YM778.TV Volume 13 1 — Nightfall’s Cthulhu (Part 4-7)
Volume 13 Chapter 1 - Nightfall’s Cthulhu (Part 4-7)
Part 4
「Fufufu…」
Nyarlako was advancing underground along with the strange shape that was Midgardsormr while sneering.
「So Loki has never noticed at all……how I was remodeling Midgardsormr……」
Midgardsormr that was digging through underground was currently turning into a blasphemous figure that didn’t resemble a snake. That shape was like a grotesquely strange giant squid shining black. The upside down squid head was revolving like a drill, digging through the ground.
This kind of bizarre organism, just whose imagination could make this?
A Diva that transcended human knowledge.
{Shudde-M’ell}. The ground’s evil of Cthulhu Mythos.
Earth……the earth attribute of Midgardsormr became the bridge.
Nyarlako was secretly changing Midgardsormr into a completely different Diva named Shudde-M’ell.
Before in the middle of the war between Japan and Yamato, Loki-Joka-Nyarlathotep, their each respective power was made as relay to mass produce possessed magicians.
At that 『mass production process of illegal magicians』, Nyarlako was secretly planting her own factor into the brand new mind of the host just before the Diva was planted in. It was also at that time that Midgardsormr was among one of the Divas that were planted to parasite at the new host.
{Faceless God} Nyarlathotep who was no one and anyone was an existence that was able to split himself into several parts.
The Cthulhu factor that was planted carried out evolution by matching the attribute of the host.
The giant snake of earth received the influence of Cthulhu factor and transformed into the evil god of earth.
Originally something like that was a miracle that couldn’t possibly occur. Among the Diva of Cthulhu Mythos, it was only Nyarlathotep alone who was able to manifest his appearance in this world.
Cthulhu Mythos were illusions of 『existences outside human understanding』. They were Divas that mankind couldn’t recognize……they didn’t have any way to manifest their appearance in this world of magic.
Once Nyarlathotep lamented that 『This world is made with humans as the center!』
Because it was only Nyarlathotep who possessed the attribute and nature as 『emissary』 that he was able to manifest his figure with humans’ recognition and fellowship. A mere lone, single Diva……
But the situation changed due to an unforeseen event as the impetus.
Nyarlathotep who was defeated against Hayashizaki Kazuki, lost his power and vanished, his factor was then planted by Loki into an orphan elf girl. The elf girl used her magic power as feed to gradually restore Nyarlathotep’s power, with the hope that she would be able to control and dominate that power while it was weak.
On that occasion, inside a human Nyarlathotep was performing internalization with the form of human superiority, mutating the nature of the whole Cthulhu Mythos.
Cthulhu Mythos was mostly fusing inside human――and changed into something that could be understood.
Right now it appeared that――Cthulhu Mythos was together with human.
Nyarlathotep wasn’t alone anymore. If he prepared a connecting bridge between Cthulhu Mythos and this world, the old rulers and retainers of Cthulhu could be made to descend to this world!
This was thanks to Loki making a strange attempt like playfully planting his factor to an elf girl. Thinking that he could be tamed while he was weak and then dominated……
「Fufufu, even Fu Xi didn’t notice.」
Nyarlako was also planting her factor inside the knights of China’s Knight Order.
When Fu Xi manufactured the brand new minds of 『Nopperabou』, Loki and Nyarlako were also there due to them requesting to be allowed to observe.
At that time Nyarlako secretly searched for an opening and planted her factor inside several people.
Nopperabou with brand new minds――there was no host that was easier to eat than this.
「I can sense what they are seeing, they will also wake up with a single signal from me. Even from far away……」
Nyarlako grasped the situation of the whole battlefield.
The battle between Japan and China, she grasped it through the people she slipped in among the Nopperabou.
The situation between Loki and Regina, she grasped it due to the people she slipped in among Loki’s underlings.
And then the battle between Russia against Britain and Germany, she grasped it using her own eyes.
Right now I am the one who understands the war situation better than anyone, I can control them just as I wish……
From inside Shudde-M’ell digging through underground, Nyarlako reverberated a mosquito noise that could only be sensed by the people who were in possession of her factor.
