Published at 20th of October 2022 8:00 pm

Chapter 140 Playing Around

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The world’s strongest hard puncher has received an attack he never experienced before. And that is the might of his very own strike. Well it is something like a counter though.

It was truly a self- destruct. Self ruination.

“GU- OOOOOOOO! B, brat! What did you do!” (Zetsuki)

Note: Zetsuki is constantly using wakazou for referring Velt and others though you can see I changed it from youngster to brat. Both can be translated from wakazou. Well I’ll just stick with brat from now on.

By common sense, if one to look at Zetsuki right now, they must be confused as to why Zetsuki was hurting himself. However, now is different. Everyone can, without even needing to reason it out, everyone has been convinced that I have… [that Velt has done something!] .

“What happened!”

“General Zetsuki!”

“Eeei! I don’t understand what happened, but guys let’s go!”

They’re the troops from the Hell Demon Kingdom Army that was on standby. The groups that were following Zetsuki’s order to stand by, are now advancing. But it wasn’t for attacking. It was for confirming their own general’s condition.

Despite knowing their intention, the Great Human Alliance Army just put that consideration aside and was about to attack.

“It’s the end! We’ll finish them all at once!”

“Kuh, huh, my, my body can’t move!”

It’s not like I can’t guess how the others in the surrounding would react myself at all.

This is once in a lifetime chance. It’s a matter of course they wanted to counter attack. They keep pushing! Push push push push push forward!

Still, Zetsuki who was yet able to understand what happened to himself was baffled by what he has done with his own hands, he was perplexed by the sensation he felt by the two attacks he received.

Should a pro actually got taken by his own mind in the middle of a battle? However, his nether region was hit by a big explosion without any notice, and then he was somehow hit by his own metal rod that he swung with all of his strength.

He was unable to gain understanding of those two attacks easily.

As Zetsuki who was surrounded by the fumes of his own technique was stiffened, I swung my batons with full strength to him.

“Fuwa Fuwa Baton Riot!” (Velt)

I coiled up a whirlpool of air current on the tips of my two batons, increasing their power. And then I hit him. I hit Zetsuki who was unmoving, once, twice, thrice, four times.

“As if…” (Zetsuki)

The body of this ogre is hard beyond imagination.

However, he isn’t unharmed. Even with my attacking power it is enough to deal damage to him. The scattering blue blood is enough to indicate that.

“UORYAAAA!” (Velt)

“Guh, iu, OOOO!” (Zetsuki)

It left my hands turned dull. Becoming numb.

With each attack I inflicted on him with all the power I can muster, I can’t help but thought of some unpleasant things.

This sensation, and also the anguished voice he leaked out, they made my heart tighten.

“Sh*t, ora, UOOOOOOHH!” (Velt)

Ah, that’s right, we’re fighting. I was hitting him with the real intention to kill. That’s why, my mood got unnecessarily got dragged down…

“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!”

It was at that time. The ogre howled.

“Whoah!” (Velt)

With the intensity as if wanting blow away the entirety of my broken down spirit, this shock wave or maybe battle spirit? Like thing that was unleashed blown me meters away.

“Velt-sama!”

“Velt!”

I can faintly hear the voices of my friends but my consciousness was still can’t help but be glued to Zetsuki. As my violently tumbled over and knocked down body started to awake, I turned up my face.

“Tsk, this, this bastard!” (Zetsuki)

Kuhahaha, amazing. What was I being conceited of? My opponent is peerless you know?

“Brat… you, hesitated for a moment just now huh!” (Zetsuki)

And then, this ogre is now angry. Moreover, the one he was angry at was unnecessarily laughing.

“In this showdown between man we are having, the world is at stake, lives are at stake, putting everything as its stake, but you went and got taken by needless thoughts, it was not for merely breaking this me but to [kill me] but then you hesitated, you’ve lost your mind huh!” (Zetsuki)

It’s not like I’ve come this far without hurting anyone. I’ve been indignant of my own half assed resolve myself. Was it that what he angry about?

Against that unimaginable aspiration exuded out of his extremely tattered body, I was so overwhelmed and unable to raise my body.

“Don’t look down on me, you brat!” (Zetsuki)

Ahh, it’s the same as Isamu. He is just like Isamu. He is also fighting in the same stage of the world, and seeing the same worldview. That’s why he so intensely reacted to it.

Why the heck am I fighting against a guy like this?

“I’m just not interested.” (Velt)

“What?” (Zetsuki)

That’s exactly why I have to answer it seriously.

“A guy who haven’t died even once shouldn’t talk about life to me.” (Velt)

That’s right, at least I understand what [death] means more than anyone else in this place. Because I already experienced it myself once after all.

“You said an interesting thing. However, as expected even I still don’t get that. I don’t know what your talk stemmed from… but you indeed fatally injured me here.” (Zetsuki)

He smiled a bit.

