My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! Volume 14 Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8

How could something like that would work on me, who has resistance to all attacks? 

In the forest, Yogiri stood on a straight path, confronting a woman who appeared to be his enemy.

'Yogiri Takatou VS Yurina Tanaka FIGHT!!'

Words floated in the sky. Perhaps the battle had started under default conditions since they couldn't reach an agreement on victory conditions.

Although the battle seemed to be on a party basis, only the leader's name was displayed since the names were one by one.

The woman wearing a noble-style dress with vertical curls was Yurina Tanaka, and from her name, she seemed to be Japanese like Yogiri and the others.

"Of course, you know my power and think you can beat me, right?"

Since she didn't suddenly attack, Yogiri decided to try talking for now.

There was a possibility that she had come to kill Yogiri without really understanding the situation.

"Of course! Instant death ability, huh? How could something like that would work on me, who has resistance to all attacks?"

Yurina said mockingly. In fact, she probably looked down on Yogiri. Although she was shorter than Yogiri, her gaze seemed to be at a very high position.

"If you don't want to fight, then kill yourself. That way, Mii-chan will come back to life! No, I won't be satisfied unless I tear you to pieces with my own hands!"

"Alright. Let's fight."

That being said, Yogiri didn't make any particular moves.

Although he thought she was an enemy to be defeated, he didn't feel like actively attacking her.

"What should I do in this situation...?"

'Uhm... The enemy is alone. It's not that I can't use the Battlefield Dominator, but it won't activate unless the enemy agrees...'

"There's a big problem with that condition... If the opponent says no, you can't use it..."

'Well, it can't be helped. To neutralize all abilities, that kind of constraint is necessary.'

"First of all, I'm the one she wants to kill. Dannoura-san, just watch."

In this case, there was no need to have Tomochika leave the scene just because Yogiri was fighting. It would be more convenient to have her nearby to protect her.

Then, Yurina's figure disappeared.

A gust of wind passed by Yogiri.

He could hear a sound like something scraping the ground from behind him.

When he turned around, Yurina had fallen and was rolling around on the ground.

'Yogiri Takatou WIN!'

Perhaps the outcome had been determined, judging by the words that appeared in the sky.

"I won."

"I don't feel anything at all!"

Yurina probably approached at a speed too fast for the eyes to catch. Yogiri couldn't recognize her movements at all, but his ability automatically activated in response to her actions.

As soon as she moved, Yurina died, and it seemed that she had flown away with that momentum.

Yurina's body disappeared.

"Huh? Is this the same room as before?"

The surroundings had changed. Instead of being in a forest, they were indoors.

"The antechamber area, huh?"

It seemed that after the battle was over, they would wait in the antechamber area until the next round.

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In the forest, Hanakawa hurriedly called out to their opponents, a group of cat beastmen children.

"Hey, wait a minute! I'm all for a battle, but I think we should avoid killing each other! Look, there are even small children among you!"

"Huh? Like I care, idiot!"

The largest cat beastman spat out his response.

'Daniel　VS　Ryoko Ninomiya　FIGHT!!'

It seemed that the battle had begun as a fight to the death since no agreement could be reached regarding the victory conditions.

"Why is it Ryoko on our side instead of me!?" Hanakawa questioned.

"It's probably the leader's name."

"I'm the leader, right!?"

"Are you serious?"

Hanakawa's half-serious question seemed genuine, but he felt embarrassed when Carol appeared to be sincerely asking and closed his mouth.

"We can't underestimate our opponents just because they're children," Ryoko warned.

In the face of a fight to the death, they couldn't afford to take their opponents lightly, no matter how young or weak they appeared.

"But what do we do? I have no problem fighting adults, but I'm hesitant to fight against children like this..."

As Hanakawa hesitated, Carol threw a shuriken, which pierced the youngest boy.

"Carol!?"

"If we have to hold back based on appearance, what if they use transformation abilities? Then we wouldn't be able to do anything, right?"

"You may be right, but that was merciless!"

Carol continued to throw shuriken, but Daniel deflected them. His body grew larger, shielding the others as he stepped forward. Apart from having ears, he had looked almost human, but now his entire body was covered in fur, making him appear larger. In other words, Daniel had become more beast than man.

Daniel's body continued to grow larger as he leaned forward. His transformation was not yet complete.

"Transformation!? Then we should attack while he's changing!"

Hanakawa fired an energy blast, a quick, low-powered attack meant to keep Daniel off balance. The now massive cat-like Daniel faced the incoming energy blast and simply swallowed it.

"What!? What just happened!?"

As Hanakawa attacked, Ryoko charged. She drew her sword and aimed for Daniel's neck from the side. Her attack coincided with the energy blast's impact, making it difficult for Daniel to react to both.

However, Ryoko's sword was caught in the teeth of a second head that had grown from Daniel's neck. She leaped back, her sword vanishing halfway down the blade.

Another head had sprouted from the side of Daniel's neck, blocking Ryoko's attack.

"Should we call this... Nekoberus, perhaps?"

The four cat beastmen seemed to have combined and transformed, revealing a giant four-headed cat with one head on the left and right of the central head, and another head on its chest.

"Shouldn't it have three heads if it's a play on Cerberus?"

"Haha, Carol-chan, don't you know? There's a theory that Cerberus had fifty heads, you know?"

"This is no time for joking around. We're in a bit of a tight spot."

Ryoko showed her broken sword.

"It seems to have been eaten. That's not something you'd normally expect."

"Is this what beastmen can do?"