About right now surely the falling out between Britain and Germany was continuing due to the provocation of the madness magic. In that situation Germany would be crushed by Russia, and Russia would be crushed by Britain and Japan.
And then Loki and Italia’s Knight Order too……this was the short tempered Regina that was concerned here, at this rate they would undoubtedly have a falling out. She made the people she slipped in between Loki’s underlings to rampage to induce the two sides to be like that.
And then……Aisu Ikousai who suddenly jumped into the battlefield while emitting a radiance that couldn’t be ignored.
If I can use this idiot with an empty head well……
「The one who can skillfully manage chaos the best isn’t Loki……it’s this me, Nyarlathotep!!」
Yes, the girl wasn’t Nyarlako anymore.
The trifling elf girl had been completely consumed since a long time ago where he then mimicked her.
Now she was the very Nyarlathotep itself.
「And then my aim is the mind and flesh of a King! If I embed my factor into a King’s body, and consume that King’s mind and contracted Diva, the chief god of Cthulhu――{Azathoth} will revive!」
Part 5
Arthur yelled.
「Regain your pride as knights!!」
Thereupon, a noble happening that would make anyone doubt their eyes occurred.
The countless blades that were going to be swing down on Miyabi and Shiori twirled and flipped.
The blades were recovering their radiance while flipping……and the knights stabbed themselves.
Gawain, Percival, Bors, Gareth……the pillar knights of the Round Table stabbed their sword into themselves and fell to their knees on the spot while scattering sparks of defensive magic power.
The command that was handed down inside their head was 『Direct your attack to anything other than Russia』――they had to attack either their own army or the allied army. They submitted to madness and raised their blade towards the two people that were entrusted to them from their ally.
However the moment they heard Arthur’s yell, they just barely recovered their pride as knights.
Rather than pointing your blade towards your comrades or your alliance partner, cut yourself instead! That’s what is called a proud knight!!
It was easy to say but hard to carry out. Their pride as knight had to surmount their survival instincts in their current condition where they were driven by madness. And they did just that.
The sound wave of madness stopped.
They bore great damage, but they were able to face that moment with a feeling of pride.
We are true knights!!
Miyabi and Shiori fell on their butts at that spot lacking the energy to stand.
The king of knights loudly commanded.
「My knights, see the figure of Gawain and others here! They are exactly the models of a knight! It’s not too late even now, don’t submit to madness! Stand up, knights!! Stop pointing your blade to the comrades you ought to fight together with! For the sake of taking each other’s hand once more, receive your own blade proudly!!」
Arthur commanded repeatedly.
「Britain’s Knight Order, is to accept the blade before their eyes!!」
There was no other king in this world who would give an order this terrifying.
However the pure resolve was transmitted to the whole British Knight Order like a spreading blue flame. All the knights of Britain that saw the figure of Gawain and the others felt ashamed of themselves and surrendered to their allied country.
And then with the German knights pointing their blades towards them, driven by rage and confusion right before their eyes, the British knights resigned themselves and exposed their body wide open.
The knights of Germany were desperate to death. They were grilled by flame of nuclear and fell under the wrong impression that the attack came from the British knights, which caused them to recklessly swing their swords following their confusion and rage.
Those single strikes, two strikes of those heavy swords……were resignedly received by the British Knight Order.
Thereupon, the knights of Germany were also gradually beginning to notice their mistake.
At that time, it was Beatrix’s voice that resounded this time.
「Stop pointing your sword to the proud knights! Remember now the true enemy you all should defeat!!」
Beatrix had magic that could reinforce her eyesight. Witnessing the proud figures of the British knights, undaunted by the proud figure of Arthur, she commanded that.
She also reinforced her voice’s loudness using magic power and conveyed her command throughout the battlefield at one go.
「We too have the pride to recognize our mistake!!」
The Einherjar knights returned to their senses all at once.
Arthur was in admiration. 「Hrotsvit is gone, but they still have a very excellent general. She is greatly visible with a loud voice. Her lead is followed well.」
The Knights of the Round Table and the Einherjar once again recognized each other’s proud figure.
Like that they finally recalled their true enemy.