Under his feet blood kept on flowing unstoppingly, forming a big puddle of blood. Aah, this is unmistakingly a fatal wound.

“Even so you said you want to keep fighting, despite being the strongest, you guys are so stupid huh…” (Velt)

“I’ve said it, don’t look down on me. Just this much of difficulty, I’ve already overcome it countless times even when back in days! Right now, thinking back of my younger days only makes me needlessly pumped up!” (Zetsuki)

Aah, I bet so.

With someone like you, even if we spent all night the heroic tales and fighting stories you have won’t be exhausted at all. But, that isn’t what I was saying.

“Having reached the extremes, despite being in that very high place… You’re the real stuff. I just can’t understand this world but only because the race difference you guys, the heroes, Forna and others too are like that, there isn’t that much of difference between you isn’t it.”

“Hm? What’s wrong? You suddenly starting to praise me.” (Zetsuki)

“I’m not praising you. It’s just I don’t understand. Each and everyone of them, why are they so stubborn and went and try to take advantage of the gods? Or are you trying to say, even if you’re dead, you can still win against the gods?”

By those words, Zetsuki’s expression stiffened. It’s like he is just frankly got surprised.

“Brat… you, so you know [that] too.” (Zetsuki)

Aah, as I thought he is on the side that knows it. The truth of the world that Tyler spoke of. The balance between the races of the world has crumbled, the story about the world finally weakening and then be eradicated by the divine race.

Well, I was just telling that to ascertain it myself but I got this reaction. It can only meant what Tyler said was the truth. I’ve guessed about it myself so I was simply shocked.

“Velt-sama?”

“The gods? Hey, Velt, you, what the hell are you saying?”

“What happened to him? Velt-dono.”

“Howe, what’s wrong?”

“… Velt, why are you saying that…”

I don’t know how many people other than him that knew about it in this place. But, he still like this despite being in the know, it’s no wonder because things are like this that Tyler’s group was at their wits’ end.

“Of course, I don’t intend to tell you that what all of you’ve been fighting for as meaningless. But, you’ve already know what’s going to happen… despite you saying that the world is at stake, that your comrades are at stake, you don’t think about what’s going to come next at all. Don’t talk about crap about your blood become pumped up. This isn’t about half assed delinquent like me, but someone that actually capable of moving an entire country and decide on the world’s fate, with you having suffered a fatal wound and have your blood dripping all over, don’t go and recklessly shout all over the place dammit.” (Velt)

And then, Zetsuki stabbed the ground with the metal rod he carried at his hand.

“……That might be so. That’s exactly why Isamu pulled away from the Divine Race Continent and assumed a position in Shinsengumi, maintaining the public order in his continent. His attack on Shirom is a separate matter though. However, we are different.” (Zetsuki)

What’s the difference? Zetsuki answered to that question.

“…… Of course it’s not like we don’t put any thoughts on the matter. But once we destroy the human race, all the Seven Great Demon Kingdom of the Demon Continent will fall under our rule. The power of the demon race alliance is something far beyond imaginations.” (Zetsuki)

“But if the demihumans also group up their factions and things become an all out war, it won’t end so simply. The Divine Race will strike at that moment. If what the stories told about the Divine Race is true, what will you guys do?” (Velt)

“We won’t lose.” (Zetsuki)

He’s truly different. The answer came all too quick. It’s meaningless to talk more than this. It’s just like what Tyler said. Rather than they don’t have the ears to listen to it, it felt more like they can’t think that far.

These guys, I don’t know since when they know [that story]. But, that’s why they’re putting their own and their comrades’ lives at stake in this war right now. Despite being told stuff about that unknown [gods] thing, they can’t just left all those wars they had done went down the drain.

That’s why they’re such a pain in the ass.

“Aah, I see… so that’s why Tyler can’t do sh*t but got down into the mud himself.” (Velt)

“Tyler? Is it Holy Knight Tyler?” (Zetsuki)

It’s not just these guys. Everyone in the world does flow like that.

“Kuhahahaha, it’s nothing. You guys, despite by just drinking alcohol together you can make friends with those from other races like that, that’s amazing but you guys sure are in a big pain. You guys can’t do sh*t your own will after all.” (Velt)

“Hmph, don’t put your pity on me, brat!” (Zetsuki)

Aah, I feel like I can see it too now. Just how much desperate Tyler and others are.

“Fuwa Fuwa Riot Kick!”

Note: ふわふわ乱気ック(Fuwa Fuwa Rankikku) heck dunno this. The author seems to combine the kanji with katakana.

“So it’s physical brawl now! Intersting!” (Zetsuki)

Once again, I don’t know what happened but Zetsuki cast aside his metal rod and then swung his fist to me barehanded. But he is now fatally wounded, regardless of his willpower, his fists are now had weaken to the point that my attack can face against it head on.

