"...Yeah, and after returning to Earth, never enter a haunted house or anything like that."
The moment you scare Kaori, the people in the haunted house might die...
Just standing behind her is a life-threatening act...
A haunted house like that is really disgusting, and the person responsible for being a ghost must be very unwilling to do so.
"Wuwuuuuu! Shizuku-chan! That's scary~"
Everyone present was thinking: No, the scary one is you.
"Well, you did a great job, Kaori. This way we don't have to worry about the future—"
Just as he was about to say that there was no need to worry about the rear, he stopped mid-sentence.
"What, what's wrong, Hajime-kun?"
Hajime's gaze was fixed on Kaori's feet, and Kaori's gaze followed suit.
—Hello, I'm Frost Zombie. Ah, hello, I'm Kaori.
Regardless of whether they said so or not, Kaori's face, with the friendly smile she wore when facing someone she met for the first time, froze.
On the contrary, the Frost Zombie moved smoothly in the ice, and the next moment, his hand stretched out from the ground. What was he doing? Of course, to grab Kaori's foot!
“…Ah.”
Kaori rolled her eyes. She had just been emitting silver terror, but now she was succumbing to it and lost consciousness.
"Kaori~! Don't fall asleep! You'll die if you fall asleep!"
Shizuku yelled out the clichéd line about being in trouble on a snowy mountain, with a slightly different meaning. At the same time, she swung her black knife, instantly severing the frost zombie's arm. Then, with a smooth, flowing movement, she slapped Kaori across the cheek.
“Ah!? How can I—”
The feeling on my foot... Huh? A severed hand? Ugh~
Anyway, this time it was Yue who slapped Kaori.
"Yue, Yue..."
"...Hey, stupid Kaori, cheer up for a moment."
Seeing Kaori's wimpy look with the red palm marks on her face, Yue sighed deeply.
The square at the intersection was already packed with over three digits of Frost Zombies. Furthermore, even in the rear passage, which was supposed to be clear, Frost Zombies continued to appear.
"Yaegashi, follow Kaori. I'll leave the rest to you two. Taniguchi, add barriers to the surrounding walls and ground, and the rest of you will deal with the enemies in front!"
Hajime gave the instruction as he aimed Donal's gun at the Frost Zombies charging towards the square and pulled the trigger.
Yue and Tio also coordinated their wind blades, and Shia's Drukken roared with a cannon. A radiant slash of light traced a crescent in the air, and Ryuutarou's shockwave blasted towards the frost zombies.
There were so many frost zombies that there was no need to aim. Before the fierce destructive power of Shi and others, the frost zombies were eliminated without any resistance.
"They look like they've been doused in liquid nitrogen. How are they moving?"
In front of Hajime's sight, the frost zombies were literally being crushed.
It was as if even the inside of their flesh was frozen, and tiny white and red flesh crystals fell to the ground.
"But they're really fragile, and there's no sign of them using any inherent magic... Is this what they call violence in numbers?"
Tio's speculation seemed to be right on target.
"Hey, hey, they've given birth! What should we do?"
Ryuutarou shouted in panic. As he said, the shattered pieces of flesh gathered themselves together, and in the blink of an eye, the Frost Zombie returned to its original state.
“Ehh! What’s that?! So disgusting! Nagumo-kun~!! They’re moving around!”
This time, it was Ling who spoke in a trembling voice. Upon closer inspection, something resembling red dust was gathering and forming what looked like a lump of flesh.
"Even after being decomposed, it can still regenerate? That's amazing."
"Now's not the time to admire! Xiangxiang's eyes have lost their luster! How scary!"
"Kaori! Cheer up! Look, it's me! I'm Shizuku, the one who always protects you when you encounter ghosts!"
Perhaps having shaken off her fear, Kaori trembled, her eyes glassy, as she frantically launched silver feathers. Suzu and Shizuku, in turn, stared at her in fear. She muttered, "Hehehe, disintegrate! Disintegrate all the scary things!" She was truly terrifying.
Yue looked at Kaori, looking defeated by her, and then said:
“…Hajime, do they have any magic stones?”
"No, I can see a faint emanation of magic power, but I don't see any magic stones."
"Ehh~ Could it be the same as when we were in Melkines?!"