「Join our hands together once more and crush our true enemy……Russia together!」「Ou!」
They shouted at each other like so without any ill feeling, the two armies that fought each other just a few seconds ago synchronized their breathing and changed the direction of their battle line towards their original enemy - Russia’s Knight Order.
――It was exactly at that time when Russia’s Knight Order charged at Germany like a surging wave.
「NOWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!?」 Beatrix spontaneously yelled.
If they came back to their senses even just for a moment later, then surely they would be trampled down helplessly.
Russia’s Knight Order made a complete change to their defensive formation to buy time until now into a drilling formation. They gouged at German’s formation like a silver arrow. At the brief moment after they were liberated from their madness, they fell into a new terror that caused even those robust female warriors to scream.
「We are protecting our sworn friends, go!」
Arthur moved her force in order to protect the collapsing Germany from the flank.
The Knights of the Round Table exhibited their true worth exactly when they were protecting others.
Lotte made a ‘hah’ face of realization and dashed to Arthur.
「Message from Kazuki-oniisan desu! For the time being he finished dealing with China! Japan’s Knight Order will immediately assist desu!」
「I see! For the time being he said, that way of speaking is concerning though……」
Arthur raised such a joyful voice. Nevertheless, this really great timing of Russia’s charge, even if it was just good luck there was nothing she could call it other than splendid. God was blessing them.
Arthur suddenly felt magic power blowing like a wind right beside her and she turned to look there.
Ahead where she turned her head to……was Ilyailiya.
「I see, I have to hurry all the more then.」
That was what Ilyailiya said with an expressionless face that looked like a Noh mask.
「Wha!?」
Arthur was at a lost for words. Ilyailiya vanished right away from there while Arthur was bewildered. It was as though she was a ghost.
「Don’t tell me……she even slipped until the headquarter’s information network!」
The situation at this side had been leaked to the other side. Whether it was the sudden charge or the bold infiltration to this headquarters, for Ilyailiya to suddenly start doing things that she hadn’t done until now, perhaps the situation at the other side had also somehow changed.
But……it didn’t change at all what this side should do.
「Eei, anyway protect Germany!! Don’t let Russia break through!! Hold them in place until Kazuki and Japan arrive here!!」
Beatrix was standing at the lead of the Einherjar and encouraged her comrades.
「Britain’s Knight Order is stabbing the flank for us! Just keep them back so that the enemy cannot break through!!」
She couldn’t lament the absence of the King. Right now, she……
Beatrix whose eyes were strengthened using 『Berserk』 confirmed the silver flash that was conspicuously fast.
……Ilyailiya was heading here!
「I’ll stop Ilyailiya!!」
Beatrix intercepted the approaching Ilyailiya.
The gaze of the two intersected for a moment.
「……I’ll finish you in a minute. Mec!!」
Ilyailiya’s right arm was clad in the ever-changing silver flame that hardened into a sword shape.
Beatrix tried to see through Ilyailiya’s movement using her reinforced eyesight.
「Over there!」
It looked like Beatrix’s large sword caught the silver trajectory.
「This body become the flash that embodies judgment. Austere ThunderGroz Nui.」
But the moment it seemed Beatrix’s large sword cut through the silver light, Ilyailiya’s body scattered sparks and its form disappeared.
It wasn’t that Ilyailiya’s body was terminated――with some kind of terrifying magic phenomenon, the flesh body of Ilyailiya became the very lightning itself.
「A magic that makes physical attacks invalid!?」
Something immaterial couldn’t be slashed with a blade――not only she couldn’t be cut, Ilyailiya that turned into lightning was split into two.
Furthermore while she was lightning, Ilyailiya was continuing to be Ilyailiya. The mass of lightning had faint undulation on its face that shown her facial features, her right hand was carrying a silver blade. It was only the silver sword that wasn’t turned into thunder, shining glisteningly sharp.
Ilyailiya who was split into two slashed at Beatrix from left and right simultaneously. She was already fast even at the best of times, but now she became two and came from everywhere! Beatrix’s body was helplessly mangled and she came to a standstill due to the smashing of her defensive magic power.
The two Ilyailiya stuck to each other and materialized into one figure――it appeared that the lightningfication magic had a time limit. However, she had already finished the chanting of new magic.
