Firehead A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Volume 2

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-7183-0218-1
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

Reihe: A Wild Last Boss Appeared!

Aries 'the Ram' may be at her side once more, but Lufas Maphaahl's journey to find the rest of the Twelve Heavenly Stars is only beginning. Now, Lufas, Dina, and Aries are headed towards...Lufas' grave?!
Lufas' next target, the Grave of the Black-Winged King, is guarded by Libra of the Scales, one of Lufas' faithful subjects. But regaining this member of the Twelve Heavenly Stars won't be simple. Though many adventurers have tried to raid Lufas' grave in the last two hundred years, none have ever returned alive...
But there are still many of the Twelve Heavenly Stars to welcome back into the fold. Who else waits for our deposed King? Maybe another one of the Seven Heroes...?!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Firehead

Weitere Mitwirkende

YahaKo

Chen, Kevin

Leseproben

Several men made their way along a dark, stone-paved road. They had torches in their hands and swords at their waists.

Those behind them had staves and bows. It was obvious from their unwavering movements that these were brave men who had lived through many hard battles.

However, even such strong men could not hide the exhaustion on their faces. There were countless nicks and scratches on their armor, and the magic-user-like man in the middle could be found to be lacking an arm upon closer inspection.

It certainly had been hell for them to get this far.

They’d been assailed by many traps as well as the many golems wandering about that Lufas Maphaahl had once mass-produced for her final battle. In today’s world they were now an invincible brigade, each one at the level of a sword saint.

There were only a scant ten people left alive now, but when they’d entered, they had been a huge group of over fifty people.

This location was the place that housed the tyrant’s treasures as well as the place said to house her soul—the “Grave of the Black-Winged King.”

Sometimes it was hunters who entered, seeking treasures that lay resting here. Sometimes it was graverobbers. And sometimes it was soldiers, like these people, who wished for a reversal of humanity’s fortunes.

In today’s world, the people threatened by the devilfolk needed weapons and armor to overturn their superiority.

Like a magic sword that could sweep away hundreds of monsters with a single swing.

Or a spear that would always hit the enemy when thrown and automatically return to its user.

Or even elixirs, said to be the ultimate medicine, able to heal any wounds or sickness and even extend one’s lifespan.

Any one of those items was a treasure that humanity would do anything for, something that could make their inferiority disappear. Humanity wanted those items no matter what they had to give in return. They couldn’t help it.

But this place was an emotionless hell. Invaders were mercilessly killed, their lives reaped and harvested. Every single golem was a threat. If a person were to fight them head-on, they’d have been killed in an instant.

So these people avoided fights, ran around traps, and finally, reached the top floor even while their party was whittled away.

“Just a little more...... We’re almost there...”

“Yeah, we’re gonna make everyone’s sacrifices mean something...... We’re going to bring back these weapons.”

These people did not have the capability to challenge this grave judging by ability alone. No. In the first place, the only ones left in today’s world who would have had the ability would have been the Seven Heroes.

Even so, they came because they wished for humanity’s victory. They wished from the bottom of their hearts to end this dark world, no matter how many sacrifices they had to make. It was all for their children, the next generation, and for the families that they loved.

These ten warriors, who overcame even their fear of death, threw away all thoughts of self-defense completely as they proceeded ever onwards.

But reality was heartless.

Their biggest obstacle—one that could not be avoided—was waiting for them on the top floor.

“Intruder confirmed...... Warning...... It is recommended you leave within the next ten seconds. If you do not comply, or if you take hostile action, I am authorized—a-ah— authorized to remove you with deadly force.”

One of the Twelve Heavenly Stars guarded the top floor and the king’s treasures. She was history’s strongest golem and a proud, ruthless guardian—Libra of the “Scales.”

Her appearance was that of a lovely girl. On top of light-brown hair cut to her shoulders, Libra wore a maid’s headband. She was clothed in a maid uniform that was worn down by the passage of time, even torn in places.