“Fuwa Fuwa Riot Hit!” (Velt)

Note: ふわふわ乱打(Fuwa Fuwa Randa) or you can say Fuwa Fuwa Battering.

“Ku, kukuku, aren’t your attacks heavy! How much of it coming from your own thin arms? You seem to have your own way with strengthening magic!” (Zetsuki)

Maybe, if we meet in a different time, I’m sure we can be friends to talk stupid stuff with. Ans maybe he is thinking the same too, the fists that we clashed against each other feels fun, but it makes me have mixed feelings.

“A, amazing,Velt… how… how can he fight against that living legend.”

It’s simple, I don’t look at him with that so called legendary filter anymore. Having come this far, he is just some battle maniac geezer. Even so, its enough. I don’t know how many humans he has killed, but I don’t have any grudges to him myself.

It might be different if Forna and others are the ones who fight him, it’s good that it isn’t the case.

“Should I be defeated, should we become afraid of the gods and stopped all the fighting we have, then those who have sacrificed themselves till this point won’t be able to rest in peace!” (Zetsuki)

Aah, that feeling. Each and every one of them just went and make the dead become so sacred.

Kagami clamored about it before. Shouldering the souls of the dead, no matter how you think about it the world is full of those kind of stupid people.

It’s something very foolish.

I can’t say that as clearly as him. However, there’s something as someone who has experienced death once can say.

“There’s no one who can understand the feelings of the dead. Their voices, their thoughts, once they’re dead there’s no way for us to know it.” (Velt)

“Wha, what did you say?” (Zetsuki)

“Me, just like you guys, we’re not inheriting anything big from the people who were fighting this war before us. There’s also nothing we’re responsible for. What I inherited was only my friend’s daughter who he treasures more than his own life. That’s why, I can’t understand why you guys so stubbornly unable to let it go.” (Velt)

That’s why just think about it casually. You should just ask if you’re not understand about it. However I was different. It’s exactly because I don’t understand I ended up having this kind of thought instead.

“But you see, just because we’re being held back by those we can’t meet anymore, we shouldn’t drive mad those who are living in this world right now!” (Velt)

Those who have died are watching over from the heavens and they wanted the ones still living to spread out their resentment, there’s no one that actually know whether they actually think like that or not. The ones on the verge of death might be thinking so but no one knows if they actually keep on having that thought even till now.

“Those who have died might be unexpectedly not thinking it like that you know? They could be got reincarnated into another world, become a salaryman and even struggling with their annoying superior right now you know? But everyone just keep losing their lives like idiots, dying as they please and be proud of it.” (Velt)

Why am I saying things like this now? Of course, it’s because I’m irritated.

“If you still want to war no matter what, then go and war with much more hatred or just wanting to frickin’ kill them all. Something like unable to stop it anymore or bringing up those who died as the reason for it, as long as you just stop then things would be fine!” (Velt)

Ooh, this feels like relying on others for my own objective. Well, I don’t have the motivation to do something impossible like changing the world. But, those who somehow can do it with their position or have the strength to do it, but still doing war with a [worthless reason] like that, I wish they somehow do something about it instead.

“I need none of this sh*t, inheriting their will while feeling all devoted about it! You dumbasses!” (Velt)

That’s why I hate it. If we’re just all brawling then I don’t mind. A brawl just use some easy to understand reason for it after all.

I just can’t understand war. There will be some who will say ‘someone who don’t understand about war should just shut up.

However, if the world could be destroyed if one were to just stay silent, then he don’t have a choice but to speak up.

“What you said really dampened things down. Despite I finally can able to exercise my whole body.”

Just as I thought, he made a disappointed face. As if having his emotion drained.

“If a man is feeling grieve about the world, then he should start moving himself! To make others do it for him, there’s nothing more pathetic than that. If you want to go against the current of the world, if you want to make the world right, you should change it with all of your own strength! If you don’t do it you won’t be able to stop us at all!” (Zetsuki)

Aah, that’s right. If you don’t like it that much, you should stop it yourself with all of your might.

Each and every one of them all just strength, strength, strength, and strength! Despite being a fantasy world everyone just so muscle brain.

“Yeah, that’s right. I will go against it. The meaning of a delinquent’s existence is always to go against the world.” (Velt)

“That’s right, that’s excellent! Now, come!” (Zetsuki)

And right after that, it felt like something that transcends pain and senses. Despite Zetsuki’s attack being abated by the air current by a large extent, my face still got swollen by his strikes and scattering my blood all over.

Even while being irritated by all that, I still punched, kicked, and wrestled him over.

“Kuha, ha, ha, just give it up already. It won’t be long before this ogre hunt to finish.” (Velt)

“Stop babbling, the ogres will rule forever.” (Zetsuki)

Who were they again? Those guys who went and glorified men striking against each other. Those kind of cliched stories about youth that said by doing this friendship will starting to bud, it’s not like that at all dammit.

