Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

color, which then surged forth from the knife’s blade.

That power was ready to be fired at any moment.

Or rather, there was no need to hold it back anymore.
The reason being there was a perfect target for that power standing right in front of her.

「――『Black Calm』」[TL: Kuro Nagi; Black Calm]

That strike decapitated the four-armed gogma’s head.

Sending the one-eyed-twin-horned head flying high in the air.
That one-killing strike beautifully ripped the life of her opponent, cementing Meiko’s victory.

But that was far from enough to calm the power that exploded at once.

「AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!」

She pierced the headless body with a returning blade.
The blade sank without any resistance at all.
The four-armed gogma’s hard skin, bulky muscle, and armor, all of that were cut apart from above to below.
The 『Assassination Kitchen Knife』 easily sliced all of those parts as if opening a zipper of tunic from the top.

The four gogma’s entrails and blood were gushing out from the part that was cut open by Meiko.

Seeing that, Meiko slashed her knife again.

「UUUUUUUUUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

CUT, CUT, KILL.
CUT AND TEAR IT FROM LIMB TO LIMB.

No one… could stop Meiko’s madness.

As if dancing she kept on cutting and slicing the four-armed gogma’s flesh apart in the midst of a rain of blood, not even Yuuto’s voice could reach her ears.

「――Fuu, haa… haa… I’m… hungry.」

Just when everyone was wondering for how long that gruesome dismantling show would go on, it suddenly ended with Meiko’s muttering.

At the same time, her body suddenly crumbled down like a doll whose strings got cut off.

「Futaba-san!」

When that happened, Yuuto was the first one to rush toward Meiko.

Following her was Ryouko who just snapped out of that gory show.

「HANG IN THERE, FUTABA-SAN!」

「Calm down Yuuto-kun, she’s fine.
I saw similar symptoms like this one before.
Maybe she just exhausted her stamina after she used Momokawa-kun’s drug.
She’s just sleeping right now.」

Ryouko recalled that the same thing had happened when she first came upon Kotaro-Meiko’s combi in the dungeon after the former abandoned the heavily injured Meiko a few days prior since there was no way to treat Meiko’s injury.
That time, she heard from Kotaro that Meiko was only sleeping from exhaustion due to the after-effects of goma’s narcotic.

Thus, she guessed the reason for Meiko’s current condition in accordance with that experience.

「Dr-Drug you say, that’s a dangerous thing right! No matter how you look at it, that drug caused more than Futaba-san’s madness.」

「Momokawa-kun is a 『Shaman』.
There’s a risk in using it but, it’s not strange even if he can make a similar, but an enhanced version of that drug.」

「I’ve said about it before, right? She was okay the last time I saw her using that drug, but let’s just observe her for now.」

「It seems there’s no problem with her breathing and pulse.
Most of all, all her injuries healed right away thanks to her 『Berserker』’s toughness.
That matter aside, let’s take out the core to escape from this place as soon as possible.」

Yuuto couldn’t help but agree with Ryoko’s calm judgment.

They had no time to worry about the hidden danger of Momokawa Kotaro’s drug that was given to Meiko.
Though they managed to beat the boss, Meiko ended up fainting from exhaustion, everyone was exhausted too.

Maybe because they didn’t wish to interrupt the battle of the four-armed gogma and Co.
against Yuuto and Co., the gomas had yet to step inside the hall.
But it might be just a matter of time before they’re rushing into the hall.

Minami was moving in accordance with Ryoko’s instruction, she retrieved the core from the four-armed gogma and the other four heavenly king’s gogma.
They also picked up the weapon, but since the size was simply oversized, they planned to give up.

「Well then, let’s go! the room with teleportation device should be right beyond that stairs!」

Yuuto and Co.
followed Minami’s lead, leaving behind the spacious hall in which a deadly battle had ensued just a while ago.

「Dammit… in the end, I’m relying on her power again.」

Yuuto, who was carrying unconscious Meiko on his back, didn’t feel a shred of happiness from overcoming this deadly battle at all.
For the current him, Meiko’s body which he carried on his back felt as light as a feather, yes, nothing more than the body of a normal everyday girl.

That fact made him lament his powerlessness even more than before.

He failed to notice that he was falling into a depression.
Moreover, the weapon that Meiko used to kill the four-armed gogma, 『Assassination Kitchen Knife』 started to show a change.

Its blade which wrapped in black aura had evolved, it became longer, bulkier, and more sinister than before.

『Dismemberment Demonic Butcher’s Knife』：Whether it’s human or monster, all shall be butchered equally.