「O son of fire, dance and consume everything. Domovoi.」
This time she fired a fireball that could fly freely using magic power control. If it was just that magic alone then it could be dealt with somehow. However Ilyailiya cleverly attacked from the right while the fireball came from the left, confusing Beatrix’s senses.
「Eei, annoying……!」
She was in a situation where she would be slashed from the back if she tried to disperse the fireball.
「Rain down brilliantly, Plijie Zvezda.」
Even further small meteors showered down from overhead. What was fast wasn’t just her movement, her chanting speed too.
「This time it’s from the sky!?」
Beatrix raised a confused yell.
「I won’t spare anything……because I haven’t been exhausted at all throughout the battles until now.」
At first she simply rushed towards Beatrix in order to lure Beatrix to swing her sword. After she avoided the sword using evasion magic and her body split, she continued next with ever-changing high speed solo combination.
Ilyailiya wasn’t merely fast. She understood the way to lead astray the opinion more than she was fast.
Beatrix realized that this was not an opponent that she could be a match to at all just by being able to follow her fast movements using eyesight.
It was foresight. If she couldn’t foresight the movement like Hrotsvit-sama, then this wouldn’t even count as a battle for Ilyailiya.
「I don’t know why Hrotsvit is not here but……you cannot become her substitute.」
Ilyailiya was whispering while inflicting a storm of high speed slashes and distracting Beatrix using magic.
Ilyailiya wasn’t a person who would talk pointlessly due to emotion’s stimulation. She spoke those words in order to agitate Beatrix. Beatrix understood that, even so she was still succumbing to fainthearted feeling.
After all I’m just a warrior who likes to fight…… Something like a King’s caliber is……
No, Hrotsvit-sama was also just someone who likes to fight though……
「But, even so, this role was entrusted to me!」
Beatrix’s resolve burned and she lifted her face.
At the surroundings of such a Beatrix, avatars of rune character were dancing while shining.
Ilyailiya gulped in surprise. Ilyailiya also recognized those avatars. They were the same as what Hrotsvit used……
Beatrix didn’t understand the theory, but she understood the way to use and the meaning of this phenomenon at once.
{Rune of Foresight}. These were the words of the sage.
Rune characters, were guidance.
She understood, what Ilyailiya would do next. She understood, what kind of trajectory the fireball’s flight would trace. She understood, where the meteors would rain down.
「THEREEEEE!!」
Beatrix didn’t follow using her eyesight but she slashed her large sword toward the movement of Ilyailiya that was naturally coming to the forefront of her mind.
「What!?」
Rather than saying that the sword hit, the slash hit as though it was Ilyailiya herself who was sucked into it.
Ilyailiya took distance by flying back.
「That power……I see, Hrotsvit has passed, and the King’s authority now resides in you.」
Ilyailiya understood now that Loki and the others were being held back by someone.
「Hrotsvit……for the King to stake her life for buying time……how irrational. Is that how much she trusted this aide of hers named Beatrix?」
「A part of Hrotsvit-sama……is residing inside me……」
Beatrix also understood what was the meaning of the runes suddenly residing inside herself. The King’s authority transferred to her, in other words……
Beatrix roused up her heart.
「You said that you will finish me off in a minute, but soon that one minute will pass!」
She yelled provocatively at Ilyailiya.
It was exactly at that time from the direction of the east a joyful voice 「It’s Japan! Japan came as reinforcements here!!」 could be heard from Britain’s Knight Order.
Just a bit more. If she could hold back this woman just for some more time……
「Now, let’s continue the one-on-one!!」
Beatrix readied her sword vigorously.
Ilyailiya let out a bit of irritation at her expression. For Ilyailiya to show that kind of expression……without even any time to be surprised of that, she lifted up her right arm a bit.
A signal――Beatrix suddenly noticed and she expanded her awareness to the surrounding.
She had focused too much at Ilyailiya. That was only natural if she took on Ilyailiya whose way of fighting was dizzying like that but……
Several Russian knights changed their magic dresses into a jet black color, they already took aim with their magic at Beatrix. This was the way Russia’s Knight Order fought. The silver knights distracted while the jet black knights sniped. That way of using the modes were exactly the true forte of Russia.
