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Boom! Boom!
The sound of explosions reverberated through the battlefield where the war was raging.
It was the sound of the magic cannons fired by the employees of the Transparent Lizard Matap, which blew up the enemy’s Ton-Granthen.
“Hee hee hee hee hee~!”
“The raging gale!”
The battle chariots of the Red Whale Matap were destroyed by the assault of Agatha of the Black Sword and the Hongyeom Dragon Knights.
Shhoo. Shhoo. Shhoooshoooshoo.
The necks of the Red Whale Matap’s magicians, who were protected by the shield soldiers, were severed by the Appearance Sword that appeared from somewhere.
“You fools! Wake up! The Matap is a monster! The Red Whale Matap is devouring and toying with the king!”
Gang Swordmaster scolded them for their foolishness while blocking the soldiers of the kingdom who were following him, along with his knights.
“I will take care of the right flank from now on.”
“Yes!”
Mercenary King Beatrice overwhelmed the Chimera Corps with her mercenaries.
The resistance army was fighting fiercely, but the tide of the battlefield was turning in favor of the Red Whale Matap.
This was because the asymmetric power represented by the Seven Swordmasters was not numerous enough to cover the average quality of the troops.
The majority of the resistance army consisted of farmers, adventurers, merchants, and laborers, while the enemy army blocking their path consisted of trained soldiers or individuals who had been brainwashed into killing weapons since childhood.
Even if the resistance army outnumbered the enemy army by three times, it was still not enough to narrow the gap in individual combat abilities and equipment.
Nevertheless, there was no one in the enemy camp strong enough to tie down the feet of the Seven Swordmasters, so if the war dragged on, the resistance army would eventually emerge victorious. However, that was only possible if the condition of the ninja assassinating the Matap Lord was met.
Ziiiiing!
Boooooom!
The situation where the mythological battle between the runaway ninja and the horse-riding master unfolds is causing a commotion next to the battlefield.
“J-Jezz! This is insane!”
“I-I’m so scared…!”
“At this rate, we’re all gonna die~!”
It was only natural that people would be frightened by the commotion coming from afar and run away.
There were those who had the determination to overcome their fear and fight, and those who didn’t have the courage to run away and become cowards.
“…”
Among the corpses lying still, Saten was one of those people.
“Mr. Saten! What are you doing here! Get up quickly!”
“Ugh!”
Passing by, someone hit Saten’s back while he was searching around to pick up fallen arrows.
“But, but! My club broke! I had no choice!”
“That’s just an excuse! There are plenty of clubs lying around here! Grab anything! Hurry!”
Picking up a few arrows, Saten rejoined the archers. After receiving training from Bonita, Jina had grown to exude more skill and experience than before.
“Sob…!”
Saten, wiping away his tears, tightly gripped the iron club and approached a dead body.
Judging by the high-quality armor he was wearing, he seemed to be a senior combatant from the majority of the Red Whale Mastiff faction, rather than a member of the lower-ranking combatants.
The moment he pulled out the iron club from his hand.
Swoosh-!
An expressionless combatant wielding a longsword charged towards Saten.
“Hee-yik!”
Terrified, Saetun swung the iron club randomly.
Thud!
“Ku-hwak!”
By some mysterious force, the reincarnation candidate was flung far away.
“…Huh?”
Saetun, eyes wide open, examined the iron club once again.
He felt the mana energy emanating from the strange pattern engraved on the handle.
“hahahaha.”
Undoubtedly, a magical weapon.
“hahahaha!”
Regaining his confidence, Saetun burst into insane laughter.
“Eumhahahaha! Now is the time to show Saetun’s prowess-“
***
Deserters. What are deserters?
What makes someone a deserter?
The answer is already determined.
To dream what seems impossible to others.
To defeat the mighty Yasa Yo (Yakuza-Samurai-Youkai) that threaten the world,
Enduring physical and mental pain,
To dedicate oneself to saving the people,
Correcting the twisted mindset of the corrupt,
And giving unconditional love with generosity and compassion.
