With the southern country in sight, we were attacked by a sea monster called Scylla.
Well, whatever…
“Since there aren’t any other enemies around, let’s take it down quickly.”
I don’t intend to prolong the battle too much.
Right now, something big is happening in Photuatua, after all.
“Okay, I’m going to go for a bit. You two stay here, it’s dangerous.”
“Y-yes… Good luck.”
I nodded and activated Greater Teleportation.
I teleported outside the Air Bird.
『UROROROROROOROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!』
Below me was a huge octopus-humanoid (octopus lower body).
Scylla. A sea monster.
It had tentacles around its body. They were attacking me.
I used my flight skill to try to escape the tentacles.
However, the tentacles moved freely and came towards me.
“Gale Slicer.”
I activated wind Supreme Magic.
I tend to forget, but I have All Magic Aptitude.
I can use all kinds of magic.
A huge tornado appeared in front of me. It shredded the tentacles to pieces…
But the tentacles grew back from where they were torn off and attacked me again.
The tentacles tried to strangle me with a gyurun sound.
I teleported away to avoid being captured by the enemy.
“Ugh, this is a pain…”
Regeneration abilities are such a hassle.
Half-hearted attacks just make them revive.
“Then… ■(Box), come forth, Kurohime.”
A lolita in a kimono appeared next to me.
The daughter of the Black Tortoise, one of the Four Divine Beasts, Kurohime.
“Multiple Barriers.”
Kurohime deployed a barrier.
It captured Scylla in an instant.
“And then, 【Nova Strike】.”
A magic circle appeared inside the barrier, and from it, fire Supreme Magic was activated.
A giant fireball appeared and caused a huge explosion inside the barrier.
“Mika-chan, are you holding back?”
Kurohime, floating next to me, asked me.
“Well, the southern country is right there.”
There’s an island nation right under our noses.
If we have a giant monster battle here, there might be a tsunami.
So I’m fighting with magic power, not Divine Power… but.
『UROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!』
“Oh my, it’s not defeated by that?”
I thought I had trapped it in a barrier and burned it with fire from the inside.
“It seems it cut off some of its tentacles faster than the barrier could close, and escaped outside the barrier.”
“I see…”
So the opponent isn’t stupid either.
Ugh, this is getting more and more annoying. Regeneration abilities.
『UROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!』
The tentacles attacked again.
Moreover… the tips of the tentacles had transformed into huge, black dogs.
“Those tentacles… can also transform. Kurohime.”
I had Kurohime put up a barrier.
A spherical barrier covered my surroundings. Gakin, gakin, the giant dogs were trying to bite through the barrier.
But it seems they can’t bite it easily because it’s a sphere.
Now, now. What should I do?
“Isn’t the only option to obliterate it in one shot?”
“Yeah, probably.”
I don’t really want to use Divine Power in the lower world… but.
I guess I have no choice. Should I use Complete Deletion (Uninstall)?
It’s a cheat Divine Power that completely deletes anything stored in my Smartphone’s camera.
『URO……』
The dogs stopped attacking abruptly.
“Huh…?”
Stopped attacking…?
Why…?
『he…lp… me… stop… it…』
“Eh…? Did I hear something?”
I heard a voice from somewhere.
“?” I didn’t hear anything,”
Kurohime said. But still.
As soon as I stopped attacking, they attacked.
“Kurohime, go back for now.”
Attacking… is a little difficult right now. But if the barrier breaks, I might get attacked. I don’t want to hurt Kurohime, who I’m looking after for the Four Divine Beasts, even if I’m okay.
Kurohime returned to the ■(Box).
“Hey, Sinri. I heard a strange voice, what was that? Hallucination?”
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Sinri: No, Master’s not hallucinating. It seems that Scylla is a [Former Human]
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Former human…?
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Sinri: Scylla is a human who was forcibly transformed into a monster by a curse
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I see… So, that voice from earlier was the voice of that former human.
But why could only I hear it?
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Sinri: Who knows…?
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Who knows!?
“What do you mean!”
“Ah, Oberon.”
Before I knew it, Oberon, now fairy-sized, had appeared next to me.
“I told you to stay inside, it’s dangerous.”
“Don’t worry, this is a clone made with my Omnipresence skill.”
Taking advantage of the characteristic that wind can appear anywhere, he uses the skill to create wind clones, Omnipresence.
Oberon can use this, so he can appear anywhere…
“More importantly, what do you mean? Even using Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet), you say, ‘Who knows…?’!”
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Sinri: Even Omniscient and Omnipotent (I) don’t know everything… Especially when it comes to Master Mika
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“Hmm… isn’t it like, God can hear the voices of people seeking salvation, something like that?”
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Sinri: Then let’s just go with that
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Okay, let’s go with that.
“That’s too casual…! What is Lord Mika…? You’re too much of a mysterious God…”
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Sinri: Mysterious God, Nagano Kami (lol)
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Not Nagano Kami, it’s Nagano Mika, hello.
Well, anyway.
That Scylla monster is a former human, and it’s asking for help.