Silver and jet black……
「Something like one-on-one is meaningless.」
Along with Ilyailiya’s dry voice, Beatrix was enveloped in a flame explosion and was sent flying.
「NUOWAAAAAAAAAAAH!」
Flying faster than the sent flying Beatrix, Ilyailiya stuck at her side.
「If it’s Hayashizaki Kazuki, he would foresight the whole battlefield.」
She intentionally caught up right beside Beatrix and whispered that.
「……Why, you say something like that now-」
Was it pointless talk due to her stirred up emotion……?
Ilyailiya kicked Beatrix hard to the side.
And then she lifted her hand high up and commanded.
「The formation crumbled! Breakthrough in one go!!」
It was the form of an army command that caused Beatrix who had just succeeded as King to be entranced.
And then while she was taking on Ilyailiya in an one-on-one fight, the formation of the Einherjar in the surroundings was already broken through, which finally made her realize at this point of time.
If I don’t look at the whole battlefield……
Russia was fast if there was an opening even for just a little. Like water that flowed down from a bowl with a cracked bottom, the silver knights broke through the hole-riddled formation of the Einherjar without any pause.
Beatrix could only see them off. The breakthrough retreat of Russia’s Knight Order that had all its member returned to silver mode was completely impossible to be pursued from behind.
「We cannot hold out huh……」
Beatrix whispered in dejection while feeling her unripeness smearing her inside.
Even though Japan’s Knight Order……Kazuki was already rushing to here for them.
――If it’s Hayashizaki Kazuki, he would foresight the whole battlefield.
Ilyailiya’s idle talk echoed inside Beatrix’s head.
Part 6
「GUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!」
Loki saw.
Amidst the confusion that was the developing falling out between Italia’s Knight Order and Loki’s Einherjar that was like a quagmire, several possessed magicians were raising strange voices while running away to the wrong direction like startled rabbits.
Among them there were the two people who acted rashly and launched attack magics at Regina.
While running away, those several people were transforming into strange shapes that he had never seen before at all.
Loki yelled inside his heart. Ain’t it just as I thought, that’s the monster of Cthulhu Mythos!
This is Nyarlako’s work!
His underlings were taken over by Cthulhu. How?
On the other side Italia’s Knight Order with Zenia whose face was like a demon in the lead was firing attack magic here, Loki’s subordinates were also burning in anger and counterattacked to protect themselves. These bunches didn’t even notice the fellows who were running way while turning into monsters.
He had to stop them before this invited a confrontation that couldn’t be undone.
「Wait, this is a scheme! We must not have a falling out among ourselves!!」
Loki desperately yelled that, but it would be pointless if only Loki’s subordinates stopped. If Italia’s Knight Order also didn’t stop their attack……
「Oi, Regina, you do something too……」
「Stop the attack! I’m have given you all any command yet!」
Regina’s thundering voice caused Zenia and the others to stop chanting completely.
With that Loki’s subordinates also stopped.
「I think this is enough.」
Regina kept her cool while turning her face to Loki and said that.
Loki was taken aback.
There was no doubt that Nyarlako had saw through Regina’s short temper and schemed for them to have a falling out.
But that was the Regina of the past, the current Regina had learned to not show her emotions outside in her fight.
「Even if we fight here the one who will win is your side, but it will be stupid of you to intentionally attack us right from the front and waste your forces that has stayed mostly unharmed until now.」
「Ooo―……you have really grown, dad is really proud of you.」
Loki who relaxed himself made a stupid joke unconsciously.
「As expected perhaps it’s better to kill this kind of troublesome guy while it’s still possible.」
「Wait wait!」
「Explain now.」
Although she had stopped being short tempered, but a scary woman was scary.
「……Errr see, this is because the betrayal of the Cthulhu Diva that is in my camp. I got this idea what will happen if I made him possess a brat that was my follower while he was still weak and then I observed him until now feeling thrilled, but it seemed that brat’s mind and body had been easily taken over.」
「How unsightly. You didn’t sense the sign of betrayal beforehand?」
「Of course I thought that something was fishy, so I made up some excuse and pushed her to Ilyailiya. I expected that she might do something to Ilyailiya, but I never thought even in my dreams, that she would dabble here like this from so far away in this place that is filled with magic power cloud.」
Even now he didn’t understand just how she had done this.