To dream of a world where no one is hurt in a distant and faraway realm,
To have faith and reach paradise.
That is the mission and duty of a chosen runaway ninja.
Although it is a quote from the musical “The Ninja of La Mancha,” which is quite twisted itself, it is not a problem to quote it since the person who said it was also a ninja.
Just like Don Quixote opened a chicken restaurant in his final years, my dream is to open a ramen shop in my old age.
Ziiiiing!
Once again, a laser beam shot out from the sickle of the demon Monica Silverin.
As soon as I dodge, our side becomes a sea of flames, so I have no choice but to stop it.
“-Ninja Shield.”
Crack!
The shield couldn’t withstand the immense firepower and shattered.
But I managed to greatly reduce the power of the laser beam, so I’ve done my job.
Even after stopping this, it’s not over.
As if making a promise, Monica swung her sickle.
“Do you have a conscience?”
Hop, hop!
I used the ninja technique to evade the attack and caught my breath.
I need a ninja rainbow reflection shield, not a ninja shield.
Suddenly, Jimin came to mind.
– Hey, partner. Hello.
He didn’t act tough from the beginning.
– A runaway ninja? Isn’t that from Naruto? Just a really strong villain ninja?
We talked quite a bit.
– A runaway ninja saving the people…? Did that happen in Naruto? What? Look at this.
Was it from that moment?
– Naruto and Ninja Slasher? What’s this? It’s just a fanfic. And a third-rate comic with terrible drawings. Where did you find this?
The moment we clashed.
– Ninja rainbow reflection? This is driving me crazy. It’s so randomly boring and hard to make. A comic that only a lunatic would watch… Abavat!
Of course, I didn’t let that bastard off lightly.
I accidentally broke a few of his teeth because I couldn’t control my strength, and he couldn’t move a muscle afterwards.
– It’s all your fault.
I hit Monica on the day she was resting her fist, unnecessarily sending telepathy.
“That’s my afterimage, too.”
To be precise, I hit Ninja Black.
Ooosss-
The fortress wall of Matap, which was hit directly by her fist, crumbled down. That’s where Ninja Black was.
“Sip.”
It was a good idea for me to move towards Matop to separate them from their allies.
If there is something important inside Matop as Treebo thinks, then the Heavenly Horse Monica will probably be my opponent who just keeps running away.
Although I was worried about Treebo and the three ninja who should be inside Matop according to the plan, I believed they would survive on their own.
If they die, there’s nothing we can do about it.
Ninjas fight on the battlefield and die for the sake of peace. There is no greater glory than that, so they should be satisfied.
“Nin…”
The problem lies here.
It wasn’t that my ultimate move, the Orbital Bombardment Technique, didn’t work.
When Monica’s sickle and my Orbital Bombardment Technique collided for the first time, Monica was pushed back.
The problem is that even though I used a powerful technique that drained my mana, I couldn’t inflict fatal damage.
Now I can only use the Orbital Bombardment Technique twice.
If I can’t kill Monica with those two attempts, there is no way for me to win.
It was during the game of cat and mouse or tag with Monica when I was looking for an opportunity.
Crash-!
With a strange sound, the red light that was emanating from inside Matop disappeared.
Confusion appeared on Monica’s calm expression.
“Nin?”
Did Treebo and the three ninja brothers succeed?
“What, what is it!”
“We’re crashing!”
The result immediately became apparent. The Ton-Granten that the enemies were riding on began to plummet.
Treebo, you did it!
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Now that he has completed his mission, I must do the same.
“-Technique of Orbital Bombardment.”
Boooom!
Once again, I fired the finishing move at Monica, who was watching the descent of the Ton-Granten with a stunned expression.
This time, at an incredible speed different from the first.
Monica hastily raised her left arm to cover her forehead.
It was too late to raise the scythe in her right hand, so that must have been her only option.
She probably didn’t know if she could fire it without any special preparations. Indeed, you shouldn’t reveal all your moves and fight.
That aside, she reflexively covered her forehead?
That means her forehead is a weak point. It’s not a good situation to slowly strategize.