“What are you going to do…?”
“? I’m going to help, of course.”
There’s someone in front of me asking for help. And I have the power to help.
I can’t abandon someone in need when I have the power to help.
I’ll definitely regret it later. I don’t want that.
I don’t want to do anything that would threaten the peaceful life I desire.
Because I’ll definitely feel bad about it later.
“So, hey Sinri. Search for a way to turn that Scylla back to normal.”
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Sinri: Scylla can be transformed by the enemy’s [Familiarization].
By解除Familiarization, Scylla will return to its original form.
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Hmm…?
Familiarization…?
“Familiar is an existence to whom God has given power… right?”
“S-so that means… the enemy is also a God…?”
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Sinri: Affirmative. The enemy who transformed Scylla into that form is an existence with Divine Power.
By the way, it’s not a Mass-Produced Mika.
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Ah, I see… I thought that the Mass-Produced Mika in the Tower of Sealed Gods had turned Scylla into a monster (Familiar).
It seems the mastermind is someone else.
“Can Familiarization be解除d?”
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Sinri: Normally, it’s impossible. Only the main God can解除 Familiarization
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I see… For example, Luciel is my Familiar.
Only the main God who gave her power, that is, only I, can解除 her Familiarization.
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Sinri: Familiarization is not an ability or a skill, so it cannot be解除d by Spell Analysis (Hacking) either
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Hmm, I see.
Baki, bakiin!
Just then, the barrier was destroyed by Scylla’s attack.
The black dog, the tip of the tentacle, bit at me.
“Lord Mika!? Ah, it’s over…”
“No, I’m okay?”
“Eeeeeeeeeh!? Why…?”
“I have a Divine Skill called Absolute Barrier (Firewall) that completely nullifies attacks.”
“Are you invincible!?”
No, I’m a God.
But what should I do?
I don’t think Scylla wanted to become a Familiar.
After all, a former human has been turned into such a grotesque monster.
Becoming a Familiar doesn’t necessarily mean becoming grotesque, as you can see from Seira-chan and Luciel.
In other words, the God who turned Scylla into this is a bad God. …How annoying.
Even if you’re a God, you don’t have the right to twist people’s lives.
“…Hey Sinri. I’m going to help Scylla.”
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Sinri: But, what are you going to do? Familiarization is neither a skill nor an ability
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I have an idea. Search to see if it’s possible.
Sinri, who can search for my ideas with Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet).
Based on that, Sinri searches for the success or failure with Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet).
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Sinri: It’s possible
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Alright. Then…
“Oberon. Can you stop Scylla’s movements for a bit?”
“Eh, ah, yes! Understood.”
Oberon thrust his hands forward with a ba sound.
“Omnipresence!”
Bubun! A large number of Oberons appeared around Scylla.
“Multiple Gale Slicers!”
A super-giant tornado enveloped Scylla.
I see, so it’s a cage made of tornadoes.
I flew into the sky and looked down at the enemy.
Scylla noticed me and stretched out its tentacles.
“It’s okay, I’ll… make it easier for you now.”
I took out my Smartphone.
“Complete Deletion (Uninstall)!”
In that instant… Scylla’s tentacles vanished as if they were smoke.
The gigantic monster shrunk rapidly before my eyes…
Floating on the sea… was a boy.
He looked a little older than Seira. Maybe 14 or 15?
Fairy King Oberon released the wind cage.
We headed towards the boy to retrieve him.
“A military uniform…?”
The boy was wearing clothes like those worn by soldiers.
“Are there military nations around here?”
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Sinri: The Madukas Empire is a military nation. However, the clothes this boy is wearing are not from Madukas.
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If Sinri says so, then he’s not from Madukas.
Then… whose child is he?
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Sinri: Japan.
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“…………Huh? J-Japan? Eh, this kid… could he be Japanese like me…?”
…It seemed the enemy was turning Japanese people into Familiars and taming them as monsters.
Ugh, I can’t forgive doing something so awful to people from my homeland.
“Um, what did Lord Mika just do?”
Oberon asked me as I held the boy.
“I used the Complete Deletion (Uninstall) skill.”
“T-That’s… the skill that completely deletes the target, right? But he’s still alive…”
“Yeah. So, I selected and erased only the fact that he was made a Familiar.”
I couldn’t have done it with my power alone.
I had Sinri lock onto the target, and then I performed Complete Deletion (Uninstall).
“N-No… Complete Deletion (Uninstall) of a fact… what is that!? It makes no sense!”
“Does it not?”
“It doesn’t! Everything you do is so incomprehensible!”
As he was making a fuss…
“Ugh… where am I…?”
“Oh, you’re awake, kid.”
“Who are you…?”
“I’m… ah, just a Japanese person passing by.”
The boy’s eyes widened in shock.
“D-Did you… save me…?”
“Well… I guess you could say that.”
I don’t really want to act like I’m doing him a favor, though.
“Anyway, I’m Nagano Mika. What’s your name?”
“I’m… Kaida. Kaida Highlands.”