「So the point is that you got your hand burned because of you messing around huh, you idiot.」
Regina clicked her tongue ‘chih’. It was a splendid summary.
「But I understand that this is a foolish situation. There is no value of quarreling with each other here.」
Is this girl really Regina?……Loki was astonished inside his heart. Even though he understood but he couldn’t help but feel surprised at this drastic change of Regina. It was reassuring……but also troublesome for him.
「Yosh, then let’s link up with Russisa. If we don’t hurry that side will also get bad.」
「Wait. ……It doesn’t stand right for me to leave my subordinates who were sacrificed and Hrotsvit like this.」
Loki felt that such a thing was tedious. Even so, he thought that he shouldn’t rub this kind of human sentiment’s subtlety the wrong way, so he nodded.
Regina instructed her subordinates and they began to dig holes at that place.
The ancient Greek believed that the world of the dead was underground and so they carried burial into the ground. It seemed that their method was an ancient Greek burial.
「……Just when I thought why you didn’t come and it’s like this.」
They heard an emotionless voice and looked back. There was no need to even confirm, it was Ilyailiya.
Continuing after her, her subordinates also arrived from the mist of the magic power cloud behind, their shadows emerging on the mist.
……Loki noticed how the magic power cloud was becoming even thicker.
「So you withdrew here with your own strength! My bad, a miscalculation happened……」
「Hrotsvit and Nyarlako isn’t it. I understood the gist of the situation. ……Let my subordinates help out too.」
Ilyailiya’s proposal caused Regina to send her a gaze filled with ill feeling just for a moment, but she immediately nodded a bit and let her helped. It was the joint effort of two countries who were once hostile towards each other……
「Yosh, let’s name this gathering of us as Loki Alliance Army.」
Loki spoke out something shameless while not helping with the burial.
「Do as you like.」 Regina warded off his joke without particular fixation.
Loki was making stupid frivolous talk while sending his gaze at his subordinates with a pensive look.
……He couldn’t imagine what kind of logic made it possible, but a part of the possessed magicians were remodeled into Cthulhu Diva.
Cthulhu Divas other than Nyarlathotep couldn’t manifest in this world. He thought that and let his guard down. He didn’t understand the how, but it seemed that his assumption had been overturned completely.
Remodeling……thinking about that reminded him of the time of the war between Yamato and Japan, about when they mass produced the possessed magicians.
Loki suddenly realized.
The faceless god who was no one and anyone Nyarlathotep was able to divide his mind. Perhaps that guy had achieved revival at that time and secretly planted his factor into the mass produced possessed magicians.
「But the problem ain’t how he did it. The problem is……I don’t know how many more guys here that have been taken over by Cthulhu.」
It was unthinkable that those fleeing guys were all of them. If he was at Nyarlathotep’s position, he would undoubtedly leave behind several people here to make use of them at a critical time.
Furthermore those guys most likely could share senses with Nyarlathotep. That was why that action which invited falling out could happen with really good timing like that.
It was like monitoring cameras and remote control explosives had been set up among them.
Conversely……perhaps it was possible to intentionally show an opening to lure them out.
「We kept you waiting, it’s finished already.」
Regina called out to him while he was pondering.
Loki looked around to the surroundings. The sun had sunk down a long time ago.
It seemed that the magic power cloud became thicker the more the curtain of night lowered.
「We managed to link up after much trouble, but perhaps tonight we won’t be able to fight anymore huh.」
Part 7
The contractor of Guan Yu finally exhausted her strength and collapsed on the ground.
「That was splendid loyalty. I have tasted to my heart’s content, the valor of China.」
Ikousai sighed in satisfaction at the end of the blissful time that was filled with respectable martial artists.
「By the way……what are you?」
Ikousai looked behind and asked.
Behind Ikousai, the Red Nopperabou who were turned into her limbs due to her obtaining the power of the Dragon of Heaven’s Decree were lining up in a row, but among them was something strange mixed up.
Something that was somewhat strange was mixed up there.
