My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! Volume 13 Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4

You're Starting to Sound Like Someone Out of a Censored Manga!

"That's odd. Whatever the original was, it's just armor with no soul now, so I don't think it's anything to be concerned about."
"Of course I care!
"Hey. I think there is a Philosopher's Stone in it, is it possible for you turn it into a sword?
"Why do you care about that?　No, I think it's important too, but it's terrible to turn a man into a weapon and sell him in a store!
"I don't care about selling them, but it's bad enough that we don't know what the hell he's done to make them into weapons!　If we don't know, there's no way to prevent it!"

Tomochika and Atila seemed alarmed, but Yogiri did not see it as a threat. Shirou said it was only a conversion of armor and not an attack, but to Yogiri, it was an attack. If it was an attack, the attacker would die. For Yogiri, it was business as usual.

"No? As one would expect, I would not turn a philosopher's stone into a weapon. There isn't one there in the first place."

Even so, the question was 'was it already taken out or was it not included from the beginning?' It seemed doubtful, because it was the words of a Sage, and especially because the environment and rules of it were set up on the sage's side.

"So, what did you want to talk to me about?"

Yogiri tried to return the conversation to the original topic. Shirou had come to Yogiri saying that he had something to tell him.

"The conversation is about Philosophers Stones. Due to force majeure, we have had to change the rules. Van said it wouldn't be fair if I didn't explain this to you guys."
"What the hell? Are you still going to say you can't give them to him?"
"No. Actually, the number of stones is being depleted without our control."
"Eh?"

For Yogiri, this was a surprise.
He had come all the way to this place for the Philosopher's Stone, but if that premise was overturned, he wouldn't have any reason to be here.

"Van has prepared seven stones for this game, but there are currently only six.
"That's different from what he promised!"

It was no wonder Tomochika wanted to complain.
The reason she was participating in this game in the first place was because she wanted the Philosopher's Stones. If he couldn't provide all of them as a reward, then there was no reason she could think of for participating any longer.

"You are right to think so, but we can't help it if it disappears without our notice."
"...... Hmmm, well, even if there are fewer of them, a small amount is fine isn't it?"

To begin with, they didn't know how many of the Philosopher's Stones were needed. They needed a huge amount of energy to return to their original world, and they were told to use Philosopher's Stones as a source of that energy, but it wasn't made clear how many they needed to return.

"No, in the first place the stones you had are now gone."
"Eeh?!"

Tomochika hurriedly opened the item box. She had obtained a gift, which allowed her to store items in a mysterious space, and she could see a list of items in her possession.

"No...... really, the Philosopher's Stone is gone!　Takatou!"

"What do you mean?"

"Sage Van said that the Philosopher's Stones once combined themselves and took on human form. We think they might have combined and gone somewhere this time as well."

"You mean Luu-chan!　That's probably right, but if it is, why did she leave us and go off on her own?!"

Luu was a young girl who appeared when the Philosopher's Stones fused with eachother. She grew up each time a Philosopher's Stone was attached to her, and just before the world rewound, she was about 20 years old.
Luu was attached to Yogiri in the same way that a baby chick is attached to the first creature it sees as a parent. Tomochika thought that even if she were to take on the form of a girl again, she would not silently disappear somewhere.

"Anyway, the decline in numbers of the Philosopher's Stones is beyond our control," Shirou said as if to shun them. In fact, it probably didn't matter to Shirou, who was coming on Van's behalf, and was just his messenger. Van probably didn't come personally because he didn't want to have to explain to them that he was breaking the promise he made.

"The stone in the animal isn't gone?"
"At this point in time, that is correct. The only stones that have disappeared are those that have been removed from your body."

If so, the stones in the dog, Dai, and the elf, Sakut were intact.

"So, will there be a rule change? Didn't we need all 7 Philosopher's Stones to beat the last boss or something?"
"I'm going to tell you something that's gonna be a pain in the ass, you don't actually need to collect seven Philosopher's Stones."
"You're starting to sound like someone out of a censored manga!"
"No, I mean that you need seven to reach the place where the last boss is, but you don't have to have them in one party."
"Yeah, that's what that Volf guy said, too."

The man named Volf, who came to try to steal the Philosopher's Stone that Yogiri and his friends had, said that they would form a raid with several parties to challenge the last boss. From the beginning, it wasn't be necessary for one party to collect everything just to clear the game.
However, Yogiri and the others, who did not know how many Philosopher's Stones they would need to return home, needed to collect as many as possible.

"The rule change is the handling of the right to challenge the last boss. First, you have to have a Philosopher's Stone. This is the same as before. Second, if the Philosopher's Stone disappears. In that case, the person who had the stone at the time it disappeared has the right to challenge the last boss. Thereafter, if the person with the right to challenge is killed, the right to challenge is transferred to the one who killed him."

Two for Dai and Sakut. The stone taken from Volf was gone, but Yogiri and his team seemed to have the right to challenge the last boss.

"So it's okay if I go to the quay to take down the last boss now?"
"You may go, but you will have to wait until all those who have the right to challenge you are present."
"Why do we have to wait?"
"I don't know if it's okay if I've said this much. The field where the last boss is located is divided into several areas. First is the entrance area where anyone can enter. Next is the prison area, where once you enter, you can't get out. The key item to get out of this prison area was the Philosopher's Stone, but this is replaced by the right to challenge. Next to the prison area is the ante-chamber area. Once you get to the ante-chamber, you will have to wait until all those who have the right to challenge are present before proceeding."
"I see. If you want to challenge the last boss without fail, it would be quicker to gather the prerequisites by yourself.
"Um, Mr. Takatou. I'm not concerned about the last boss anymore,....... If Luu-chan has been resurrected, then we can have Luu-chan use her power to return us to our original world, can't we?"
"But we don't even know where she's gone at the moment."

Yogiri began to think about what he would do now.
There would be nothing he could do by complaining about the change in the rules of the game, so he would have to collect the remaining stones anyway. If there was a possibility that they would disappear when removed from the body, the only way would be to negotiate with the person who has them and ask him or her to become a member of the harem.
Then, how would he collect them? It would be better to go to the last boss as soon as possible.
In order to survive in this game called Cavern Quest, you needed to pay a daily survival tax. This tax increased every day, and if nothing was done, all the people in the game would be wiped out. To avoid this, they would have to defeat the last boss and clear the game.
In other words, those with the right to challenge would soon be coming to the last boss's doorstep. Luu might come too if she was looking for stones, so it would be more convenient to wait in front of last boss than to search for her in the dark.

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Sorry for the wait. I had some trouble. Also I have covid lol.