to contact them! The Indian Government hasn't collapsed. They just moved their base of operation!」
「SERIOUSLY!?」
「Yeah, in addition, it seems they’ve properly secured the magic gem as well. It looks like the agreement with you guys is still in place. As soon as the dungeon conquest and the defeat of the 【Green King】 are confirmed, they'll send the magic gem right away.」
「I see... It's good to hear that they're safe and sound...」
Yuuma heaved a sigh of relief, his hand resting on his chest. Rui and Akito were equally happy upon hearing the news, and they waited in the city of Cuttack for the government officials to arrive.
And then, one week later.
「Dear me, I can't thank you enough for your patience. I am Raam, the Chief Advisor to the Indian government. I never imagined that Dvārāpāra would truly be destroyed, or that the【Green King】 would be defeated. It's difficult to believe at first, and it took me some time to confirm it.」
Ram, who sat across Yuuma and co, was laughing heartily. He wore an expensive-looking navy blue suit and had black-rimmed glasses. He certainly seemed to be an important figure from India.
They were currently in the office of the Supreme Court, which had been repurposed as the base of the seekers.
Yuuma sat on the sofa alongside Rui and Akito, facing Ram, who sat across the low table.
Akito, who was sitting next to him, clicked his tongue and glared at Ram.
「Enough with the chit-chat! You did bring the magic gem, right?」
Yuuma felt nervous thanks to Akito’s straightforward attitude. It seemed that Akito's arrogant attitude didn't change even in front of a high-ranking government official.
「Naturally! Oi, bring that.」
Ram called out to the man standing behind him. The man placed the case he was holding onto the table, unlocked the dial lock, and opened the lid.
Yuuma and co leaned closer to see the content of the case.
「OOOOH...」
Akito couldn't help but let out a gasp. Inside the case were numerous dazzling diamonds, laid out on a bed of black velvet fabric.
「Amazing! So many of the magic gem "diamond" and "zircon"... And each one is quite large, too!」
Rui spoke with sparkling eyes. Yuuma also nodded, looking nervous.
---This 【White Magic Gem】 should have a total mana index of 16000. Theoretically, it should be enough to save Kaede.
Yuuma swallowed his saliva as he thought so in his mind.
「This is the magic gem promised to the Japanese government. All of you have performed more than enough to earn it. On behalf of the Indian government, I sincerely thank you.」
Ram clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and bowed his head in a manner reminiscent of the Japanese. He was likely expressing the utmost gratitude.
「Do you have drinking water, Rui?」
「Yeah, I brought it with me.」
Rui casually took a bottle of water from his bag. Yuuma placed the magic gems into his mouth and washed it down with the water from the bottle he had received from Rui.
「「Eh!?」」
Darsha and Kayla, who had been watching the situation from the corner of the room, opened their eyes wide. They had never seen or heard of someone swallowing a large number of magic gems at once.
「A-Are you sure it's safe to allow him to swallow so much magic gem at once?」
When Kayla nervously asked, Yuuma replied, "Hm? What do you mean?" Darsha and Kayla exchanged glances, rendered speechless and stunned.
Yuuma, who had swallowed the magic gems, closed and opened his left hand repeatedly to check the sensation. Then, he focused his consciousness on his left hand and invoked a healing spell.
He brought his glowing left hand closer to his lost right arm.
The missing arm rapidly regenerated, and although it looked a bit thinner, the original right arm was restored. A wave of astonished exclamations spread among the people nearby.
Yuuma nodded with a satisfied smile, feeling the enhancement of his healing magic.
「What do you think, Yuuma」
Yuuma wore an indescribable face upon hearing Rui's curious question.
「I don't know... Let's try it first.」
Yuuma turned around and looked at Darsha, who was standing behind him.
「Darsha-san, I have a request. Could you prepare a corpse of someone confirmed to be dead... With minimal damage?」