Or rather than mixing, more accurately while Ikousai was fighting Guan Yu and the others, around ten-odd Red Nopperabou suddenly made strange screams like 「KIKEEEEEEEEEEEE」 or 「GUGEEEEEEEEEEE」 while transforming into monsters.
Monster……it was hard to describe that appearance with a single word. Ikousai was looking with perplexity.
That figure standing upright with countless tentacles wriggling without any hands or legs, it was far removed from an ordinary organism living on land. If she had to say it was similar to a grotesque fish from deep sea. It emitted slimy luster, staring at Ikousai with countless eyeballs, with its countless lips breathing out stinky breath.
However, they who transformed into monsters didn’t particularly do anything bad, they were observing Ikousai’s fight with good behavior. Even now they didn’t reply or anything to Ikousai, they were breathing out stinky smells while staring fixedly at Ikousai. Their eyes were really round. She didn’t understand at all whether they were ally or enemy. However all things considered……,
「Gr, gross……too gross.」
Ikousai endured her nausea while leaking out her voice.
「They didn’t particularly do anything harmful but……no, it feels like they are harming this world just by existing. Should I cut them down? No, I really don’t want to cut them. My katana will get dirty……what to do. Gross.」
「We……are not, your enemy……」
「It talked!?」
「If you look carefully……we look really cute……right……?」
「No, you aren’t cute at all though!?」
「Comrade……comrade……comrade」「I want……my head patted nyaa……」
「No way! I don’t want you guys as comrades or anything!!」
At that time the ground beneath Ikousai swelled up into a lump. Ikousai sharply jumped back while readying her katana in her hand, putting her battle stance in order.
「He cameee」「Our master……he cameee」 The monsters began to be noisy.
「Your master you said!? Something very ugly is coming!?」
Ikousai shuddered, but what leaped out from inside the ground was a monster that looked like a giant squid. The part where the squid’s fins were attached rotated in circles, it moved like a drill seemingly to dig through underground to arrive here. There was a large mouth at the lower part of the drill, that mouth opened wide in a flash, and then a pitch black girl leaped out like a robot pilot.
「How rude of you to call us 『Cthulhu’s Blasphemous Circle of Friends』 as disgusting! We are not disgusting at all! Rather than disgusting……we are just hard to describe!」
「What, so it’s you Nyarlako. Just what are you doing in this kind of place?」
From the beginning, the two of them were acquiantaces at the base of Yamato along with Loki.
「I also betrayed Loki just now. Hey, let’s work together. Your aim is just Hayashizaki Kazuki right? But Japan is teaming up with Britain and Germany so you will surely need battle strength to remove the obstacles.」
「Mu? ……Hmm I guess.」
「Besides it will be troublesome if you encountered Loki and his group while you are wandering around looking for Hayashizaki Kazuki right? I also can constantly observe the position of Loki and the others. When Loki and his group fight Japan and Britain, we will barge in when the hindrances crushed each other nicely……what do you think of that strategy?」
「I see, that’s super convenient.」
「It’s really convenient. I am super convenient just so you know. I’m the embodiment of a supporting actor. That’s why, let’s be comrades.」
Ikousai took a glance at the monsters.
「There is no reason to refuse……but those guys are disgusting so I don’t want to.」
「Wai-, what are you saying!? There is no disgusting or not disgusting in a fight isn’t it!? Even though this is a hard to get proposal that has nothing but advantages for you, you are going to throw it away just because of little thing like your taste in appearance, you’re just impossible!」
「But isn’t it impossible for a 19 years old girl to become these bunches’ comrade?」
「What are you doing speaking like a normal female college student like that!? You aren’t that kind of character!」
「No, usually I’m a college student. I’m someone who is really particular about aesthetic. Seriously this alliance is impossible.」
「Wait! Come on, look carefully! If you look carefully they are very grossly cute see!!」
「Weeeei……exchange Line address……let’s……」「Follow my twitter……please……」「Onee-chan……@naa_sukebe……」「Offline meeting……with sex service……」
The old rulers that transcended human knowledge were giving their best efforts to make themselves pleasant to the taste that seemed like it would match with a female college student.