Even so, the girl herself still looked as young as ever, as if she were frozen in time. However, her eyes looked like glass beads, utterly without emotion. Her upper arms, which were left exposed by her torn sleeves, revealed molded joints, as if to prove that she was artificial. These joints audibly creaked as she moved and had small cracks running through them.

As soon as the men recognized her, they readied their weapons.

“That is... Libra of the Scales!”

“Please wait, member of the Twelve Heavenly Stars! We did not come to fight! Please, listen to us!”

“Counting down... 10... 9... 8...”

“Please, listen to us! Right now, humanity is being pushed into a corner by the devilfolk! We had no choice but to come here to solve this!”

“7... 6... 5...”

“Please, for the victory of humanity! We need the Black-Winged’s inheritance!”

“4...—. —Countdown suspended. Objective of the intruders confirmed... Confirmed as enemies who are— aiming for master’s treasure. Confirmed fulfillment of conditions for extermination...”

“!!”

The warning countdown stopped, but the men realized that definitely did not mean she was not going to attack. The fact that the countdown stopped meant that there was no longer a need for a countdown! They had just fulfilled her so-called “conditions for extermination”!

“Wai—...”

“Exterminating—Program Selection. Activating Brachium!”

Everything was dyed white.

That was the last thing those men ever saw in this world. After that—there was not even a speck of those men left.

* *

It’d been about two days since we started traveling by the camping car, Tanaka. We’d reached our next destination: my grave.

This was a very surreal situation.

“Here should be fine for now. Tanaka clearly stands out, so We’ll be hiding him in the nearby woods.”

“Okaayyy.”

“Got it.”

“Y E S, B O S S.”

I had Tanaka, who for some reason replied in a really robotic voice, stop in a random spot in the woods before telling it to wait. If I didn’t go that far, this car would follow me on its own.

After that, I took Dina and Aries with me and got out of the car, heading for the grave.

Well, I say that, but we were already pretty much there. It was a huge-ass pyramid. I’d heard about it already from Megrez, but it really was uselessly big.

No matter how amazing alchemy was, it was still surprising that they built something this big and it was still standing in perfect shape today. In terms of ridiculousness, Maphaahl Tower could still have been higher on the list, but Mizar’s probably the only one who could’ve built something like that.

...Ah, now that I thought about it, both of these buildings were mine. I’d never seen the grave, though.

“Still... Why is there a village around our grave?”

“Ahh, well, it’s kind of like a tourist attraction... The adventurers, hunters, and other people who wanted to conquer this grave all gathered here, so the merchants who saw a profit to be made gathered, too. It seems like more and more people came here until at some point there was a village.”

“...So this grave is just a complete tourist trap, isn’t it?”

“It actually is a tourist trap, yes. That’s what happens when a famous big-shot has a grave. Later generations will turn it into a tourist attraction.”

I sighed after hearing Dina’s explanation, a pretty spiritless response compared to what I usually gave.

Now that she mentioned it, the pyramids were a tourist spot in my old world, too, so I guess it’s not that weird.

While I was busy thinking, Aries pounded his chest for some reason, saying something and looking fully fired up.

“Leave it to me, Miss Lufas!”

Unfortunately, he looked more like a little girl trying her best, thanks to his appearance. It almost brought tears to my eyes.

“Hm?”

“I’ll go scatter those fools for you! It’s unthinkable for people to gather to rob your grave!” Aries said, enveloping himself in flames.

“Stop that, Aries. There’s no need to kick up a fuss here.”

“B-But...”

“No buts. In the first place, the fact that We are here now means that is not our grave at all. We feel sorry for everyone who went through the trouble to make it...but that is simply a building that We do not even remember being given. We feel no attachment to such things, so it being robbed is of no concern to us.”

For now, I managed to calm Aries down, preventing a violent future. That was dangerous... Unlike how this guy looked, he was really short-fused when it...