I have to finish this with short-range combat, not my specialty of long-range battles.
I leaped towards the guy who had dropped his tattered left hand to the ground, aiming at his forehead with a ninja frog jump.
“-Technique of Orbital Bombardment, once more!”
Boooom!
She probably didn’t know she could use it twice in a row.
Monica, your defeat is because you underestimated the power of Ninjimsu.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!
Once again, Monica raised her left arm to cover her forehead. Her hand was being destroyed by the blue energy beam.
Boom!
Monica fell to the ground, unable to hide her pained expression.
Her left hand was in a state of destruction.
But even after enduring my ultimate move, the orbital bombardment, twice, Monica’s forehead remained unscathed.
She must think she’s won now.
“-There’s still one move left.”
The light emitted by the orbital bombardment obscured the enemy’s line of sight, and I immediately ran towards where Monica was about to fall.
My ultimate move was just a smokescreen.
From the beginning, my aim was to attack directly with my own body.
It was a fake within a fake within a fake.
“Wazabat-!!!”
I put all my strength, honed through countless battles, into my charge.
If I go a little further, I can attack Monica’s forehead, which will be lying on the ground.
It was at that moment that Monica smirked.
“Nin?”
Suddenly, a sinister eye emerged from her forehead and fired a rainbow-colored beam.
Damn it, Monica was hiding an ace up her sleeve too.
Beeeam-!
An indescribable amount of pain weighed down on my body.
It felt like one of the powers I possessed was disappearing.
“…!”
It feels like this is the power I obtained from Maple Leaf Village.
It feels like one of my organs has been taken away, as if draining my body. In reality, my mana level has decreased.
Was covering my forehead a trick…!
No, it’s not.
My intuition in battle has never been wrong.
The expression Monica had back then couldn’t be created with smoke and mirrors.
“Take this!”
I put my energy into it and continued moving.
Beeeam-!
The power disappeared again as I started walking.
It feels like the power I obtained from Goldon. I’m not sure if it’s certain. I just know it instinctively.
Yeah. Let’s think about it this way.
The eyes above my forehead were the enemy’s heart and at the same time a weapon that could delete the power I obtained.
The ultimate weapon hesitated or pondered about using its own heart.
Looking at it now, the effective range is very short.
“I’m going…!”
I dragged my battered body.
Monica had an expression that seemed to say, “Crazy bastard, you’re still moving after taking that hit?”
She was also struggling to move her right arm, holding a sickle, but it didn’t seem to be working well.
From now on, it’s a battle of perseverance.
A fight where those who don’t give up and endure with wickedness and strength emerge victorious.
“Ugh…!”
And I have never been defeated in that fight.
“Die!”
When the power I gained from defeating Porno disappeared, I struck Monica’s forehead with the ninjato.
“Ah, ah!”
Monica, with holes in her eyes, screams in agony. It was quite a sweet sound.
“Huh…!”
I can feel the life force leaving the body of the giant demon.
But my intuition warned me that it wasn’t over yet.
I quickly activated my soul sight, the remaining power I had. Besides that, there was still another mysterious power supporting my body. I briefly thought it might be Sancerif’s prayer.
As expected.
A red goblin fire emerged from the third eye and moved towards the sky.
That must be Monica’s true form.
As long as it remains, the demonic king Jeyukcheonma will not die.
“…”
In that brief moment, I came up with a surefire way to kill this guy.
“So that’s it.”
I understand now why the Buddha chose me to be a disciple and sent me to this world.
I understand why I was given this useless ability to see souls.
This is something only I, who can sacrifice my life for the people, can do.
It is something only I, with an unwavering belief, can accomplish.
“-Cheonma Monica Soverin.”
I grabbed hold of Monica’s soul, or rather, the red goblin fire, and confirmed my own soul for the first time.
It shines in a beautiful shade of blue.
“-You’re coming with me.”
I placed Monica’s soul inside my own soul.
My legs loosen, and my eyes slowly close.
So this is how I retrieve death flags.
“…”
I have fulfilled my mission until the end.
I have no regrets.