Shia's mind flashed to the ancient monster lurking in the sea—the Evil Eater. Evil Eaters lacked magic stones, so no matter how hard they attacked, they could regenerate infinitely, effectively becoming an immortal monster.
Hajime and the others could only resort to a drastic approach, allowing it to absorb large amounts of tar and then burn it along with the seawater. However, even with Hajime and the others' power, they were unable to completely kill it, making it a formidable opponent.
Thinking of that kind of monster, Xia's face showed an expression of extreme disgust.
"Don't be silly. If there's another one like that, it'll be a disaster. There must be some kind of trick."
Hajime fired his gun with one hand while taking out his compass with the other. He was looking for the Magic Stone, but Hajime realized that it might be hidden, so the Magic Eye Stone wouldn't be able to find it.
"...Very far away. Is he the same kind as Meredith's knight golem?"
The compass does point to the presence of the magic stone.
However, the magic stone wasn't inside the Frost Zombie's body, but rather more than five hundred meters away. Hajime recalled the Knight Golem, who had been remotely controlled by Meredith in the Rasen Labyrinth. Hajime smacked his lips, while Yue was puzzled.
"……beginning?"
"It seems the magic stone controlling these guys is somewhere far away. Or maybe it's the inherent magic of the monster holding the magic stone. I just don't know if it's remote control or command."
"Well, anyway, if we don't find a way to get that magic stone, we'll have to keep fighting."
"Then we'll just have to charge!"
With these words, Shia attacked with all her might. With a single blow from Druken, Shia knocked back all the frost zombies that kept coming. Hajime nodded and said:
"I'll lead the charge, so don't fall behind!"
Hajime rushed towards the gap in the siege created by Shia and activated the treasure vault.
A ferocious, enormous rectangular weapon appeared out of nowhere. It was the rocket launcher "Alcorn."
Hajime grabbed Alcorn with his prosthetic limbs, tucked him under his arm, and adopted a one-handed shooting stance. Then, he attacked hundreds of frost zombies with unbridled ferocity.
With a debilitating whoosh, countless missiles, trailing orange tails, flew out. As if aiming to drive stakes into their path, the missiles traced parabolic trajectories and impacted one after another. Amidst the fierce explosions, the Frost Zombies were blasted to smithereens.
The impact and explosive airflow mercilessly blew the frost zombies away. The frost zombies shattered and scattered, and the body parts became shotgun shells, smashing the surrounding frost zombies together.
A straight road leading into the passage was opened.
"Let's go!"
Following Hajime's command, everyone rushed across the square at the intersection.
Yue and others who followed behind immediately started chasing the frost zombies that began to regenerate.
Although fire and water attribute magic are difficult to use, they are not so weak that they lose their attacking ability.
The frost zombies were blown to pieces by the explosion, and before they could regenerate, they were immediately shattered by the wind and lightning, turning into garbage by the wall.
Even so, the Frost Zombies reappeared after I passed through. Although I knew they weren't very strong, the sight of a large number of them groaning in pain and chasing me from behind was truly terrifying.
Especially Kaori and Suzu, when it comes to how scared they are...
"Eh~ It's crawling out from the ceiling!? Xiang Xiang, quickly disassemble it!"
“Break it up, break it down!! Damn it! You threw a severed hand at me!? And it’s moving! It’s crawling over here!”
"...Stupid Kaori, you're so noisy."
"Yue, you don't understand this creepy feeling! Vampires are the scary side! To be honest, you and the zombies are on the same side!"
"...Kaori, come with me outside and deal with this. Since you said so, I'm going to let you experience the horror of a vampire!"
"Ahh, come on. Kaori, Yue, now's not the time to be arguing! Hurry up and repel the enemy! Ahhh, Rin! The barrier's about to break! Stop being so discouraging, you have to be sure to protect yourself from the wind and snow!"
"Tsuki-san! Stop playing with Kaori-san and help me! There are so many enemies coming out from the ground! How long are you going to let me play whack-a-mole? Ah, here they come again—I'm so annoyed, this damned bastard! I'm going to beat you up!!"
It is said that three women make a drama, and when there are five women together in a zombie crisis, it will be even more noisy.
However, aside from their sheer numbers, regenerative abilities, and terrifying appearance, the ice zombies weren't particularly formidable, so the situation wasn't serious. Seeing them screaming and frantically panicking, it was like a group of high school girls on an adventure into a haunted house.