"I pride myself on my experience in this world, but I've never heard of beastmen transforming like this."

In this world, there are beastmen with some animal features, but they are mostly similar to humans. They have ears and tails and may have slightly higher physical abilities, but the differences are not significant.

They shouldn't be able to transform into a furry creature, change into an animal itself, or grow larger.

"There's no response from the appraisal skill, so it seems to be different from a gift... Could it be the power received from the Great Sage?"

"If it looks like this, isn't it easier for Hanakawa to fight?"

"It does look like a monster. So, its ability is to eat and erase, huh? If that's the case..."

Hanakawa charged a little energy and released multiple energy bullets into the air.

If its ability was to eat and erase, they just had to attack parts other than the heads.

"Haah!"

Hanakawa shouted, and the energy bullets began to descend rapidly.

A small-scale, powerful rain of energy bullets showered down. It wouldn't be fatal, but it would reveal where the attacks were effective.

However, Hanakawa's energy bullets couldn't damage Daniel.

The heads that sprouted from various parts of its back ate all the falling energy bullets.

"Haha... so it's not limited to four... huh? What should we do now?"

Daniel charged at them.

Hanakawa and the others hastily jumped back, and Daniel crashed into the forest.

Part of the forest disappeared. The trees that had been there were completely gone.

"I see? It seems like close-range attacks are our only option... but it feels almost invincible against attacks, doesn't it?"

"How about Hanakawa being swallowed whole and attacking from the inside! It's a classic that enemies who seem invincible are weak to attacks from within!"

"Wouldn't I just vanish the moment I'm eaten? And if that's the power of the Great Sage... wouldn't Carol-chan's nullification ability work?"

"My nullification ability is basically defensive! It makes abilities that touch me nullified... but if I'm bitten, I'm not sure what would happen! Even if the ability is nullified, I might still be killed by the bite itself."

"It's useless! Ryoko-chan, don't you have some amazing samurai ability or something?"

"My power is specialized in swords. If my slashing sword gets eaten, I have no means to fight."

"What about you, Hanakawa? Didn't you receive some power?"

"Come to think of it, I haven't checked... but we can't leisurely look at the memo in this situation!"

Daniel charged at them again. Hanakawa and the others dodged and once again put some distance between them.

The attack was clumsy, perhaps because Daniel wasn't used to his huge body. However, it seemed only a matter of time before he became accustomed to it. As time passed, it seemed more likely that Hanakawa and the others would be at a disadvantage.

"Now might be the best time to check. Uh... let's see..."

Ability name: Kizuna Counter.

Your friends, with whom you've forged bonds, will come to help you when you're in a pinch.

Your actions thus far will be judged!

"I see... In that case... Takatou! Help us!"

Hanakawa could only think of Yogiri Takatou as someone who might help and with whom they shared some sort of bond.

Daniel charged at them again, suddenly changing direction.

Hanakawa barely managed to dodge.

Daniel began to be more strategic in his attacks. It seemed as if it wouldn't be long before they were caught.

"Help isn't coming!"

"Did you have any bonds?"

Carol, who had come closer, peeked at the memo.

"The honest doubt is what hurts! Instead of dissing me, could you please think of a way to defeat that thing?!"

Carol threw a shuriken, but it didn't reach Daniel, and one of his heads simply swallowed it.

"How about this, then?"

Carol threw a spherical mass with a burning fuse on it at Daniel.

It was a horoku-dama, a gunpowder weapon used during the Sengoku period, and also used by ninjas. The horoku-dama exploded at Daniel's feet. Surely he wouldn't be able to eat the explosive impact itself, or so Hanakawa thought, but he soon realized how naive he had been.

The fragments, the dust cloud, and the shockwave were all sucked into a single point. A cat's head that had grown on Daniel's leg had eaten everything the explosion had created.

"Even a flying slash would be useless."

"The three of us together can't do anything."

Hanakawa started to complain but suddenly froze in pain.

He looked at his left arm. A shuriken was stuck in it.

"What's going on?"

"The cat spit it out."

"In that case..."

Carol and Ryoko jumped to the sides, leaving the confused Hanakawa behind.

A broken sword pierced Hanakawa's leg, he was hit by multiple energy bullets, and he was showered with fragments from the horoku-dama. Not understanding what was happening, Hanakawa was blown away.

"It's troublesome that he can also spit out what he ate!"

"I thought Hanakawa-kun would be fine since he has auto-heal."

"With that huge cat about to charge at us again, is anyone going to help me!?"

Taking advantage of the fact that Hanakawa was being targeted, the two of them put even more distance between themselves and Daniel.

Daniel charged straight at Hanakawa.

Hanakawa couldn't move. And whether he waited for his auto-heal to recover or used his own heal, it would take some time. If he took the time to recover leisurely, he would likely be eaten by Daniel.

In other words, it was a hopeless situation.

"In that case, I'll haunt you as a ghost! I'll stick to Carol-tan around the clock, making it as if she has no privacy at all!"

Hanakawa resigned himself to the fact that this might be the end.

He closed his eyes and braced himself for the final moment.

Then, his body gently floated.

Someone had grabbed Hanakawa's collar and was moving him.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself far away from Daniel. In the meantime, his injuries had mostly healed.

"What's going on... this bond thing is too much trouble..."

Someone, seemingly annoyed, tossed Hanakawa aside.

Looking up, he saw a familiar-looking boy.

"Lute!"

It was Lute, a follower of the demon god Albagarma, who had saved Hanakawa.

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