But, there’s one thing I came to realize. That is, people can clash their real intention in all frankness.

“Why is it?”

Who said that? Was it Howe? I no longer able to tell who is talking about what anymore.

“You don’t have the responsibility for it, you don’t have the conviction to it, you someone who just do as you please, why are you fighting so hard? Why are people keep gathering around you despite you being like that?”

Like hell I know.

“What are you? What is the thing that sustaining you?”

Something that sustaining me? I wonder. Something as fancy as that never cross my mind. I’m not like a general, a hero, or a demon king, I don’t have anything that I can cling to that able to sustain me and make all me powered up at all.

“I shall make you understand, the strength that our spirit that has been brought out by the thousands of battles we fought and tens of thousands lives we have consumed in the span of history! The very strength of both enemies and allies that dwell inside these two shoulders!” (Zetsuki)

“That’s just fake! What give one strength are those who are living right now! The girls that loved me, the guys who sacrificed their lives for my sake, and those who are waiting to once again meet with me!” (Velt)

Aah, despite not having power in it, it still heavy.

It’s not like this is about which one is right or which one is wrong, this guy maybe he truly thinks that the souls and thoughts of the dead is actually making him stronger. If he tell himself as such, then it might be very possible that that is the thing that’s sustaining him.

“Gah ,hah!”

For him, my attacks were just like a gentle stroke. Even so I’m still satisfied. Others maybe thinking that I’m just vomiting out gastric juice, The thing that actually came out was actually a blood puddle.

Really, his strength has permeated all the way inside his bone marrows.

I’m not thinking to copy his way of living or anything, but I ended up thinking of him as cool.

“Velt!”

“This is bad, the difference in their physique is way too great!”

“Sh*t, let’s assist him now!”

“Step back! Don’t defile the showdown of our King!”

“He won’t lose. Velt-sama won’t lose!”

Heck you still talk about pride at a time like this. Isn’t it fine if you just go and help me already.

However, it isn’t only us who were agitated, the ogres are the same too.

“Gen, General Togeni. This, this is.”

“There’s no way. It’s impossible! That Zetsuki is being cornered this much!”

Entering inside the ring and taking the battle into his eyes, starting with Togeni from the Six Great Ogre Demon Generals, other ogres’ face also turned pale.

However, Togeni declared it loudly.

“Still, he won’t lose! There’s no way Zetsuki can lose!” (Togeni)

It felt as if the winning or losing of this battle all rest in the fight between us two.

Hey hey, you’re disregarding the Demon King and Heroes’ fight now?

“Huff, huff, huff, huff.”

“Kh, my feet won’t move.”

“Kuhahahaha, did that earlier low kick effective? You won’t get to taste that a lot right? Not in this world.”

I was being cornered. However, I’m also cornering him. There’s no a hint of relax in Zetsuki’s expression.

However, at the very end Zetsuki laughed a little.

“Brat”

“What?”

“Who is the right one between you and me? Or is it going to be the winner who is the right one?”

“It’s not like that dammit. It’s the world that is in the wrong. Despite we can get along but we can’t just learn the lesson and trying to kill each other.”

It’s the final move.

It’s not like by the win or lose of this fight can change our opinion of who is actually in the right. But, if things won’t end if we don’t settle it here…

“ “Here I come!” “

At the very end we finally managed to agree on something. At the end our fists intersected. It was truly at that time!

“N~fufufufufufu, now now, Vel-chan. Things will be bad if humans lost but it doesn’t mean it’s fine for the ogres to lose too. I unexpectedly got involved.”

We stopped right before crashing into each other. Without even any signs he appeared in the middle of us two.

“Huh!”

“Wha, whaaat!”

“Wait, tha, that, that’s him!”

“Why! Why the Four Heavenly Beast Demihumans here!”

It made everyone surprised regardless of human or ogres. That skin head swelling muscles of a demihuman wearing bunny girl costume.

“Ma, Maman?” (Velt)

“Thankfully I’m on time. I threatened Mannie and forcefully getting myself warped here.” (Yubamensch)

An okama, as well as monster,

And then, surprised by Maman, both armies raised up their voices in absolute surprise.

“ “ “ “ “Wonder Beast Yubamensch!” “ “ “ “

Note: 狂獣怪人ユーバメンシュ (Kyoujuu Kaijin Yubamenshuu) Anyway, previous translator translated it as Wonder Beast if I’m not mistaken.

It was a shock that as if shaking the earth and heavens. Maman then looked at Zetsuki and spoke in a low toned voice.

“Zekkun. I feel bad for doing this boorish thing, but I came to stop this war.” (Maman)

Zetsuki could only stare in surprise.

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