"Hmm~ You're really young. A mere monster can make you quarrel so much..."
Tio said this with a feeling after glancing at Kaori and the others arguing. Yue, having regained consciousness from Kaori, looked at Tio with a look of being defeated by her.
"...Tio looks like an old woman."
"Huh!? S-You're being too extreme. But actually, I'm quite old, so sometimes I find young people quite interesting... Yue has this experience too, right?"
"...No, I will always be seventeen."
"Eh? I remember Yue was imprisoned after turning twenty—"
Hajime's implication sounded like, "Even if you deduct the three hundred years of imprisonment, it's still a lie about your age, right?", and Yue glared at Hajime with an indescribable look.
Facing the tidal wave of frost zombies, Hajime could burn them with his fire without even a wince. But then a sense of danger shot through his spine, and he gave in in an instant.
"Yue is always seventeen, absolutely correct."
"...Yeah, Hajime and I are the same age."
"You're really henpecked."
This time, it was Tio who showed an expression of being defeated by Yue.
The girls in the back were making a lot of noise, while in the front was the henpecked Hajime...
"Hey, Kouki, what are we doing here..."
"Don't say anything, Ryuutarou."
Guanghui and Ryutaro couldn't help but feel exhausted. They looked at each other and sighed together.
Gunfire, explosions, crashes, girls' screams, zombies' groans, and sometimes even Shia's cries. With these sounds as the background music, the group continued their attack and escape for several minutes.
Hajime and his group finally arrived at a vast space. It was the size of Tokyo Dome, a place resembling a cosmopolitan arena. Strangely enough, the wind and snow that had been blowing in from the wind seemed to be blocked by an invisible wall, blowing back at the entrance of the passageway, never entering the room at all.
This made Shi and the others understand without any explanation, and moved on to the next level.
Walking to the center of the room, Hajime spoke:
"I found it. Now that I'm here, I can see it."
Hajime put away his compass, his canines bared in a ferocious grin.
Hajime's Magic Eye Stone stared at the ice wall ahead. No, more accurately, he was looking at a fist-sized dark red stone within the ice wall—the Magic Stone. Like a secret stash of gold and silver, it was buried deep within the ice wall, where even the evolved Donar couldn't reach it.
However, Hajime had a plan. He activated his treasure chest and summoned a long and massive weapon—the electromagnetic acceleration anti-object rifle "Shurajian." Of course, this was an evolved version that was twice as ferocious.
If it were the current Shurajan, even the Azantium armor of the Meredigorem, which had been impenetrable before, Hajime was certain it would be easily penetrated. It was a masterpiece that Hajime was proud of. So, while it wasn't ordinary ice, the wall wasn't even made of metal after all, so there was no way Shurajan couldn't penetrate it.
"Watch me break through it."
The evolved anti-animal rifle released a fierce electric current, emitting a bright red light.
Hajime tucked the butt of the gun under his arm and raised the Shurajan with one hand, a ferocious smile on his face. In order to release the monster with special enhanced penetration, Hajime was about to pull the trigger - but at that moment,
"……beginning!"
Hearing Yue's warning, Hajime stopped moving. He sensed the presence and looked upwards, only to see a large eagle spread its wings, about to strike.
"Huh! A new enemy?"
The new enemy was no ordinary eagle. Its body was composed entirely of highly transparent ice, perhaps a frost eagle. Frost eagles emerged from the ceiling's ice wall one after another, falling like a heavy rain.
Hajime reacted faster than anyone else, holding the Shurajian in his hand while pulling out the Shurak with his left hand and firing.
I saw a flash of light shooting straight into the sky, and just as it hit the nearest Frost Eagle's chest, red ripples and shock waves spread out, blowing Bing's body into pieces.
Then, as if the bullets were not enough, they penetrated through, and the shock wave directly shattered the two Frosthawks approaching from behind.
Through the sublimated "impact conversion", Hajime can make the explosive bomb generate multiple shock waves. If it is Donald or Hulak's bullet, each hit can generate up to three powerful shock waves.
Amidst the shower of glittering ice fragments, Hajime easily cleared the obstacles and this time actually pulled the trigger on Shurajan.
The impact erupted like a tremor in the atmosphere, and a trail of bright, intense light stretched out. Like a crimson spear, the magic stone approached its target without hesitation...
"Pfft! I dodged it."
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