「H―mm, feels like there is also familiarity forming from them. These kind of bunches can be found at university I think.」
「Right!? Cthulhu is super popular among the young people now after all!!」
Even Nyarlathotep was also desperate. If he didn’t obtain an ally here then he wouldn’t have any way to move about. Ikousai was nonpolitical without strong fixation to this war while possessing the greatest class of power, she was the most important recruit target there was.
「If you join now I’ll also add various perks you know!」
「What are you going to add? Detergents or something? I actually want an art gallery ticket.」
「Of course of course, I’ll prepare anything. ……But do you have someone that will go with you there?」
Ikousai wordlessly reached her hand to her katana’s sheath.
「Wait! I’ll also add a handsome man as a perk! I’ll prepare a handsome man for sure!!」
「……Handsome man prepared by Nyarlathotep will absolutely be Nyarlathotep yourself in disguise right? Besides I have no interest in men or anything.」
「Mugy. My true identity is exposed.」
Even Ikousai could guess that much. If Nyarlako said that she betrayed Loki while taking along Cthulhu Divas with her, then this existence before Ikousai’s eyes wouldn’t be Nyarlako that she knew well.
This person was the sneering evil god Nyarlathotep himself.
An invitation that came from this kind of guy, if they were someone who knew about his true identity then it would be impossible that they would accept it.
「Well fine, putting aside the jokes, something like an invitation from the Cthulhu only reeks of bad taste but, I’ll accept. After all, the current you has no leeway to deceive me or anything.」
「……I think that other than Loki, there is nobody else but you who will take this hand even after knowing my true identity.」
Nyarlathotep presented his hand to Ikousai. Ikousai also understood that if Nyarlathotep won――then it would be the most outrageous thing for the world compared to the case where any other force won instead.
But.
「I guess you are thinking that I’m someone that is not thinking of anything and that’s why you want to ally with me, but even I barged into this battle with the faith that I am the 『strongest』. Don’t think that you can make me into a tool.」
「Faith as the strongest……?」
Nyarlako’s expression distorted as though she was enduring her sneer.
Ikousai snorted 「Hmph」 seeing that expression while grasping back the hand offered to her.
「This is the birth of the third force. Then I’ll ask quickly, what is going on with Loki and his group?」
「Fu-fu-fu」 Nyarlako let out an evil chuckle.
「I had scattered the seeds of discord so that each force will have a falling out among themselves. First Loki and Italia are……」
However just when she was about to speak, Nyarlako’s expression distorted 「geh」.
「Looks like Regina unexpectedly settled down the scene with calmness at the last moment. Ilyailiya’s Russia also linked up with them safely. They even named their group Loki Allied Army.」
「Your plan, it’s totally no good it seems.」
「……But for Ilyailiya to be safe, that means that Britain and Germany had a falling out nicely I think.」
「Falling out between Britain and Germany? Hmph, I cannot imagine Kazuki will simply let that happen.」
Currently Nyarlako wasn’t grasping the movements of Japan and Britain anymore.
At this time Nyarlako had no way of knowing that the Knights of the Round Table had recovered their senses at the last moment and nicely brought to a close their foolishness of friendly fire.
In reality, everything didn’t move like what Nyarlathotep expected it to be.
「At the very least you can consider Germany to have received a fatal blow.」
「The magic power cloud became thick huh……」
Ikousai suddenly whispered while looking around. It was as though the temperature was decreasing the more the night advanced and mist was shrouding down, the density of Atlantis’s magic power cloud showed signs of increase that even the face of Nyarlako right before her eyes looked faintly hazy.
「It looks like Loki and his group also rest because the magic power cloud is thick.」
「If Loki doesn’t move then they won’t be a hindrance during that time even if we quickly go to fight Kazuki, that won’t be bad……」
「You are joking right? Even though I am able to spy on Loki and his group’s movements after great pains, you won’t use that and instead clash against Japan and Britain right from the front, that’s stupid.」
Ikousai scowled after her new ally objected at her with a really decent reason straightforwardly.
「Each comrade has their own good and bad huh. Even though I have obtained this much power yet I still have to move carefully and efficiently, how stressful.」
「Just as I thought, you don’t have any friends at college, don’t you?」