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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 101 Part 2

As it got caught in the trap, the screeching sound that welled up from the depth of Ziz’s throat turned into an ultrasonic sound with a volume that ruptured one’s eardrums.

「I’ve had enough of your cry, damn it.」

As the curses of Seiichi, who snapped for realm, came from behind its crown, and the one that bashed its beak shut was a huge shadow warrior.

As it was, Ziz crashed down and gouged the rocky ground with its huge body.

However, even though its wings were snapped, broken and covered with dirt, its enormous SP continued the regeneration without limit.

「Wha, what, this guy… The wounds are regenerating?」

「It surpasses that of a troll, no? As expected, it’s not a bird that in legend was said to not decrease even if you ate it for nothing. Well, we won’t let it fly again, though!」

Twelve Armed Golems shot out additional spider webs from all directions, nailing down the『Giant Divine Bird (Ziz)』 to the ground.

「Kaaah!」

*Boom* Ziz’s head snapped off, and Touma, holding up the halberd he had shaken off, stepped in further.

「I’m going to crush it.」

「Now! Let’s go!」

「Shaaaaaaaaaah!」

The vanguard class members closed in on the『Giant Divine Bird (Ziz)』, which continued to struggle.

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　Ultimately, the subjugation battle turned mostly into dismantling work.

It’s impossible to determine whether the blood and flesh that dye the surroundings red are drop items or traces of the battle.

For its head to grow back even after you beheaded it, it was on the level where I couldn’t help but wonder if it was a single-celled organism or something.

The reason why everyone is weary is probably because they ended up being mentally exhausted.

Continuously beating it to pulps with a momentum that exceeded its regenerative ability, I guess you could say it’s the triumph of teamwork.

「Ah, I’m tired… seriously.」

Seiichi, drained of strength and plopping down to the ground, is the war criminal who failed the Plan A, 『Let’s try to stick to Ziz’s back and cut its wing muscles』.

Well, to be honest, even I myself am not sure if I could break the wings of Ziz, who also had the ability to regenerate itself.

During the execution of Plan B, 『Let’s drop it with anti-aircraft bombardment』, he was desperately withstanding Mai’s bombardment while remaining sticking to Ziz.

She was definitely trying to strike it down without any shred of hesitation, with that one.

If we hadn’t dragged it down to the ground with Plan C, we probably wouldn’t have been able to kill it.

「Come here~, Peperon. You can eat the meal here to your fill, okay.」

Making a geko sound with his throat, Colorless Swallowing Dragon-kun stretches out his long tongue and swallows Ziz’s severed head in one gulp.

I get the feeling that I didn’t see him during the battle, but where was he, I wonder?

「Hey Otoha. You need to wait until we sort and retrieve the materials, I suppose.」

「… Otoha-senpai and Peperon, come over here.」

「Wh, what is it, Shizuka-chan? You too, Peperon, why are you listening to her?」

Well, there are about three heads of Ziz lying around, so I guess it doesn’t matter even if we give him one.

It seems that a number of heads that were chopped off during the battle have also been left behind as drop items.

Peperon-kun’s stomach that’s swelling in the shape of a head is surreal.

「You guys wait, okay.」

「It’s scary when you make Ane-sama angry, okay.」

The fluffy army, huffing and wagging their tails, are obediently standing in line at the feet of Miharu and Natsumi.

They are well-disciplined children.

Even though they have gotten bigger due to having a class change, they have always been a friendly fluffy army.

「… It’s throbbing, as if it’s alive.」

「For it to regenerate even if you cut it, talk about a somewhat creepy lump of flesh.」

「It absorbs the surrounding miasma, substitutes its energy, and multiplies it, I suppose? Like『Taisai (Jupiter)』 or『Flesh Reishi (fungus)』.」

「More or less, it looks like there’s no harm in eating it. Let’s take it back and experiment with it.」

They’re dismantling the materials in a lively manner with Kurumi-senpai taking the lead, but they have this tinge of mad air around them

Due to it being a huge monster originally, even the few percent of materials dropped are massive.

We mustn’t let it turn out like Moby Dick’s penis that we had to throw away due to us having trouble dealing with it.

I also collect all the feathers, large and small, scattered around the area.

Although we don’t usually take another look at them, bird feathers sport a beautiful design.

It’s a mass of functionality, stripped of all waste, and is very powerful yet ephemeral.

「… We can use this.」

「… Yes. It will surely give us a breakthrough in our airship building project.」

Chieri-senpai and Akehi-senpai are engaged in a sneaky talk, so I gather up the feathers in their stead.

I also collect the boss crystal, which, unlike the crystals of normal monsters, is an order of magnitude larger.

With such a size, it looks like it would not fit in the purchasing department’s crystal trading cashier.

The Senpais are going to use it in their item creation, so we’re going to keep it, though.

I’d like to have some allowance, I think.

「Toma-sama. If it’s allowance, we also have a portion that’s entrusted to us by Onee-sama.」

「Y, yes. That’s why, even if we go on a date, it’ll be okay.」

Behind Serie and Shinobu, Nodoka, holding what appears to be a coin purse, is nodding her head.

No, it’s like, I want an allowance that I can use without feeling like a pimp.

Done collecting the『Giant Divine Bird (Ziz)』 materials in such lively manner, we gather in front of the realm gate that stands towering on the high ground at the summit of the mountain.

The gate, which manifests as a double-leaf door, should lead to the next stratum.

As I press my hands against the gate on behalf of the others, the doors of the gate make a creaking sound as it opens up like an automatic door.

When the sense of transfer that resembles vertigo passes by, we have arrived at a new world.

「This is the 20th stratum the dungeon….」

「『New World (Genesis World』….」

Looking up, countless stars twinkle like chandeliers.

It’s a world of polar night.

The surroundings are filled with crystals imbued with a faint light, giving off an illusory feeling of drifting at the bottom of the sea.

The flat, inorganic world looks as if it rejects living beings.

「It’s so, beautiful….」

「Yes… So I really have made to the New World as well, huh.」

Otoha-senpai, standing next to Shizuka, quietly mutters as such.

The other members are also simply gazing at the spectacle of the stratum floor, as if at a loss for words.

Or so I thought, but the Craftsman Senpais are taking out pickaxes and hammers and starting to get into environmental destruction work.

「This thing, in what manner is it producing light, I wonder?」

「When you break it, there’s a light source in the center of each piece, huh.」

「Hmm~. If we use this stone material to make a sculpture, I bet it would turn into a wonderful interior!」

「Let’s collect them for each color.」

「I wonder if we can use it like an LED?」

「For the sample crystal bodies, make them as large as possible.」

The Senpais who do things at their own pace are so cute.

I’ve been on guard, but the area around the realm gate entrance is a safe area.

I guess relaxing until Rashomon’s auto-logout time, basking in the afterglow of the boss battle, is a『yes』 in my book.